Northwest Mounted Police Detachments Deployed After Fire Crisis
A dispatch notes the Northwest mounted police sent to the devastated region to maintain order while provincial authorities manage the emergency. It reports few problems despite many foreigners working in the mine district and no looting as valuables were scarce after the blaze. Mayor Fink of Cranbrook states about 2000 Fernie refugees are present, with no clear tally of fatalities.
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Northwest Mounted Police
Fink
Cranbrook
Vancouver Evacuates As Mast Kootenay Burns Fiercely
For three days residents fight for homes amid death threats as a gale drives fire through Mast Kootenay. Fire consumes 100000 feet of mine timbers and four loaded cars. CPR locomotives escape west then return as flames engulf yards and houses along the Great Northern depot area. Trains blocked westward, east line clear, and Crow's Nest to be reached for updates before dawn.
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Vancouver
Michel
Mast Kootenay
Fernie
The
Coal Company
Canadian Pacific
Great Northern
Win
Crow's Nest
Pugitives Tell of Awful Experience in Cathedral Calamity
Calgary dispatch describes Mrs George Crossman and sister Maud Holman fleeing a bush fire near Michel. Refuge in a fire proof warehouse failed. trains carried evacuees toward safety as flames scorched the landscape. Passengers endured heat, smoke, and panic. women and children crowded cars, while volunteers supplied condensed milk. Fire swept Fernie and Hosmer. deaths reported among affected children.
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Calgary
George
Crossman
Maud Holman
Michel
Esheda
James
Hosmer
Fernie
Hoeday
Beatehman
Barclay
Pre S
Mercegales
Stricken Canadian towns tally wide losses from fires
Canadian Pacific and Great Northern railways report losses around 500 000 and 700 000 with several lumber and coal firms also hit. Supplies pour in by train as camps of sixty men and twenty women face evacuation with eighteen bodies recovered and more feared dead.
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Ferrie
B. C
Canadian Pacific Railway
Great Northern
Crows Nest Coal Company
Elk River
Special
British Columbia
Crows Nest Pass Coal Company
Trites Wood Company
Elk Lumber Company
Crows Nest Trading Company
Oaue
Fire devours lumber camps and forest towns in western Canada
Mr Howson reports a rapid fire sweeping through mountain forests destroying Fernie Sparwood and other camps. Refugees evacuated by Great Northern and Canadian Pacific trains with food aid arriving. Sixty men and two women feared burned at number four camp. two women reported burned in Fernie. children missing presumed escaped.
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Great Northern
Canadian Pacific
Howson
Fernie
Mr. Howson
Sparwood
Michel
Cranbrook
Cook Creek
Fire Ravages Fernie Area Wreckage Finds Eighteen Bodies
Vancouver reports list eighteen dead in the Fernie fire ruins. WALTER FORD his wife and two children among the identified victims. Others include MRE TURNER an elderly cripple in the Annex and several unidentified men and a man found axed near Spain. Dozens remain missing from Fernie logging camps and nearby mines as fires rage and rescue work continues.
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Vancouver
Fern
Walter Ford
Mre Turner
Annex
West Fernie
Waldorf Hotel
Spain
Len Bela
J. Anderson
Hosmer Minen
Sparne
Elk River
Ely Lumber Company
Hosmer
Fernie
Wiress
Canadian
Crows Nest Company
Coal Ereek
Pierce Fire Wreaks Northern Washington Town
A flare fire rages in Clayton Washington about thirty three miles north of Spokane. Advices to Spokane Palis and Northern company telegraphers say the town is practically wiped out by the blaze and the railway service is affected.
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Pierce
Washington
Spokane
Wash
Clayton
Spokane Palis and Northern Company
Clayton Brick Plant Destroyed by Major Fire
A large fire destroyed the Washington Brick and Lime company plant in Clayton, a 500 resident brick making town. The blaze began in Olden's mercantile store in the business district, severing all wires as responders from Deer Park rush to help.
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Washington Brick and Lime Company
Clayton
Olden
Deer Park
Farman Flights Discontinued After Poor Brighton Beach Attendance
New York reports that Heart Farman announced the Brighton Beach flight series will end next Saturday after disappointing crowds. Portman plans ten to twelve flights in major cities ending in San Francisco with further travel to Japan. Farman's latest heavier-than-air machine wowed spectators despite the show’s lackluster turnout.
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New York
Heart Farman
Brighton Beach
Portman
San Francisco
Japan
Farman
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Cleveland
St. Louis
Kansas City
Denver
Salt Lake City
Joe Tracey
Army veterans complete first day of fifty mile walk test
Seven officers from the Presidio and Benicia aged fifty plus, led by Colonel Clem, completed nineteen miles in six and a half hours. The group said the test proves readiness for active campaign duty. Tomorrow they cover seventeen miles then finish on Thursday. A ninety mile riding test is set to begin Tuesday with fifteen officers.
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Morning Journal
San Francisco
Presidio
Benicia
Roosevelt
J. L. Clem
Shiton
George H. Torney
California
J. Walter Bennet
Benicin Arsenal
Adam Slacker
Killa
Nlso
Canadian Pacific Men Prepare Nationwide Strike
Winnipeg August 4 shopmen at Canadian Pacific railway plan a 10 o clock strike tomorrow. Included unions are voilermakers blacksmiths carmen electricians machinists moulders pipe fitters shop specialists and helpers. Systemwide impact from St John New Brunswick to Vancouver. International unions back the action with 97.9 percent voting in favor.
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Winnipeg
Parstic Railway
Voilermakers
Carmen
St. John
Vancouver
Fight for Insurance Company Continues in New York
The Provident Savings Life Assurance Society's contract transfer to Inter southern Life Insurance of Louisville faced opposition as New York filings to do business emerged. A policyholders' committee, likely led by Colorado Insurance Commissioner G. Rittenhouse, forms to block the move following Otto Kelsey investigations.
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New York
Provident Savings Life Assurance Society
Intersouthern Life Insurance Company
Louisville
Provident
Albany
New York Company
G. &. Rittenhouse
Colorado
the Provident
Otto Kelsey
Walker breaks world 100 yard record at Abergavenny
South African sprinter K E Walker, Olympic 100 meters champion, shattered the 100 yard world record in Abergavenny England with a time of 9.25 seconds, beating Dan J Kelly’s previous mark set at Boyokane by four fifths of a second.
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Abergavenny
Eng
K. E. Walker
Dan J. Kelly
Boyokane
Bristow and Long Lead In Early Kansas Senate Race
Early returns from about forty precincts in Topeka indicate a close Republican fight for governor between W. R. Stubbs and Cyrus Leland, while United States Senator race shows J. J. Bristow ahead of Chester J. Long. In Congress races, several Republican and Democratic candidates are deemed assured of nomination due to lack of opposition.
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Morning Journal
Topeka
Kas
W. R. Stubbs
Cyrus Leland
United States
Chester J. Long
J. J. Bristow
Stubbs
Leland
Bristow
Long
Cotegress
Piret
Antony
Scott
Campbell
Madison
Murdock Democrate
Pearl
Sheridan
Hale
Lawrence
Flynn Anoints To Succeed Senator Gore In Oklahoma
Guthrie Ok Aug 4 Despite quiet polls in Oklahoma the primary produced no opposition for United States Senator Gore and Dennis Flynn in their parties. Republicans McGuire and Hainer lead the first district for the GOP nomination while other districts show little activity. Final results delayed as several tangles slow primary tallies.
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Guthrie
Okla
Oklahoma
United States
Thomas P. Gore
Dennis T. Flynn
Bird S&s McGuire
Pawnee County
Bayard T. Hainer
Perry
Cowherd Appears Lead for Democratic Governor Nomination
St Louis reports slow returns from the state primary. Ex Congressman W S Cowherd leads the Democratic contest for governor, carrying St Louis and eastern counties over rivals Ball Wallace and Staple. Hadley faces no GOP opposition for governor nomination.
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St. Louis
Congress
Henry F. Staple
Herbert
Hadley
Auto Jumps Off Mountain Precipice Near Liberty
A large covered automobile rolling down Walnut Mountain near Liberty plunges 360 feet over a precipice. The car somersaults three times and hangs in a tree. All passengers are bruised and shaken. the chauffeur has severe injuries. The party was rescued, then returned to New York for rest at the Hotel Astor before heading home.
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Fy Morning Journal
New York
United States
Baker
Washington
Northwest
Gnontha
Walnut Mountain
Liberty
Hotel Astor
Foley's Kidney Remedy Promises Relief for Elderly Care
An advertisement by J. M. O'Reilly & Co promotes Foley's Kidney Remedy for elderly consumers. It claims to stimulate urinary organs correct irregularities and tone the body and urges immediate use to regain vigor.
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Foley
J. M. O'Reilly & Co
Seaman Vanishes From Wisconsin at Sea Near Fiji
Albert Hessel, a seaman aboard the battleship Wisconsin, is missing at sea after being last seen July 21 near Suva Fiji. A naval board investigated and found he had suffered from melancholia since July 28 and concluded the death may have been self-inflicted by jumping overboard.
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Albert Hessel
Wisconsin
Secretary Garfield on Tour of the West
Secretary of the Interior Garfield and F L M H Newetl visited Pueblo Colorado and spoke to the Business Men's association denying land fraud investigations and announcing an inspection trip through the West. They planned to depart for Garden City Kansas that night.
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Pueblo
Colo
Garfield
FLMH
Newetl
Reclamation Service
Business Men's Association
Uft
Colorado
Garden City
Kan
Loaded Shot Gun Shells Line at McIntosh Hardware Co
A full line of loaded shot gun shells remains available at McIntosh Hardware Co. cataloging inventory. The store advertises ammunition items for hunting and sport shooting, highlighting stock and accessibility for customers.
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McIntosh Hardware Co
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California Department
Insurance Company
Kansas
Senator Long
Toga
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Missouri
Dennis Flynn
Senator Gore
Missoureans Anntous
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Jaffa Grocery Co
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Auckland
West
Oakey
Montezuma Trust Company
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Wagner Hdw
Bank of Commerce of Albuquerque
Solomon Luna
W.os. Strickter
Wd. Johnson
Asalst Pot Cashier
William Metnotosti
George Arnot
J. CO. Katdridge
A. M. Blackwel
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Superior Lumber & Mill CO
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APOP
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Madame Deanseryena
Pothoe
Ravn
United Medical CO
J. J. O'Rielly
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N. Second St
Water Supply Company
First National Bank
N. M
United States Depository
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