Devastation in Zephyr as Tornalg hits town
A small town of Zephyr was completely demolished by Tornalg. Thirty people were killed and scores were injured, many mortally, in the disaster.
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Tornalg
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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1909
Page
1
Salt Creek Flood Murmurs of Many Killed Reach Stroud
Reports from the Salt creek area said ten or more occupants were killed as rising waters cut off communication. One man reportedly escaped and hurried to Stroud Oklahoma to spread word, with the full truth only learned tonight after the flood disrupted contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stroud
Okla
Salt Creek
Tornado Damages Blomes Area Near Chellecopteee
Chillicothe Missouri May 30 Reports indicate a tornado last night caused several thousand dollars in damage in the Blomes vicinity. No fatalities. Mrs Walter Brockman sustained injuries when her house was overturned but is not in danger.
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Chellecopteee
Yeo
Chillicothe
Walter Brockman Wis
Tornado Wrecks Twenty Homes in Ashland County
A tornado struck Ashland in the southwest corner of this county last night causing extensive damage and injuries but no fatalities. About twenty residences were wrecked including those of Beal Terry J H Barger and Bob Harrington. One home burned after being struck by lightning.
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McAlester
Oklo
Ashland
Mr. Beal
Jobe Terry
J. H. Barger
Bob Harrington
Zephyr Tornado Leaves 32 Dead in Eastern Brown County
A devastating tornado hit Zephyr, Texas at one o clock Sunday morning killing 32 and badly wounding 56. Hundreds lost homes as 59 houses were demolished and a large business block burned. Brownwood sent nine surgeons and relief trains. injured transported to Temple for care. The disaster left many bodies scattered, fires burning, and schools and churches destroyed. Local officials report ongoing search and relief efforts with more victims awaiting aid.
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Morning Journal Special
Brownwood
Tex
Zephyr
Brown County
Santa Fe Railroad
Thad Cabler
Temple
T T. Caller
Ettorney
Artif Hart
Robert
Gertie Huston
Zephyr Gibbs Cloyce
Prof Cloyce
Oscar Fare
Harry
Frank
Jessie Warren
W. G. Simmons
Wifl
Bertie
Weert
Ben Brown
Wipf
Alma Ramfey
Box
Ollis
M. Carter
Axd
Captain Colline
Ruby Campbell
Tires Youre
Ofc
Rodney Campbl
Chile
Roy Campbell
Storm Rips Key West Area Causing Injuries and Fatalities
Late storm reports from the Key Wear district near Key West say no lives were lost though about fifteen were injured. Mrs J L Hart, the Key West postmaster, died. her husband and three children were injured when their house was blown over during a prayer meeting in progress Saturday evening. Property damage is described as large.
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Oklahoma City
Kta
Key Wear
Oia
J. Ll. Hart
Key West
Hart
Key Weet
Japanese Admiral Uria Reaffirms Love for This Nation
Vice Admiral Sotokichi Uria of the Japanese navy and Baroness Uria arrived in Washington from Annapolis and met with the Japanese ambassador. Uria said he speaks of progress not war and expressed his love for the United States as a great nation with abundant resources. He will be guest of honor at a formal lunch hosted by the secretary of the navy and will meet prominent officials.
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Washington, D. C
Sotokichi Uria
Uria
Washington
Annapolis
Tackahira
Uriu
West
Secretary of the Navy
Roosevelt Party Plans June Departure for Sotik District
Nairobi May 20 Roosevelt party to leave June via Riats for the Sotik district south of Nairobi. Mr Roosevelt is staying at the town house of George Mace Millan and devotes time to literary work.
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Roosevelt
Nairobi
Rijats
Sotik
George Mace Millan Ie
Roosevelt Attends Church in Nairobi En Route to Kijabe
Former President Roosevelt attended church in Nairobi and visited the Catholic mission. He delayed departure to June 2 due to packing skins from a hunt shot by his party, delaying travel 44 miles north to Kijabe.
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Nairobi
Roosevelt
Kijabe
Taft Leaves for Gettysburg Battlefield Visit
President Taft departs Pittsburgh for Gettysburg to deliver Memorial Day address. Miss Helen Taft will unveil a granite monument honoring regular troops of the Pennsylvania campaign. Taft spends time with relatives, attends church, and travels east by private car Olympie.
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Morclay Journal Special
Pittsburg
Pitterbeg
Taft
Gettysburg
Misa Helen Taft
Congress
Pennsylvania
Thomas K Laughlin
Union Station
It Pum
Charlies PF. Tate
Cincinnati
Chicago
Lauguinn
Piitehure
Knowlett
Washington
First Unitarian Church
L. Walter Mason
Paul
Hhe
Fire ruins Tingaley store in San Marcial confession
In San Marcial New Mexico on May 19 a fire destroyed the Tingaley furniture store Roberts' restaurant and the Postal Telegraph office. C A Tingaley admits setting the blaze in a remorse filled letter to insured friends, claiming spiritual influence prompted arson. Local investigators anticipate a penitentiary term.
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Morning Journal
San Marcial
N. M
G. A. Tingaley
Roberts
Postal Telegraph Company
Albuquerque
Paso
J. K. Nichols
Frank Johnson
A. N. Broyles
el Paso
Mr. Nichols
Batan
Sataya
San Antonio
C. A. Tinguley
Tinguley
Magdalena
Tingaley
Senate Deadlock Follows Bloodier Night Session
A late night struggle marked the closing of the Longio Senate session after a clash between State Senator James A. Henson and Thomas Sheridan assistant sergeant at arms left both with injuries. The body adjourned until Monday after agreeing not to resume work before Thursday.
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Morning Journal
Springfield
James A. Henson
Thomas Sheridan
Senate
General Assembly
Henson
Sheridan
Heard
Hienwen Rove
House
Evidence Ties Union Pacific Train Robbery Suspects
The three men Woods, Tortenson and Gordon charged in the Union Pacific train robbery are arraigned in Omaha. The hearing was postponed to June 20 on government motion. Investigators report mutilated bills found on the defendants and linked to a Washington redemption shipment.
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Omaha
Neb
Washington
Fire gutts Masonic Temple in Carlsbad New Mexico
Special dispatch reports the Masonic Temple in Carlsbad was gutted by fire. Losses include about 6000 for the temple insured. the Carlsbad Furniture Co suffered around 10000 with 6000 insured. The Blue Lodge charter was lost. Fire began in the varnishing room. volunteers saved the building from total loss and promise immediate restoration.
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Carlsbad
New Mexico
Masonic Temple
Blue Lodge
Carlsbad Furniture Co
Famous Blind Organist Claimed By Death
Washington mourns Dr. John W. Hischott the blind organist of Washington who lost sight at age two. For thirty five years he led at the first Congregational church and was regarded as a leading composer and organist with works including Good night Sweet dreams Unanswered and fieb O Link.
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Washington
John W. Hischott
Hischott
First Congregational Church
Fieb O'Link
Young Millionaire Swift Regains Sanity in Chicago Court
Herbert L. Swift, son of late packer Gustavius Swift, was restored to sane rights by Judge Pond in county court. Previously committed to a sanitarium due to mind effects from heavy drink use. restoration supported by brother Louis P. Swift and wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Herbert L. Swift
Gustavius Swift
Packer
Pond
Swift
Louis P. Switt
Senate defeats bill to abolish capital punishment
Springfield Alabama May 30 the bill abolishing capital punishment was defeated in the senate yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Senate
Clovis Residents Watch For Black Hand Plot
In Clovis New Mexico on Friday night several locals spotted dummy packages and real money as they joined male citizens guarding depots hoping to trap Black Hand operatives. Mrs Irwin and her husband face court action with a preliminary hearing likely Tuesday as investigators assess the attempted scheme and the couple’s involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morning Journal
Clovis
N. M
BL Leepy
H. A. Trewin
Black Hand
Citzen
Clocia
Black Hands
PD. B. Oldham
First National Bank
Dillon
Irwin
Clavia
Mra
Dennison
Texas
Beth
Waters-Pierce case ends Texas winding up
The state court ordered the Waters-Pierce Company in Texas to prepare an inventory of its property through the state receiver. After approval, the receiver must advertise the property for sale, marking a halt to the Texas winding up of the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waters Pierce Company
Texas
Austin
Tex
Waters-Pierce Oll Company
Army Medical Graduate Class Receives Diplomas in Washington
Twenty nine graduates of the Army Medical Corps in Washington were awarded their diplomas at graduation exercises conducted by Secretary of War Dickinson. The ceremony marked the completion of training for new Army medical officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army Medica
Washington
Army Medical Aches
War Dickinson
Philippine court issues first labor union restraint order
The Manila Street Railway Co wins a restraining order from Philippine courts to block union meetings planned for today after a split in the Carmen's union following a strike call and boycott. The dominant Obrera faction had considered renewing the strike and issued a manifesto denouncing the company amid agitated meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morning Journal Special
Manila
Manila Street Railway Co
Carmen
Obrera
Manila Labor Council
Boyceott
Ccompany
Court Stops Street Car Meeting as Strike Lacks Unity
Court grants an order to abandon the proposed street car meeting and to bar announced speakers after a strike by operatives failed to produce union backing. The move aims to prevent further disruption though the strike had little effect.
Hawaiian Strike Rumor Faces Discredit Amid Island Turmoil
Honolulu reports a circulating unconfirmed rumor that the sugar plantation strike may spread beyond Hawaii, though this claim is largely disputed. Japanese laborers outside disturbed districts have filed demands, and authorities vow vigorous prosecutions of strikers at the Ewa plantation where twenty have been arrested.
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Honolulu
Island of
Hawaii
Ewa
Mrs Nora Climenson Dies in Bed After Suspected Robbery
In Chicago on May 20 Mrs Nora Jane Climenson twenty three was found dead from chloroform poisoning in a bed. Her husband Dr Halden Climenson twenty seven who discovered the body is held by police. He says both were victims of a chloroform robbery. Dr Climenson, a University of Iowa graduate of 1802, is involved in the case.
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Chicago
Nora Jane Climenson
Halden Climenson
Cilmenson
Climenson
University of Towa
Woman Leaves Fortune of Eight Million
New York May 30 Mrs Margaret Plant Graves widow of Henry Plant founder of southern railroads and hotels died today The Plant estate contest ended with her winning and upon her death she leaves an estate valued at eight million dollars to her husband Robert Graves whom she married in 1904 The will secures the fortune to her widower
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Margaret Plant-Graves
Henry Bbrant
South
Plant
Notable Colorado Football Tackle Dies in Denver
Charles EB Jack known across the West for his former Colorado football tackle has died in Denver from injuries suffered in a 1906 Chankeiving game. The longtime player passed away tonight, ending a career tied to early 20th century gridiron days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Charles Eb, Jack
West
Colorado
Six men drown in Boston harbor disaster today
In Boston harbor today six men were drowned when a pleasure craft overturned. The body of Raymond von Limburg, identified as a clear manufacturer, was recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
Boston
Raymond von Limburg
Senate Work on Tariff Bill Sees July Vote Hopes
Washington reports steady progress on the tariff bill with speeches and schedule battles. Lawmakers aim to finish by July adjournment as the house sets timing and faces votes on lemons cotton and wool while Porto Rico and census appropriations loom ahead and the senate plans Decoration Day sessions.
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Morning Journal
Wired Washington
House
Senate
Twenty Million Cut From Military Budget
Washington reports Secretary Dickinson announced a 26 million dollar reduction in the 1911 military estimates. He said no cuts would affect army pay nor the feeding transport and stabling of horses and troops, or other regular military maintenance expenses.
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Washington
Dickinson
Five Hundred Mile Voyage by Zeppelin Airship
German inventor achieves a five hundred mile flight in an airship described as an unprecedented milestone in aerial navigation. The voyage marks a notable advance in lighter-than-air travel and demonstrates enduring German innovation in aviation history.
Zeppelin Guides Airship U1 Across Germany in 22 Hours
Count Zeppelin steered the airship U1 from Friedrichshafen to Bitterfeld covering 456 miles in nearly twenty two hours and remained aloft on the return to Friedrichshafen. Crowds in Berlin awaited a landfall A city tour over Nuremberg and Halle preceded Bitterfeld as officials planned a Berlin landing. The voyage featured multiple maneuvers over towns and lake replenishment stoppage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morning Journal Special
Berlin
Count Zeppelin
Friedrichshafen
Bitterfeld
Gall
Templehof
Pitterfeld
Friedrichehafen
Zeppelin
Zeppelin IL
Nuremberg
Wittegenreich
Frontiera
Baxony
Leipele
Halle
Bitterfield
Sross
Army Baseloon Corps
Teelela
Dige
Airship Progress Hourly Bulletins Reported
Despatches received throughout the day track the airship's progress. Updates summarize movement, status, and location, reflecting ongoing coverage of a developing voyage.
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Helen
C. A. Tingaley
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Carlsbad Furniture Company
Masonic
The
Leepy
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