03 Oct 1902
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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1902
Page
1
Rome dispatch reports Stromboli in full eruption with lava flows and huge rocks thrown seaward. A submarine eruption between Stromboli and Sicily is suspected. One hundred fifty corpses recovered at Modica, with many more victims in the open country.
Washington Sept. 27 A front portion of a nine story office building for Henry S Willard on Fourteenth street opposite the new Willard hotel collapsed after 8 o'clock this morning. Overweight iron columns and heavy stone coping on the sixth floor caused the event. Stones and iron framing fell to the ground but warning sounds saved about 40 workers and passersby. Only one laborer, Washington Gordon, was injured and he returned to work.
J Painter Jr of Pittsburg arrived in Chicago with about 8 million dollars from selling Painter Steel and Iron to the steel trust. Despite his wealth a hotel clerk said no room could be fixed up. He joked about buying the hotel but soon found he could be housed after all.
Sept 27. Mayor Thomas J. Humes is missing after separating from companions during a bear hunt by Lake Washington. He did not return to the designated meeting point and no trace has been found. Search efforts are underway as officials seek the mayor.
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