Fatality Toll Near Three Hundred Fifty
A grim tally shows the dead approaching three hundred fifty in the latest report. Officials have not released full details, but the loss count underscores the heavy human cost of the incident.
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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1908
Page
9
Tornado toll and relief efforts sweep four states
New Orleans April 26. Figures show about 350 killed, 1,200 injured and several thousand homeless from Friday’s tornadoes across Louisiana Mississippi and Tennessee. Amite La and Purvis Miss suffered worst damage with 46 towns heavily wrecked. Many fatalities were among negro residents. whites’ homes largely withstood the storm. Relief efforts mobilized with funds and volunteers aiding wrecked districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Louisiana
Mississippi
Tennessee
Alabama
Georgia
Amite
Purvis
Miss
Lucerne
Kenmore
Lamourie
Richland
Essie
Pine
Angie
Franklinton
Sheridan
Avard
Bounice
Giles Bend
Church Hill
Lorman
Tillman
Melton
Baxterville
Braxton
Sunflower
Wahalak
Wingate
Columbus
Walls
Fairchilds Creek
Quitman’s Landing
Santa Barbara All Primped Up
Santa Barbara hosts a decorative effort as Grant and sailors are treated to posies and local flair. The scene highlights community welcome and coastal hospitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Barbara
Festive Calm Hides Fleet Drill Amid Santa Barbara Visit
The Atlantic fleet arrives for a flower festival and social events in Santa Barbara. Officers and crews enjoy concerts and tea at Montecito while liberty is granted ashore. Drill is relaxed as repairs at Mare Island may delay full cruising speed toward Puget Sound. Admiral Evans plans a brief return before the May 6 grand review in San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Barbara
Cal
Ocean Boulevard
Plaza del Mar
South America
Washington
Thomas
Sperry
Emory
Boeseke
McCalla
Montecito
Missouri
Newport News ‘Shipbuilding Company
San Francisco
Mare Island
Puget Sound
Mountain slide engulfs Notre Dame de Salette hamlet
Buckingham Quebec April 26 half the French hamlet Notre Dame de Salette 16 miles from here on the Lievre river disappeared under a sliding mountain. At least 30 perished and eight others were missing. Rescuers and messengers moved to the scene, Buckingham ordered 25 coffins and physicians dispatched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buckingham
Quebec
Notre Dame de Salette
Lievre
Camille la Pointe
de Salette
Houpere
Evans Improves After Auto Ride to Mission San Miguel
Paso Robles Hot Springs April 26 Rear Admiral Evans continues to improve He enjoyed an automobile ride to Old Mission San Miguel nine miles from Paso Robles His party included Mrs Evans Dr McDonald and James Horsburgh Jr Also Flag Lieutenant C R Train Lieutenant Evans and Mrs Marsh left Paso Robles to attend the festival at Santa Barbara
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paso Robles Hot Springs
Evans
Old Mission San Miguel
Paso Robles’ Hot Springs
McDonald
James Horsburgh, Jr
Southern Pacific
C. R. Train
Marsh
Paso Robles
Santa Barbara
Tolstoy declines jubilee plans and Tolstoyan museum idea grows
St Petersburg reports Count Tolstoi asks to end summer jubilee plans for his eightieth birthday. admirers propose Tolstoy society to study his life and purchase Yasnaya Polyana as a Tolstoy museum, with celebrations in major cities. Tolstoi cites pain and fear of causing offense to orthodox and others, asks to halt the celebration. He hints at a new novel Father Sergius, to be published posthumously, about a guard officer who becomes a monk and falls to passion, ending in exile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Count Tolstoi
Yasnaya Polyana
Russia
Tolstoi
Tolstoian
Moscow
Michael Stakhbovich
Hughes Drives Anti Race Track Gambling Campaign
Albany April 26 Governor Hughes opened a statewide drive through major cities to back anti race track gambling bills set for the extraordinary session starting May 11. He spoke in Albany and Troy where resolutions praised the governor and urged lawmakers who opposed the bills to reconsider. The governor warned the issue could shape the next state campaign and praised the public’s awakening to defend representative government against power concentrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Hughes
Troy
Great strike imminent on the Canadian Pacific
Winnipeg April 26. Canadian Pacific railway shops shut down Saturday night and will stay closed until workers accept the company terms. The current wage scale ends Thursday. Shop employees from Vancouver to St John organized a federation last week, 100000 men ready to resist the terms. A strike seems likely as the company says no other season suits them, with work slack and potential weeks of resistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Canadian Pacific Railway
Vancouver
St. John
N. B
Anna Gould and party tour near Mount Vesuvius in Naples
In Naples on April 26 Prince Helie de Sagans and Mme Anna Gould with her children traveled by car to Rosko Tecrease on Mount Vesuvius south slope. They walked lava-strewn streets to Ottavio ruin, then played tennis in the hotel garden. They plan to proceed to Rome and Paris, likely stopping briefly in Florence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naples
Prince Helie de Sagan
Mme
Anna Gould
Rosko Tecrease
Mount Vesuvius
Ottavio
Rome
Paris
Florence
Exciting Experience of a Man in Midstream
A ranchman named Allenburg, attempting to ford the Madison River with a loaded wagon, was swept downstream when the wagon struck an obstruction. He cut loose his horses, but one drowned. A bridge worker nearby leapt into the torrent, saved him, and brought him to shore as the river ran high from melting snow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard
Madison River
Ennis
Allenburg
Fire destroys Boston store in Joliet
Fire in Joliet Illinois today destroyed the Boston store and damaged the Hammond building adjoining with a loss estimated at 210000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joliet
Joliet, Ill
Boston
Catholics Meet 10 Honor Event in New York
In New York on April 26 Catholics celebrated a century since establishment with a mass at St Patrick's Cathedral led by Monsignor Lavelle and attended by Cardinal Logue and Archbishop Farley. Farley lamented materialism and wealth's influence on morality. An Irish cardinal visit followed, with a dinner and further receptions planned as prelates arrived and a public festival begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Archdiocese of New York
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Lavelle
Cardinal Logue
Farley
Daily Chronicle
Countess Leary
Logue
Gibbons
Cardinal Gibbons
Monsignor Brucheni
Montreal
Monsignor
Falconio
Washington
Archbishop Farley
Chinese Woman Killed By Considerate Beau
In Bellingham on April 26 a Chinese man named Ah Waugh killed his woman companion in the detention shed at Su mas by slitting her throat. He claimed the woman had tried to kill herself and he finished the act. The couple had been detained near the boundary line for deportation and Ah Waugh was jailed after being brought to Bellingham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellingham
Wash
Ah Waugh
Sumas
Conrad Yorks View on Bryan Affects 1900 West Politics
W G Conrad of Montana and the Northwest discusses possible national ticket placement at the Denver convention. He prefers Bryan to head the ticket, hints at a potential western running mate, comments on McClellan, tariff reform, state rights, and West industrial development. He notes Montana’s vast resources and population potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tammany Times
New York
W. G. Conrad
Northwest
The
Waldorf
Conrad
West
Washington
Bryan
Johnson
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New England
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New York State
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Charles I
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John Ashby
Virginia
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