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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1923
Page
2
A Wisconsin bound freight train derailed near Whitehall causing the deaths of four crew members. Engineers Barry and Nugent, fireman Carr, and several baggage workers perished or were injured as cars piled into a refrigerator car. Rescue efforts followed as passengers aided the survivors and investigators prepared for inquest.
Train No 41 ran over a spur track near Whitehall after a switch was allegedly tampered with. Engineer Thomas Barry, 58, and Fireman J P Beamer survived briefly before Barry died after three hours of rescue efforts. Beamer described the moment Barry cried wearily, We’re gone, then urged to let it stop. Large crew and volunteers battled to free him, with Mrs. Barry and family notified as the wreckage lay amid trunks, splinters, and a bloodstained cap.
Passengers aboard a restrained rail wreck describe a jolt when the engine derailed on a spur. Edna Woodward of Donora and Dolores Borner of Shenandoah report minor bruises and tossed belongings, while Hilda Rausenberger and family recall a dining car scramble. Observers in the observation car recount a shattered rear glass and several injuries including a broken rib to Miss Lenihan of Battle Creek.
President Harding arrives in Juneau for a busy Alaska day marked by a governors mansion speech and a visit to Mendenhall glacier. Miners Indians and children join the greeting as Mrs Harding plans receptions with local and national officials and groups.
About 20 bandits who derailed and raided four trains on the Canton Kowloon line near Canton were killed today in a battle with Chinese troops. The main body escaped to the hills with 90 well to do Chinese prisoners. A Chinese officer and one soldier died during the raid and loot valued at $50,000 was taken.
July 10 a jury received the case of 27 alleged Industrial Workers of the World members charged with criminal syndicalism after a stormy final session. Scores of demonstrators wearing red carnations were expelled from the courtroom by deputies as the trial proceeded in the superior court.
Dr F T Foard urged iodine treatment through water to curb goitre in iodine-poor Montana regions while Dr R R Spencer discussed spotted fever and the Noguchi serum as a preventive measure. Early field inoculations in Bitter Root valley show strong interest in a public health driven approach.
Albert D. Lasker, ex-chair of the U S shipping board, praised the Leviathan as it brought 3000 aboard and crew to Southampton harbor. The giant liner, quiet and solid, anchored near the Pilgrim Fathers’ landing site as reporters noted no British officers boarded before midnight to serve deserter notices. Lasker said he knew nothing of any English deserters aboard.
A July 10 report details a lightning strike in Billings Montana that killed Gust Erickson and I man Ranta, paralyzed Erickson's son, and left a widow and children. In Cedar Rapids Iowa Clifford Green 25 and Mildred Levison died instantly when lightning struck a tree beneath which the family sheltered, with Lucy Zentner severely burned.
A triple bill at the Rialto features Er nest Shipman's The Man From Glengarry with EB L Fernandes as the lumber camp bully Louis Lenoir. The program includes The Uncovered Agon and the seventh episode of Plunder plus musical interludes from the Risite troupe.
Regulations from the La Follette act and action by Chair man Lasker address aboard liquor issues on passenger and cargo ships. Captains retain authority to suppress illegal acts, with no current curb on passengers defying Volstead. Leviathan trial trip noted, stateroom cards seek voluntary compliance, while Blair announces Justice Department forfeiture actions against contraband liquor, with customs continuing seizures.
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