Speeding street car wrecks into transfer wagon in Arizona street crash
A fast running street car collided with a Butte transfer wagon on Arizona street at 12 15 this morning shifting trunks from the Bondman company as pedestrians and horses fled. Driver James Burton escaped unharmed while Conductor Henry Rice and wagon crew survived the smash with mud covered but uninjured bodies. The wreck cleared after two hours and was heard blocks away near Platinum street.
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West Side
Arizona Street
Butte
Bondman” Company
James Burton
Burton
Wioterman
Ollie Noyes
Henry Rice
Platinum Street
Water floods pre railway grades on Northern Pacific and St Paul lines
The unprecedented storm washed out grading and destroyed sections on both lines as new work in Montana remains unsettled and unprotected. Some small bridges and country roads suffered, but streetcar service largely continued with minor washouts and careful management kept cars running.
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Northern Pacific
St. Paul
Montana
Missoula
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Stevens
Montana Street
F. E. Willard
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company
South Fourth Street
South Sixth Street
Higgins Avenue
Defoe
Howell
Phillips
Bad Washouts Hit Western Montana Rail Line
Heavy rains drive Western Montana rivers to record highs with multiple bridges dislodged and new railway grading washed away. Missoula river levels peak without local damage yet. Bonner dam is described as critical while washouts along the Northern Pacific line halt trains along east and west stretches.
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Standard
Missoula
Montana
Bonner
Northern Pacific
Bad scare at Bozeman dam break rumor spreads panic
Bozeman residents faced a false alarm about Mystic dam failing at 1 am as rumors spread fear along Bozeman Creek. About 200 women and children fled town while others grew ill from alarm. Investigations found no danger, water passing safely through gates at a measured rate.
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Standard
Bozeman
Mystic Dam
Boveman Creek
Weather Surprises Helena With Unprecedented May Rain
Helena reports 6.14 inches of precipitation this May, far exceeding the 1.78 inch average. Local streams run higher than seen before June, and the Rimini branch of the Northern Pacific shows washed out bridges over Ten Mile with some roadbed damage.
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Standard
Helena
Burreau
Rimini
Northern Pacific
City Council Deliberates Broad Street Work and Finances
The Missoula city council met late after a heavy agenda. They discussed overhead crossings for railways near the depot, street grading, and the funding plan for extensive road work. Reports showed police fines, health quarantines, cement walks, and sewer survey funding while fire service needs and city scales were reviewed.
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Alderman Patterson
H. M. Small
Police Department
Pease
Board of Health
al May
Sacred Heart Academy
May
Adelaide Block Robbed in Sunday Night Break-In
Thieves entered Frank Court's apartments in Adelaide block using a pass key and stole $15, two rings, a suit of clothing, shoes and other effects. Police are investigating.
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Adelaide Blor
Frank Court
Judge Wines Improves After Surgery at Murray’s
Judge M. E. Wines is reported improving rapidly at Murray's hospital after a Saturday operation that physicians describe as wholly successful. He is expected to be up and about in a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Wines
Murray's Hospital
Child killed foiled by moving ore cars exonerates company
In an inquest into Cornelius Foley age seven, the jury exonerated the Butte Anaconda Pacific railway company and staff from blame. The boy and a companion testified they ran beside a moving train attempting to board, and the elder missing child was crushed under the wheels near the Never Sweat mine.
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Cornelius Foley
George Foley
Never Sweat
Butte, Anacconda & Pacific Company
John F. Forbis
Peter Breen
Dan M. Murphy
Foley
Cornelius
Murphy
Gon
No Word From Detective Bates Amid Seattle Illness
Butte police and Bates's friends fear pneumonia has worsened in Seattle as no message has arrived since last Thursday. Two telegrams sent from Butte last night yielded no reply, heightening anxiety about Detective Bates's condition.
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Butte
Charles Q. Bates
Seattle
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Altman
Olive Tapes
London
Liinin
Lille
Ile
Merode
Brownie
Tor Aemced
Symons
Uncle
Fine Wallaces
J. W. Lister
South Missoula
E. G. Hathaway, Jr
Frank H. Woody
Ray Small
Greenough ‘Park
Jackson Street
Vic and
Beech
Adelaide
Companion
Inquest
Detective Bates
RayoLlamp
Continental O1l Company (Incorporated
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