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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1902
Page
1
A devastating blaze at the St. Luke's Society sanatorium in Chicago results in nine men and one woman dead and many others seriously injured or possibly fatally burned. Fire officials continue to assess casualties and determine the cause.
A fatal blaze at the St Luke's sanitarium on Wabash Avenue raged through the Hotel Woodruff building killing nine and injuring about 30. Patients on the fifth floor including those delirious or drug affected perished or were badly burned as fire spread up an elevator shaft. Rescue efforts centered on a barred window where a group of restrained patients struggled to escape, aided by W F Davis who helped weaken the screen enabling a perilous exit before firemen reached the scene.
Desperate prisoners at a state penitentiary set a fire and killed guards, then fled through the foundry and fence. Tracy and Merrill led the breakout with armed support from outside, while staff and lawmen mounted a massive search and offered a reward for capture.
Dispatches from Hermosillo report a morning battle at daybreak in the San Manhatan mountains near Mineags Prietas. General Torres commanded 2,500 Mexican troops against 600 Yaqui fighters. Fierce fighting drove the Yaquis from fortifications with heavy losses. many were killed or captured. Torres ordered extermination of armed Yaquis. Further details awaited.
Harry Tracy was taken into custody in Portland on February 6 1899 after an armed confrontation with Detective David Wiener. Tracy, wanted for burglary, attempted to flee by boarding a southbound train but was thwarted by the engineer and conductor. Shots were exchanged as Tracy fled, one bullet striking him behind the ear. The pursuit continued as the story resumed on page two.
A major bush fire in Michel B C started at 1:30 and within four hours left 24 houses ash, leaving about 450 families homeless. The Crows' Nest Pass Coal company suffered near fifty thousand dollars in losses, with ten Canadian Pacific cars burned and the CP railway station narrowly escaping. Passenger traffic delayed six to ten hours as winds threaten the rest of town.
West Point marks its 100th anniversary with speeches by Col McClernand and General Miles arrival honored by a salute. The day features cadet classes revealing pontoon and spar bridge building, a luncheon, and a Thayer hall assembly with addresses by graduates including Gen McCalmont and Gen Wood.
Washington reports the president will depart tomorrow night for West Point to attend centennial events. The party includes Mrs. Caroline Root, Postmaster General Payne, Secretary Moody, Secretary Cortelyou, General Young, Col. T. B. Ingham, General Leonard Wood, Dr. Urey, a stenographer, and two messengers. He stays overnight at West Point, then proceeds to Oyster Bay Thursday morning and returns to Washington Friday noon.
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