Ashton Gazette Publisher Ralph J. Dean
The Ashton Gazette is published under Ralph J. Dean as the town newspaper based in Ashton with local coverage and community notices.
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Newspaper
Ashton Gazette
Location
Ashton, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1909
Page
2
Deadly gas halts mine rescue in Cherry disaster
Reported extraction halted as Cherry mine remains sealed after a deadly gas outburst. Death toll climbs to 393 with rescue efforts ongoing and scattered sightings of bodies in the detritus.
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Cherry
Senate Committee On Irrigation and Reclamation of
Isthmus Canal
Rescue Efforts in Deadly Vein Collapse
Reports describe rescuers wading waist deep through four feet of water to reach the bodies and remove them to the surface. Victims built a barricade and ventilation fan from available tools as they waited for rescue, finally succumbing after days of exposure. He is now at West Baden. Veterans nationwide urge Mr. Warner not to resign.
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West Baden
United States
Warner
Bodies Found in Cherry Mine Tragedy Encompass 168
Workers unearthed 168 victims in the Cherry Mine after a fire and black damp trapped laborers in Illinos, with messages from dying miners and bodies piled 500 feet from the main shaft. A boat skiff lowered from the Illinois River aided extraction from 560 feet depth.
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Cherry
Ill
Illinois River
Warner Resigns as Pension Commissioner
United States Commissioner of Pensions Vespasian Warner has tendered his resignation to President Taft and it has been accepted. Warner, appointed by Roosevelt in 1904 and reappointed by Taft, is in Clinton Illinois where he has been visiting due to his son C M Warner’s illness and heavy duties at two estates.
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Taft
Warner
Vespasian Warner
United States Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
Clinton
Ill
Roosevelt
C. M. Warner
Moxley Elected to Congress in Illinois Race
William J. Moxley a Chicago batterine manufacturer and Lorimer protege won Illinois Sitth District congress seat. He defeated Frank Ryan 14 594 to 6 414 with Carl L. Barnes running as Ind Rep with 6 317 votes.
Trade and Industry Notes From the Midwest
H Rockwell of Iowa claims twelve years of effort yield an ever bearing strawberry. St Paul officials see freight rate progress in the Northwest despite rail plans elsewhere. Lyman H Budlong, millionaire truck gardener, linked to Cranston RI and Chicago. Immigration commissioner cites Western Canada farming arrivals 13811 in three months, up from last year. Michael Ryan of American Packers Association warns meat supply may force imports without more cattle. James J Hill to distribute 2.6 gold prizes at Omaha exhibit for best grain within 25 miles of Great Northern Montana display.
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H. Rockwell
Iowa
St. Paul
Vance
Northwest
Lyman H. Budlong
Galcago
Chicago
Cranston
R. L
United States
Canada
Michael Ryan
American Packers’ Association
America
James J. Hill
Omaha
Tana
Great Northern
Montana
Cherry Ill Rescue: Twenty-One Miners Alive From Mine Pit
In Cherry Illinois a remarkable rescue brought twenty-one miners to life after seven days entombed in the St Paul mine. Fire hampered efforts as rescuers lowered water and equipment. The town moved from despair to elation as living men emerged amid the collapsed passages and dust.
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Haldane Cleminson
Chicago
Tampa
Fla
Nourmahal
John Jacob Astor
Cherry Mine
Willemstad
Astor
San Juan
Cherry
Ill
Illinois
St. Paul
Boy Captor Shot After Refusing to Surrender
An unidentified tramp held Harry Garrett prisoner for about a day in the Garrett ranch house near Boise Idaho threatening to kill him if arrested. At daybreak Friday the outlaw, weary from long confinement, fell asleep and the boy escaped through a window. A volley from below ended the standoff as the man refused to surrender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peane
Harry Garrett
Garrett Ranch
Boise
Idaho
Storm tossed Otters escape on Lake Superior
Axel Oberg his wife two children and two sailors endured eighty four hours adrift after a dead gas line launch storm on Lake Superior. The vessel was driven twenty miles off course and cargo washed overboard but no one was injured. They were cast on rocks on the south shore near Duluth and told of their escape after a long ordeal.
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Lake Superior
Axel Oberg
Duluth
Robert Oberg
Oberg
Fire seals St Paul Mine at Cherry Ill trapping hundreds
The St Paul mine at Cherry Illinois was sealed Wednesday night after a fire broke through coal deposits making rescue impossible for weeks. Authorities estimate 204 bodies remain trapped with the total dead reaching 393. Captain Corrigan and Chicago fire crews risked their lives blocking flames from the main shaft as workers fled the area.
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St. Paul
Cherry
Ill
Corrigan
Taft Names James L Davenport Pension Chief
President Taft announced three federal appointments including James L Davenport of New Hampshire as Pension Commissioner to succeed Warner. Davenport, 64, longtime Deputy Commissioner, veteran of the Civil War, political Republican, served since 1881 in the pension office.
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Taft
James L. Davenport
Warner
Vespasian Warner
Benjamin S. Cable
Chicago
Commerce and Labor
Ormsby McHarg
W. J. Mills
New Mexico Supreme Court
Davenport
New Hampshire
Wisconsin
Fortieth Wisconsin Regiment
Forty Ninth Wisconsin
Washington
Pension Office
Boy Hurton Football Game Ends in Severe Injury
Webb Boone of Logansville suffered both bones in his leg broken and crushed during a De Graff game in C possibly with internal injuries.
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Boy Hurton
Webb Boone
Logansville
de Graff, C
Wright brothers buy 700 acres for aero plates park
Wilbur and Orville Wright purchase 700 acres northwest of Springfield Ohio near Tippecanoe City as a site for a park to be used for experiments with aero plates. Howard B Phillips a renowned trainer and driver of light harness horses in Pennsylvania died recently at Pottstown. He was a familiar figure at races across the state for over forty years.
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Wilbur
Orville Wright
Springfield
Ohio
Tippecanoe City
Howard B. Phillips
Pennsylvania
Pottstown
Phillips
Thanksgiving trade improves as shipments sustain progress
Chicago reports robust Thanksgiving trade across retail lines with stronger solvent payments and fewer trading defaults. Industrial demand remains broad with pig iron rails cars and machinery rising. prices firm and building permits up. New York sees holiday retail lift, wholesale activity steady though some buying softness. national business failures fall year over year to 211 in the week ending Nov 25.
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R. G. Dun & Co
Chicago
Chicago Railroad
New York
United States
Canada
Bradstreet's
Market Quotes From Midwestern Cities On Livestock And Grains
Cattle, hogs, and sheep priced across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo Cincinnati and New York. Grains include wheat No 2 corn No 2 oats rye and other staples with bid ranges and unit prices across regions. Butter eggs and hay also listed with regional variations.
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Chicago
Timothy
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Detroit
Milwaukee
Cincinnati
New York
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