Flood Toll Exceeds A Hundred In Williamson Area
Reports from Williamson West Virginia dated June two describe a flood disaster along Elkhorn and adjacent valleys. Loss includes homes, coke ovens, bridges and rail infrastructure with many deaths among women and children. Rescue efforts span Vivian Eckman Keystone and Davy with trains washed away and telegraph lines restored by improvised means.
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Judge Doolittle
Laurel Creek
Judge Flourney
Mr. Hatfield
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Davy
Elkhorn
Lond
Bokeaman
Rickman
Keystone
Mie
Norfolk and Western
Debria J
Wasalso
Eckman
Dry Fork
de. Hatfield
Brooke
Ennis
Rulna
Horse
Hatfield Tunnel
Burke
CF Cufford
Worfolk
Western
Welch
Nnfield
Germans Arrest Boers In Damaraland Camp at Schmidt Drift
German authorities in Damaraland arrest several male Boers who emigrated after debts at Narvegas. Thirty eight families of women and children are placed in a camp at Schmidt Drift.
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Kenhart
Cape Colony
Damaraland
Narvegas
Schmidt Drift
Explosive Cupola Accident Burns Men at Plant
In Chicago on June 28 seven workers in the cupola room of the American Car and Foundry Company suffered severe burns from molten metal after a dynamite shell placed with scrap iron exploded. Foreman Thomas Cusack died en route to the hospital. six others were injured, three fatally, including Frank Balger Michael Smentak Charles Brown Frank Diedo William Burke John Sefiek.
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Chicago
Soft Foundry
American Car and Foundry Company
Thomas Cusack
Frank Balger
Michael Smentak
Charles Brownfrank Diedo
William Burke
John Sefiek
Railroads work to restore flood era communications
Roanoke reports the West Virginia flood zone remains static but improves slightly. Four more victims identified in North Fork including Al Beverly and wife from Virginia and Dog Gaines and wife from West Virginia. many bodies unrecovered due to widespread destruction and cut communications. The focus is on reconnecting lines, aiding the needy with coal and provisions, and resuming coal output while acknowledging lasting damage to plant efficiency.
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Roanoke Va
West Virginia
North Fork
al Beverly
Washington County
Virginia
Dog Gaines
Pulaski County
Jemed
Shell
New York Journal
Roanoke
Wheeling
W. Va
Kenova
Fifty Miles Under Water Flood Disrupts Mail Service
Washington reports post office dispatches from West Virginia and Virginia reveal trains now run between Williamson and Lindsay, a thirty mile stretch, while fifty miles of Norfolk and Western track from Elkhorn to Lindsay largely lies under water. Chief Clerk Goodloe plans emergency service. Elkhorn posts rails to Keyston area, with work train limited to seven miles beyond.
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Washington
Post Office Department
West Virginia
Virginia
Williamson
Lindsay
W Va
Norfolk and Western
Elkhorn
Goodloe
Enols
Eckman
Keystone
Swept by Fearful Storm Hits Keyser WV Valley
A violent storm swept New Creek valley south of Keyser causing a ten to twenty foot flood that carried away harvested grain and garden crops, damaged roads and pasture. Several residents are unaccounted for though no deaths are confirmed, and livestock losses run heavy among farmers including R Dye, Edward Miritz, Jack Markwood, and Charles Lifer.
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West Virginia
Keyser
W. Va
New Creek Vally
New Creek
R. Dye
Edward Miritz
Jack Markwood
Charles Lifer
Committee Objects to Bills for National University
The fifteen member committee chaired by President Harper of the Chicago University opposes federal control of education and rejects bills to establish a national university in Washington. It endorses a non governmental plan called the Washington Memorial Institution to promote science and liberal arts in the capital and supervise study in governmental labs and collections.
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Harper
Chicago
Chicago University
National Education Association
Detroit
Congress
Washington
Washington Memorial Institution
Washington, D. C
National Capital
Wisconsin defects noted by board after final trial
The Navy Department received the board's June 7 report on the battleship Wisconsin. It cites wiring system deficiencies in interior communications, boiler workmanship shortcomings, and subpar search lights, while confirming the ship is otherwise efficient and well built.
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Board
Navy Department
Washington
Wisconsin
Troops Reach Plattsburg Brigracks After Atlanta Departure
Three companies of the Twenty seventh Infantry left Fort McPherson Tuesday aboard the Seaboard Air Line for Plattsburg Barracks. The auxiliary train with new recruits followed, with Captain Dwyer in charge as the soldiers traveled in two sections.
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Twentyseventh Infantry
Fort McPherson
Seaboard Air Line
Plattsburg Brigracks
Atlanta
Dwyer
Electric bolts scatter death as storm hits Pittsburg area
A severe afternoon storm in Pittsburg and nearby towns caused lightning strikes and heavy rain. One woman died and several others were badly injured or burned in Homestead and Booth Avenue park, where a 1,200 person picnic crowded the Suburban Traction pavilion. fires and power, sewer overflows, and widespread damage followed with no major fatalities reported beyond the initial fatalities.
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Pittsburg
Homestead
Alice Lester
Grace Jackson
Richard Rucker
John Saulton
Clay Fands
Booth Avenue Park
Suburban Traction Company
St. Joseph’s Parochial School
Mount Oliver
Flood wreckage in West Virginia reports child missing
Details from Bluefield area recount devastation after the flood. A three year old child was found alive in a miner’s cabin entombed for two days amid debris by Norwood’s new iron bridge. Relief trains distribute supplies along the Elkhorn valley as death toll rises with eighteen bodies recovered.
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Bluefield
W. Va
Norwood
Atracken
Elkhorn Valley
Rtles Wo
Pne
Keystone
Algoma
Eckman
Shawnee
Landgraff
Governor White Declares No Outside Aid Needed
Governor White states in a public message that reports from representatives in the Tat Top flood area indicate deaths will be under fifty and distress is manageable without outside assistance. He praises nationwide offers but says he will request outside aid if conditions change and expresses confidence West Virginians will provide needed support.
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White
Charleston
W.a
Ievertone
Tat Top
West Virginia
A. B. White
Four deaths, heat, and prostrations across the Midwest
Chicago reports four fatalities and many prostrations from record heat. Names listed include George Smith Emma Jefferson Walter Steinberg and John Voleman. Heat waves reach Wisconsin Iowa and Nebraska with temperatures topping 100. Evansville notes deaths from heat and a 100 degree day amid severe storms. Charter granted for the Oklahoma Colorado and Chickasaw railroad to run 1000 miles from Denver to Fort Smith passing Guthrie.
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Chicago
George Smith
Emma Jefferson
Walter Steinberg
John Voleman
Wigcodsin
Towa
Nebraska
Great Road
Guthrie
Okla
Grimes
Oklahoma, Colorado and Chickasaw Railroad Company
Denver
Fort Smith Ark
Passing Throne of Bowler Warns Atlanta Man Publicly
An Atlanta newspaper man, famed for bowling, received a gifted set of bowling rules from a friend after demonstrating tips at Jack Wilson’s. The crowd pressed for lessons as he explained the famed curve. Senator Steve Clay visited the city amid heavy excursion traffic and shoppers on Whitehall Street. A traveler from the wiregrass attempted to buy a Pan-American stamp, sparking skepticism and a local stamp debate. Colonel J Colton Lynes of Atlanta is lauded as most popular Cadet Professor by The Citadel cadets and noted in the Charleston News and Courier for his teaching.
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Atlanta
Jack Wilson
Bowlyg
Steve Clay
Whitehall Street
Dick Murphy
George A. Revere
Mobile
Kimballs
Charleston News and Courier
J. Colton Lynes
Citadel
Lynes
Kennedy
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