Tragic Sirio Sinks Off Hormigas Island Killing 300
Italian liner Sirio bound for Buenos Aires from Genoa struck rocks near Hormigas Island off Cape Palos on August 2. More than 800 perished including passengers, crew, and a captain who died by suicide. chaos aboard led to drownings and brutal acts as boats and life-saving efforts failed.
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Genoa
Italy
Hormigas Island
Cape Palos
Spain
Buenos Ayres
Argentine Republic
Barcelona
Gavino
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Cartagena
Prenah
Lemee
Ee Aanereen Mn
Captain blamed for wreck as Sirio disaster claims many lives
Survivors list 385 missing after the Sirio wreck off Cartagena. Captain Gavino, 61, commanded one last voyage and died by his own action. Officers abandoned ship, many rescued later died ashore. The iron steamer built in Glasgow weighed 4410 tons gross and 2164 under deck, owned by Genoa based Italo company Jenerale Italiana.
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Cartagena
Spain
Sirio
Pio
Gavino
Steamship Company
Gavisoy
Tured
Glasgow
Na‘ No Pep Jenerale Italiana
Genoa
Tralian
New York
Tragic Sirio Wreck Off Hormigas Island
Emigrants attack boats during chaos as the Italian steamship Sirio sinks near Hormigas Island. Hundreds die and crew struggle to maintain order while fishermen and a rescue trawler's crew confront mutiny and save survivors amid a raging panic at sea.
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Jehildren
Sinshinu
Milwaukee Avenue State Bank Closes Under Suspicion Of Embezzlement
Chicago reports the Milwaukee Avenue State Bank with 250000 capital and over 4 million in deposits was closed for examination amid panic by depositors. A warrant is issued for cashier H W Hering on embezzlement charges. Vice president Theodore Stansland says the bank is closed for examination.
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Chicago
Milwaukee Avenue State Bank
H. W. Hering
Theodore Stansland
Raintea
Missing Glenwood Man Feared Drowned After River Search
Special to The Georgian Glenwood Georgia August 6 A large search on the Oconee River for John Fickling a 49 year old saw mill man missing since Saturday night yielded no body The wrecked buggy floats about ten feet from shore and a horse found nearby with harness torn suggests a river accident. A crowd assists as relatives await news of Fickling’s fate.
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Glenwood
Oconee
John Fickling
Fickling
Tos
Fichting
Teaves
Pate
Prorat
Dog Days Forecast Baffles Believers In Wet Weather
After nine days of rain deemed dog days the forecast shows partly cloudy skies. The report notes public skepticism toward dog day superstition and mentions a likely dry spell beginning soon with unsettled conditions lingering into the week.
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Mark
Boy Dies After Tree Fall From Atlanta Family
Little Paul B. Jones ten year old son of Rev Bo W Jones of Atlanta Heights fell from a tree last week breaking both arm bones one fracture tore a wound. He was treated at Wesley Memorial Hospital until blood poisoning developed and despite amputation died Sunday afternoon. Funeral services were held in Pattbur n Ga Monday.
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Paul B. Jones
Bo W. Jones
Atlanta
Heights
Wesley Memorial Hospital
Pattburn
Lovelorn Girl Attempts Death by Own Action in Cumberland
Morence Shipley attempted suicide in Cumberland on August 6. She said she wished to die after John Demoss, who had been paying her attention, forsook her for another.
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Cumberland
Morence- Shipley
Repolson
John Demoss
Opportunity and the unseen knock of success
A reflective piece explains opportunity as a rare, non persistent visitor that comes by only if one is ready. It emphasizes meeting it halfway and wisely entertaining offers. Daily want columns reveal these modest chances offered by keen people seeking work.
Woman Fires Pistols After Child Screams In Atlanta Home
Mrs Lucy Smith, wife of a physician near Jacksonville Florida, woke to loud child screams and fired five shots from an outside window. Police investigated but filed no charges, noting her recent illness and that she fired to attract attention amid fear of harm.
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Lucy Smith
Jacksonville
Fla
Cy Grinnard
West Peachtree Place
O Vet
Hollis and Cowan
Luck
Atlanta
Petition Circulates to Resign Democratic Chairman
A new petition circulating in Indiana calls for Tom Taggart to resign as Democratic National Chairman. The form targets William Jennings Bryan and claims the state proved ownership and profits from a recently closed gaming joint.
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Indianapolis
Tom Taggart
Democratic Nations
Wil Ham J. Bryan
Te ‘Es
Yg Ttang Aan
Wae el
Democratic Party
Ite
Man and fiancee drown in river during canoe trip
Private wire report from Chicago says Rutherford Calloway and his fiancée Miew Michaelis drowned at night while canoeing. Their craft capsized and could not be righted before help arrived, with both occupants missing.
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Chicago
Aug
Rutherford Calloway
Hie
Flariee
Miew Michaelis
Ratty
Oil Trust Probe Delayed by Tardy Grand Jurors
Grand jurors summoned to investigate Standard Oil Company actions failed to appear on time causing a postponement of the private hearing. Deputy marshals searched for the missing panel members while seven witnesses including railroad workers and a government employee were excused until the afternoon session.
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Chfeage
Aux
Standard Oil Company
United States
Mare ‘Shal L. T. Poy
Wife sues for total divorce after fork stabbing
Mrs. Matmie R. Garvin files for divorce from Claude B. Garvin alleging he stabbed her in the shoulder with a fork and mistreated her. She says they married in 149% and lived together until December, with him remaining with her only a few days after the incident.
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Matmie R. Garvin
Claude B. Garvin
Mre Garvin
Garvin
Strikes Paralyze Russian Railways and Mining Areas
Aug reports say 75,000 Russian workers are on strike across St. Petersburg and Donets basin. Police arrest trade union leaders as rail services halt and mining slows amid a broad labor revolt with troop patrols in major cities.
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London
Lugenale
Provincss Fpkaterinosky
Menera
Donets Basin
Whey
Moscow
Kazan
St. Petersburg
BE Petersburg
Russia
Oach
Desperate Negro Shot by Two Officers During Arrest
Special to The Georgian Social Circle Go Aug 6 Clay Thomas a desperado who shot Policeman Anderson twelve years ago was killed today at 1253 p.m by Policeman Mark Riley and Bailiff J D Borson while resisting arrest. The negro fired first, a bullet pierced Riley coat, four or five shots were fired all taking effect and he died within minutes. Four eye witnesses. Coroner unlikely to hold an inquest. The man carried a large revolver and vowed no arrest.
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Clay Thomas
Anderson
Mark Riley
J. D. Borson
Neeman Riley
Neato
Man shoots wife aboard train in Monroe incident
A Glamorgan employee shot his wife in a quarrel early today at their Monroe home and on a Norfolk and Western freight train. The man, M. J., was injured in a fall from the train and fractured his skull. Both spouses were taken to the city hospital.
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Lynchburg
M. J
The
Glamorgan
Monroe
Norfolk Western
Halseyn
City
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