Three Firemen Die As Italians Cause Factory Blast
Special to The Georgian Savannah, Dec 20. A dynamite mishap at the works of Joseph Carbo and John Niva, 631 Anderson street, killed three Savannah firemen and wounded others. Firemen Harry Eady, Edward Daly and Jeremiah O Leary were injured or killed. Italians Carbo and Niva were burned and arrested. A 16-year-old boy sparked the explosion by hurling a dynamite cap. Police rushed suspects to safety as mobs threatened lynching. The grand jury was summoned to probe the blast and arrests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
Joseph Carbo
John Niva
Anderson Street
Harry J. Eady
George Moore
Edward Daly
Carbo
Niva
Relebhar
Eady
O'Leary
Daley
Fred Chitty
Chitty
Moore
Park View Sanitarium
Explosions claim lives of Savannah firemen
Savannah reports show the disaster last night killed Fireman Harry Eddy and Fire Chief George Mooro, fatally burned. Fireman Edward Daley died this morning. Fireman Jerry O Leary is seriously injured. Joseph Carbo John Niva Lambert Patten sustain slight injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
Harry Eddy
Edward Daley
Hi Dariatant
George Mooro
Jerry O'Leary
Joseph Carbo
John Niva
Lambert Patten
John Cook joins Smith & Higgins at Peters Street
Mr John Cook formerly with Beld Dry Goods Co accepts a position with Smith & Higgins at 254 Peters Street. He is well known to Peters Street department store patrons and invites former customers to visit him at his new workplace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Cook
Beld Dry Goods Co
Smith & Higgins
Peters Street
Cook
Four Grades Unite in Fair Street School Event
Pupils from fifth to eighth grades perform a Christmas program at Fair Street School on Friday. The program features songs, recitations, and readings including Christmas Bells, A Christmas Greeting, The First Christmas Tree in New England, and A Christmas Carol. Performers include Tommie Starnes, Ryan Robinson, Emma MacDonald, Rennie Coleman, Annie Whiteford Hill, George Allen, Dickins Me Intosh Burns, and others from grades five through eight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fair Street
Tommie Starnes
New England
Ryan Robinson
Emma MacDonald
Rennie Coleman
aCrooks
Annie Whiteford Hill
George Allen
Non-Strain goggies show in Atlanta auto exhibit
An Atlanta showcase claims the most complete Automobile engineers and motorman lineup ever shown, with waiters and optical firms mentioned on Peachtree Street. Notable figures Treadaway, Ike, Gordon, Fahy, Kelley, Pollock are listed as speakers or participants in the event. The Hill City aspect links to a banking house fourth necessity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Ballard
Optical Company
Impany
Peachtree Street
Iabers
T. J. Treadaway
Ike
Big Tageley Gordon
Thomas Fahy
H. E. Kelley
D. Pollock
Ceves
Hill City
Secretaries face Senate over land withdrawal from five tribes
Secretary Hitchcock and Secretary Wilson admitted no legal authority for withdrawing nearly 4,000,000 acres from allotment in the Indian Territory. They argued it served tribal interests as a forest reserve plan. Senator Teller condemned the action as unlawful suspensions of federal law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hitchcock
Department of the Interior
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Indian Territory
Senate
Veraraens
Teller
United States
Texas veterans condemn G A R action on monument
Mrs C C Sanders of Gainesville treasurer for the Wirt monument fund reports a 20 remittance from Albert Sidney Johnston Camp No 654 U C V of Baird Texas. The camp endorses the Daughters of the Confederacy resolution and condemns the G A R for opposing the monument asserting history should be truthfully shown at Wille.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gainesville
C. C. Sanders
Wirt Monument Fund
Albert Sidney Johnston
Baird
Texas
Daughters of the Confederacy
Futhermore
Roosevelt Accused of Inciting Race Hatred in Boston
In Boston a meeting of the Colored Suffrage League condemned President Roosevelt’s response to the Brownsville affair. Resolutions denounce the president’s language as extremist, calling it incitement of race hatred and mob violence against 10,000,000 innocent citizens. They accuse him of misrepresenting law abiding colored soldiers and Native born Americans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
Colored Suffrage League
Roosevelt
Brownsville
Foraker
Nero
Duke of
Alva
Buried Alive Thirteen Days Miner Hicks Near Rescue
Bakersfield Cal Dec 20 The six men working to rescue Miner Hicks entombed in Edison Company mine for thirteen days reached within two feet of him early today and time is running out as unstable earth threatens collapse. Deliverance is near but danger remains high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bakersfield
Cal
Hicks
Edison Company
Wage Increase Demanded for Freight Train Crew
Chicago December 20 - A 15 percent wage hike and an eight hour day are demanded for brakemen and conductors on all through freight trains. Petitions filed by managers of 40,000 workers across seven systems claim the raise would cost about 8 million dollars yearly. The Brotherhood of Italianmen and the Owlet of Railway doctors join in the action covering roads from Chicago to Duluth north and across the Western lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Brotherhood of Italianmen
Owlet of Railway Doctors
Uilness Central
Duluth
Higher Salaries and Larger Force for Water Works
Water department staffing and pay to be expanded per General Manager Park Woodward in the annual report to the city council. Proposes adding one inspector two meter readers and two clerks, plus a 10 percent pay raise to align with other departments. Currently eight readers cover about 16,000 meters, averaging 2,000 reads each in ten days, risking mistakes and dissatisfaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Water Works Department
Park Woodward
Water Board
Council
Colonel Woodward
Woodward
Queer Suit Filed Against Phone Co
M C Kiser Brokerage and Commission Company filed a city court suit against Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph for 1000 damages. They allege failure to list the company in the telephone book deprived Southern Railway of timely notice of incoming apple and cabbage car shipments, causing market loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Bell Telephone, and Telegraph Company
M. C. Kiser
A. B. Green
M. C
Captain Is Elected for Spalding Grays
Special to The Georgian Griffin Ga December 20 A business meeting at the Spalding Grays armory elected First Lieutenant James Nutt captain to succeed Captain W H Beck who becomes solicitor of the city court Beck intends to join the mental staff without conflicting with his duties Travis is elected first lieutenant and Jewell Bell second lieutenant The company is in excellent condition
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Griffin
Spalding Grays
Armory
James ©. Nutt
W. H. Beck
Beck
Mmental
Serit Ernest Travis
Jewell Bell
Condl ‘Ton
Also Mentioned on This Page
BASS
California
van Fien
West Mitchell
Whitehall
Plant
Cherokee Bank of Rome
Stanford
Peachtree St
Jon Cook
Fair ST
U.S
Congress
Grand Army
Phone CO
Santa Claus
McClure Ten-Cent Co
Whitehall and
Hunter
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!