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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1906
Page
1
A devastating blaze at the Chi Psi fraternity house on the Cornell campus results in seven deaths, including four students and several townsmen. Firefighters and volunteers died aiding others as crews battled the flames, with dynamite later used to search for missing residents.
William R Hennig a broker and former bucketshop operator in the West was shot in the leg on lower Broadway by telegraph operator Thomas O Conn or. Hennig identified at hospital after giving a false name. The dispute stems from prior employment in Chicago where Hennig ran bucketshop operations and was convicted of mail fraud.
A federal grand jury in Salt Lake City returns indictments against Union Pacific Railroad Oregon Short Line Union Pacific Coal Utah Fuel and several Hariman and Gould officials for violations of the Interstate Commerce Act and attempts to defraud the government amid charges of railroad discrimination against shippers.
Dr Benjamin Harris a retired Wisconsin physician from Antigo was shot fatally in the Stock Exchange building by A C Campbell amid a domestic dispute connected to Campbell and Harris wives. Harris died after bullets hit his cheek and stomach. Campbell surrendered to police. Five American soldiers killed on Leyte in a battle as Captain Ham and Lt Yates led troops against Pulajanes with heavy casualties on December 4.
A fire overnight consumed the National Reduction mills plant near Florence Colorado half a mile from the town. The loss is estimated at 1600000 dollars with no insurance.
Edward Klecan an engineer was killed while William A. McGinnis a fireman and H O Widher a brakeman were seriously injured in a collision between Rock Island and Burlington freight trains at Bt Joseph Missouri on December 8.
Detroit reports grave fears for the steamer Lake Michigan and the wooden steamer Sidney McLouth after the former vanished with a twelve man crew mostly from Sarina Ontario following Friday's storm. The McLouth with twenty aboard, many from Marine City Michigan, left Fort William Monday night bound for Buffalo.
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