Fatal Wreck in Minnesota Leaves Two Dead
In Blakely Minnesota a westbound passenger train collided with an incoming freight after a switch on the Belle Plaine division of the Omaha railroad was left open or failed. Two St Paul men were killed and about a dozen injured. The dead are Joe Zinneil and Thorwald Torgenson. Injured include Thornton Bell Trevis Allen and others. Rail workers faulted a possible switch error or a derailed switch as the cause.
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St. Paul
Belle Plaine
Omaha
Blakely
Minn
Joe Zinneil
Tuscarora Avenue
Thorwald Torgenson
Kremer Found Guilty in Grand Larceny Case
In Grand Rapids Minnesota on December 20 the jury convicted A A Kremer former county treasurer of grand larceny for appropriating county funds. The defense argued morphine insanity while the prosecution showed a $8000 shortage with $6000 restored and Kremer arrested during the investigation. Governor Eberhart suspended him pending further action.
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Grand Rapids, Minn
A. A. Kremer
Kremer
George T. Simpson
M. F. Kain
Grand Rapids
Eberhart
Winnipeg Flyer Wreck Kills Fireman Near Moticello
The Winnipeg Flyer northbound drawn by two engines derailed four miles east of Moticello Minnesota after bowing from a broken rail. Fireman George A Hobrough of St Paul was killed. Engineer L Robertson survived despite fire and wreckage. Passengers escaped with only a bad shakeup as crews fought fires from wind driven coal embers.
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St. Paul
Great Northern
Winnipeg Flyer
Moticello
Minn
George A. Hobrough
L. Robertson
St. Cloud
Minneapolis
Engineer Robertson
Train Jumps The Track Near Benson Killing Two
In Arizona on December 20 a Southern Pacific eastbound No 4 wreck near Benson killed engineer Tom Walker and fireman P W Bauer of Tucson. Ten others were seriously hurt and thirteen more cut or bruised when the train, about thirty miles an hour, struck a curve too fast. The engine baggage and mail cars toppled into a culvert as two tourist sleepers derailed. Most injuries occurred in the sleepers and mall car.
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Tucson
Ariz
Tom Walker
P. W. Bauer
Southern Pacific
Golden State Limited
Benson
Lawmaker seeks lower pay for customs court judges
Representative Tawney, head of the appropriations committee, opposes the Aldrich Payne act's $10,000 annual salary for the customs court of appeals judges. He argues compensation should be $7,000 a year, the same as circuit court judges, in Washington on December 20.
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Washington
Tawney
Committee On Appropriations
Customs Court of Appeals
Shortage Reaches Around Hundred Thousand Dollars
Mr Kain uncovered growing shortages spanning almost three years. The latest estimate places the shortage near 100000 dollars. Expert accountants are auditing the books. the final figure may rise, with much restored and the rest to be paid by the bonding company.
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Ater O
Kain
Belmont Visits Night Court Sees Shirtwaist Arrests
Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont visited the night court in New York to observe how striking women shirtwaist makers are treated for disorderly conduct. She remarked that the public might not want her views and added that things would change when women judges and women-run newspapers prevail.
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New York
O. H. P. Belmont
SISTER BURNED TO DEATH IN WISCONSIN FARMHOUSE
Plainfield Wisconsin December 20 The Rozell farm house burned while the parents were uptown and two children Ruth fourteen and her five year old sister perished in the blaze.
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Plainfield
Wis
Ed Rozell
Ruth
Wisconsin Merchant Found Dead in Morrison Hotel
Chicago December 20 P A Bradford forty five years old a merchant of Lancaster Wisconsin was found dead in his room at the Morrison hotel with a bullet wound near his heart He is believed to have died by his own hand
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Chicago
P. A. Bradford
Lancaster
Wis
Morrison
Freight collision near Farmington halts Rock Island extra
A Rock Island special train drawing two engines and carrying empty passenger coaches from St. Paul to Albert Lea collided head on with an extra freight on the St. Paul line. No one was seriously injured. Local crews reported the crash occurred near Farmington on December 20. Authorities investigated passenger safety and track conditions.
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Farmington
Minn
Rock Island
St. Paul
Albert Lea
Tug Penelope Burns in Lorain Offshore Blaze
The fishing tug Penelope from Cleveland burned four miles off shore near Lorain Ohio. Its three crew members escaped after fighting ice floes in bitter cold conditions. The incident was reported in the terms of the Louisville Courier Journal with a humorous aside about family size.
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Lorain, O
Penelope
Cleveland
America
Paw Hoptoad
Louisville Courier-Journal
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