Tragedy in Yesterday's Storm Hits Buffalo Area
A violent storm in Buffalo New York brought 68 mph winds and freezing temperatures. Couple Kennedy Dewey and his wife were killed when blinded by debris and struck by an Erie train. Power cables fell, streetcar service stopped, and a 550 foot freighter broke from moorings near Michigan Street.
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Niagara Falls Power Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Kennedy
Atonzo Dewey
Erie
Niagara Falls Power Company
J. Q. Riddle
Cleveland
Michigan Street
Storm Hails Deaths in Easton Illinois Wind Shatters Homes
Springfield Illinois November 12 Two killed and several injured when a severe storm struck Easton Illinois tearing telegraph and telephone lines isolating the town. Infant child of Mr and Mrs James Prater died after being thrown against a tree, while Mrs Allie Henneger aged 75 died of fright as her home collapsed.
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Springfield
Easton
James Prater
Allie Henneger
Prater
Wisconsin Tornado Leaves Eight Dead In Rock County
A tornado ripped through Rock county Wisconsin causing nearly a million dollars in damage. Eight people were killed and many injured as homes barns and farms were destroyed amid freezing rain and darkness. Survivors faced a cold night with roofs torn off and families left homeless.
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Janesville
Wis
Wisconsin
Rock County
Albert Schmidt
Hanover
Anton Schmidt
Alice Schmidt
Reggie Schmidt
Helen Austin
Milton
John Crowder
Elizabeth Proede
Leo Lentz
Amy Korbin
Plans for State Workers Homes Under Legislation
The text outlines state plans to provide homes for mechanics and wage earners via a commission authorized to subdivide improve build lease rent sell and manage tracts and buildings. It details stock issuance loan arrangements with the treasurer and receiver-general, interest rates, liens, sale restrictions, and the formation of a member association with elected officers.
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Commonwealth
Record High Heat to Deep Freeze in Chicago
In 19 hours Chicago saw a heat prostration and a death from cold as temperatures plunged from 74 to 13 degrees. John Maloney, a freight handler, was overcome by heat while in a car by South Water street. Henry Green was found frozen to death in an alley at 3005 East 79th street, likely felled by ice and wind.
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Chicago
John Maloney
South Water Street
East 79Th Street
Henry Green
Washington Sloops Aground at Pea Cock Spit
The steam schooner Washington lies ashore at Pea cock Spit near the Columbia River mouth. The life saving crew cannot reach her due to the rough bar.
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Astoria
Ore
Washington
Peacock Spit
Columbia River
Boston Weather Turbulence Wrecks City and Harbor
A 40 mile per hour gale swept through Boston and nearby towns from the Midwest, tearing down trees and poles, destroying plate glass, causing chimney fires and power failures, disrupting streetcars, and leaving districts in darkness as rain hail and snow followed the wind. The storm damaged ships in the harbor and disrupted electric and telephone service across the area.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Middle West
Hanover Street
Dorchester
Hyde Park Avenue
West Roxbury
John Mulvey
Storm Rips Through Wisconsin to Boston. Deaths and Damage Rise
A Wisconsin storm kills eight and leaves two dying as it lashes Springfield Illinois and lower Michigan. In Boston area heavy wind cuts power, tears cables, topples trees, sinks boats, blocks tracks, shatters windows and halts streetcar service. City crews and Edison Company workers battle live wires while residents witness giant waves and widespread destruction across Cambridge, Brookline, and Chelsea.
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Springfield
Ill
Buffalo
Niagara Falls Power Company
Chicago
Lower
Michigan
Lake Michigan
Boston
Gaetano Lanni
Hanover Street
Relief Hospital
Thomas DeMase
Davis Street
Malden
DeMase
Pilgrim
Ellenville
Gospel
William Waite
Hecla
Dorchester Bay
South Oston Yacht Club
Columbia Yacht Club
Puritan Canoe Club
South Boston
City Point
Boston Elevated
Boston & Northern
Edison Company
Dorchester
Reservoir
Norfolk
Garland Streets
Boylston Street
Church
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George Curtis
Central Congregational Church
Jamaica Plain
Elm Street
Chauncey Hawkins
Edward Beach
Bangor Theological Institute
Hanover and
Portland Streets
M. O'Keeffe
LINC
Det As
Erres
Greater
Fulton St
Beis
Washington & Hanover Sts
Kerseys Meltons
Orfordville
Schmidt
Storm Hills
Illinois
Baby Brown
Commission
Treasury
Portes Ignatles
Bo Br
Sears
Har
Bor
Chelsea
Brookline
Cambridge
Cambridgeport
Harvard Square
North Cambridge
Castle Island
Medford
Everett
Brockton
State Street
Washington and
Franklin Streets
Washington Street
St. Lawrence Bay
Weather Bureau
Canopic
O’connell
Mitchell
Water Street
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