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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1909
Page
2
A gas explosion trapped miners at Cherry mine with many bodies found and hope fading for survivors. The mine remains sealed for weeks as rescuers continue careful work amid ongoing deaths and emergency warnings.
Explorers uncover 168 corpses in a fire swept Gherry mine near Cherrs. Victims wrote messages while trapped as water and black damp sealed their fate. Bodies found 30 feet from the main shaft after a days long struggle, a skiff lowered to recover them.
Surviving miners described a desperate struggle as floodwaters rose in a mine chamber. They tethered themselves to stay put while air grew thin, awaiting rescue or death. Rescue teams faced waist-deep water and dense smoke before reaching the end of the shaft. In other news, veterans urge Mr Warner not to resign, and immigration and agriculture topics surface from Western Canada to Chicago conventions and policy debates.
United States Commissioner of Pensions Vespasian Warner has resigned to President Taft and the acceptance reached Washington. The elder Warner, appointed by Roosevelt and reappointed by Taft, cites his son M. M. Warner's serious illness and the strain of managing two large estates as the reason. The plan was for the father to return home temporarily with the hope of resuming duties, but the son’s condition prevented medical treatment.
William J Moxley, a Chicago butterine producer and political protege of Senator William Lorimer, is elected to Congress. The vote total and district details are unclear in the fragmented OCR text, but indicate a sixth district result with Meade Ke and Randown references.
Twenty one men trapped for seven days in the St Paul mine at Cherry Illinois emerge alive after rescue efforts amid a fire outbreak. Crowds gather in relief as coffins once expected. The restored hope turns to horror and back to prayer as night fires threaten further rescues.
An unknown tramp who held Harry Garrett captive for 24 hours in the Garrett ranch house near Boise Idaho was shot and killed at daybreak after the boy escaped. The outlaw threatened death if arrested. The boy seized the chance to jump from a window as shots were fired from below ending the standoff.
Axel Oberg his wife and two children plus two sailors endured eighty four hours in a dead fuel launch with sixty hours without food after a storm drove the craft ashore on the Lake Superior south shore thirteen miles from Duluth. All escaped unharmed though the boat and cargo were destroyed and gasoline was flooded. Robert Oberg 12 years old recounted the escape. The vessel veered off course and the crew faced exposure and exhaustion before reaching safety at Two Harbors.
The St Paul mine at Cherry II was sealed Wednesday night after it became clear the fire could not be controlled. No rescue attempts will be made until flames are under control, with about 204 bodies believed trapped. Firemen faced rising danger as the blaze spread through coal deposits, while Captain Corrigan and his crew kept up dangerous efforts to block the fire in the main shaft.
President Taft announced three national appointments. James L Davenport from New Hampshire becomes Pension Commissioner succeeding Vespasian Warner. Benjamin S Cable of Chicago is named Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Labor replacing Ormsby McHarg. W J Mills of the New Mexico Supreme Court is named Governor of the Territory. Davenport, a 64 year old Republican veteran of the Civil War, has long served in the pension office.
Webb Boone of Logansville suffered a severe leg injury in a De Graff football match with both bones broken and crushed and possible internal injuries suspected by medics.
Wilbur and Orville Wright purchase 700 acres northwest of Springfield near Tippecanoe City for a park to house aero plate experiments. Howard B Phillips, longtime trainer and driver of harness horses in Pennsylvania, died at Pottstown after a long career in the sport.
A newspaper item compiles two disparate letters. One extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with a public testimonial from Mrs. JonnG Moildan of Minneapolis. The other records Warren Foster of Ogden Utah urging cremation for his body and disallowing cemetery burial, with his body sent to Denver for cremation.
A London sketch portrays a wife demanding better provision from her husband or risk quitting. She cites three good jobs she secured yet received insufficient support, highlighting tensions over earnings and domestic expectations. The piece sharpens social norms in a midcentury urban setting.
The Kansas City Journal recounts a claim that Pepys is famed for keeping a diary for many years, noting a companion figure described as the fellow and the hat associated with this notable record. The piece emphasizes the duo around the diary's creation and public recognition.
A Memphis wife recalls her husband’s sickness linked to coffee and how stopping coffee and starting Postum improved his health. After a year, he gained weight and recovered from stomach and heart issues. She notes boiling the mixture longer improved taste and urges others to try Postum, adding a plug for The Road to Wellville.
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