Inundation Feared As Floods Spread Across Mississippi
One hundred families below Alton Illinois are homeless due to the Mississippi rise. Farmers on the Missouri Point side and along Saline Bankston creeks move out as floods threaten cropland. Reports from Hannibal and Memphis note rising river levels and flood-stage conditions across White Black and Red rivers. Additional bulletins expected as rain threatens Ohio and lower Mississippi valleys.
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St. Louis
Alton
Til
Mississippi
Missouri Point
Harrisburg
Ill
Bankston
Hannibal
Missippi
Memphis
Cairo
Arkansas
Missouri Valley
Ohio
Levee Threat Under Flood Warning Across the Lower Mississippi
Flood danger looms as river gauges show Ohio and Mississippi swelling. Levee boards and crews in Louisiana reinforce embankments while weather bureau predicts rising waters across the region within weeks. Bayou Lafourche endangered by high levels. New Orleans crews fill earth sacks for defense.
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New Orleans
Weather Bureau
Louisiana
Bayou Lafourche
Washington
Ohio
Mississippi
Cincinnati
Man Murdered Near Town Station Junction
Lake Charles Louisiana March 9. About 8 PM Saturday a young man named Hugh Conlin about twenty four, believed from Illinois, was assassinated by an unknown assailant and robbed about one hundred yards from Town Station Junction eighteen miles west of the city. Two bullet holes marked the head.
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Lake Charles
Hugh Conlin
Illinois
Town Station Junction
Report on Atkinsville miners killings blames deputy Cunningham
Indianapolis March 9. Official Evans report on Atkinsville killings alleges General St. Clare agitated arrests for Charleston bond then Cunningham and deputies killed miners in their beds after refusing messages to surrender. It cites 3 dead in a house with a wife and four children, militant resistance, and a coroner’s verdict of felonious killing against Cunningham.
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Indianapolis
Chris Evans
West Virginia
Atkinsville
United Miners Workers
General St. Clare
Charleston
United States
United Mine Workers
Marshal Cunningham
Cunningham
Evans
Mr. Evans
Stonewall” Jackson
William Dodson
William Clark
Richard Clayton
Jackson
Joseph Hizer
Hiser
Lucian Lawson
Tiam
Train Wreck Injures Five on Louisville and Nashville Line
Five persons injured when passenger train No. 4 northbound on the Louisville and Nashville railroad wrecked twenty two miles south of Birmingham Alabama. The engine tender baggage express car and two coaches were wrecked. Three injured were crew members.
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Birmingham
Ala
Louisville and Nashville
Morgan Party Arrives in Tampa on Olivette for Jacksonville
J Pierpont Morgan and a group of relatives and friends landed at Port Tampa aboard the Olivette from Havana. They were escorted to a special train waiting for them and departed at once for Jacksonville.
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Tampa
J. Pierpont Morgan
Port Tampa
Olivette
Havana
Jacksonville
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