Devastating Oklahoma Storm Destroys Property and Trains
A massive storm in Oklahoma on a May weekend caused widespread flooding and wind damage. Enid suffered about 300000 in losses with hundreds homeless while Foss saw a deadly tornado that destroyed thirteen buildings and killed F M Slagel and others. Train derailments and washouts disrupted service across multiple lines including Rock Island Frisco and Santa Fe.
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Oklahoma City
Ohina
Alston Dawson Grocery Company
Alexander Drug Company
Oklahoma City Mill and Elevator Company
iGe
Hotel
Lee
Santa Fe
Oklahoma Ice and Cold Storage Company
Enid
Foss
Chottaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad
Oklahoma
F. M. Slagel
Yukon
Canadian
Rock Island
Hobart
Chickasha
Frisco
Washita
Anadarko
Okla
Norman
Famine and Slavery Amid War News from the Orient
Reports from Victoria and Hong Kong detail famine in Kwantung and Kwongsi provinces. Three crop failures drive starvation. 30,000 people sold as labor in the Straits settlements. women and children sold into slavery for a bottle of rice. Missionary Hees cites heart wrenching scenes of starving families and forsaken mothers selling daughters.
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Ictoria
B. C
Indraville
Orient
Pekin
New Chwang
Japan
Kwang Si
Hongkong
Indiaville
Hees
Wu Chow
Hormone Charities
Straits Settlements
Fierce Fighting in Balkans Leaves Heavy Macedonian Toll
May 21 a Macedonian attack near Idech Presha ends with Turkish counter assault. About 1500 Macedonian insurgents die and the village is burned after a thirty hour battle. In Mogil near Monastir fighting also rages May 21 with many casualties and destroyed bodies found May 23.
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Vienna
Idech
Presha
Neue Frie Presse
Santonica
Constantinople
Mogil
Monastir
Tornado Hits Norman Pauline Area. Death Toll Rising
A tornado passed near Norman and struck Pauline and surrounding country causing heavy damage. Many lives are said to be lost with the death list expected to reach twenty eight. Wires are down and details are scarce. Known dead include Mrs Earl Bacon Mrs Welliver and John McCurdy. Mr Welliver is seriously injured with a broken hip.
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Lincoln
Neb
Norman
Pauline
Earl Bacon
Welliver
John McCurdy
Hard to Kill Triola Executed at Sing Sing
Antonio Triola was put to death in Sing Sing prison by electric chair after five shocks. State Electrician Davis noted the thin man’s body made it harder to kill and mentioned Triola’s greasy hair resisted the current. Triola killed Mamie Cereli after she refused to marry him.
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Ossining
N. Y
Antonio Triola
Sing Sing
State
Davis
Triola
Mamie Cereli
East Side
New York
Terrible Tornado Killings Hit Lincoln Area
A Nebraska tornado report states Pauline 124 miles south of Lincoln killed six and wrecked the town. Norman and West Fairfield area farms suffered multiple deaths, with eight killed in total. Des Moines reports Rolfe damaged with one death and several injuries. Wires down West and South of Lincoln.
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Lincoln
Neb
Star
Hastings
Pauline
Here
Norman
West Fairfield
Des Moines
Rolfe
Fong Foo
State Bank
Crayon’s Generaly
Hotel de Maind
Ames
Railroads Struggle as High Water Bites Kansas
Topeka May 5 High water halts Kansas rail traffic as Santa Fe reports 180 feet of track washed out on the Osage City branch near Quenemo Missouri Pacific reports a washout at Richland Rock Island faces train movement difficulties in northern Kansas Central branch Missouri Pacific tracks deteriorate and Union Pacific traffic slows Emporia cottonwood river overflows flooding farming areas.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Santa Fe
Osage City
Quenemo
Missouri Pacific
Richland
Rock Island
Union Pacific
Emporia
Cottonwood
Locomotive boiler explodes near Kane injuring crew
In Erie Pennsylvania on May 23 a boiler on a P and E freight locomotive blew up while passing Mays siding on a hill west of Kane. One man was killed and four injured, three perhaps fatally. The crown sheet was blown clear through the caboose.
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Erie
Mays Siding
Kane
Philadelphia and Erie
Militia Guard Grand Jury Room in Jackson Ky
State militia stand watch around the grand jury room in Jackson Kentucky as the proceedings proceed. Weary residents report heightened security with patrols and checkpoint displays near the courthouse.
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Jackson
Tornado Hits Elmo Unroofing Stores in Maryville Area
Tornado struck the town of Elmo near Maryville Missouri on May 25 unroofing stores and uprooting structures as residents assessed the damage and reported injuries and losses.
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Maryville
Elmo
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Nunnally’s
Kennedy’s
Sponge Lady
Howrlis Bros
Royal Blend Teas
Call
Texas
Tyler Haswell
Bryan Steam Laundry
JID
the City National Bank
Bryan
Fiely
High Water
Jno
B. Mike
Franklin Bros
Yan
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