Palm Beach Fire Wrecks Two Hotels At Luxury Resort
A major blaze devastated the Breakers and Palm Beach hotels in March, forcing evacuation of guests and damaging or destroying cottages and shops. Firefighters and dynamite blasting limited spread while searches for casualties continued among the ruins. Prominent guests fled with belongings as authorities guarded valuables and restored order.
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Palm Beach
Fla
Breakers
National Boardemen
Treeta
Miewine
E- Palm Beach
Debrix
Woman admits arsenic poisoning in multiple water supplies
A 41 year old widow, Mrs Wise, confessed to arsenic poisoning in water buckets at two homes, including Thanksgiving and New Year incidents. She said she bought arsenic at a Medina drug store, carried it home wrapped in paper, and acted of her own free will after fear and guilt.
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Cleveland Hospital
Seymour
Mra
Roshon
Mra Wise
Medina
Mrs. Wise
Glenke
Gienke
Mr. Hazel
Fred Hazel
Hazels
Gienke’s
Marie
Memorial Hospital
Elyria
Devastating Midwest Tornado Rips Through Towns
A violent cyclone strikes Murphysboro and West Frankfort. Destruction spans Annapolis to Desoto with dozens dead and hundreds injured. Relief hubs set up in Renton and Duquoin as crews survey damage and rescue efforts continue amid fires and washed roads.
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Murphysboro
Weat Frankfort
Chicago and Eastern Illinois
West Frankfort
Orient
Ava
President Coolidge names Gould Schurman as ambassador to Germany
Jacob Gould Schurman former Cornell University president and current minister to China is chosen by President Coolidge to be the new ambassador to Germany, succeeding Alanson B. Houghton who becomes envoy to Great Britain.
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Ur Jacob Gould
Schurman
Cornell University
Chitra
Coolidge
Germany
Alanson B Houghton
Great Britain
Desoto and Murphysboro Visibly Devastated by Tornado
A. W. Bassick, editor of the Duquoin Call, gives the first outsider account from Murphysboro after the storm. He describes a 100 yard wide swath through the business district, the city hall dome lifted, the high school destroyed, widespread fires, and about 150 bodies in one undertaking establishment. Desoto is reported as wiped from the map.
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Duquoin
Ills
Desoto
Murphysboro
Ila
A. W. Bassick
Duquoin Call
Basick
Tornado death tolls by towns rise across Midwest
Chicago reports the day after a Midwest tornado outbreak with casualty counts by town. West Franfort Murphysboro New Orient De Soto Parish Griffin Carbondale Vergennes Princeton Annapolis Gorham Logan Caldwell Royalton and scattered farming areas show varying fatalities. Injuries are estimated between five and six thousand.
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Chicago
West Franfort
Murphysboro
New Orient
de Soto
Parish
Griffin
Ind
Carbondale
Vergenes
Princeton
Annapolis
Gorham
Logan
Caldwell
Royalton
Desolation After Fire Describes Harrowing Day Scene
Descriptions convey absolute desolation and the horror of fire amplifying the day’s travail. The fragment captures a landscape of destruction with stark emotional impact and the sense of a disaster unfolding.
Desoto Destruction Claims One Hundred Pupils Dead
Desoto Missouri reveals mass wreckage after a high school collapse. Authorities report about 100 pupils buried beneath debris with many killed in streets and families separated. Rescue teams scour rubble as refugees flood from the town by car, pain and fear mounting.
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Louis
Mar
Desoto
Rulna
Utomobiles Iy
Fragmentary Civil Unrest Scene Describes Widespread Casualties
The passage depicts bodies lying on streets and injured people dying with no aid available, conveying a chaotic scene and lack of responders.
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Tke
Red Cross Mobilizes Across Midwest After Devastating Storm
Washington March 19 All Red Cross facilities activated to aid thousands of storm victims in Illinois and other middle western states. National headquarters authorized officials to arrange feeding clothing medical aid and shelter for the injured and displaced.
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RED Cross
Washington
Ilinois
Middle Western States
Natonal
Lorain Proposes Aid to Torn Lanols Victims
Lorain Ohio mayor George Hoffman announces relief aid to storm torn Lanols in a telegram to Governor Len Small. He states Lorain remains financially strained from the June tornado but will gather money and supplies to help those suffering now as they did then.
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Lorain
George Hoffman
Hoffman
Len Small
Tlnota
Indiana Toll Near Evansville Dies From Tornado Toll
The Evansville area reports nearly two hundred deaths as the tornado disaster in southwestern Indiana continues. Officials say the toll from the March 19 storm remains uncertain with many missing and search efforts ongoing.
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Evansville
Indiana
Epsonade Salts Taste Like Lemonade
Advertisement touts Epsom Salts as a tasteless laxative substitute named Epsonade Salts. Claims include relief from constipation biliousness and sick headache with no griping and a lemonade-like taste. Promoted as cost ten cents a package and guaranteed by the American Epsom Association.
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American Epsom Association
Twister Ravages Indiana and Illinois Causing Massive Loss
A violent tornado struck southern Illinois and Indiana late yesterday, killing about 100 people and injuring hundreds. Damage estimates run into millions as towns Griffin Owensville Poseyville report multiple casualties and widespread destruction. The disaster leaves many communities grappling with evacuation and recovery efforts.
Devastation Follows Cyclone as Princeton Reports Injuries
Latest reports from Princeton indicate many injured while chaos reigns in the stricken area. Communications are down, fire rages at Griffin with eight deaths reported, water supply is cut off, and most structures are destroyed or heavily damaged. A full wreckage search is planned to confirm casualties.
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Princeton
Griffin
Illinois to Approve $500000 Relief Fund for Storm Areas
Illinois to appropriate half a million dollars for relief in storm hit regions as soon as the legislature adjourns. Senator John Daily of Peoria to introduce the bill. Governor Len Small has deployed state guard units to respond, with centralized relief centers at Murphysboro and West Frankfort as trains are sent to the tornado zone.
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Springfield
Illinois
John Daily
Peoria
Len Small
Suarda
Small
Murphysboro
West Frankfort
Here’s Cause of Cyclones
Chicago weather expert Henry J. Cox explains a tornado forms from high ground humidity and very cold air aloft. He says typical tornado paths span a quarter mile and move 200 to 280 mph, lasting under forty miles, with intense suction causing outward wall bursts in stricken areas.
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Chicago
Henry J. Cox
Cox
50 May Be Dead in Tennessee
Meagre messages from Sumner County detail a possible disaster with 50 presumed dead in Tennessee. Authorities urged caution as further reports were awaited from Nashville and surrounding areas.
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Tennessee
Notable Tornado Disasters Across the Central United States
A historical list of major tornado and wind storm disasters in the central United States over the last 25 years, detailing deadly outbreaks and high casualty figures from Ohio to Oklahoma and Missouri to Nebraska. It cites dates such as June 28 1924 in Ohio, March 27 1924 across four states, and Easter 1918 in Omaha among others.
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Middle West
Southwest
Lorain
Sandusky
Ohio
Kansas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Pomeroy
Iowa
Fergus Falls
Minn
Illinois
Omaha
Neb
Peoria
Vincennes
Ind
Louisiana
Tennessee
Mississippi
Alabama
Nebraska
Marquette
Snyder
Okla
Tragic Cyclone Strikes West Frankfort Area Families Die
Miners and rescue teams search wrecked homes after the storm near West Frankfort near Du Quoin Benton and Desoto fire spreads destroy Murphysboro area. A West Frankfort morgue displays many young children as rebuilding begins following the cyclone and loss.
Cyclone Hits ner County Tennessee Widespread Damage Reported
Early today the death toll in ner County may reach 50 with a hundred or more injured as a twister swept the county late yesterday. Medical aid and Red Cross workers were sent from Nashville after midnight to Buck Lodge Oak Grove Sulphuria Peatown Witham Angle and Keytown, all reported demolished by the cyclone.
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Murphyesboro
Gelly
Frankfort
Parrish
Benton
Ner County
Tennessee
Red Cross
Nashville
Buck Lodge
Oak Grove
Sulphuria
Peatown
Witham
Angle
Keytown
Minority stockholders seek injunction to block C and O meeting
In Richmond Virginia March 19 a minority group of Chesapeake and Ohio stockholders applied to Judge Wm A Moncure in chancery court for an injunction to prevent a meeting of stockholders as part of a railroad merger dispute.
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Richmond
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company
Wm. A. Moncure
Chancery Court
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