Amid Roaring Flames She Rushed To Rescue Family
A fire scene unfolds as a woman heroically rushes to save her family. Photographs by a Tribune staff photographer capture the peril and decisive action amid flames.
01 Aug 1905
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1905
Page
1
A fire scene unfolds as a woman heroically rushes to save her family. Photographs by a Tribune staff photographer capture the peril and decisive action amid flames.
Miss Mary Bruns of St Henry Ohio returned home to Celina and rescued her father, mother and five others from a blaze that destroyed a livery barn and hotel, causing $10,000 in losses with spontaneous combustion cited as the cause. The fire raged before dawn as residents slept, and the roof collapsed shortly after all were saved.
Three rapid false alarms drew police and fire crews to Sycamore Abigail and other streets. Stephan Cooney, 23, printer of 24 West Fifteenth Street, confessed after a chase. A fire alarm key was found on him and officials suspect he used a box on Sixth and Main. He faces charges as authorities address ongoing nuisance from false alarms.
French public doubts Germany’s sincerity as German commercial agents press for concessions from Sultan in Marrakech. Count Von Tattenbach-Ashold aids efforts securing wharf rights and a cable concession while a German loan is sought. The pending RouvierRadolin talks may ease tensions and shape a lead‑up to the conference.
Oyster Bay July 31 Secretary Wilson will reorganize the crop statistics bureau of the Department of Agriculture. He seeks four capable men to run the bureau with high confidence from farmers and growers. Two will be Southern experts in cotton and tobacco statistics. Roosevelt discussed the plan with Wilson today.
St Joseph Missouri August 1 3 am a fire began in the beef sheds of the Swift & Co packing plant and for two hours endangered the entire facility. A general alarm drew all city departments to the scene. By 2 am flames were under control then at 2 20 the blaze again spread to oil rooms. Loss estimated at 250000 dollars.
Charles Dickman, 26, of Colerain avenue and Elam street, swallowed a nickel while trying to keep bills from blowing away on a street car. He paid his fare with a coin later but ended up at City Hospital. doctors expect he will recover.
Bellefontaine Ohio July 31 The Rev W T Groom pastor of the local Christian Church accepted a call to the pastorate of a church of the same denomination in Butte Montana. He will leave in September.
Miss Fannie Bluett 28 of 502 Oliver street plans to marry John N. Russell 50 of Richmond Indiana today. Russell’s past marriage ties knit Bluett as cousin and later stepmother to his daughter and grandchildren in a complex family web. The Cincinnati-born Bluett works at United States Playing Card Company. Russell runs an upholstering business in Richmond.
Cards received announce the marriage of Miss Naomi Laura Day daughter of Mrs Zot Hayes Day and Rollin Dunbar Conklin at Coteba Oklahoma Territory last Wednesday. The bride is a talented musician and was prominent in social and church circles before moving West.
Ohio Wesleyan University announced a $60 000 legacy from Mrs. Jeffries of Richmond Indiana, left years ago on an annuity plan. The notice also mentions the death of Mrs. Jeffries and notes her former husband Rev Dr Marley of the Cincinnati Conference as the trustee who requested the bequest.
John Fredeking age 22 of Hinton drowned while fishing at a trout hole near Charleston West Virginia when he slipped from a rock. He was the son of a Hinton jeweler.
Andrew Deprat, missing for ten days and found sleeping under an umbrella in a deep forest near Lima, Ohio, had not eaten, grew too ill to walk, and was awaiting death by starvation when berry pickers located him.
Official reports indicate continued danger as quarantines halt travel from the south. A single plague case is reported 80 miles from the Gulf, prompting Louisville to prepare hospitals.
Frank Rife, an amateur detective, was hiding near Gallipolis watching a suspected party when a hunter shot him, thinking he was a ground hog. He suffered facial injuries including the loss of part of a tongue and several teeth, but his injuries are not fatal.
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