Pennsylvania City Near Flood Inundation
A Pennsylvania city faces near inundation with damage projected in the millions. Officials warn residents as flood risks rise and resources mobilize to manage the impact.
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04 Aug 1915
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Cincinnati Commercial Tribune in Cincinnati, Ohio
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1915
Page
1
Erie Flood Disaster After Cloudburst Rocks City
Twenty five people die or are missing as a cloudburst floods Erie Pennsylvania. Dams fail and Mill Creek floods central streets to five feet. Fire Chief and four firefighters perish while attempting rescues. City suffers extensive property damage and thousands are homeless as rescue efforts continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Commercial Tribune
Erie
Erie County Electric Company
Erie Dispatch
Erie Times
Associated Press
Western Union Telegraph Office
Ninth Street
Mill Creek
Stern
James Buernon
Buernon
State Street
Jarecki
John Higgins
East Eighth Street
Tne
Twenty-eighth Street
Milleresk
Orders in Council Are Held to Be Valid
A court affirms the legality of Orders in Council and upholds their principles of international equity as valid instruments of government action. The ruling reinforces executive power in cross border governance and legal precedent for future usage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sary
Britain Invites Arbitration Over Prize Court Blockade
Washington reports Great Britain rejects US claims that orders in council are unlawful and argues blockade rules adapt to wartime needs. Sir Edward Grey notes arbitration offered for disputed cases and defends extended blockade through neutral ports amid submarine and airship warfare and alleged German atrocities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GREY
the Commercial TribuNe
Washington
Great Britain
United States
London
Neches
Rotterdam
Belgium
Germany
Austria
Edward Grey
Ambassador Page
Sir Edward
German
Africa
Flanders
Lusitania
Wilson
Sir Edward Grey
Eli Hdward
Heavy rains swamp Meadville and Crawford County
Northwestern Pennsylvania endures severe rainfall with floods in Meadville shutting down downtown business and knocking out the electric plant. Cambridge Springs reports its heaviest rain, while Titusville and Cochranton also flood. Damages are extensive across Crawford County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meadville
Pennsylvania
Allegheny County College
Cambridge Springs
Titusville
Cochranton
Sugar Creek
Crawford County
Four Ohio Constitutional Amendments Gain Petitions
The Ohio submission to voters will include four proposed constitutional changes. Backers of extending county official terms from two to four years filed enough signatures, totaling about 129000, surpassing the 113000 threshold. Other amendments include state wide prohibition and limiting initiative and referendum, plus a bond tax exemption measure to go before voters in November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Gunboat Castine Ordered to Island Port
The gunboat Castine at the New Orleans Navy Yard was ordered to proceed at once to Port Au Prince Haiti. She is expected to sail tomorrow and reach the island soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castine
New Orleans
New Orleans Navy Yard
Port Au Prince
Haiti
U S Soldier Slain as Mexican Bandits Rally Raid Near Brownsville
Reports from Brownsville Texas say Mexican bandits fled after a brief clash with U S cavalry and Texas deputies in the brush north of the city. Six saddled horses were captured, two bandits slain, two captured, and a deputy sheriff wounded by a stray round.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Commercial Tribune
Brownsville
Tex
Texas
P Twelfth
Curtis
Clapsaddle
Fireman McNeal Makes Unusual Funeral Arrangements
Springfield Ohio reports the burial plans of George W. McNeal retired city fireman who died after injuries from duty in 1892. In his will found today he designates a black team to pull the hearse and white horses to draw the cab. He also specifies his body be laid on its right side and kept for three days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
George W. Mc
Neal
Famine Threat Looms in Haiti Amid Political Turmoil
Haiti faces famine as revolution and mob rule destabilize the country. Reports from Aug 3 say cities risk starvation and relief including food and sanitary aid is planned to support rehabilitation. Secretary Lansing met with R L Palnham of National City Bank and President Casenave to discuss finances and the rail line. The gunboat Osceola was ordered from Guantanamo to Port au Prince to join Admiral's squadron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Haiti
Lansing
R. L. Palnham
National City Bank of New York
National Bank of Haiti
Casenave
Haitien Bank
New York Bank
Guillaume
Osceola
Guantanamo
Es Noes
N. Sas
Pee
Ace Tien
Warfront briefs show Austrian gains and Russian defense
Geneva dispatch reports Austrian lines retreating in Izonzo while Italians push along Gail River and Tyrolean fronts. Berlin cites a German submarine sinking British ship Ameuron. London notes Russian resistance delays German supplies as Mackensen advances near Warsaw and Lomza with fighting across Artois and Alsace.
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Izonzo
Aravignolo
Avisia
Tyrol
Gail
Fella River
Carinthia
Lomza
Coursarfa
von Buelow
Poneiwesch
Vilna-Petrograd
Artois
Argonne
Alsace
Holland
Flanders
Ian Hamilton
Dardanelles
Gallipoli
Turks Massacre 9000 Women and Children
Paris report cites B Varazdate writing to L Humanite that Turks killed 9000 women and children after massacring men in Bitlis Turkish Armenia and dumped bodies into the Tigris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
B. Varazdate
American Social Democratic Party
L’humanite
Bitlis
Armenia
Tigris
Danish steamship Hulda Maersk detained in UK port
London August 3 The Danish steamship Hulda Maersk sailing from Savannah July 10 and Norfolk July 13 bound for Malmo Sweden with cotton seed cargo is detained in a United Kingdom port by British authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Hulda Maersk
Savannah
Norfolk
Malmo
Sweden
United Kingdom
Villa Confiscates Wares of Chihuahua Shopkeepers
A number of foreign shopkeepers from Chihuahua arrived in El Paso after General Villa confiscated their wares prompting their departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
Tex
Chihuahua
Villa
British Prize Court Hearing on Meat Cargo Fraud Case
Sir Samuel Evans reserved judgment in the meat cargo cases as Sir Frederick C S Smith summed up for the crown. The hearing concerned cargoes from the Norwegian ships Alfred Nobel Kim Bjornstjerne and the Swedish steamer Ridland detained by Britain. The Solicitor General claimed the cargoes should be condemned for alleged German destination and fraud by American packers citing intercepted telegrams through British cables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Samuel Evans
British Prize Court
Crown
Frederick C.S Smith
Alfred Nobel
Kim
Bjornstjerneeon
Ridland
Frederick
Germany
Crowni
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British Indies
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Supreme Court of the United States
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Gonzales
Ricardo Aguilar
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the Tribune
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von Mackensen
Chicago
Eastland
Western Electric Company
Western Electric
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