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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1908
Page
2
Fire at the brush factory owned by the Bramwell Company caused a loss of stock and machinery estimated at 16 000 to 20 000 with the building loss about 10 000. The tower collapsed narrowly missing workers while inmates in the Workhouse hospital and House of Refuge were sheltered. Firefighters battled the blaze as 200 colored refugees sought safety.
Lightning struck two Kenton County structures during a storm. John Letzler's Western Avenue home chimney took damage with no injuries. value under 25 dollars. Frank Kastrup's Devon Hill barn, empty and worth about 500 dollars, burned completely after the bolt. Telephones were knocked out briefly. Patrolman Clark witnessed the strike and described a bright flash and rapid blaze.
Substitute Fireman Joseph Keegan of Company 43 was seriously injured at a West McMicken fire when frightened horses bolted after a boy threw a stone. He suffered a broken leg and brain concussion, was taken to City Hospital, and lived at 912 Barr Street. The blaze started in a frame dwelling owned by Michael Ryan at 2819 West McMicken Avenue. A defective flue is suspected.
A reader recounts a eczema case cleared by changing diet to Grape-Nuts and Postum. The letter credits indigestion as the cause and claims skin harmony followed improved digestion. The writer urges others to try Grape-Nuts food for similar relief.
Fire seen in the attic quickly spread to a row of two houses. Residents fled as flames leaped an areaway to reach the neighboring dwelling owned by John Biehle. Firemen fought hard but could not save the structures. Loss estimated at 4,000 dollars.
A Kentucky farm barn on William Sprague’s Four Mile Creek property burned to the ground after a lightning strike, with about $1,000 in losses including hay and grain. The Wachtel residence on Alexandria pike also had fire damage to its roof and chimney. Trees were blown down, a trolley wire near Inverness sparked traffic delays, and two Ft. Thomas cars lost power, causing passenger panic until help arrived.
The Vacation Cottage at Epworth Heights owned by the Cincinnati YWCA was destroyed by a fire at 7 last evening. About thirty girls were inside, but all escaped unharmed. Loss estimated at 5000 dollars. fire reportedly began in the kitchen.
Lightning struck the Weatherbee farm near New Burlington in Hamilton County destroying the barn and buggy house along with feed and farm implements. The total loss is estimated at 2500 dollars.
After firemen left John McDowell's residence on Winding Road near Lenox Place Avondale a spark smouldered into a new blaze. The fire gutted the dwelling causing about 2500 dollars in loss and an alarm came from Box 836.
The army airship board ruled Captain Baldwin's dirigible met all purchase conditions. It logged an average air speed of 13.75 mph for 2 hours 1 minute 50 seconds, just above 70 percent of its 19.61 mph max. Baldwin earns $5,737.50, 15 percent below the max 20 mph payout.
Berlin August 17. As the Parseval dirigible neared its landing point a strong air current forced it downward from about 60 feet. The gondola struck hard, breaking the left arm of Captain Von Krogh.
A posse of about seventy five men seized jail keys in Paducah Kentucky and searched for Will Hornsby the black man accused of attacking Nita Powell at 1011 South Fifth Street. Hornsby was found in a nearby house and taken into custody as officers investigated the assault reported early Sunday.
Reports from Algiers say a 25 000 strong Arab force plans to strike French posts at Bechar and Bonanane on the Moroccan frontier. General Luaudy arrives at Colomb Bechar to form a 4000 horseman flying column as the uprising spreads. Government notes blame Mulai Hafid agents among tribes at Tifilelt and Hautguir.
Two men died in separate railroad accidents last night. Ben Dunhoff, 22, weighmaster of 1543 Cutter Street, was crushed between two Q and C cars at Gest Street and McLean Avenues. A white man about 30 was run down by a Big Four freight train in East Cumminsville. his body was cut in halves. Both victims were taken to the Morgue.
Patrolman Chester Wright in plain clothes tried to help a drunken man on Vine Street near Heuck's Theater when a car approached. He was grabbed from behind by three men, knocked down, and robbed of his revolver. The gun later appeared in a Vine Street saloon with instructions to return it to the officer.
The Hains brothers faced arraignment in Long Island City as the case against Captain Peter C. Hains Jr. and T Jenkins Hains was adjourned for a week. District Attorney Darrin plans a special grand jury for an early indictment with a mid September trial expected.
Attorneys for Harry Cohen and William Blusinsky, West End junk dealers arrested on suspicion of purchasing stolen railroad bars, secured a writ of habeas corpus. Night Chief Corbin was served and told not to release them until Chief Millikin received the writ in person. The men remained in custody at the Fourth District station as investigators sought Chief Millikin, with a hearing before Judge Pfleger scheduled.
Rollo B. Oglesbee head of the Indiana Auditor of State banking department died suddenly in Indianapolis. Agnes Frankland Haughton widow of Samuel Haughton pioneer pork packer, died yesterday leaving a son in New York and one in Ireland. daughter Sarah heads the Woman's Press Club. Clarence M. Park longtime Treasury and federal service official died in Columbus Ohio at 45 from tuberculosis.
London reports a member of Parliament says the open door promised to Britain under the Anglo Japanese alliance is a sham as Japan blocks British and American trade in Manchuria and Korea. He cites Fukumen Railroad as a test case and warns against a new extension of the alliance.
Caldwell D August 17 Ray McGee 22 single died from fire damp in a well at his home near Hoskinsville six miles from Caldwell while William Leonard escaped with his life. The two men were digging a trench when they encountered the deadly air.
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