Wreck on Big Four at Sandford Claims Dozens Dead
Twenty three bodies recovered from the Big Four passenger train wreck at Sandford near Terre Haute with death toll possibly reaching forty and at least thirty five injured in Terre Haute Paris and Sandford hospitals. Names of identified dead listed and several missing or presumed dead.
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Terre Haute
Paris
Sandford
William Thompson
Ind
William Davis
Vermillion
Ill
J. W. Sutherland
John Franklin
Ashmore
Findlay
John A. Bowen
Mattoon
James Fenton
Kiever
Til
Bud Wolfe
Wolfe
Respecti A. Kuykendall
Keith Brian
Salem
Cora Buckley
L. F. Rose
Big Four
Bessie Southcott
Shelbyville
Anna Cummins
Frances Jones
Alvin Dane
A. S. Wishard
Franklin
Ray Jarret
No. 3
Toon
Price
90 MPH Wind Ravages Buffalo Harbor Docks and Vessels
A 90 mile an hour gale in Buffalo caused 1.5 million dollars in damage to shippers. Eighteen large lake liners were driven aground near the breakwater including Hurlburt W. Smith and five others. Five ships were wrecked or beached as docks and warehouses collapsed. No casualties reported amid continued storm and snow.
Admiral Ordered to Withdraw Marines from Kingston
In Kingston Jamaica on Saturday January 19 Rear Admiral Davis delivering relief amid famine and pestilence faces Governor Swettenham's objection to American sailors aiding the city. A peremptory letter orders Davis to embark all marines and leave island immediately.
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U. S
Davis
Swettenham
Devastating Fire Rips Through Flood District Foundries
A wind fueled blaze destroyed the Hill & Griffith Co. foundry and gutted the William Resor Company plant near Gest Street, with losses around half a million dollars. Firemen faced backwaters and railway trestles as crews and bluejackets aided, while a safety concern prompted engine moves and a staged ten alarm response.
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Hill & Griffith
Resor
Hill & Grifith Concern
Bold thief assaults woman on Broadway near Nelson Place
A well dressed man demanded Miss Alice Maisch’s purse on Broadway near Nelson Place. He choked her and struck with a club before fleeing as bystanders shouted. Miss Maisch escaped and sought shelter at a neighbor’s and then her own home.
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Alice Maisch
Nelson Place
Broadway
Miss Maisch
John Rielay
Broad
Rielag
Heat Plant 10 in Flames At Norfolk Creosoting Works
The Atlantic Creosoting Works in Norfolk Virginia is burning with eight acres in flames and the fire beyond control. One person is reported killed as sailors and marines guard the plant on mayoral request. The facility is described as the second largest creosoting plant in the world.
Lamp Lamp Tragedy Ends in Woman's Death
Lena Bursh, 27, of 326 East Twelfth Street, was found by neighbor Michael Condon with a burning robe after a lamp exploded in her room at 10:40 last night. She died at City Hospital from head, body, and extremity injuries. She claimed she attempted self harm but could not explain the lamp overturning. Her mother Minnie Von Hagan was killed by a street car years earlier. The couple had not been living together and no motive was given.
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Lena Bursh
East Twelfth Street
Michael Condon
Condon
Minnie von Hagan
Twelfth
Sycamore
Bursh
Fire devastates Youngstown selling firms and hotel
Fire in Youngstown O on January 20 destroyed the H L McElroy Company furniture firm at 500 Federal street and adjoining J N Eowers Sons dry goods store. The Eastman Hotel on Commerce street also burned. Total loss estimated at 700000 with about two thirds insured.
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Commercial Tribune
Youngstown
H. L. McElroy Company
Federal Street
J. N. Eowers Sons Company
Eastman Hotel
Commerce Street
Thousands View Havoc Wrought by High Waters
Relief stations taxed as thousands view the havoc from rising rivers. Officials say the river will probably remain stationary late today and then begin to fall tomorrow.
Weather Bulletin Signals End In Sight
Captain S. S. Bassler of the United States Weather Bureau issued a late evening bulletin at 8 o clock signaling the approach of a weather change. The forecast notes significant developments likely to affect local conditions.
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S. S. Bassler
United States Weather Bureau
Weather ends river rise as flood in Cincinnati area abates
Severe cold and high winds halt further rain driven river growth. Cincinnati district sees the crest pass with Catlettsburg steady near sixty feet and Ports mouth flat. Parkersburg and Marietta show minor rises. End of rise expected Monday with slow fall to follow.
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Cincinnati
Catlettsburg
Portsmouth
Parkersburg
Marietta
Baltimore & Ohio Train Derailed Near Warnock Ohio
A Baltimore and Ohio Passenger Train No. 104 derailed when a locomotive jumped the track at Warnock Ohio twenty miles from Wheeling. The baggage car and smoker fell into a creek. Two Newark Ohio passengers were slightly injured. The main line was torn up for a quarter mile and service halted for hours.
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Commercial Tribune
Wheeling
W. Va
Baltimore & Ohio
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
Warnock
J. T. Costlow
Miller
Newark
Eeat
Seevee Tate Way
Ig T
Canal Dover
Cambridge
Flood Relief Dawn for Cincinnati Area Victims
Report describes widespread flood damage across Cincinnati and Covington with victims in many towns along fifteen miles of river. Severe cold after a Saturday storm adds to hardships as crowds view devastation and act charitably.
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Cincinnati
Covington
Newport
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Ohio River
Southern Railway
Sandford, Ind
Big Four Railroad
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Buffalo, N. Y
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William Nottingham
J. Q. Riddle
Monroe C. Smith
A. G. Brower
Cleveland
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Kingston
Jamaica
Torily
Hill & Griffith Co
Resor Foundry Co
Gest
William Resor Company
Resor Foundry
Millcreek
State Avenue
Foundries
Hill & Griffith Foundry
Griffith
Joseph Treinan
Mill Creek
Standard Oil
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George Hoffman
Resor Company
Dows
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