Tragedy at Collinwood School Fire Claims Many Children
A devastating blaze at the Collinwood school caused by an overheated furnace trapped hundreds of children on the first floor. Front door locked or blocked hindered escape. 163 bodies identified at morgue with dozens more missing. Teachers and students heroically aided others as volunteers fought to save lives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fritz Herter
Lake Shore
Herter
Helen
Catherine Weiler
Miss Weiler
Miss Eiler
Detroit
Toledo
Hess
Tommy Thompson
Clark Spring
Alven
Walter C. Kelley
Sporting Department
The
Cleveland Leader
Collinwood
Wallace Upton
North Collinwood
Mary Ridge
Anna Rolth
Gertrude Davis
Ethel Rose
Anna Moranthe
Golmar
Rowley
Laura Bowdey
Pearl Lynn
Sameees
Irene Davis
John Phillips
Polar Street
Harry McNeil
McNeil
Hugh McIlrath
Charles G. McIrath
Collinwood Police
McIilrath
MelIlrath
Young MelIlrath
Glenn Sanderson
Sanderson
George Getzien
Charles Wall
Henry Ellis
L. E. Cross
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Roundhouse
Ellis
Cross
Nathan Fiegenbaum
Cleveland
Andrew L. Harris
Collinwood Council
Social and Personal Notes From Mt Auburn Area
Mt Auburn social scene features bridge at Mrs Caro Allen s home and plans for Woodward High School alumni reunion. Highlights include wedding notice for Sunshine Evans and W J Rodrick, Walnut Hills WCTU meeting, Glendale College Alumnae luncheon, and euchre party hosted by Mrs August Herrmann with Five Hundred Club members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Auburn
Caroline Allen
Jesse Lippincott
Miss Clark
Louise Gibbs
Helen Hopkins
Florence Woodmansee
Worthington
Smith
Lapp
Murdock
Ebersole
Lida Dunham
Cadwalader
Ives
Pine
Rawson
Hollister Street
August Herrmann
Five Hundred Club
Mies Lena
Herrmann
Furniture Club Holds March Meeting in Cincinnati
The Queen City Furniture Club met last night at the Business Men's Club with Vice President William Bischoff presiding in President Streit’s absence. A report outlined summer entertainments including trips to Laughery Island and White Villa, Ky, plus a ladies day at the Country Club. The club backed a plan to organize local furniture dealers and urged railroads to adopt car service rules before crossing the Public Landing, while a special committee arranged details and an elegant luncheon was served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen City Furniture Club
Business Men’s Club
Carl F. Streit
Mexico
William Bischoff
Streit
H. A. Sprengard
Laughery Island
John Cornette, Jr
White Villa
John Nienics
Country Club
George Schutte
Cincinnati
Ohio
le & N
Habitual Constipation Relief Through Natural Living
The article advocates using nourishment, regular living, and lifestyle changes to support nature in relieving habitual constipation. It emphasizes that proper diet and living habits can reduce dependence on remedies over time, mentioning senna as a commonly used aid and highlighting overall natural approaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
List of Known Victims Names in a School Tragedy
A compiled roster lists numerous victims with ages and names including Catherine Weiler, Gretchen Dorn, Irene Davis, James Turner, Norman Turner, Amelia Burrows, and others. The document enumerates students and teachers affected by the incident, reflecting a broad impact across ages from 1 to 17 and multiple families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Weiler
Henry Shultze
John Rochinsky
William M. Kanowsky
Henry Lodge
Dorothy Hart
Clayton Bell
Wilfrey Cook
Irene Davis
Gretchen Dorn
Nels Thompson
Thos. Thompson
Nels
Robert Hunter
Rose Swanson
Rose Bushman
Clark Dale
Mildred Cunningham
Catherine M. Duffy
Albert Gould
Walter Herter
Helena Herter
Edith Herter
Hugh M’ilrath
Leda Murphy
Edward Myert
Jennie Phillips
Mary Ridgeway
Anna Roth
Lillian Rosteck
Norris Sherman
Bernard Schubert
Harold Sanderson
Mabel Sigler
James Turner
Norman Turner
Max Turner
Floyd‘s Brown
Luella Baldwin
Amelia Burrows
Norman Bell
Claud Clayton
Lester Centner
Nellie Carson
Meda Depner
Percy Day
Matilda Dresha
Arnold Depner
Albert Eichelberger
Lena Efferly
Grace Fiske
Ray Gould
Emma Gervic
Ruth Gordon
Pittsburg Teacher Catherine Weiler Killed in Holocaust
Catherine C. Weiler a 27 year old Collinwood Ohio teacher and daughter of Rev Gustave Weiler pastor of Second German Methodist Episcopal Church died in today’s disaster. She taught in Collinwood schools for two years and previously taught in North Baltimore Berea. Weiler was president of the Cuyahoga Primary Teachers Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Pittsburg
Catherine C. Weller
Collinwood, CO
Gustave Weller
Fortieth Street
Second
German Methodist Episcopal Church
Wheeling
West Virginia
Weiler
North Baltimore
Berea
Collinwood
Collinwood Disaster Sympathy Adopted by Ohio Republicans
Special Dispatch to Commercial Tribune reports the Republican State Convention in Columbus approved a resolution from Harry M. Daugherty extending sympathy to Collinwood after a devastating school disaster. Delegates voiced sorrow amid the hours of tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collinwood
Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Harry M. Daugherty
Ihs
Cincinnati Schools May Dismiss In Minutes
Superintendent Dyer said all Cincinnati schools could close quickly in three minutes. He noted Cleveland’s tragedy prompted the question and believed most city buildings are now equipped to reduce danger, though some unspecified risks remain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson School
Louis Dauner
Board of Public Service
Board of Education
Cleveland
Collinwood
George H. Johnson
Havlin
Cleveland City
Lmits
Dyer
Dr. Dyer
Markbreit Sends Telegram of Condolence to Johnson
Mayor Markbreit ordered a telegram of condolence to Cleveland Mayor Tom L. Johnson after a disaster struck school children in the Collinwood district. The message read You have my profound sympathy in the great disaster that has overtaken your city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Markbreit
Johnson
Collinwood
Cleveland
Tom L. Johnson
Leslie Carter Behind Gas Incident Failing Health
Leslie Carter a Chicago lawyer and street railway magnate lies critically ill at 108 Case Street after a gas asphyxiation five months ago. Dr Henry B Favill says his condition is more serious now than before. Carter long served as president of the South Side Elevated Railroad Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Chicago
Leslie Carter
Case Street
Henry B. Favill
Carter
South Side Elevated Railroad Company
American sulkies draw Paris crowds in Bois de Boulogne
In Paris on March 4 American sulkies pulled by valuable trotters attracted attention in the Bois de Boulogne. French onlookers admire their stylishness but view them as risky after a horse bolted when frightened by an automobile, causing a stampede among riders on Avenue des Acacias.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Paris
Bois de Boulogne
Avenue Des Acacias
Morgan Buys Rare Books and Manuscripts Across Continents
Paris reports J Pierpont Morgan has purchased the manuscript of Les Contes de la Reine Marguerite de Navarre from the sixteenth century single volume bound with Moorish mosaic ornament. Separately Charles Freer of Detroit acquired four Biblical manuscripts from Akuin in Upper Egypt likely rescued from Alexandria library ruins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Paris
J. Pierpont Morgan
Marguerite de Navarre
Cauterets
Pyrenees
Charles Freer
Detroit
Akuin
Upper
Egypt
Alexandria
Hamilton High to Add Technical Training Shops
The Hamilton Board of Education announced plans to add technical training at Hamilton High School. The rear stables on the Frechtling property will be converted into shops for the new department. Advanced domestic science will be provided for third year students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Hamilton, O
Hamilton High School
Board of Education
Woman Suffrage Official Dies by Suicide in Nebr
Tecumseh Nebraska March 4 Mrs J S Arnup former Secretary of the Nebraska Woman Suffrage Association and prominent club worker killed herself by drinking carbolic acid. In a note she cited ill health as the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Tecumseh, Neb
J. S. Arnup
Nebraska Woman Suffrage Association
Farmer Turns Seventy Acres in Three Days With Steam Plow
Frans FP. Marth of Kingfisher Oklahoma set what is believed to be a plowing record turning seventy acres of ground in three days using a steam plow. The feat was reported as a special dispatch to the Commercial Tribune dated March 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Kingfisher
Okla
Frans FP
Marth
Local residents plan warm weather escapes to Florida and beyond
A stream of Cincinnati residents heads south and to other states for vacations and visits. Families from Walnut Hills Avondale and Mt. Auburn travel to Bradenton Florida Asheville North Carolina Tallahassee Florida and Atlantic City while others sail for three months in Europe and visit New York and Logansport Indiana. Some young people attend schools away and extended trips follow illness or spring vacation timing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul A. Hewitt
Dorothy Hewitt
Burdette Avenue
Walnut Hills
Bradentown
Fla
Madeline Rowe
North Crescent Avenue
Avondale
Albert Séchell
Miss Schell
Asheville
N. C
Rowe
Mich
Charles Walter Bell
Virginia
Georgia Bell
Wold Avenue
East Walnut Hills
Tallahassee
P. H. Burt
Stanley Burt
East Auburn Avenue
Mt. Auburn
New York
Cain
Hyde Park
Harry Gerrard
J. Weller
Evans Plate
Clifton
Wilmington
Weller
Emma Joseph
Nathan Plgot
Circleville
Ethel Kinney
C. D. Kinney
Bryn Mawr
Mildred
Edna Friedman
For Avenue
Daytona
Matilda Hahn
Oak Street
Vicksburg
Mies
Charles H. Duhme
Small
Clifton Avenue
East
Atlantic
Kentucky Society News Highlights Newport Visitors
Miss Irvine Hersch sails to Pasadena for three months. Newport residents travel to Washington and Norwood. Covington and Inverness host and visit social clubs while Embroidery and Five Hundred gatherings informally convene with local ladies hosting and attending.
Ohio farmer James F Timberman found dead near Venice
James F Timberman a well known Butler County farmer was found senseless near his barn this morning by his wife and died before a physician arrived Coroner Schumacher will conduct an inquiry Rumors of self inflicted death are not credited He had prior disputes with neighbor Owen Brown including a grand jury indictment and fine His health had not been good recently
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Hamilton, O
James F. Timberman
Butler County
Venice
Timberman
Schumacher
Longworths Entertained by Buckeye Republican Club
Congressman Nicholas Longworth and Mrs Longworth headlined a dinner for about 1000 at Broad Oak Rink in Columbus Ohio. He joked about stage fright experienced during his speech at the Republican State Convention today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Nicholas Longworth
Longworth
Buckeye Republican Club
Broad Oak Rink
Watchman Beaten by Unknown Man on Plum Streets
Timothy McIntyre watchman for the C. and O. Railroad in Covington was assaulted by an unknown man in apron on Plum Street last night. He suffered facial injuries and was taken to City Hospital where his wounds were dressed before he returned home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timothy McIntyre
Covington
McIntyre
Burglary at Dr Hines Residence Strikes Garfield Place
A thief broke into the apartment of Dr H H Hines at 34 Garfield Place using a duplicate key and took jewelry valued at 175 dollars. Dr Hines returned around 9 PM as Patrolmen Venn and Wolsifer were assigned to locate the culprit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. H. H. Hines
H. H. Hines
Garfield Place
Obituary of California’s First Native Catholic Priest
The Rev. Father John P. Coyle died in San Francisco on Tuesday night from stomach disease. He was the first native Californian ordained a Catholic priest and led Star of the Sea Church in the Richmond District, California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. Coyle
San Francisco
California
Star of the Seq
Richmond
Diamond Ring Presented to Mohawk Lodge Treasurer
Thomas A. Johnson, treasurer of Mohawk Lodge I O O F, received a diamond ring at an entertainment held by the order in the Odd Fellows Temple last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas A. Johnson
Mohawk Lodge
Order In Odd Fellows’ Temple
Newport Socials Highlight Card Party Guests
Misses Laura and Esther Schroll of Newport hosted a Tuesday night card party with guests including Mr. and Mrs. H. Clay Schroll Dr. Walton and Miss Walton. Prizes went to Mrs. Dohrmann and Mrs. Heile. Mr. Dyer, Mr. Coate, Mrs. Earl Bohn and Mrs. Coate among winners. Zell of Newport plans Florida trip next week. Covington’s Miss Jessie Thomas attended a three-table card party honoring Miss Dallas Downard and Miss Metcalfe of Brooksville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irvine Hersch
Newport
Pasadena
Cal
Ernst Spring
Washington, D. C
Frank Elliott
Julia Horn
Norwood
Earl Bohn
Harry Clayton
Chicago
Elliott Clarkeson
Covington
W. R. Bruehl
Wallace Place
Florida
Clyde Emrick
Embroidery Club
Inverness
Sadie Stewart
Laura Scherer
Marion Muehlmatt
Nan Wilson
Elsie Wines
Fred Hall
Amy Hall
O. P. Schriver
Villa Place
Danelell
Evarsville
Itd
J. N. Hutchinson
Sam Bailey
T. J. Morgan
Aes
J. J. J Os
Ed Ingeara Roterma
George Dohrmann
Charles White
Also Mentioned on This Page
Son
Upton
Marie Witman
Lake Street
Halle
Miss Colmar
Henry Schultz
Russell Newberry
Brother
Vury
Deutsch
Social and Personal
Old Woodward High School
Business Men's Club
Lyon
Sunshine Evans
A. Harry Evans
W._J.Roderick
Charleston
W. Va
Miss Evans
Dayton
Beatrice Judy
Christian Church
Locust Street
Gertrude Smith
Glendale College
West Fourth Street
Lida. Attee
Harry _ Perkins
Robert Koehler
James Woodrough
George Spencer
Harry Brown
Robert Hargitt
May Monfort
George Hill
Norman G. Kenan
Brookline
Marion Avenues
the Lyric
Furniture Club
Associated Organizations
Transportation Committee of the Associated Organizations
Catherine Classmere
Mary Grushill
Edna Heckler
Henry Kujat
Edward Kohlten
Walter Kelly
Richard Kelly
Annie Kazya
Herbert Leonard
Louise Leonard
Elma Merrinech
Otto Markoshott
Elsie Markoshott
Catherine Lee
Gladys Miller
Russell Newsbury
Paul Newbaker
Frank Parah
John PO
Norman Quirk
Louise Quirk
Daniel Rush
Fern Robinson
Marry Reeves
Edward Scholl
Julius Schola
Clara Wendorf
Eva Wachaus
Mary Wachaus
Henry Weichert
Annie Woodman
Robert Wickett
Emma Yankel
Ottis Zimmerman
Margaret Zierpin
Harry Zingleman
Morgan
Hamilton High
Nebraska Suffrage Association Drinks Act
Farmer
Kentucky Society
Longworths
Cincinnatan
Watchman
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!