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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1908
Page
2
The Cleveland Board of Education ordered all city schools closed tomorrow and ordered flags at half mast. The board clarified Collinwood is not responsible for its school management and remains a separate municipal entity with its own government functions.
A fire erupted in the Central High School laboratory as 1,200 pupils worked. The alarm drill evacuated the building in two and a half minutes with no panic, aided by a photographer in the corridor. Firemen contained the blaze. overcrowding spurred plans for a larger school.
A coal gas explosion at Ivy Wild School in Colorado Springs injured principal Miss Nellie Remick and caused a blaze that smoke issued from registers. She was burned in the doorway but pupils, about 100, were safely led out by fire drills. The fire was put out quickly.
Representative Hill introduced a bill to appropriate $25 000 for the burial of the Cleveland Collinwood fire victims. A sympathy resolution passed and Governor Harris forms a four member commission to disburse funds, no more than $100 per child. Governor Harris and State Inspector Morgan responded with messages of support.
Pittsburg alderman John J. Sweeney drafts a plan to station a fireman in every school from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily, arguing the measure boosts safety and public confidence after the Cleveland Collinwood disaster. A former Cleveland fire captain, A L McKenzie, criticizes current drills as inadequate and urges ladder and rope training.
A Sturgeon Bay fire destroyed an early morning structure housing a Wisconsin school. A telephone dispatch from Sturgeon Bay reports the blaze started before dawn, with responders battling flames as occupants evacuated and officials assess damage.
The principal school building in the city burned early today causing estimated losses of $60,000. Fire officials investigated the blaze and reported no details on casualties.
Hamilton Ohio March 5 Superintendent Joyce says all public schools are safe and that a Collinwood disaster could not happen here. Doors open out and daily fire drills enable quick evacuation. Fire escapes extend above the second floor in every building ensuring rapid emergency egress.
In Richmond Virginia on March 5 the General Assembly adopted resolutions of sympathy for Cleveland Ohio after yesterday’s disaster. The body asked the Governor to transmit the resolutions to Ohio’s Governor and Cleveland’s Mayor.
In New York today nearly every school conducted fire drills. Pupils marched from buildings to schoolyards at the fire gong as principals instructed them on actions to take and warned against panic.
Chief of Indiana Department of Inspection W I Blakely announced an immediate, thorough inspection of school buildings statewide.
Kansas City officials announce a city wide building inspection program starting tomorrow after the Board of Education issued the order tonight. The move aims to ensure safety and compliance across all public school facilities.
Columbus March 5 Chief State Factory Inspector Morgan travels to Callinwood to inspect a ruined school building from 1901 where no prior fire inspection occurred. The state fire marshal deems inspector force inadequate and cites $500 penalties for officers who permit inward swinging doors in public buildings. Mayor Bond orders statewide inspection of schools and notes locked doors at Eastern School during hours. He meets with S D Creamey and Fire Chief Lauer about Hickel theaters and requires rear exits and limited standing room sales in future.
Detroit March 5 The dormitory of the Arcambal Hotel for Boys at Clarenceville burned tonight. All thirty six boys are believed saved. Superintendent Lane directed evacuations then leaped from a second story window but escaped serious injury.
Marion Ohio March 5. The Marion School Board found fire escapes in deplorable condition at several buildings. Central building doors to escapes were locked and mostly opened inward. One hundred cages were sent and within three hours the hazards were relieved.
Fire Chief Swinzley, Factory Inspector J. W. Sikes, and Deputy Inspector Hubbell unveiled findings that nearly all city public schools lack adequate fire protection. Only one building has an outside fire escape, underscoring serious safety gaps for pupils and staff.
Paris authorities say safeguards for 200000 pupils are ample but will hold fire drills more often than monthly. A recent Paris appropriation will allow the early abandonment of the few wooden schoolhouses.
Berlin March 5 Architect Ludwig Hoffman notes German schools are solidly built with fireproof floors and multiple stairways. He says drills and orderly evacuation to playgrounds ensure pupils reach the street safely while firefighters work.
Plans approved for a new Eleventh District School on Linn Street with a cost around 200000. The foreproof H shaped building fronts Linn Street 178 feet with 138 foot wings and a 100 by 40 foot center. Basement houses boys and girls playrooms domestic science and manual training. Auditorium seats 1000 with access from main hall and offices. Upper floors hold twenty classrooms plus museum gymnasium and library.
Superintendent Dyer ordered immediate fire drills in all city schools after reports of inward opening doors and delayed exits. Building officials and inspectors moved to fix doors and add outward swinging exits, with a fire escape at Guilford School to be erected within days.
Manchuria governance appears unified under one viceroy with reduced foreign influence and tightened central control. China shows conciliatory moves on foreign settlements while South Manchuria Railway upgrades with American style trains planned in April. Chinese purchase of the railway is viewed as key to keeping the open door.
The Superintendent of Schools, Dyer, announced a new fire drill plan using three taps of a gong. Teachers will adapt drills to each school, aim to empty buildings quickly with minimal confusion, and report progress to the superintendent. Fire doors, floor‑level deputies, and top-floor pupil exits are outlined. principals may use telephones to alert fire towers.
Andrew Spaeth reports to County Prosecutor Rulison that he served notice last October on Kennedy Heights and Silverton School Trustees to provide fire escape and better exits. He says factional fights have prevented action and the school remains a danger to lives.
Prof. RE W Wilkinson of the First Intermediate School tested drills during fires in Clinton and Linn streets now until a new Gest and Baymiller street building is ready. He cited two past fires caused by overheated furnaces and noted doors formerly opening inward were changed by order of the Building Inspector and Board of Education to reduce panic.
In Cincinnati the Twenty-seventh District School on Winchell Avenue conducts a monthly fire drill. Principal Lafayette Bloom leads first floor pupils to exit after one bell and following groups, with Tom KE Parker supervising. The orderly process takes about two minutes to clear the building.
Mayor Tom Johnson led a Democratic gathering in Columbus with Charles Salen present as Johnson’s candidate for State Chairman. Johnson said he would meet about sixty Democrats from across the state to discuss a platform endorsing the initiative and referendum and the franchise tax. He backed Atlee Pomerene for governor while criticizing Welty and Garber's slate.
In Washington on March 5 Baron Takahira and Secretary Root discussed the seizure of the Japanese steamship Tatsu Maru by China. Japan demands the ship's surrender and rejects a mixed court solution. Washington officials say China would have a right to request return if its facts are correct.
At the March meeting of the Ohio State Board of Pardons new cases were presented from multiple counties including Mapleson, Smith, Letcher, Jones, Eates, Taylor, Budbridge, Sands, Wildman, Lyons, Johnson, Boulkoski, and Hale with offenses ranging from murder in the second degree to burglary and larceny with sentences from two to life. Several cases were disposed of including Reigard, McCumber, Bailey, Grenowich, Jakuwapsky with sentences or commutations noted.
Houston officials announce rapid curfew enforcement to curb petty thefts. All boys found on streets after 9 p.m. are arrested under the new measure.
Omaha dispatch reports Nebraska Democrats instruct delegates to vote as a unit for William J. Bryan at Denver. He wins loud, sustained applause as he defends his creed to exterminate private monopoly and credits Populists while opposing federal overreach and backing tariff revision and income tax. A Populist state convention endorses Bryan.
In Baltimore on March 5 the Bowling Green Trust Company filed in the U S Circuit Court for receivership of the Western Maryland Railroad. Judge Morris appointed Benjamin F. Bush as receiver after the railroad consented to the action, citing fixed charges due April 1 totaling 1 25 million. Bush succeeds Winslow Pierce as president. the Gould interests had expanded the line from Baltimore to Cumberland and Port Covington, linking to coal regions en route to a transcontinental system.
The St Regis New York is praised for its flawless organization and high standards. It emphasizes trained staff from kitchen to chambermaid and offers rooms starting at four dollars daily with private baths at five dollars and a parlor suite at twelve dollars.
In Columbus on March 5 the Legislature debated the Cleveland disaster and the Republican convention. Ex Governor Herrick to discuss bank deposit guaranty March 12 after Bryan address. Senate backs penitentiary site within fifty miles of Columbus with convict labor. Streetcar track leasing and county bridge labor measures advance. House quashes per diem rise for trustees, while new bills on education and constitutional amendment printing proceed.
A collar button with a distinctive design and crude initials is expected to identify the man found murdered near Roane, as investigators pursue a clue in the Cleburne Texas area.
The advertisement touts Grape Nuts as rich in nutrients from wheat and barley and potash phosphate. It claims improved digestion and steadier, clearer thinking, asserting there’s a reason people rely on it for daily nutrition.
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