Explosion Destroys Part of City Hospital Site
Thousands of residents in Walnut Hills Avondale and nearby neighborhoods spent a sleepless night as a dynamite blast at the new City Hospital construction site on Burnet Avenue Avondale rocked Cincinnati. Police guard homes crowds view damage while Altenheim and Jewish Hospital suffer shattered windows and debris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hills and
Avondale
New City Hospital
Burnet Avenue
Cincinnati
Eighth Street
Altenheim
Jewish Hospital
Invalids
River Stands Firm For Three Hours In Queen City
Forecaster Bassler reports a three hour pause in flood waters in the Queen City as the river held at 61.1 feet from 6 pm to 9 pm. A brief rise to 61.2 feet at 9 pm suggested the crest, with a fall expected to begin by midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iver
Queen City
Mule Dispute Sparks Central American War Threats
Special Dispatch reports that a mule owned by Honduran citizen Senor Irene Salgado sparked a quarrel with Nicaragua. Diplomatic exchanges trace the root to a Nicaraguan theft and territorial tensions near Los Manos, with the arbitration board collapsing as war loomed between Honduras and Nicaragua.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senor
Jose D. Gomez
Senor Gomez
Honduras
Los Manos
Salgado
Nicaragua
Salgados
Irene Salgado
Tegucigalpa
Juan I. Rocha
Honduran
Zelaya
Board of Arbitration
Rockefeller to bequeath 250 million for charity and education
A New York dispatch reports a trusted Rockefeller associate saying John D. Rockefeller Jr will soon reveal a will totaling at least 250 million dollars. The bequests focus on educational and charitable goals with limited church funding and aim to create lasting societal benefit through model housing and broad philanthropy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
New York
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
John D. Rockefeller
New York City
Rockefeller
Lakewood
N. J
Mr. Rockefeller
Suevic Strikes Rocks Near Lizard With 400 Passengers Aboard
The White Star Line steamer Suevic struck rocks near The Lizard in dense fog at 1130 PM. Two lifeboats launched and others summoned for assistance. The vessel lies ashore on Maentere Rock under a lighthouse. On board: 400 passengers and 160 crew. Captain Selby commands the 12,500 ton liner en route London to Australia via Cape Town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Star
London
White Star Line
Suevic
The
Lizard
Maentere Rock
Selby
Australia
Cape Town
Turkish Officer SF Assassinated in Constantinople
A telegram from Trebizond reports Hamid Pasha, the commander of local troops, was assassinated as he left the mosque. A dismissed noncommissioned officer killed him, in a postelection era incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamid Pasha
Constantinople
Trebizond
Brownsville Raid Mystery Closed by Twenty-fifth Infantry Soldier
D. C. Gray a former private in Company B admits the Brownsville raid was provoked by an alleged white assault. He says several soldiers volunteered to go along and avenge injuries, with only one company actively involved though most knew of the shooting. Gray describes himself as a 29 year old, 5 foot 10 inch copper colored man living in Galveston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston News
Galveston
Brownsville
United States Secret Service
D. C. Gray
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Sedamsville Viaduct Collapse Cuts City Traffic
Two sections of the Eighth street viaduct collapsed into Mill Creek after flood swells. Girders and stanchions dropped from the bridge as Sedamsville cars passed, isolating Great Span and crippling streetcar, telegraph, and water services. Repairs will be costly and time consuming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sedamsville
Harrison Avenue
Liberty Street
Eighth Street
Broken Bridge
Also Mentioned on This Page
Walnut
Dale
Eden Park
Pilin
Eit Lei
Ben
God P
Central America
Beast
Washington
Irenen
Ministers of Foreign
Ceived
Augusto C. Coello
Forecaster -Bassier
Here
Portsmouth
Tance
Miami
Maysville
Pittsburg
Chicago
Pennsylvania
Allegheny River
Parker
Monongahela
Ohio
Allegheny
Eighth Street Viaduct
Tron
King Charles
Bucharest
Moldavia
Charles
Commercial Tribone
Galveston, Tex
Tex
Texas
Great Span
Mill Creek
City
Price Hill
Buckeye Pond
Duck Pond
Buckeye
Traction Company
Telephone Company
Western Union Telegraph Company
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!