100 Are Killed in German Coal Mine Blast
A German coal mine blast leaves 100 dead as Denison beats Granville 13 6. Goldmeyer shines with a flashy performance backing a decisive victory in a hot rivalry game.
26 Oct 1930
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1930
Page
1
A German coal mine blast leaves 100 dead as Denison beats Granville 13 6. Goldmeyer shines with a flashy performance backing a decisive victory in a hot rivalry game.
Yale and Army fought to a 7-7 tie in a rain soaked game with passing and kicking key in the score. The report covers weather conditions and the tough finish as both teams battled for the draw.
Witnesses in Judge Bell's Criminal Court described a Cosmopolitan Bank loan in 1928 to finance real estate with second mortgages. The $22 225 loan included 2 225 for discount and fees. The note and mortgage were made to W G Boring as payee, with the case alleging banking statute violations.
Weary Irish subs fade as regulars surge late to deny a closing comeback. The last minute blast yields a narrow edge for the Eastern squad, with three scores in the final stretch sealing the victory.
Berlin presses Brazil for a complete inquiry into the Baden incident in Rio de Janeiro harbor. Eighteen Spanish women emigrants and four Baden crewmen among at least twenty seven killed. Brazilian authorities argued the ship flew no flag and the fire may have been accidental or politically charged amid a military coup.
In Saarbrucken Germany an explosion at the Maybach mine in Quierschiete trapped about 100 miners. Rescue teams worked amid gas and smoke as 38 bodies were recovered and 25 injured were brought out. Reports varied on missing workers after the Alsdorf disaster nearby. The mine, once state owned, had been surrendered to France fifteen years earlier.
UC Bearcats rally to beat Denison 13 to 6 on Homecoming Day at Burnet Woods. Cliff Goldmeyer shines with outstanding punting and defense, aided by Lunsford and the Sidinger brothers as Cincinnati gains first Buckeye Conference win and snaps two-decade Denison losing streak.
A collage of college football scores lists major games with Cincinnati over Denison 13 6 Notre Dame defeating Pittsburgh 35 19 Michigan 15 Illinois 7 Carnegie Tech 40 Reserve 8 Yale 7 Army 7 Navy 31 Princeton 0 Alabama 12 Vanderbilt 7 Penn State 6 Dartmouth 7 Harvard 2 Fordham 7 NYU 0 Northwestern 45 Centre 7 Purdue 7 Wisconsin 6 Tulane 28 Georgia Tech 0 USC 41 Stanford 12 Ohio games include Ohio Wesleyan 21 Simpson 12 Ohio U 27 Miami 6 Akron 12 Baldwin Wallace 0 Defiance 13 Bluffton 6 Kent Norman 0 Ashland 0 Ohio State B 25 Hiram 0 Muskingum 20 Mt Union 7 Cedarville 34 Rio Grande 0 Marietta 6 Otterbein 0 Capital 13 Ohio Northern 0 East games note George Washington 27 Dickinson 6 Maryland 40 Loyola Md 7 etc.
Springfield action finds Mayor William Hale Thompson and George Harding not guilty of wrong conduct over hiring experts for Chicago's city beautiful plan. Supreme Court reverses The Chicago Tribune's suit seeking refunds of 2,245,604.52 to the city. Thompson accuses Tribune of being the city's and people's disgraceful enemy.
Yale and Army fought through mud in New Haven with a 7-7 deadlock as Albie Booth left on a stretcher after a head and leg injury. Sandy Wiener took over for Booth, but Army tied the game with a late first-half TD.
Notre Dame crashes Pitt with five first half touchdowns as Frank Carideo leads drives ending in scores. Pitt rallies briefly in the fourth quarter but falls short as Notre Dame cruises to a decisive victory before 73 000 at Pitt Stadium.
A coast to coast New England storm lashed the region with rain snow and sleet. High winds felled trees and poles cutting power and telephone lines and stranding motorists from Vermont to Maine. Northern areas reported up to twenty inches of snow with widespread outages and damaged communications.
Six women released from Cincinnati's Workhouse on a chilly October night shivered in thin clothing. Weather Bureau records show 37 degrees at 6 p.m. as they sought warmth at John Meyer's meat shop near the Workhouse, revealing harsh conditions in the city.
Czar Boris III of Bulgaria and Princess Giovanna of Italy wed at the Church of St Francis in Assisi as a storm battered the city delaying trains and soaking guests. Mussolini watched anxiously while hail turned the rain into a downpour before the brief ceremony.
Edward A. Altman of Avon Hills found a stranger claiming kin at his home. The man, speaking with a German accent, stayed for food and shelter before disappearing with two women's rings, a bracelet, and a diamond platinum ring valued at $1 000. Police later confirmed the relative hoax and Altman reserved judgment.
A well dressed youth robs a drug store on Edwards road then flees after Banditry erupts in a gunfight with pharmacist George Kylius and clerk William Scroggins. Kylius wounds the bandit who escapes in a cream colored sedan as police chase begins. Scroggins is lightly wounded.
Thomas W. Fleming, a Negro and former Cleveland councilman, began a sentence of two years nine months for bribery at the Ohio Penitentiary after arrival from Cleveland. He said he would appeal on grounds of prejudice conspiracy and fraud.
In Baton Rouge a landmark amnesia case at East Louisiana Hospital shows partial success from hypnotic therapy. Mason, an unnamed patient, recalled orphanage memory and a San Francisco newsboy past under a childlike suggestion, with $1500 invested to fund his condition. Further treatment aims to reconstruct his full history.
Sparks from burning leaves caused a two car frame garage blaze at 3575 Zumistein avenue Hyde Park. Loss estimated at 600 dollars. Delay in reporting allowed the fire to gain headway before firefighters arrived. The fire was discovered by Mildred Haas who called Vans Camp's office but not the home address.
Ohio Kentucky and Tennessee show fair to slightly warmer weather on Sunday and Monday with increasing cloudiness and a chance of rain in the afternoon or night. Indiana and West Virginia follow similar patterns with warmer days and rain potential. A table lists city temperatures and precipitation, noting October 25, 1930 data for cities like Louisville Nashville Cleveland New York and others.
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