Campers Survive Flash Flood After Cedar Creek Deluge
Six Cincinnati campers narrowly escape a swift flood on Indian Creek near Millville during a cloudburst. Ricketts, fishing upstream, warned the group as six feet of water roared through the area washing away gear and their auto. They found refuge in a Davidson family farm house until waters receded and returned to Cincinnati by train.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton
Cincinnati
Indian Creek
Millville
Walter ®. Miller
B. H
Ricketts
Davidson
Fisherman Rescued From Middle of River Near Cleves
Hans Boerbalch of Hamilton Ohio was saved from a small island in the Big Miami River near Cleves as water reached his neck. He could not swim while R A Ice and Asbury cruised in a motorboat Asbury 755 Symmes Ave. As the storm hit, their boat drifted away and Asbury swam for help. Fire Marshal Edward Hoffman Winfield Balsler and Jack Bennett from Cleves aided in the rescue efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Cleves
Hans Boerbalch
Hamilton
Main
Asbury
Symmes Aversion
Uisville
Boerbaich
Edward Hoffman
Winfield Balsler
Jack Bennett
Gold Forgotten as Argonaut Mine Rescue Proceeds
In Jackson California the focus remains on rescuing forty seven men entombed since last Sunday night at the Argonaut mine. Supervising Engineer D Harrington of the Bureau of Mines teams arrives to direct operations as workers push toward the trapped miners. It is hoped the reach will take another week of continuous labor despite progress breaking through to the main tunnel near the green stone mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Cal
D. Harrington
Denver
Bureau of Mines
Storm Devastates Farms and Roads in Southwestern Ohio
A violent electrical storm swept Southwestern Ohio early yesterday, flooding the Big and Little Miami rivers and tributaries. Rail washouts, bridge collapses, and undermined banks followed as crops, camping gear, and roadbeds were ruined. Cincinnati area rainfall neared two inches and higher elsewhere, with fires sparked by lightning causing further damage. Property losses run into hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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Ohio
Big
Little
Miami
Cincinnati
W. C. Devereaur
Weather Bureau
Bridge Washout Destroys Kellogg Avenue Span Little Miami
A flood washed away the near completion Kellogg avenue steel bridge over the Little Miami River. The collapse caused about 35 000 dollars in losses including an electric crane. Two men on the bridge escaped as debris flooded the river valley. The county and contractor dispute who bears the cost.
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Kellogg Avenue
Little Miami River
Little Miami
E. A. Gast
Jacob Krolman
E. M. Scully
Columbus
O'Odck
Greek Army Defeated and Split by Turkish Forces
Paris dispatch reports Angora government release stating after five days of battle the Greek Army was completely defeated and split in two. The Northern group is scattered and unmoved debris in mountains and forests, while the Southern group retreats. Turks captured a vast amount of material including 150 cannons.
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Paris
Associated Press
Angora
Damaged Roadbed Halts Cincinnati Train Service
A severe storm washed out 100 feet of track near Middletown causing nine of thirteen B and O coaches on Train 57 to derail. No injuries occurred as speed was reduced. repairs resumed by 6 p.m. and detours used northbound.
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Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Chicago
Louisville
Middletown
Elk Creek Bridge
Butler County
Hamilton
Pennsylvania Railroad
Richmond
Cincinnati
Pennsylvania
Xenia
Dayton
Pennsylvania Station
Summerville
Seven Mile
Collinsville
Logans $500000 Fire Ravages Business District
A blaze in Logan West Virginia leveled parts of the business district, destroying the White & Browning Block and portions of the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company quarters. Total loss tops $500,000 with the Bilks lodge and Logan Coal Operators Association offices burned. records of the association destroyed. The fire started in a billiard hall basement and grew rapidly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
W. Va
White
Operators’ Association
Telephone Company
White-Browning
Hinton Resumes Flight Toward Brazil From Pensacola
Lieut. Walter Hinton resumed his flight to Brazil at 7 a.m. aboard the seaplane Sampaio Correia Number 2, obtained from the navy to replace the one wrecked off Haiti. The first stop will be St. Petersburg, Florida.
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Pensacola
Fla
Walter Hinton
Brazil
Sampaio Correia
Navy
Haiti
St. Petersburg
State Tax Commission to audit Ohio property values
Columbus Ohio September 3 The State Tax Commission will conduct a systematic investigation to verify if property in Ohio is listed at true value. Inspectors will visit many counties to compare tax valuation with actual market values, with some counties receiving more detailed scrutiny. The effort serves the commission and informs the next Legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
State Tax Commission
Ohio
Tax Commission
Blackmail claims rock Notre Dame professor and merchant
i Bend Indiana September 3 Harry Poulin wealthy clothing merchant was released on 2000 bonds after being accused by Prof John T Tiernan Notre Dame law school of fathering a child born to Mrs Tiernan in November 1921 Tiernan vows to seek settlement by force and public exposure Poulin denies the charge and accuses Tiernan of blackmail The dispute draws social attention in university and local circles
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I Bend
Ind
Harry Poulin
John T. Tiernan
Law School
University of Notre Dame
Poulin
Tiernan
Paulin
Tiernans
Cincinnati Police Blotter Reports Seven Crashes and Injuries
Seven automobile accidents were logged in Cincinnati with nine injured, two seriously. Officers reported one fatality from injuries near Ashland Ohio.
Flaming Gas Emission Lights Cumminsville Street Morning
A gas main leak on ColeRain avenue in Cumminsville ignited, sending a twenty foot high flame fountain about seven am. Fire Company No. 43 watched a crowd recede as gas officials shut off the main after firefighters secured the scene. No injuries reported.
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Cumminsville
Start Investigation Into the Shooting Of Buddie Johnson
Plattsburg N Y Sept 3 State police under Clinton county district attorney Harold A Jerry began an inquiry into the Thursday night shooting of A W Buddie Johnson husband of Peggy Marsh actress and dancer at J Clifford camp on Chateaugay Lake Officials said Johnson reportedly accidentally shot himself while putting away a revolver used in target practice at the hospital tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plattsburg
N. Y
A. W
Buddie” Johnson
Peggy Marsh
Jack Clifford
Chateaugay Lake
Harold A. Jerry
Clinton County
Johnson
Edwin N Ohl Dies After Operation
Edwin Newton Ohl of Pittsburgh iron and steel magnate died at Memorial Hospital after an operation on August 17. Born in Ohlestown Ohio he was seventy years old and had conducted business in Pittsburgh for a quarter century. The body will be taken to Pittsburgh tomorrow.
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James Blute
Spring Grove Avenue
General Hospital
Chase Street
Turrill Avenue
Blute
Mr. Blute
Vine Street
Harry Ioyce
West Fifth Street
W. C. Kendig
George Cooper
Ashland Avenue
Paddock Road
Laidlaw Avenue
Caine
Franklin Street
Middletown
Marshal Lees
Donnelly
Carthage
Cincinnati
Afelen Sutton
Sirth
Pike Streets
Eastern Avenue
Vance Street
Max Liberman
Clark Street
New York
Edwin Newton Ohl
Pittsburgh
Memorial Hospital
Ohlestown
Ohio
Fire Destroys Pittsburgh Bunkhouse Kills Seven
In Pittsburgh yards a Pennsylvania bunkhouse fire killed seven shopmen and injured ten. Two railroad shopmen were questioned by George W. McCandless, director of public safety, as federal agents joined the inquiry. Officials planned a statement for tomorrow while noting no cause had been disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
George W. McCandless
Public Safety
Department of Justice
Pennsylvania Yards
Pennsy Road
McCandless
Washington
Explosion in Hamilton home kills mother and baby
A gas explosion at 234 South Eighteenth street in Hamilton injures five, with Mrs. Dickersheid and her infant daughter fatally burned. Firefighters battle a blaze fed by broken gas pipes as the family is rescued and hospitalized, while three other children and the father survive with injuries.
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Hamilton
The
Commercial Tribune
Hamilton, O
Albert Dickersheid
Eighteenth Street
Dickershield Ck
Zhouse
Auto Plunges 200 Feet Over Cliff at Niagara Falls
A Buffalo area auto plunge near the Niagara Falls cataract killed Mrs. Agatha Miller, 54, of Cleveland. The car, left by driver Edward Meyers, slid off a slope at the upper steel arch bridge, dashed to the river’s edge, and debris-covered body found on the bank. Two bystanders tried to stop the car, but Mrs. Miller perished as it plunged.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Niagara Falls
Agatha Miller
D. H. Miller
East Seventy-seventh Street
Cleveland
Steel Arch Bridge
Mrs. Miller
G. E. Darling
Eustace Evans
Elkhart
Ind
Pasengers
Boy 14 Climbs To Rescue Mother Locked By Father
Earl Conn, 14, fell from a third story window at 17 East Ninth street while trying to free his mother after a spat between husband and wife. He survived with a cut nose. Police investigated the domestic incident as the parents reconciled.
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Earl Conn
General Hospital
East Ninth Street
Earl
Earl Adkins
First District
Sile
Beth
Firemen Injured Battling $250,000 Windsor Blaze
A Maloney Electrical Company plant fire in Windsor Ontario caused $250,000 in damage. One firefighter suffered serious burns and several others were injured as explosions of acids shook the plant and debris rained down on crews amid dangerous conditions.
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Windsor
Ont
Maloney Electrical Company
Fire devastates railroad bunkhouse. seven men dead
Pittsburgh dispatch reports a massive blaze at the Pennsylvania Railroad Thirtieth Street yards killed seven newly hired repairmen and injured ten others. A Tokyo inspector was among the most seriously hurt as workers fled collapsing bunks and oil soaked floors. Investigations by railroad police and the Department of Justice were underway with cause undetermined.
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Pittsburgh
Associated Press
Pennsylvania Railroad
J. F. Carr
Thirty-sixth Street
Altimore
Alvin L. Bruce
Kewanee
Ill
Frank Custodino
Edgert Dunn
David L. Davis
Walter L. Parsons
Ernest Inozanets
Gerald Harper
J. Minoru Tajuma
Tokyo
Japan
Tajuma
Thomas Burns
West Eightyfourth Street
New York
John Burns
Green Street
Philadelphia
C. Schaeffer
Highlands Park
Mich
Ray Cliffgerd
Tulsa
Oklo
Police and Fire Department
Department of Justice
E. K. Kennedy
Ian
Kennedy
Union Station
N. P. Good
Pennsylvania
Mr. Good
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Mami
Lieut. Hinton
Commission
Merchant
Nautomishaps
George Carroll
Pike
Ignatz Toepfer
Umbrella
George B. Goetzl
Ashland
Peete Street
Hamilton Pike
Mt. Healthy
Foster Henslee
Vinestreet
Mr. Carroll
Mr. Henslee
Toepfer
University and
Vine Streets
Ed J. McDowell
Arcadia Avenue
McDowell
Ey Wate Hospital
Carlisle Avenue
Central Avenue
Norbert Trimble
South Eighth Street
Nicholas Jones
Kossuth Street
Jones
Buddie’ Johnson
E. N. Ohl
Niagara
Falls
Secret Service
Railroad
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