Wreck of Lehigh Valley train at Manchester causes heavy loss
Geneva news reports one of the worst wrecks in the region when train No. 4 of the Lehigh Valley line derailed near Manchester. Between 60 and 70 injured, 27 bodies recovered, many victims from Washington and Philadelphia. Wreckage details note dining car catastrophe and battered Pullman coach. Priests administered rites as survivors and families sought loved ones amid the chaos.
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Roohestry
Shortville
Jesus
Washington
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
G. A
Geneva
Villnbo
Manchester
Lehiga Valley
Washington, D.C
Monsignor Hendricks
Ovid
William Harrington
Ithaca
James Grifith
Waverly
Seetors-of-Charity
Frain
Rochester Junction
Rochester
Nations
Fremony Tha Duh
Anjured
Manchenter
Caniuratieun
Dufaelive
Fiva
Atlantic City
Man Escapes Lisbon Jail. Desperate Search Continues
Hazel Denimore, a toonell, remains at large after escaping Lisbon Jail while on a charge of contributing to a delinquency. Authorities believe he slipped from a nearby room to flee in a night shirt as guards failed to recapture him. Investigators suspect friends helped him leave in a waiting automobile.
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Ohloda
Vernon
Lisbon
Tim
Wrote Weekly For 18 Years In Waynesburg Pa
George M. Stoops longtime local columnist for 18 years in Waynesburg Pennsylvania died. He had penned a weekly letter to his aged parents at Kirby, this county, every Friday.
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Waynesburg
George M. Stoops
Tnnt
Kirby
This County
Beattie On The Stand In Wife Murder Trial
Paul Beattie testified as the Commonwealth seeks to prove he bought a gun found on the Midlothian turnpike and later turned over to Henry Beattie. The trial scene at Chesterfield Court House drew a large crowd as prosecutors aim to link the weapon to the July 18 murder after Beattie’s cousin testified amid sharp cross examination.
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Paul
Midlothian Turnpike
Harry
Chesterfield Court House
Wealth
Henry Clay Beatte, Jr
Paul Beattie
Hingell
Court House
Paul Leattie
Midlothian
Milouhian turnpike homicide witness testimony noted
Witnesses describe a scene near a road and a firearm linked to the murder. Prosecution suggests Beattle went to the police with his wife in a car and hid a shotgun behind a roadside stump. Jacob testifies to touching a bloody granite fragment in the car. Court proceedings reveal defense and prosecution disputes over hidden evidence.
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Bealth
Tit Beattle
Wefaro
Automabie
Jacob
Enunite
Welther
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Warren, Pa
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Om City Trust Company
Oil City
First National Bank of Warren, Penn’a
Warren County
C. W. Jamiecon
J. Conarro
F. K. Russell
R. H. Winger
Teller
Henderson
Rex-Smith
Aeroplane Company
Paul Peck
Aviator
State Agricultural Department
Wake Morgaridge
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