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Heroic Niagara Rescue and Copperhead Attack Incident
A Niagara Falls rescue details Truman Chapman 22 of Hamilton Ont being saved from the brink of the American cataract by several men led by an unknown helper. It also reports Fayette City copperhead attack on Ethel Herman 2 and heroic terrier Gyp saving the child and killing the snake. The piece ends with news of trainmen mediation in New York and a looming strike across eastern railroads.
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Niagera Falls
Truman Chapman
Park Avenue
Hamilton
Prospect Street
Thomas D
Thomas
Girard Avenue
Toronto
Chapman
Prosped Point
Fred Chapman
Truman
Tughes
Winders
Winder
Hughes
Arma
Chapmin
Riverwar
Fayette City
Copper Head
Ethel Herman
Gyp
Aatell
Herman
Mra. Merman
New York
Rhoehanveryt
William Chambers
Tudge Marty W. Knapp
W. W. Hingar