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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1911
Page
1
Neenah Wis. Three men died and four others were fatally hurt when the Velvet Special on the Soo Line northbound from Chicago to Duluth derailed after hitting a misaligned switch near Fremont. The train traveling about 60 mph with nine cars left the tracks. an investigation suggested switch tampering.
In West New Rochella, Michael Lapprete and his family gathered wild toadstools misidentified as mushrooms. Mrs. Lappend died Monday night from vegetable poisoning, her husband shot himself, and their eight year old son died next morning after slipping into a coma.
Dr. F A Cook expresses uncertainty about reaching the North Pole. He suggests the polar expedition may face unforeseen obstacles and weather conditions that could hinder success.
Dr. Frederick A. Cook, through his representative, signals uncertainty about whether he reached the North Pole. He plans to present data to geographical societies, travel to Rome to address the International Congress of Geographical Societies, and publish a book titled My Attainment of the Pole on September 20. He will answer questions from geographers and defend his claim amid charges he failed to reach the pole and McKinley.
Middletown Conn September. John Cavuaugh borrows 18 yokes of oxen to pull a festively decorated ox cart on a five hour 20 mile journey to Haddem Meek fair. Twelve drivers guided the team as the oxen stretched a quarter mile along the road drawing curious crowds. The Gavaugh family, nine children, enjoyed the event despite dust. Also noted Bay Psalm Book, America’s first printed in Cambridge in 1640.
A wagon struck by a train at a grade crossing near Stonybrook injured farmer Jesse Loqter and Mrs Jacol Krout as they traveled to a peach orchard. Loqter died, Krout and another passenger suffered serious injuries. Two horses pulling the wagon were killed. The incident echoes recent fatal accidents at nearby crossings.
Ottawa dispatch reports two crop inspectors find the claimed Canadian West wheat crop of 200,000,070 bushels excessive and set a new total at 178,050,000 bushels. Inspectors traveled 6,015 miles through Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta sampling from over 1,500 fields.
Miss Elsie Henderson and Thomas Dennison, aboard a small catboat near Portsmouth harbor, faced waves and a squall for hours. They were rescued at dawn by the yacht Rob Roy, Dob/ Lynn Yacht Club Commodore Robert Strong, now in Portsmouth hospital with Henderson unconscious and Dennison senseless. Dennison, from a Dover family, told of drift and signals with his coat as they prayed for land.
Sept 6 reports the Chillan steamer Tugapel wrecked with 81 souls lost. The vessel, 1,012 tons net, traded on the West Coast of South America. Captain Mar Tow communited the loss.
The grand jury reported not a true bill in the case of Belch Hodge who allegedly confessed to detectives at Atlantic City that she, not J M Andrews, killed Emile Amann but that it was accidental and later reinitiated the confession.
Burlington journalists report three members of a pleasure party drowned when the launch Alien Roebling was struck by barges in tow of the Philadelphia tug Hartford near Florence Heights on the Delaware last night. Also in London, James R. Keene underwent a successful operation at a nursing home for stomach trouble.
Philadelphia news reports May Yohe denying rumors of marrying boxer Jack McAuliffe. She states they have been friends for about twenty years since meeting in Pittsburgh while employed with a city directory firm, and insists there is nothing romantic between them.
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