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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1908
Page
3
A huge explosion and ensuing fire at Radbed mine near Hamm Westphalia trapped 380 miners. Only six escaped uninjured, 35 seriously hurt, 37 dead at the mouth of the pit, 302 others reported lost. One shaft was destroyed and rescue hindered by flames and smoke. Cause remains uncertain with initial coal dust theories questioned by injured workers.
Harvey Watterson, son of Henry Watterson of the Louisville Courier Journal, fell 110 feet from the 19th floor of his Wall Street office in New York. He landed on a adjacent building roof and died instantly with multiple injuries. No witnesses. accident presumed as he attempted to lower a window. He was 30, married, and a junior partner at Wing Russell and Watterson.
A blast ripped through the grazing house of the Excelsior Springs Powder Company at Dodson near Kansas City Missouri. One man died and thirty five injured as a Kansas City Southern passenger train two blocks away bore the shock and windows blew in. Engineer Kline was killed in the powder works and the cause remains unknown.
A broken rail derails three cars of the east bound Twentieth Century Limited at Blossom Road Crossing near Rochester New York yet no passengers are hurt. In Indiana the town of Spurgeon near Winslow is destroyed by a fire sweeping through almost every business house and causing about $22,000 in losses aided by a stiff wind.
In Red Bluffs California a collision between an automobile and a locomotive killed four people: George K. Willard Mrs G K Willard Miss Olive Willard and Irene diayes. One person was slightly injured.
United States government petitions for a rehearing of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana case after a $49,240,000 Landis fine. The Chicago circuit judges affirm the appeal court’s reversal and the matter now moves to the Attorney General and possibly a writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court. The petition signatures and most arguments are largely ignored by the court.
Crowds gather as Ray Lamphere faces trial for the alleged murder by arson of Mrs. Belle Guiness and her three children at Brookside Farm. Residents debate guilt and the fate of Mrs. Guiness amid sensational testimony and juror selection challenges.
Federal lawyers criticize the petition for a new hearing while the court upholds the oil company punishment based on settlements with the Chicago and Alton Railway. The ruling notes both penalties and that using a subsidiary to commit crime does not absolve responsibility.
Dun's Review reports 1,187 commercial failures in October and a total of 15,896,068 dollars. The figures rise slightly from a year earlier but show signs of improvement as insolvency statistics suggest progress toward recovery from last year's panic that began in October.
A mass meeting of cotton growers and allied interests is scheduled in Memphis to discuss farm issues. Rains in the winter wheat belt west of the Missouri have improved crop prospects in that district.
Tennessee editor Carmack, a leading Democrat, was killed on 7th Avenue Nashville by Robin Cooper, son of Colonel Duncan B. Cooper, amid a bitter feud stemming from last June gubernatorial primaries. The shooting occurred as the pair confronted each other, with Carmack returning fire before dying on the scene.
The Weekly Review notes commercial defaults ease and bank payments exceed 1907 and 1906 levels. It cites favorable business sentiment, stronger prospects for manufactures and iron and steel, rising railway equipment demand, and ongoing building activity. Bank clearings reach 226 million, up 10.1 percent from 1907. district failures total four, with liabilities over 5 thousand dollars at thirteen.
Bradstreet's Commercial Report notes improved weekly trade with seasonable weather aiding sections of the country while cotton regions face interference. Wholesale and manufacturing show marked gains as election results favor new orders and expanded capacity. US failures total 205 that week, Canada 38.
Market roundup reports bid prices for cattle hogs and sheep in Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York plus grain quotes for wheat corn oats rye barley and other farm goods. Prices reflect a range by grade and market with noted variations.
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