Rising Waters Inundate Elkhart and St Joseph River Areas
Flooding from rapid thaw sent Elkhart and St Joseph rivers over banks on Friday, forcing evacuations and rescue by boat and wagon. Water covered basements, disrupted mills and power plants, closed factories, and flooded streets from Pine Creek to Jackson Street Bridge while Goshen and South Bend reported major impacts and dam safety concerns.
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St. Joseph
Williams
Elkhart River
Goshen
Elkhart
Three Rivers
Constantine
Harvest Queen
Burrell & Morgan
City
Sackson Street
Cornhorn
Bristol Board and Paper Mill
Garden City
Here
Big Four
Lake Shore
Niles
Sodus
Air Line
Rock Run
Old Road
No. 10
Interurban
Yellow Creek
Hen Island Powce House
Marlon
Pine Creek
Landis
John Kray
William Mitchell
Mitchell
Sheep Creek
Hikhart
Indiana & Michigan Electric Co
Big Hen Island Dam
Ohmer
Hen Island Dam
South Bend
St. Joseph River
Mich
Plymouth
Southern Michigan Railroad
Waterson
Water Street
Sycamore
Washington
Lincoln
Sherman
Jefferson
Jackson
Fifth Street
Rev. W. W. Dennam
Dr. Payson ‘Schwin
Sherman Street
Troy
Franklin Street
East Street
Franklin
Eighth Street
James Reed
Conn
J. G Klein
George G. Rehm
Albert VanTine
Rockfort Street
San Pedro Street
Clark Hospital
Clark
Pacific Street
Justice Brumbaugh
Moody Street
Joseph Roose
South Main Street
Myron H. Harter
North Sixth Street
McNaughton Park
Albert Cleland
William Swinton
Christiana Creek
C. EB. Paxon
William Herrick
Fifth
Lexington
Island Park
Charles H. Barnes
Nadel Avenue
G. M. Winegardner
Hudson Street
Gronquist
Supt. Silvers
Sergt. Whiteman
Andrew Peterson
Floods Swamp City Areas Deluge Reaches Multiple Streets
The flood waters rose rapidly overnight and spread through Elkhart, flooding Second to Sixth streets, lower Washington and Lincoln areas. Residents fled basements, boats moored, and emergency crews evacuated seniors and sick residents as river levels approached bridge girders and overwhelmed power house basements.
City officials plan flood safety actions and evacuations
Mayor Greene convened department heads at 1 p m to mobilize safety and relief measures as river conditions rise. Officers Robbins and Williams were sent to the flats to remove residents and seize boats if needed. Hotels and firehouse rooms were arranged to house evacuees and extra police will patrol flooded districts tonight.
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Greene
Board of Public Works
Bell
Turner
Board of Works
Arnold
Silvers
Williams
Robbins
Three Rivers
H. B. App
Bristol
Constantine
St. Joseph
Sherman
Bucklen
Golden
Depot Hotel
Elkhart Floods Spark Alarm Across Two Rivers
Elkhart residents face rising water from two rivers as floods threaten homes and streets. Repairs at Monger block elevator progress while Presbyterians weigh a new construction project amid state relief cost cuts and legal updates.
No Fear of Three Rivers Dam in Rising Waters
In Three Rivers on March 7, a special report notes water in the Rocky Portage and St. Joseph rivers rising but no danger yet. Dams are reported in good condition with no imminent risk of breaking.
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St. Joseph
Hen Island
Three Rivers Dam
Three Rivers
Rocky
Portage
Angell Birthday Celebration Held by Michigan Alumni
The University of Michigan Alumni marked the seventy ninth birthday of Dr James B Angell at the Hotel Astor New York. Messages of congratulations came from President Butler of Columbia President Toyama of Tokyo and other university leaders.
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Minnesota
Bryan
Kaiser
Seth Low
Gompers
Congress
Indiana
Angell
Michigan University
New York
Toyma
Tokio
Th University of Michigan
Schurman
Cornell
Wilson
Trinceton Hadley
Yale
Eliot
Harvard
Senate approves army pay raise and other actions
The Senate passed the army pay bill raising officer pay from 6d to 20 per event and boosting enlisted men’s average pay by 40 percent. Depew urged the Aldrich currency bill. The House adopted a resolution to investigate charges of corrupt influence on the naval affairs committee over submarine torpedo boats. The bill authorized paying the Roman Catholic Church in Manila 403000 for church property damages.
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Senate
House
Washington
Depew
Aldrich
Tilley
Conn
Naval Affairs Committee
Manila
Collinwood Schoolhouse Horror Death Toll Rises
In Cleveland Collinwood funerals fill the street from 9 a.m. to dusk as 141 identified victims are named and 23 remain unidentified. Fifty bodies have been buried and more burials continue today. Tomorrow the identified list is closed and the unidentified begin interment.
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Cleveland
Collinwood
Collinwood Mystery and Other Early 1900s News
Reports from Cleveland on Katherine Weiler believed dead in the Collinwood panic case show a male body identified as John Kragynak. no Weiler body found. Nationwide brief items include deportation orders, impeachment votes, Japan-China ultimatum, 1906 death stats, robberies, fires, train wrecks, bank heists, and local incidents across several states.
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Cleveland
Katherine Weiler
Collinwood
John Kragynak
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Elkhart and
ST. Joseph Rivers
Indiana. Buggy Co
Kuhlman Electric Co
C. G. Conn
Winona Company
Cc. G. Solman
Monks
John Dallenger
Bert Love
George Delo
Clyde Street
Jefferson Street
Jefferson and
Sixth
Sixth Street
Review
Jackson Street Bridge
Love
Miles Medical Co
Collinwood Mystery
Miss Weiler
Straus
Logansport
Ind
McKee
Johnson
Japan
China
The
Mikado
Pekin
Census Bureau
Camden
N. J
Brugeton Mills
Jennie Verino
Peoria
Ill
International Harvester Co
Kansas City
Burlington
Clay County
Kenton
Mt. Victory State Bank
Indianapolis
John Grubbs
William Colwan
Rushville
Colwan
Grubbs
Indianuapolis
Shelbyville
Maria McCorkle
Shelby County
John Byers
Tbyansville
Newburg
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