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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1903
Page
6
Thousands made homeless as water, gas and electric services fail in Kansas City Missouri. Rescue efforts continue with hundreds saved. fatalities feared near fifty, while river levels hold steady. Police report delayed deaths amid widespread destruction and lingering danger from undermined foundations.
A cyclone struck Gainesville Georgia at two minutes past noon today causing extensive death and destruction. At least eighty five people are dead with around forty injured or fatally hurt. Property losses run to about $850000. The dead are being identified, many by records from two cotton mills where most victims worked. Names listed include Gordon Ash Maude Gordon Mary Duncan Lulu Pagnson Annie Garrett Jack Murphy Grady Ler Dorothy Sloan Ed Nagles Mrs Nath an Jones and others. The list continues on page five.
The Democrats won fourteen seats on Cook County's bench in the judicial election, with Republicans taking four. Notable outcomes include Judge Brentano, a Republican, reelected to the Superior Court, and several Democratic favorites like Ghent and Hoyne securing circuit and district court posts. Overall, Democrats carried the county by about ten thousand votes with several nominees outpacing the Republican ticket.
A garbled quotation describes an incomplete plan about spending the night, gas for two hours, cooking food, and imperfect operations during the day. It references promising a limited number of people and a short time frame for meals.
Boats from Kansas City report widespread flooding and heavy damage. Tens of thousands face shortages as factories and wholesale houses flood, with more than fifty dead likely. Food is scarce. army rations arrive from Leavenworth but do not cover daily needs. Local relief depots open to aid victims.
Petitions circulated by East Side property owners urge the Traction Company to change its route from Jefferson to Washington Street. More than eighty signatures collected to date, arguing tracks should have run east on Washington from Lafayette, benefiting Lewis Street and the east side residents. The council contracts committee will review the proposal as residents press for a more convenient line.
Representatives discuss curb to widen a street for a new trolley line. An official says the firm may delay the cost of widening by two feet on each side, aiming for a total width of twenty eight feet. Some decisions will be withdrawn as talks proceed.
A telepram from the Meegan family asks for Mr Frank Meegan 18 in Kansas City asking him to wire home. Meegan visited last Saturday but left for the day on business amid floods causing shed losses in Wangas City and possible effects on his interests there.
Federal court proceedings on the Erma Lee bankruptcy heard in part before Referee Re V. Marcis yesterday. Mrs. Lee and Charles Smith, manager of her Huntertown store, were examined. Smith admitted he was effectively the owner, saying the business was run in Mrs. Lees name to shield it from former creditors. The case against Smith and Mrs. Lee for obtaining goods under false pretenses was continued to Monday.
The remains of Superintendent Egan of the Great Northern railroad, lost in the mountains while hunting on Nov. 4, were recovered today near Belmont in May.
A report notes thirty four deaths linked to a harsh winter food shortage as authorities warn of hunger across regions. Children are described as suffering severely amid the cold spell and rising scarcity. Local aid groups mobilize to distribute parcels and emergency supplies.
Reports from Topeka describe the Kansas River rising and cities grappling with disease risk and shortages. Santa Fe crews lay a bridge floor to reach sufferers while relief trains, food, and water distribution expand. State and city health officials coordinate urgent aid as hundreds remain displaced.
In Cheyenne on June 1 President Roosevelt attended a grand frontier show at Cromier Park. The event featured the sorrel gelding Ragatonia and a display by famed riders, including Thad Souden. Roosevelt praised the rides as the finest he had seen, as artillery from Fort Russell closed the day's program before a North Platte departure.
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