Three Accidents In A Short Span Shock Rail Yard Scene
A trio of railroad accidents occurred between 5 and 8 30 PM injuring three men. Joseph Barbier 23 Antwerp Ohio had both legs severed by a switch engine. Arthur Bacon 29 Grand Rapids Michigan a brakeman was knocked from a moving train with a skull fracture. Frank Jackson Alliance Ohio fell from a box car wrist and arm sprained. All received prompt care and surgeons indicated a good recovery outlook.
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Joseph Barbier
Antwerp
Arthur Bacon
Grand Rapids
Mich
Frank Jackson
Alliance
Barbier Seriously Injured by Moving Engine Near Calhoun Street
Barbier, most severely injured of three, was struck near the Wabash ice house about a block west of Calhoun street. He had been employed intermittently on the section, now worked for Moellering Construction. A freight engine backing at four miles an hour struck him as he stepped from between freight cars. His right leg was amputated below the knee, left leg above the ankle. He was taken to Hope hospital where doctors at the time reported a fair chance of recovery. His home is Antwerp, Ohio, and his father Joseph Barbier Sr. farms nearby.
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Barbier
Wabash
Calhoun Street
Moellering Construction Company
W. E. Rowe
E. H. Meyers
W. 'Ih. Harper
Berbier
Meyers
Hope Hospital
W. F.schrader
W. W. Barnett
BE. M. VanBuskirk
Antwerp
Joseph Barbier
Alpert C. Skillman
Pennsylvania
Ferritor
Michael Hausbach
S. F. Bowser
Oil
Syracuse
Ind
Winona
Robert Cran
Charles W. Wrenn
Lima
The
Detroit
Fort Wayne
Mort Wayne
Brakeman Hurt On Top of Freight Train Collision
Arthur Bacon a Grand Rapids & Indiana brakeman was riding on a box car when an overhead bridge north of Nickel Plate crossing struck him. He suffered a severe head wound and spinal injuries and was taken to St. Joseph hospital after an initial examination by Dr. Rosenthal. Bacon, five months with the road, has a wife and child in Grand Rapids.
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Arthur Bacon
Grand Rapids & Indiana
Grand Rapids
Nickel Plate Crossing
Bacon
Pennsylvania
Rosenthal
Mystery of Jackson on top of freight cars puzzles police
Patrolman Nick Boyer found a man named Frank Jackson of Alliance Ohio injured on a team track near a box car at the Pennsylvania freight house. He was taken to the baggage room and then to St. Joseph hospital with a severely sprained wrist and back injuries. Police cannot determine what Jackson was doing atop the string of cars, suspecting no good purpose.
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Pennsylvania
Nick Boyer
Pennsylvania Freight House
St. Joseph Hospital
Frank Jackson
Alliance
O. Ife
Sarah Jane Wells
Barbeton
Jackson
Penny Removing Facing Point Switches
In discussion of the Lake Shore wreck earlier this week the article notes a facing point switch was involved and attention was drawn to the switch action. Further details are not provided in readable text.
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Lake Shore
Switch Upgrades End Lockout On Pennsylvania Line
Reports say Dunkirk facing point switch is removed and replaced with a different type. Other similar switches on the western division will be replaced so that after work is finished every switch from Crestline to Chicago will be electrically locked or linked to a tower, preventing vandalism and ensuring trains cannot leave tracks at trailer switches. Passing sidings will be fully protected.
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Pennsylvania
Dunkirk
Crestline
Chicago
Bowser Works Finishing Large Tank Contract for Elgin Watch
Bowser & Company completes a large oil tank plant for Elgin Watch in Elgin IW. Two 5,000 gallon tanks will feed oils to eighty points in the factory, with two tanks buried to reduce insurance risk. Orders total about 312,000 dollars and production expands with a new heavy-tank division under roof soon. The Soo railroad order is a starter, and employment peaks as shifts run day and night to meet demand.
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S. F. Bowser & Company
Elgin Watch Company
Elgin
Bowser Company
Bowser
Holton Avenue
Soo
Flying Dutchman breaks own world locomotive record
Engineer John Guimser, called the Flying Dutchman, set a new world speed record by running the Lake Shore Twentieth Century Limited 133 miles from Toledo to Elkhart in 112 minutes. Delays at Toledo Union station due to a broken draw bar are noted, with Rufus H. Dunmier as fireman.
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Toledo
Ohio
John Guimser
Lake Shore
Elkhart
Union Station
Gulmyer
Kendallville
Goshen
Rufus H. Dunmier
Lee Burger Resigns as Anderson Engine Manager
Lee Burger former manager of an Anderson engine building firm has resigned after years in that post. He now becomes manager and superintendent of the Thompson Gas Engine company in Beloit Wisconsin with a salary of 2000 dollars annually and a 5000 dollar annual stock bonus for ten years. His new engines will operate under his own patents and many Fort Wayne friends congratulate his success.
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Lee Burger
Franz Burger
Anderson
Shompson Gas Engine Company
Beloit
Wis
Burger
Fort Wayne
Engineer's Remains Arrive for Lindenwood Interment
The remains of Martin McKinney, veteran engineer on the G. R. and L, arrived in the city last night and were taken to J. C. Pel tier. He died in El Paso Texas seeking a healthier climate. His wife accompanied the body and relatives live in Monroeville. Interment is planned for Lindenwood tomorrow with the hour to be announced.
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Martin McKinney
J. C. Peltier
McKinney
FE Paso
Tex
Uns City
Timms
Monroeville
Lindenwood
Freight Conductor Edward Haslanger Dies After Lima Yard Wreck
Edward H. Haslanger a freight conductor injured in the Lima yards wreck Tuesday night died in Lima hospital. Remains sent to Plymouth by passenger train No 9 with his widow and friends. Funeral set for Plymouth Saturday. Haslanger was forty years old.
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Edward H. Haslanger
Lima
Plymouth
Mr. Wassinger
Conductor of 14 years leaves widow and son in court notice
He had served the company fourteen years and earned a promotion to conductor three years earlier. The widow and a son named Liberty Cross are named as survivors, with the family home listed at 114 Gay Street.
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Liberty Cross
Gay Street
Miller Buried After Hobart Line Death
John N. Miller a Nickel Plate brakeman killed at Hobart was buried yesterday in Van Wert. Funeral services were held at the home on Greely Street at 10 o clock. Remains with two Brotherhood of Traimmen members and a large Ladies Auxiliary company were taken to Van Wert for burial. Pallbearers, Nickel Plate workers, were G. B. McCormick, C. Todd, Peter Collins, W. W. Deavins, Adam Farrell and A. B. Conn.
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John N. Miller
Hobart
van Wert
Hone
Greely Street
Lu O'Clock
Brotherhood of Traimmen
Ladies’ Auxiliary
G. B. McCormick
C. Todd
Peter Collins
W. W. Deavins
Adam Farrell
A. B. Conn
Shop and Rail Flashes Show Injuries and Moves Across Lines
Medical cases and work incidents fill the page. Dr C B Siemen and others respond to appendicitis and hand injuries while supervisors assign shifts, resignations shift to Lima, and new excursions are arranged. Wabash and Pennsylvania shops feature transfers, illness, and accidents among workers and families.
Cloisonnette Underwear Sale One Suit Price
Special for today and Saturday offering 200 dozen Cloisonnette underwear at 40 cents per suit. Shirts available with long or short sleeves. Also mentions Reuben versus Patterson.
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Reuben
Patterson
Meyer System
Auction of W H Starke stock at Blitz cigar store
The complete stock of 10 000 cigars umbrellas watches pipes razor sets cigar cases show cases and canes formerly owned by W H Starke will be sold at auction at M J Blitz s Cigar Store 822 Calhoun Street at 1 30 and 7 30 p m Saturday July 1st M J BLITZ Receiver H T STAPLEFORD Auctioneer Also note a political notice: Benjamin W Skelton announces candidacy for City Judge for term starting January 1 1908 to the Republican city convention.
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W. H. Starke
Aucon
M. J. Blitz
Calhoun Street
H. T. Stapleford
Journal-Gazette
Benjamin W., Skelton
Swamp Root Kidney Remedy Promoted As Cure All
An advertisement extols Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a top remedy for kidney liver bladder and uric acid troubles. It promises relief from back pain dizziness nervousness and urinary issues while offering samples and a pamphlet by mail from Dr Kilmer Co Binghamton New York.
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Dr. Kilmer
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
Fort Wayne
Fast Train Wreck Near Atwater Ohio Claims Two Lives
A fast east bound passenger train on the Cleveland and Pittsburg branch derailed near Atwater Ohio causing two deaths and multiple injuries. Engineer R A Baldwin died later in Alliance and several passengers including Rena Miller and J P Riley sustained serious hurt. The train, one of the fastest between Cleveland and Pittsburg, covered 140 miles in about three hours and fifteen minutes. A track section gang was repairing rails and a removed rail is blamed for the crash.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Cleveland & Pittsburg
Atwater
Munhall
Cleveland, Akron & Columbus Railroad
Rena Miller
Fulton Street
Pittsburg
R. Marcha
Detroit
CW. Busey
Clara M. Smith
Les
Charles McCann
Baldwin
Alliance
Collision Near Santa Fe Kills Two Trainmen
Eastbound Atchison Topeka Santa Fe California Limited collides head on with a Kansas City Southern stock train on Belt line tracks near Galls street crossing two miles from Santa Fe. Two train men die and two trainmen plus a passenger are seriously hurt. Engineer Thomas Fitzmorris fled after the wreck and was not located immediately.
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Kansas City
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fo
California Limited
Kansas City Southern
Gallsstreet Crossing
Thomas Fitzmorris
Train Crash Kills Three on Union Pacific at Ellis
A west bound passenger train on the Union Pacific crashed into a freight train in Ellis yards. Engineer J. Kinney of Ellis died and two unknown men, believed to be tramps, were killed. No passengers were injured.
Patterson's Is The Place For Right Priced Trunks
A brisk sales note promotes Patterson's as the sole source for trunks offered at proper prices. The ad emphasizes value and asserts Patterson's as the only place to buy them.
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Patterson's
Two Men Die In Freight Wreck Near Punxsutawney
In Punxsutawney Pennsylvania on June 25 a freight train collision killed two men. Emergency crews responded to the derailment and are investigating the cause. Names and agencies were not released.
Freight wreck near Fecha leaves one dead four hurt
A head on collision on the Buffalo Rochester Pittsburg railroad two miles below Fecha killed one man and injured three others. Rushed to area hospitals, victims faced unknown injuries as investigators began inquiries into the crash.
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Fecha
Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg
Sher er's Butternut Bread Still Leads
Don’t forget that Sher er's Butternut Bread still leads. Ask your grocer for it.
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Sherer
Rumor of German Ambush in South Africa
A Steinkopf telegram from German Southwest Africa reports insurgent Petrus Christian ambushing Major Von Kamp’s force at Karasbern in June, with fifteen dead and twenty wounded among Germans. Rumor claims six guns captured, but details are unconfirmed.
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South Africa
Cape Town
Cape Colony
Steinkopf
Wiebke's Board of Trade Menu Item List This Morning
Macaroni, fried white fish, German potatoes featured on Wiebke's Board of Trade menu this morning as part of the daily offerings.
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Wiebke's
Board of Trade
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Baaly
Tres
Car
Penny
Bowser Works
Engineer
C .B. Siemen
Walcottville
John J. Backes
Suop
Needham
Springfield
Barnes
C. F. Smith
C. T. Strawbridge
Bass Works
Conway
C. R. Colmey
Pennsylvania Foreman of Engineers
J. B. Brown
Parsons, Kas
Brown
E. M. Hall
Swamp Root
Santa Fe
Union Pacific
Buffalo
Punxsutawney, Pa
the People's Store
the People’s Store
West Main Street
Newspaper
Frdhivee
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