Fire roars through Aveline Hotel injuring and trapping guests
Fire swept the Aveline Hotel forcing guests to flee or jump from upper floors. Charles Falls of Columbus suffered a scalp wound but survived. John P. Strohecker from New York and F E Louis from Chicago escaped. Several travelers from Lowell, Fort Wayne, Wyandotte and other places sustained severe burns and broken ribs. Nurses and survivors describe a grim, chaotic scene as flames spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Falls
Columbus
East Main Street
F.E. Louis
Chicago
John P. Strohecker
New York City
Strohecker
James A. Foster
Marsh & Franklin
Lowell
Mass
Boston
Margaret Meehan
Walnut Street
Fort Wayne
Anna Black
Miss Meehan
Miss Black
Agnes Nadeau
Wyandott, Mich
Miss Nadeau
Third Street
Wyandotte, Mich
THINKS 25 ARE DEAD AT HOTEL FIRE
Coroner Kesler reports at 5 30 pm that best information and building conditions indicate at least twenty five bodies lie in the ruins. Some hotel women workers are believed to have perished. The hotel register, thought saved, was found in the safe and likely destroyed by the heat.
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Kesler
Two Women in the Ruins at the Hotel Fire
At 6 this morning Fred Stevens owner of the hotel said two elderly women Mrs Hatha way of Mishawaka and her companion were likely dead in the ruins. They had stayed several days to work for an orphans home in room 24 on the fifth floor. No sign of them remains and police canvassed other hotels to count missing guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Stevens
Hathaway
Mishawaka
Aveline
Hotel proprietor clarifies no girl killed on fifth floor
Fred ML Stevens, a hotel proprietor, states none of the girls employed at the hostelry was killed. He added that no girl was on the fifth floor, countering a traveling mat’s excited report.
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Fred ML. Stevens
Water Supply Test Shows Inconsistent Readings
The report details the water system test with two pumps active at Nos 2 and 3. Reservoir gauge readings are unclear due to garbled OCR text but indicate several feet levels and percentages, suggesting variable pressures and potential measurement issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zia
Casper Tennyolerrates
Multiple Fire Victims Found After Hotel Fire
Firemen discovered four to seven bodies on the second floor and in the baggage chute area of the hotel adjoining Berry Street. The victims included a very large man and a man identified as Byffler of Sheboygan, with others unidentifiable. Fire crews and undertakers removed the charred remains while crowds watched in shock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Schroeder
de Carment
Berry Street
Schmedo
Gome
Peolw's
Und Building
Tfe
John Morgan
T. A. Bolds
Bell
Schone
Stege
Schonzs
Poitier’s
Klaehn & Melchliy
Nore
Peltier
Byffler
Sheboygan, Wie
Miler
Tle
Believes Few Escaped From Top Floor Fire
A garbled eyewitness recounts a fire on a top floor with smoke filling a hall, a brick wall burning, and a frantic escape described. The text mentions O G Trele of Milwaukee, a nonsens agent, and references to individuals Kelly and Adiel propelater of Reading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. G. Trele
Milwaik
Adiel
Reading
Kelly
Rescuers Slide From Fire Using Electric Light Wire
In a Cleveland scene, G enis Kalezman and C. E Wire and banker from Markle and others escaped a blaze by sliding down an electric light wire on the east side of the building. Miro Wire injured his arm but reached a Wabash train with help as crowds urged others to jump. Lexa recounted being cut off from a corridor and opening a window, while victims cried for ladders. Crowe of Markle also escaped by the wire route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enis
L. Crowe
Markle
Ind
Fire Alarm Sparks Panic in Hotel Narrow Escape
A fire discovered shortly after 3:20 by clerk Reals Hipp at a hotel caused dense smoke to fill hallways and elevator shafts. Guests fled as flames and smoke forced evacuation while Dr. Shryock assisted a distressed man who could not recall his name.
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Reals Hipp
Shryock
Aor Nurt Bat
Auburn Man Burned in Fire at Fort Wayne Move
AUBURN MAN BURNED, A. B. Himes, who moved to Auburn from Fort Wayne, suffered burns to face and neck when smoke filled an apartment during a blaze at Wayne. He escaped with minor injuries after donning clothing and using a fire escape. Dr Kimmel treated his wounds as he resided on West Fourth Street until recently. Several others nearby escaped unharmed, including J. L. Worl, cashier of the Traders and Farmers Bank at Markle, and a clerk at a local stove company, all uninjured.
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A.B. Himes
Auburn
Fort Wayne
Wayne
Roma
Hl Raain
Dr. Kimmel
Mr. Times
Weat
Fourth Street
Worl
Traders’ & Farmers’ Bank
Markle
Ind
Isult
Averkmen's
John Vordermark
Verry Rate
Wight
Adarmy
Pittafield
Moen
A. i. Floc Co
Weston
Ahurt, & Getrait
Acorn
Cox
Despair Cry From Calhoun Street Fire Victims
A third story window on Calhoun Street saw a man cry for help as flames spread. Rescue ladders were raised while cries of Save me filled the air. A victim leaped to fall amid breaking glass. He was carried to Wellington cafe as police called for doctors and emergency crews. People fled undressed from beds seeking safety in nearby buildings.
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Calhoun Street
Renen
Sava
Wellington
Matthews
Columbus
Ohlo Wicked
G. W. Wilton
Fire Below Them on Berry Street Tragedy
After the alarm, a crowded Berry Street fire escape collapses into a blaze. Women and children perish as bodies drop to a balcony below and the street fills with terrified onlookers and injured bystanders. Rescue efforts are overwhelmed as amid the chaos, several escapees fall to their deaths.
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Atwt
Berry Street
Fire Victims Named In Fort Wayne Hotel Tragedy
Johnson of Pana identified as the dead man at Schone's morgue amid a blaze that trapped guests on the higher floors. Capt. Hendricks and Claude Varnell shared harrowing escapes, with Varnell reporting a rescue by a man above and a perilous climb down the fire escape. The mystery face injury and hospital transfer for Major G Wilson’s ward were noted as rescue efforts continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schone
Johnson
Pana
Calvin
Mr. Hawkins
Chicago
Hendricks
Varnell
The
Journal-Gazette
Johnson, Talonson Remains At Fort Wayne Undertaker
The obituary notes Johnson known in Fort Wayne as a longtime resident, about forty, believed survived by a wife and a sixteen year old son in Pana. Davenport praises Talonson as highly regarded by his firm and acquaintances. Remains were moved to the Schone undertaking establishment.
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Johnson
Pana
Fort Warne
Davenport
Talonson
Schone Undertaking Establishment
Witness recalls friend killed in Chicago shoe factory blaze
D Davenport of Potomac Avenue Chicago and RS Johnson of Pana Illinois were roommates at the Watson Plummer Shoe Co fire. Davenport escaped by climbing down a ladder after Johnson died amid smoke and flames. Rescuers including Captain Kelly and Sergeant Pappert aided the doomed escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Davenport
Potomac Avenue
Chicago
RS. Johnson
Pana
Watson-Plummer Shoe Co
Johnson
Ooek
Sperrs
Davenport Fire Rescues Four Score of People
Fragmentary OCR notes describe Davenport responders arriving early to battle a building fire beneath a window. The text mentions heroic work and rescuing around four score people, though many words are garbled.
Terrible Fire at Hostelry Injures Many Girls
A traveling man described a blaze on top floors of a hostelry trapping and panicking twelve to fifteen girls. He fled through choking smoke and tried to aid them but could only reach a window and saw the girls overwhelmed by flames.
Geneva Couple Escapes Fire After Smoke Fills Hotel
Mr and Mrs A E Watlit of Geneva Indiana narrowly escaped a hotel fire on Calhoun Street as smoke filled their room. They woke to alarm sounds and, unable to use the hall due to smoke and flames, climbed to a balcony and descended a firemen’s ladder to safety with others screaming nearby.
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A. E. Watlit
Geneva
Ind
Calhoun Street
Fire rescue on Cafhoun Street saves fifteen on balcony
Patrolman Prank Chartron heard a cry of fire on Cafhoun street near Warne and rushed to the Avenue house as flames and smoke erupted. He assisted fifteen people on the ground and helped eight more from windows along Kerry street. An officer described catching a fifteen year old boy who hung from the balcony and was saved unharmed.
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Chartron
Cafhoun Street
Warne
Avenue House
Kerry Street
Cheviron
Indeepir
M Alevy Family Safe After Inferno Rescue
J B McAlo vy a New Avgline owner and his wife and son escaped from a third floor via balcony as smoke filled the building. Traveling salesman Frank E Brown from Chicago performed a perilous roof rescue, carrying a frightened man to safety amid intense heat and smoke with a trek around the roof to the People’s store side. The rescued man’s name was not learned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank E. Brown
J. N. Farwell Dry Goods Company
Chicago
Brown
4 Point
Calhoun Street
Berry Street
People’s Store
Lewis Missing After Fire At LaSalle Street Office
Fear grips Chicago after a blaze at Frederick & Dowls, auditors at room 22 Roanoke building 146 LaSalle street. A caller seeking Lewis Saturday night raises concern that he perished in the fire.
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Lewis
Frederick
Supposed Missing Man Accounted For Yonn Sullivan
Yonn Sullivan, a well known traveling man, was not seen after the fre and rumors said he was in the ruins. Sullivan turned up well and hearty. He had gone to spend the night at a friend’s place and did not notify the hotel clerks. Two other traveling men, Campbell and Hamilton, were reported missing but located. Hamilton had slight burns and went to Howe hospital for treatment.
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Yonn Sullivan
Sullivan
Campbell
Mr. Hamilton
Hamilton
Howe Hospital
Fort Wayne Team Owner Scrambles After Nighttime Robbery
Claude H. Varnell narrowly escaped harm when a robbery stripped him of his wallet containing $700 and seven diamonds, along with clothing. He was dressed in night clothes and unable to locate any items amid the incident, leaving the team's funds unsecured.
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Varnell
Claude H. Varnell
Fort Wayne
Mr.Varnell
Remarkable Escape of Drummer 6 G Poole from Sixth Floor Fire
Milwaukee traveling salesman Drummer 6 G Poole of Shoop Medicine recalls a dramatic escape from a sixth floor blaze on a Saturday evening. A chambermaid guided him to a fire escape, saving him as flames engulfed the hall and he observed others trapped. Poole credits providence and notes only two other men escaped with him.
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G Poole
Dr.’ Shoop Medicine Company
Milwaukee
Wis
Poole
Aro
Pavie
Postal Company Rents New Quarters After Fire
Fort Wayne Postal Telegraph manager Edward Ehrmann moved to new quarters after a ruinous office fire in the New Avalon building. Lieutenant Henry Williams offered to close his Arcade picture show to provide space, and Western Union was telegraphed for supplies. The Postal’s loss is placed at 4000 dollars, fully covered by insurance. The Postal Company, headed by Touls Fox and Max B. Fisher, operates with the Fort Wayne District Messenger Co. and is capitalized at 40000 dollars. Insurance was carried by Schrader and Wilson.
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Aveline
Edward Ehemann
Fort Wayne
Postal
Touls Fox
Max B. Fisher
Bowser Company Salesman Missing as Fire Arises at Hotel
Bowser officials seek news of W A Pitcher eastern railroad representative, last seen on the hotel’s fourth floor. he’s a elusive figure who stayed at the New Aveline since Wednesday. Clarence Snoke and J Watt Bailey escaped uninjured from rooms on fourth floor. Moran, a Boston shoe dealer, fled to an adjoining building, losing money and valuables in the commotion.
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The
I. Bowser Oil Tank Company
Journal-Gaenetts
W. A. Pitcher
Eastern Railroad
Pitcher
New Aveline
Bowser
New York
Duluth
Clarence H. Snake
South Bend
Studebaker Bros Manufacturing Company
J. Watt Bailey
Chicago
Ira A. Jones Company
Snoke
Bailey
Berry Street
Moran
Boston
Enormous crowds gather at scorched city ruins
Enormous crowds gathered as citizens rose to see the aftermath of a major holocaust. Police set ropes at key intersections to keep passersby away from dangerous walls while authorities removed bodies amid charred remains.
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Sion
Hewsheys
Journal-Gazette
Berry
Calhoun
Court
Pollce
Lee Ivins Cigar Stand Loss Put at 6000
Lee Ivins proprietor of the New Aveling cigar stand suffers a loss estimated at 6000. He held 4000 of insurance coverage distributed among several local agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Ivins
Aveling
Women Burned In Building Fire Feared Worst For Three Waitresses
Terrible blaze sent Miss Block Miss Meehan and Miss Nadeau to hospital with severe burns and injuries on the third floor. Rushed to safety by two men the young women cried out in terror as flames spread, their screams drawing help. The incident ended with continued coverage on page three.
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Miss Block
Miss Meehan
Miss Nadeau
Block
Meehan
Ans
Slack
Fort Wayne Canal Promises Deep Waterway Trade Gains
Chairman Davidson of the House Committee on Railways and Canals weighs Fort Wayne testimony on a proposed Michigan and Burns deep waterway. He seeks detailed impact on commerce, winter navigability, and canal versus lake routes, plus potential insurance savings. Postmistress for Arcola named. other Indiana postings listed.
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Davidson
Arcola
Washington
House
Fort Wayne
Michigan
Firbbenna
Great Lakes
Gilhiams
Hatch Wins Missouri A C Marathon at 25 Miles
Sidney R. Hatch of the First Regiment A C Chicago won the Missouri Athletic Club Marathon in 2 20 04 official time to defend his title and earn a chance to represent America in London. Thibeau and Gorey of Chicago's First Regiment A C placed second and fourth as Hutch surged to the lead near the 22 mile mark. Frackson of M A C and Jackson of M A C completed the top five amid near world record pace for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis
Sidney R. Hatch
First Regiment Athletic Club
Chicago
Missouri Athletic Club
Amerigo
London
Ume
Ings Fert Souri
Tom Longboat
Tech
Middie Afads
Gnish
Warshaw
ML. A. Co
Hutch
Tae Wack
Thiebean
Corey
Dackson
M.A. C
Forenow
Baroness Kills Husband Then Shoots Self in German Chateau
Berlin May 2 reports Baroness Udo Von Ruexeben fatally shot her husband at their Buddenbers chateau near Dortmund as he prepared to retire. She then shot herself but survived the self-inflicted wound. No motive or explanation has been provided.
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Berlin
Udo von Ruexeben
Buddenbers
Dortmund
Korbly Nominated for Congress in Indianapolis
Charles A. Korbly of Indianapolis was nominated for Congress this afternoon by the Democrats of the Seventh district. The resolutions endorsed Bryan.
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Indianapolis
Charles A. Korbly
Bryan
Columbus Assembly Concludes Report on General Appropriation Bill
In Columbus May 2 the general assembly resumed at 2 am after sessions since Friday morning. The conference committees reported on the general appropriation bill carrying nearly 2 million dollars. The body recessed until March 9 for final adjournment. Also noted is the death of veteran race starter Robert Wilson and plans for his temporary replacement during upcoming events.
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Columbus. OG
Eselon
General Assembly
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Bulletin
Liz
Pappert
Ilyself
Persis
M’alevy Family
J. B. McAlovy
Avgeline
Drummer
Bowser Company
Lee Ivan
Fort Wayne Canal
Homenway
Wabash
Muncie
Midland
Magivon
Newbury
Elkhart
Hatch
Missouri A. C
Korbly
Congress
Robert Wilson
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