Fernie Fire Ravages City After Rapid Devastation
A large blaze swept Fernie across El k River area with Fort Steele brewery and Elk River company mills among first to burn. Many residents fled to bridges and tracks as the city burned. lives were lost fleeing over a bridge and through devastated districts. CPR trains could not move due to a burned bridge. Rescue efforts continued through the night with civilian casualties and dramatic escapes.
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Fernie
Fort Steele Brewery
Old Town
Elk River Company
West Ferrie
Elk River
Canadian Pacific
Michel
Hosmer
Michael
Coal Company
Cranbrook
Fernie Fire Devastates Fernie and Surrounding Areas
An eyewitness estimates losses at not less than five million dollars with twenty five million feet of lumber destroyed. Fernie’s remaining structures include only a few cottages and residences. the coal company offices and major depots survive. About 3,000 residents, mainly women and children, are homeless and being relocated to Cranbrook for shelter. The local relief committee, led by Mayor Frink, sent two trains carrying provisions and supplies.
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Cranbrook
B. C
Fernie
Canadian Pacific Railway
Trites Wood and Lumber Company
Coal Company
Great Northern
Trites Wood Company
Frink
Fearful Loss of Life in Western Forest Blaze
A Spokesman Review dispatch from Ernie BC reports vast forest fires in Washington area with fears of over one hundred dead and thousands displaced. About seven thousand residents were affected with two thousand sent west to Granbrook and Elko and 1,500 fleeing northward toward Fernie Hosmer and other line towns. The Great Northern railroad did what it could as families were separated and fled through flames seeking shelter.
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Ernie
B. C
Granbr Ook
Elko
Hosmer
Nes
Fernie
Insurance coverage reaches one and a half million dollars
The article states the insurance carried will amount to one and one half million dollars, indicating substantial coverage for the event or risk described.
Ninety Lumbermen Perish In Fernie Disaster
E W Steel of Caron reports from Winnipeg that ninety Elk Lumber Company workers died in a Fernie disaster. The Fernie plant and about fifty million feet of lumber are said to be lost. Stakeholders include E J Lynch of St Paul and Peter J Seippel of Dubuque, both active in the lumber trade. H D Campbell of Stillwater is also noted in connection with the losses.
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Chicago
E. W. Steel
Caron
Fernie
Winnipeg
Elk Lumber Company
E. J. Lynch
St. Paul
John Johnson
Denver
Denver. Mr. Steel Said That Peter J. Seippel
Dubuque
Iowa
H. D. Campbell
Stillwater
Minn
Elk River Valley Fire Claims 7.5 Million Loss
A blazing forest and property fire in the Elk River valley, Cranbrook B C, since last Saturday afternoon, has caused an estimated 7.5 million dollars in property loss. Insurance on the destroyed property is not expected to exceed 1.5 million.
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Cranbrook
B. C
Elk River Valley
Forest Fire Rages Through East Kootenai
Fernie British Columbia August 4 The great forest fire that has desolated vast areas and destroyed several towns in this section of British Columbia still rages unchecked through the pines and firs of East Kootenai.
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Fernie
B. C
British Columbia
East Kootenai
Summary of the Crow's Nest disaster shows wide ruin in multiple towns
Vancouver reported a sweeping disaster with Fernie town destroyed and up to forty dead, Hosmer town losses with 300 homeless, Michael area with half the town burned and four killed, Sparwood saw mill village two dead, and Coal Creek and large timber damage totaling millions.
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Vancouver
B. C
Crow’s Nest
Fernie
Hosmer
Michael
Sparwood
Coal Creek
Heroic rescues amid Fernie fire save many lives
Report from Spokane Washington notes multiple acts of bravery during a two and a half hour blaze in Fernie. Rescuers include W T Healy carrying a live child to safety and Charles Erickson saving a baby and several children from a burning cabin. An elderly woman was ferried to safety on John Volume's back, while others were pulled from danger despite the flames.
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Spokane
Wash
Fernie
W. T. Healy
West Fernie
Elk River
Charles Erickson
Erickson
John Volume
Fort Steele
Crow’s Nest Coal Company
Taft to Be Guest of Old Dominion Lawyers
President Taft will attend a gathering of Old Dominion lawyers as speakers discuss state and federal control of commerce. The talk centers on the balance of power, legal principles, and the Supreme Court’s conservatism as a safeguard against overreach by states or the federal government.
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Taft
OLD Dominion
Meredith
Supreme Court
United States
Association
Central American Republics in a War Heat
Passengers from Panama aboard the San Jose report strained relations among Central American republics with Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala near rupture. At Corinto the Momotombo gun boat and the transport Nicaraga stand ready, while in Salvador the cruiser Empire remains on alert and another cruiser is being refitted for action.
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San Francisco
San Jose
Panama
Salvador
Honduras
Guatemala
Corinto
Momotombo
Nicaraga
Red Letter Day Opens Knights of Pythias Convention
In Boston on August 4, the Knights of Pythias eight thousand strong and about 500 Pythian Sisters opened their conventions with speeches by D Sydney Woodworth Governor Curtis Guild Jr and Mayor Hibbard. A major parade of the uniform rank drew nearly 10 000 men in the afternoon.
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Boston
Mass
Knights of Pythias
Pythian Sisters
D. Sydney Woodworth
Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
Curtis Guild
Hibbard
Charles A. Barnes
Jabas case shows fatal neck injuries found in post mortem
Neighbors discovered the bodies of Emil Jabas and his wife in a Fort Wayne cottage. Coroner’s examination confirmed fractured hyoid bones indicating strangulation in both cases, with minimal external marks and a mounting of stomach and lung analyses. Emil Jabas Jr. plans to travel from Indianapolis as investigators press the case.
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Kesler
Peltier Undertaking Rooms
Ankenbruck
Police Department
Jabas
Emil Jabas, Jr
Indianapolis
Fort Wayne
Henry Kesler
Jakas
Double Death Mystery With No Clear Motive
Police probe a two died at the Jabas home as investigators note locked doors from the inside and no signs of struggle. Mrs Jabas and her husband lay in the kitchen area. strychnia tablets found but not linked to a crime. Neighbors say the couple lived quietly in their Indianapolis cottage and left a son Emil Jr. in the city.
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Harkenrider
Zwick
Japas
Kelly
Pappert
George Studer
Morse Harrod
Peltier
Hilgeman
Chicago
Jabas
Kesler
Ahlersmeyer
Emil Jabas, Jr
Indianapolis
Pernot
France
Rose Ressouches
Lewis Street
Peter H. Pernot
Marshall Pernot
Deerfield
Mont
Mr. Jabas
Ankenbruck
Prickmasons
Henry Kessler
Bass Foundry
William Gerhard
Henry Kesler
Emil Jabas
East Lewis Street
Martin Ankenbrick
Jesse Grice
Mia
Mystery Closes After Family Deaths In Old Home
The son described a shocking scene as authorities found the parents dead in their home. He said he could not recall how they died and had not seen their faces since arriving. He planned to view the bodies only after they were prepared for burial at the old family residence.
Transfer Arranged For Fort Wayne Feeder Canal Property
Directors of the Fort Wayne Power company and the old Wayne Water Power company met at the Fort Wayne Gas company office to transfer feeder canal property. The new auxillary to Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction names F H Catshall as president and Fred W Schmidt as secretary treasurer, with Mohr Morris and Scheimann as directors. John W White led the old company with W A Fleming as secretary and treasurer. The sale included the Robison park dam and basin, with improvements planned soon.
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Old Wayne Water Power Company
Fort Wayne Power Company
Fort Wayne Gas Company
Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction Company
F. H. Catshall
Fred W. Schmidt
A. H. Mohr
S. L. Morris
F. B. W. Scheimann
John W. White
W. A Fleming
Robison Park
Miss Ethel Saylor Appointed Music Instructor in Dubuque
Miss Ethel Saylor daughter of Mrs Julia E Saylor of Lincoln Avenue has been chosen as music instructor for the Dubuque public schools from a field of forty applicants. She will start at the fall term in September after favorable reports from her past positions in Elwood and Kendallville.
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Ethel Saylor
Julia E. Saylor
Lincoln Avenue
Miss Saylor
Dubuque
Iowa
Indiana
Appointed Commandant F H Barnard Former Fort Wayne Man
F H Barnard, longtime Fort Wayne resident and a leading figure in Grand Army circles, has been named commandant of the state soldiers home at Minneapolis Minnesota. He moved from Fort Wayne years ago and previously worked as a Nickel Plate freight agent, remaining active in G A R affairs upon his departure.
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F. H. Barnard
Fort Wayne
Soldiers’ Home
Grand Army
State Soldiers’ Home
Minneapolis
Minn
Minnehaha
Nickel Plate Railroad
Broadway Car Nearly Trapped by Train at Crossing
Passengers on Broadway car 128 faced a near fatal scene Saturday when the vehicle stalled at the Pennsylvania crossing in front of an oncoming train. Mrs Clarice F Cook of South Broadway fell and sprained her ankle during the scramble to the doors as the train neared. The motorman then restarted the car and cleared the tracks by a narrow margin.
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Broadway
Pennsylvania Crossing
Clarence F. Cook
South Broadway
Death of Mrs Hazen at Ratoon New Haven
Funeral service for Mrs Myrtle Hazen wife of F W Hazen of Ratoon New Mexico was held at 2 pm Sunday from her father in law’s New Haven home. Rev W P Shambart led rites with interment in I O O F cemetery. She died Wednesday at twenty five after a long tumor illness. Her husband a train dispatcher for the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad attended.
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Myrtle Hagen
F. W. Hazen
Ratoon
N. M
New Haven
Hitchcock Holds NY Talks on Hughes Renomination Outlook
Frank H. Hitchcock and New York leaders discussed cooperation between national and state Republican managers. Hitchcock hinted the state convention may renominate Governor Hughes, a view seen as strengthening the ticket nationally. Kellogg met Hitchcock en route to St Paul, while the Metropolitan Life tower prepares as NY headquarters.
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New York
Frank H. Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
Herbert Parsons
William L. Ward
New York State
Timothy L. Woodruff
Hitchcock
Hughes
West
Kellogg
Frank B. Kellogg
Minnesota
Standard Oil
Manhattan
Washington
St. Paul
Bonaparte
Lenox
Mass
Metropolitan Life Insurance
National Committee
Milwaukee Auditorium Cornerstone Laid In Civic Celebration
Milwaukee, Wis. August 1 The cornerstone ceremony for the Milwaukee Auditorium drew a massive civic celebration after a parade of four divisions. Arch bishop Messmer offered the invocation, with Mayor Rose and John H. Moss speaking for the auditorium board. Alvin P. Kletzsch and Mayor Rose laid the cornerstone as plans touted a premier convention hall with flexible spaces, telegraph service, banquet rooms, and nine concurrent events possible. The two-wing complex totals 65 feet high, 8,694-seat main hall, 62 boxes, and a $500,000 price tag subsidized by 2,755 citizens and the city government.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Messmer
Rose
John H. Moss
Merchants’ and Manufacturers’ Association
Alvin P. Kletzsch
Auditorium Association
Milwaukee Auditorium Company
City of
Automobile crash at Glencoe makes local notoriety of T. P. Henderson
T. P. Henderson, driver of the car involved in a crash at Glencoe, has gained local notoriety as the central figure in an incident linked to the war era. The report notes Henderson’s prominence following the collision and continues from Page One.
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T. P. Henderson
Glencoe
Shore
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Cedar Valley
Frank Beaver
Beaver
Boston Wave
Supreme Lodge
Hazen
Plente
Kreig Stolzenau
Concordia
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Repub
Lican
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