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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1907
Page
10
A steamer named Berlin was wrecked in a gale as seas surged. After persistent attempts, the lifeboat returned repeatedly until a final rescue at 3 30 p m, taking off the remaining survivors amid fading weather improvements.
Survivors clung to the Berlin after a wreck off the Hook of Holland as heavy seas and a snowstorm hampered rescue efforts. Captain Parkinson and Prince Henry of The Netherlands witnessed the disaster, while the morgue and anxious relatives filled the village.
An officer aboard the Clacton recounted the fierce conditions at the Hook of Holland where the Berlin was wrecked. Forty foot waves and a gale impeded rescue as the Clacton neared the steamer, passengers cheered as lifebelts were distributed amid dangerous surf and burning wreckage.
In Hook of Holland the remaining three Berlin survivors, all women, were rescued by the noted lifeboat crew. Captain Sperling and two nephews aided the effort, lowering Fraulein Theile and Fraulein Ripler to the raft amid a scene of cold, drowning victims. Twenty-two bodies were recovered that day, with no more believed aboard.
A passenger train plunged down a high embankment injuring fifty four people aside from the crew. Five passengers were initially listed missing but were later accounted for and many were sent west on a relief train. Several were hospitalized with serious but non fatal injuries.
In Stuttgart on February 23 the fiancee of Herr Dare, a member of the German Opera company, drowned when the Berlin was wrecked off Hook of Holland. She became insane upon learning the tragedy.
Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction company likely drops fight on track elevation bill. They may pay 10 percent of crossing costs as provided. City Attorney Guy Colerick and officials plan to attend another hearing before the House towns and cities committee to push the measure.
New York February 25 La Mano Nera used a dynamite bomb at 164 166 Elizabeth Street in the six story tenement. The blast wrecked first floor shops shattered hundreds of windows and spread terror through the Sicilian quarter. Grocer Michael Angelo Alonge a Palermo immigrant had refused blackmail and helped detectives identify the culprits.
Washington February 25 the senate passed the pension appropriation bill carrying 145 million dollars. The measure was amended to make the appropriation available to pay pensions to claimants under the act of February 6 1907 known as the pension law.
A Pittsburg report lists injured from the Pennsylvania Railroad wreck at Johnstown. J Wood Wilson of Marion Indiana and C A Johns of Indianapolis suffered cuts and bruises and continued homeward. J J Lauar of Lafayette Indiana remains in a hospital in Altoona in serious condition. S B Fleming of Fort Wayne sustained only slight injuries.
A Pittsburrg dispatch reports Thomas Bunner of Lafayette Indiana is at Allegany General Hospital with chest injuries and may die. J Wood Wilson of Marion plans to continue home tonight.
Lafayette Indiana February 28 Thomas A Bauer president of the Lafayette Boxboard works and a leading US boxboard maker left for New York to transact business and was due home today Yeomen social dance attendees at Huntington Friday night were held as prisoners in the hall by police until 2 AM Saturday a purse containing about two dollars belonging to Mrs Cleo Fisher was stolen from the cloak room search warrant secured and purse found but cash missing with no clue as dancers left in high indignation.
James Smith faced trial at Angola on mayhem charges after biting a portion of Hol Wilcox ear during an altercation months ago. He was fined 20 dollars and sentenced to six months in jail.
Johnstown Pa February 25 Passenger Flagman C E Hoover who reported the Pennsylvania Special wreck is under arrest for larceny. Detective Charles A Robinson says Hoover had a lady's diamond watch rings valued at over 500 dollars and many small articles. Police doubt his guilt. two other railroad men Vincent Sherlock and Michael Burke are jailed accused of looting Pullmans.
The Pennsylvania special wreck victims in Allegheny and Altoona hospitals after Mineral Point collision are improving and are expected to return home within a week. John F. Kline Joliet postmaster and others including Postmaster F A Busse Chicago and C W Winkler Covington Southern head to home or discharge today or tomorrow.
Four Argentine visitors, all at Cornell University, faced city court on public intoxication charges after a boisterous interurban car ride. Their spokesman claimed their swearing was only in Spanish, aiding acquittal as they were not as drunk as the law requires. Other cases include Thaw case trouble, a brass button misunderstanding, and multiple fines and detentions for various misdemeanors.
Attorney P. L. Turner of Elkhart sues for 10000 damages after his car was struck by a Lake Shore switch engine in November. He says the injuries kept him from practicing for a month and cost him 100 dollars weekly in earnings.
Fort Wayne council Knights of Columbus conferred three degrees on a class of fifty applicants from Fort Wayne and surrounding towns after a memorial mass at the Cathedral. Delegates from Chicago Toledo Delphos Lima Defiance Peru Logansport Huntington Decatur and Garrett witnessed the work and participated in the festivities. An evening dinner at the Randall hotel followed the ceremonies.
A gas explosion leveled the Bittner building in Sandusky on February 25 causing a fierce fire that destroyed the structure. A man named Clemmer was likely fatally burned. Glass shattered across several blocks and debris triggered a panic among about thirty laundry workers from Planners. Insurance covers less than 50,000.
At the regular weekly Ministerial association meeting at First Presbyterian church it was decided that delegates from each city church will meet next Sunday afternoon at 2 30 at the same church to formulate plans for the Civic Righteousness Federation. Each church may send one delegate per hundred members with an estimated seventy five delegates attending.
Oscar Wobrock the well known restaurant man purchased from Herman Michael the business property at 112 West Main Street for 15000 dollars. The building fronts 20 feet and runs 75 feet deep and is now occupied by Costa Shelton as a barber shop. The deal was negotiated by John T. Waener and the property had belonged to Michael for at least thirty years.
Cashier J Ross McCulloch of the Hamilton National bank reports his father Hon Charles McCulloch and family party are touring the West Indies. The letter dated February 15 notes plans to sail to Colon to inspect the Isthmian canal and says the group will reach New York Thursday after visiting St Pierre Martinique where skulls and bones remain among ruins from Mt Pelee eruption.
DeKalb area notes report deaths of C. J. Hubbard and Edward Ryan, long-term residents, plus a string of civic items. Stroh dedicates a new Presbyterian church. Auburn and Garrett see incidents from arm injuries to bank staff leaves. Island Park seeks Grand Army day speaker as county council stalls asylum funding. gas rates rise at Montpelier. local rail interurban marks one year in service.
A Kansas minister recounts how Dr Miles Heart Cure and Nervine saved his wife after three doctors declared she had six weeks to live. Eleven bottles later she remains improved, and he endorses the remedy with a guaranteed first bottle benefit or refund.
In Boston on February 25 a silk American flag in a paper bag was hurled at President Roosevelt’s private car. Detectives seized the middle aged man but released him after discovering the flag inside the bag. The episode caused a tense moment as guards awaited a possible explosion during the president’s unofficial visit.
Mrs Annie M Bradley indicted for murder in the first degree for the killing of former Senator Arthur M Brown of Utah was arraigned before Judge Stafford in the criminal court in Washington. She pleaded not guilty and was remanded with no trial date set.
Leading Illinois two-cent fare bill stalled as Chicago railway officials concede a higher rate may fail. Governor Deneen could set a two-cent maximum if legislature does not act. Western lines warn traffic gains may not offset losses. lawyers plan court challenges. Also notes Elkhart death from a stair fall and Fort Wayne auto purchase by O Gandy Co.
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