Collision on Big Four at Fowler claims many lives
Reports detail a wreck on the Big Four at Fowler. rescuers saved two passengers from a smoker while smok er and baggage cars burned. Coroner Comey and Prosecuting Attorney Hall opened an investigation. Five injured were sent to a hospital in Kankakee with one dying. Survivors headed to Indianapolis. some passengers redirected to Chicago.
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Hall
Kakee
Indianapolis
Sehai l
Lake Erie
Chicago
Ha.m
Kankakee
Fowler
Terrible Big Four Collision Near Fowler Ind Disclosed
Chicago to Florida Queen City Special collided head on with freight No 95 near Fowler Indiana 28 miles west of Lafayette killing and injuring a number of people. The passenger train carried C E Schaff vice president in his private car and fire destroyed most cars. Survivor Harris reported bodies moved to Cincinnati and Indianapolis sleepers with Schaff’s car used for the injured.
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Chicago
Fowler
Ind
Lafayette
Queen City
C. E Schaff
Schaff
Télis
Paul D. Harris
Florida
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Division
Kankakee
Ill
Harris
Official Report of Wreck at Fowler Indiana
The wreck occurred when Train No 38 passed Fowler station and collided with No 95 five hundred feet east of the east end siding. Eight injured were taken to Kankakee. Engineer Tripp badly hurt, fireman killed, conductor Hiddinger and McKee missing presumed burned. Fifteen people rode the combination car with only four accounted for.
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Lafayette
Ind
Fowler
Hiddinger
Tripp
East End
Kankakee
Schaff
Names of Victims Unknown in Fowler Wreck Fire
Cincinnati dispatch reports that Six Four headquarters say the victims roasted in the Fowler Indiana wreck will not have their names released until later today.
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Cincinnati
Fowler
Ind
Train disaster leaves crew dead and passengers injured
The fireman was killed and the conductor and baggageman are missing after a passenger train crash. Several sleepers were injured but escaped before the fire worsened the horror. The dead lay in the combination coach struck by the front impact and heavy rear sleepers.
Queen City Special Wreck Near Fowler Ind Examined
Big Four reports the Queen City Special collided with Merchandise freight No 59 near Fowler Indiana after running a red telegraph block signal. The passenger train's combination car and two Cincinnati sleepers burned. casualties include 13 in the combination car with two survivors. other cars escaped damage and most occupants uninjured.
Wreck on Rock Island near Bureau injures train crew
A Rock Island line train No. 337 derailed near Bureau Illinois after a westout early today. The engine baggage car chair car and sleeper left the track. The engineer and fireman were seriously hurt and three or four passengers slightly injured. All injured were brought to Peoria.
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Peoria
Rock Island Road
Bureau
Country social whirl marks week of birthday parties
Social events across the county feature Mrs. Rinehold and Mrs. Fitch birthdays celebrated with large gatherings near Huntertown and New Era. Parties honor John Freuchtenicht on his eightieth birthday with cards and supper as friends and families attend from nearby towns.
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Perry Rinehold
Huntertown
C. 5. Bush
A. A. Gribel
C. B. Fitch
A. L. Joins
C. Hunter
Henry Colerick
Will Reitze
E. F. Sites
John Bassett
Gertrude Green
Frank Greenwell
N. Glazier
Mary Hatch
Ed Preston
Elmer Dunton
J. W. Hippernhammer
H. Hillegas
Sheldon Parker
Fred Dammerer
John F. Freuchtenicht
Dammerers
Freuchtenicht
Henry Kline
John, Ellert
John Ottenweller
Fred Holle
George Hairies
Fred Lange
Henry Lange
Louis Oetting
Christ Poehler
Newschwander
Fred Freuchtenteht
Henry Toenges
William Prange
Warships leave after insult outrages Kingston affair
Kingston reports say Rear Admiral Davis departed after a dispute with Governor Swettenham over American aid. A hospital in Winchester park treated over fifty wounded as Kingston faced looting and a tense police city amid calls for the governor’s resignation.
Death Toll Rises in Jamaica Disaster Reports
Jamaica reports indicate over 1,700 deaths as authorities struggle to confirm tolls amid mounting disaster aftermath. London dispatch notes steep casualties and ongoing search efforts, with officials assessing affected parishes and relief needs.
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Jamaica
London
Kingston Jamaica Described as Wrecked After Disaster
Reports from Kingston Jamaica describe a city in ruins with most houses uninhabitable and the population living outdoors. Food and medical supplies are scarce while relief ships are approaching to help. the death toll may be around five hundred and injuries near five hundred, as communications remain delayed by 24 hours.
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New York
Kingston
Jamaics
Warships Bring Relief to Kingston After Earthquake
Indiana and Missouri arrive at Kingston Jamaica from Guantanamo with medicines and food. Whipple brings a boatload of men to shore under Surgeon McDonald. Death toll rises toward 700 with 420 buried and others cremated. Water improves but food is scarce and prices high. A buried clerk survived after being trapped during the quake and fires.
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Missouri
Kingston
Jamaica
United States
Missour
Guantanamo
Whipple
McDonald
Xankton
Kingston Disaster Reports Reach New York
Ad m iral Davis sends wireless briefing from Guantanamo via the Whipple to Admiral Evans detailing widespread destruction in Kingston Jamaica. Four hundred killed and five hundred wounded in hospitals with harbor shipping reportedly safe and tremors continuing.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Guantanamo
Cuba
Admiral Evans
Admiral Davis
Whipple
Naval Base
Associated Press
San Francisco
Valparaiso
Kingston Harbor
Sir James Ferguson
Havana
Jamaria
Official Jamaica earthquake report details Kingston damage
Dispatch from Sir Alexander Swettenham outlines Kingston Port Royal and St Andrews as the hardest hit parishes with a triangular burn area, 343 burials, 440 hospitalizations, and 60 evacuated to Spain. Refugees camped on parade grounds with scarce provisions and slow clearing due to labor reluctance.
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Kingston
Colonial Office
Alexander Swettenham
Jamaica
Port Royal
St. Andrews
Parade Gardens
Sea
Duke Street
Princess Street
George
Brantlay
Majsabre
Uaggart
Lyons
Solomons
de Mersada
Henriques
Toyal Mall Steam Packet Company
Jamaica Earthquake Relief Bill Passes House
Emergency measure allows the president to deploy provisions clothing medicines and other stores to aid Jamaica quake and fire victims. Debate notes no set limit on commissary supplies, citing Martinique relief precedent and Celtic transport used for aid.
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Jamaica
House
Phat
United States
Saia
Fitzgerald
New York
Martinique
Tawney
Weddings of Pearl Swoverland and Clyde Taylor
The White apartment house hosted the Thursday evening wedding of Pearl G. Swoverland of Bourbon and Clyde E. Taylor of Rochester Ind. Rev. G. F. Byrer officiated. The couple will reside in Rochester as Taylor works in confectionery manufacturing.
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E. A. VanCuren
Byrer
Stella Astley
Plymouth
Marcus Sworerland
Bourbon
Taylor
Rochester
Adren Dawkins Hosts Sixteenth Birthday Supper
Adren Dawkins son of Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Dawkins of New Haven celebrated his sixteenth birthday with a supper for a party of young guests. Attendees included Misses Ida Rothgeb Hattie Dawkins Mabel Webster Minnie Irena Yoquelet Irene Girardot Hilda Goldie Leonard and many others. Miles Muriel Bradley of Clinton Iowa visited relatives and left for home.
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Adren
Sheldon Dawkins
Ida Rothgeb
Hattie Dawkins
Mabel Webster
Minnie
Irena Yoquelet
Irene Girardot
Hilda
Goldie Leonard
Messrs
Carl
Eldred
Ray Hellopeter
Willie
Emma Doty
Charles
Clarence Yoquelet
Wilf Girardot
Zaron
Warren Rothgeb
Walter Leonard
Frank Dawkins
Alfred Yoquelet
St. Leonard
Thrush
Gale Storm Cripples Fort Wayne Utilities and Factories
A brief but severe windstorm hit Fort Wayne Saturday evening around 6:30, causing widespread outages and damage. Power lines, smokestacks, and equipment at major firms including Fort Wayne Electric Works and Wabash shops were toppled. streetcar service stopped for hours. a new pump pit was submerged. fires alarms strained as old systems failed. dozens of telephones and wires were damaged but no fatalities occurred.
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Chestnut Street
Spy Run
Huntington
C. D. Bimmons
Fort Wayne Electric Works
Wabash
Electric Works
Louis Bittikoffer
Haberkorn Engine Company
Bass Foundry
Pennsylvania Coal
Taylor and Broadway
Chris Hegerfeld
Moellering
F. Pidgeon Millinery Company
Calhownstreet
Washington Boulevard
Storm Ravages City Buildings and Injures Nearby Residents
Wind swept through Calhoun Street and Oneida Street destroying walls and tearing roofs. A brick building under construction, a new house frame, a Myers livery barn roof, smokestacks, and glass frontages suffered damage while the Western Union network failed. A wagon was overturned on the Piqua road. a family was drenched by floodwaters. The Noble Machine site lost walls, the St Marys heating plant halted, and a Slater home plate glass broke flooding rooms. The Goeglein mill in St Joe township sustained total loss estimated at 1500 to 2000 dollars.
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Oneida Street
Lackey
Perry Archer
Myers
Washington Boulevard
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Olds Wagon Works
Hoffman Lumber Yards
Home Avenue
Wellington
Wolff Brothers
Hayes Hotel
Welker Fiy
Nate Beadell
People's Store
Piqua
Noble Machine Company
Nickel Plate Round
Joseph Slater
Bass Street
Toledo
Chicago
Auburn
Wells Street
Second
Third Streets
A. H Bittinger
J. W. Steinbaugh
Warsaw
George A. Bishop
Goeglein
Mayor Orders Fred Wagner Brought Into City Court
An affadavit filed under Mayor Hosey directs Fred Wagner be brought to city court on charges that he allowed non family patrons in his saloon on a Sunday. The same venue saw a vicious fight that evening. Fred Roux, severely cut, is recovering, with Dr. Morse Harrod predicting a long convalescence.
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Fred Wagner
Hosey
Fred Roux
Morse Harrod
Bailey Re-elected U.S. Senator by Texas Legislature
Austin Jan 24 United States Senator Jos W Bailey was re elected by Texas legislature with 108 votes to 45. In the Senate 19 favored Bailey and 10 opposed. in the House 39 supported and 35 opposed.
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Austin
Tex
United States
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