Tragic Big Four Wreck at Fowler Ind Kills and Burns
Fatal wreck of passenger train No. 38 eastbound at Fowler Indiana occurs in fog. At least eighteen dead and about forty injured as a collision with a freight train destroys cars. Mrs Schaff aids the wounded. Boyer, Harris, Hiddinger among the dead. evacuation continues. The incident shifts to Cincinnati as the Schaff private car assists the injured.
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Kankakee
Jan
Fowler
Ind
Schaff
Schaif
Henry
Price
Long Beach
Cal
W. B. Harris
Indianapolis
Peter J. Hiddinger
Spann Avenue
J. H. Magee
Deloss Street
J. A. Shannon
Potomac Avenue
Williamsport
Ill
Henry E. Olcott
Cincinnati
Mankakee
B. W. Tripp
John Cobble
H. W. Link
Hastings
Mich
E. Parson
Reed Lake
Grand Rapids
L. F. Lang
Fifth Avenue
Chicago
M. A. Creeton
West 21St Street
New York City
J. C. Barnes
Spring Grove Avenue
C. E. Schaff
W. T. Hall
Memphis
Tenn
Lafayette
Tahong
Hiddinger
McKee
Gipanien Weere
Chaves Schaff
Big Four Railroad
Jamaica Governor seeks U.S. aid withdrawal mixed response
Official sources report Jamaica Governor Swettenham declined American aid and asked for the withdrawal of U S marines and warships led by Admiral Davis. The dispatch, received in Washington, confirms Jamaica’s gratitude for sympathy and practical aid from the United States Navy and the rescue squadron.
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Washington
Swettenham
Jamaica
America
Admiral Davis
United States Navy
Elihu Rool
United States
Mavyy
American warships pull aid mission in Kingston row
Kingston Jamaica January 21 Rear Admiral Davis ends mercy mission after Governor Swettenham objects to American sailors aiding in street clearing guarding property and tending wounded Davis apologizes for a misfired salute and promises further aid while asserting U S dignity and intent to help without disturbing local authority.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Davis’ Misson
Itricken
Swettenham
Davis
United States
Missouri
Indiana
Yankton
Associated Press
Swellenham
Tragedy in fog as Big Four wreck near Fowler claims many
A January 19 report from Lafayette states twenty five people were killed when Big Four passenger train No 38 collided with a freight near Fowler Indiana. The combination car burned with most victims inside as fire spread and rescuers faced intense heat and dense fog.
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Innianapolis
Ind
Jafayette
Fowler
Big Four
Matern Aly
Kankakee
Flooded bas of streams hit Terre Haute area
In Terre Haute Indiana on January 22 a breach in the Wabash river levee near Taylorville widened from fifteen feet to hundreds of feet, flooding miles of countryside and leaving about a thousand people homeless in zero weather. Many livestock perished as residents raced to high ground. drownings not reported. Elsewhere, Ohio and nearby rivers cresting with subsidence expected tonight and warnings of continued lowland flooding.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Taylorville
West Terre Haute
Louisville
Walz
Ohio
Pioneer Nancy Woods Very Ill in Huntertown Home
Mrs. Nancy Woods, a pioneer of Allen County and a long time resident of Terry Township, lies gravely ill at her home in Huntertown. At over ninety years old, her recovery is regarded as extremely doubtful.
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Nancy Woods
Allen County
Huntertown
Woods
Terry Township
Millions in China Famine Urgency from Bible Society
Rev John R Hykes reports widespread famine in China with three million destitute and millions affected. The American Bible Society sends urges churches to support famine relief through all boards Shanghai missionaries 274 members representing nineteen bodies. Thousands already displaced and deaths recorded as five months of suffering begin.
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New York
Jen
American Bible Society
John R. Hykes
D. D
Society For China
Shanghai, Missionary Association
Millon
Rgees
General Relief Committee
East Unite
China
Hykes
Flood Strains Aurora Citizens With Camps And Fire Outbreaks
Aurora Illinois faces desperate flood conditions with four inch drop since Monday. Citizens shelter in schools opera house and city hall as scarlet fever alarms rise among refugees. Last night a high wind tore Main Street bridge floor and fires at the Sangley house on Fourth Street threatened nearby structures before being controlled.
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Aurora
Main Street
Sangley House
Fourth Street
Riot in Bad Lands as White Recruits Rampage in Columbus
Columbus, January 22. Major Glenn investigates a riot where about thirty white recruits wrecked saloons run by African Americans in the Bad Lands district. Officials fear further clashes as tensions rise and police may be increased. no word from Washington yet. In Lawton Oklahoma a negro riot led to Nat Marshall's death, Dixon wounded, and fifty arrests.
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Columbus
Ohio
Bad Lands
Glenn
Washington
Whatesale
Lawton
Oklo
Lane Dixon
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Fort Reno
Nat Marshall
Dixon
Fort Wayne to Issue Rating Book for City Properties
Representatives of the Early company Chicago have begun a Fort Wayne rating book project. It will cover property ratings for all heads of families in the city. Work starts now and will be issued in September making it the most complete of its kind here.
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Fort Wayne
Chicago
Jamaica thanks Americans for aid via Davis dispatch
London January 21 Jamaica’s Governor Swettenham sends word to the British government to convey Jamaica’s gratitude to the United States for the help provided by Admiral Davis. The colonial office reports the dispatch from Kingston praising American assistance.
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Swettenham
London
Colonial Office
Jamaica
United States
Admiral Davis
Swettenham Refuses US Aid Rations for Kingston
A Kingston dispatch reports Governor Swettenham rejecting aid from Rear Admiral Davis and declining 10 000 US rations meant for Cuban troops. The decision slowed relief work in Jamaica, with worsening suffering anticipated after American withdrawal.
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War Department
New York
the Times
Kingston
Jamaica
Swettenham
Davis
War Department of the United States
Cuba
Swettenham Faces British Demand Over Kingston Action
Britain condemns Governor Swettenham for directing Jamaica and causing the withdrawal of American warships led by Rear Admiral Davis from Kingston. The issue now hinges on his long awaited reply to London's urgent demand for explanation, delaying final government action.
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London
Swettenham
Jamaica
Davis
Kingston
Governor Swettenham Gracious Over Jamaica Sympathy
Governor Swettenham conveyed the profound gratitude of Jamaica for sympathy expressed by the U S government after the departure of Admiral Davis from Kingston. The cable from Secretary Root dated January 20 followed an unpleasant episode between the admiral and the governor.
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Washington
Admiral Davis
Kingston
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Hot
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Til
Raillay
Kratz
Madison
Pioneer
Is.white
Auramuck
Root
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