Firebug Bott Arrested After Citywide Arson Spree
Clem Bett suspected of deliberate fires across Fort Wayne with six blazes set in key locations. Arrested at Meyer's livery barn after rapid police response, he confessed little and led officers through a chaotic trail of fires from Bohne's to Meyer's barn. He had a prior theft arrest and a skull fracture from last winter, with a history of mental health decline and property crimes.
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East
Washington Street
Stout
Clem Bett
Bott
Seidel
Robert Dreibelbiss
Municipal Court
Meyer
Frank Eick
John Ryan
Kelley
Fort Wayne and Southwestern Traction Company
Wayne Hotel
Bohne
Savertier’s
Calhoun Street
Calhoun
Wayne Streets
Wert Wee Hackett
Jackson Street
Feters
Horace Marriotte
Leykauf’s
Broadway
Ankenbruck & Potthoff’s
Gross’ Drug Store
Washington
Barr Streets
Bohne’s
Rurode
Fort Wayne fires terror spree ends as Bott is caught
Clem Bott started six fires across Fort Wayne within hours including the Hackett building stairwell on West Wayne Street. Firefighters and police halted the spree, with flames touching Calhoun Street and a rear bakery area. Bott confessed to multiple blazes and described a drunken, unsettled mental state before capture.
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J. G. Sauerteig
Washington Street
M. L. Jones
Photograph Supply
the - Seckatt
Montenegrins Jubilant Over Serbian King Proclamation
In Cettinje Montenegro on June 16 Prince Nicholas the king’s father in law and the Montenegrins celebrated the proclamation of Peter Kara Georgevich as King of Serbia with salutes bells parades and illumination. Nicholas spoke praising King Peters ancestors and condemning the assassination of King Alexander.
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Cettinje
Montenegro
Peter Karageorgevitch
Servia
Nicholas
Peter
Alexander
Fleming offers to relinquish Berry street franchise
President S B Fleming of the S B Fleming company telephones The Sentinel to submit a proposal to the board of public works giving up all rights under the Berry street east of Clinton franchise The plan may move Fort Wayne Traction cars into the city via Lewis street Clinton and Berry streets then west on Harrison This follows local opposition to East Berry street use and to expanded tracks the company warns it will reject the Lieta street loop if included and abandon double tracks along Main Street and Broadway
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S. B. Fleming
S. B. Fleming Company
Sentinel
Board of Public Works
Berry Street
Clinton
Board of Works
Fort Wayne
van Wert
Lima
Lewis Street
Berry Streets
Harrison
East Berry Street
Fleming
Fort Wayne Traction Company
Lieta Street
Weat Main
Broadway
Four Hundred Dead at Heppner After Cloudburst
Spokane reports from Heppner Oregon say 200 bodies recovered with 200 more missing, raising dead at 400. Eye witness recounts a thrilling flood. Rescue teams search ruins, provisions requested as crews clear debris and scour the valley.
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Heppner
Death Toll Rises From Heppner Flood In Oregon
Ione reports list of 189 recovered or missing believed dead from the Heppner flood with 275 to 300 feared drowned. Seven Chinese, three Japanese and twenty one unknown babies add to the tally as debris piles and burned timbers litter the towns. Elias Conner brings latest news after visiting Heppner and the disaster zone.
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Ione
Oregon
Heppner
Elias Conner
Conrie
Survivors recount Heppner flood’s swift destruction
Pendleton Oregon June 16 three men D Ball J J Kelley and A P Bradbury survived the Heppner flood and describe the rapid wall of water that swept Willow creek through the town. They saw cabins homes lifted from foundations and people clinging to trees until rescue in the morning. The depot remained standing along with two wool warehouses holding 2,500,000 pounds of wool.
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Pendleton
Ore
Heppner
D. Ball
J. J. Kelley
A. P. Bradbury
Willow Creek
Great Flood Destroys Heppner Oregon Town
Reports from Arlington and Ione indicate Heppner Oregon was wiped out by a Willows creek flood between 6 and 7 PM. Estimates of drowned range from 350 to 360 with 105 bodies recovered by five oclock. Heppner, seat of Morrow county, is a 1250 population town at Oregon Railroad terminus. flood blamed on Willows creek possibly from one or two cloudbursts.
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Spokane
Wash
Arlington
Ore
Heppner
Willows Creek
Ione
Heppater
Morrow County
Oregon
Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company
Eyewitness account of Heppner flood disaster reaches Portland
David McAtee of Heppner and Frank Spaulding witnessed a severe storm and canyon flood nightfall Sunday. A cloud of dense rain and wind struck the town, destroying multiple homes four to five blocks above the center. The Palace hotel saved its guests while lower houses were blown into the street.
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Portland
Ore
Oregonian
Ione, Ore
David McAtee
Heppner
Frank Spaulding
Thomas Howard
Hale
Saling
Abraham Hameick
Palace
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Clem Bott
Belgrade
Geneva
Peter I
Karageorgevitch
Ming Peter
Leutenant
Hackett
West Wayne Street
Barnett
Clement Bott
Kara
Perrae A
Heppner, Ore
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