Fire at Noonday Blaze Threatens Pontiac and Harrison
A Noonday fire at Pontiac and Harrison Streets raged under high winds. Firemen battled a wide-area blaze, keeping flames from spreading further after a tense outbreak.
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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1915
Page
2
Fire damages in Noonday blaze total $2300
Estimations show damage to multiple houses and barns across Harrison Leith Woodland and Calhoun areas. Notable claims include Jacob Fiester house occupied by Mary W Madden and C B Arnold barns with a combined total of 2300 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Fiester
Mary W. Madden
C. B. Arnold
Pontiac
Harrison Streets
John Baltes
Harrison
A. C. Altenau
Harrison Street
Peerless Dry Cleaning Company
Leith
Gus Lauer
Claude Klover
J. B. Roth
Woodland Avenue
Christian Bohn
West Woodland Avenue
A. W. Mills
West Leith
Louie Need
West Suttenfield
Myron Parrot
D. W. Bitner
Calhoun
Barn Fire In Pontiac Destroys Homes And Barns
A blaze sparked by boys playing with matches in a barn owned by C. Arnold at Pontiac and Harrison streets threatened a large city block. Twelve houses and two barns burned with total losses estimated at 2300 dollars as high winds drove flames across several blocks. Firemen faced a difficult fight as sparks ignited further structures before the blaze was brought under control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold
Pontiac
Harrison
Issues Debated at Fort Wayne Civic Forum
Fort Wayne Civic Forum at South Wayne school discussed Indiana politics. Speakers argued about government size, taxation reform, prohibition and party lines in elections, with calls for a new constitution and initiative referendum. The next meeting is scheduled for Friday at South Wayne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Fort Wayne
Louis Prost
David Hogg
Republican Party
W. E. Clapham
Civic Forum
South Wayne School
Rider dragged by runaway horse injures milk wagon driver
Oscar Adier aged 25 of 1518 Maumee avenue was dragged for a distance when a runaway horse frightened him as he tried to stop it. He was thrown down and the wagon wheels passed over him causing severe cuts and bruises. He was taken by police ambulance to Autoseu Hospital with possible internal injuries after the Maumee avenue incident near Scherer bakery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Adier
Maumee Avenue
Adler
Autos Seu Hospital
HM. A. Duemling
Scherer
Negro fires lops Money Power in courtroom plea
Walter Hamilton, a colored youth on trial for burglary, argued his own case to the jury, delivering a fervid speech that stunned officials and the nation. The jury found him guilty within minutes, and he was sentenced to from two to fourteen years in the Jeffersonville reformatory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Hamilton
Europe
Hamilton
Jeffersonville Reformatory
Hamil
Aaron Rothschild Dies After Illness in Philadelphia
Aaron Rothschild 75 of 702 West Wayne Street died at 7 45 Monday morning at Presbyterian Hospital Philadelphia after three weeks of treatment seeking relief from illness. He had lived in the city for years and his passing ends a lengthy period of suffering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aaron Rothschild
West
Wayne Street
Presbyterian Hospital
Philadelphia
Explosion at Indiana Street gas plant injures two workers
A water gas department blast at the Indiana streets plant caused by a hot cinder falling into the blast pipe endangering six laborers and injuring Andy Welch and Joseph Bodeka. The blast damaged the roof and windows at 11:15 Saturday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Andy Welch
Joseph Bodeka
Weisser Park Avenue
Welch
Bodeka
Despondent Husband Dies by Poison in Huntington
Huntington Ind June 28 Despondent over estrangement from his wife William Lloyd of Huntington committed death by his own action Sunday by taking poison Lloyd and his wife had been separated for some time The tragedy follows marital strain and separation at the Indiana city residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Ind
William Lloyd
Lloyd
Fatally Stricken Engineer Crist Dies After Trip
G D Crist a Pennsylvania engineer residing at 2827 Jane Street died in Monroe at 12 o clock Saturday night after a two month illness. He suffered a paralysis attack immediately after returning from a trip. Earlier he had been recovering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. D. Crist
Pennsylvania
Jane Street
Monroe
Crist
Stricker
Stanley Camo
Mr. Grist
Moni
German-born man dies after brain hemorrhage in Philadelphia hospital
The elderly man, once active despite years of severe illness, died from an intracranial hemorrhage after relatives were notified of a rapid health decline. Born in Heilbrunn Germany, he immigrated as a child and lived in Cattoey Oto before settling in Fort He. His wife Mrs Rothschild was at his bedside in Philadelphia when he died.
Henry Nereiter Reported Missing Near Emmaus School
Henry Nereiter has been missing for about two weeks from his home near Emmaus school on Broadway. Authorities say a body was not found and the police department reported last Friday that he is alive and well, with his whereabouts unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry. Neireiter
Emmaus School
Broadway
Maumee
Fatally Stricken While Cherry Picking in New Haven
Baltzer Federspeil aged 73 died after collapsing from paralysis while picking cherries at his home in New Haven. He fell ten feet, but doctors say the stroke caused his death, not the fall. He leaves a widow and six children. coroner Edward H. Kruse investigated the death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Baltzer Federspeil
Federspeil
Leo
Raymond
John
Will
Eugene
T. J. Roffelit
Roffelit
Detroit
Edward H. Kruse
IONA M EASLEY AGAIN HEADS EPWORTH LEAGUE
Delegates report Miss Iona Easley of this city was re elected president of the Epworth League Fort Wayne district for another year. Officers elected and installed Wednesday evening include first vice president Paul Bache-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League
Fort Wayne
Bluffton
Iona Easley
Paul Bache
Decatur Wins 1916 League Convention Hosting Vote
Nevada Mills officers Etta Mallonee Grace Leamon Grace Leamon Edith Ryan and Nora Sleepy Bluffton were listed with officers and editors from Fort Wayne. The Decatur Garrett contest for hosting the 1916 league convention ended Decatur winning 59 to 51. Sessions drew large crowds and closed with a consecration service filling the church. About twenty five Fort Wayne attendees were present.
Foster Breaks Ground for New Homes on Fairfield Avenue
Samuel M. Foster held ground breaking Wednesday afternoon for a new house on South Fairfield avenue. A second residence will soon start on the same plat for his son in law Fred McCulloch. Both houses are to be finished by December first and Foster must vacate his old home, recently sold to the Order of the Moose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel M. Foster
South Fairfield Avenue
Fred McCulloch
Mr. Foster
Order of the Moose
Two Fatal Accidents Hit City Within Hours
Two children died in separate accidents on Wednesday evening. Edward Lahey, 10, was struck by a car on Freeman street after jumping from a wagon driven by S. Coleman while a market wagon and a car owned by Charles A. Wilding approached. Lahey was carried to Dr. George B. Siemen’s office unconscious. Johnnie Aner, 3, died in a later incident involving a wagon near Broadway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Lahey
James J. Lahey
Freeman Street
Johnnie Aner
Charles Lenz
Broadway
Lahey
Taylor
S. 8. Coleman
Mr. Wilding
Miss Wilding
George B. Siemen
West Main Street
Visit to Allen County new institutions attracts state officials
A visiting party led by Dr. J. N. Hurty and Amos W. Butler, with county and city officials, toured the newly established Allen county farm and inspected the tuberculosis camp and the county home for boys and girls amid a luncheon at the farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. N. Hurty
State Board of Health
Amos W. Butler
State Board of Charities and Corrections
Board of County Commissioners
Allen County
Hurry
Butler
Motorcycle and Jitney Crash Injures Bremer Brothers
A collision at South Wayne and Kinnaird avenues shortly after noon Saturday involved a jitney bus driven by C. W. Betz and motorcycles ridden by Arnold and Martin Bremer. Arnold Bremer, 16, sustained a broken leg and serious injuries. Martin Bremer was less hurt. Both were taken to Lutheran Hospital. Martin returned home later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Wayne and
Kinnaird Avenues
C. W. Betz
South Wayne Avenue
Arnold
Martin Brenner
Nuttman Avenue
Arnold Bremer
Martin Bremer
Lutheran
Martin
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Rior
Child Hygiene Department
Kansas Board OF Health
S. D. Crist
Pennsy
Henry Nereiter
Iona M. Easley
Epworth
S. M. Foster
Fairfield Avenue
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John Auer Falls
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