Tragic School Fire Claims Many Young Lives
A devastating blaze trapped students at a school, with doors locked and exits crowded. By 1 pm sixty bodies had been found, many burned beyond recognition. principal Frank P Whit ney estimates deaths from 75 to 150 amid panic and chaotic rescue efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Shore
Michigan Southern Railway Company
Katherine W. Weiler
Cleveland
Grace Fiske
East Cleveland
Frank P. Whitney
Fore
Anna Moran
Esope
Iys
Tragic Collinwood Fire Toll Reaches 165 Mostly Children
Cleveland reports 165 dead from the Lake View school blaze in Collinwood with 108 identified and 57 unnamed. Investigators probe origin, while officials predict a large public funeral and a unified burial site. Financial aid flows as village and business groups pledge support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Lake View
Collinwood
Pew
Board of Education
Fred Herter
Jrst
Floods threaten city as St Marys rises above banks
Flood waters from the St Marys river inundate vast areas from the river to Spy Run avenue and beyond. Homes surrounded, mills and factories halted, and police assist multiple families evacuated. West Superior street and main routes submerged, buses and omnibuses ferry passengers across flooded tracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross
Jackson
St. Mary's
Main Street
Street Railway Company
Foster Waist
St. Mary's River
Spy Run Avenue
Barthold Street
Lake Erie
Maumee
Nebraska District
St. Marys
Swinney Park
Bluff
Center
Mechanic
St. Joe
Lindenwood
Hirons
Vesey
Pape Avenue
Herman Street
St. Mary’s Avenue
West Superior
St. Mary’s
Finod
Clinton Street
Anderson Avenue
Elm Street
Louis Guaert
Wagner Street
Spy Run Avent
Prospect Avenue
Spy Run
Riverside Avenue
Lawton Park
Soldiers’ Monument
Centlivre
Ft. Wayne
Broadway
Poe
Wabash Valley
Huntington
Toledo
Chicago
Kendallville
Unidentified Dead Buried in Colinwood Cemetery
Twenty one white caskets were interred at Colinwood cemetery as a public funeral for Lake View school victims. Seven teen children remain unidentified from the blaze last Wednesday while four identified children were laid to rest with village-borne expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
Colinwood
Lake View
Britain in Factor in Chino Jap Dispute
Tokyo March 10 A well authenticated report says the Tatsu Maru affair focus has moved to London The British government seeks Japan's plan under the treaty with Great Britain and urges arbitration on the arms restoration while acknowledging the moral aspect Ambassadors and foreign offices exchange notes and await Komura's guidance The situation creates a deadlock as Tokio awaits advice The rest of the article outlines church conference plans in a separate city section detailing sessions and speakers for April and leadership roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
London
Japan
China
Komura
Great Britain
Great
Foreign Office
British government denies taking steps in Tatsu Maru case
London reports to Tokio that Britain asked Japan via Ambassador Count Kamura about proposed actions in the Tatsu Maru case and advised arbitration. The foreign office stated no steps had been taken in the matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Tokio
Japan
Count Kamura
Great Britain
Thaw Marriage Fight Details from Col. Bartlett
New York March 30. Col Franklin Bartlett, counsel for Harry K Thaw and Mrs Wm Thaw, said efforts to nullify the marriage have failed and no separation proceedings are under way. He denied reports of surveillance on Evelyn Nesbit Thaw and stated Thaw seeks reconciliation while her position is for permanent severance. There is no espionage plan by Mrs William Thaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Harry K. Thaw
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Col
Franklin Bartlett
Harry Ky Thaw
Wm. Thaw
William Thaw
Colonel Bartlett
Trelyn Thaw
Anderson Prepares for North Indiana Methodist Conference
Anderson Indiana residents plan for the North Indiana Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church to meet in April with an expected 800 guests. The conference includes 216 churches across six districts and will select delegates to the national meeting in Baltimore next May. Potential delegate candidates include Union Hunt Apiet er Edgar Hendee Mishawaka Kimbrough Tipton Waugh Cartwright and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Indiana
The
Methodist Episcopal Church of America
Baltimore
Union B. Hunt
Apieter
Edgar B. Hendee
City
C. M. ‘Kimbrough
Muncie
Daniel. Waugh
Tipton
Eberhart
Mishawaka
G. Co. Cartwright
Nonvilis Oring To
Insane Man Slaughters Wife and Child Then Hangs Self
In Pattytown Newton township Ohio, David Davis attacked his wife and one year old child with an ax crushing their heads. He then attempted to kill himself, failed, and hanged himself in the barn. The mother and child are gravely injured. Davis had been unable to pay a mortgage and had shown signs of insanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Mellrath
Collinwood
Piqua
David Davis
Pattytown
Newton Township
Davis
WED A SACRED DUTY PRAYER URGED TO AID CUPID
Buffalo Bishop Charles Henry Colton urges all unmarried women under his guidance to pray for husbands. In a diocesan circular read in churches, the measure aligns with new church marriage laws by Pope Pius. The exception applies to those seeking holy orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Charles Henry Colton
Pius
Hurty to Inspect Schools and Test Health Next Tuesday
Dr J H Hurty will visit the city next Tuesday to deliver two lectures and examine pupils at several grade schools for signs of contagious disease. He aims to show local authorities the need for a school health inspector to oversee ward health, hastening the decision after days of discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hurty
J. H. Hurty
Hurry
Battle Creek Flood Submerges Town Areas In Crisis
Battle Creek Michigan reports two square miles inundated as flood reaches peak. About one hundred homes surrounded or submerged with a factory building partially collapsing and water depths rising to notable levels. Emergency crews struggle to contain damage and residents evacuate as water encroaches on streets and neighborhoods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Battle Creek
Mich
Also Mentioned on This Page
Father
Herter
Pought DY
Gardner
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad
Michigan Southern Railroad
Gould
Collinwood Board of Trade
Lakeside
Walton Avenue
Lakeside Land Improvement Company
Mer
Land Company
Britain
Ter
M. E
C. C. Cisse
Central Christian Church
Men's Methodist Brotherhood
First Presbyterian Church
Ernest Daily Smith
New York City
W. B. Patterson
Irvine ©. Nixon
Crawfordsville
Edgar E. Hendee
A. D. Hurst
H. J. Blacklidge
W. W. Reed
C. W. Hooven
Charles H. Neff
Walter E. Working
George E. Wheelock
Downing
Hanry Thaw
Little Evelyn
Anderson
Methodist Conference
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!