Fire devastates New Aveline hotel in Fort Wayne tragedy
Eleven dead and a missing man are reported after a Sunday morning blaze at the New Aveline hotel at Berry and Calhoun. Injured include E. M. Matthews of Columbus, Ohio, who fell from the fifth floor. Fire origin remains under investigation, with elevator shaft flames feeding the rapid blaze. Fire alarm signals and frantic escapes marked a brutal hotel catastrophe in Fort Wayne.
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E. M. Matthews
Columbus
Ohio
St. Joseph Hospital
Aveline Hotel
Fort Wayne
Aveline
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Plank Dies In Lake Shore Train Collision Near Academic Station
Philip Plank, about sixty five, living near Wallen, was struck by a Lake Shore train Monday night. His body, found by Track Foreman Dick Adair’s crew early Tuesday, showed multiple fatal injuries after being hurled 100 feet from the right of way. Coroner Kessler and Wellman undertakers received the remains. Plank, a farm owner and veteran pensioner from Company C 129th Indiana, was married and lived with his son David Plank.
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Wallen
Lake Shore
Academic Station
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Plank
Kessler
Wellman
Hig
David Plank
Indiana
Tragic New Ave Hotel Fire Claims Eleven Dead
Coroner Kesler opened a thorough inquest into the New Ave line disaster as 11 people are confirmed dead from the Sunday hotel fire. The 11th body was recovered at 4 am, likely Charles Benjamin of Detroit. Two guests remain missing, Attorney Frank Baxter of Auburn and land agent R. E. Trible of Dalhart, Texas.
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New
Aveline
Charles Benjamin
Detroit
Frank Baxter
Auburn
R. E. Trible
Dalhart
Tex
Court House
Fred M. Stevens
John McAlevy
New Ave
Ralph A. Hipkins
S. D. Davenport
Henry Guth
Theodore Walda
Engine Company No.1
Hilbrecht
Bodies unearthed near Gunness home in Indiana
Digging south of the Belle Gunness residence in Laporte Indiana uncovered four bodies about four feet deep. Andrew Heldgren of Aberdeen disappeared yesterday as a relative identified his remains. Jennie Olsen Gunness age sixteen and two unnamed adults were also found, with details hinting at a-linked murders in the Fire wreck aftermath.
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Andrew Heldgren
Jennie Olsen
Laporte
Jennie Olson Gunness
Last Victims Found In Hotel Ruins After Fire
Rescue teams continued at the New Aveline hotel ruins but found no additional bodies by afternoon. Eleven dead confirmed with debris thoroughly searched. Records from hotel and postal office boxes show the fire was discovered after key escape points were pulled early Sunday. Injured, except E M Matthews of Columbus, recovering. Matthews critical at St Josephs hospital. Charles Benjamin of Detroit still listed as missing though unconfirmed. Fire crews toppled dangerous walls to open streets, crowds watched as military guard and police held scene. Remains of R B Trible shipped from the Klachn & Melching firm.
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Calhoun Street
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Hosey
Board of Public Works
Grice
McKendry
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Aveline
Lst
Night Watch
Postal Telegraph Office
Sng
Charles Benjamin
Detroit
Hilbrecht
R. BE. Trible
Dakhart
Tex
Klachn & Melchingaiadadars
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