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Newspaper

Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel

Location

Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America

Date

May 12, 1909

Page

3

Officials escape as car burns on Pennsylvania train

First President Joseph Wood Second Vice President J J Turner and Chief Engineer Thomas Rodd were aboard a private car that caught fire between Hanna and Davis while on train No 15 en route from Pittsburgh to Chicago. Turner was cut by glass but all survived. the car burned after the crew detached it from the train. Bromine cases in the freight, tied to photographers and chemists, were largely undamaged with one case destroyed.

Pennsylvania Pittsburg Chicago Joseph Wood J. J. Turner Thomas Rodd Mr. Wood Fort Wayne Hanna Davis Wood Mr. Turner Mr. Todd Mr. Rodd Turner Barnett Foreman Rees Cr. M. Hammond Freight Claims Department The East St. Louis Bunker Hill Peru Indiana Union Traction Lne Avilla High School Wells County Birdie Smith Baker Auburn Denison New Lodge American Woodmen Keystone Straus Bros. & Co Columbia City Warren A. Kohler Leesburg Kosciusko County Geneva Isaac Finkhouser Studebaker Tigers 157Th Regiment Indiana Volunteers Elkhart Charles Messick Lagrange Jefferson Addis Monroeville Logansport Angola Congregational Church Goshen Nappanee Wabash R. M. Desjardines Vawter Park Lake Wawasee Wabash County Bell Frank Brahm Baker Ella Baker Rebekah Lodge Whitley County Option League Frank Law Law Martin Shields Altona Garrett Yards L. C. Hughes L. C. Coverdale Decatur Marion Ala State Health Board George Dierstein Kendallville Elks' Band Mabel Jacobson Wilkhart Nicholas DeWitt Kitty V. Warner Frederick E. Warner Corunna Lake Shore Railroad State Railroad Commission Lake Shore Edwin Shelmadine Simonton Lake Oil and Gas Company Jack Tillett Trenton Rock Philip Anthes, Jr Whitley County Elmer Slick Doland C. Lang Charles T. Mattingly Col. A. F. Fleet Pottawatomie Monument Culver Military Academy Plymouth Silas Holler Millersburg Indianapolis Jearning

Bromine fumes hospitalize twenty two freight yard workers

A broken bottle of bromine fumes escaped in a freight car at the main freight house shed near the Pennsylvania depot. Twenty two employees were treated at St Joseph's hospital with several facing further care while eleven returned to work and others remained home. George Ember, a colored worker, first entered the car and collapsed from the fumes before others helped pull him out.

Pennsylvania St. Joseph's Hospital George Ember Lafayette Holman Streets John Laler Warsaw Street George ¥. Koop Smith Street John Kissner F. C. Keller Elm Street A. A. Willig McCulloch R. W. Eddington Calhoun Street Christ Kees Wilt Street G. Lochner Williams Street Alfred C. Minnick East Washington Street Nelson Getts Holman Street Jacob H. Guthrie Oakley Street Oscar Woebbeking Broadway Ames Melita Street Fred Haigselman Masterson H. H. Bornkamp Gay Street Karl Weithaus Colerick Street Alfred Nepke John Street WW. V. Showard Frank Jones Walton Avene L. G. Fets Venedocia Ora! Doo Masterson Avenue Christ Rees Ember Foreman Rees William Biddle Peru John W. Eaton Garrett Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Architect Elders Marion Methodist Home For Warren Jonathan Whitelock Huntington County C. W. Whitelock Huntington Whitelock R. M. Desjardines Vawter Park Angola Commercial Club Angola Engine Co Auburn DeKalb County Butler Waterloo St. Joe Corunna Monticello Indiana Zoe M. Blue William O. Coughton Andrew J. Briggs Union Township Whitley County Jesse A. Briggs Churubusco South Whitley High School Buncie Combs Helene Edwards Elnora McConnell Rosella Matson Hildreth Kannaberg Edna Stumpff Mark Miller Raymond Pressler Amos Glassley Russell Holden Chester Bollinger Frank Fisher Laegrange Joseph Barcellona Barcellona Alva Tritch Elmira Bluffton John W. McCray Frank M. Johnson Philmont Oil Company Theodore F. Miller W. W. Bell Wells Jay Adams

Yard Conductor Jesse Wagner Killed At Freight House Mist

Jesse O Wagner a Pennsylvania yard conductor was crushed to death at 11 50 Friday night while riding the footboard of switch engine 9376 near track 4 His death followed injuries from being pulled between the tender and platform Survivors include his wife two children and his father and siblings Funeral plans were set with services in Fort Wayne and Decatur under the B R T lodge with burial in Decatur

Jesse O. Wagner Pennsylvania J. H. Minnick J. H. Dietsch Hfe A. J. Kesler Getz & Cahill J. Charles McDonald W. A. Grayless James Wagner Adams County Fort Wayne Wagner Eva Margaret Decatur Hayden Street Fort Wayne Lodge Keystone Grocery the Pennsylvania

Old Shopman Hurt at Pennsylvania Shops

James R. Metzner, a long time planer at the Pennsylvania shops, suffered injuries after falling from a car. He injured his back and nose, and requires a cane to walk. He was treated by the company surgeon and sent home, expected to be unable to work for about a week.

James R. Metzner Pennsylvania Metzner Planing Mills

Electrician suffers severe arm burns in short circuit

Frank B. Brownsberger, a Fort Wayne Electric Works electrician in the testing department, sustained a severe burn to his left arm Friday morning when a rheostat caused a short circuit. The burn extended from just below the elbow to the wrist with four deep spur wounds. He is single and boards on Wall Street.

Frank B. Brownsberger Fort Wayne Electric Works Brownsberger Wall Street

Arm Scalded at Pennsylvania Power Station

An incident Thursday afternoon at the Pennsylvania shops power station left HL Weldéelman with a severe scald on the left arm when hot water spilled from a pipe during the drawing of water.

Pennsylvania HL W.weldéelman

Local notices and accidents fill Indiana counties report

Readable fragments from Noble, Elkhart, Kosciusko and surrounding counties show a mix of obituaries official changes chief of police Elkhart, road paving petitions Kendallville, a boy burned by ammonia, a fatal shooting remnant, school age counts, railway and telephone incidents, saloon closures, and civic improvements across towns like Angola, Lagrange, Warsaw, Huntington, Goshen, Waterloo, and Logansport.

News and Gossips and Local Notices Across Indiana

A sprawling roundup of city items from Elkhart to Huntington notes hotel construction at Oakwood park, a 17 000 dollar steel bridge project, post office changes, court cases, church repairs, storms damage, school enrollments, murders and divorces, robberies, industry deals, and local civic bids. Named places include Elkhart, Angola, Roanoke, Decatur, Garrett, Wabash, Warsaw, Logansport, Huntington, Marion, and Fort Wayne with multiple individuals and organizations.

D. D.spangier Rev. L. Newman Elkhart Oakwood Park Lake Wawatee Cutter J. Cannon Angola Post Office Max Barkind South Bend Grand Rapids and Indiana Decatur Peter Amspaugh Roanoke St. Joseph's Church Garrett Charles Hiller Albion Samuel Andress Auburn Kesciusko County Warsaw Mabel Kester Longcliffe Asylum Logansport Peter Dinius Albert Stauch Huntington Lewis J. Brawley Warren Carrie Porter Marion S. Dart Sewall Town Board of Nappanee Harry McIntyre Auburn- Fort Wayne David Taylor Uniondale Wells County Kent Robert Little Winchester Charles Little Wabash Washington M. E C. A. Wade John Mitchell Kendallville Paris Mitchell L. E. McCloud Liberty Center Mary E. Wright Ind Bismark North Dakota Beulah Cox James Graves Wm. Grege Elizabeth McCune Methodist Memorial Home Thomas L. Graves Graves Virginia Indiana Geraldine Sembower Mattie Dick Ada F. Chew Ethel Maloney Nellie Cary Maude Camp O. V. Franks Tipton E. A. Stockwell John H. Rohiman Fort Wayne C. F. LaFlore Peconga William Smith William Lawrence Grant County Historical Society

Sledge strike narrowly misses man at Pennsylvania boiler shop

O H Baer a helper in a Pennsylvania boiler shop was struck by a sledge that glanced and landed below his left ear. He was knocked down but doctors reported only a severe bruise with no broken bones and he is expected to recover.

O. H. Baer Pennsylvania

Foot Cut by Glass at Pennsylvania Erecting Shop

H. S. Thibaut from the Pennsylvania erecting shop suffered a serious foot wound when he stepped on glass and a sharp piece penetrated the flesh. The injury occurred Saturday and he was treated by the company surgeon.

H. S. Thibaut Pennsylvania Thibaut

Foreman M S Willson Severely Injured At Electric Works

A test room foreman at the Electric Works, M S Willson, sustained serious injuries Saturday morning when alighting a train and attempting to reach the works. Doctors report two vertebrae fractured in the spinal column and he now must use canes to walk, though the surgeon expects a recovery.

M. S. Willson Electric Works Mr. Willson

Patterson-Fletcher Co Advertises Leather Goods and Menswear

Bluffton manufacturer John M. Buck dies. Patterson-Fletcher Co sells a genuine leather suitcase with leather corners and linen lining for Hon. O. L. Ballou. They offer a kaika trouser for $1.00 and Manhattan silk shirts at $3.50. Allen McCormick named justice of the peace at Altona.

Patterson-Fletcher Co Allen McCormick Altona Manhattan

Also Mentioned on This Page

Offigils Blaze James Metzner David Scoville Angola Rush Noble County David Sutton Raymond L. Sutton Topeka George H. Whiteman Ty’e Garrett Hartford City A. P. Kent Elkhart Review Joseph Higgs Wiliam Hayns Treaty John Harmon E. D. Bixby Irvin Courtney John Lee Lee J First Presbyterian Church Henry Webb Johnson Huntington Township Dallas Township Artemus D. Woodworth Samuel Lusch Vv. Blough D. S. Brown Wabash County Council G. E. Snearly G. W. McCaskey B. W. Rhamy Lorin W. Smith D. S. Linville John Hazen White J. H. McKenzie Lima Lagrange County Howe George Bowers Philippine Constabulary William Jones Field Museum Luzon Smith Wiseman Wilmot Telephone Company Wiseman Opera House Prof Brown Lyon& Greenleaf Electric Lighting Company Ligonier Hag Arathuga’ Kerlin John B. Knnsely New South Bend Eugene Gruell Charles Donahue Ingram Old Settlers’ Club Ossian James Johnston Jacob Brady Bloomville Adam Kiefer George Lackey Arthur Ervin North Webster Webster Lake William Wood North Manchester Denton Weaver Indiana State Bank of EB. L. Craw Indiana Assistant Postmasters' Association Northern Indiana Florists’ Association Winona Alfred F. Potts Connors John Connors St. Joseph’s Catholic Church Bert Hafferty Andrew Jackson Croy Woodburn Columbus Croy Smith Wiseman Oa Wilmot Telephone Co John M. Buck O. L. Ballou
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