Appalling Naphtha Explosions Kill Dozens at Sheraden Near Pittsburg
A catastrophe at Sheraden near Pittsburg began with four naphtha tank car accidents and exploded into a fireball sending flames a hundred feet high. Officials report at least twenty one dead and more than 300 injured with fifty feared dead. hospitals were overwhelmed and crowds gathered to witness the wreckage as crews fought to control the blaze and prevent further blasts.
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Nerve Pills Promise Restful Sleep For Fort Wayne Readers
Fort Wayne residents report relief from wakefulness and headaches after taking Dr. A W Chase's Nerve Pills. Mrs M Holnzworth says the pills restore rest and strength and sleep, with medicine sold at Meyer Bros Co Fort Wayne Indiana. The package bears A W Chase M D portrait and signature.
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Explosion Cause Hinted By Local Rumors
Residents speculate that leaking naphtha from a switch lamp or engine fire box ignited fumes rising from the liquid. The fumes, not needing direct contact with a light, would travel downward to the naphtha supply and complete combustion. Mr. McCarthy promised a thorough investigation and a public finding in a few days.
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Deaths and local notices from a late century edition
A compilation of obituaries and local notices including the death of Mrs. Sarah Strack aged eighty three, details of survivors, and church membership. It also lists various community items such as a cash cost of a divorce, a railroad milestone, a gas explosion at Montpelier, and local business and crime notes.
Death of Three-Year-Old Cecil Cran in Scarlet Fever
Cecil Ray Cran, son of Mr and Mrs Charles W Cran of 99 Baker Street, died early today from brain congestion linked to scarlet fever. He was 3 years 9 months 11 days old and ill since Saturday. Private funeral at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday from the residence, Lindenwood interment.
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Diverse Northern Indiana Local Updates
Bluffton raises liquor license fee to 250 dollars while Decatur’s Zion Lutheran plans a new church. Wabash workers settle a strike at Pioneer hat works and Nicholas Nix of Decatur dies at 56. Elk Hart Egg Case mill stays outside the trust. state association meets in Anderson. Bluffton celebrates 5000 population in its directory. Wabash plans 50000 capital for Law ton gas engine. Columbia City’s Samuel Broughton injures his right arm via swinging door. Hamilton in Steuben incorporated. four objectors appeal. Wells county voters defeat 72000 subsidy for D and H railroad by about 200. Judge Adair and prosecutor Wigton win party renomination in Noble and Whitely. Marion grocers switch to a single Bell phone.
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Veteran real estate man George W. Jones celebrates long marriage
George W. Jones, a veteran real estate agent, quietly marks his forty-ninth wedding anniversary. He recently turned seventy and, to prove his vigor, danced a hornpipe in his office and distributed cigars. He credits his health to over sixty years of tobacco use and lifelong abstinence from alcohol.
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Bly's Liquid Cream Balm Sold By Mail
Advertises Bly's Liquid Cream Balm with atomizer spray for nasal catarrh. Price 75 cents including spraying tube. Druggists or by mail. Claims the liquid preserves medicinal properties of the solid and is quickly absorbed without drying secretions. Ely Brothers, 56 Warren St New York.
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