Gas Trench Explosion Kills Dozens in Brooklyn Street
A gas main rupture in a trench on Gold street Brooklyn caused a massive explosion that killed at least twenty people including one woman and three children. City inspector Frederick W. Scheffmeyer and foreman Samuel W. Trout were among the dead. Trout died saving a woman. Several workers escaped via a sewer toward the East River as debris, water and fire engulfed the site. Fire, water, and gas crews fought to rescue trapped laborers while police sought missing nearby residents.
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New York
Gold Street
Brooklyn
Frederick W. Scheffmeyer
Severa
Samuel W. Trout
Trout
East River
Samuel Trout
Charles Schiffmeyer
City Water Department
Gas Company
Catholic Missionary Congress Closes in Chicago with Praise
The first American Catholic Missionary Congress in Chicago ended with a mass meeting led by W Bourke Cochran and Archbishop Quigley. Delegates, including church leaders, praised the effort to expand missions among immigrants and to support alien lands. Resolutions urged a national Catholic missionary organization and deeper backing for church extension and education initiatives.
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Chicago
Catholic Missionary Congress
W. Bourke Cochran
New York
America
Rome
Falconio
Alexander Granges
Kankakee
Ill
Catholic Church
Catholic Church Extension Society
A. A. Hirst
Philadelphia
William P. Breen
Fort Wayne
Ind
Cochran
Quigley
Donahue
Wheeling
W. Va
Pope Pius X
American Missionary Congress
Peter
Congregation de Propaganda- Fide
Bureaus of Indian and Negro Missions
Apostolic
Catholic Missionary College
J. J. Hennessey
Dr. Bourke
S. G. Messmer
D. D
Alexander Christie
F. P. McEvay
N. C. Natz
H. P. Northrup
DP. D
Thomas F. Cusack
M. Lynch
LL. D
P. J. O'Donnell
Boston
J. J. Dunn
B. A. Kelly
Sir Charles Fitzpatrick
Canada
P. J. O'Keeffe
M. A. Fanning
Cleveland
Fort Wayne Elks Meet in New Temple Initiation of Temple Class
Fort Wayne lodge No. 155 B P O Elks held its first meeting in the new Elks temple at Berry street and Maiden lane. Twelve candidates formed the Temple class with most surviving charter members present. Notable speakers included E G Hoffman Hon J M Robinson C M Niezer and Dr E J McOscar. Carmen Sylva reportedly built a hospital through story sales and aided others.
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Fort Wayne
Charles Freese
Lodge
E. G. Hoffman
J. M. Robinson
C.M. Niezer
E. J. McOscar
Carmen Sylva
Roumania
Hope Hospital Officers Elected At Annual Meeting
Hope Hospital association held its annual meeting Friday evening to elect officers. Results announced for the upcoming year include new leadership and continued goals for patient care and community health programs.
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Hope” Hospital
Sa ‘Follo
Sentinel Map Chart for Farm Homes Promises Easy Access to Atlas
The Weekly Sentinel introduces an encyclopedic Map Chart for farm homes. It includes latest Allen county and Indiana maps with owner names, highways, post offices, and gubernatorial portraits, plus a U S and world maps with presidents. Priced at 2 50 plus two years of The Weekly Sentinel.
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Allen County
State of
Indiana
United States
World
Weekly Sentinel
St. Clair
Indiana Territory
Hanly
Republic
Sentinel
Directors Elected At Hospital Board Meeting
Schlatter secretary Dr W O Gross notes the hospital directors elected include Rev C A Rowand Rev C A Wade F C Parham W J Vesey Theodore Wentz G W Beers E F Yarnelle A S Coverdale Isadore Seaman J F W Meyer and Theodore F Thieme filling for C E Bond who recently resigned. Committee chairs report the hospital in a very satisfactory condition.
Fires Devour Farm Land in Gill and Haddon Townships
A peat rich area in Gill and Haddon townships, Sullivan County, is burning. The fire began Tuesday night on the Thomas farm and has spread to several adjacent farms, creating haze over the southwest portion of the county.
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Sullivan
Ind
Gill
Haddon
Gill Township
Thomas
Fire damages Rossmore restaurant on Calhoun Street
A Thursday evening blaze on the third floor of the Rossmore restaurant, owned by Patrick H. Garvey and managed by Vernon Grice, caused about 200 in damage after insulation wore off and a rafter caught fire. The fire brigade extinguished the flames. Garvey’s loss is the largest and insured. Grice’s loss is about 40.
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Rossmore
Calhoun Street
Patrick H. Garvey
West Washington Street
Vernon Grice
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Roosevelt
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Hope Hospital
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