Quebec Bridge disaster death toll rises to seventy eight
News from Quebec reports at least 78 dead after last night’s bridge collapse over the St Lawrence. Fourteen bodies recovered, nine men saved, sixty four unaccounted for. The overextended cantilever bridge failed during construction and rescue efforts continue amid a scene of devastation and lengthy investigations.
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Quebec Bridge Company
Quebec Bridge
Phoenix Bridge Company Haa
Wachit
Jesse J.ness
Phoenix Bridge Company
Phoenixville
T. A. Gansel
Birks
Davis
John Whalley
James Idah
New Liverpool
Chephion Tawrence
M.P. Davis
Ottawa
Jeff
Levis Hospital
St. Lawrence
Glenmont
Gulf
United States
Pennsylvania
Levis
Quebec Hospitals
St. Lawrence River
Anchorage
Forth
Edinburgh
Philadelphia
Alte
Montreal
Have No List of Workmen Missing From Bridge
Philadelphia reports the bridge company officers cannot supply a complete list of men who worked on the bridge with Phoenlxville plant records. A H Birks E A Yenser W L Morley and A D Altrock are named as present but missing. Workers were assembled from various regions.
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Philadelphia
Phoenixville
A. H. Birks
Boston Technological School
E. A. Yenser
Leighton, Pa
W. L. Morley
Mauch Chunk
A. D. Altrock
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Information from the scene of the accident states that one ty one men are missing, fourteen houses have been recovered and twelve men are in the hospital.
Thief steals purse on sleeper trip to Fort Wayne
Mrs Frances Malloy millinery shop owner from the Arcade was robbed on a sleeper train returning from New York. A purse with $25 and jewelry belonging to her daughter Irene Malloy was taken between Lima and Fort Wayne, but the watch remained hidden inside the bag. Two suspects were believed involved as Capt Henry Stoll of the Pennsylvania police investigated. similar robberies have been reported on Pennsylvanian trains this summer.
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Frances Malloy
New York
Irene Malloy
Lima
Fort Wayne
Pennsylvania
Henry Stoll
Pennsylvania Police Force
Pittsburg
Meyers faces dismissals as city case ends
Prosecutor Dan B. Ninde dismissed affidavits against Fred H. Meyer and John Meyer in city court to avoid a city jury, planning new filings in circuit court. Fred runs a Pearl and Harrison saloon. John is his son and bartender. Also noted were John Irvin fined for drunkenness and Andrew Schlenker sentenced for prior offenses.
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Fred H
John Meyer
Dan B. Ninde
Fred H. Meyer
Pearl and
Harrison Streets
Dr. M. A. Mason
Preeang
John Irvin
Andrew Schlenker
Remonstrances Filed Over Creighton Avenue Sidewalk
A remonstrance by M A is filed with the board of public works against constructing a cement sidewalk on the south side of Creighton avenue from Fairfield to South Waynie avenue. A number of small assessment rolls will come up for confirmation at tonight’s meeting.
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A. Remonstrance
Board of Public Works
Creighton Avenue
Fairfield
Was Lured to His Death by a Woman
Cincinnati dispatch reports R. F. Singleton former Covington magistrate died at City hospital after being found badly beaten in a Richmond Street house. He was lured there by a woman identified as Mrs. Walter West, robbed and attacked by two men, one believed to be Mrs. West’s husband. No trace of the suspects.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
R. F. Singleton
Covington
Richmond Street
City
Singleton
Walter West
Peculiar Habit Means of Identifying a Prowler
William Davis, acquitted of entering Henry Hilds home on Van Buren street, is held on a similar charge after Mrs. Hester Lewis identified him by a peculiarity of protruding his tongue. A witness also saw Davis fleeing the Lewis home. August Kettenowitz, a rag peddler, was fined five dollars and jailed thirty days for receiving stolen property. The case involved brass stolen from engines at the Pennsylvania round house. Several others were fined for drunkenness or minor offenses, with mixed outcomes and continuances.
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William Davis
Henry Hild
van Buren Street
A. E. Houk
Hester Lewis
Webster Street
Dawson
Lewis
Davis
Junker
August Kettenowitz
Pennsylvania Round House
John Kelley
Rolling Mill
Mildred Cox
Mattie Hayes
Josephine Stewart
Iys House
James Kenick
James Bollinger
Frank Murphy
Ninde
William Voight
Richard Mansfield Dies After Prolonged Illness at Summer Home
New London Conn Aug 30 Richard Mansfield actor died at 6 this morning at his summer residence Summeroaks. Illness dated years back but worsened recently prompting rest in Adirondacks and later transfer to Long Island Sound home. Eminent specialists attended him and his condition declined quickly confirming the end was near.
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New London
Conn
Richard Mansfield
Long Island Sound
Woman of 63 Ends Life by Poison in Fort Wayne Home
An 83 year old widow, Mrs. Phillipina Jacobs, ended her life by drinking carbolic acid in the rear home of her son at 534 Madison Street. Her death was discovered at noon by her son, a meat dealer, after he found her body and the poison cup. She had lately stayed with her Brueggeman daughter in Huntington, and had shown age related changes but appeared not seriously ill. The coroner investigated, the acid bottle was found tossed in the neighbor’s yard, and the bottle had been purchased Saturday for household use. She leaves three children and two brothers. She was a German-born widow of Peter Jacobs and a member of St. Paul’s Lutheran church.
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Phillipina Jacobs
Madison Street
Charles Jacobs
Washington Boulevard East
Jacobs
Fort Wayne
Huntington
Western Unionploys Louise Thorn ton amid telegraph strike
Miss Louise Thorn ton, of Detroit, is sent to Fort Wayne by Western Union to cover the office during the strike of commercial telegraphers. The local situation remains unchanged with strikers firm while Western Union and Postal branches handle some business. Charles King from Bass offices goes to Crooked Lake for a brief outing. Mr King has fifteen years with Bass and now takes his first vacation. Mrs Darwin B Myers moves from Lutheran hospital to home on Washington boulevard west and is rapidly convalescing from surgery.
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Western Union Telegraph Company
Louise Thornton
Detroit
Fort Wayne
Western Union
Postal Companies
Charles King
Bass
Crooked Lake
Mr. King
Basa
Darwin 8. Myers
Lutheran Hospital
Washington Boulevard West
Secret meeting of brewers targets local option spread
In Cincinnati a secret gathering of leading U S brewers from Chicago Milwaukee St Louis and Cincinnati discussed coordinated action to curb local option, especially in the south. A committee was formed to outline ways and means to stop the spread, with plans to be decided later.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
United States
South
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Louis
Citizens Band Wins Hast Prize At Newcastle
The Citizens band from Fort Wayne won the first prize of 150 dollars at Newcastle defeating the Indianapolis Military band and nine other Indiana groups. Fort Wayne Electric Works firemen also competed but did not prize. Mrs Daisy Delmar Adams, cornet soloist, drew acclaim and bouquets for her performances.
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Citizens’ Band
Newcastle
Indianapolis
Indiana
Fort Wayne
Eaton
Montpelier
Hartford City
Muncie
Dayton
Ohio
Danville
Tilt
Daisy Delmar
Adams
Lions
Bundy
Newcastle Folk
Electric Works
Ft. Wayne
William Lapp
Venturesome Lads Prank Ends in Electric Tragedy
Nine year old Harlan Koch died after climbing a tree and touching a live trolley wire near East Lewis Street. His playmates Edwin Meyers and George Benecke testified they warned him not to touch the wire. Pennsylvania conductor Harley B. Koch, the boy’s father, learned of the tragedy after starting his early shift. Neighbors and the coroner attended the bereaved mother as officials investigated and confirmed death.
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Harley B. Koch
Farlan Koch
East Lewis Street
Harlan
Henry F. Meyers
Edwin Meyers
George Benecke
Harley
No New Plague Cases Reported in San Francisco
San Francisco dated August 30 reports 10 new plague cases have been discovered but health authorities express utmost confidence there is no danger of the disease spreading.
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San Francisco
Platform falls in Portugal lottery crowd tragedy
In Oporto, a platform built for a lottery drawing collapsed, sending about 500 people to the ground. Ten men were killed and eighty injured as the disaster struck during the event.
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Oporto
Portugal
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H. A. Alter
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Meyers
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Traction Company
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