Week of Accidents in Jeddo Area Highlight Local Losses
Correspondents report a week of accidents in the Jeddo vicinity. Major injuries include a Hungarian worker at Oakdale No 1 who lost three fingers after a coal fall, Master Robert Newton with a crushed hand at No 4 stripping, and 18 year old John Johnson of Japan who lost a leg above the knee after his foot slipped beneath an oncoming train. Johnson is recovering in hospital. no death is expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakdale
Robert Newton
John Johnson
Japan
John
Ellen Sweeney
Philadelphia
Rose Brannigan
Ellen Haughey
Eckley
Anthony McNelis
Jeddo
Hazleton
D.8 and S. roundhouse work begins at Drifton
Work started Friday on a new iron D.8 and S. roundhouse between No 2 breaker and the Lehigh Valley line to Freeland, planned to house at least fifty locomotives. President Harris of the Philadelphia and Reading RR, with his two daughters, visited the breaker and shops, then rode the 0.8 and 8 line. Local springs dry up for first time in memory. No. 17 engine under repair. Mrs. Stranix gravely ill. J. J. McNelis a strong legislative candidate. Morris O'Donnell buries infant. Local coal mines expected to run full time soon. Central Railroad of New Jersey ran a five car excursion to Allentown fair. Patrick Kennedy injured in Tarleton. Halpin's Weatherly supply wagon praised for quality and finish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Freeland
Harris
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company
FE. B. Coxe
Morris O'Donnell
No. 1
Central Railroad of
New Jersey
Allentown Fair
Death of a Young Man Joseph Kavanaugh
Joseph Kavanaugh of Watertown New York died in Freeland at about 20 after a brief illness. He worked as a barber and recently found work in Freeland in Joseph Carey’s shop. Typhoid fever followed a chill and his condition deteriorated despite care from Dr. Morton and Dr. Wentz. His mother Mrs Jane Kavanaugh was notified. burial at St Ann's cemetery. Interment to be in St Ann's cemetery. The article also details local election district divisions and a few court sentences from Wilkes-Barre. He was not known in town prior to illness but received the best treatment as a stranger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Kavanaugh
Freeland
Joseph Carey
Morton
Wentz
Watertown
N. Y
Jane Kavanaugh
Board of Health
St. Ann's Cemetery
Charles Polanezky
Anna Rosman
New York
Hazleton
Alexander Norris
James M. Norris
Wilkes-Barre
Audenried
Imre Mincasy
Maria Kis
Eckley
Sargeant
Hazleton Hospital
Lowell
Mass
George Myers
Joseph D. Myers
St. Nicholas
Schuylkill County
Mahanoy City
Welsh
John Schmidt
Schmidt
Arnold
Brooklyn
Wahnetah
Glen Onoko
Schuylkill
Republican County Committee
Congress
Mahlon Searfoss
Lehigh Valley
Glen Summit
Macready
Burglars Shoot A Man Dead In Woods Near Wilkes Barre
A man named Andrew Pollard, a boarding house owner, was killed in a nighttime ambush near Miners Mills about four miles from Wilkes-Barre. Four intruders tried to enter his home, Pollard defended with an axe, and the attackers fired through a window. Pollard was shot in the left breast and died as his wife and boarders fought back. The assailants fled after a lengthy siege until daylight. Authorities have no clue. Nearby history references a prior murder. The same page also covers baseball results and a fraudulent cure claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miners Mills
Wilkes- Barre
Andrew Pollard
Pollard
Mike
Bevigino and
Villela
Alexander McClure
Bernard Flanagan
Freeland Society Ball and Tigers Club Event Notice
PLEAUSRE CALENDAR October 10 seventh annual ball of Young Men's C T A B Society at Freeland opera house admission 60 cents October 20 second annual entertainment of the Tigers Athletic Club at Freeland opera house Call and see Berner's stock of hats and caps the latest Carpets oil cloths and linoleum at J C Berner's
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Men's
C. T. A. B. Society
Freeland Opera House
The
Tigers Athletic Club
Berner
Arrests for False Pretense and Northwest Colliery Tragedy
John Robbins of Wilkes-Barre sues his former fiancée Fannie Stephana for obtaining goals under false pretense after their engagement in Australia. In Carbondale a rockfall at Northwest colliery kills four workers, including two married men. A little girl dies at Allentown fair from a stray shot. Also noted: coincidental births of two DA candidates and the Lansford liquor case ruling in favor of Mrs Evans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Robbins
Wilkes-Barre
Squire Ford
Australia
Fannie Stephana
Robbins
Stephana
America
Northwest
Carbondale
William B. Mitchell
John J. Fanning
Andrew Clapkosky
George Barney
Tug Wilkes
Overcoats and suits offered by Rerowich in seasonal ad
A Freeland advertisement features poetically melancholic lines about autumn days and promotes Rerowich as a tailor offering new ready made and tailored coats and suits with a year of free repairs. It notes no rent to pay and emphasizes square treatment and low prices. The ad also mentions Laubach providing ice cream, cakes, and candy at low prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeland
Laubach
Arbor Day and Local Council News Brighten Week
Arbor Day was set for Friday October 19 by state authorities. The borough council will hold its regular monthly meeting this evening and D H Hastings Republican gubernatorial candidate speaks in Wilkes Barre on the 24th inst.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. H. Hastings
Wilkes-Barre
Robert Mulraney
Plymouth
Carbon Street
Charles McCafferty
Yorktown
Also Mentioned on This Page
Priston
Patrick Kennedy
Trarleton
M. Halpin
Weatherly Volunteer Fire Company
Halpin
Weatherly Fire Department
B. R. Jones
McNair
T. W. Mcllagh
Peter Timony
Centre
Main Streets
Coxe Addition
Woodside
Harry Letcher
Cranberry
Kennedy
Letcher
John McCoolick
Rice
Penetentiary
John Mikshiver
Michael Johns
Mikshiver
John 8S. McGroarty
A.J. Zeigler
Butler
Joseph Birkbeck
Calvin Waldron
Kaavanaugh
St. Ann’s Cemetery
Brislin
Pottsville
Harrisburg
Brennan
Shenandoah Club
Houston
Frank Bancroft
Cincinnati
Cuba
Jennings
McGraw
Keeler and Kelley
Baltimore
Jack Boyle
Drifton
Fearnots
Penant
P. A
P.C. Baltimore
Pittsburg
San A Phil'phin
Aial Cineine
Crooklyn
Washi
Stave Ovnis
Croy
Torepo
Li Cousty
Franx J. Corney
FP. J. Cnexry & Co
Toledo
Hal
Frank J. Cheney
D. Ls
Jomax
A.W. Gleason
Notary Public
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
J. C. Berner
Rock
Carrie Bertha Gangwere
Hazleton Plain Speaker
Daniel A. Fell, Jr
P. A. O’boyle
O' Boyle
McCartney
Lansford
Peter Gallagher
William J. Brogan
South Heberton
Wendy O. Boyle
Ireland
James J
William F. Ward
New York City
Messrs. Carte, Fell and Wagner
William Kavanaugh
Mining and Mechanical Institute
D. Gross
Trinvxe
Makers
Georion Stroh
Justice of the Peace
Centre Street
J Ees M. Carr
Attorney-at-Law
Postomco Building
J I. O'Neill
Public Square
M Halpin
Olsho’s
Walnut and
Pine Streets
Alex. Shollack
Seer
Col
Washington
Walnnut Streets
Washburn & Turnbach
E. Hayes
Birkbeck
Dutch & Kellmer’s
West Broad Street
Hazleton, Pa
Depierro - Bros
Gibson
Dougherty
Kaufer Club
Rosenbluth
Wumim's & A
H. W. Monroe
Smith's Shoe Store
A. Goepper
Washington House
Walnut Street
M. Z. Moran
Li Front Street
Libor Winter
Setaurant
Ann
Front Street
Amandus Oswald, N.W. Cor
Centre and
Front Sts
Wehrman
Condy C. Boyle
Rochester
Ballentine
Youngling
Centre - Street
Five Points
Keiper
Laurel and Mine
Voping
Cottage Hotel