Terrible Collinwood School Fire Claims Many Young Lives
A devastating blaze at North Collinwood school in Cleveland on March 6 killed between 160 and 170 children and wounded many more. The fire started from a defective furnace in the basement as a drill failed to avert the mass panic and crowded inward doors. Only two stairways existed, both opening inward, with one fire escape at the rear. crowding and locked doors trapped students aged six to fifteen, leaving a grim recovery task for responders within hours.
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Cleveland
North Collinwood
Collinwood
Firestorm Across Three Floors Leaves City Desolate
A basement blaze engulfed three story floors in a dramatic inferno. Rescue crews from Lake Shore worked through charred wreckage to recover victims, identifying bodies by clothing and personal items. The grim process included hundreds of corpses and intensive efforts to match remains to families as fire crews battled the stubborn flames.
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Orokern Erdle Leares
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List of the Known Dead Teachers Among Child Victims
A list of the known dead records two adult teachers among children aged six to fifteen. The teachers named are Miss Weiler and Miss Fisse. Other victims include Beary Kyilst Willie Vyelsbarth and several unnamed pupils. This compiles early reports from the disaster scene with emphasis on the adult casualties.
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Miss Weiler
Miss Fisse
Beary Kyilst
Willie Vyelsbarth
Tragic Collinwood School Fire Claims Teachers And Children
A janitor recalls smoke and a rapid stampede as flames engulf the Collinwood school. Miss Catherine Weiler dies trying to marshal pupils. Alvon Sprune, seven, perishes with his mother’s failed rescue. The tragedy leaves the suburb in shock as firefighters battle the blaze and mourners gather.
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Herter
Fire Prarma
Helen
Catherine Weiler
Mas. Clark Sprune
Alvon
Collinwood
Fae Upton
Upton
Gadty
Dave Jiatads
Tbs
Fragmentary OCR Mystery: Four Bodies Found in City
Unclear OCR text describes a crime scene with four well developed bodies found in a location. Details are garbled but imply a homicide investigation and identification of victims by authorities. Further readable facts include mentions of a deputy and potential suspects.
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Mary Bitde
Aed
Schoolroom Tools and Writing Implements Described
A teacher in a United States school used ovens to dry copies and fashioned pens from loose quills for pupils. An essential part of the teacher’s gear was a penknife with a keen blade.
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United
Tragic School Fire Traps Youths as Fire Escapes Fail
A 12 year old boy Glenn Sanderson died in a school auditorium fire as he swung between burning scenery toward a fire escape. A mother, Mrs John Phillips, rushed to save her daughter Ina, but debris and flames prevented extraction and both sisters suffered injuries. The crowd watched helplessly as the fire intensified, trapping people near the main exit.
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Iris
Glenn Sanderson
Sanderson
John Philips
Mrs. Phillips
Scene of supreme horror at the fire door tragedy
Eyewitness accounts describe a locked rear doorway trapping children as flames filled the hall. Marie Witman, a young heroine, dragged her smoke-soaked brother to safety through a window. Chief Meflrath and his son risked lives guiding others from the blaze, with several children perishing.
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Marie Witman
Lough Meflrath
Charlies G. Mellmith
Collinwood Police
Meflrath
Mellrath
Mcllrath
Ben
Henry Elis
Thames
Tery
Pete Tim
Ambelane
Miss Miller Fights for Salary After School Battle
Danville reports Miss May Miller, a Sangamon county teacher, wins three months’ pay after being discharged and locked out amid an incompetency dispute at Strode school. A new school board kept trying to oust her, but a justice of the peace awarded full wages despite no pupils during the standoff. Miss Miller cuts ties with the Strode community.
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Danville
Mareh Os
May Miller
Sangamon County
Miler
Fanmaly
Justice of the Peace
Six proposals of marriage fill Hawardsville banker’s year
In Hawardsville on March 5 C W Perry president of the State and Trust bank received six marriage proposals. Perry also acts as attorney for the McKinley syndicate and is described with uncertain health. The scene touches social clubs and hopes as he weighs possible unions while the town eyes his decision.
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Hawardsville
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C. W. Perry
State and Trust Bank
Fiscinet
Owas
Cits
Fragmented OCR history notes and incidents from a 19th century paper
Readable phrases describe a rail wreck with passengers injured but not fatally harmed near a central station, plus scattered items about a diving teacher jailed for street crime and a court case involving damages. The text mentions a missionary question and judge statements, with many garbled names and places.
Tit Bits on a Sunday School Proposal
Fragmentary dialogue from a 19th century notebook mentions Willie Papa’s slipper and a proposal. Characters discuss whether the idea will be accepted, with references to a Miss and a plan to provoke a refusal. Tone mirrors period gossip in brief casual exchanges.
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Willie Paapa
Wis
Board of Trade men heard in Washington
A White House conference with President Roosevelt and a Chicago Board of Trade committee led by N. Sager discussed anti option legislation in Congress. They argued futures restrictions could harm price discovery and trade in agricultural products, warning of confusion and losses to merchants and farmers nationwide. Hawkinsville and Warren Hart, farmers near Linecire, were noted in a separate brief.
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Aries
Two Arrested in Fatal Home Attack and Possible Lynching
A man named Gawe was killed while feeding stock and his wife seriously injured during breakfast at their home by unknown assailants. Two Black men were arrested on murder charges, and threats of lynching circulated. Columbus report notes Representative Nicholas Longworth and Mrs Longworth honored at Buckeye Republican club dinner with 1000 guests.
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Gawe
Whit
Nicholas Longworth
Columbus
Nicholas T Longeworth
Longworth
Buckeye Republican Club
Broad Oak
Cavera
Miners Entombed After Hamstead Colliery Fire
A fire at the Hamstead colliery near Bellingham England on March 6 trapped sixteen miners underground. Rescue teams have been unable to reach them and authorities fear they have perished.
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Bellingham
England
Hamstead Ca Nery
Here
Sculptors Face Reluctance to Model the Living
A sculptor notes a curious human trait the dread of seeing one’s own marble image. People fear the lifeless likeness as deathly, making them avoid modeling while alive. Painters attract many willing sitters, while sculptors often must wait for subjects to die.
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Irving
New York Press
Farmer’s brother pays fine for wandering asses incident
At a provincial petty sessions, a constable charged a farmer with letting several asses roam on the public road. The defendant did not appear but his brother, the clerk of petty sessions, stepped in after the magistrate fined 2s 2d and costs. He declared the fine was his brother’s and prepared to pay, prompting laughter from the court.
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Petty Sessions
London Graphic
The Dangerous Case in a Hospital Ward
A surgeon asks an Irish helper which case is most dangerous in the hospital. Patrick points to a tray of surgical instruments and identifies it as the perilous case, highlighting the risk of what lies in plain sight.
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Willing to Help in Cashman Inquiry
In a brief exchange, one speaker mocks Cashman’s wealth while another notes his wife and daughters are ready to provide needed information. The dialogue hints at an ongoing inquiry and possible family involvement.
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