Heppner Destruction From Sudden Flood Crushes Town
A June 15 report from Portland notes a cloud burst near Heppner Oregon destroying most residences and killing up to 500, with 1250 residents affected. A 20 foot wall of water swept through the gulch, overturning buildings and crushing people against bluffs as relief efforts began. Thousands of livestock perished and telegraph service was down leaving casualty figures uncertain.
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Portland
Heppner
Ure
Morrow County
Jone
Willow Creek
Thames Flood Records and Local News From England
A compilation of items notes Henley’s high Thames levels after twenty years, Newcastle Tramways will donate 136000 pounds to relief of the rates in May, England plans a land will to restore and extend cultivation ownership, Canterbury workhouse inmate dies at 108, Portland nets a large mackerel catch, and the War Department acquires land near Purfleet for a long range rifle range.
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Thames
Henley
England
War Department
Purfleet
Essex
Labrador Peninsula Holds Vast Untapped Resources
An 1870s Globe report notes Labrador's vast interior largely unexplored with rich southern timber, abundant wildlife, and untested mineral potential. Iron ore near the coast appears promising, while access is limited by prolonged winter and difficult routes from Quebec. Prospectors and investors may soon push Labrador development, reshaping regional boundaries.
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Labrador
State of
New York
Intrador
Newformland
Canada
France
Tuaddare Hay
Earl Histery
Acess
Quebec
Belle
St. Lawrence
Newfoundland
Toronto Globe
York House Exiled French Royal Home Fails at Auction
York House in Twickenham, famed as the long famous 4% home of the exiled French royal family, was put up for sale at Mortlake yard but failed to attract a purchaser.
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York House
Twickenham
Norris Castle Fast Cowes Market Leader
An 18th century house built in 1799 for Lord Henry Seymour, Norris Castle Fast Cowes, is up for sale. The report notes the residence's royal ties and an inquest at Balton workhouse into Richard Vicars who aged 72 died after a fall while trying to obtain tobacco, the injury causing shock and death.
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Norris
Fast Cowes
Henry Seymour
Princess Victoria
Richard Vicars
Balton
Vicars
Revolution in Rubber via Bark Fibers From Landolphia Plant
A French botanist discovers landolphia throlonii on the French Como plains yielding fibrous rubber from bark roots. The plant grows in Lower Guinea and Lower Congo. a French firm already sells rubber at 75 cents a pound and a British firm led by John Holt seeks Nigerian sources to expand manufacture and imports.
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Como
Lower Guinea
Lower
Congo
John Holt
Great
Barbers Sentenced in Montreal Case
Chief Justice LaCoste dismissed the defense delay motion and jailed Charles A. Barber for seven years and Mrs Barber for three years. Mrs Barber sobbed as she claimed her innocence and admitted her own guilt in wrongdoing, saying her husband did not know of her meetings with Ibrosseau. The scene was pointedly emotional.
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Montreal
Barber
Lacoste
Charles A. Barber
French barque Vincenses sighted near volcanic pumice drift
Melbourne dispatch reports the French brig Vincenses from San Francisco passed about eighteen miles south of Pyistarri Island. A six mile wide pumice sea extended as far as the eye could see with three feet depth of water beneath. Observers note two foot-wide hollows and smaller hollows, with no sign of recent eruption on Pyistarri Islands, suggesting a submarine disturbance caused a retractable phenomenon.
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Melbourne
Aus
San Francisco
Pyistarri Island
French-Canadian Worker Alleges Bondage by Rancher
Kelepa Mont. Ni muele Guieau says in Missolia that on a Wednesday he swore to a complaint charging M Gabriel a French rancher with forcing him to plow beside a mule and work all day. He arrived three weeks ago, hired out to Gabriel, incurred debt, and escaped after two weeks of servitude.
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Kelepa Mont
Nimuele Guieau
Missolia
M. Gabriel
Gabriel
Guieau
Prizes for Horses at the Winnipeg Territorial Fair
Prize schedule lists awards for Clydesdale Shire and other breeds with standings for stallions mares and foals. Entries must be registered in specified stud books and judged on progeny proportions. special prizes from the Shire Norse Society and Horses Breeders associations are included.
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Ally
Olly
Man
N.wt
B.C
Shire Norse Society
London
England
Clydesdale
Shire
Horse Breeders’ Association of
Norse Breeders’ Association of Manitoba
Crown Lands Sold and Mining Growth Report
The annual report to the Legislature outlines Crown land sales and mining progress. It notes 1,013,? acres disposed and emissions of revenues from timber, lands, and mining, with nickel copper and iron ore outputs and a large timber revenue spike. Fire losses total about 10,000 dollars.
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Temiskaming
Rainy River
Rainy H River
United States
Sudbury
Liverpool
Woods and Forests Branch
Pony Auctions and Drowning Incident Report
An auction listing shows ponies for harness work priced from 2 to 86 with heights noted. A Winnipeg bar patron, Stanley Lothwell, drowned bathing at Pish toe Lake north of Yorkton. A flood report notes 1,500,000 acres of wheat lands submerged in the Mississippi valley.
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Stanley Lothwell
Pishtoe Lake
Yorkton
Mississippi Valley
Italian Ministry Resigns After Deputies’ Adverse Vote
The Italian cabinet quits following a negative vote in the chamber of deputies. Prime Minister and ministers step down as political leadership faces a transition period and potential new government formation.
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Chamber of Deputies
New Boss Succeeds as House Changes Hands
Neighborhood rumor spreads after Backlotz Newman sells his house and a servant girl is reportedly engaged. The Philadelphia Press notes a claimed transfer of ownership and a new household arrangement.
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Backlotz—Newman
Backlotz
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Oregon
Newcastle Tramways Committee
Canterbury Workhouse
Winnipeg
Bertes
Clydesdales
Clydedale Sted Blood
Clydesdale Stud Bock
Great Britain and Ireland
Clydesdale Stud Book
Sis
Manitoba
Northwest Territories
British Columbia
Nwt
Shires
Shire Horse Stud
Hook
Slim Horse Stud
Shire Horse Stud Book
Massey-Harris Co
Victoria Gang
Moline Plow Co
RBC
West
Nor’West Farmer
First Trier
Cockshutt Fiow Co
Nere
N.W.T
Tenade
Horse Breeders’ Association of Manitoba
Mike
Horse Rideders” Association of Manitoba
Thomas Greenway
Manitobba
Boc
Itreeders’ Association of Manitoba
Lilorse Sireeders’ Association of Manitoba
Great Britain
NW T
Bvanders’ Association of Manitoba
Lieders’ Association of Manitoba
B. C
Department —Ceniiers
New Ontario
Jemiskaming District
Ontario
Pontes
Hranton
Shel
Mnie
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