Indiana flood damages and historic high water marks reported
The article details flood damage along the Allegheny River from Freeport to Pittsburgh, noting water higher than the 1884 and 1844 floods. It cites losses at Ford City and Tarentum glass works, riverbank erosion, and a long list of high-water marks with dates from 1610 to 1883 recorded by William M. Darlington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allegheny River
Freeport
Siskimnetas River
Allegheny Mountains
Allegheny
Ford City
Tarentum Piste Glass Works
Tarentum Works
Q’'Hara
Sharpsburg
Guyasutta
William M. Darlington
Pittsburgh
Darlington
Ohio River Flood Update from Cincinnati
Cincinnati reports the Ohio River at 56 feet 2 inches and rising slightly before stabilizing if rain stays absent. Railroads run on time with temporary high ground stations near the canal bed. River traffic may resume by Wednesday. above Cincinnati, tributaries fall while levee areas near Louisville see inundation but limited damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Ohio
Ohio River
Central Station
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton
Louisville
Attempt to Wreck a Train Near Milesburg
A stone placed on a switch derailed a passenger train on the Bald Eagle Valley line near Milesburg. Fireman Gazettee of Tyrone was killed jumping from the engine. the engineer escaped injury. Passengers were shaken but unharmed. This marks multiple recent wrecks at the same spot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Axdtoona
Bald Eagle Valley
Milesburg
Firenan Gazettee
Tyrone
En Qineer
Pennsylvania Notes of Crime and Fires Across Towns
A chaotic bulletin notes multiple incidents from Pennsylvania and nearby areas. Prison escapes at Smethport jail left the jailer beaten. a house fire near Monticello, Wisconsin killed a mother’s three children. new electric street railway cars arrive for a Coburn line. Everson Robbery at Sherrick Wiley Co. and other burglaries. A Reynoldsville resident died at work in a mine. a plumber faced internal tax charges. Pine Creek farmer robbed of 5 to 7 dollars from a bureau. four youths on Ridley Creek trestle bridge were caught, two died. Washington jury convicts in the Tester murder. Local stores burglary, Logans Ferry flood height records, and Allegheny flood notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nazier Tohnson
Monticello
Wis
New Glarus
Seeeph Lusler
Reynoldsville
Sharon
Tascollesier
John Reineman
Pine Creek
Ridley Creek Bridge
Chester
John McCloskey
William P. Powell
Washington
Testers
H. P. Leuffper
Manor
Gerry
Derry
Logans Ferry
Jacob Williams
Penn
Greensburg
Minnesota
New York
Committee of
House
Scott Bishop
Petersburg
Hugh Hummock
People’s Theater
Evansville
Ind
Valley Road
Prentice
Franklin Pa
William Miller
Manorville
John &. Day
Pittsburgh
Morton
Moses Marks
American Express Company
Elmira
N. Y
Jeanesville
Five Men Rescued Alive From Pennsylvanian Mine
In Jeansville Pennsylvania eighteen days after a mine disaster five men were found alive among thirteen bodies. Rescuers coaxed life with blankets, milk, and lime juice as the group, including John Tumas kusky Joe Masturkowich John Berne Bosco Brinko and a Hungarian visitor, were brought to the surface and cared for by doctors and a priest. Joe Mastakewich shared his ordeal recalling hunger cold and eating rats to survive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeansville
John Tumaskusky
Joe Masturkowich
John Berne
Bosco Brinko
Berne
Pennsylvania
Breast No. 9
Hope
Caleb Willams
Lewis
D. W. Mears
J. W. Bowman
Audenreidh
J. W. Cole
Howard Mc Jure
Hazelton
J.J. Cummisky
Joe Mastakewich
Ship Elizabeth Wrecks Near San Francisco. 19 Men Lost
The Elizabeth of New York ran aground at North Head near San Francisco with 20 aboard. Three sailors, the captain's wife and children escaped in a boat that capsized. all were rescued. The captain and 17 sailors drowned, a life boat flipped, and two groups were sent by tug to search for survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Elizabeth
North Head
Sansalilo
Condition of business shows mixed trade signals
R G Dun & Co notes continued uncertainty about the future of trade. Values rise, prices advance and output falls, with iron movement and foreign trade slipping from last year. Wool and cotton manufacture hold up while coal is weak. Regional iron gains seen, but large Virginia Alabama iron blocks stall markets. rails inactive and plate orders light. Canada and U S failures sum to 295 this week, down from last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
R.G. Dun & Co
Cleveland
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
West
Virginia
Alabama
United States
Canada
Dominion of Canada
Coke Region Strike Threatens Mine Flooding and Unrest
Scottdale Pennsylvania February 22. United Mine Workers official C M Parker visited Latrobe to rally a broader coke region strike. Pumpers in the coke area may quit next week risking mine flooding if operators do not halt orders. Meanwhile 4000 strikers attacked Rainey works and 2000 blocked Paull works as McSloy and Parker urged unity to compel Rainey and Paull workers to join the strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scottdale
C. M. Parker
United Mine Workers
Latrobe
Parker
Bradenville
Loyalhanna
Cokeville
The
United Mineworkers
Coke Region
Rainey
Dawson
Fort Hill
Paull Works
John McSloy
Cost of Two Great Strikes Ends 10-Day Coal Labor Dispute
Ten day coke strike ends as 1 000 Connellsville region workers lose about 227 500 in wages at 1 75 per day. Production loss would reach 122 400 tons costing about 280 000. Monongahela coal strike affects 10 000 miners with 1 2 cent per bushel demand reducing output. Pittsburg area circulation of 1 008 400 dollars diverted. No settlement in sight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connelsville
Str Sers
United Mine Workers
Monongahela River
Pittsburg
Sost
Tragedy in Columbus Triggered by Newspaper War
A violent street duel in Columbus, February 23, left Al Osborne dead, bystander Hughes fatally shot, and several others wounded as W. J. Elliott and his brother pursued Osborne through a hat shop after opening fire. Investigators report the Elliotts fired first. all injured are reported improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Sunday Capitol
Sunday World
W. J. Elliott
al Osborne
the World
Osborne
Elliott
Hughes
Sullivan
Patsy Elliott
Capitol
Elliotts
Lehigh Tragedy After Domestic Troubles Ends in Multiple Deaths
Al McCubin a longtime stock man near Lehigh shot and killed his wife and hired man Frank Yob after domestic trouble. He directed an older child to take the younger siblings to their grandparents home before he died shortly after. The motive traced to family strife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lehigh
al McCubin
Frank Yob
Scemie
Hundred Killed in Mine Disaster at Spring Hill
A gas explosion at the Spring Hill mine on the east slope rocked Halifat at 1 o clock Saturday. At least 50 dead and many injured were reported as rescuers found 26 bodies and choked damp stalled further recovery. Manager Swift was among the victims. horses perished and mine passageways lay blocked with ventilation restored nearby. Coffins and hearses were requisitioned from surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifat
Spring Hill
Hyatt Moiles
John Dickens
John B. Anderson
Gordon Carmichael
Hugh Burt
John Conway
Henry Nash
Cyrus Munos
David Merritt
John Randcliffe
Edward Smith
James Sharpler
John McCarmicheal
Willie Brown
Philip B. White
Swift
Women’s National Council Opens Triennial Meeting in Washington
The first triennial session met at Albaugh’s Grand Opera House with prayer by Rev. Mary H. B. Hitt. Elizabeth Cady Stanton Willard praised Kate Drexel for dedicating $7,000,000 to Indian and Black uplift, while criticizing restrictive dress and the word female used by Cleveland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Woman's National Council of the United
Miss Willard
Parnell O’shea
Gen. Spinner
United States
Treasury Department
Diana
Cleveland
Lands Beyond the Sea and Today’s Maritime and Rail Disasters
News from Affatite reports a February 19 battle at Tokar between Egyptian troops from El Teb and Osman Digna forces with near 1000 lives lost. The North Sea collision sank the Queen with seven drowned. A Brest Litovsk rail crash killed sixteen. Spring Hill Mine disaster toll rises to 120 as mayor appeals for aid. Dock strikes persist as English companies gain. Berensson dies in Hamburg court while ill with influenza.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Affatite
el Teb
Osman Digna
Tokar
Great Eastern Railway Company
Harwich
Rotterdam
North Sea
Brest -Litovsk
Russia
Spring Hill
N. Y
Berensson
Hamburg
World’s Fair Kept In Jackson Park For Exhibit
The city directory plans to abandon the lake front as the site for the World’s Fair. Unions demand eight hour day and arbitration board, and a special meeting adopts Jackson Park as the sole site, citing physical impossibility of finishing lake front preparations in time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Front
Jackson Park
Labor unrest and industry updates across the U.S.
Labor news reports 250 car finishers at Pullman near Chicago strike over unfulfilled promises. Indianapolis planing mills idle as employers refuse eight hour day and 25 percent wage rise. Allegheny bessemer steel works at Diquesne tests 60 foot billets 2 inch square, first in America. 600 idle workers reemployed by Reading Company’s Alaska colliery at Ashland, Pennsylvania. Wildlife quip notes skunks and coons as frequent chicken thieves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pullman
Chicago
Indianapolis
Allegheny Bessemer Steel Works
Diquesne
America
Reading Company
Alaska
Ashland
Funeral of General Sherman Draws Wide Mourning Pageantry
New York reports Howard Tremain and Grand Army leaders directing a large funeral parade for General Sherman. A crowd of about 20,000 including 2,000 regular troops, 5,000 National Guard and 13,000 Grand Army members followed the cortege from Seventy first Street to Canal Street. Pallbearers included Schofield, Howard and Johnston among others, with police deployment and black drapings across Fifth Avenue. The family service occurred at the Blessed Sacrament church and the train to St. Louis carried Sherman’s remains, escorted by officials and military units. Local observances continued in Pittsburg and Columbus with thousands viewing and salutes at depots. The St Louis ceremony featured a grand public tribute and burial at Calvary Cemetery amid drums and moving orations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Howard
Columbus Avenue
Sherman
Henry E. Tremain
Grand Army
Sixtieth Street
Boulevard
Grand Army Brigade
Seventy-first Street
Eighth Avenue
Ohio Commandery
Legion
Fifty-seventh Street
Fifth Avenue
Waverly Place
Broadway
Canal Street
National Guard
J. M. Schofield
O. 0. Howard
D. L. Braine
J. A. Greer
H. L. Kendrick
West Point
Joseph E. Johnston
D. E. Sickles
G. M. Dodge
J. M. Corse
Wager Swayne
Stewart L. Woodward
Wright
Moore
Jersey City
Father Taylor
Church of the Blessed Sacrament
St. Louis
T. E. Sherman
P.J. Sherman
Fitch
Thackara
Rachel Sherman
M. D
New Jersey
Ferry-House
Louisville
Danville
Ohio
Cadi
Roberts
Thomson
Harrison
George Dean
Garfield
Thomas Moore
Louis Paxton
Pittsburg
General Sherman
Allegheny Arsenal
High School
Union Veteran Legion
Eighteenth Regiment
Union Depot
Allegheny
Columbus. O
Columbus
W. S. Sherman
Union
West
Immigrant aid bill debated by English Commons
A committee in the English House of Commons weighs granting 190 pounds to many poor families for building and soil work in Manitoba to promote immigration. The brief item also lists multiple violent incidents, fires, legal cases, and accidents across the United States, Portugal, Brazil, and elsewhere, including murders, train wrecks, and court actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Commons
Manitoba
George Kurtz
Johnstown
In Memory of Washington Parade in Pittsburgh and Allegheny
Twelve thousand Jr. O U A M. members from Allegheny county and western Pennsylvania took control of Pittsburgh and Allegheny to honor Washington. Flags were unfurled early, and the streets of both cities were crowded as the parade moved through business districts in a display of patriotic pride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Allegheny County
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Allegheny
Ander
Train Tunnel Disaster Kills Seven in New York
A New Haven accommodation train crashed into a shop train in the Fourth avenue tunnel near Eighty-fifth Street. Seven workers died and several were injured as flames erupted. engineer Louis C. Fowler of the New Haven line was arrested and committed without bail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Fourth Avenue
Eighty-fifth Street
New Haven
Hartford
Tts
Grand Central
Mott Haven
Ireman
John Haucke
Daniel Collored
Hartshorn Killion
Fowler
Louis C. Fowler
Harrisburg Senate Reports Road Law Funding and Public Health Bills
In Harrisburg on February 19 the Senate favorably reported a bill to appropriate 1 million for a two year road law program. A health protection bill for cities passed final action, and a real estate conveyance act for dissolved corporations was approved. Second reading bills included public morgues, bridge destruction reimbursements, Chickamauga battlefield monuments, 150000 for the World’s Fair, and a mining law revision commission. The House debated Stocking’s murderers must be hanged bill, which was indefinitely postponed 99 to 45.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Senate
Commission
Pennsylvania
Chickamauga
Howe
Stocking
Westmoreland
Western
Burgeos
Chickamuigs
House
United States Engineer Corp
Pennsylvania Ship Canal Commission
Johustown
Eharashae
Marshall
Allegheny
Newsboys
Pitsburg
McCullough
Herron Gon Club
Pittsburg
Lytle
Huntingdon
Shilleto
York
Walton
Philadelphia
Flinn
Steel
Harlan
Chester
Ross
Bucks
Wherry
Fulton
Also Mentioned on This Page
Indiana Progress
Wepxserspay
Wati
Pennsylvania Notes
McKean County
Smethport
Joe
Biz Joe
Paris
the Figaro
Semmperor
Germany
Biemarck
Cmtein
Nova Scotia
Mars
the Woman's Council
Labor News
Ransom Post
Calvary Cemetery
Thirteenth
Willie Sherman
James Campbell
Brownsboro
Laura Holland
Frank
Annie Quinn
Hazelwood
Eastern Express
Pennsylvania Railroad
Braddock Depot
John Hughes
Benwood
W. Va
Massillon
John W. Sharp
James Potter
California Senate
Stetzer
Wilkesbarre
McDonald, Pa
Mike Herron
Read’s
Pattizon
Marsh
Cambria
Sievert
Colontown
Kansas House
Cullen
Supreme Court
New York State
Sugar Trust
Wells, Fargo Express
Portugal
Constituent Assembly
Brazil
Warsaw
Bertiniekf
Wisnowska
Bartinieff
Bismarck
Reichstag
Harburg
Knight J.C. Dickerson
Union Pacific
Cascades
Legislature
Davis
Admiral Porter
Knights of Labor
Powderty
Omaha
Fitisurg
Wai AG Mebec
WOLY
Randolph
Pitindighte
Momena
Shisi
Vulcan
Providence
A L
Fry
Oei
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