Thirteen miners survive underground ordeal in coal mine
A group of thirteen men, trapped for twenty days after a gas explosion at Courtieres coal mine, endured cold hunger and darkness as they gnawed bark from timber and fed on oats and horse parts. Led by Nemy, they followed a remote gallery to a salvage party, with one survivor Berton later recounting his near-fatal experiences and hope restored by rescue efforts.
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Courtieres
Pit No. 2
Plt 2
Jor
Tey
Nemy
Newy
No. 8
Memy
fMewlt
Felf
St Lani
Nomy
Rene
Legion of Ionor
Auguste Berton
Bertoni
Berton
Eight Babies Left On Doorstep in Indiana Farm Dawn
Hiram Delaney, a bachelor farmer near English, Indiana, found eight babies aged two weeks to one year asleep on his porch. A note read These are your own. Care for them. Delaney deemed it a joke and sent the infants to the county authorities for care.
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Hiram Delaney
English, Ind
Fragmented Land Ledger Fragment
A garbled draft lists land lots with numbers and letters, including references to Land 7 Land 3 Lot 125 and various codes. The legible items resemble parcel identifiers and measurements but lack coherent context or complete details. An unclear note likely records property references or taxation data.
Partition Notice for Dill Heirs in Indiana County
Notice issued to heirs and legal representatives of Matthew Dill late of Burlongton township Indiana County deceased. Surviving relatives listed include widow Mary Dill and sons George Dill and others. Writ of partition and valuation issued by Orphans Court of Indiana County directs no inquest on the real estate, describing a Buffington Township tract of 180 acres 128 perches bounded by James Duvshetts Blacklok Creek and others.
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Domes CG. 11
Iate
Huffington Township
Indiana County
Pennsylvania
Rebecca Ol
Dilltown
Laura M. Westbrook
Mnnfield
Montgomery County
Arty R. di
Carole M. Lowman
John Lowman
Johnatane
Bartha Lowman
Johnstown
Roy L. Lowman
United States Navy Caraef
New York City
Mary Lowman
Helen Lowman
Rose Lowman
John Lowman, Jr
HE. M. Lowman Fa Guardan
Lizale RK Dai
Dilttown
Orphans’ Court
Bullington
Brushvalley
Indieta
Peniisylvania
Blacklick Creek
Matthew UI
Huffington
Indiana
Frank Crearwell
Williams. Stephens
Margaret
Buttington
Pennsyivania
George M. Stephens
Groper
Jacob Whettling
Sherif
Borough
Blairsville
County
Chestnut Street
Martha Bergman
Sansafray
John Gilmore
G Cheatnut Street
Bagrattas Alley
R. H. Brey
Conemaugh Building and Loan Association
Blairavilla
Notics
John P. Elkin
H. Glennavee Prothero
George Prothero
Mitor
Han's Court of
Haoks
Peonsylvania
Fry
Huey
Prothera
Davis
Smithport Coal Company
Eliza
Fulmer
Young Township
Ogre
Matthew Dill
Burlogton Township
Lodlans
Mary Dill
Seorge Dini Pod Dame QO
George Diu
Towlt
Mary Anné Rettinger
Olathe
Kansas
George Renford Dill
Cchiltres
Ton
New Florence
Dill
Indians County
Ocarris M. Lowman
Jobn Lowman
Horris Lowman
Roy J. Lowman
United States Navy
Pontmanter
Tove Lowen
A. M. Lowcan
Orihans Court
Belop Tie
Buffington
Mennsylvania
James
Duvshetts
Hlacklok
Gold nugget found in chicken’s garden near Pullman
Excitement rose in Pullman Washington as Mrs J S Klemmgard found a gold nugget worth over four dollars in a chicken from her farm eight miles east of town. A jeweler tested the nugget and affirmed its pure gold. The farmer plans a thorough search of local farms hoping for placer grounds.
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Pullman
Waoh
J. 8. Klemmygard
Klemigard
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Diana
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Admineteatons Notice
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Cherryhill Township
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Armagh Borough
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Lucy Staller
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S. T. Gibson
J. L. Culp
Ron Age
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