Glimpses of Lamotte Fire and Other Local Incidents
Fire alarm at four awakens Lamotte residents to a blaze in the Flamy Tuang grist mill. Boiler and joists overheated, rapid firefighting prevents major damage. Dog bite injures Father Friedmann after a Lamotte errand. Switch engine accident in Dubuque kills former Lamotte resident John Delaney, 60, crossing Fourth Street as gates failed to stop him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuang
Flamming
Evist
Flammang
Egraph Herald
Fourth Street
John Delaney
Milwaukee
Adams Company
Deleney
John Wiegand
Fatal accidents and Polish cautions reported
A fatal crash near Clinton left a victim crushed under car wheels as an inquest was scheduled. Delaney, longtime Adams employee, born in Lemotte, noted. Also, Frank Tooley of Oshkosh and Lyle Studer of Clinton in a ditch crash, Tooley killed, Studer injured but recovering. Studer, car operator, faced with speed suspicions. Tooley leaves a widow and child. In a separate notice, the U.S. warns Poland not to push counter offensives beyond ethnographic Polish boundaries amid Bolshevik fighting.
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Lagen and
Fullerton
Delaney
Adams Company
Lemotte
Clinton Frank Tooley
Ohikosh
Wis
Lyle Studer
Glinton
Tooley
Studer
Poland
Washington
Captain Beedle's Body Returned from Alaska to Bellevue
The body of Capt. H. E. Beedel, pioneer Mississippi steamboat captain, who died August 1 in Stichel, Alaska, arrived Monday in Bellevue in charge of a Tacoma, Washington brother. The funeral was held at the Presbyterian church in Bellevue Tuesday with many steamboat captains and pilots in attendance.
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Beedle
Bere
H. E.beedle
Mississippi
St.ichel
Alaska
Bellevue
Tacoma
Washington
Also Mentioned on This Page
Studebaker
Hurst Hotel
Lamotte
Lamotte “News
H. Gale Buchner
Maguokeft
Father S Friedmann
Pat
Daggan
Father Friedmann
Donaldson
John Delany
Dubuque
Tel
Buick
Louis Dubert
Buick Company
North Main Sweet
Maquotets
Lowe
U. S
Clark-Turner
Wengert
Paige
Maquoreta, Iowa
Palace Cafe
M. J. Hanrahan, Propr
Odd Fellows Block
N. Main Street
Haight’s
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