Pocahontas Coal Field Devastated by Flooding
Bluefield West Virginia June 23 The Pocahontas coal field suffered massive flood damage with property losses likely surpassing two million dollars. Elkhorn Creek rose rapidly washing away Keystone and many saloons. Bridges and rails were destroyed, trains blocked, and relief efforts hindered as 200 or more lives feared lost.
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Bluefield
Johnstown
Norfolk and Western
Elkhorn
Pocahontas
Elkhorn Creek
Keystone
Pacamontas
Pocahontas Field
Landgraf
Orr
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Vivian
Diikhorn
Vivian Yard
Flood Devastates Elkhorn Region Keystones Toll Feared
Roanoke Virginia residents hear reports of a massive flood and cloudburst in West Virginia’s Elkhorn coal region. Officials warn hundreds may be dead as 33 coal plants suffer damage and lines between Kenova and Bluefields are down. Loss could reach 500 to 600 lives with days before full details emerge.
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Roanoke
Elkhorn
West Virginia
Kenova
W. Va
Bluefields
Keystone
Elkhorn Valley
Cinch Valley
Graham
Storm Deaths and Havoc Across Alleghany County
In Pennsylvania Pittsburg on June 23 a fierce storm caused drownings and electrocutions. Charles Dittner, a farmer, and Mosco Marcos, an Italian laborer, drowned in local waterways. James P. Dunn, 12, and Conrad Hart, 12, were killed by a live wire. James Fleming was badly shocked and Andrew Cole was struck by lightning.
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Pittsburg
Alleghany County
Charles Dittner
Spring Garden Run
Mosco Marcos
James P. Dunn
Rankin
Conrad Hart
James Fleming
Andrew Cole
Heavy loss to railroads delays trains five days
Roanoke Virginia reports railroads expect at least five days before lines reopen after a disruption. The expected financial impact runs to about half a million dollars in losses for the railway companies.
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Roanoke
Tragic Norfolk and Western washout claims many lives
Passengers report over a hundred drowned on the Hilthorn division near Vivian West Virginia as miles of track and bridges were washed away on the Norfolk and Western line. Wires were down and few details remained as a train master found 30 bodies in the river amid the disaster.
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Roanoke
Hilthorn
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Vivian
W. Va
Norfolk
Despatches on floods and cloudburst reach Washington
Washington reports flood in Pocahontas coal field with two hundred drowned and massive property loss. Roanoke records a cloudburst in the Pocahontas division affecting Keystone and Elkhorn areas, with damage spreading across Norfolk and Western regions.
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Washington
Theington Post
Thefields
W. Va
Pocahontas
Johnstown
Roanoke
Norfolk and Western
Keystone
Elkhorn
Destruction across towns after disaster hits railroad region
Vivian and other towns wiped out. Railroad despatches say that 600 lives are lost. One house left in Keystone. Twenty-five to 30 miles of railroad track are destroyed.
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Vivian
Keystone
Identifying the Dead in Keystone Flood Disaster
At Keystone and Burke in West Virginia the Elk Horn valley flood has devastated the city. Two hundred dead are feared with many missing. lists show victims from Keystone and Algoma, including John Lewis Martha Morgan Ivan Seliskey Sam Poindexter Bettie Brown John Ballard Annie Smith Laura McCoy Nellie Smith and Mairston family.
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Bluefields
W. Va
Keystone
Burke
Elkhorn Valley
John Lewis
Martha Morgan
Ivan Seliskey
Sam Poindexter
Bettie Brown
John Ballard
Annie Smith
Laura McCoy
Nellie Smith
Mairston
Algoma
Tornado Rips Pittsburg Park Wrecks Grand Stand
A large tornado struck Pittsburg Pennsylvania causing widespread damage to Exposition Park where the Pittsburg Pirates’ grand stand was torn from its foundations and dropped across roofs. Three deaths were reported and losses exceed 500000 dollars. Debris damaged homes as beams and wrecked cars were hurled around the city.
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Pittsburg
Penn
Pittsburg Baseball Club
Exposition Park
Chas. Marquis
Center
Euclid Avenues
Robert Watson
Dunesne
Ball Park
Boston
Ohio
School Street
Lacock Street
Robinson and Corey Streets
Harry Jordan
Drowned Old Guard Colonel in Yachting Accident
Thomas Sloan of New York City, colonel of the Old Guard, was drowned off Keyser's Island in South Norwalk harbor after a squall capsized a 30 foot sloop. The yacht tipped broadside uppermost as a gust lifted it, Sloan was pulled from the water but perished. Captain Rowland Haviland saved the sinking vessel occupants and tried to revive Sloan with doctors assisting.
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Col
Thomas Sloan
The
New York Old Guard
South Norwalk
Conn
New York City
Old Guard
Keyser’s Island
South Norwalk Harbor
Sloan
Joseph Himmel
Alfred Peters
Leaped to His Death Manchester Clarinetist William McGuinness
William J McGuinness a prominent Manchester musician and clarinetist died after leaping from a third story window at Sacred Heart hospital He had been treated for appendicitis and his last public appearance in Lowell was July Fourth last year with Hibbard's American band.
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Sacred Heart Hospital
Manchester
N. H
William J. McGuinness
McGuinness
Mr. McGuinness
Hibbard
Lowell
Phillips Academy Baccalaureate Sermon Delivered By Detroit Clergyman
Andover June 23 commencement week begins at Phillips Academy with the baccalaureate sermon by Nehemiah Boynton D D of Detroit Michigan a graduate of the academy in 1876.
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Andover
Phillips Andover Academy
Nehemiah Boynton
D. D
Detroit
Mic
Academy
Foggy Harbor Collision: City of Bangor Hits Launch Estelle
In dense fog the City of Bangor ran down the naphtha launch Estelle off Deer Island. Five men were aboard, two drowned, three rescued with difficulty. Officers cleared of blame as passengers and survivors recount events and launch lies wrecked in the channel.
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Boston
Maine
City of Bangor
Bangor Steamship Company
Estelle
Deer Island Beacon
L. H. Dickey
Savin Street
Roxbury
Charles Robinson
East Cottage Street
Dorchester
E. M. Southwick
Gaston Street
Charles Nye
George C. Poole
West Cottage Street
Savin Hill
Birmingham
Southwick
Poole
Nye
Dickey
Robinson
Died for Love in Frankfort Elopement Tragedy
In Frankfort Kentucky on June 22 Alice Gibbs a 21 year old graduate died after attempting two elopements with different suitors. Father J R Gibbs a political boss opposed her choices, pursued the first romance with a revolver and later a second lover Ben Willis, a traveling salesman. After a night at the Phoenix hotel the girl threatened she would kill herself and later poisoned herself. Both lovers did not return to Frankfort.
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Frankfort
Alice Gibbs
J. R. Gibbs
Old Science Hill Academy
Ben Willis
Lexington
Phoenix Hotel
Willis
Body of Miss Wheeler Found on Bristol Shore
The body of Frances Wheeler of New Haven Conn was found on the Bristol shore this morning. She had been missing from Hopeworth sanitarium since last Monday and had a nervous disease from overwork as a schoolteacher. Age 44, she leaves a mother in New Haven and a Kansas brother.
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Bristol
R. I
Frances Wheeler
New Haven
Conn
Kansas
Dam Washout Hits Waterville Electric Dam
A wash out at the east end of the big dam on the Megsanoskee stream in Waterville caused several thousand dollars in property loss to the Waterville and Fairfield Electric company. Station manager EB Roberts was in the gate house and uninjured.
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Waterville
Waterville and Fairfield Electric Company
Megsalonskee
EB. E. Roberts
Dean's Ointment Relieves Leg Sore Pain
Personal testimonial from W. Lenhart of Bowling Green praising Dean's Ointment for curing a running itching leg sore after suffering tortures. Mentioned as a permanent relief.
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Dean
Wildwood Grove of Twisted Trees Draws Curious Tourists
The Philadelphia Record describes Wildwood on the Jersey coast with an island setting and a two mile stretch of remarkable trees shaped by Atlantic gales. The grove features trunks bent into letters and numerals, sweeping vines, and oddly formed branches, creating a haunted reputation among locals.
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Wildwood
Jersey
Philadelphia
Giants bees of India build combs ten feet high
A report notes that giant bees in India construct towering combs reaching about ten feet in height. Local observers describe the activity as remarkable and unusual for the species.
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India
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Norton
Tazewell
Ghakerag
Higginbotham
Paris van Dyke
Williamson
Tug River
Walsh
McDowell County
Pennsylvania
P. A. A. Baccalaureate
City of
Bangor
Kentucky
Hopeworth Sanitarium
Uneeda
Jinjer
Wayfer
National Biscuit Company
BON Marche Dry Goods
Lowell Steam Carpet Cleaning Works
Weed ST
Gorham
GCH, Ghaqwick & CO
Caleb L. Smith
Grogery
W.T.S. Bartlett
Merrimack Street
Thompson
Harrison
C. B. Coburn & Co
Market Street
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