Pine Bluff Dangers Asks Roosevelt for Levee Cut
Authorities in Pine Bluff appeal to President Roosevelt for permission to cut through government levees and divert the Arkansas River. With the river rising beyond fifteen feet and a crest near twenty six feet, city efforts to reinforce crumbling banks aim to avert catastrophic property damage and possible loss of life while a distant land cut was proposed but federal approval denied. Protective fascine mats of pine and willow are being anchored along weak banks to resist flood forces as the water's rapid rise threatens a large area of land and homes.
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Roosevelt
Arkansas
Pine Bluff
River bank erosion threatens city with collapse of warehouses
North of the county court house and Jefferson hotel the river bank, valued at 100000 dollars, slowly disappears. Water may breach the bank and wreck streets, homes, and a mile of business fronts. A unique current pattern drives the river into the heart of the city, eroding the bank along the riverfront.
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County ‘Court House
Jefferson Hotel
Vienna Jubilee Fatal To Four At Emperor Francis Jubilee
In Vienna crowds celebrating Emperor Francis Joseph's jubilee illuminated Hofburg with vast electric and gas displays. A panic formed as throngs of about 1.5 million surged through the streets causing four deaths, forty serious injuries, and over a hundred minor hurts. The emperor expressed deep sorrow at the day's tragic outcome.
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Francis Joseph
Vienna
Imperial Hofburg
Hofburg
Bad Money Men Give Up After Secret Service Sting
A caller using a phony five dollar bill racket to launder about $5,000 warned agents to expect an arrest. Peter Dratzburg of the U S secret service met two prisoners Gustav Bayer and Henry Michaels at the federal building after they sought to surrender. The two confessed fatigue from evading detectives. In Memphis, Co G Cowie, a noted cotton buyer and local figure, was found dead by a bullet in his temple in a locked room on Union Avenue. Police call it suicide.
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Peter Dratzburg
United States Secret Service
Chicago
Milwaukee Avenue
Dratzburg
Federal Building
Gustav Bayer
Henry Michaels
Temple, Co
Cowie
Memphis
Union Avenue
Bolice
Deadly gas mine tragedy in Marianna claimed 126 victims
Rescue work at the Pittsburg-Buffalo Coal mine in Marianna Pennsylvania continued amid dangerous gases and wreckage. One hundred twenty four bodies were recovered with many mangled or missing limbs. Twenty four Americans among the dead, coroner organized a jury as authorities warned of possible further blasts. Only survivor Fred Elinger remained injured.
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Pittsburg-Buffalo Coal Company
Marianna
John Ivill
John H. Jones
Ivill
Washington County
David G. Jones
Fred Elinger
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China
Henry and Algers
Oxford
All Standard
Haviland
W. D. Wilson
Malvern
J. L. Talbott
Pottawattamie Mutual Insurance
Malvern, Iowa
Towan
Mills County Abstract Company
Wood
First National Bank
Matvurn
Iowa
OM Shaw
Feet St
Mia
Pointer's
W. P. Wortman
Mills County
Advange
The
Board of Supervisors
Cruch
Secret Service
the Bank of Malvern
Responsibility
I. F. Hendricks
Chester White Swine
Chester
McFarland Iat
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