Detail in a Chasm at the Open Drawbridge Tragedy
Cleveland reels from a deadly Central Viaduct accident when a motor car plunges through an open draw into the river. Conductor blamed, motorman Rogers held without bail as divers recover seventeen bodies and investigators probe why the draw remained open.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winsell
Cty
Agnin
Wut
Chee
Hogers
Cleveland
Central Viaduct
Martha
Sauerbohmer
Matthews Calliman
Flvur
Trogera
Bia
Tragic river disaster stuns city as crowd mourns deep loss
Amid a river catastrophe a grieving crowd watched bodies recovered from the water. A grocery salesman, A W Hoffman, faced ruin after losing his family, and August Rogers the motorman was detained as authorities work at the scene.
Fire devastates Detroit match factory kills three
Detroit November 18. At the Improved Match Company factory water Wagner stumbled into a tray of matches and kicked it scattering burning matches. Three men were killed and six injured as flames swept the plant. Names include Reuben Davis foreman aged five years old and John Wagner night watchman with others injured from burns and smoke. Property loss reaches 400,000.
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Match Factory
Marns
Detroit
Wateh van Wagner
Improved Match Company
Reuben ‘Davis
Might
Foreman
John Wagner
Wotchman
Thomadoids
Tony Pokrifka
Sigelo Kattanaske
Siska
Annie Sehalty
John Antaya
William EB. Kennedy
Railway bandits foiled near St. Cloud in Express hold up
About 10 o'clock last night an express train on the Great Northern railway was held near St. Cloud by robbers aiming for the express car. Believing the mail car was behind, the crew fled into St. Cloud with the treasure after the engineer accelerated away. No money was taken and no shots were fired. A posse rushed to the scene from St. Paul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Northern Railroad
St. Cloud
Clear Lake
Dreman
Representative Dolliver Weds in Fort Dodge Armory Reception
Representative J. P. Dolliver married Miss Louise Pearsons at First Presbyterian church in Fort Dodge Iowa. The Episcopal service was led by Rev. Greene with Rev. J. J. Dolliver assisting. A public reception followed at the armory attended by Senator Allison Governor Jackson and Congressman Perkins and their spouses. Dolliver, a popular Iowa congressman, is tied to philanthropist D. K. Pearsons of Chicago.
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Fort Dovee
J. P. Dolliver
Louise” Pearsons
Firat
Greene
J. J. Dolliver
Senator Allison
Jackson
Perkins
Dolliver
Iowa
Miss Pearsons
D. K Pearsons
Chicago
Train Wreckers Ditch New York Central Train Near Home
In Syracuse New York a wreck near Home injures Fireman Chris Wagner and Mail Clerks Porter and M J McCarthy. Engineer Frank Hager from Albany and two others are suspects. The engine and cars left the track. one tramman was killed. Police arrest John Hildreth and Frederick Bristol amid confessions of roles in the saboteur act.
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John
Macey
John Hildreth
Frederick
Bristol
Wreckers
Sweethears
Hildreth
Dynamite Outrage in Small Town Drug Store
A dynamite cartridge was thrown through the window of Dr. John J. Sweetland’s drug store in Mottaville, killing none but seriously injuring patient Andrew Gray. The blast damaged the building and front door, while Dr. Sweetland escaped unharmed. Allen Me Thompson, a St. Joseph county farmer, was arrested Nov 18 as a suspect in the attack.
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Luther H. Beecher
Mottaville
Fmall Place
Hero
John J. Sweetland
Syeotland
Andrew Gray
Gray
Sweetland
Alege
Mottville
Mich
Aode
Allen Me
Thompson
St. Joseph County
Think Griff Is The Man In Dark Michigan Murder Case
John Gri was arrested in Hascock Michigan on suspicion of murdering Fred Kremer and his wife a month earlier. He signed a deposition denying the crime while naming Ling Sam Charles McDonald and five men named Kelly as participants. A woman linked to Kelly’s household allegedly spoke, others deny involvement, and a bloodied clothing bundle found nearby is the victim’s burial garb. Griff had a troubled night in jail and fears in the dark, authorities remain convinced he is the right suspect though others may be implicated.
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Mle Growe
Hascock
Mich
John Gri
Fred Kremer
Ling Sam
Charles McDonald
Kelly
Theering
Dria
Griff
Jalami
Aherift
Cl¢I
Authoritien
Ian
John A. Taleen
Grand Hapida
Ishpenny
Rich
Michigan
Jackson
Wat Fonts
Much Williams
Marquette
Jobo Griff
Dutcock
Kad Kramer
Klomitsz
National Bank of
Bay City
Estey & Calkins
Bump
Aps
Murder Ambush Suspected After Detroit Man Found on Track
Ianther H Beecher, 22, a Detroit social figure, was found dead after a train struck her body three miles from Lapeer. Police suspect murder and robbery, noting missing watch and purse contents. Two tramps detained in Vassar were released. no evidence of self harm. Beecher was traveling from Detroit toward Maysville when last seen two hours before the fatal incident.
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Beenie Sean Beed
Detroit
Ianther H. Beecher
Michigan Central
Lapeer
Bevehor
Vassar
Buecher
Maysville
Si Thon
Skull on Its Antlers in Lant Georgia Tale
A Michigan news item reports a hunter near Atlanta observing a white halo on a buck’s head and a Clyde Ohio hunter refraining from shooting. The piece shifts to a claim of a monster buck and ends with a grisly find carried by a McKinley to Atlanta traveler: a skull impaled between antlers, the eye sockets intact and deeply weathered after years exposed.
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Atlanta
Mich
Clyde
McKinley
Pingree's Potatoes Yield in Detroit City Harvest
Detroit on November 16 reports Mayor Pingree's city farmers harvested crops valued at 17,097.40 with potatoes leading at 61,540 bushels. Other crops included beans cabbage squash pumpkins and beets, while 1,546 allotments were issued this year, aided by a city grant of five thousand dollars for land and seed prep.
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Detroit
Pingree
Turmiers
Kidnaps His Own Wife in Medina Michigan
Mrs. Asa Manning was abducted by her husband a Medina cattle trader. She was bound and gagged and driven away in a carriage after years of marriage and a belief he was dead. The incident stirred strong local excitement.
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Michigan
Hopsos
Asa Manning
Avlag
Medina
Mich
Manning
Disjointed Michigan notes mix politics and crime
A Muskegon telegraph reports William Ninerman’s mysterious disappearance tied to alleged embezzlement by a bookkeeper. Detroit wires cover burglaries in Alma and Flint, a church plan to lure farmers away from saloons, and local legal notes from St. Clair, Bay City, and Marquette.
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Claveland
Rogers
Finr
Eitenco
KLH
Kiled—James McLaughlin
Henry W. Mecklenburg
Talary Eaiward Hoffman
John A. Sauerheimer
Rosely Dirvin
Harry WW. Foster
C. Brown
Curt Lasite
A. W. Hoffman
Marvey Hoffuan
Martha Poliner
Mims Mitchell
Augusta Sar- Inks
Gertie Hofman
Tlinis Fo Tinder
Aieacher
Martha Sanerheimer
Looney
Boyardll
C Page
Matthew Vallatien
LithwAgado
Nature
Nolan
Slater
Gertle Hoffman
Pearl Street
Harvey
Hoffman
Bla
Hae
August Rogers
Vyatal
Pingree's
Gorgias
Sunnday
Gordon
Alger
Alamintery
Ninneman
Muskegon
William EF. Ninneman
Milwaukee
Ninneron
Louis
J. Torrent
Nationalrolumberman
Ninheman
Swealthy
Wiile
Flint
Congregation Church of
Farmora
Smalloy
Nives
Oear Smalley
Bow
Allegan
Fennville
Lake Shore
Kessler
Ind
Burrows
Demorr
United States
General Alger
Teds
Tarrison
Journal” Building
Manr Slaughter
Newberry’ Estate
Pingres Et al
Milas Carleton
St. Charm
County of St. Clair
Horace M. Carleton
Olive
Carleton
Thomas Morehouse
M. A A
Ivys
John Hanley
St. Mary's Hospital
Marlborough
Loudon
Robert Harding Milward
Duke of Marlborough
New York
Consuelo Vanderbilt
Geo. F. Newland
Firm
Newland & Co
Armen
Beaver
Marten
Astrachan and Wool
S. E. Cronin
Cloak Department
Deslera
Champion
Diston
Atkins
Simone
Hutchardson
Calhoun County
WM. E
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