Five bodies recovered as twenty five missing after Niagara dock collapse
New York report states five bodies, four women and a nine year old girl, were recovered from the Niagara River rescue effort. Twenty five others are missing, believed dead, after the Eagle Park excursion dock collapse Sunday night as crowds waited to board the steamer Henry Kroerber. Rescue workers fear a large loss of life amid the crowded pier and damaged planking creating a trap.
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New York
Niagara River
Eagle Park
Court Amherst
Order of Foresters
Henry Kroerber
Captain Fix
Lifeless man and comic misadventure recounted
A physician notes no pulse and tests breathing while a friend suggests a wineglass. A child in Sunday school tells of falling downstairs while insisting Truth was spoken every step and fearing Fido was hurt, ending with a quip about Error in the same breath.
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Mamma
Little Mary
Fido
Judg
Senator Dixon and the Ghosts Nocturnal Diplomacy Anecdote
In The Popular Magazine Dixon recounts a Montana senator’s curiosity about ghosts. He waited at his Washington home for a midnight visitation promised by a condemned man, noting a three hour time difference, and reflecting on what time events of the other world occur. The quotes also touch on air ownership and a Washington girl’s departure from home.
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John M. Dixon
Montana
Washington
Senate
Dixon
Popular Magazine
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Mathews County
Joyner
Col
C. J. Hudgins
T. D. Hudgins
Hudgins General Merchants
Gui-A-Col Med. Co
Portsmouth
Chesapeake Line
ChesapeAke
City
Baltimore
City OF Norfolk
Norfolk, Old Point Comfort
Norfolk
Old Point Comfort
Old Dominion S. S. Co
Gloucester
Mathews Counties
Old Point
York River Line
West Point
York River Landings
Granby St
Chamberlin
BE. J. Chism
N. Chapman
P. A
Dr. A. M. Marchan
Les IE
C. Garnett
Mathews, VA
Mathews
Middlesex
Shalon Paints
U. S. Patent Office
Shalon Paint Agencies
Norfolk Hardware Co
Washington St
Ferratt Hardware, Co
Church St
Port Norfolk Supply Co
Port Norfolk
Hutson & Hudgins
New Point
Sharon
Pratt & Lambert
Whiting
Irent
Paint Makers
W. Southampton Ave
Atlantic City Ward
Virginia
C. D. Clinton
Disendale, VA
OLD Dominion Steamship CO
Morjack
O. D
North St
Bay Line
Government
Philpot
East River
Williams
Hicks
Diggs
Roane
Ware River
Bailey’s
Hockley
Auburn
North River
Dixondale
Severn Wharf
Severn River
Government Wharf
James River
Richmond
Berkeley
Brandon
Bertha
MAIN
Louvre
Main Street
Atlantic
B. Bf. P
Mathew
Bros
P. A. Starck
Pass
Factory
Starck
United States
Crisonc
Gargaine
A. Starck Piano.co
Wabash Ave
Chicago
Ill
Dept
John D
Newport News Progress
Noah's Ark
Noah Renely Co., Inc
M. S. Foster
Vihce
Bibley Bros
Mathes
C. HL VA
G. L. Hall Optical Co., Ing
Norfolk-Richmond-Lynchburg
C. £. Mumford
Pres
J. P. Nottingham
V.pres
Tidewater
Cinery With
Lawson & Newton
11Th Street
William Ave
Pine Beach
Clark Sash & Door Corporation
Frank T. Clark
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