Headlong Fire Tragedy Kills Four Firemen in Milwaukee
A Hat Factory fire at 354 Broadway gutted the five story building. Five firemen died, including four killed outright and a fifth dying, after the roof collapsed ten minutes after orders to retreat. About a dozen others were injured. Property loss estimated at 100000 insured. Chaos at the emergency hospital as relatives sought updates.
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Milwaukee
Mar
Middleton Manufacturing Co
Broadway
Young
Benjamin Hentz
Steamer Sechelt Capsizes Near Beachy Head
Vicoria B C March 25 A small shelter deck steamer Sechelt with thirty nine passengers and crew on board capsized off Beachy Head while en route Victoria to Smooke Bay. All aboard presumed lost. The vessel 82 feet long with 73 tons gross, carried laborers to Hednar Bay and four crew including Capt H B B James. A boy arriving at Esquimalt with news sparked wireless alerts.
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C.N.R
Vicoria
B.C
Victoria
Smooke Bay
Beachy Head
Hednar
Hewitt Severely Injured In Auto Crash With Jackson
Mr. J. J. Hewitt was knocked down and badly hurt by a car driven by D. V. Jackson on South Railway Street near Toronto Street. Hewitt suffered a fractured leg and multiple bruises, rushed to General Hospital. Chief Meiklejohn indicated reckless driving possible. Jackson faces police court appearance.
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J. J. Hewitt
South Railway
Toronto
D. V. Jackson
First Ave
Jackson
South Railway St
Toronto Street
Mr. Hewitt
South Railway Street
General Hospital
Woodland
Meiklejohn
The
Daily News
Medicine Hat Experimental Farm Plans Spring Start
In reply to a warded inquiry, Minister of Agriculture Duncan Marshall states work on the Medicine Hat experimental farm will begin when spring opens. The plan includes erecting farm buildings, fencing, breaking about 100 more acres, and preparing the land for thorough cultivation to be seeded next spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Trade Council
Duncan Marshall
Medicine Hat
Sentences handed down in Brandon forgery theft cases
Tom Sullivan along Cummings received five years for forgery and theft to run concurrently. Fred Smith of Galician was found guilty of stealing 265 dollars from a companion, a coat from a store, and a cap from the Palace Hotel and given two years in the penitentiary.
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Brandon
Mar
Tom Sullivan
Aling Cummings
Birtle
Fred Smith
Palace Hotel
Stallion Show Entries Grow Ahead of Spring Event
Promoters announce heavy turnout for the Spring Stallion Show to be held April 6 and 7. Ontario entries total six from yesterday, with district participation expanding. Local program at the Star features new 2000 foot film, two comedies, and Pathe's Animated Gazette, with J M Henderson from New York City to appear March 30 and 31 at Wee Jewelry Store.
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Secretary Hassard
Ontario
the Star
Pathe
Animated Gazette
J. M. Henderson
New York City
Wee Jewelry
Water Expected To Clear By Early Week
City water remains cloudy due to muddy river conditions hindering filtration. City Engineer Grimmer forecasts normal clarity by Monday or Tuesday. Also noted is the visit of Mr. Frank Delafosse, R.N.W.M.P., en route to Macleod after a three month East trip with his father, Peterborough’s public librarian.
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Grimmer
Frank Delafosse
R.N.W.M.P
Macleod
Delafosse
Peterborough
TWO KILLED AND SEVERAL INJURED IN CPR COLLISION NEAR SCHREIBER
Port Arthur Mar 25 Two are dead one missing and several injured after a collision between an eastbound passenger coach and a colonist train on the CPR near Blue Jay siding east of Schreiber. Fire followed the crash and wire communications were cut off with Eastern Canada.
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AY Schrieber
Port Arthur
Mar
C.P.R
Schreiber
Blue Jay Siding
Ontario
G. H. Bank
Salvation Army
Robinson
Newmarket
Ont
Burress
FP. J. Kimball
Burgess
G. M. Bank
Harry Pullen
Mac Christie
Ambrose Kelly
Schrieber
Iastern Canada
Alberta trades council debates building union unity
At Medicine Hat meeting the Trades and Labor Council discussed forming a provincial Alberta federation of Labor to unite builders and trades. A plan to back a political organization if government fails to meet union demands was considered, with actions ordered on fair wage clauses and union labeling for city work.
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Symonds
Trades and Labor Council
Ottawa
B. Bellamy
Messrs. Farrar
Bricklayers and Fish
Barbers
Medicine Hat
Alta
Alberta Federation of Labor
Alberta
Farmers’ Unions
Hat' Trades and Labor Council
W. Symonds
Trades and Labor Congress of Canada
Building Trades Section
Lethbridge Trades and Labor Council
Building Trades
A. F
Builders Exchange
P. M. Draper
J. Snowden
CPJR
Mr. Oliver
Senate
Labor Gymnasium Limited
Montreal
J. A. McCarger
Jas. Thomson
Mitchell
Leland and Stapleford
Nantucket Sea Tragedy Yields Frozen Bodies
Evidence of a sea tragedy emerged at Great Point Nantucket Island as a dory from the barge Stonington drifted ashore with the dead bodies of Captain Nelson Davis and a seaman. Two unconscious survivors, including the captain's son, suffer from severe cold and exposure.
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Nantucket
Mass
Great Point
Nantucket Island
Stonington
Nelson Davis
Lennox Rancher Shot. Neighbour Arrested in Stettler
Edmonton dispatch reports William Lennox, wealthy rancher, shot through a window Thursday night and dying just before midnight. Neighbour Tartler is in custody. police say a second man has been arrested though his name is not released.
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Edmonton
Stettler
Wm. Lennox
Lennox
Tartler
Mounted
Informers Beaten After Trenton Liquor Fines
In Belleville on March 25 two liquor informers who exposed three Trenton hotel keepers for selling liquor in prohibited hours were attacked while leaving town. One assailant was arrested and bailed. police hunt a second suspect who fled town. A. P. Burns offers a monthly payment plan for house building this year.
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Belleville
Trenton
Through Train from Toronto to the Coast Enhanced Service Rumor
Rail observers in Winnipeg report the CPR time card effective April 15 may extend Tor ont o Winnipeg trains 94 and 95 into the coast as a premier through service. The plan would offer standard and tourist sleepers with Chicago California like luxuries such as a library barber shop and baths.
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Winnipeg
C.P.R
Montreal
Toronto
Chicago
St. Paul
Canadian Pacific
Wabash
Wisconsin Central
Soo Line
Despondent mechanic ends life after solitaire plot in New York
Michael Cribben, a Fifty-sixth Street mechanic, planned to kill his wife and six children and himself. After finishing a final solitaire game he disappeared, leaving a letter to a cousin warning of his intent if he failed to beat the game. His wife reported his peculiar behavior after a runaway incident.
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New York, Mar
Fifty-sixth Street
New York
Michael Cribben
Michael
Cribben
Imperial Home Reunion Executive To Meet Medicine Hat Board
Winnipeg Development and Industrial Bureau plans a West excursion with Imperial Home Reunion Association executives stopping in Medicine Hat June 5 after leaving Winnipeg May 28. The bureau notes strong results from bringing 336 workers and families to Winnipeg and offers to share details with local business leaders and arrange printed information.
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Imperial Home Reunion
Board OF Trade
Winnipeg Development and Industrial Bureau
The
Medicine Hat Board of Trade
Imperial Home Re-Union Association
West
Winnipeg
Medicine Hat
Canada
Three Charges Against Murdock Barrister In Canada
Jarvis Ont March 25 I n formations were laid and warrants sworn out last night in three charges against J Y Murdock barrister fate of Jarvis for theft embezzlement and forgery. The attorney general states the department will do every thing in its power to bring the absconding lawyer back from where he may be. Applications will be to the attorney general's department for Murdock's extradition if he reaches the United States.
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Jarvis
Ont
J. Y. Murdock
Murdock
United States
Hollow blocks gain favor in Medicine Hat construction
New buildings in Medicine Hat use hollow blocks from Alberta Clay Products Company. The material, popular across America, offers strength, utility, and low cost, with air spaces that suit the local climate and appeal to builders.
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Medicine Hat
Alberta Clay Products Company
America
Passenger trains schedule hints at reduced service
A clipped OCR line suggests passenger train schedules may cut back service, with each train carrying only one passenger noted. The fragment lacks full context but points to potential minimal ridership and timetable changes.
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G. E. Frost
Bow Island
T. W. Crookshire
Redcliff
Dominion
House
Jerry McCausland
Frank Price
James R. Banely
aLod
Walter Hodgins
Brooks
A. T. Harmer
J. Mo Uibble
Carlstadt
Children’ 'S Aid Society
Eld
Sieioek
R. B
Chadwick
A. P. Burns
the Coast
Mr. Fred. H. _ Speers
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