Superior Storm Leaves Dozens Injured as Building Collapses
West Superior Wisconsin on July 18 endured a fierce wind storm described as hurricane like. A three story hotel building at Third Street and Lamborn Avenue collapsed with seventeen men buried. five buried died and several others were injured. Rescue crews worked through rain and lightning to recover bodies and save survivors. Five carpenters escaped with minor injuries while damage spread to five more buildings and a steel plant area.
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West Superior
Wis
Third Street
Lamborn Avenue
John Lauer
Charles Lucius
Herman Roussey
John Scofield
Carpenter Gross
Scofield
Semple
Res
Lucius
Ytractor
Goss
Bedecker
Kellogg
Violent Duluth Storm Causes Property Damage
A fierce storm hits Duluth at 2:30 pm with high winds and heavy rain. Outbuildings blown down cellars flooded telegraph and power lines disrupted and new pavement torn up on Fourth Street. Rainfall peaked with three quarters of an inch in the first hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DuLuth
Fourth Street
Oitcara
Toronto
E. H. Cook
New Brunswick
N. J
R. W. Stevenson
Kansas
S. M. Greenwood
Kansas City
Lost Records Baffle Sioux Commission at Pine Ridge
A Rushville dispatch reports the Sioux commission sent by the government to probe Pine Ridge investigations found all six weeks of records and evidence vanished en route. The valise with papers was placed in the carriage rear and a stolen or misplaced bag is suspected, complicating witness recollections and the commission’s findings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Indian Commission
Pine Ridge
Omawa
Neb
Rushville
Not Flying High Pennington Air Ship Co Dissolves
The Burlington Airship Company of Burlington Iowa dissolves after two months of work to build the Pennington airship. Capital stock was 10 million dollars but investor interest lagged, contracts are canceled, and Pennington plans to finish the airship in St. Louis and make the initial flight there. James Frame president and J W Murphy secretary have gone to St. Louis to oversee completion and the first flight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennington Air Ship Company
Burlington
Burtington
Burlington Airship Company
Pennington
Theublic
Chicago
S. Louis
St. Louis
James Frame
J. W. Murphy
Relations Between Bureau and Indian Office Severed
The Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions will have contracts for Indian school education made directly with the schools, bypassing the Indian Office. Commissioner Morgan states the old contracting system is wrong and favors public schools. letter to Father Chappelle explains the move.
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Bureau of Catholic Missions
Indian Office
Washington
Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions
Morgan
Massion
Father Chappelle
Bureau
Three Starved Children Eaten by Mother and Daughter
A Pine City fishing party returned with a wild woman and her 16 year old daughter from Snake river forests. The story alleges the husband was killed by wolves in March and the two women cooked and ate three younger children amid starvation. The mother is described as a raving maniac and both women are jailed for awaiting investigation.
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Pine City
Mino
Snake River
T’hey
Released Prisoners in Tennessee Coal Mines Spark Tense Situation
About four hundred convicts and miners faced a tense, escalating dispute at Briceville and Anderson mines as 250 armed workers and citizens seized guards to free the convict laborers. Two convicts accepted liberty. others stayed, fearing capture and lacking clothes. The governor dispatched militia. authorities warn risk of bloodshed as more convicts are expected.
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Tennessee
Knoxxville
Tenn
Tennessee Mining Company
Briceville
Anderson Company
Coal Company
Deputy Marshals Identified in Charleston Murder Case
In San Diego five deputy marshals were identified by a coroner's jury as the assailants in the murder of Samuel Brown. The evidence shows sailors were attacked while on their way to a ship after hiring a boat. Also noted, two deputies may have crossed the Mexican line. Meanwhile in Joshua, Polly Newberry was arrested for the triple murder of her three grandchildren. Investigators cite throat markings and blood on clothing as indicators of foul play.
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San Diego
Cal
Samuel Brown
Charleston
Joshua
Tex
Polly Newberry
Evacuation and wrecks fill July dispatches
The sheriff's posse escaped a Navajo confrontation near Canon Diablo and returned to town. A Midland freight wreck near Manitou, Colorado killed Engineer James Morris and Fireman James Ilson as brakes failed and the train plunged down Ute pass. An unidentified man was run over in Des Moines with notes pointing to J H Kelly of Chicago. Omaha seeks a unified response to local bull troubles via a Kansas City meeting. Keystone and Spring Garden banks accounts are under audit by Brown and Faunce. The Minneapolis court house and city hall cornerstone lay ceremony concluded with solemn rigor.
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Fuiaaesta Frr
A. T
Canon Diablo
Flagstaff
Hostine Buetine
Denver
Midland
Ute Pass
Manitou
Colo
Des Moines
Rock Island
J. H. Kelly
Laurel Street
Chicago
Wreck of the Publico Belle near Newfoundland
News of the schooner Publico Belle wreck off Newfoundland on July 9 recounts the loss of two women and five children. Captain Samuel Butts and a crew of four men plus ten passengers faced a sudden storm, with eight saved and seven drowned including Mrs Freeman and Miss Higgins. The captain cared for ten women and children until all were washed overboard. The report also covers a Brooklyn cashier’s disappearance, a rail disaster attribution suit, and Canadian seizure of American fishing boats in Eastport Maine.
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Teamer
Newfoundlar
Haurax
Publico Belle
Newfoundland
Samuel Butts
Catalina
St. Johns
Freeman
Caroline Higgins
Rachael Burton
Julia Burton
Selina Wells
Miss Wells
Wilie Cie
Wilie
Lurion
Burton
Miss Burton
Multiple Crises Mark July 21 Dispatches Across States
A violent feud in San Augastixé Texas ends with Williams shooting Roberts kin and others. Williams flees. Eastbound train brake failure causes crash near Reno with a tramp killed. Canton Ohio reports marriages invalidated by non ordained officiant. Nevada Missouri records a deed selling a baby for $1. Langley Texas post office raided by drunks. Kentucky Middlesborough lynching shocks town. Wisconsin Aniwa factory burns totaling about $30,000 loss.
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Superior
Wisconsin
Pittspura
Washington, Pa
Minneapolis
Society of Swedish National Singers
Normanna Hall
United States
Winston
Robert Lindblom
Lindblom
la Crosse
Baldwin-Melville Company
Detroit
League of American Wheelmen
Driving Park
Alliance
Lasnow
Glasgow Court
Union
Armers’ Alliance
Helena
Mont
Higher Education
Omaha
Cheyenne
Manogi
Medicine Bow
Rawlins
Lannon
Manchester Ship Canal
Minx
Joseph Garneau
Krauthoff
Garneau
Western Association
Kaystone
Philadelphia
Brown and
Faunce
Foster
Keystone
Spring Garden National Banks
Keystone Bank
New Court House
City Hall
Brooklyn
New York
J. R. Spelman, Jr
Twentysixth Ward Bank
Spelman
Albany
Lake Erie and Western
Corning
W. F. McNamara
Ravenna
New York, Lake Erie and Weston Railroad Company
Eastport
St. Andrews
San Augastixé
Si Williams
Joe Roberts
Roberts
Williams
Jake Roberts
John Roberts
Reno
Nev
Clarks Station
Canton
Upper Sandusky
Albert Cushion
Ohio
Gaby Boy
Nevada
Ruby Hart Sheppard
R. S. Wyatt
San Antonio
Langley
Southern Pacific
Kentucky
Middlesborough
Frank Rossimus
Rossimus
Giles
Tucker
Dorsey Williams
Johnson
Pineville
Sconsin
Aniwa
Aniwa Manufacturing Company
Antigo
Samuel Pitcher
Castoria
G. C. Osaoop
Lowell
J. F. Kentcue
Conway, Ark
H. A. Ancuss
Oxford
Brooklyn, MN
Children's Department
Poston
Mags
Alek C. Surrs, Pres
the Centaur Company
Ti Murray Street
New York City
Milwaukee
F. Widmann
Pipestone
Minn
Mitchell - National - Bank
U.S
Chichester
RED Cross
MYRON
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