Saved From Death's Jaws
Adam Kent and Joseph Engine two of a dozen workmen trapped in a waterworks tunnel beneath Lake Erie were rescued from a gas filled airless section near crib No 2. They were semi conscious at Huron Street Hospital and described sleeping gas and repeated failed escape attempts before downing a signal on a pipe led rescuers to their location.
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Cleveland, C
Adam Kent
Joseph Engine
Lake Erie
Crib No. 2
Huron Street Hospital
Kest
Eugine
Kent
Erib
Dawe
Teenager Fatally Shoots Man Over Refused Drink
In Birmingham on August 20 a 17 year old, Louis Baggett, killed Henry Shrump after Shrump declined a drink invitation. Baggett shot Shrump twice in response, according to witnesses.
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Birmingham
Ala
Bessemer
Louis Baggett
Henry Shrump
Shrump
Haggett
New York Political Leaders Confer in London
London August 20 Richard Croker John Fox of the New York Democratic club and Andrew Freedman, all in London, met Monday to discuss the political situation in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Richard Croker
John Fox
New York Democratic Club
Andrew Freedman
New York City
Grand Bourg Destroyed by Fire in French Antilles
A dispatch from Basse-Terre Guadeloupe reports Grand Bourg on Marie-Galante island in the French Antilles has been destroyed by fire. The town, with about 15 000 residents, is left desolate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Basse-Terre
Guadeloupe
Grand Bourg
Marie-Galante
French Antilles
City of Golconda Sinks In Squall Near Paducah
Paducah Ky August 20 The river steamer City of Golconda en route to Paducah struck a sudden squall and capsized in ten feet of water six miles above the city. Sixteen passengers drowned as the craft sank. Captain Bauer and Pilot Peck escaped by swimming to shore. Survivors were later plucked from wreckage with many details of the disaster and lost belongings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paducah
Golconda
Elizabethtown
Crowell's Landing
Jesse Bauer
E. E. Peck
Bauer
Mills Stay Closed Amid Steel Strike Turmoil
Aug 20 report from Joliet and Monessen details continued shutdowns at the Bay View and Pressed Steel Car plants due to Amalgamated Association actions. Talks resume as U S Steel restarts Monessen and Painter mills while strikers vow no compromise and prepare for further confrontations with the steel trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Illinois Steel Company
Bay View
Amalgamated Association
Steel Trust
Joliet
Pressed Steel Car Company
H- Nan
The Islander Sinks After Collision Near Douglass Island
The Bleamer Islander, from Skaguay, struck an iceberg near Douglass Island on August 15 and sank in minutes. Of 108 aboard, 67 died, with five likely stowaways and five children missing or drowned. Passengers described a chaotic scramble for lifeboats as the ship went down bow first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Townsend
Wash
Queen
Pacific
Skaguay
Douglass Island
King Oscar to Visit France for Army Maneuver finale
Paris reports King Oscar of Norway and Sweden accepted President Loubet's invitation to witness the close of the French army maneuvers at Rheims. He will enter France at Dunkirk after reviewing the Northern squadron with President Loubet.
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King Oscar
France
Paris
Oscar
Norway
Sweden
Loubet
Rhems
Dunkirk
French
Soldier dies as explosive accident rocks Fort Riley practice
At Junction City Kansas Aug 20 a fatal gun accident wounded several soldiers from Fort Riley during siege battery target practice a seven inch gun misloaded shell exploded killing Private Henry C. Wetere and injuring others including Langebou Sykes and Binge all severely maimed Police blocked entry as ambulances ferried the injured three miles to the fort Doctors warned some may die amid a grave scene of mangled bodies and shattered faces at the siege battery site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junction City
Kan
Here
Tietren Wert
Fort Riley
Henry C. Wetere
London
Sykes
Duncan
Sergi Mahoney
Bressa
Watson
Texas
South
Caroline
Savannah
Two Farmers Die Crossing Tracks In Ohio Train Collision
Aug 20 Vigo county Ohio report states Robert Rapeter and Jefferson Rutter were killed when their wagon was struck by a Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern train. The accident occurred Monday afternoon as the wagon crossed the track, killing the two men instantly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chillicothe
Robert Rapeter
Jefferson Rutter
Baltimore & Ohio
Dalvie Watt Aan
Inglund
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Caerre S
New York
Heath
Posthtied Miling
Paducah, Ky
Worten
Quaertermone
Hampton
Peck
Mary N
Blaimour
Portland
Foote
Sam Starten
Winnipeg
Klondike
Bishop
Mife
Child
United States
A. Jo Smith
Dr. Phillips
Seattle
Juneau
Phillips
Dre Phillips
Chi
Iman
J Snooth
Victoria
Msrownlee
Allen
Heros
Brownlee
Dee
Bay View Mills
Galvia
Tuttstury Bay
United States Steel Corporation
Moneseen
Painter
Clark
New Castle
McKeesport
Wheeling
Bellaire
Mingo Junction
Monessen
Painter Mill
Clark Mill
Painter Mills
The
Duquesre Mil
Duquesne Mills
Carnegie Company
Anelly
Shaffer
Talkea
Mo of Tighe
West Moneas
Duquesne
Mullane’s
Mullane’s Millinery
Fifteenth Street
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