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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1903
Page
1
A boat tragedy leaves four children dead and three rescued as Rodelius, Arthur Lindquist among the victims in a harbor incident. Authorities say overloading caused the disaster and warn of safety lapses. The names of the dead and survivors are reported by local officials.
A Chicago mother who warned children about a crowded boat endures a tragic scene as her son drowns after an accident at the river. Police and rescuers search the area while bystanders react to the disaster.
A small launch with seven children capsized off Twenty-fifth street on Sylvan water. Four youngsters, including three Rodelius siblings and a Lindquist youth, died as rescue efforts dragged on for hours. Leonard Rodelius survived and endured near loss as relatives watched in sorrow.
Seven children aboard an overloaded boat drown after a rescue attempt near Moline. Victims include Agnes Victoria Rodelius 14 Lilley Rodelius 16 Arvid Emil Rodelius 11 and George Rodelius 12. Rescued youths were saved by bystanders William Rathburn and A J Benson.
Phil Spilt 24, employed at Weyerhaeuser and Denkmann mill in Rock Island, drowned while fishing from a raft of logs moored between Second and Third streets. Witnesses Emil Hansen Earl Stamm and Leonard Smith, aged 12 to 14, saw him struggle after unfastening his string of fish. He disappeared after the line broke and the current pulled him under the raft. search efforts followed with a large riverbank crowd gathering.
The Moline Heating and Construction Co. has secured the contract to install all plumbing for the buildings of the Rock Island road at New Shops. It is one of the largest jobs undertaken by the firm and marks the first local business contract for work at the vast railroad plant. The price runs well into four cipher figures. The scope covers inside plumbing in all the buildings including the machine shop.
A Rock Island county case reports teachers paid 12.50 for 100 notes each for textbooks they have not received. Superintendent Ferguson seeks delivery while alleging agents misrepresented the plan as his and that four year reading would replace current requirements. He says agents suggested successors would cover costs if teachers dropped the course.
The article states that adjustments to working rules will be settled immediately. It notes a wage raise of 12 and 15 percent for men, to be approved by General Manager C. A. Good. The piece highlights management action and the specified pay increases for male employees.
Louis McKaufski was found not guilty after the jury verdict in county court. Others, including Robert Shannon Henry Huyvaert Jake Zindle Robert B. Taylor Gusta Phillep John Walker and John Btreckfus faced indictments with pleas or delays and varied fines or trials pending.
The project covers storage and power houses and a laboratory with extensive toilet facilities. The machine shop alone features four toilet rooms containing eighty stools and 168 wash basins. Plans call for heavy iron pipe for roof drains while outside plumbing and surface drains fall under a separate contract.
Charles C. Truesdale and heirs donate to the Rock Island public library the medical library of the late Dr. Calvin Truesdale. The library board adopts resolutions praising the donors and orders minutes and copies to be printed and sent to the donors. Officers’ terms expired with Col. O. L. Welch and Walker listed among officials.
Fragmentary note describes a local hearing about EBT benefits and church involvement. No clear names or dates available.
A fragment notes Mr Fer guson attached his signature to the document and trusted the agent’s word about its contents.
Mrs. Mary Berger of the Dimick block on Twentieth Street in Rock Island narrowly escaped severe burns after attempting to ignite gasoline at her second story home Wednesday evening. Her clothing caught fire, flames spread through the north end of the building, two men helped smother the blaze, and the fire department was summoned. Berger sustained significant facial and arm burns. much of her furniture in the affected room was destroyed. The owner, E. W. Hurst, faced about 500 dollars in potential loss, partially insured. The article also notes a broader report on railroad wage increases across the western system, including the Rock Island line, affecting over 40,000 workers and a payroll rise of about 10 million dollars annually. The Rock Island negotiated last among West trains with general manager Goodnow and local committees.
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