Conflagration Hits Oil City. Blaze Costs Big Loss
Oil City, Louisiana endures worst fire in years as 22 business houses burn and vital western business block is destroyed. Firefighters from Oil City and Shreveport battled the blaze after it started in a pool hall. water shortages hindered efforts and the origin remains undetermined. The bill totals about 750000 dollars with Nick George's confectionery among ruined brick structures.
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Oil City
A. P
Shreveport
Kansas City Southern Railroad
Wss
Oil City Bank
Shreveport Fire Department
J. Flores
Nick George
Drowned pipeline worker from Palestine identified
J W Pennybacker a 23 year old from Palestine Texas drowned in Bayou DeSiard during a routine inspection trip. He and four to five fellow employes were aboard a row boat when he could not swim and was overcome. Rescued and brought to St Francis sanitarium where pulmotors attempted resuscitation but failed. Pennybacker had recently moved to Monroe from June to work for Ford Bacon Davis on the Inter Natural Gas pipeline project linking local gas fields with Baton Rouge.
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J. W. Pennybacker
Palestine
Texas
Bayou DeSiard
St. Francis Sanitarium
Pennybacker
Monroe
Ford, Bacon Davis Corporation
Inter- Natural Gas Company
Bandits Loot Wisconsin Bank Escaping With Cash and Securities
Five bandits trapped customers with rifle fire and scattered nails on a Columbus road as they fled in automobiles with about 8,500 dollars in cash and over a thousand dollars in negotiable securities. Officials of the Wisconsin Bankers Association and local police pursued, but red-tire trails extended for miles. One robber stayed at the door to guard hostages while others looted the bank vault before fleeing.
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Columbus
Wisconsin
First National Bank
Wisconsin Bankers Association Protective Department
Wreck on Baltimore and Ohio Train Near Orlando Wreck Injures 36
A Baltimore and Ohio passenger train from Charleston to Grafton derailed near Orlando West Virginia after a culvert sag, with 36 passengers injured including several seriously. The locomotive left the tracks, pulling a baggage smoker and a day coach. most injuries were bruises and shock.
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Grafton
W. Va
A. P
Charleston
Baltimore Arid Ohio
Orlando
River Stages Report Mississippi Ouachita Updates
River levels show Memphis at 25.2 feet up 0.1, Vicksburg 30.2 up 0.4, New Orleans 6.9 down 0.2. Red River sites Shreveport 11.5 down 0.5, Alexandria 8.9 down 0.7. Ouachita gauges Camden 4.2 steady, Monroe 13.7 down 0.1.
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Mississippi
Memphis
Vicksburg
New Orleans
RED
Shreveport
Alexandria
Ouachita
Camden
Monroe
Florida Reconstruction Underway as Relief Work Starts
Florida relief efforts begin after the hurricane with reformulated plans. Harold Jacobs of Poughkeepsie surveys the scene for a national association urging a moratorium on real estate payments. Metropolitan Life reports 87000 policies totaling 21 million dollars at stake for the region.
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Florida
Harold Jacobs
Poughkeepsie
Metropolitan Life - Insurance Company
Lee Eon Presiden
Palionen
P Big
Orde
Bed Cross Wens
Narrow escape from death by airmen in Caterham crash
Two American officers Lieutenant Commander Robert A. Burge and Major Clarence L. Tinker escaped death when their De Havilland four crashed near Caterham England. The plane struck trees and rolled into a chalk pit then burned as Tinker freed his companion. Both officers were hospitalized with serious burns.
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Caterham
England
A. P
Kolney
Robert A. Burge
London
Tinker
Pensacola storm damages heavy in Pensacola
A tropical storm struck Pensacola causing heavy property damage including the L and N roundhouse and depot destruction. An uncounted number of injuries and possible loss of life were reported by L and N railroad employees via delayed messages.
Pensacola Hit Hard by Storm Ravages and Rail Damage
Reports from Sept 21 indicate probable loss of life in Pensacola with heavy property damage. Louisville and Nashville workers say roundhouse and freight depot wrecked while docks lie in ruins. Washouts between Bay Minette and Flomaton collapse tracks and bridges on the line.
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Pensacola
Birmingham
A. P
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Betwen Bay Minette
Flomaton
Escamba
Monroe Rallies to Aid Storm Sufferers in Area
Monroe mobilizes relief for hurricane victims as local groups pledge support. A wire from Washington dated Sept 29 1926 notes immediate aid actions and lists several contributions including Kellogg Oil Co and local donors.
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Monroe
Josephine McNally
Washington, D. C
Rana
Attachment on Champs Cash Issued for Dempsey Fight
In Philadelphia on September 21 a common pleas court issued a bail attachment setting $600,000 to secure Jack Dempsey's assets amid a dispute over his share of the purse for the Dempsey Tunney bout. The action, tied to Jack Kearns, targets Dempsey’s former manager and seeks damages from Tunney and Rickard.
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Philadelphia
A. P
Equity
Common Pleas Court
B. E. Clements
Chicago
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Clements
Jack Lempsey
Harry Wills
Ralph Evans
Tomorow
Gene Tunney
Dempsey
Tex Rickard
Dempery
Rickard
Billy Gibyog
Tunney
Philad Bia
Jack Dempsey
Jack Kearns
Kearns
Desiard Real Estate Sells At 1430 Front St
The twenty feet of DeSiard Street property with improvements sold for 28600 dollars equal to 1430 dollars per front foot. The two story brick building at 833 DeSiard street occupied by Manning and Crowley paint shop was sold by J M Manning and J J Crowley to Louis Krauss of Krauss and Cahn Store with possession to December 31, 1926. Krauss plans to expand to cover the entire paint shop thereafter.
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DeSiard
DeSiard Street
Manning and Crowley
J. M. Manning
J. J. Crowley
Louis Krauss
Krauss and Cahn
Krauss
Steven's
Hubbard’s
Springer's
Monroe
DeSard
Third Streets
Oregon College Fire Causes Half Million Loss
Ortland Oregon September 21 By AP Fire officials report a blaze at a local college caused approximately half a million dollars in damages. No injuries are listed and investigations continue to determine the fire’s cause.
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Oregon College
Ortland
Oregon
Airmen Die In Fonck Crash Near Westbury
Two men perished when Captain Rene Fonck s trans Atlantic plane crashed in flames during a 3600 mile non stop flight to Paris near Westbury New York on September 21. French radio operator Charles Clavier and Russian mechanic James Islamoff died trapped in the cabin while Lt Lawrence W Curtin leaped to safety.
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Es Westbury
N. Y
A. P
Cytain
Rene Fonck
Paris
Charles Clavier
James Islamoff
Fonck
Lawrence W. Curtin
Igor Sikorsky
Disaster Telegram Believed Surghnors Unhurt in Miami
Telegram from Miami brought relief to the family of W J Bynum in the night. It stated that Mr and Mrs Lloyd Surghnor son in law and daughter of the Bynums were not injured in the storm. The Surgnors are well known here and the message claimed all were safe.
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W.J. Bynum
Miami
Lloyd Surghnor
Black Butterflies serial teased in The Newa Star
The Newa Star promotes its Blue Ribbon fiction serial Black Butterflies as an up to the minute story. Read on page ten then continue with OT s for everyday autumn reading. Delivery details mention a daily installment and local carrier agents in Northeast Louisiana for Twin Cities residents.
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Stett
Newa- Star
Ots
Twin
Louisiana
Apple Smuggling Plot Uncovered by City Jailer
A new smuggling method using apples was revealed yesterday by City Jailer W H Banister. Two suspects, a Black woman and a Black man, are being held in connection with the attempt.
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Prisha Farkdtes
W. H. Banister
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Gulfport
Hattiesburg
Biloxi
Roxie
Philip E. Brast
Roxie Stinson
Department of Justice
Harry M. Daugherty
Covington, Ky
York
East
U. S
Atrman
Mitchell
Mitchell Field
N.Y
Charles : C. Bar
Auburn, N. Y
Ala
Louisville and Nashville
Messnger
John Barton
Kellogg Oil Co
R. W. McGlendoy
Champs
Jack
Desiard Real Estate
Front ST
Iain Fonck
France
Wen
Foulk
Curtin
Westbury
Dacob Islamoff
Surghnors
APPLE
Negro Oman
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