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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1908
Page
3
A blazing fire traps hundreds outside as helpless prisoners and frightened children suffer slow deaths before rescue. Authorities investigate cause and assess whether safety lapses contributed to the disaster.
Early estimates place more than 100 children dead after the north Cleveland Collinwood school fire. Only four walls stand as crews dig among rubble. Thirty bodies recovered. fears grow of further collapses entombing victims. Firemen risk collapse while workers convert nearby homes into makeshift morgues. Four bodies transported to Glenville Hospital.
A vast fire trapped 100s of children on the third floor of the six story North Collinwood school in Cleveland. Early estimates ranged up to 150 dead as flames and debris overwhelmed escape routes. aerial ladders and ambulances were rushed to reach scorched survivors and retrieve bodies.
Michael McDermott of Charleroi defied state authorities in an oleo case. He received $200 fines on two counts last November and was sentenced to a $50 fine and six months imprisonment on February 11. Total fines tally about 9900 in five months.
J B Yobe general manager of the Pittsburg and Lake Erie arrived in New Castle with his staff on a special train attached to No 29. He was met by agent J D Trelfal on Tuesday afternoon.
In Pittsburg, George H. Lowe a coachman to Mrs. Mary McC Jones and Mrs. Edna Skinner wife of carriage maker Harry Skinner were arrested in a downtown hotel after Mrs Lowe traced her husband handwriting on the register. Lowe and Skinner jailed pending hearing.
Receiver John H. Painter announces a 10 percent dividend of about 30000 dollars for New Castle Savings and Trust stockholders. Checks are at Marcus Feuchtwanger's hands with a morning pickup at the National Bank of Lawrence County for a few days.
New York March 4. Divorce proceedings filed in the case Von Bardeleben versus Von Bardeleben. Plaintiff identified as Fritzi Scheff, the comic opera star known on stage as Von Bardeleben. The complaint alleges a statutory offense amid mystery surrounding the suit.
The Luther league of St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran church met Tuesday night at Harry Miles home on Lutton street. A key announcement: the group cleared $46 from the Martha Washington tea held on February 21.
Paul Pietronantonio was arrested on a larceny charge after a pair of pants and a shirt valued at two dollars. The accusation was made by Paul Rozzi and Alderman Ranney will hear the details tonight.
Work for the court house at Youngstown is at a standstill because a ten foot strip of land adjoining the site has a faulty title that prevents completion.
A convention featuring Slavish people from across the United States is planned for Youngstown in May with attendees traveling to the event.
Mr and Mrs Elmer Sell of Poland were injured yesterday when the carriage they rode in was struck by a street car in Youngstown. The couple sustained injuries, details of their condition were not released.
The Ohio Republican state convention adopted a Taft oriented platform vowing support for his presidential bid. It endorses Roosevelt era policies, tariff revision, a sound financial system, civil rights, canal completion, and aggressive anti trust enforcement, with Ohio delegates pledged to Taft.
Crowds from across the city attend revival services at Croton Avenue M E Church with evangelist Rev. Chas F English of North Amherst Ohio receiving praise. A Tuesday afternoon meeting drew good attendance and a Bible reading is set for today at 2 30. Wednesday evening sermons focus on The Condition of Salvation.
Judge W E Porter approved three additional liquor licenses for the year ending April 1 1909, renewed all existing licenses, and denied most wholesale applications. New licenses went to Higgins, Henry, Moore, McBride, and others across wards, with strict holiday and sales rules reaffirmed. The public gallery and licensees filled the courtroom as the list announced covered New Castle and surrounding townships.
A three year report shows City Treasurer John McCandless collected and disbursed about 1.5 million dollars with total receipts of 1.45 million and disbursements of 1.34 million. He began with 77,690.10 in the treasury and leaves 110,482.87, praised for accuracy and no complaints.
Death notices record Lenora Dillie age 26 of Cleveland avenue and Gertrude McNabb age 35 of Youngstown. No further details provided.
The piece warns of bread rioting as unemployed foreigners in New Castle face starvation. It cites rail and mill laborers, boarding-house closures, and landlords abandoning tenants, with Polish real estate dealer A. Lasky noting many destitute visitors seeking relief in Moravia street area. Continued on Fifth Page.
In a ten round bout Jimmy Britt outpointed Battling Nelson in Los Angeles. Nelson pressed the action from bell to bell, while Britt failed to show strong effort and his blows lacked vigor. A low blow in the sixth drew no foul from Referee Eylton.
New York report says ex-prizefighter John Grant, after six prior self harm attempts including a Brooklyn Bridge leap two weeks earlier, died by inhaling gas. He was found dead in bed by his sister in law Mrs William Grant.
Penniless and hungry Mrs. E B Wright arrives in Youngstown from Beaver Falls seeking her husband believed moved to another city after a transfer.
The Morgan Springs plant in Struthers has been purchased by Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company. The transfer consolidates operations under the Youngstown firm, transferring ownership and potential job impacts to the Struthers site.
Augustus Hartje John Welshons and Clifford Hope were acquitted of conspiracy by a jury in Pittsburgh after initial defiance of Judge MacFarlane instructions. The verdict came after repeated prompts to follow the judge.
Benjamin Gholson is jailed awaiting a hearing on assault and battery charged by his mother, Elizabeth Gholson of Grove Street. Alderman Ranney remanded the man after a partial hearing, with the full hearing scheduled for tonight.
The Epworth M. E. Sunday school will hold its annual election of officers this evening after the regular Wednesday prayer meeting. The election was moved from Friday night to tonight.
Mike Buska of Youngstown was lured by a supposed friend and assaulted by three men. He was beaten unconscious and robbed of 95 dollars during the attack last night.
The grand jury returned true bills against Dominick Saviato for murder of Squire William Duff and against Charles Quimby for murder of his wife. True bills also found against E B Locke for tax offenses. numerous other indictments including assault, battery, rape, larceny, horse stealing, and robbery with several not true bills and costs ordered. Attorneys were appointed for Saviato with interpreter Mary Conti.
Under Coach Walter Hart and Captain Ed Connery high school players began practice at the YMCA gym on Tuesday afternoon. Manager Epb Cook works on scheduling as about 20 hopefuls try for spots. key veterans Rice Broe and Bell have left, with Everett McConahy likely to handle most pitching duties.
The general volunteer fire department of New Castle elected S A Bowman as president William P Morris as vice president and William Quinn as secretary for the next 12 months at a Tuesday evening meeting.
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