Forest Fires Menace Towns Across Six States
Fifteen towns in Pennsylvania join the fire area as large forest fires burn across five of six states. Smoke blankets the east from Pocono mountains to Mount Penn and Reading, with fires reigniting after seeming extinguishment. Constabulary assist fire fighting. Adirondacks burn and smoke drifts toward New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Pocono Mountains
Wyoming Valley
Mount Penn
Reading
Pennsylvania Constabulary
Adirondacks
New York City
Dozen Utica Firemen Fight Adirondack Forest Fires
A dozen Utica firemen with one engine and a hose truck rushed to Lake Kushaqua to aid Stoneywold sanitarium as central Adirondack fires, driven by strong winds, threaten several districts. A four mile wide fire near Big Tupper Lake endangers the International Paper mill at Underwoods with 250 workers in combat. Additional blazes threaten Piercefield near Loon Lake, Dolgeville, Pleasant Lake district, and Oregon saw mill area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adirondacks
Utica
N. Y
Lake Kushaqua
Tupper Lake
Stoneywold Sanitarium
Big Tupper Lake
International Paper Company
Underwoods
Piercefield
Loon Lake
Dolgeville
Pleasant Lake
Oregon
Hunters Start Fires Threaten Chestnut Ridge Areas
Latrobe Pennsylvania reports forest fires sweeping Chestnut Ridge threatening New Derry Bradenville Kingston Laughlintown and stretching from Ligonier to Somerset. Hunters are blamed as crews work since Saturday with many men exhausted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Latrobe
Chestnut Ridge
New Derrick
Bradenville
Kingston
Laughlintown
Ligonier
Somerset
New Derry
Laughlinstown
Hills Swept By Fire Burn Vast York County Timber
Forest fires rage in York county hills along the Susquehanna opposite Columbia. Hundreds of acres burned with flames spreading despite a large firefighting effort. Valuable young timber lost as smoke covers Columbia and Lancaster fifteen miles away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
York County
Susquehanna River
Lancaster
Forest Fires Ravage Maryland Regions West and East
Reports from South Mountain Washington county describe forest fires three miles long and half a mile wide as farmers battle the flames. On the Eastern Shore near Easton Talbot county fires threaten the town and surrounding woods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Baltimore
South Mountain
Washington County
Easton
Talbot County
Fierce Fires Surround Reading Area
Fires rage on mountains east and north of Reading Pennsylvania with Mount Penn enveloped in smoke. Dense haze limits visibility as a large tract on the Blue Mountains burns. State police battle the flames on Mount Penn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
Mount Penn
Blue Mountains
Mt. Penn
Gunners Start Big Forest Fires Near Reading
Forest fires burn in Chestnut hills near Pine Swamp and White House hills west of Reading in Chester County. Gunners started the blazes as scores of firefighters fight to halt their spread and limit the damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pottstown
Chestnut Hills
Pine Swamp
Chester County
White House Hills
Reading
Fires Cause Heavy Damage in Bradford District
Forest fires burn through Sugar Run and Balivar Run areas in Bradford causing heavy damage to timber and destroying many oil wells and rigs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradford
Sugar Run
Balivar Run
Riga
Funeral Riot at Parsonage After Mass Refusal
In Hazleton Pennsylvania October 20 a disturbance near McAdoo erupted at the funeral of miner James Discavage. Father Fusick the McAdoo Polish church pastor refused to say mass due to a misunderstanding. After burial his friends attacked the parsonage smashing windows. the priest hid to escape the mob and likely would have been killed if caught.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maes
Hazleton
James Discavage
McAdoo
Father Fusick
Rich Contractor Slain Near His Employee House
Johnstown Pa Oct 20 Sanford Treese fifty a wealthy railroad contractor was found dead shot through the breast in front of a house occupied by men employed by him on the Pennsylvania railroad. The front door lay shattered apparently from buckshot fired from inside the house. The case is shrouded in mystery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnstown
Employe
Sanford Treese
Treese
Pennsylvania Railroad
Trackwalker Robbed And Murdered In Sea Isle City
Antonio Julianna a track walker on the Stone Harbor division of the West Jersey Seashore railroad was robbed and murdered along the railroad near Avalon. His body was found hidden in bushes beside the tracks with his head crushed by a maul. Jewelry and $200 he carried were taken. Julianna lived at Avalon and had ten years service with the railroad. Avalon Mayor Smith sworn in deputies to aid the search.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sea Isle City
N. J
Antonio Julianna
Stone Harbor
West Jersey & Seashore Railroad
Avalon
Julianna
Smith
Ask President for Work Steel Workers Seek Bethlehem Orders
A delegation from South Bethlehem, Pa., representing several thousand unemployed steel workers, urged the president to divert navy orders to Bethlehem mills. The president referred them to Secretary Metcalf, who conferred with Admiral Mason. Both pledged to advocate a liberal naval policy in Congress as Bethlehem forges three big guns versus 200 previously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethlehem Mill
Washington
South Bethlehem
James M. Bigman
G. D. Dobbins
R. K. Berkmeyer
J. P. McFadden
Navy
Metcalf
Brodhead
Pennsylvania
Admiral Mason
Ordnance Bureau
Congress
Bethlehem
Officer and prisoner struck by oncoming engine
Wheeling West Virginia October 20 police officer Frank Burke of Bridgeport Ohio who had arrested a man for fighting and ex officer Elzie Gill struggled to escape. Gill and Burke were dragged in front of a switch engine and hurled forty feet. Burke died within ten minutes while Gill shows no sign of recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
W. Va
Frank Burke
Bridgeport
Elzie Gill
Cleveland & Pittsburg
Burke
Gill
Brutal Father Fined After Assault on Children
Millville New Jersey October 20 Zebulon Polhamus was fined 1000 dollars by Judge Trenchard for mur derous assault on his children. Polhamus allegedly came home drunk July 11 and attacked a daughter before being shot by his eighteen year old daughter Helen during the incident. A daughter admitted lying to the grand jury under cross examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millville
N. J
Zebulon Polhamus
Trenchard
Polhamus
Helen
Man Wins Cash After Eating 200 Oysters on Bet
In Burlington New Jersey on October 20 a man in a dinner wager ate 200 raw oysters in one hour to win a cash prize for a meal. Spectators cheered as he pocketed the money and said he would use it for tomorrow’s supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
N. J
Twice Stolen Bride Is Safe
Huntington Long Island Oct 20 Abbie Meerongola a seventeen year old wife who had been twice abducted by two men was found in a swamp with her hands tied. She fled when police approached as captors argued over her fate. Raffaelo Orienne and Michael Darino in jail under guard. The couple had wed six months earlier and the family had searched for her since Oct 10. The men were captured after a fire in Long Swamp drew officers to the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington, L. I
Abbie Meerongola
Raffaelo Orienne
Michael Darino
Leaps From Bed During Fire Aid May Spur Recovery
In Washington Pennsylvania on October 30 Mrs. David Tegarden of Beallville, long bedbound, sprang from bed and ran through the hall to fetch help as a fire started when her daughter struck a match chasing a cat. The blaze was quickly controlled and may aid her recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, Pa
David Tegarden
Bealeville
Leper Clark Declared to Have Tubercular Leprosy
Charles Clark, a young Barba of Camden county alms house, is diagnosed by Dr. MacDonald and Dr. Lee as suffering from incipient curable leprosy. The Camden county board of free holders and health officers witnessed the examination. No decision yet on his future placement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark
Charles Clark
Camden County
N. J
Almshouse
MacDonald
Fort Mott
Lee
Camden County Board of Free Holders
Camden Board of Health
Lieutenant Evans Found Guilty of Charges
Lieutenant Frank T. Evans of the battleship Louisiana at Manila was found guilty of absenting himself from his post and disrespect to a superior officer. He was also charged with intoxication. He shall lose 150 numbers and receive a public reprimand. The commander in chief says the sentence is inadequate but approved to ensure punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evans
Frank T. Evans
Louisiana
Manila
Chaplain Jersey G. A. R. Dies at 85
Rev. Charles E. Hill longtime New Jersey Methodist clergyman and chaplain of a Civil War Pennsylvania regiment died of heart disease at his daughter Mrs. John B. Bergen’s Red Bank home. He was eighty five. He preached in many prominent churches and served as G A R chaplain in his era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey
Charles E. Hill
Gran Army of the Republic of
Banker Kennedy Gives $1 Million to New York Hospital
James S. Kennedy, president of the Presbyterian Hospital in New York, donates $1,000,000 for new building construction. Previous gifts include $500,000 to Columbia University, $600,000 for a United Charities building, and $250,000 to the School of Philanthropy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hospital
New York
James S. Kennedy
Presbyterian Hospital
Kennedy
Columbia University
United Charities
School of Philanthropy
Consecration of Bishop Larenus Veres in Washington
Right Rev. Larenus Veres of the province of Mexico was consecrated bishop in Washington. Monsignor Fal sonic served as papal delegate and consecrator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larenus Veres
Province of
Mexico
Washington
Monsignor Falsonic
Refugees Die In Burning Detroit and Mackinaw Train
Fifteen people perish when a relief train carrying Metz villagers to safety derails after rails spread near Nowicki siding. Eleven women and children burn in a gondola as fire closes in. two crewmen die nearby. A later rescue train arrives as four more fatalities occur in the wreck area.
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Detroit & Mackinaw Railway Company
Metz
Mich
Alpena
Nowicki Siding
Fred Wagner
Fred Nowicki, Jr
John E. Kinville
William Foster
Arthur Lee
William Barrett
Nowicki Crossing
Four Children Die in Summit Fire Caused by Overheated Stove
A dwelling in Summit, a mining town ten miles west of Altoona, Pa, burned after an overheated stove. Four Delaney children aged 15, 13, 9, and 20 months perished in their cots while mother Mrs Luke Delaney, rescued by jumping from a second story window, was severely burned and Wil son Judge, 10, was injured. The stove fire started under the children’s room and Mrs Delaney tried to reach them before escaping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Summit
Altoona
Morris Delaney
Robert Nagle
Joseph Delaney
Charles Delaney
Luke Delaney
Delaney
Wilson Judge
Woman Dies After Dental Anesthesia and Tetanus
A 25 year old woman from Belvidere New Jersey died after dental procedures. She developed confusion following anesthesia and then tetanus. The illness progressed rapidly, causing fatal agony over the weekend.
Explosion Blasts Workers At West Virginia Oil Well
Harvey Barnes of South Penn Oil at Clarksburg is blown to pieces while boiler at J W Williams farm in Indian Run near Bristol explodes. Huber Rankin, farm boss, fatally injured and dies en route to Clarkeburg hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nown
Harvey Barnes
South Penn Oil Company
Clarksburg
W. Va
Huber Rankin
J. W. Williams
Indian Run
Bristol
Rankin
Clarkeburg
Wealthy New Yorker J E Judd Dies in Richmond Poisoning
J E Judd reportedly a wealthy New Yorker died in Richmond Virginia from poisoning after drinking a beverage containing acetanilide. The case details point to a deliberate poisoning with the substance linked to the beverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Judd
Richmond, Va
Fires Devastate Stettler Alberta and More Tragic Tales
A flood of distressing reports spans several days. A large portion of Stettler Alberta was burned, killing Leslie Miller. In Missouri a father killed two sons then himself. A ferry collision near Walkerville injures many. A Philadelphia youth dies after a fall. The post office conscience fund grows by 1.50 from a former postmistress. Officials plead guilty to stealing pay checks in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stettler
Alberta
Leslie Miller
D. O. Seaman
Goldsberry
Ariel
Walkerville
Ont
Detroit
Harry Andrews
Philadelphia
Delaware Hospital
Wilmington
Del
Post Office Department
J. W. Lorraine
Public Health Department
Washington
Atlanta
Amherst
Lake Shore Road
Antoine Muzzarelli
New York
Yonkers
N. Y
Supreme Castle
Knights of the Golden Eagle
von Tiedmann
Cortez
Nev
Treasury
New Orleans
Denver
Island
Ill
Louis Kersberg
Pittsburg
Joseph T. Brown
Birney
Mont
St. Louis
Yuma
Aris
Willamsport
Emerson Guthrie
Gus Rogers
Rogers Brothers
John A. Blackburn
Schell
W. Va
United States
Trenton
N. J
Adam McPeak
Jersey City
New Jersey
Harry E. Crout
Club
Baltimore
John Earle
American Rope Manufacturing Company
Brooklyn
Market Quotions And Prices In Baltimore Wheat and Corn
The report shows dull Henry market activity for wheat at 1.03 percent, corn quiet with mixed grades quoted, oats steady across No 2 to No 4 and mixed, butter firm with various creamery and dairy prints priced, eggs firm with regional Mary land and Pennsylvania Virginia and West Virginia references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Southern
Pennsylvania
Virginia
West Virginia
Live Stock Market Report from Pittsburg
The Pittsburg live stock market lists cattle steady with prime prices near 3566.65 and sheep higher with prime wethers, culls and common around 466. Calves and yearlings show varied values, Yorkers and pigs quoted at several hundred dollars, with rough stock around 4 to 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
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Atlantic States
Minere
Anthracite Miners’ Union
Scrantorm
United Mine Workers of America
Lewis
Yokohama
Japan
American Asiatic Association
Arthur Walters
Belvidere
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