Forest Fire Rages Through Crow's Nest Region Causing Losses
Fernie and surrounding towns battle extensive fires in the Crow's Nest region with an estimated 125 dead and $8 million in losses. Thousands displaced camp near Cranbrook as Michel town faces critical danger from advancing flames and high winds. Rail structures, coal yards, and mills are ruined, with major destruction to Fernie’s industrial base and several towns in peril.
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Fernie
B. C
Crow's Nest
Cranbrook
Michel
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Canvas
Hosmer
Laurier Orders Relief for British Columbia Fire Sufferers
Sir Wilfrid Laurier instructed Gen. MacDonald to place all tents and military blankets held by the militia in British Columbia at the disposal of fire sufferers. Provincial militia authorities were ordered to facilitate distribution to those in need.
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Ottawa
Ontario
Sir Wilfrid Laurier
Cranbrook
B. C
MacDonald
Militia Department
British Columbia
Five Die as Auto Plunges Down Burlingame Hill
In San Francisco on August 3 a slo wn car carrying five women and two children crashed down a steep embankment near Crystal Lake while returning from a visit to Prince Poniatowsk. Five occupants died instantly and two were injured, including Ira G. O'Brien and his three year old son.
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San Francisco
Burlingame
Thomas A. McCormick
Clara McCormick
Robert T. O’brien
Ira G. O’brien
Ira G. O'Brien
McCauley
Ethel McCormick
Prince Poniatowsk
San Mateo
Crystal Lake
McCormick
Clara
Ira O’brien
Ira
Red Cross
Tragic Death Follows Baby Loss For Long Island City Family
Marie Sicarie aged sixteen killed herself after the Brook lyn Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children took their baby from Mr and Mrs Charles Sicarie of 88 Tenth Street Long Island City. She wrote to her husband then drank sulfur match mixture and benzine before firing a shot into her chest. Neighbors found her, an ambulance was summoned but she died at St Johns Hospital. The husband was left prostrate as a police guard watched the two room flat.
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Coal Company
Cranbrook
West Fernie
Elk Mill
Fernie
Cedar Valley
Wood-McNab
Coal Creek
Frank Beaver
Hilchmough
Beaver
Michel
Hosmer
Charles Shcarie
Tenth Street
Long Island City
Marie
Pennsylvania
Brooklyn Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Children
Mrs. Sicarie
Sicaries
Sicarie
Thaw plans summer camp for poor children at Cresson Springs
Harry Thaw, replying to Pittsburg reports, says he supports a summer home for poor children at Cresson Springs but cannot finance it now due to trial costs. He envisions using Thaw and Jones cottages for housing, with other cottages as camps. Expenses would mainly be bedding and food. railroad excursion rates could aid transport.
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New York Times
Poughkeepsif
N. Y
Harry Thaw
Pittsburg
Cresson Springs
Thaw
Old Place
B. F. Jones
Pennsylvania Railroad
Dixie II Wins British International Motorboat Cup in Huntington Bay
The American Dixie II defeats Wolseley-Siddeley by 49 seconds on a 30 nautical mile course to claim the International Trophy. Captain S. Barklay Pearce and engineer Albert Rappuhn survive a tense finish after Rappuhn fainted from gasoline fumes. Dixie II posts a 28 knot average, the fastest running time ever in U S motorboat racing.
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America
Huntington Bay
S. J
Dixie II
Duke of Westminster
Wolseley Siddeley
S. Barklay Pearce
Albert Rappuhn
Dixie
England
Pearce
Rappuhn
Northport
Cafe Des Beaux Arts
Rappulin
Daimier Jr
Lord Howard de Walden
Dixie ST
E. F. Schroeder
Motorboat Club of America
Clinton H. Crane
Crane & Whitman
Den
Commodore Joseph H. Hoadley
American
British Company
U. S.A
Irene
John Sheppard
Riverton
N. J
Daimler Iti
Dixie IT
Wolseley-Siddeley
Robbins
Dixie NI
Dixie N
Dixie Ir
Us. A
Admiralty
Solent
Babe Floats Half an Hour and Dies in Creek Incident
Helmuth Engser aged 4 from 230th Street near Broadway drowned after floating over thirty minutes in Spuyten Duyvil Creek. Patrolman Mott retrieved him, Dr. Earl Lasher attempted resuscitation but failed.
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Kingsbridge
Helmuth Engser
230Th Street
Broadway
Spuyten Duyvil Creek
Mott
Matt
Earl Lasher
Great Bear Spring Water Ad Claims Purity Fame
An advertisement featuring Great Bear Spring Water touts its purity as the basis for its fame. The slogan promises trusted quality and a lasting reputation.
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Great Bear
Adyv
Girl Enigmatic Sunstroke Case Grows During Coma
In Pittsburg on August 3, eighteen year old Clara Konter remained comatose for days, reportedly grew two inches while unconscious. Her father cites memory gaps after last Thursday night as doctors seek sunstroke related neurosis, with sister-in-law Emily Rubino backing sunstroke diagnosis.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
Penn
Clara Konter
Emily Rubino
Kanter
New York to Paris Prizes Expected in Race
The New York to Paris prize committee plans a late week meeting to formalize awards. It is expected to honor the Thomas car with first prize and the Protos with second. The decision reportedly does not declare the Protos disqualified and the shipment issue was resolved when the Thomas was granted thirty days over the Protos for the Vladivostock to Paris run.
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Ing
New York
Paris
Thomas
Protos
Alaska
Vladivostock
Protest Over Racing Prize In New York To Paris Race
The Berliner Zeitung publishes a formal protest addressed to the committee running the New York to Paris race. Lieut Koeppen of the Protos car is argued to deserve the first prize. The Imperial German Automobile Club may join the protest and urge German press support citing national importance.
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NEW York Times
Berlin
Berliner Zeitung Am Mittag
New York
Paris
Lieut. Koeppen
Zeitung Am Mittag
Imperial German Automobile Club
The
Zeitung
Double veil fad returns at Newport Casino event
At Newport Casino this morning the double veil fashion made a comeback with women like Mrs. Philip M. Lydig and Miss Anna Sands wearing veils that obscure the face. Other attendees including Mrs. Royal Phelps Carroll and Mrs. Smith Hollis McKim displayed variations, with long or partial veils and complementary parasols and gowns.
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New York Times
Newport
Casino
Philip M. Lydig
Mrs. Lydig
Smith Hollis McKim
New York
Ethelinda C. Morgan
Oliver Harriman
Joseph R. Dilworth
Wreck of Rock Island Golden State near Benson
Westbound Golden State Limited derailed forty miles east of Benson Arizona after a broken rail on the Southern Pacific line. Two sleepers and the observation car overturned while the dining car left the track. many injured were treated at St Mary’s Hospital in Tucson. J C Myers of Kansas City is among the gravely injured.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Golden State Limited
Rock Island Railroad
Benson
Ariz
Southern Pacific
Rock Island
el Paso
J. C. Myers
Kansas City
W. A. Reagan
Big Springs
Texas
Bascom Reagan
Reagan
Louis Martinez de Castro
Sinaloa
Mexico
8. S. Caiton
Chicago
Pullman
Enrique S. Amada
City of Mexico
Fred W. Freeman
E. Lennon
St. Mary's Hospital
Tucson
Ferryboat Bay Ridge rescues two near Governors Island
Passengers heard faint cries as the ferryboat Bay Ridge halted between Governors Island and the Brooklyn shore at 9 30 last night. Captain Thomas Snedley ordered a small boat to search and found Olaf Strand of the Pennsylvania Railroad lighter at Sedgwick Street and Roy Westcott of the Arbuckle Deep Sea Hotel at Hamilton Avenue. They had attempted a swim to Governors Island and back and grew exhausted on the return trip.
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Bay Ridge
Hne
Thirty¢ninth Street
Brooklyn
Whitehall Street
Manhattan
Governors Island
Thomas Snedley
Olaf Strand
Pennsylvania Railroad
Sedgwick Street
Roy Westcott
Arbuckle Deep Sea
Hamilton Avenue
Judge Vanderveer Killed in Auto Crash on Campaign Tour
Judge George A. Vanderveer, Republican candidate for Ninth Judicial District Judge, was killed when the automobile he rode in was struck by a Rock Island train near Lutchinson Kansas during the campaign. Driver Rowel Taylor was injured but expected to recover. the incident occurred on the eve of the Republican primary.
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Judge Vanderveer
Rock Island
Lutchinson
Kan
George A. Vanderveer
Ninth Judicial District
Rowel Taylor
Red Taxicabs Ad From Columbus to New York
A short classified style note promotes Red Taxicabs and the New York Taxicab Co advising readers to call a Columbus number for taxi services. The OCR fragment references a pricing or contact line and hints at a cross-city booking intent.
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Speen—Conmirrort
Columbus
New York
Adv
Mack and Murphy Plot National and State Campaign Roles
Democratic leaders Norman E. Mack and Charles F. Murphy planned a coordinated campaign with the State Committee directing New York efforts after the state convention. Bryan is expected to speak in Buffalo and New York, with Mack expanding plans after September meetings. Mack heads to Chicago to organize East of the Alleghenies and open headquarters while consultations with Watterson Pettigrew and Daniel proceed. Lieutenant Governor Chanler may run without campaign fund contributions, a decision reportedly made after talks with brothers William Astor and Robert Chanler.
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Norman E. Mack
Democratic National Committee
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany Hall
Mack
New York
Murphy
Mr. Mack
Hoffman House
State Committee
National Committee
Mr. Bryan
Buffalo
Chicago
Alleganies
Lincoln
Neb
Col
Henry Watterson
Pettigrew
South Dakota
John W. Daniel
Virginia
Europe
Chanler
William J. Conners
Charlies F. Murphy
William Astor
Reabert Chanler
Leg broke off in chase prompts unusual capture in Chas
In Greenwich Connecticut Nathan Juick a Banksville farmer turned in four boys aged 12 to 14 after a novel orchard raid. His wooden leg broke in the pursuit but he lashed a walnut length to the leg and sprang back to seize the leader Samuel Wells. The other three surrendered.
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New York Times
Greenwich
Conn
Nathan € Juick
Banksville
Sellick
Charles Johnson
Luke Smith
Arthur Forbush
Samuel Wells
Antietam
Wells
Nickel-In-Slot Cars to Return on Third Avenue Line
Third Avenue Railroad will equip 150 pay-as-you-enter cars with fare boxes. Some will match current Fourth and Madison Avenue cars. 100 expected in November and the rest by year’s end. Old-style cars to be sent to Union Railway in the Bronx. Receiver Whitridge backs work despite anti-noise calls. flat wheels nearly vanished and $500,000 allotted for track repairs.
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Third Avenue
Frank Whitridge
J. G. Brill& Co
Philadelphia
Fourth and
Madison Avenue
Union Railway
Bronx
Whitridge
New York Philadelphia Train Service via Jersey Central
Advertisement notes a two hour train service from New York to Philadelphia via New Jersey Central with trains every hour from 7 AM to 6 PM and a midnight train with sleepers opening at 10 PM. schedule details available on page 13.
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New York
Philadelphia
NEW Jersey Central
Miss Dixey Saves a Life in Lenox Mass
Miss Rosa Mond Dixey of New York and Lenox saved Thomas Wilson a gravel teamster from being trampled by horses on West Street. She leaped from her carriage held the horses heads while Wilson freed himself then assisted him to the roadside tied the horses to a tree and telephoned for Dr Hassell of Lee.
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New York Times
Lenox
Mass
Rosamond Dixey
New York
Thomas Wilson
Wilson
West Street
Miss Dixey
J. J. Hassell
Lee
Mediation Efforts Initiated in Switchmen Grievances
United States Labor Commissioner Charles P. Neill informed Grand Master Hawley of the Switchmen's Union that he will take steps to settle the grievances of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad switchmen. The Grievance Board members have returned to Scranton.
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Scranton
Penn
United States Commissioner of Labor
Charles P. Neill
Hawley
Switchmen's Union
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
Philadelphia Tube Opens First Subway Run
An enormous crowd gathered at the Sixty-ninth Street station as the first train began at 5:45 A M. The inaugural run to Second Street took 28 minutes. The system uses five-car trains with 600 passengers per train, enabling 7 200 riders per hour from West Philadelphia to the Delaware River.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
Sixty-ninth Street
Second Street
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
West Philadelphia
Delaware River
Empire Lockout Threat Grounds Shipyards Across Empire
Stettin August 8 A lockout of 8000 riveters at the Vulcan Shipbuilding Yard threatens to spread nationwide. Dispute stems from overtime pay terms and extra hours on warship contracts. Ironmasters plan a 60 percent furnace output cut next Saturday to pressure workers. If unresolved, a request to the German National Federation of Metal Workers may close all their operations.
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Stettin
Vulcan
Ironmasters’ Association
German National Federation of Metal Workers
Empire
Mrs H I Parsons Hurt In Stockbridge Auto Collision
Mrs Henry Ivison Parsons was seriously injured when her carriage overturned after a high speed car struck the rear of the vehicle near the Red Lion Inn Stockbridge. She was taken to Bonnie Brae unconscious with a broken ankle and other injuries. Charles Casey of Lee drives the motor and may face reckless driving charges.
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New York Times
Lenox
Mass
Henry Ivison Parsons
Red Lion Inn
Stockbridge
Curtis Ends Life While Touring in Ohio
Edwin Curtis, leading man of the Oscar T. Cooke Stock Company, shot himself in his Oak Harbor hotel room and died instantly. In a note to Manager Cooke he said he was tired of life and worsening poverty as an actor and financially. Curtis said his home was in Brooklyn and his wife belonged to the Jardin de Paris chorus.
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New York Times
Sandusky
Ohio
Edwin Curtis
Oak Harbor
Kuebler
Cooke
Curtis
Cooke Company
Brooklyn
Jardin Re Paris Chorus
Meningitis by Mosquito Bites Claims 16 Year Old
William Bienz, 16, son of Mr and Mrs Frederick Bienz of 446 East 123d Street, died at Harlem Hospital from cerebro meningitis believed to stem from a mosquito bite. He grew unconscious for six hours before death after swelling on the lip led to home remedies and later severe illness. An operation showed blood poisoning from the bite had reached the brain. doctors noted such cases are rare but not unknown.
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William Bienz
Frederick Bienz
East 123d Street
Harlem
Brenz
Herighty
HIAAN'S Restaurant Ad Promises Luncheon Music
HIAAN'S located in the Park Row Building downtown offers luncheon and dinner with music and ads promoting its dining and entertainment options.
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Hiaan
Park Row
President Denies Action On Cadet Dismissals At West Point
The New York Times reports President Roosevelt reversed course on eight West Point cadets. He says no action has been taken, awaiting War Secretary Wright's decision, contradicting Loeb and Wright who claimed reinstatement was unlikely. The saga follows debates, delays, and conflicting statements from Loeb, Wright, and Forster.
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New York Times
Oyster Bay
L. L
Roosevelt
West Point
Loeb
Luke E. Wright
Wright
Forster
Bing
Department
Military Academy
Military Board
Gen. Wright
Roosevelt endorses dismissal of eight West Point cadets
President Roosevelt did endorse the dismissal of eight West Point cadets found guilty of hazing. The White House had earlier issued a denial, stating no action had been taken. The investigation report was submitted to the President along with the original, and he considered the matter before deciding on dismissal.
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New York Times
Washington
Roosevelt
West Point
Oyster Bay
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Fernie Falls
Canadian Pacific Railway
Trie’s Wood Company
Great Northern
True’s Wood Company
Elk River Lumber Company
Fort Steele
Old Town
Elk River
Canadian Pacific
Laurier
Gerry Society
Dixibil
Babe
West 45Th St
E. O.mccormick
Harriman Lines
Mack and
Chas
Third Avenue Line
Neill
Lackawanna
H. J. Parsons Hurt
Col. Scott
Men
Rct
Congress
Sagamore Hill
Bacon
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