Fires Devastate Fernie District In Canada Blaze Toll Grows
Reports from Fernie British Columbia recount a massive forest fire driving through the region. At least four bodies found in Fernie by 6 p.m. with many missing. experts fear a high death toll and $5,000,000 in property losses. Smoke and fire sweep along the Canadian Pacific line while towns such as Michel Hosmer and Cranbrook face danger. supplies are rushed from Vancouver Nelson Cranbrook and Michel as crews fight to save homes and aid the displaced.
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Fernie
B. C
Ays
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Michel
Coleman
Blairmere
Two Hundred Dead In Canadian Fire Sweep
A Kootenay fire region report estimates losses over 16 million and deaths at least two hundred, with Winnipeg dispatches predicting up to four hundred. Fernie prisoners were released as flames spread, then recaptured and sent to Nelson, while Vancouver sent relief and supplies by train.
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Vancouver
Kootenay
Winnipeg
Fernie
Nelson
Fernie Fire Ravages Canadian Town Amid Massive Loss
Aug 3 Winnipeg reports estimate 150 dead in the Elk River district fire that destroyed Fernie. About 6,000 residents homeless as cottages, a brewery, mills and coal offices burned. 25 million feet of lumber lost. Bridges failed, residents evacuated by trains toward Cranbrook and Michel. relief funds pouring in.
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Winnipeg
Man
Elk River
Fernie
Western Canada
Coal Company
Fort Steele
Old Town
EX River Lumber Company
Canadian Pacific
Michel
Hosmer
Cranbrook
West Fernie
Elk Mill
Cedar Val
Canadian Pacific Railway
Trie
Harriman Discusses Freight Rates in Chicago
Edward H. Harriman spoke in Chicago on potential changes to U S freight tariffs. He urged proper compensation for transportation, favored a general tariff adjustment over a flat 10 percent rise, and stressed fair wages for railroad workers while seeking better service and new equipment.
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Chicago
Edward H. Harriman
West
United States
Harriman
Indomitable Sets Coast to Coast Speed Record
The Indomitable with the Prince of Wales aboard arrives at Cowes after a voyage from Quebec averaging over twenty five knots from land to land. The ship exceeded the Drake's 19 knot wartime record, hitting 26.4 knots in parts and 27 knots on trial, with heavy armament and turbine efficiency praised. George reports from Ottawa say the prince confirms a successful voyage.
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Cowes
Prince of Wales
Quebec
Strait of
Belle Isle
Drake
Prince Louis of Battenberg
America
Cunard Line
Indomitable
Admiralty
Canadian
Scilly Islands
George
Pettibone Dies After Cancer Operation in Denver
George Pettibone longtime Western Federation of Miners leader dies at St Josephs Hospital Denver from cancer surgery complications. He had been ill since Idaho penitentiary confinement and was tried and acquitted at Boise following Haywood's acquittal.
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Denver
Col
George Pettibone
Western Federation of Miners
Moyer
Haywood
Steunenberg
Idaho
St. Joseph's Hospital
Pettibone
Boise
Mosquito Bite Kills Harlem Boy at Hospital
William Bienz a sixteen year old clerk living at 446 East 1234 Street died at Harlem Hospital after a mosquito bite on his upper lip caused swelling and pain over a week. He had been unconscious for more than six hours before death.
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William Bienz
Harlem
Bienz
East 1234
BEACON TENDER MISSING AT COLD SPRING HARBOR LIGHT
In Oyster Bay Aug 3 Cold Spring Harbor Light was dark and keeper Samuel Rawlings is missing. He went to a motorboat race with friends, landed them, then departed toward the light. A launch adrift nearby had Rawlings's coat. the light house keeper's wife is away across the sound.
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Oyster Bay
Long Island
Cold Spring Harbor
Samuel Rawlings
Senwanhaka Yacht Club
Rawlings
Eight Die In Flames In Chicago District Blaze
A massive Chicago fire in the elevator and freight district caused eight deaths and more than fifty injuries. The blaze destroyed Armour & Co. elevators containing 1,875,000 bushels of wheat and heavily damaged or destroyed several railroad freight facilities. Property losses are estimated at 2 to 3 million dollars as the fire raged for hours, with hundreds of barrels of oil and chemicals exploding into the river to prevent further blasts.
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Tribune
Chicago
16Th Street
Canal Street
Chicago River
Armour & Co
Union Elevator Company
Burlington
Burlington and
Pennsylvania
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern
Chicago & Eastern Illinois
Clark Street
West 14Th Street
West 16Th Street
Lumber Street
Ilinois
Burlington Railroad
Union Elevator
Horan
Armour
Wild ride ends with wrecked New York auto in Fall River
Two Fall River policemen chased a speeding driver who called himself James Smith of New York. The auto surged at 70 mph zigzagging and smashed into a stone wall. no injuries. Smith was fined for speeding. The register linked the car to James J Watson of Rochester.
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Tribune
Fall River
Mass
James Smith
Fifth Avenue
New York
New York Register
Smith
B. F. Norton
Blakes
Norton
Rockins
Americans Win Chess Match at Oxford Interuniversity contest
A week long game between University of Pennsylvania players Miller Hughes and Whittaker and four Oxford players Boughton Lob Petrie Waterfield ended with an American victory by 18.64 points to 16.64. Haan's Restaurant at Park Row Building advertised cooled lunches and dinners.
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Oxford
Messrs. Miller
Hughes
Whittaker
University of Pennsylvania
Oxford University
Messrs. Boughton
Lob
Petrie
Waterfield
No action on cadets the presidents denial
Oyster Bay August eight marked another day with no final decision on whether eight West Point cadets found guilty of hazing will be permanently dismissed or reinstated via Congress or executive clemency. President Roosevelt said he has not yet received final War Department recommendations and has not made a definite ruling.
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Oyster Bay
West Point Military Academy
Congress
Roosevelt
Rudolph Foster
Loeb
Luke E. Wright
Secretary of War
Wright
Department
Board of Inquiry
War Department
Washington
Scott
West Point Academy
Tennessee
Robert S. Oliver
Sagamore Hill
Boston
West Point
Hugh L. Scott
United States Military Academy
Budweiser Ad Promotes Popular Beer Worldwide
A vintage advertisement claims Budweiser is the most popular beer worldwide with high sales despite lower dealer profits. It asserts the beer’s superior quality is recognized everywhere and notes its bottled form from the brewery.
Strike in Paris Fails as Mob Dispersed at Republic Square
Paris August 3 strike by the General Federation of Labor largely failed with only the Vigneux typesetters standing firm while engineers and most tradesmen returned to work. Police cleared Place de la République after protestors hurled tables chairs and siphons. A jailed anarchist shot a cop in the leg amid further unrest in Courrières Nancy and Saint-Etienne.
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Paris
General Federation of Labor
Place de la République
Lens
Pas-de-Calais
Vigneux
General Labor Federation
Courriéres
Nancy
St. Etienne
Five Die In Auto Crash Near Burlingame
San Francisco dated report says five women and two children died when a large car plunged down a steep embankment near Crystal Lake on a trip from Burlingame to San Mateo. Eighteen year old Clara McCormick and Mrs. Ira G. O Brien are among the dead. Two adults were injured. The vehicle struck a rock and tree, ejecting occupants before striking another road. The families are prominent in San Francisco society.
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San Francisco
Burlingame
Thomas A. McCormick
Clara McCormick
Robert T. O’brien
Ira G. O’brien
McCauley
McCormick
McCormick Iron Works
Taft Uses Phonograph to Broadcast Campaign Messages
Taft will have his speeches recorded on phonograph cylinders in Hot Springs Virginia and broadcast nationwide. Five speeches three to five minutes long cover tariff labor and other issues, duplications will roll out from New York within days. Taft and family observed the session, with Taft meeting Virginia Republicans Bascom Slemp and Brow Allen who plan a Virginia rally August 21. Missouri Announces Taft inspired twins named Howard Taft Heavner and Hadley Sherman Heavner to honor the Republican ticket.
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Tribune Hot
Taft
Hot Springs
New York
Mr. Taft
Chicago
Mr. Bryan
Bryan
Charley
Bascom Slemp
Virginia
Brow. Allen
Staunton
Old Dominion
South
Slemp
Congress
The
Bar Association
W. F. Heavner
Lebanon
Howard Taft Heavner
Hadley Sherman Heavner
Hadley
Missouri
Fatal and Other Injuries In Brooklands Race Crash
London August 3 motor racing at Brooklands ended in two serious accidents. A Mercedes driven by Lane and mechanic William Burke overturned into a pond, Burke died, Lane suffered a broken arm. The car burned and racing halted. A Napier car at nearly 100 mph threw its driver Reynolls and a mechanic, badly scratched and feared internally injured.
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London
Brooklands
Mercedes
Lane
William Burke
Reynolls
New York Woman Hurt Near Lenox in Car Collision
Mrs Henry Ivison Parsons of New York was seriously injured when a touring car driven by Charles Casey of Lee struck and overturned her carriage near the Lion Inn in Stockbridge. She was found unconscious and treated for a fractured collarbone and facial injuries.
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Tribune
Lenox
Mass
Henry Ivison Parsons
New York
Stockbridge
Lion Inn
Wyoming Names Hughes Delegates
Buffalo August 8 The Wyoming County Republican Convention at Warsaw elected a delegation to the state convention instructed for Governor Hughes Frederick C Stevens of Attica State Superintendent of Public Works heads the delegation Robert M McFarlane of Magle was renominated for member of Assembly
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Wyoming
Hughes
Buffalo
Warsaw
Frederick C. Stevens
Attica
Robert M. McFarlane
Magle
Taft evidence links him to Unitarian church
Cincinnati records reveal William H Taft belonged to the First Congregational Unitarian Church in Cincinnati. Pastor George A Thayer confirms Taft and his family were members, with Taft's father Alphonso also serving as a trustee and president of the trustees. Taft attended church in Cincinnati as a youth and again during visits, though he has traveled widely since.
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Cincinnati
William H. Taft
Taft
First Congregational Unitarian Church
George A. Thayer
Thayer
Mr. Taft
Wil Taft
Alphonso Taft
Alphonse Taft
Will
Will’ Taft
Unity Club
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Firth
Starriman
Atlantic
Ottawa
Operation Kills
Companion
Moyer and Haywood
Automobile Register
James J. Watson
No. 11
Prince Street
Rochester
Haan
Park Row
Bidg
Place de la Republique
Taft and
Sherman Twins
Killen Auto
Hutchinson
Kan
George A. Vanderveer
9Th Judicial District
Rock Island
Rowel Taylor
Dewey’s
H. Ae Beane & Sons Co
Fulton St
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