Storm toll rises as lake steamers driven ashore
Wind and rain cause two million dollars in damage across the Ohio River region. Five lake steamers break from moorings and are driven ashore near Buffalo. Niagara Gorge water reaches record highs, flooding areas and disrupting the electric railroad. Levees break at Portsmouth driving ten thousand residents from homes, many in nightwear. Cincinnati Louisville Aurora and Lawrenceburg suffer heavy flood damage with Lawrenceburg in imminent danger of complete flooding.
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Portsmouth
Lawrenceburg
Cincinnati
Louisville
Buffalo
Niagara Gorge
Ohio River
Ohio
Aurora
Ind
Destructive Buffalo Windstorm Causes Massive Property Loss
Buffalo scene of wreckage after a twenty four hour hurricane windstorm. Lake Erie rose three feet and Niagara River overflowed its banks amid widespread property damage estimated at two million dollars. Several ships aground, piers at North Tonawanda destroyed, and Buffalo harbor shipping valued at about 1.5 million dollars damaged. City lights out, telecommunications improving, west Buffalo hardest hit as wreckage spreads along waterfront.
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Lake Erie
Niagara River
North Tonawande
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
St. Lawrence Valley
Hurlburt W. Smith
William Nottingham
J. Q. Riddle
Monroe C. Smith
A. G. Brewer
Cleveland
Niagara Gorge Railway Devastated by Niagara Flooding
A Niagara Falls telegraph report says a hurricane wind and record flood massively damaged the Niagara Gorge Railway. Water flooded roadbeds, rails, and power works. boats and structures were swept away or submerged. The Maid of the Mist remained sheltered, while Goat Island shores bore the torrent’s onslaught.
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The
Tribune
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Niagara Gorge
Lake Erie
Falls
Niagara Falls Hydraulic Power and Manufacturing Company
Goat Island
Threister
Flood Drives Portsmouth Residents From Homes
A massive Ohio River flood after levee breaks floods Portsmouth and suburbs, forcing about ten thousand people from their homes. Homes, livestock, and supplies are lost as water reaches 61.3 feet, with sick care, fire, and transport disrupted.
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Portsmouth
Ohio
Ohio River
Scioto
Cincinnati Flood Strikes With Strong Wind and Fire Loss
Cold weather and a river flood left thousands homeless across Ohio and Kentucky. Buildings in Walnut Street collapsed as gales raked the city, with cargoed upper floors crashing down. The Ohio river rose to potentially 66 or 67 feet, isolating Cincinnati areas and disrupting bridges, streetcar lines, and rail terminals. Relief works, aided by church funds and a planned Music Hall benefit, mobilized across both sides of the river.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Walnut Street
A. Janssen Wholesale Grocery Company
Ohio Battering Company
Weather Bureau
Kentucky
Covington
Newport
Bellevue
Ludlow
Bromley
Cincinnat, Hamilton & Dayton
Cincinnati, Lebanon & Northern
Anderson's Ferry
Lyric Theatre
Henry E.dixey
Music Hall
Parkersburgh
Madison
Ind
Willer Neecr & Co
Bronx man thought dying after drugging confinement
Virgil Delgenover of The Bronx was found unconscious at his home after alleged three week confinement in a small room. Coroner Schwannecke investigated an anonymous tip and learned Delgenover had returned from Venezuela, faced an accounting with his brother, and later was found in a hospital for the insane before being taken home.
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Virgil Delgenover
Montgomery and
Popham Avenues
Bronx
Albert F. Schwannecke
Schwannecke
Mr. Delgenover
Delgenover
Charles H. Holman
West 145Th Street
Delgenover House
Department of Highways
Train Blown On Air in Indiana Disaster
A powder car explosion wrecked the Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago and St. Louis train near Sandford Indiana. Twenty two bodies were recovered with at least thirty five injured. Fire and wreckage damaged Sandford and nearby homes as rescue teams worked through the night.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis
Big Four
Sandford
Paris
Indianapolis
Mattoon
L. F. Rose
Concord Junction
Mass
East Alton
Engine Jumps Tracks on Buffalo Express Near Tunnel
A New York Central Buffalo express second section derailed at 54th street near the tunnel. No deaths or injuries reported. traffic delayed. Engineer blames a possible frog mount while the towerman cites a locked switch. Past similar incidents noted near Labor Day and a recent side swipe. Train carried seventy two passengers without harm.
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Buffalo Express
New York Central
54Th Street
56Th Street
Larchmont
Naval Review
Cooktown in Ruins After Weekend Hurricane
Brisbane reports Cooktown in ruins from Friday night and Saturday hurricane. No deaths. Cooktown, a key Queensland town on the Endeavor River with rail link to the Palmer gold fields, has a population slightly over 20,000.
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Brisbane
Queensland
Cooktown
Palmer Gold Fields
Blizzard scatters silken carloads in Minnesota
Oriental silks valued at 2,000,000 dollars were scattered along the prairie near Clontarf as ten express cars on a Great Northern special train derailed and splintered. Trainmen and local residents scoured fields all night to recover the fragile freight.
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the Tribune
Clontarf
Minn
Great Northern
Bacon Denies Sailing Amid Kingston Dispatch Confusion
Acting Secretary of State Bacon dismissed reports that Rear Admiral Davis sailed with battleships and support vessels to Kingston. He said newspapers are creating trouble between Davis and Governor Swettenham and that no ships have sailed. Navy says only an Admiral Davis dispatch exists from January 13.
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Washington
Bacon
Admiral Davis
Swettenham
Navy Department
Davis
Kingston
Ex Governor Higgins Weakens Near End
Report from Olean New York and Clean New York describe ex Governor Frank W Higgins fading rapidly over the past day. Doctors Hibbard and Janeway say vitality is slipping, he has little nourishment and remains semi conscious with periodic rallies, the end not far away. Family members travel to his bedside as physicians note the Egypt trip and Albany inauguration contributed to his critical condition.
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Clean
N. Y
Frank W. Higgins
E. G. Janeway
New York City
Hibbard
Albany
Egypt
F. S&s Smith
Mr. Higgins
J. Cameron
Higgins
New York
West
Edward G. Janeway
Olean
Vernor Hughes
Janeway
Commodore Morton F Plant Injured In Street Crash
Commodore Morton F Plant railway and steamshipman narrowly escaped with his life after a collision between his cab and a Lexington avenue car at 46th street. He was thrown to the pavement with a bad scalp wound and taken to Flower Hospital for treatment. He declined to file a complaint and returned to his home at 2 East 52d Street.
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Commodore Morton F. Plant
Lexington Avenue
46Th Street
Commodore Plant
Commodore
Flower Hospital
East 52d Street
Rixeys Run Down By Car In Washington
Surgeon General Rixey of the navy Mrs Rixey and a woman friend were struck by an electric car on Connecticut avenue Washington during a drive. The carriage was smashed they were thrown to the ground but not seriously hurt though badly shaken. the two women escaped serious injury and the surgeon general’s party was briefly hospitalized for observation.
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Washington
Rixey
Navy
Connecticut Avenue
Adolphus Busch Leaves for Washington in Private Car
St. Louis dispatch reports Adolphus Busch, critically ill, departed for Washington D C from his home after a temporary spur was laid from Terminal Railroad tracks. He traveled with his wife, son, two daughters, three trained nurses and Dr Luedeking carried in an invalid chair to a private car near his front door.
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St. Louis
Adolphus Busch
Atken
D. C
Luedeking
Funeral by Phone During Rev Holden's Service
While Rev Joshua Hudson Holden's funeral was held at the North Cos Cob Methodist Protestant Church his wife, bedridden at home, listened to the service via a telephone line connecting to the church. The incident reflects the era's use of telecommunication to bridge distant mourners.
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Greenwich
Conn
Joshua Hudson Holden
North Cos Cob Methodist Protestant Church
Davis Sails Away as Kingston Ships Depart
Kingston Jamaica January 19 Rear Admiral Davis’s mercy mission to stricken Kingston ends abruptly due to Governor Swettenham’s objection to American sailors aiding in street clearance guarding property and aiding the wounded and sick. A formal letter to the admiral concludes the incident.
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Davis
Kingston
Swettenham
Per
US Navy aids in wrecked city after earthquakes
Rear Admiral C. H. Davis landed parties to clear streets and aid wounded after strikes by U S battleships Missouri Indiana and gunboat Yankee. He apologized for a misfired salute and offered ongoing help while Governor Swettenham requested the ships reembark forces and limit their actions to non firearm assistance with police and consular protection.
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Davis
United States
C. H. Davis
Swettenham
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Insane Asylum
Sandford, Lil
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Findlay
Ohio Oil Company
Harry Shickel
E. W. Thiers
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Pinehurst
Camden
Jacksonville
Ollie
Broadway
Adyt
MR. Higgins Weaker
Morton F. Plant
Rixeys
Busch Home
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Tles
Missouri
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Yankee
Associated Press
Crosswell
Usher’s
Adv
Charles Henry Davis
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