Galled by Gases in Hold Steamer Badly Battered
The steamship Colon, returning to New York from September 10 departure, battled a Sunday hurricane that tore the hold. Gas in the hold killed two crewmen, Barth and Sands, as others risked below to fix a water tank. Olsen and Barth buried in Colon. The storm raged near Watling Island. the ship, 4133 net tons, limped into port with ships’ crew reporting the worst storm they ever faced.
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Colon
New York
Watling Isla
Salt Capeaes
Wil- Smify
J. Olsen
Tank Co
Andy
BR. Darthi
Eel Een
Bante
Barth
Sands
Les
Olsen
Barthi
Oden
Mauretania Anchors At Hook In Heavy Bay Fog
Passengers and crew discuss the fierce gale as Mauretania anchors at Sandy Hook after warning of a hurricane. Other ships including the Celtic, Allfinaa, and Orinoco reach port while Pretoria, captained by Schrotter, rides out the storm nearby. Charles Gates learns his father aboard the Mauretania is safe via wireless.
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Meuretania
Deutschland
Pretoria
Wireses
Schrotter
Schrotte
Sandy Hook
White Star
Celtic
Orinoco
Roral Mail Sisam
Help Wanted Ads From A Dimsed Local Page
Classified notices seek a variety of workers from drug store staff and hotel maids to tutors, coachmen, gardeners, cooks and housekeepers. Listings name candidates like a 36 year old male, a French teacher for families, and a Japanese valet, with locations including Broadway New York and Brooklyn and references required.
Mauretania To Reach Dock as Fog Binds Vessel
Cunard Line officials fail to contact Captain Pritchard by wireless as fog leaves the Mauretania marooned and预计 to dock today. Among stranded passengers is Mrs. Alfred G. Vanderbilt.
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Cunard Line
Pritchard
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Caracas Safe in Port After Hurricane Encounter
The Red D Line steamer Caracas under Captain Furst reached San Juan Puerto Rico from New York on September 18 after weathering a hurricane the prior day. Winds reached 100 miles per hour for a full day with the vessel lightly damaged. passengers thanked the captain and crew and collected funds for their masterly handling of the ship.
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San Juan
P. R
Red D Line
Caracas
Furst
New York
Galveston Floods Hit City After Heavy Rainfall
Heavy rains in Galveston yesterday soaked streets with twelve to thirty inches of water in business blocks. Six and a half inches fell in sixteen hours as winds peaked at seventy miles per hour. Tides rose to four feet, though no private property damage was reported.
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Galveston
Drouth Linked to Diphtheria in Greensburg
Drought believed to spark near epidemic diphtheria in Greensburg Pennsylvania with nine cases in the 7th Ward Public School where pupils from four families are affected. A child escaped from home to school prompting immediate dismissal of students. Sewers stagnant, Health Board cites reeking water as a contributing factor.
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Board of Health
7Th Ward
Clements
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Health Board
Girl survives 2200 volt polar dare in Chicago
Mollie Frank a twelve year old of 223 Emerald avenue survived touching a live electric wire after a dare. She fell unconscious but doctors report she will recover in Chicago on September 18. The incident compares the voltage to that used in penal institutions and adds to safety arguments for public caution.
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Chicago
Mollie Frank
Emerald Avenue
Andy
New York
Ohio
Surgeon Autopsy Knife In Death Penalty Debate
Medical men argue that those executed by electricity are not killed by the electric shock but by the surgeon’s autopsy knife or by dissolution in the grave.
Dehydro banquet proposes seaweed as world food
In Waukesha on September 18 Judge M 8 Griswold urged dehydration to solve global food shortage by converting seaweed from the Sargasso Sea into a nutritious product. Miss C A Lyford of State Normal University served the first such banquet. Speakers included Louis Muench, A J Frame, Dr Hugh Phillip, and Professor E B Hutchins.
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Waukesha
Wis
Sargasso
M. 8. Griswold
C. A. Lyford
State Normal University
Bloomington, Ill
Louis Muench
A. J. Frame
Waukesha National Bank
Hugh Phillip
E. B. Hutchins
Carroll College
Nurse and maid case noted in New York apartment
A brief item from the Southern Pacific region records Eva E. Thraen, aged 68, of 68 East 112th Street, involved in a case concerning a nurse or housemaid in a New York apartment, described as a colored girl.
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Eva E. Thraen
112Th St
Public Notice of New York City Aqueduct Commission Appoint
The New York City Corporation Counsel seeks Supreme Court approval under Chapter 724 of the Laws of 1905 as amended to appoint three disinterested freeholders as Commissioners of Appraisal for the Northern Aqueduct Department Section 6. The hearing is at Westchester County New Rochelle on September 26 1908 at 9 30 AM. Real estate in Orange Putnam counties and related map details are described for acquisition for Catskill Aqueduct construction.
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Aqueduct Department
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Carmel
Saasal
New York Central and
Hudson River Railroad Company
State of News
Francis Key Pendleton
Hall of Records
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Centre Em
Borough of
Manhattan
Newport
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