Fires Burn On in Northwest Forests Devastating Losses Reported
Aug. 20 Spokane reports 86 forest fighters dead or missing as fires rage across Idaho and Washington. Wallaces’ ranger reports mass casualties, with estimates around 80 to 165 dead. Firefighters ordered to let blazes burn to protect lives, while extensive damage mounts to rail lines, forests, and regional economies. Sixty-five American laborers from St Jose county recount 48 of their comrades killed at Big Creek last Saturday.
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Wallace
Idaho
Joseph
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Coouya
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Coeir Aledo
Tarent
United States
Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget
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Missal
axitl
St. Jose county
Big Creek
Missoula
Rochester Man's War Speech and Baby Street Incident
Rochester resident Ang Pinchat faces opposition in a political dispute described as a fervent public argument. An Allentown case reports a one year old choking on a mosquito net resolved by artificial respiration, with the child regaining consciousness as a physician arrived. A Philadelphia item notes a large balloon exploding at Point Breeze, injuring no one as Dr. Thomas Eldridge was poised to board the craft.
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Allentown
Sehadi
Philadelphia
Point Breeze
Thomas Eldridge
Philadelphia Aeronautical Sociery
Street Murder Sparks Brother Hunt After Fatal Quarrel
In a Halloween era tale Frank Pilanto killed his brother Mattlen Pilanto after jealousy and threats over a young wife. Frank fled down a street, struck Mattlen in the head, killing him, and officers of the state constabulary search for Frank Pilanto.
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Mia
Pidanto
Tiplian
Frank Pilanto
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nions
Mra. Pidatito
Frank
Matten
Coase
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Mallen
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Jealous man's crime ends in double shooting
At Conyers City Rockland county Aug 20 Ewald Jung shot his wife and himself in their home after a jealousy dispute Three young children witnessed the incident Neighbors heard shots and screams Police found Mrs Jung unconscious on the dining room floor with a head wound and Jung with a bullet in his head clutching a revolver Mia Jung may live last name variants noted
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Haverstraw
Ewald Jung
Conyers City
Rockland county
Jung
hig
Mia
wille
Boy Kills Dog to Save Girl in Scranton
In Scranton Pennsylvania on August 26 a youth named Dan Burke heroically saved a girl from a large vicious dog. Without a weapon he grabbed the dog's throat with his bare hands and choked it to death as the animal lunged. The girl, a mere tot, was spared from a grave attack.
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Scranton
Dan. Burke
Burke
Bridegroom Instantly Killed in Bethlehem Blast
A recently married man, Jako Wyantte, was killed instantly in a fall from a furnace being erected at the NY works in South Bethlehem Pennsylvania. The accident occurred on August 26 as the blast furnace construction progressed.
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Bethlehem
Jako Wyantte
NY works
Train Wreck Toll Rises Amid Charred Remains
Dozens dead and many injured as eastbound train No 4 plowed into a Pullman sleeper. Fire consumed the coach and surrounding cars, leaving charred bones and burned jewelry. Officials struggle to identify victims while crews search debris and bodies in a grim wreck scene.
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eulty
Noe
Nebraska
coltisle
anit
Mitchell
Graham
Spen’cer
Nelson
rekeman
Durant
Unclear historical note on illness and names
Fragmentary OCR text mentions medical terms and people but is largely unreadable. It references an American reader Mr Cantel and a lieutenant figure, with scattered terms like pendicitis and pedattia, offering no clear events or outcomes. The fragment lacks coherent facts to form a solid news item.
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Cantel
penterinet bellegit vine Néaler
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