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Live wire kills three in factory yard accident
In North Amos a horse struck by a charged wire in the main yard of Worth Anson Manufacturing Company caused three deaths. Ora Pullen died while aiding the horse, Mrs Thomas Moran and Warren Nuttin perished after stepping into water to assist. The incident occurred near a high tension line over a pool of water. A separate note from Atlantic City reports a white wig fad popularized by Mrs Josephine Harrison at a party with many visitors from Germantown and Bryn Mawr. In Shamokin a miner, Zigmund Norocokle, 47, shot himself after being criticized by United Mine Workers for voting to return to the mines. his wife witnessed the death.
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Ncres
Paseengéere
North Amos
contac
Worth Anson Manufacturing companies
Ora Pullen
Pullen
Thomas Moran
Warren Nuttin
Atlantic City
N. J
London
Josephine Harrison
Ambrose I. Harrison
North
Hartford avenue
Germantown
Bryn Mawr
othe
Shamokin
Becaus
United Mine Workers
milnes
Zigmund Norocokle