Mother and Six Children Perish in Kraus Block Fire
Ellwood City Pa June 248 A mother Mrs James Cartin and six children perished in a blaze that gutted the Kraus block causing an estimated 40000 in loss. The dead: Mrs Cartin Etta 11 Mertle 9 Florence 7 James Jr 5 William 3 and an infant. Fire trapped families on upper floors as flames spread through wood partitions and ruined fire escapes. One survivor Mia Conners leaped to the street from a second floor window uninjured. The husband James Cartin learned of the tragedy after leaving for work.
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Ellwood City
Kraus
James ‘Cartin
Etta
Mertle
Florence
James, Jr
Wiliam
Mia
Carllo
Curt
Rene
C. Conners
Lailding At the Meag
Jones and Laughlin Steel Company
James Carin
Familly
Supper Tire
Miss Antique and Cynicus Exchange Vintage Lines
A brief dialogue snippet has Miss Antique declaring women belong to a golden age and Cynicus joking that she seems part of the 49ers era, playing with era-affirming banter. The exchange centers on fashioning identity through historical references.
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Miss Antique
Mr. Cynicus
Cynicus
Long Term For Fiend Jailed For 15 to 30 Years
Salem New Jersey June 28 Tolmson Webster Hersey colored sentenced to 15 to 30 years in state prison by Judge Waddington for attacking Elizabeth Links twelve year old daughter of Benjamin Link of Salem Hersey about eighteen had recently returned from the state reformatorium where he served time for the same offense The Link girl and a friend were walking along the Salem railroad when Hersey attacked them The girl fell and the assailant carried her into bushes before leaving the scene The operator notified authorities and the sheriff was sent to the case area Fireworks Shop Wrecked Lynbrook New York June 28 An explosion of chemicals in a fireworks shop owned by Nick Nicardi near his home killed Nicardi and shook the town The shop had stood for several years as a small isolated building near his residence Buy War Savings Stamps
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Salem
N.ed
Jane
Tolmson Webster Hersey
Waddington
Elizabeth
Benjamin Link
Hersey
State
Tink Child
Ft Company
Friend
Tlevney
No Ditch Asia
Gulia Crme
Suitch Tower
Sherrit Mimin
Lynbrook
N.Y
Ania
Nick Nicardi
Nell
Nicardi
Cme
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Undertaking
C. E. Cline
James E. Doll
Frederick, MD
UY Be
Doll Brothers
North Market Street
Philco
Attery S
Nondvard & Munshowe
Esa
Carty Sok
Carty’s Furniture Store
Patrick St
Oxford
Dorothy Dodd
Snide
Dorothy Dodd Oxford
Pathe
Chas. Segaloef’s
S. Market Street
Dr. Fahrney
Des
Fahrne Son
Hacussrowx
Jersey
Royal Society
Patrick Street
Ginghams
Tse
C. Thomas Kemp
Ator. Frederick
Ma Automobile Delivery
Kemp's
Hart Schaffner & Marx, Kuppenheimer Society
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Kuppenheimer Society
B. Rosenour & Sons
Patrick
Wright & Ditson
Central. Hardware CO
Arthur E. Leve
West Patrick ST
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Market Street
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