Tragedy Aboard Egypt As Dense Fog Sinksliner Ushant
Nearly 100 people perish when the Peninsular and Oriental steamer Egypt sinks off Ushant after colliding with the French freighter Seine. Fifteen passengers and eighty crew are missing. twenty rescued. Captain Le Bartle describes dense fog, strong sea, and chaotic rescue efforts as lifeboats and debris aid survivors. The Seine reaches Havre with many rescued and bodies recovered. Two American women aboard are reported missing.
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Brest
France
Peninsular and Oriental Line
Egypt
Ushant
Seine
London
Bombay
Armen Ly
Havre
le Bartle
Upper Bridge
Armen
Noming
English Channel
Three Die When Grist Mill Burns in Coatesville
A Cedar Knoll grist mill dwelling in Coatesville Pennsylvania burned rapidly killing Mrs Perry Davidson a four year old daughter Miriam and Warren McWilliams who were trapped inside The two remaining occupants Jacob Smale and Perry Davidson fled from a second story window Donald a five year old son escaped with Davidson The fire discovered by Mos Smale left McWilliams sleeping inside with no outcry as the flames rose Only parts of the bodies were recovered and the origin remains a mystery Fire crews arrived to find the structure ashes in twenty minutes
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Coatesville
Perry Davidson
Miriam
Warren McWilliams
Cedar Knoll
Jacob Smale
Davidsons
Davidson
Donald
TWO DIE FIRE Thertives When Bethlehem Store Is Destroyed
In Bethlehem Pennsylvania on May 22 Thomas J Reiny aged 42 secretary treasurer of United Furniture company and Oscar E Dennis aged 32 collector and bookkeeper for the firm were killed in a blaze that wrecked the company stock and building. Loss estimated 150000 to 200000 partly insured. R B Fleischer Co stock also destroyed. Fire raged for hours before it was known two men were trapped. The leading theory cites gas in the basement though no blast was heard. A second theory suggests crossed wires. Crowds filled the South Side business district as cashier Miss Mary Ale Causland reentered the store after a brief outing.
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Bethlehem
Thomas J Reiny
United Furniture Company
Teelty
Oscar E. Dennis
R. B. Fleischer & Co
South Side
Mary Ale Causland
Tarkington Wins Prize for Novel
Columbia named winners in the 1921 Pulitzer awards with $1000 for Tarkington's novel Alive Adams and Eugene O Neill for Ann Christie. James Truslow Adams won $2000 for The Founding of New England and Hamlin Garland $1000 for A Daughter of the Middle Border. Edwin Arlington Robinson received $1000 for Collected Poems. Kirkel L. Simpson and Frank M. O Brien won prizes for reporting and editorials. Rollin Kirby won cartoon prize. New York World honored for public service against the Ku Klux Klan. Three $1500 traveling Columbia journalism scholarships were awarded, plus a $1500 art scholarship to Edith Bell.
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New York
Tarkington
Columbia University
Adams
Eugene O'Neill
Ann Christie
United States
James Truslow Adams
New England
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Hamlin Garland
Middle Border
Edwin Arlington Robinson
Arlington
America
Kirkel L. Simpson
Washington
Associated Press
Frank M. O'Brien
New York Herald
Rollin Kirby
The
New York World
Moscow
Columbia School of Journalism
Robert Arthur Curry
Nassau
Bahama Islands
Barber Warned About Ponies Then Leaps Under Train
Charles E. Cash former betting commissioner warns his barber to quit gambling and then commits suicide by stepping in front of a subway express at Lenox Avenue and 110th Street. Passengers witness the tragedy as five cars pass over him and a note to Mrs. McLaughlin is found. Cash reportedly lost a fortune on horse racing and told others of his despair.
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New York
Charles E. Cash
Cash
Lenox Avenue
110Th Street
Beggar Found With $10,000 in Money Belt in New York
In New York on May 22 Samuel Moskowitz a tailor by trade and street beggar by vocation testified in Larkville court he could not pay the weekly wife support. Authorities searched him and found a money belt containing $10,000. Magistrate Smith ordered him held for investigation and he refused to reveal the source of the funds.
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New York
Samuel Moskowitz
Larkville
Smith
Meiser Shot In Street Attempt No Arrest Yet
Sunbury Pennsylvania May 22 sensational shooting of George C Meiser 37 by an unknown man on Eighth and Market streets Meiser was not killed though shot in mouth shoulder and breast his wife dragged the attacker away and he disappeared He was taken to Mary M Packer Hospital then home doctors say he will recover Police Chief Smith says Meiser cannot identify the assailant and no arrests have been made A second attempt near the same spot recalls a prior shooting in which Meiser was injured two years ago by Nick Slick rumor and local chatter follow in London Tit-Bits style.
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Sunbury
George C. Meiser
Meiser
Moser
Mary M. Packer
Eighth
Market Streets
Don’t Worry About Climate
Sufferers from asthma are told to seek other climates, but climate does not cause the disease. It may worsen symptoms slightly, yet climate is not the cure or the cause.
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M. L. Sibley
W. M Boyer
R. F. Bevan
Berwick
Emil Wright
Wright
Pittsboro
Mar
George Bier
John Remler
Itn Faster Nee
Marsh" Beam Company
Treste Trieste
Victor Enmanucel
Trieste
Helena
Battefielde
Alps
Trig Li
By Allman
AyOiMe
Wale
Vai
Los
Texas
Conroe
Houston
Tex
Joe Winters
Leonidas
Montgomery County
Court House
Columbus
Mose Roker
Alleston
Franklin
Helen Dankie
Drowmanz
Freachcreek
Charlie
Charl
Alice Adams
Columbia
Zilpba Mary Carruthers
Denver
Robert Henry Best
Spartanburg
Joseph Levi Jones
West Plains
Arthur Gayle Waldrop
Dallas
Clara Maud Heminway Lyles
Wallington
Surrey
England
Europe
Edith Bell
Des Moines
Iowa
National Academy of Design
Barber
Washington Gladden
Alexander Armstrong
Nick Slick
Litville
Wilkins
Puddine
Fruit Puddine Co
Baltimore, Md
Frederick
Tri-State Tracking Co
Wash. D. C
Fordsonniversal Tractor
Henry Ford
Detroit
Ford and
Fordson Frederick Motor CO
R. L. Warfield
Pres
Mgr
Igi
Patrick ST
F.C.B
D. R. McIntyre
O. BR. McIntyre
East Second Street
Sundar
SEN
Maryland Theater
Hagerstown
Farrar
Frederick Gunster
Joseph Malkin
Claude Gottleaf
A. A. Lough & Son
South Market St.Frederick, Md
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