Wellington Avalanche Toll Reaches Eighty Three Dead And Missing
Wellington March 3 The Wellington avalanche leaves eighty three dead or missing as rescue teams work in tangled wreckage of trees ice and snow. Twenty eight bodies recovered with seven more found overnight. Karen Starrett and M. Covington among the missing passengers are named along with many railroad workers and locals. A rescue train and relief parties push toward Wellington as fears rise over the final toll.
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Wellington
Mar
Sherlock
O'Neil
Wel- Ungton
Sceenic
Everett
Ray Forsyth
Forsyth
Mims
Katherine O'Reilly
Spokine
Hille
A. Bates
Blackburn
A. R. Blackburn
O'Neill
Flannery
Great Northern lists dead and missing after Wellington crash
Seattle dispatch lists passengers known to be dead and missing after the Wellington incident. The official statement names R. M. Barnhart and others among the deceased, with numerous missing including John Tis and Katherine O'Reilly, along with several rescued or uninjured noted in the aftermath.
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Seattle
Great Northern
Wellington
R. M. Barnhart
Spokane
William May
Chemantus
B. C
Edgar Lemman
Adan Lemman
James McNeny
A. RR
Wall
Trinidad
A. R. Blackburn
J. O. Carroll
William Dorety
A. R. Dupy
Charles Pearson
J. Kelly
A. BE. Longeoy
O Neill
T. L. Osborne
Lewis Walker Cook
O'Neill
Everett
John Tis
Burlington
Wash
Satera B
Mra
G. Ll. Beck
Pleasanton
Cal
Emma
Marion
Baby
John Berrk
R. H. Bethel
Civi
New York
Cuba
Ernest Binatore
Portland
Ore
A. Boles
Moberly
J. M. Thompson
Bellingham
E. W. Topping
Ashland
Ohio
Train Service 18 Re-established in Pendleton Flood Aftermath
Traffic demoralized by floods is returning to normal as through service to the east resumes tonight and Washington division traffic opens. The Alto Hill line and Hay Creek Canyon route will be connected with Spokane, restoring westward service. Umatilla water crested and is receding after a four inch fall overnight.
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Pendleton
East
Washington
Alto Hill
Hay Creek Canyon
Spokane
Pen- Metons
Umatilla
Colfax Is Almost Washed Off Map
Colfax Washington reports extensive flood damage with hundreds missing and townspeople rescued from rooftops. Electric light and water supply cut off, railroad tracks washed away, damage estimated around 100000 dollars. Spokane aids Colfax with supplies as homeless count rises and losses reach 250000 dollars with a million feet of lumber swept away.
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Colfax
Spokane
Coloix
Paris Merchants Demand Accounting of Relief Funds
In Paris on March 1 a mass meeting of merchants adopted resolutions charging misdirection of relief funds. The funds from the French government and foreign nations were meant for destitute relief and merchant rehabilitation, and the resolutions call for an accounting of the millions subscribed.
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Paris
Gleason and Rickard Get More Notoriety
San Francisco reports Indica Hons may not allow the big fight in the city. Rickard and Gleason balk at paying five thousand dollars for a permit to stage the bout. Griffin, holder of the July permit, asks the sum and Los Angeles is considered a likely site for the event.
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San Francisco
Rickard
Gleason
Griffin
Los Angeles
Town cut off by snow and people starving
Seattle dispatch reports LaCone a Milwaukee road town sixty miles from the city frozen in isolation for two weeks. Fifty residents faced starvation as four men finally reached Seattle with news of dire conditions and scarce beans. Attempts by Milwaukee to run a rotary plow failed.
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Seattle
LaCone
Milwaukee
World budget failure feared to affect global economy
London observers warn that a budget impasse risks a worldwide financial disarray. A Commons resolution signals that failure to pass the government budget before the fiscal year ends could trigger widespread economic disruption.
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London
Badet
House of Commons
Change in O R N schedule raises Pendleton Umatilla link
Local railroad circles report possible Pendleton Portland local extended to Salt Lake City and a Pendleton Umatilla local train. No official confirmation yet, but a new time card may go into effect next Sunday. If true, Pendleton residents gain morning departure and evening return service offering improved western county access.
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Pendleton- Portland
Salt
Salt Lake
Pendleton
Massive Philadelphia general strike proclaimed by unionists
The Central Labor Union of Philadelphia and vicinity announced a citywide strike starting March 4 at midnight, with about 100000 workers expected to halt work unless the Rapid Transit company agrees to arbitration. Support comes from Chicago and San Francisco federations. Mayor Reyburn refused arbitration. Rioting erupted in parts of the city as police status and stage hands threaten walkouts if clashes with transit firms persist.
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Philadelphia
Central Labor Union of
Rapid
Chicago
San Francisco
Federations of Labor
Cornells
Reyburn
Trades Unions of
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
Rapil Transit Company
State
Republican
Duncan
Park Guard
Public Safety
Clay
Lynch in Dallas Trial Shocks Court Audience
In Dallas on March 8 Allan Brooks a Black man accused in an incident involving a two year old white girl was taken from the courtroom by a mob and lynched during his trial.
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Dallas
Texas
Allan Brooks
Inventor to attempt monoplane flight in 350 pound craft
San Francisco March 3 In a remarkable test Clifford O'Brien a California inventor plans a Sunday flight at Richmond in a monoplane weighing 350 pounds The engine weighs eighty pounds and delivers 86 horsepower The craft resembles the pinne used by Blertot
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San Francisco
Mar
Richmond
Clifford O'Brien
California
Blertot
Train wreck near Spokane after engine derails and fire
A locomotive derailed 22 miles east of Spokane crashing down an embankment. Five cars burst into flames from gasoline exposure. The engineer halted the disaster and the conductor aided in saving numerous lives. One person was killed and many others were seriously injured as rescue efforts continue.
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P. van Lippeley
John Nelson
Benjamin Wingert
Washington Building
Chicago
Winger
Spokane
Rail wreck on Oriental limited claims only one death
Spokane March 3 officials and passengers praise the small loss of life after the Oriental limited was wrecked by a rock slide at Milan yesterday. The engine and five cars were destroyed by fire. Fireman Edward Miller was the only fatality with a dozen injured, all but six discharged from hospital today.
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Wellington
Charles Andrews
Leavenworth
Andrews
F. A. Bates
Mall
Spokane
Mar
Milan
Edward Miller
Heinze Trial to New York On March 3
The United States government case against Fitz Augustus Heinze for misapplication of Mercantile National Bank funds appears on today’s criminal docket in the United States Circuit Court in New York. Two prior indictments from 1908 and 1909 carry thirty and one counts respectively. Heinze’s counsel John B. Stancioff seeks an expedited trial.
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Heinze
New York
United States Circuit Court
United States
Fitz Augustus Heinze
Mercantile National Bank
Copper King
John B. Stancifiel
Brown Interscholastic Indoor Meet Heads Tonight at Lyman Gym
Providence March 3 The Brown University Interscholastic Indoor meet will feature a fifteen yard dash potato race high jump shot put and relay events at Lyman gymnasium this evening Medals go to individual winners and a championship shield to the top scoring school.
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Brown
Fire devastates Grand Forks metropolis Klondike
Dawson March 3 Grand Forks famed Klondike metropolis Hall of Grand Forks burned today. Fire started in the Grand hotel once a noted dance hall and gambling resort.
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Klondike
Roma
Dawson
Mar
Grand Forks
Grand Hotel
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Nooksack
Baby Gray
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Chemanius
Starrett
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R.M. Vale
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H. H. White
Lucius Anderson
Samuel A. Bates
R. M. la Velle
William Harrington
A. L. Hensel
J. D. Kerles
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Ross Phillips
Walter Smith
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M. O. White
Beagle
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Richard C. Borart
Campbell
H. J. Diehl
William E. Bovel
Nat Gilmore
J. Ladue
Porter Duncan
John Fox
Dan C. Gilman
George Hoefer
J. F Jarnagin
Jewels
Jenks
Jones
Kenge
Ed Lindsey
MacDonald
Frank Martin
Pareybok
J. I. Petit
W. E. Raycrott
Strawmyer
Hiram Touslee
John Tucker
M. A. Covington
L. J. Covington
Washington Children’s Home
Charles 5. Eltinge
Pacifico Coast Pipe Company
Dream Savce
Gleason and
Pendleton-Umatilla
Central Labor Union
Unani
Traction Company
Quaker City
Oriental Limited No. 2
Great Northern Railroad
Ed Miller
Hilyard
Milam
Alonzo Carle
Maines
B. & Robertson
Alonzo FE. Carle
Albert H. Fortin
Mount Mernon
Willam Oliver Eldridge
J. B. Fahey
F. H. Ashley
C. M. Coffinberry
H. C. Wilson
Seeattle
Mor
Negro
Oriental Limited
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