Sultana Sinking Described By Survivor Kimberlin
Indianapolis special recounts the Sultana disaster on April 27, 1865, seven miles above Memphis when more than 1500 died. Survivor Kimberlin, a former Indiana volunteer sergeant, describes boiler explosions, chaotic mass drownings, and the frantic dash for lifeboats. About 2300 aboard, roughly 500 survived. a Sultana Survivors’ association formed soon after and persists.
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Indianapolis
Mississippi River
Memphis
J. J. Numberlin
McCordsville
Ind
Kimberlin
Andersonville
Indiana
St. Louis
124Th Indiana
Joseph T. Eliott
Elliott
J. W. Thompson
Charles Bryant
Thomas White
Sidney Shinneyfield
Col Richard Abbott Dies In Springfield
Col Richard M Abbott, 49, died in Springfield at a city hospital after an operation for appendicitis. He led Bott Light and Power of Petersburg, serving 15 towns in Menard and Mason counties. He was Petersburg Business Men's association president, Illinois Electrical association secretary, a lieutenant colonel in the quartermaster corps, and a governor staff major. A Spanish American War veteran, he held several civic posts.
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Springfield
Richard M. Abbott
Abbott Light and Power Company
Petersburg
Menard
Mason Counties
Col. Abbott
Business Men's Association of
Illinois Electrical Association
Quartermaster’s Corps
Adjutant General's
Col
Abbott
Discharged Men Get Increased Mileage
Soldiers discharged from service between November 11, 1918 and February 26, 1919 may file claims with the War Department auditor for one and one half cents per mile to their homes. Comptroller Warwick ruled the February 28, 1919 act granting 5 cents a mile retroactively applied only after November 11.
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Washington
War Department
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Utah
Arkansas
Tennessee
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Sultana Survivors’ Association
Richard Abbott
Emerson
Artemis
Columbia Grafonolas
Loewenstein Piano CO
Maine ST
Dimity
Nfant
Deaby Sete
Torsecaee Py
Namsook
Nainsook
Iaby
Baby
Infant
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Hibbon
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Infant’s
Infant's Sacque
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Corhers
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