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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1915
Page
1
A tank car standing on railroad tracks in Ardmore Oklahoma was set off by a workman's hammer blow touching off a minor blast. No injuries reported as crews secured the site and authorities investigated the incident and its cause.
A gasoline explosion in Ardmore Oklahoma on September 27 leveled many Main Street buildings. Reports say at least twenty killed and about two hundred injured with fires burning across the district as authorities impose martial law. Ira Woods of Ardmore Refining Co is identified among the dead. Will Graham is missing.
Petrograd report notes German eastern front pressure waning in recent days as Russian forces bolster supplies and mount stubborn defenses. Germans regroup for a wide flanking move from Novo Grodek toward Nessinge and Slutsk while battles persist near Vilna, Dvinsk, Vileika, and along the Niemen corridor.
In Morris Illinois on September 27 two defense motions in the G B Munday bank conspiracy trial were overruled. The motions sought to strike files from former actions and to obtain a true record from Cook County. Jury selection began after ruling. The venue change dispute centered on whether copies belonged in Grundy County and whether jurisdiction lay without the certificates of the Cook County clerk.
Denver dispatch reports Morris, director of the Rock Mountain division of the American Red Grass, leaving for Ardmore Oklahoma to oversee relief efforts after today's oil explosion and fire. He aims to organize aid and coordinate response for affected residents.
A spark from a workman's hammer ignited a tank car of gasoline in Ardmore Oklahoma causing a massive explosion and fires that razed two city blocks. By 1:50 AM tonight authorities recovered 31 bodies, including twelve negras, with many more feared buried under debris in stores, warehouses, and the Maddin & Company department store. Firemen and volunteers fought fires for hours while martial law was declared. Property damage is estimated at $500,000 as victims are identified among workers and shoppers downtown.
The document lists identified victims including Charles Smith a former police man M E Atkins a drayman A C Gould a huckster Reuben Warren a farmer S Twyford Tom Gilkey T E Sims Santa Fe Haghriecs The body of an unknown 16 year old white girl an unidentified Indian an unidentified white boy and five unidentified negroes were found at undertake establishments Names of other victims could not be ascertained.
Eleven workers from Lansford and nearby mining towns were entombed at the Foster tunnel in Coaldale after a rock and water surge collapsed the roof. Rescue teams labored in half hour shifts as crews tried to stem a growing barrier of calm and debris, with recovery unlikely before tomorrow morning. Names of the entombed workers are listed along with company officials stating no determined cause yet.
Union officials said between four thousand and five thousand clothing workers struck, with more than four hundred fifty affected by a lockout. Leaders proposed cooperation with manufacturers to restore peace, warning a general strike could be called by midnight if merchants do not move toward a parley affecting twenty thousand to twenty five thousand employees.
Springfield M Sept 27 Delegates from Cook County arrive for a three day convention of the Liquor Dealers Protective Association opening with a banquet at a local hotel tonight.
CHICAGO Sept 27 H A Mudge one of the receivers for the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific railroad resigned late today Judge Carpenter declined to accept until he consulted Judge Dickinson former secretary of war Mudge denied any friction in the receivership caused his resignation
Chicago reporters describe volunteer troops at Fort Sheridan showing skill in building shelter tents and conducting short forced marches. Trench digging amid soggy ground occupies two companies while others train in rifle sighting drills on moving targets.
In Washington on September 27 the Grand Army of the Republic held its fiftieth annual encampment at Camp Matthew G. Emery. Theodore W. Toyes, president of the Oldest Inhabitants' association, welcomed about 20,000 Civil War veterans arriving for the event under a large American flag.
London reports ongoing French and British offensives on both sides of the German trench line near the elbow of the German positions. Joffre notes no new standout successes, while British officials cite heavy German losses northwest of Hulluch from counterattacks. Berlin claims allies are checked, yet advances appear maintained or improved in places. Prisoner counts reach over twenty three thousand for the Allies, with seven thousand French and British said captured by the Germans. The war's eastern theater shows no major change, Russian army prospects seemingly improving as Sofia signals armed neutrality for Bulgaria.
Two women from the Justice League met John D. Rockefeller after his mining property inspection. They quoted him saying he is doing all he can to improve industrial conditions and prevent further clashes in the mining field. He declined to discuss legal questions from the Ludlow strikes and did not comment on recognizing the United Mine Workers.
Prominent Chicago and Washington figure Benjamin S Cable assistant secretary of commerce and labor under Taft, killed in a crash on the Newburyport turnpike near Ipswich. Richard T Crane Jr. injured, Mrs Edsall leg broken, Dr Edsall unhurt. Cable had been a guest at Crane’s North Shore home and was on his way to lunch when two cars collided at a dangerous corner five miles from Ipswich.
In Wallenburg Colorado on September 27 friends of Robert Mitchell Democratic county chairman shot dead last night after he surprised a burglar in his house. The killing sparked debate over whether it was a political murder or a burglary gone wrong as investigators probe the break in and motive.
In New York a grand security operation surrounded Lord Reading and three associates aboard a Grand Central bound for Chicago. Detectives and plainclothes officers patrolled lobbies, stations, and the train as the Anglo-French financial commission faced threats while negotiating a potential half billion dollar credit to Britain and France.
Photographs of Cal Raft W Mueller and wife show charred remains found at a summer cottage near Marquette Wisconsin. Reports indicate buckshot fired from about thirty feet, pointing to wilful murder. City reels as details unfold and public excitement rises.
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