Wind Devastates Port City As Old Walls Stand Firm
A severe windstorm ripped through the city causing widespread damage. Roofs and walls buckled, fences toppled, and debris blocked streets. The Alamo walls remained intact while Exposition Park attractions suffered a five thousand dollar loss. Several buildings, signs, and a horse were injured or destroyed. The minimum temperature was 36 degrees at 6 am.
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Alamo
Alamo Plaza
Avenue C
Louisiana
Missouri
Mississippi
Alabama
Tennessee
Exposition Park
Karotkin Furniture
West Commerce Street
West Texas Military Academy
White Swan Cafe
Houston Street
Pancoast-Morgan
Tips Hardware
Dullinig Street
M. Penny
John Bolton
Nolan Street
Msowen's Island
Press Club
Tabet Bros. Clothg
West Comerce
Laredo
Commerce Street
F. T. Walsh
Ben
Inferno Devastates Houston Bayou District Plants
Flames raged through a sprawling complex near Buffalo Bayou causing hundreds of thousands in losses. The fire chased refugees through streets, saved a dilapidated negro shanty, and forced evacuations as crews battled a wind driven blaze reaching Rosenberg thirty five miles away.
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Charles A. Faveur Jr
Houston Packing ‘Company
Industrial Rice Company
McFadden Compress
Cleveland Compress
Ables Mill
House
Buffalo Bayou
Hardy
Opelousas
Star and Crescent
Fifth Ward
Bayou
Hudson
Rosenberg
Fort Sam Houston suffers heavy gale damage at post
Major Robert H. Rolfe reports damage across Fort Sam Houston from last night’s gale ranges 1500 to 2500 dollars. Tin roofs ripped from quarters, slate from racks, and batteries knocked out, leaving parts of the post in darkness. The deer Jeff escaped as the quad gate blew in, and telephone lines were severed by fallen poles.
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Fort Sam Houston
Robert H. Rolfe
Joseph W. Duncan
Jeff
Little Jeff
Rolfe
Fire Department Rescues City From Nine Alarms
Wind driven blazes hit nine locations in two hours in San Antonio. The department ran continuously from 6 14 pm to 8 35 pm. Total damage remained under 100 dollars due to rapid, spectacular firefighting feats. Continuous alarms reflected an intense effort to prevent a Houston scale disaster.
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Fire Department
Houston
Texas
San Antonio
Fires Rage Across City as Firemen Contain Multiple Blazes
Chief Bishop cites a near disaster and records a string of small fires caused by chimneys and stove incidents in several streets around the northwest city area near the West End Lumber company. Firefighters worked through the night, with extensive alarms and readiness lingering until 2 o'clock.
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West End Lumber Company
Bishop
Medina
Seal
Palmetto Avenue
van Ness Street
River
Newell Avenues
Johnson and City
South Presa
Joy
Thompson
Houston Cotton and Lumber Firms Affected by Fire
A large fire damaged multiple Houston businesses including the compress, warehouse, syrup and pencil factories, a church and academy, and several mills. About 250 homes and stores were impacted along with ten miles of railway switches and tracks. Thirty six loaded cotton cars on the Southern Pacific were not included in the losses.
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Houston
Cleveland Compress
McFadden Compress
Standard
Dew Bros
Hudson Pencil
St. Patrick’s Catholic
Southern Pacific
Houston Light Lumber Company
Rogers Paint Company
BE. H. Harrell
Co-operative Manufacturing Company
Southwestern Rice Mill
Industrial Rice Milling Company
Houston Lumber Company
Meckhenny
Hossier Vinegar Company
Texas Tinners’ Supply Company
Relief work expanding as Houston shelters plan take shape
Relief efforts in Houston proceed with Mayor Rice guiding shelters in the city auditorium and schools. Charities organize and stock provisions as 250 homes are destroyed and several thousand men lose work in the Fifth ward incident.
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Fifth Ward
Town residents seek shelter in downtown hotels during dust storm
Suburban residents spent the night downtown seeking refuge in sturdy city hotels as a dust storm raged. Many avoided travel due to the storm and crippling streetcar service, while others feared roof and window damage and sought quiet indoor shelter.
Mexican government tightens press rights amid unrest
A cabinet meeting outlined steps to curb press freedom following protests over a proposal to regulate newspapers. The plan seeks Congress approval to suspend guarantees nationwide and enacts compulsory military service starting March 1, amid strong state opposition. The government will issue a decree to buy land and parcel it for sale on easy terms as it moves to distribute an unspecified asset.
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Congress
Republic
Destructive Mississippi windstorm leaves debris and injuries
A fierce windstorm swept Meridian Mississippi area last night causing extensive property damage. Rev W T Carroll was seriously injured when his Klondyke home was destroyed. Antioch church and two houses were blown down amid telegraph and telephone outages.
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Mississippi
Associated Press
Meridian
Miss
W. T. Carroll
Klondyke
Antioch
Gale at Waco destroys grain tank and damages property
A gale in Waco Texas caused trees to be uprooted and small buildings to collapse. A steel grain tank at Waco Mill and Elevator Co. was blown over causing about two thousand dollars in damage.
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Waco
Associated Press
Waco, Tex
Waco Mill and Elevator Company
Americans Leave San Luis Potosi Amid Rebel Markings
A San Antonio letter from San Luis Potosi describes Mexican rebels marking doors with skulls and bones. Most American families are leaving for the United States while a few stay briefly have fortified homes. attackers have been repulsed by gunfire from roofs and windows.
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San Luis Potosi
Mexico
San Antonio
United States
Ex-Confederate Veteran Frozen to Death in Blizzard
W. J. Parker aged 78, an ex Confederate veteran, died from freezing last night in Oklahoma City during the blizzard. He lived with his son a block away from the scene.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Okla
W. J. Parker
Strengthen Juarez Garrison with disguised soldiers
Federal troops in Juarez are being sent inland under cover as civilians. Reports from El Paso claim Vasquezista leaders report soldiers wearing civilian dress entering the town to bolster the garrison.
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EL Paso
Tex
Juarez
Juarez Garrison Tightened Amid Vasquezista Tensions
Report claims Madero rails to strengthen Juarez garrison by arming the city from the U.S. side. Two machine guns seized for defense. Prominent Juarez citizens including Capt. Felix Diaz are arrested for inciting revolt. Vasquezista mayor Santiago Mestas flees the city and is targeted for arrest.
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Madero
Juarez
Felix Diaz
Santiago Mestas
Ready for argument in trial of Sneed
Arguments in the Sneed case are expected to begin this afternoon after the defense nearly finished its surrebuttal at 11 o clock. The state has rested. The courtroom crowd was small as the trial entered its fourth week with Fred Mueller of L P Robertson testifying that he undressed Captain Boyce and found no weapons.
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Associated Press
Fred Mueller
L. P. Robertson Company
Captain Boyce
Train Buried in Snow Near Enid Oklahoma
Rescue crew sent to Covington Oklahoma to free a passenger train trapped by a snowdrift after yesterday's storm. No serious suffering of passengers reported.
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Associated Press
Enid
Okla
Covington
St. Louis
San
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