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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1909
Page
8
A fire at the home of Steve Hronosky in Ross Pennsylvania last night killed seven children ranging in age from two to fifteen. The blaze started from an over stove in the kitchen and spread rapidly after a powder explosion, trapping the family on the upper floor. Bronosky, a boarder, was unable to reach the children and six were found dead in the home.
Hutchinson Kansas December 28 United Press reports Mrs Henry Blanton gossiping with a neighbor when a frame house caught fire. She called for help but the structure collapsed trapping three children who died. Neighbors rushed to fight the blaze but were unable to save them.
In Ohio on December 28 a 38 year old woman attempted to cremate four of her eight children as neighbors intervened. She reportedly set the house on fire and hurled a dog into the flames before being restrained by bystanders and then overpowered by rescuers. Police described the scene as a near tragedy with four children saved from the blaze.
Hedwig Reicher stars as the heiress with E W Morri son as Dr Zachary in a 1910 Broadway drama where lawyers, hearings, habeas corpus, and referees delay justice. The plot centers on Hedwig Belcher as the young heiress facing legal impediments amid a vast fortune.
W M Glover head of the United States hospital service reports Seattle’s high organic heart disease deaths stem from the city’s billy nature. He cites 1908 deaths to tuberculosis 218 external violence 191 and organic heart disease 186. He criticizes lack of a contagious disease hospital and calls for incinerators and municipal garbage collection but supports water and milk inspection and school health checks.
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