Bridge Collapse Leaves Beacon Hill Blocked By Mud
Beacon Hill residents faced a collapsed bridge overnight with timbers and bent steel. Traffic halted since Monday night as workers plan a pedestrian path and a new plank road to restore crossing. Councilman Thomson pushes grading of approaches to complete the 1911 plan.
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Dearborn St
12Th Av
American business man seeks right to avenge family deaths
Austin Hoy 36 United States citizen urges President Wilson to avenge the killing of his mother Mrs Hoy and sister Elizabeth Hoy by a German U boat that sank the Laconia. He vows to enlist in the British service if not allowed to join a citizen army while citing his father’s Civil War service. Hoy says he represents his family and Sullivan Machinery Co. of Chicago and has studied the case with officials in London.
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Laconia
Pather
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Wisconsin
New Haven
Ohio
Galena
Eight Laconia victims die of exposure at sea
Queenstown dispatches report eight of the Laconia passengers died from exposure after abandoning in lifeboats. Of 22 known aboard, 14 survivors reached Bantry Harbor with eight bodies. Dr. Hawke of San Francisco recalls the torpedo strike and engine-room damage.
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Laconia
Laconia Sinking Claims Six American Deaths
New York February 27 The Cunard liner Laconia was sunk Sunday with about 20 Americans aboard among 26 listed seamen and trimmers from New York. The Cunard Line reports the crew manifest and company figures remain incomplete with some missing.
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Cunard Line
Consul Frost
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Frost
H. Shepherd
L. Donnell
Trimmer
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Brooklyn
Coffey
Wm. Hughes
Sailor
Astoria
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Benjamin Carter
Benjamin Parker
Louis Darnell
Lost Laconia voyage passengers identified in distress
Dr. Hawke confirms deaths of Mrs Hoy and Miss Hoy after the ship Laconia disaster. Mrs Harris was the last passenger to leave and the first ashore. The Ightsa of the vessel went out immediately as the incident unfolded.
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Hawke
Mra. Hoy
Mies Hoy
Southern Railway Company
Preston challenges debate over public belt line investment
Hobbrdges issued a Tuesday statement challenging a public debate with Harold Preston and the Dale Calhoun Phelps campaign board. Preston, an attorney, is expected to handle himself in a debate on whether the public belt line is a good investment for King county.
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Hobbridges
King County
Dale-Calhoun-Phelps Campaign Board
Harold Preston
Stolen Ford Reported Outside Kennedy Home
H. B. Kennedy reports a Ford was stolen from in front of the residence at 1137 16th Avenue around 11 o clock Monday night. The theft was reported to police on Tuesday.
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H. BR. Kennedy
Rena
J. P. Morgan and Co
New York
American freighter Orleans welcomed with cheers on return
About 30 000 people gathered on the Bordeaux waterfront to greet the American freighter Orleans as she docked, the first strictly American vessel to run the German U boat blockade. Schools and factories closed as crowds celebrated. The crew rode in a parade to the city hall and were hosted at a luncheon.
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Bordeaux
Orleans
McCoy Grocery Burglarized. Thieves Steal Over $200
The McCoy Grocery at 303 First Ave South was entered last Monday night. Thieves forced the front door lock and robbed the store, taking goods valued at over $200.
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McCoy Grocery
First Ave. S
Planned Repairs as Bridge Fell
Eight hours before the Dearborn street bridge collapsed Councilman Thomason introduced a bill at Monday’s council meeting appropriating $2,000 to repair it and condemn the property on both sides of 12th avenue between Dearborn and Judkina streets.
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Dearborn St
Thomason
12Th Ave. B
Dearborn and
Judkina Sts
Laundry Wagon Drivers Strike in Ballard
Nine laundry wagon drivers employed by the American National laundry at Ballard walk out on Tuesday demanding a living wage. The spokesman said costs have risen and drivers’ wages have not kept pace.
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American National Laundry
Ballard
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