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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1911
Page
3
Montreal dispatch reports sixty injured when a wharf at King Park collapsed yesterday as hundreds waited for a ferry back to the city. Victims fell among shattered beams and debris with broken limbs the most serious injuries.
Hundreds of silver coins mailed to President and Mrs Taft for their silver wedding anniversary are being returned with a note of appreciation but refusal. The coins ranged from dimes to larger denominations and were mailed to the White House.
Tampa Florida June 26 General W H Bixby chief of engineers said the secret of destroying the battleship will never be known. He noted it will be impossible to determine if the ship was blown up from within or by external force and that no human remains are expected as crew compartments have disappeared.
A Kansas City potato and grain update notes hot winds sweeping eastern and central Kansas and Missouri. Temperatures reached 100 degrees as farmers labored to grow crops amid the heat.
In Paris on June 26 a woman was fined 24000 for making cigarettes for private sale to her circle of friends. The article notes that tobacco is a government monopoly in France.
Seventeen people died when the packet City of St Joseph exploded and burned six miles below Memphis Tennessee. Engineer Fredy Morgan attributed the blast to likely boiler regulation violations.
Ada L. Dauman quoted by the National Civic Federation after visiting farm regions in New Jersey Connecticut New York and New England states she found farmers wives superior cooks and far better housekeepers than city women in a nationwide survey conducted at summer boarding houses for working girls.
John Johnson of 202 First avenue used poetry to fend off two highwaymen at Fifth avenue and Washington street. He stood his ground despite threats, quoting Whittier until the would-be robbers fled. Johnson later met police to describe the assailants and his plan to keep them distracted for an officer’s arrival.
Winnie Winchell, 25, attempted suicide twice at the Vine Street pier yesterday and was saved by watchmen Julius De Mond and Stephen Saunders who pulled her from the water and into a boat before she attempted to jump again at the hospital.
New York report notes industrialist John Hraake filing for divorce and naming 13 corespondents as part of the proceedings. The item reflects early 20th century divorce practices and public interest in high-profile cases.
London coverage notes the coronation week feature at the Royal Opera House. King George Queen Mary and royal delegates return from Portsmouth to join tonight's gala. Demand for seats is unprecedented with Ann Whitelaw Reid securing a box for 500 and boxes drawing offers around 5000.
Guiseppe Nacco, murderer of Antonio Candiano, was executed by electric chair in Auburn New York. He resisted violently at the door of the death room and wept while begging to kiss a crucifix offered by prison chaplain Feather Roberts before the 1800 volt current ended his life.
Hoquiam June 26 Two 25 ton whales are being cut up at the South Bay ing station plant. The leviathans were captured off Washington and are the first to be processed at the facility.
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