Earthquake Rocks Gandia and Valencia Area
An earthquake lasting about three seconds struck Gandia and Valencia region with no casualties reported and minor damage noted. Other nearby towns also affected. Authorities issued no warnings.
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1909
Page
6
An earthquake lasting about three seconds struck Gandia and Valencia region with no casualties reported and minor damage noted. Other nearby towns also affected. Authorities issued no warnings.
In Cumberland Mn March 90 a nurse Miss Marton Spier died from blood poisoning after kissing a dying patient at Allegiance hospital. The request came from Mrs Virginia Callan Carder wife of Dr George L Carder a society woman who asked the kiss to ease her death and the nurse contracted the same illness.
Board of education members and truants asked the city council license and revenue committee to prohibit poolrooms near schools as a temptation to gambling. They argued many youths claim age and play the game with proprietors. The mayor favored legislation to abolish the evil practice.
Herbert L. Swift aged 33, heir to Gustavus Swift’s fortune, has been committed to a Kenilworth sanitarium since March. A county court heard that he recently attempted to harm family members. He receives an $8,000 annual annuity and will gain $1,000,000 in fourteen years.
The station announced establishment of communication with the Japanese cruisers Aso and Boys of the training squadron. they were dispatched on a practice cruise to the Pacific coast. The Georgery is due to arrive here in the morning.
Maynard, a wealthy suitor living six miles northeast of Bellingham, drove to town with his wife. While helping her from the carriage he discovered she was dead, having swayed in the seat during the drive. He reports she died sometime during the journey.
A dynamite blast at an excavation site near Chillicothe Ohio killed eight laborers building a culvert across Indian Creek and injured several others. Many victims were severely mangled, with some not expected to live.
J. president of the Day Creek company of Hamilton and Peeee identified with the northwest industry collapsed at home in Sedro-Woolley Skagit county. He was 76. Card party and subscription notices appear in the same column with ad clutter.
Advertised lands near Riverton and Beattie offer 5 acre tracts at 19 per acre and small ranches with strawberry patches and gardens. Prices from 1 266 to 1 500 and payments terms as low as down payments, with listings noting water access, fruit trees, and proximity to towns, interurban lines, and markets.
The sophomore production Much Ado About Nothing in the university gymnasium is postponed from tonight to Thursday following the death of Governor Cosgrove. The cast added a finishing touch as the final performance nears. A promotional note offers a Champion Gas Range with a free coal or wood range.
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