Heppner Flood Kills Hundreds In Oregon Town
Reports from Portland state Heppner Oregon was destroyed by a cloudburst and flood. Up to four hundred lives lost with at least 105 bodies recovered by 5 a.m. The town of about 1250 people along Willow creek was buried under a twenty foot flood and rolling boulders. Rescue work began at dawn as neighboring towns sent aid and officials sought communications.
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Portland
Heppner
Ore
Pacific Coast
Missouri
Iowa
Iansas City
Tooneka
Gainesville
Spartanburg
Morrow County
Oregon
Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company
Willow Creek
Lone
Arlington
Jone
Blue Mountains
Indiana
Texas
Assaria
Ashland
Blaine
Kan
Clay County
Kansas
Ohio
Nebraska
Mississippi Valley
Illinois
Chicago
Elmo
St. Joseph
Mich
Lake Michigan
Logansport
Kokomo
Hammond
Ind
Joss
Sioux City
Webster City
Des Moines
Topeka
Kansas City
Jess
Armourdale
Hannibal
Booneville
Venice
Madison
Granite City
East St. Louis
Pacolet
Clifton
Glendale
S. C
Burton and
Hundred
W. Va
Bisbee
Ariz
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Long Island
New Brunswick
Torch sets Jackson hotel in Hargis Cockrell feud
In Jackson Kentucky a large two and a half story hotel owned by B J Ewen was burned Sunday morning marking the 14th arson in the Hargis Cockrell feud started two and a half years ago. Five anti Hargis partisans were killed in related attacks and Ewen and his family became homeless as troops guard the site.
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Jackson
B. J. Ewen
Cardwell-Cockrell
Ewen
Jett
Hargis
Portland
Labor unrest and unions around the world and across industries
The report lists organized labor activity and wage disputes from Chicago porters to Brazil and India. It notes strikes amid cement ties on railways, a nine hour day push by Wheeling tobacco workers, and unions forming in Cincinnati and Council Bluffs. It mentions Mexico cotton, Chinese labor in hemp, Paterson coal teamsters, and Reading hot finishers. It also cites San Antonio brewery wage talks, and Brantford’s rapid growth of labor organizations.
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Chicago
Denver
Spain
Toledo
Mexico
Saw Smiths
St. Louis
Cincinnati
India
Paterson
N. J
Wurtemburg
Reading
Council Bluffs
Towa
San Antonio
Texas
Brantford
Canada
Peter Chosen King in Servia After Alexander Slaying
The Servian skupshtina and senate met and, within fifteen minutes, chose Prince Peter Karageorgevitch as king after the assassination of King Alexander. The new regime faces questions of legitimacy while Britain hints it will cut diplomatic ties with ministers connected to the murder. Officers issued four army lines forbidding punishment of conspirators and demanding no rewards. Peter accepted the throne by telegraph with a prewritten proclamation.
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Alexander
Peter Karageorgevitch
Servia
Skupshtina
Senate
Great Britain
Ing
Chicago News
Ising Alexander
Wirst
Peter Ixarageorgevitch
Random 1900s News Snippets Mix of Global and Domestic Signals
A collage of brief, informal items mentions military relief efforts in Erie, police strikes in Erie Pa, turmoil in Balkan royalty, Missouri politics led by Mr Folk, Abdul Hamid provoking crises, a joke about standpat grammar, and a failed kidnapping case with a $9000 ransom demand.
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Folk
Jim” Hill
Vast Forest Fires Ravage Eastern Pines and Adirondacks
Fires across Maine New Hampshire Vermont Long Island and into the Adirondacks raged for over fifty days due to drought and winds. Thousands of workers battled the blazes using engines plows furrows and earthworks while property losses climb into the millions and some habitats and soils were permanently scarred.
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Adirondacks
Crop Report Notes Mild June Cold Across Regions
The weather bureau reports the week ending June 15 was abnormally cool east of the Rockies. Frosts occurred widely in the Missouri valley and as far south as Tennessee, slowing growth. Drought relief in New England and mid-Atlantic areas reduced fires, while Pacific coast conditions remained favorable.
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The
Weather Bureau
Rocky Mountains
Missouri Valley
Tennessee
New England
Middle Atlantic
Pacific Coast
South Atlantic
Dakotas
Missouri
Mississippi
Michigan
Ohio Valley
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Kansas
Illinois
Virginia
Ilinois
Ohio
Atlantic
Cali
Indianians Briefs From Muncie to Greensburg
A roundup of Indiana incidents reports include Charles Holbert of Muncie struck on a running board fracturing his skull. a 13 year old Jason Hambrick in Greensburg fell while playing railway brakeman and lost his right leg. A 15 year old was killed after wandering from Bennettsville and being run down. Also noted are home injuries from turpentine burns, a dynamite cap explosion injuring a child, and local police actions against insults to women.
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Charles Holbert
Muncie
Linton
Sedalia
Charles
Lewis
Logansport
Abram Walker
Hagerstown
Greensburg
Jason Hambrick
Henry McGaughery
Vincennes
John Wilson
Union Traction Line
Elwood
William S. Jones
Lake Erie & Western
Delaware County
John Everhardt
Monon
John Kemp
Leavenworth
Captain Kemp
Miss Wiseman
Indiana Soldiers’ Home
Lafayette
Frey Parsons Company
John Harter
Newcastle
Henry County
Ball Brothers
United States
Ward
Indiana National Guard
National Guard
Indiana
John Baker
Valparaiso
William L. Cassaday
South Bend
Lewis K. Davis
Indianapolis
John Goldsworthy
Edward T. Griffith
Olaf N. Culdlin
Fort Wayne
Joseph R.hall
Alexander Jack
Evansville
John C. Kuhlman
Terre Haute
John W. Lambert
Anderson
Ira H.’ Marr
Sullivan
Abram Middleton
Pearson
Kokomo
Clifton G- Rust
James C. Scott
Alexandria
James M. Smelser
Pendleton
Daniel H. Talbert
John’ Meding
Oneal Watson
Crawfordsville
William Wright
Bennettsville
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Deep Valley
Peter I of
Peter
Austria
Russia
Se Gui
Karageorgevitch
War Department
Erie
Brie
Ags Jeadsen
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