Awful Disaster Near Capital Kills and Injures Many
Washington reports a Baltimore and Ohio wreck near Terra Cotta three miles from the city. Eight killed and over fifty injured as freight engine plowed through a passenger train, foggy conditions hindering sight. Federal official D. W. Baker injured. Frederick special from Md. arrested engineer.
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Baltimore & Ohio
Terra Cotta
Co Maton
Frederick
United States
D. W. Baker
Blver Springs
Nine Die as Train Wreck Near Enderlin North Dakota
A passenger train on the Northern Minnesota line collided head on with a switch engine at Enderlin ND after a siding was fouled. Nine killed, six fatally hurt and about 25 injured as cars burned. Rescue teams worked amid flames to free trapped passengers and evacuate to hospital and local hotels.
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St Paul, Minn
Minneapolis, St. Paul
Sault Ste. Marie
Enderlin
N. D
Moose Jew
St. Paul
Derim
Released from living tomb near Bakersfield after 15 days
Bakersfield California December 24 L B Hicks an Edison Electric Co tunnel digger is freed from a tomb he occupied for 15 days. He was moved to a safer rescue drift and will be rushed to the company hospital at the end of a six mile tunnel. Five fellow workers were buried in the cave in as workers began digging. Progress was slow due to soil conditions. Tap signals indicated at least one miner alive and Hicks was fed through a water pipe and saved by a steel car. His companions died. Hicks is a Kentuckian.
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Bakersfield
Cal
L. B. Hicks
Edison Electric Co
Hicks
Edison Electric Power Co
Hey Se
Ken ‘Tuckian
Goebel Monument Contract Causes Payment Impasse
New York sculptor Nethans cannot collect for the Goebel monument as the Frankfort commission delays bronze casting approval. Adams & Sons hired Signor Moretti then Niehaus to model the statue but contest the committee’s pass/fail requirement before acceptance. Bronston, attorney for Niehaus, threatens suit if payment is not made promptly.
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Goebel
William Goebel
Frankfort
Nethans
New York
Charles J. Bronston
William Adams & Sons
Adams & Sons
Adams
Moretti
Arthur Goebel
Signor Niehaus
Niehaus
Bronston
RACE TO THE HOSPITAL
Paducah Kentucky man John Worth age forty five dies after a hunting accident when a discharge from his gun blows his arm off. His brother Nortsy Worth aids him and struggles home a mile before returning for help. Worth dies near Riverside Hospital after transport delays. He leaves a wife and five children and was a prominent figure.
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Paducah
John Worth
Nortsy
Ely
Riverside Hospital
Durlal
Knights of the Grip meet in Lexington with growth shown
Forty traveling men were invited into the United Commercial Travelers at the annual Lexington meeting. The Knights of the Grip filled a larger space than the regular lodge room, reflecting a surge in traveling salesmen in Kentucky. John G. Cramer hosted as toastmaster with remarks from J. Clay Hunt, Hon. W. P. Kimball, George B. Van Horn, L. S. Bonta and George A. Bain.
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Order of the United Commercial
Knights of the Grip
John G. Cramer
Chamber of Commerce
J. Clay Hunt
W. P. Kimball
George B. van Horn
L. 8. Bonta
George A. Bain
Death and Wounding After East Warfield Brawl
In East Warfield Kentucky a man dies and another is fatally wounded after a bar confrontation. Bad James Starr and his 16 year old son Blaine shoot McCommas at a saloon. McCommas returns fire fatally wounding Blaine with a brain shot. The incident occurred near the N and W railroad ten miles east of the area.
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Inez
East Warfeld
James Starr
James McCommas
Blaine
McCommas
Three children perish in Heat er Station West Virginia fire
A brief, somber report describes a fatal house fire at Heat er Station West Virginia in which Stanley Singleton’s three children aged thirteen eleven and eight perished. The incident emphasizes the dire consequences of fire and the need for awareness of suffering before judging others.
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Stanley Singleton
W. Va
One Hundred Years Old in Lexington Birthday Celebrated
Lexington observer Uncle Tom Beasley, a Black man known locally, celebrates his 100th birthday at Christmas after Laura Clay confirms birth date in the family Bible. Covington clerk searches for early marriage record between Daniel McLaughlin and Sarah Vice from 1765 to 1812. Olive Hill mob threatens tax collector Levi White over a railroad tax levy, forcing redirection of goods at gunpoint.
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Tom Beasley
Laura Clay
Covington, Ky
John Yates
Herbert Eckert
Dubois County
Ind
Daniel McLaughlin
Sarah Vice
Olive Hill
Levi White
Out of Its Banke Log Floods in Kentucky River
Kentucky river overflows after heavy rainfall and snowmelt causing thousands of logs to drift toward dams. Logging workers report substantial monthly log deliveries worth thousands of dollars. Weather and flood status threaten regional logging operations and transportation.
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Sergent
Kentucky River
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