Earthquake Toll and Rescue Efforts Sweep Across Sicily
Across Rome and New York dispatches report a vast death toll from the Sicily Calabrian quake. Estimates range from 65,000 to 125,000 dead, with Messina, Reggio, and surrounding towns nearly wiped out. King Victor Emmanuel travels toward Calabria as relief pours in from Italy, the United States, and Britain amid massive rescue and aid operations.
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Rome
Tribune
Palermo
Messina
Sicily
Reggio
Strait of
Calabria
Vatican
Victor Emmanuel
Naples
Condoles
Washington
Roosevelt
Italy
American Red Cross
Italian Red Cross
Cheney
New Haven
Conn
Arthur Cheney
United States
New York
Enrico Caruso
Caruso
Montecello
Catania
Simly
Buda
Ganzirri
Farro
Fiee
Calabra
Mountaleon
Stefanaconi
Mgr. Morabite
Mileto
Toos
Dec
Flelena
Tottering
New York Colony
Italian Board of Trade
Tasnimay Hall
Catanzaro
Reggie
Ohio
Cleveland
Dee
Red Cross Society
Red Cross
Italian Red Cross Society
J. P. Morgan
London
San Francisco
Regigo
California
Scalia
Charydis
Aeneas
Reggio di Calabria
Onnen
Mount Aetna
Mount
Vesuvius
Horch
Fifty Men Feared Dead in Maybury West Virginia Mine
An explosion at the Lick Branch mine near Maybury West Virginia leaves about fifty men feared dead. Officials say thirty were buried, with forty-one still entombed near the Tug River old working. Forty-two rescuers have recovered bodies so far.
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Maybury
W. Va
Dee
Lick Branch
Tug River
Explosion Fears After Mine Blast at Maybury Virginia
An explosion and ensuing fire at the Lick Branch mine on the Norfolk and Western line near Maybury Virginia trapped 52 men Tuesday afternoon. By midnight eleven bodies were recovered, with many more feared dead. Special trains transported officials and rescuers as the blaze hampered efforts and supplies were rushed from Bluefield. Authorities cited gas as the likely cause and inspectors from Virginia arrived to oversee the rescue, while the mine’s operator Pocahontas Consolidated Coal Co claimed safety measures were in place.
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Lick Beanch
Maybury
Pocahontas
Norfolk and Western Railway
James Smith
Chas. Little
Mike HerkSlok
Henry Richard
James Eckhart
Kemp Sanders
John Brown
James Miller
Clare
Alexander
Pete Kennedy
Bluefield
Binefield
Nthe
Two Fatalities Reported by Coroner After Tuesday Incidents
Coroner Campbell learned of two deaths from Tuesday evening. inquests to be held. A foreign child was run over by an electric motor near Ruby Coal Co mine and died hours later. A foreign miner near Bergholz died by suicide, found in a shack with a shotgun wound near the heart, likely driven by unemployment.
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Campbell
Ruby Coal Co
Bergholz
Perholz
Consul Cheney and wife reported dead in Messina quake
A State Department dispatch from Consul W. Ha Galle in Mattae says Consul Cheney and his wife are dead with bodies not recovered. The Mesina dispatch notes Arthur S. Cheney American consul at Messina Sicily and his wife perished in the Messina earthquake. Consul Lupton, the deputy consul, is said to have escaped. a British warship aided rescue.
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Washington
Statement
WW. Ha-Galle
Mattae
Cheney
Arthur S. Cheney
Messina
Sicily
State Department
Stuart Lupton
Malta
Maltese Islands
Mediterranean
Wm. H. Cale
Upton
Gale
Cable
Lupton
Mr. Cheney
Illinois
Connecticut
Yale
Irom
Tennessee
Joseph H. Pierce
Pottery Schedule B Faces Tariff Review in Washington
Washington officials began drafting Schedule B of the tariff law focusing on earths earthenware and glassware. Hearings highlighted pottery duties and proposals to curb undervaluations while limepotters pressed for reductions. Manufacturers sought modest increases but protection against underpriced imports remained central.
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Washington
Funeral Notices From Hopedale And Toronto Area
Multiple notices record interment at Hopedale for TEM sg and Holmes Barnhouse with Rev. Evans officiating and graves at Greenwood cemetery. Also details of Mrs Johns Leeper funeral with Revs. Millers and Smith and list of pallbearers. John W Lyons, prominent county resident and teacher, dies near Toronto aged about 57 after short illness. survived by brother A M Lyons and sisters Mary Nancy Rachel.
Page Three 1909 Local Probate and Rail Inspection
The Steubenville Herald-Star reports on early 1909 probate actions including the estates of Mary Salmon and Mary McMahon with executors and guardians named. It notes Chas R Lewis consent to marriage, and a station at Terminal Junction where Worthington, Glade, Titus and railroad officials inspected mines along the line and departed for Norwalk.
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Steubenville
A. Worthington
W. & U. &. Railroad
Jg" Glade
A. P. Titus
Terminal Junction
Ines
Norwalk
Suit Begun Over Street Hump and Roadworks in Mingo
The village of Mingo through its solicitor Carl Armstrong sues Steubenville and Wheeling Traction Co in Common Pleas Court to compel performance of a contract granting a franchise on North Commercial Street. The suit seeks specific relief to remove the hump and grade and macadamize the road, alleging damages would be inadequate.
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Mingo
Carl Armstrong
Common Pleas
Steubenville and Wheeling Traction Cos
Towit
McKees Road
North Corporation
North Commercial Street
Traction Co
Italian earthquake fear reaches Sicily and Italy
The disaster has touched Sicily and Southern Italy with hundreds of local Italian residents visiting V A M Morelli to learn details about relatives believed missing. A cablegram will be sent today. Morelli notes Messina as a valued, marble building area with old architecture and paintings.
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Sicily
Italy
Aree
Loree Seen As Likely NY Central President Pick
Rumors place L. F. Loree formerly of the C P railroad as the favored successor to W H Newman retired as head of the New York Central lines. Observers think his elevation would disrupt traditional internal promotions and alter the system, with one local official noting the winner may be the one kept out of sight.
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L. F. Loree
C. & P. Railroad
New York Central Lines
W. H. Newman
Loree
New York Central
Realty transfers list includes several township deeds and small lots
Real estate transfers show 64.03 acres in Mt Pleasant to Hartley for 3805.20, small tracts in Steubenville and Warren townships for one dollar, several lots in Wayne and La Belle View, undivided coal interests in Springfield township, and other parcels in Ross, Warren, and Knoxville areas. Notable entries include a 66.1 acre Springfield township transfer for 87.50 and a 79 17 20 acre Ross township parcel for 500. Multiple quit claims between John P O'Brien and Mary E O'Brien cover lots 29 30 in Rickey Urquhart's addition with one dollar.
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Flwood D. Whinnery
Arthur J. Hartley
Mt. Pleasant
Henry L. Wilson
John Smith
Steubenville
Jabez Pierce
Thomas Out
Warren Township
John Grafton
Daniel J. Grafton
Ross Township
GC Ford
John W. Criswell
William P. Bates
O. E. Bell
Wayne Township
Wm. P. Bates
Samuel Rensi
Angelote Walters
Fast Springield
Martin Leel
Charles Henry Travis
la Belleview Land Co
Winona D. Maple
la Belle View
Wooster Cooper
John A. Crawford
Thomas O'Hern
Wabash
Pittsburg
Cross Creek Towneship
Charles R. Cook
Grace M. James
Springfield Township
Archie Fe.gaston
Same
W. F. Livingtson
Jos. Vanheve
Michael Gilday
Edward McLister
Sarah F. Giesey
Mary C. Tilton
Highland City
Joseph D. Owens
Bo McMechen
Pleasant Heights
Stoo
Antonio Gionale
Nicholas di Napoli
Death of Holmes J Barnhouse in Pittsburg area
Holmes J Barnhouse aged 45 died at home 137 South Sixth Street Thursday at 8:40 am after a year of ill health from paresis. Former Manhattan Kansas livery business man moved here for better health. taken to Pittsburg hospital, brought home three weeks ago. Born in Hopedale he married Clara Mansfield. surviving daughter Mrs Phillips of South Dakota. brothers and sisters J Barnhorse Sein, J Barshowsé Newark, Mrs Horn Holton, Mrs A Laughlin and Miss Ola Barney Jewett, Mrs R W Smiley Steubenville. member Fire Presbyterian Church and Masonic order. Remains will be taken to…
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Holmes J. Barnhouse
South Sixth Street
Mr. Barnhouse
Manhattan
Kansas
Pittsburg
Hopedale
Clara Mansfield
Phillips
South Dakota
Sein
J. Barshowsé
Newark
Horn
Holton
A Laughlin
Ola Barney
Jewett
R. W. Smiley
Steubenville
Fire
Presbyterian Church
Masonic Order
Mrs Dixon longtime resident of Steubenville dies at 79
Mrs Elizabeth Dixon aged 79 died at her home 430 South Sixth street on Thursday at 2 30 p m after a year of illness. She was born in England and lived in Steubenville 53 years widow of Wm Dixon who died 26 years ago. Surviving sisters are Mrs Joseph Iberg ron and Mrs Wm Watts of Steubenville. Funeral held Saturday at First Methodist church with Rev G B Smith officiating pallbearers were Benjamin Ovington Sr Benjamin Ovington Jr Simpson Watts and John Callender.
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Dixon
Elizabeth Dixon
South Sixth Street
Wm. Dixon
England
Joseph Ibergron
Wm. Watts
Ste
Obituary: George Brownlee Passes Away at 58
George Brownlee a native resident of the city died at the Infirmary on Amas aged 58 years after a physical collapse heart failure was the cause. He was single born in Steubenville son of the late James Brownlee. A carpenter and sawyer by trade he worked for Benj Travis Hyde Anderson and Mc Feelys planing mills. He is survived by one brother Harvey Brownlee and two sisters Mrs Mary Ber wood and Mrs Harlan McGrew.
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George Brownlee
Amas
Steubenville
James Brownlee
Benj. Travis
Hyde
Anderson
McFeely
Mary Berwood
Harvey Brownlee
Harlan McGrew
Mrs Winstell Dies In Wheeling At 35
Mrs Philip Winstell wife of a Toronto glassworker died Sunday at a Wheeling hospital after a three week stay following an appendicitis operation. She was 35 and survived by her husband. A Catholic, she was highly respected. Remains were brought to the home of George Winstell on North Seventh Street.
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Philip Winstell
Toronto
Wheeling
George Winstell
North Seventh Street
Richmond Woman Miss Samantha Ryan Dies at 60
Miss Samantha Ryan of Richmond passed away Sunday at Passavant Hospital Pittsburg after a two month illness with liver troubles. She leaves a 90 year old mother and sister Mrs George Barnett of Reed's Mills. She belonged to the Presbyterian Church. Her remains were brought to Richmond Monday.
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Samantha Ryan
Richmond
Passavant Hospital
Pittsburg
George Barnett
Reed's Mills
Presbyterian Church
William Alban dies at 77 in Toronto home
William Alban died at his Toronto home on Sunday at age 77. Funeral services were held today with interment in Center chapel. His wife predeceased him. Survived by one son Roen Alban and three sisters Mrs Jane Hottell Mrs Nancy Palmer of Island Creek and Mrs Mary McGill of New Castle. He was a member of the M E church and a respected citizen.
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William Alban
Toronto
Center Chapel
Roen Alban
Jane Hottell
Nancy, Palmer
Island Creek
Mary McGill
New Castle
M. Eo. Churchy
Mrs Mary McBane Dies After Stroke at 23
Mrs Mary R McPane wife of Jas McBane of near Oak Ridge died at 9 30 Monday evening from stroke paralysis aged 23. She was a member of Trondale Presbyterian Church and well regarded by friends. She leaves a husband a son Daniel and a daughter Anna at home. A sister resides in Iowa.
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Mary McBane
Mary R. McPane
Jas. McBane
Oak Ridge
Trondale Presbyerian Church
Daniel
Anna
Towa
Obituary notices and funeral details from Col-liers area
Obituaries and funeral notices for Mrs. E N Robinson infant of Otto Albright and John Olechma a Polish immigrant, Mary Stasich aged two, and George Floto with detailed pallbearers. Also notices for George Pennick Dillies Bottom and Elles Cusick with church services at St Peters.
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Elles Cusick
Court News Jury Assignments for January Trial Term
Cadiz judge to oversee Court No 2. Jury list includes Smith, Woods, Haese, Thompson, Kifer, Sharp, Walley, Oil Well Supply Co, MtCabe, Miles, Penna Co, Gotshall, Vorhees, Smith, Bone, Serafini, LaBelle Coal Co, Adams, Cristy, Coulter, Shannon, Khapusiewski, McCann, Tri-State Inv Co, Thomason, Boswell, Sapp, Maple, Lewis, Kinney, Wood, Cattell, Hedges, Bowman, Campbell, Smith Admx, Taylor, Dreyer, Finnan, Carnegie Steel Co, Commonwealth & L Co v Barnett, Jones, Saporito, Sl & BL Ry Co, Nikon, Ry & L Co, Schiffer, Bowman v Campbell, January 26 and 28 cases plus numerous estates and administrator actions listed for probate court.
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W. G. Shotwell
Cadiz
Richards
Smith
Woods
Haese
Steubenville
Thompson
Hagan
Kifer Es Safe Oil Co
Mayberry
Oy Gea Sharp
Walley
Oil Well Supply Co
MtCabe
MiHs
Penna. Co
Gotshall
Vorhees
Sherif
Barker Va
Cos
Bone
Serafini
LaBelle Coal Co
Adams
Cristy
Long
Coulter
Shannon
Risher
Khapusiewski
Mc McCann
Tri-State Inv. Co
Thomason
Boswell
Sapp
Maple
Wallace
Admr
Lewis
Wwee Rrie Co
Kinney Water Supply Co
Wo Coal
Cas Wood
Cattell
Hedges
Gorgee
Jones
Saporito Pte PC Seve Fe Co
Ict
Sl & BL
ECO
Nikon
We S
L. Co
Schiffer i Gelding
Bowman
Campbell
Constable
Smith, Admix
LacBlle Oe BP Ae Neers i SQ Rik
Carnegie iSteel Co
Commonwealth
Sp Og Paper Manufacturing Company
Housa
Winder
W.C. Brown
John Herold
Joseph Coates
Robert Vermillion
Cross Creek Township
John McKefefrey
Means Foundry & Machine Company
Jennie Clow
Wimich Clow
Michael McCort
Jas. S. Patterson
John W. Stevens
W. C. Brown
Leonard Collins
Daniel D. Jones
Hiram Zimmermayst
Denio
Long Beach
Cal
John McClare
Hearington
Clarissa DB. Cleaver
James A. ‘Sutton
Corwin A. Young
Hiri
Wm. S
Brindley
W. H. Brindigy
Finos Sens
Bond
James W. Crawford
W. Abraham
Thos. Bell
Elizabeth Bell
Fistate
Juliana Humphreyville
Qucencas Doerr
FOR RENT Bridy flare weal Market near Steubengilig
Rental notice describes a one mile distance from Steubengilig suitable for truck farming or dairy use. Contact Brady of Stenben- VTS for details.
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Steubengilig
Yndifte
Adaaneer T
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Clinton Street
John Olechma
Philip and
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Kings Junction
George Pennick
Dillies Bottom
St. Clairsville
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Harev Findt
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Henry Becker
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