Deluge Devastates Three Towns In Ohio Valley Flood
A night of terror across Hollidays Cove Colliers and New Cumberland saw a cloudburst wash out 14 miles of track three bridges and multiple homes. Two lives were lost at the Cove with extensive property damage and rail service halted by washouts and flooding.
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Cove
Conemaugh
Ohio Valley
Neptune
Holliday’s Cove
New Cumberland
Colliers
Burgettstown
Panhandle
Johnstown
Ross
Slack Streets
Steubenville
Holiiday’s Cove
New Cumberland Junction
Harmon's Creek
Holliday
William Fleming
Campbell
Ruben Freshwater
W. G. Knox
Harry Bilderback
Williams Mould
Wm. Smith
Virgil Jackson
Hollidays Cove
Colers
Flood Disaster Leaves Hollidays Cove in Ruin
Percy Mutton reports Hollidays Cove a flood nightmare with miles of wrecked bridges, washed houses, and debris choked rails. Louis Warwick and family vanished, while Mrs Warwick and daughter are unaccounted. New Cumberland Junction saw bodies of four foreigners found among debris and a nude man body later recovered. Mayor McLeish seeks aid, provisions and bread, as bakeries remain closed and telegraph lines jammed with stranded passengers sending messages.
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Percy Mutton
Hollidays Cove
Mr. Mutton
Louis Warwick
Warwick
Clyde Warwick
Cove Talks
W. W. Smith
Mary
Holliday’s Cove
Mee
Harmon Creek
New Cumberland Junction
Train Master Wiggins Reports Colossal Flood Damage
Train Master Wiggins of the Panhandle describes a devastating flood across Colliers Venus Hollidays Cove and nearby towns. He cites many drownings, washed-out tracks, and damaged bridges as crews race to open one line while passengers wait for relief and repairs.
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Venus
Pathetic Figure Lewis Hartford Traveler in New York
A man named Lewis Hartford described as a pathetic figure appears in a New York travel context, with sparse readable details suggesting a marginal or diminished status during the period. The fragment references a traveling man and a somber portrayal within the city.
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Lewis Hartford
New York
Damages Awarded in Auto Collision Case Title
In Squire Campbell's court Harry Brown v Win North awarded 200 dollars for damages after a collision between defendant's auto and plaintiff's horse and buggy on a county road near the Wabash bridge at night. The judge found the defendant failed to light his disabled car as required by law, obscuring the horse and buggy and causing the crash and damages.
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Squire Campbell
Harry Brown
Win. North
Plaintiff
Wabash Bridge
Cor
Deluge in Chartiers Ends Communication and Deaths
After five feet of floodwater in Chartiers Creek, Canonsburg suffers severed rail links to Wheeling and Pittsburg. Families marooned in upper stories, rescues ongoing, and three men killed when returning to save valuables. Victims include Eli Hancock, 30, and two unknown foreigners.
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Chartiers Creek
Pitsburg, & Buffalo, Coal Company
Wheeling
Pittsburg
Eli Hancock
Search for Bodies in Colliers and Flooded Towns
Three Steubenville youths report continued body recovery and relief needs in Colliers New Cumberland Junction and Hellidays Cove as floodwaters recede. Dozens of rescuers work mud filled streets uncovering bodies and aiding homeless residents with food and supplies. Three unknown individuals drown at Zalia as Cross Creek rises and a Wabash freight wreck occurs nearby.
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New Cumberland Junction
Hellidays Cove
Steubenville
Maurice Peterson
Far Vance
Paul Allison
Colliers
Zalia
Turnbull Leaves Democratic Party for Bull Moose
Canton mayor Turnbull bolts the Democratic Party and aligns with the Bull Moose movement in a sharp political shift. The move signals a realignment with progressive reformers and reshapes local party dynamics.
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Mayor Turnbull
Canton
Democratic Party
The
Bull Moose
Train wreck dumps five cars into Cross Creek near Wellsburg
A fast freight on the Pittsburg Mingo terminal of the Wabash jumped the track five miles north of Wellsburg and rolled into Cross Creek. The engineer escaped by swimming ashore while the fireman and front brakeman were killed. The washout two miles east of the Wabash bridge at Mingo Junction caused the disaster as the engine and five cars plunged over the embankment.
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Pittsburg
Mingo
Wabash Railroad
Wellsburg
Cross Creek
Wabash Bridge
Infant saved as flood sweeps Colliers home
A mother and father escaped a rising flood when the cradle with their sleeping infant was carried from a downstairs room. The mother ran back through waist deep water to recover the child, who was half drowned but revived in her arms. The family, others, and a foreigner who sought jewelry all barely escaped.
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Hammondsvilles
Trondale
Yellow Creek
Ay Fosterville
Toronto
Cunes
Stewart
Nose
Iis Foundation
Yocum Family Fifth Annual Reunion at Stanton Park
The fifth annual Yocum family reunion drew about 200 people to Stanton Park on Thursday. Officers elected included Floyd Yocum as president, George Mehieish and Edward Biven as vice presidents, Albert Martin as secretary, with speeches by Floyd Yocum Silas Yocum John Yocum and James McLeish. Recitations by Albert and Harry Martin followed meals, photos, and games. The ancestors John and Sarah Yocum settled here, descendants now around 960. They sang America at the start and God Be with You Till We Meet Again at the close.
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Yocum
Stanton Park
Floyd Yocum
George Mehieish
Edward Biven
Albert Martin
Floyd
Silas Yocum
John Yocum
James McLeish
Albert
Harry Martin
Editors Tell How They Earned First Thousand Dollars
A collection of editor’s reflections from the Ohio State Journal and Ohio State Journat on fiscal beginnings and the toll of daily work. The passages praise editors who guide bright young men, recount earnings, and note the wear of long days at the desk.
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Ohio State Journal
Ohio State
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Fosterville
Liverpool
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Burgetts
Hawlins
Dre
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Isety
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Desite
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Colliers Valley
No.s
Ubrichsville
Cleveland
Pennsylvania
Chester
Panhandle Station
St. Louis
Hartford
St. Louie
Trinway
Ft. Wayne
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Polen
Pan Handle
Columbus
Dennison
Throwel
Chartiers
Canonsburg and District
Canonsburg
Brody
Grass Creek
Stanton
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