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Taken From Our Files 1907 to 1912 Local Headlines
A compact roundup of vintage items notes a southbound Grafton line car derailment injuring two women in Wellington with 91 passengers escaping harm when a freight crashed into a stalled car at North Main Street. Other notes reference Lorain launching the largest boat in its dry dock, Elyria police crusade warrants, and aging Elyria jeweler Charles W. Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blyria
Grafton
Sixteenth Street
Middle Avenue
Wellington
North Main Street
Oberlin
College
Carnegie Library
Lorain
LeéGrang
de Graff
Elyria
Lake Avenue
Cleveland
West Side Market House
Charles W. Smith
West Broad Street
American Sheet and Tin Company