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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1907
Page
3
Rescue operations at Mines 6 and 8 pause to test a large auxiliary air fan from Pittsboro installed at Mine No 8. Work resumes after 6 o clock as machinists set up the equipment and timber braces are laid for air shaft breakthroughs. Chief Mine Inspector J W Paull from Charleston oversees efforts and gathers information.
State representatives and officials including Governor Dawson’s personal appointee, Mine Inspector James Paull and deputies, and legislators arrive to coordinate rescue and investigation. A special joint committee will oversee the mine accident inquiry as the town notes funeral and relief actions.
Bliss Mabel S. Lawton a pretty Atlantic City girl was married at 4 a m in a hose carriage hauled by friends of Charles H H Stubbs to Magistrate Hughes. The sleepy official performed the ceremony in his pajamas and bath robe. The bridal party then rode to a restaurant for a breakfast.
Viscount Hardwicke of England proposed marriage to Miss Elizabeth Thomas of Bay City Michigan while soaring in a balloon. She is an experienced aerial navigator and has ascended with notable figures, claiming heights up to 15 000 feet and flights of thirty to forty miles. Thomas plans to attend balloon races in St Louis and ride in select fireship events.
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