Headon Collision Kills Twenty at Fowler Indiana
A Big Four passenger train collides head on with a westbound train near Fowler Indiana at 2 30 am. Estimates place deaths at twenty with dozens injured as wreckage catches fire and coaches are destroyed. Officials cite a block signal missed due to a fox and speed noted at about fifty miles per hour.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Indianapolis
Cincinnat
Fowler
Ind
Pssenger
Houghton
Trains Ted Up By High Waters Flood Hit Rail Route
Rail damage and widespread flooding from Cheat River reached Rowlesburg and nearby towns. Baltimore and Ohio service halted by a slide east of Rowlesburg. Elkins tunnel portal closed. Davis electric light plant out and town dark. Lumber dam breached at Gladys. sawmill and buildings wrecked. sleet heavy on trees causing further outages and fires. Continuous flood and storm impacts reported with major disruption to transport and utilities.
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Haltimore & Ohio
St. Louis
Rowlesburg
Cheat River
Rowtesburg
South Elking
Selectric Light
Davis
Baltimors & Ohio
Maryland
Elkins
Gladys
Miner Injured In Mine Accident At Pin Middalek
Jobe Birchaney, a miner at Pin Middalek, was taken to the Miners' Hospital Friday evening with a badly injured limb after a mining accident. Officials reported the incident near Middalek and said Birchaney received immediate medical attention.
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Jobe Birchaney
Pin- Middalek
Pansies and Floods Mark Split Clarksburg News
A local oddity shows pansies blooming on Holden Street while Ohio River floods deepen. In Cincinnati and Newport, thousands displaced as water rises to 62 feet, cutting bridges and threatening more neighborhoods. Forecasters warn of continued rise through the weekend with heavy rains ahead.
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Taney Harrison
Holden Street
Thia
Clarksburg
Associated Press
Cincinnati
Condi
Saintes
Kentucky
Newport
Ohio
Parkersburg
Bassler
Standing Committees Formed by State Federation of Labor
The session at Charleston announced standing committees with members across Wheeling Charleston and surrounding towns. Key posts include President's Report with Cairns Simms Higgins and Miller. Secretary Treasurer with Bauer Brown Kramer Wagner Smith. Motions with Springer Richards Gilmore Dean Creeden. Grievances with Riley Vickers Hackett Kress Reynolds. General Good of Order with Maloney Craige Snyder Styles. Law with Welch Hesker Kugler Teftwich Cunningham. and Lahels with Wilson Ault Midkiff Winifrede Boles Adkins.
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State Federation of Labor
Charleston
Thos
Cairns
Crown Hill
Edward Simms
Wheeling
Charles Higgins
D. M. Miller
Plymouth
EB. B. Caldwell
A. J, Bauer
E. Brown
Coalburg
R. A. Kramer
East Bank
V. Wagner
George Smith
J. H. Springer
Flemington
V Richards
J. W. Gilmore
E. E. Dean
Powelton
J. B. Creeden
W. H. Riley
E. B. Vickers
J. Hackett
John Kress
B. W. Reynolds
Clarksburg
Mike Maloney
J. E. Craige
Carbondale
Frank W. Snyder
Fred Styles
Wheel
F. Welch
J. F. Hesker
C. W. Kugler
Jesse Teftwich
Werd
John Cunningham
Oakland
E. H. Wilson
Huntington
Whitney Ault
Smithers
Steamer Collision Sinks Narworth Castle Near Goodwin Light
The Vaderland from New York for Antwerp collided with the Dundee steamer Narworth Castle near the South Goodwin light, sinking the Narworth Castle during the night. Three crew members are missing and Vaderland’s bow is damaged. CHENOWETH RESIGNS. B M Chenoweth leaves R T Lowndes store after eight years to join Connellsville Grocery Company in Connellsville, Pa.
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Dover
Dela, Jan
Vaderland
New York
Antwerp
Narworth Castle
Chenoweth
B. M. Chénoweth
R. T. Lowndes
Connellsville Grocery Company
Connellsville
River rises but levee holds at Shawneetown
Shawneetown Illinois January 19 The river continued to rise but the levee remains intact despite higher water. Local authorities monitor flood pressures as residents stay cautious and prepared for possible changes.
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Amanciated Press
Shawneetown
Til
Reverend Flanigan to Preach at Local Methodist Church
The Rev Paul F Flanigan will preach at the Methodist Episcopal church South during both morning services at 1045 and evening services at 730. A class meeting is scheduled at 930 with Sunday school at 200. Pastor Rev Leonidas A Snow extends a cordial invitation to all attendees.
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Paul F. Flanigan
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Leonidas A. Snow
Blaze at Grasselli Works Sparks Fire at Plant
A small blaze erupted at the Grasselli Chemical Company's Blast at Greselli near 1 a m Saturday. Gas ignition struck a supply house, threatening the large plant as fire crews and workers fought the blaze. Cholera rages among hogs in the region with several deaths and mixed recovery among the penned stock.
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Grasseil Chemical Company
Greselli
life men_at fire works
Kingston Death Toll Rises After Jamaica Disaster
News dispatches report Kingston left in ruins with about 700 buried and 500 seriously injured. Thousands more feared dead, many missing as relief ships rush in. Admiral Davis coordinates aid with US ships Missouri and Indiana. No Americans killed.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Davis
Missouri
Polle
TRY Associated
London
Alaska Territorial Delegate Elected In Session Report
City council actions cover building permits, tax exonerations, and a sewer dispute. Alaska's first territorial delegate, He te Vmk Ho Waskes, a thirty one year old from Minnesota living in Nome, was elected amid Klondike era mining. The council approved water and street work, denied a sewer grant, and granted permits for repairs at 220 232 Pike Street and a 41 seventy five thousand dollar, two story building at 205 West Main Street.
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Northwest
Vmk
Ho Waskes
Glebc
Bike City
Minn
Waukey
Nome
Mary Lyon
Feneland
John Acheron
Reymann/Brewing Co
Metin Pritchard
Thora Sy
W. F. Griftth
Memorial Program of the Maccabees in Clarksburg
Memorial services for the Clarksburg tent of the Knights of the Maccabees at First Presbyterian Church tomor row. Rev Wm H Hudson to deliver the memorial sermon. Sir Knights to meet at 8 o'clock in Odd Fellows hall then march to the church with organ preludes a doxology and prayers and an anthem the service includes a sermon and offering and a closing ode farewell.
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Clarksburg
Knights of the Maccabees of the World
First Presbyterian Church
Tomor
Wm. H. Hudson
Odd Fellows
Christian church meetings draw larger crowds amid rain
A nice audience gathered at the Christian church last night despite the rain. Great interest is aroused by the chart sermons with Sunday evening chart sermons planned on Conversion. The article notes ongoing conversions in the New Testament context.
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el Presched
Coal Companies Named as Defendants in Pitcairn Suit
In a Baltimore court suit by Pitcairn Coal Co to protest alleged discrimination, numerous coal and coke firms including Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad, Fairmont, Somerset, Clarkeburg, Century, and many others are listed as defendants. The case claims Baltimore & Ohio favoritism has starved Pitcairn’s 4000 acre mine, with 1000 tons daily capacity, of needed rail cars and contracts.
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Baltimore & Ohio
Ts Lst
Baltimore
Pitcairn Coal Company
Cumberland & Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Fairmont Coal Company
Somerset Coal Company
Clarkeburg Fuel Company
Century Coal Company
Chieftain Coa & Coke Company
Clements Coal and Coke Company
Cook Coal and Coke Company
Cook & Hart Coal Company
Davis-Brydon Coal Company
Mavis Coal and Coke Company
Doug. Jiess-Rausch Coal Company
Ros
State Capitol Cutoff and Legislature Adjournment
The Charleston dispatch notes the State Capitol cutoff and that the legislature adjourned until Monday with little of importance introduced. It mentions John Nugent of Charleston selected by the State Federation of Labor as secretary treasurer and a marriage license issued on Saturday.
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State Federation of Labor
John Nugent
Charleston
Temmnsurer
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