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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1903
Page
2
A Montana start to the season is delayed by snow and track washouts near Myers. Reports of freezing in a party crossing from Alma to Lovain Colorado, cold snaps in Leadville, and a spate of accidents including mine and streetcar incidents.
A snake hid inside Miss Molle Carr’s square piano near Charleston Indiana. Musician Lyos Morrison visiting his daughter drew it out with a melody, the snake re entered its hiding place and was killed. It measured nearly five feet. Also a Pittsburgh streetcar fell 100 feet from a Lincoln avenue bridge, killing three and fatally injuring others.
Flooding in the northern Cumberland area of Maryland reaches six feet, damaging homes and plants. Debris blocks a streetcar line while the West Virginia Central Railroad is closed by landslides. Hyndham Pennsylvania also floods with extensive damage. total losses around 950000 estimated. Harvest labor shortages persist in Kansas as workers are shipped in from across the country. A Bogota dispatch notes Panama Canal treaty discussions in Washington with a large House majority expected, while no official word on China ultimatum from Japan and England. Other items cover railway and industrial notes and international concerns.
A broken OCR tale notes the Pacific cable completion at 10:00 on the fourth with the Arig Wie and Tonobuly ship assisting. A world message round trip was achieved in twelve minutes, MacKay replying in nine and a half, beating the 1896 Depew benchmark of fifty minutes.
An intense cloudburst sent a 20 foot flood through Oxford Park near Jeanette, drowning many and flooding Brush Creek. Reports place 25 to 100 dead with hundreds at the park seeking relief from heat. Damages exceed $250,000 as several cars and structures were swept away.
Special from Douglass Izona reports Officer Lon Graham fatally wounded Smith in a gunfight at a carnival ga loon after recognizing him as the man linked to the May 16 killing of Officer Vansbo and wounding Graham. Smith was removed to hospital amid high local tensions and police guard.
A mine explosion at Talon Pacific Coal No 1 mine in Manna Wyoming on Tuesday morning killed 286 men. Most victims were Winlinders and negro workers, with Finnish miners among the injured. Knights of Pythias members will receive funeral services, and relief funds are expanding as townspeople aid the bereaved and those left homeless.
Curiously marked tree ring at Woodcliff New Jersey crossing and a tragic mine explosion near Coytesville leaves 169 confirmed dead with estimates suggesting close to 200. Relief funds were opened after United States Senator Clark urged aid. the town mourns many missing fathers and sons as walling and fortification work continues to trap flames below the seventeenth level.
Workers high above Washington's Capitol dome scrub the bronze Statue of Freedom with a weak weld solution and pumice to remove stains. The scaffolded task faced danger as two pliant-lodged workmen labored at 67 feet, with mishaps reported as molten metal and scorching heat.
Fragmented treaty text mentions onaling Madions and Pine sovereignty, with references to signers including Egulors and Garey, and mentions of treasury and state officials. Notes imply obligations for island privileges, education, land taxation, and coaling station rentals tied to site requirements and urban government.
A missing boy wandered away from a mountain area for four days. Exhausted and without gun or matches, he survived by rationing food and moving toward water. He recalled hearing calls but found no response until after days of isolation in rugged terrain.
A miner narrowly escaped death at Oro Gr property as a load toppled, trapping three others in a pit. One man was saved by fellow workers. a body remained missing as rescue efforts continued amid dangerous conditions.
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