Conroy Mine Fire Believed After Lease In Pennsylvania Deal
The Conroy Mine, leased recently to the Rock Springs Fuel Company by Wyopa Coal of Pennsylvania, is feared to have a wing on fire after a foreman opened a main lead. Officials hope the blaze is confined while development work resumes. if not, fire may have burned for months. Promoters aim to mine 400 to 1000 tons daily and see strong demand for coal in the region.
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Conroy Cost
Wyopa Coal Company of Pennsylvania
W. &. Powell
Pennsylvania Company
Qleaers
Emmett F. Anais
Svit City
Rock Springs Fuel Company
Cumberand
Messia
Agnia
Elion
Conroy
Rover
Galt Lake
F. J. Foley
Pittsburg
Wyups Cos
Foley
Attempted Murder In Union Bar Ends With Axe Missed
Colored section hand Joe Gans attacked Ed Gramer with an axe in the Union Bar on Friday evening. The axe flew from the handle, striking only wood. Gramer suffered a cut above the eye and was hospitalized. Gans was jailed, arraigned for attempted murder, with a $250 bond and a pending preliminary hearing. Both men were part of a local section gang and had been drinking earlier that day. Witnesses reported the assault occurred after a dispute over dice.
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Joe Gane
Ed Gramer
Lincoln County Miners’ Hospital
Union
Gramer
Gans
Alec Battes
Gan
Batte
McMinn
Kemmerer
Mqnor
Four Funerals in One Day in Kemmerer
A large church and community mourn as C. P. Burt dies after being struck between tracks near Kemmerer. Coroner and railroad inquiry find engine not at fault and Burt’s old habit of stepping toward the east bound track led to the tragedy. Survived by wife and children, burial in Kemmerer cemetery.
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C. P. Burt
Odd Fellows Hall
Thin City
Burt
Remember
Lincoln County Miners’ Hospital
Kemmerer Coal Company
Hametork
Embree
Fossil
Gus Blaser
Miner Jim Viakos Dies In Glencoe Coal Mine Accident
Greek born miner Jim Viakos, 41, was killed last Friday when coal fell from the mine wall at Glencoe. He died from head and chest injuries and was buried Sunday at the Catholic cemetery with union services leading the rites.
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Jim Viakos
Greek Nationalny
Glencoe
Min
Viakon
Seventy Cattle Drowned Crossing Muddy Creek
Fifty head of cattle drown when ice breaks under their weight during a crossing near Cumberland on a reservoir feeder. Roberts Brothers of Lyman John Austin Charles Morselander and John Henshaw listed among stockmen affected. bodies recovered Sunday with hides saved.
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Cumberland
Roberts Brothers
Lyman
John Austin
Charles Morselander
Hil-lard
John Henshaw
Evanston
Newall Way
Two More Funerals in Cumberland And Glencoe
The six months old child of Dominic Moretti of Cumberland died last Saturday and was buried in the city cemetery on Sunday. On the same afternoon the body of William Hill, a Glencoe miner who died in the local hospital, was buried under the auspices of the Glencoe union.
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Dominic Moretti
Cumberland
Willam Hill
Glencoe
Glencoe Union
Will Preserve Relic At Snider Basin Route
Forest Officers uncover a lodgepole tree near the Lapder Trail bearing an inscription burned in wood reading J. B. Leleau Aug. 3, 1864. The tree shows a scar and inscription largely overgrown by new wood and is rapidly decaying. Preservation steps will be taken in place at first then moved to safety.
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Snider Basin
J. B. Leleau
Forest Service
Grand Master Here Herbert King Visits Kemmerer on Friday
Crona Master of the Wyoming Masons Herbert King is due in Kemmerer for official business Friday. Masons hold a special meeting that evening where the Grand Master will preside. The Eastern Stay ladies meet the same night, followed by a joint social in honor of Mrs. Mario Potria amid past tensions at a local bar.
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Herbert King
Crona
Wyoming Masons
Kemmerer
Mine activity prompts school staffing shift in IL region
Reports indicate Wilar mines operate at full force prompting Rupt. Bureh to assign an assistant teacher to the camp school for that week. Miss Lenora Nell, a prior graduate, secured the post. Supt. Bureh notes possible school opening at Conroy as the mine there is expected to begin operations.
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Bureh
Lenora Nell
Conroy
Market Topper James Noble Returns From Omaha
James Noble of Cora recently traveled to Omaha for a shipment pickup. He reports a price of 44.40 per head, a significant top rate for the market and a notable gain for Noble’s wool trade efforts.
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James Noble
Cora
Omaha
Mir. Noble
New Trials Pushed in Wyoming Murders Case
Attorney R R Rose argued for new trials for Dan Parker and Matt Cirej, both sentenced to hang by Judge Craig two years ago, plus T Obama in Cheyenne. Andrew McMicken also presented for Obama. Briefs were filed with the Wyoming Supreme Court.
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R. R. Rose
Cheyenne
Dan Parker
Matt Cirej
Craig
T. Obama
Andrew McMicken
Rawlins
Supreme Court
First Prize Won in New Skating Pavilion Race
Dom Colletti won first prize of 5 dollars in the first skating race at the new pavilion. Guy Rose of Frontier took second prize, a pair of skates. Edwin Colberg won the boys shoe race for a 1 dollar prize. Further events are planned at the pavilion, and a mask ball is announced for next month in the Camera.
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Dom Colletti
Guy Rose
Frontier
Edwin Colberg
Democratic Joy at Lyceum Dance After Election Triumph
Hundreds gathered at the Lyceum Theatre for a Democratic victory celebration after the November 7 election. The 9 pm to 1 am event featured 100 attendees, 100 plus couples dancing to a Kemmerer orchestra, followed by a lunch of sandwiches coffee and cakes. Republican presence was noted but turnout was lower than expected as attendees praised Democratic hospitality and culinary effort by Kemmerer volunteers.
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Bace
Lyceum Theatre
Democratic Muse
Democraty
Democratc
Musle
Kemmerer
Wilson
Big Piney
Episcopal minister Rev Reader returns from conference in state
St James in Big Piney welcomed Rev Claude Reader after a trip to an eastern conference. He preached at St James on Sunday and preached in Cokeville that night. In Cheyenne he stayed with Bishop Thomas, who plans to have Rev James fill Kemmerer pastorate for several weeks while a regular pastor is sought.
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Claude Reader
Big Piney
Kemmerer
St. James
Cokeville
Cheyenne
Reader
Thomas
James
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