Sioux Wrecked On Dungeness Spit Near Puget Sound
The 5,000 ton freight steamer Sioux was wrecked yesterday on Dungeness Spit at the entrance to Puget Sound. No word has been received about the crew.
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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1914
Page
9
The 5,000 ton freight steamer Sioux was wrecked yesterday on Dungeness Spit at the entrance to Puget Sound. No word has been received about the crew.
Public notices announce foreclosure actions on the estate of John P. Barrett in Mobile County Alabama. Competing vendors liens and mortgage claims name Thomas C Barrett and Sidney Lowenstein as parties with auctioneers Joseph G Espalla and dates in November 1914.
The Army Engineers board announced federal allotments from the 20 million dollar river and harbor program. Allocations include Mobile harbor Alabama 62500 Mobile bar Alabama 10000 Coosa river to Wetumpka 50000 Tombigbee river Alabama and Mississippi mouth to Demopolis 9000 Demopolis to Walker's Bridge 9000 Gulfport harbor and Ship Island pass 30000 Yazoo river and tributaries Mississippi 4000 Port Aransas Texas 470000 Sabine Pass Texas 240000 etc. The list covers numerous rivers bays channels and ports across Alabama Mississippi Texas Louisiana Arkansas and nearby regions with totals expanding into hundreds of thousands and millions.
Magnolia Springs residents report a severe cloudburst on September 28 with water reaching 12 12 feet and flooding near Holt Bros. store. Telegraph lines failed as sand shifted creating a white beach while several ships and cargoes moved through Mobile harbor and nearby docks.
Mayor Pillans, chosen chief executive of the city, occupied the mayoral office for the first time Thursday in the city government building, delivering the quietest opening in its history as head of the city administration.
Dreamland's tango contest tonight features a big prize and two awards for top performers. Mobile audiences show strong demand as top entrants from the city compete under stage manager supervision. The Wakefield and Doyle production travels with one of the era’s premier road shows, plus a Saturday performance of Arrow Ranch.
Commercial Agent Edward Field of the Norfolk and Western Railway with headquarters at Ham is in Mobile accompanied by A. Cowles of Atlanta the company general.
Liverpool Cotton lists spot demand rising with sales of 3 500 bales, including 2 000 American, at 5 30d for middling. Nomport.
Mercantile rates range from 6 to 7 percent with steady sterling. Cable dollars quoted at 4.9775 to 4.9825, sterling demand 4.9675 to 4.9725, and bar silver at 62.
Washington reports the interstate commerce commission will start examining the financial operations of Chicago Rock Island Pacific on October 16, led by Commissioner Clements. River forecasts for the Tombigbee and nearby areas indicate no change in rainfall expectations over the next two days.
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