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Newspaper
The Mobile News Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1925
Page
9
WUUTT AND JEFF by Bud Fisher depict tomorrow afternoon attendance at the cornerstone laying for a new home tied to the Kentucky grand lodge annual meeting. Participants include Charles Dudley and peers from Ky with W. T. McBilroy and George Ae from Frankfort Ky.
Police captured 12 of 13 Cowboy Tessier gang members after a string of 28 holdups. The East Side raid uncovered books on Shakespeare and Johnson, ropes, a rabbit's foot, and a female armorer Melen Hamilton. Several suspects tied to jewelry theft and gun silencing were identified.
William C. Jackson and E G Doehring attempted a Fort Morgan swim on Sunday but failed due to bad weather and rough seas. Jackson lasted about three hours before withdrawal, while Doehring swam ten hours before also stopping as waves rose and a large fish incident occurred.
In Chirnichfield near Macon Georgia two rail workers Joseph F engineer and Charles D r brakeman died when a rear end collision of two Georgia Southern freight trains occurred as the second train broke up and wrecked the rear of the first. In York the Frankfort Yellow Jackets defeated the New York Giants 14 to 0 in the professional league opener before a 27000 crowd.
Survivors recount dramatic rescue after the Comanche fire as passengers and crew fled burning seas. Mrs Tolson praised sailors for orderly evacuation while Allen Walker of New York described clinging to a lifeboat and playing music to calm others. The orchestra’s John Decca Raymond Hines and Andrew Cassatt were among those aboard.
Martin Burke of New Orleans eight is in Hot Springs to train for a 10 round fight with Jack Dempsey in New Orleans next month. He plans a week of light road work and baths while awaiting official date. Burke arrived from California and expects the bout date soon after arrival.
Officials launched an inquiry into the Clyde Steamship Company fire aboard the ship Reaper near the coast. Survivors and rescuers reported injuries from crushed lifeboats and swift flames spreading from forward hold No 2 where naval stores ignited. Captain C E E Curry of the Comanche suffered minor injuries while the ship’s skipper C E E Curry was the last to leave.
At Mayport Florida residents recall the Comanche steamer fire landing amid darkness lanterns and vessel lights. Rescue boats ferried passengers ashore where three were bodies injured, stories varied but calm nerves prevailed. Many lost possessions with ship still burning offshore.
The Clyde Steamship Company released an official passenger list for the Comanche. It includes names and partial addresses such as G. A. Hass in Buffalo New York and Miss Mabel Clark in Jacksonville Florida, with many others from New York New Jersey Connecticut Massachusetts and Boston.
London October 198. The piece notes husbands and wives increasingly wear coordinated outfits. The Duke and Duchess of York have appeared in matching tailored blue suits cut from Saville Row cloth. A client learns only one suit can be cut from the roll, prompting a wife to want a coat and skirt from the same cloth.
Three Kentucky Masons who stood in a showstorm 66 years ago when the cornerstone of the Masonic Widows' and Orphans' Home was laid prepare to witness a new home erected in Louisville.
Fire breaks out in the hold of a Clyde Line ship sending passengers, including John T. Potts and many others in transit from Jacksonville to New Haven, scrambling to lifeboats. Witness Walter Chagnott recounts calm disorder and smoky vents as crews sound alarms and evacuate in near total panic.
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