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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1895
Page
8
Chas Tunstall, a Warren wholesale baker, was severely burned Friday afternoon when a gas leak exploded as he lit a furnace. He was taken to his mother’s home in Glade for medical care. His condition was serious but not fatal.
Beaver Falls, Feb. 23. The Beaver Falls College at this place burned this morning. Loss of building about 75,000 dollars. About fifty students were in the building but all escaped, though they lost books clothing and other effects.
A baby girl of G C Warner on the middle road east of Fredonia was severely burned when her clothes caught fire from the stove. The mother rushed in with a bed quilt and water to extinguish the flames. Doctors were summoned, and while the child may survive, she is expected to be disfigured for life.
In a Warren church the Continental Congress reenactment began with a grand dinner served by colored waiters and an audience packed to the doors. John Hancock presided as Dr. Franklin offers the independence resolution, followed by a staged debate and the signing that recalled flag-rising scenes from history. The program ended with Washington named Commander in Chief and a reception in the parlors below.
A refined social event at Mrs J M Bemis's Market Street residence featured a white and yellow décor laden with hyacinths and daffodils. About a hundred guests enjoyed a formal afternoon, a German dance in the evening, ornate music from Reig and Barth's Orchestra, and elegant refreshments, with Miss Anna Neill and Miss Anna Rockwell highlighted among attendees.
An act repeals prior Warren County road highway and bridge laws and places Warren under general Pennsylvania road laws. It lists former acts from 1810s to 1869 and requires name changes from commissioners to supervisors by Jan 1 1896, with elections to align with state law. Public notice states the act will be presented to the Legislature after four weekly newspaper publications.
The Ladies Aid dinner at Mr and Mrs David Means drew many attendees with games singing and refreshments. Students offered stories recitations and songs honoring Washington under Director J R Mitchell. A depot is urged as travelers lack shelter and merchants face freight delays while awaiting trains. Thomas Adams injured in a fall off duty at Penn Tanning Company.
Two masked men entered the Golden Gate Villa near the Cliff House in San Francisco about midnight seized the proprietor and three patrons and escaped with all the money.
PHILADELPHIA February 25 The public interest in the murderer Madge Youke remains high but there is a marked revulsion against the brutal assassin. Gentry’s condition last night suggested only a few hours remain as pneumonia sets in from a fractured rib that pierced the pleura and inflamed the left lung.
A dispatch from Odessa reports Couchat near Austrabad Persia destroyed by a powerful earthquake with many thousands of lives lost. The disaster is feared to be widespread with extensive casualties and damage.
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