Five hurled to death as airship Akron explodes
Atlantic City, July 2. The airship Akron commanded by Melvin Vaniman exploded while over the Atlantic, killing Vaniman and four crew members. The disaster occurred during a test flight with thousands watching, the craft collapsing into the sea after a flame burst. Wives and families faced a grim scene as divers searched for bodies and officials investigated causes.
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Atlantic City
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Melvin Vaniman
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Balloon disaster ends Vaniman’s dirigible era at sea
Seagirt New Jersey July 3 reports Melvin Vaniman and four others killed when his Akron style airship fails. Tests of a new reinforced gas bag and compact engines aimed to give absolute control, following Wellman’s 1910 Atlantic attempt. Governor Wilson expressed sympathy to Mrs. Vaniman.
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Vaniman
America
Walter Wellman
Atlantic Ocean
Ohio
Seagirt
N. J
Woodrow Wilson
Atlantic City
Wellman
Chicago
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Royal Mail
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Vanimap
Europe
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Ultingis
Fire chief duties shift to council chair in Alexandria
The city council committee on fire department appointed Alderman J W Summers, a former volunteer fireman, to chair duties as chief due to Whief Gronau's injury while the board of fire wardens was replaced by a charter change. The council worries about inexperience should the chairmanship pass to an untrained member.
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Washington Post Tureat
King Street
Alexandria
Whief Gronau
Alexandria” Fire Department
J. W. Summers
Fhe
District's Plea Denied in Bryan Interview on Franchise
Special to The Washington Post from Baltimore July 2. District delegates press John Colpoys on franchise in New Central Committee. Bryan declines to discuss the topic though committee discussed it. Robert E. Mattingly asserts focus on Capitol legislation to aid Washington. Reorganized committee meeting planned after delegation returns.
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Mr. Bryan
Committee On Resolutions
Mr. Colpoys
Colpoys
Robert E. Mattingly
Democratic Central Committee
Washington
Reorganized Committee
Society folk linger trunk packing begun at Baltimore
Special to The Washington Post from Baltimore July 2 reports society visitors hastily packing trunks between sessions of the convention. Women linger with husbands and fathers, some wear hats while others decorate gallery railings with their bonnets. Notable guests include Mrs Mack, Miss Lota Robinson, Mrs Gerry, Mrs Cotton, and Mrs Warfield among others. Informal dinners and house parties continue as notable figures arrive.
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Mack
Lota. Robinson
New York
Peter Goelet Gerry
Bruce Cotton
Preston
Gerry
Cotton
Mathilde Townsend
Jesse Tyson
Belvedere
Land
Edwin J
Philip Carroll
Cercoul
Philip Lydig
T. P. Adama
Clarence Mackay
Walter W. Abel
Harry Seckles Jenkins
William Tyler Gatchel
Clarence Watson
West Virginia
Martin W. Littleton
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Martine
District of Columbia
Henry B. F. Macfarland
Miss James
Ollie James
Governor Marshall’s Career and Life Span Details
The biography outlines Governor Marshall born March 14 1854 in Manchester Indiana. It notes his education at Wabash College class of 1873, admission to the bar in 1878, legal practice in Columbus City, marriage to Louise L Kimgey of Angola on October 2 1895, election as governor of Indiana in 190% with a term expiring in 1913. It emphasizes he was never previously a candidate for office until his nomination and that he was the first Democrat elected governor of Indiana in sixteen years.
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Wabash College
Columbus City
Louise L. Kimgey
Angola
Indiana
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