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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1912
Page
1
Floodwaters inundate streets and lower floors of buildings in many sections. Lightning and torrents frighten residents as electric cars are tied up. Estimated losses reach $20,000 at GPO and about $15,000 at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Roads become rivers, whole districts suffer.
Torrential rain drenched the area causing flooding at the government printing office basement and bureau of engraving and printing. Water ruined stocks and damaged buildings across districts, stranding passengers as streets turned to rivers and delays interrupted trains. General damage estimated at record levels with several homes and businesses impacted.
Stores, offices, and homes across the city suffered heavy water damage after a sudden storm between 6 and 8 pm. Officials report widespread flooding with basements inundated, roads turned to rivers, and thousands of dollars in losses, including a major impact on the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and several North Capitol street businesses.
Obstructed sewer overflows into basements flooding 3331 to 3336 New Hampshire avenue and nearby Rhode Island avenue properties. Water rises to 7 feet in some cellars, with 3,000 damages reported. Engine 1 pumps out the water as portions of a stone wall collapse and streets flood. Suburban roads and rail tracks suffer washouts amid heavy rainfall.
A July cloudburst devastates Alton causing two miles of streets wrecked and the Alton Gas and Electric plant washed out. Four people drown including Mrs Francis Maguire and Goldie Maguire. Wesley Moore rescues mother and children. William Doty wakes families by breaking windows. Denver report notes $1,000 damage and Cherry Creek flooding nearby.
Otias Jennie Adeline Crocker heiress will wed Mal colm Douglas Whitman of Brookline Mass at noon Tuesday in St Matthew's Episcopal Church San Mateo. Gifts exceed 60000 with diamond pearl tiara from Whitelaw Reid. Bridesmaids include Janetta Harriet Xander Julia Layghorne Marjorie Joselyn. Harold Fitzgerald best man. They plan New York residence after October at 376 Fifth Avenue former Harrison home.
An aged German man, C J Nyholm of Philadelphia, advertises in today’s papers seeking his son born to Caroline near Lancaster in 1861. He recalls the boy’s mother died soon after, the father fought in the Civil War, and Nyholm last saw the son in 1888. He offers 60,000 dollars and a large estate portion if he can be located.
A Chicago suburb wreck left thirteen dead and fifteen to twenty injured on the Chicago Burlington and Quincy line near Western Springs. The No 3 Denver train plowed into the rear of the Standing No 2 Overland Express, with torpedo signals reportedly set but misread. Fire and rescue crews worked as investigators probed blame while survivors and families faced the tragedy.
In Pedelpiia Inty 14 Standier district near the city pool Abrahar Siitzdeki aged 19 or 20 was killed when a wet towel touched a cracked switch causing a fatal electric shock. He collapsed, sank to the bottom, and died from a fractured skull.
Special to The Washington Post from Altoona Pennsylvania reports 8 year old William Dare killed his 6 year old brother George while playing William Tell with a baseball apple shot from a loaded shotgun. The incident occurred yesterday in their home near Dougherty's mines, three miles north of Altoona.
A trolley car crash at the Staten Island ferry-house terminal left forty people injured or shaken. The motorman attempted to brake as wheels locked, sending the car sliding along the bumper and causing chaos for men, women, and children at St. George.
Thomas B Felder returned to Atlanta after testifying before South Carolina legislature panels probing the old dispensary case in Augusta. He said any committee member who believes Felder will have no need for dueling law and that he would meet Blease anywhere outside South Carolina to obtain personal satisfaction. Felder plans to press further charges against Gov Blease after his term ends, accompanied by detective B Reed whose evidence at Augusta stirred the hearing.
Special to the Washington Post from Frederick Maryland reports five inmates broke a jail window bar and fled into the jail yard. Two climbed over a 30 foot wall before Sheriff Fagan shot at them, stopping their escape while two others remain at large. The escapees were jailed on robbery and abduction charges.
In Shamokin Pennsylvania on July 14 bodies of William Way and Harry Derrick, trapped since last Thursday by a mine cave in at the Burnside colliery of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company, were recovered by rescuers. Death likely due to falls of coal.
Liberal plans for Southern education funding emerge from the May 10 1912 Chaloner will. The Virginia and North Carolina universities are residuary legatees with other institutions receiving $10000 each. Chaloner trusts the bulk to a Virginia Trust Company, guiding estate dispersal for nine beneficiary schools and large holdings in New York.
Indications from Seagirt New Jersey on July 14 point to William McComb of New York as national committee chairman with William G Mendoe of New Jersey or Senator James A O Gorman of New York as vice chairman and Joseph E Davies of Wisconsin as secretary The plan calls for a national campaign center in New York with branches in Chicago and a Western city The campaign committee would decide key campaign matters under McCombs guidance and include 25 members with strong time commitments The governor favors McCombs as director in chief and seeks broad state leadership under his supervision
Four die in a cloudburst and a river of headlines report collisions, deaths, and dramatic events. Monuments unveiled amid storms as cities respond with funds to schools and public works, while political picks and legal notes pepper the scene in a charged period page.
Police traced a fatal assault on Thomas Calla a Black man killed after leaving a cemetery gathering with seven white youths, some officers arrested, two more still sought. The case includes conflicting accounts of the motive and the money found, with reports of wine drinking and a later cash split among suspects. Investigations continued as coroner preparations and precinct actions moved forward.
United States plans major changes to express rates with an average reduction of about 15 percent. Proposes dividing the country into 50 mile square blocks and creating direct shipment routes to cut costs. Commissioner F K Lane reported examining 600 million rates over three years amid a push to boost producer and consumer trading efficiency.
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