Adrianople Falls After Brutal Siege and Fire
Adrianople surrenders after a five month defense. Shukri Pasha burns the city rather than yield. Bulgarians and Servians take the forts around the town with heavy losses on both sides. fear of indiscriminate slaughter grips Europe as officials plan occupation and care for thousands of wounded.
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Europe
London
Adrianople
T'chatalja
Tchatalja
Shukri Pasha
Saroff
Saveft
Ivanoff
Adrianopla
Ferdinand
Double Quick
Maglak
Belgrade
Mustapha Pasha
Merchants Help Flood Relief Through Local Drive
Washington plate printers lead the way with a $1,000 donation in ten minutes as merchants plan a relief depot at 1111 F Street NW to gather food clothing and blankets for flood victims. The Knights of Columbus also pledge matinee proceeds to relief and the local Red Cross chapter continues to collect contributions from Washingtonians and city organizations.
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Central West
American Red Cross
National i
Retail Merchants’ Association
F Street
William D. Hoover
The
Red Cross Society
Dayton
Fiood
Chamber of Commerce
E. of C. Plan
Kirmess
Washington Plate Printers’ Union
W. D. Clark
Red Cross Appeals for Mid West Flood Aid in DC
The District of Columbia Board of American Red Cross urges immediate donations to aid flood victims in the middle West. Contributions should go to Howard S. Reeside, treasurer, at the American Security and Trust Company. Officers listed include Cuno H. Rudolph as president and a board of nine members.
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Middle West
District of Columbia Board of American Red Cross
District of Columbia
American Red Cross
Howard
Reeside
American Security and Trust Company
Cuno H. Rudolph
District of Columbia Board of American Red Gross
District of Columbia Board
Charles J. Bell
Emile Berliner
John Joy Edson
Charles C. Glover
Arnold Hague
Hennen Jennings
Kenny B. F. Macfarland
Machinists Lodge Donates to Local Red Cross Society
Columbia Lodge No. 174 IA Melding donated 100 dollars at its meeting held at the lodge hall on Pennsylvania Avenue and Fourth Street Southeast. The event followed the presentation of a check to Howard Reeside, treasurer of the local Red Cross chapter, by the 800 plate printers from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
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Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Howard
Cadets Rush to Logansport Rescue Flood Victims
Cadets from Culver Military Academy were rushed to Logansport Indiana as floodwaters from the Wabash River rose to 16 feet, marooning scores on an upper floor of the Pennsylvania Railroad station. They began relief and rescue operations today.
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Logansport
Ind
Chicago
Pennsylvania Railroad
Culver Military Academy
Stratford Village Wiped Out. 100 Reported Drowned
Delaware Ohio March 26 The village of Stratford five miles south has reportedly been wiped out and its population of 100 drowned though not yet confirmed. Local officials could not verify the claim as reports are unconfirmed from the scene.
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Delaware
Ohio
Stratford
United States experts warn storm will advance eastward
Weather bureau forecast predicts the Kentucky centered storm will move northeast into the Ohio Valley bringing continued rains and gales. Flood crests at Cairo, Mississippi near 27 feet are expected with heavy rains in Kentucky and Tennessee. by week’s end the cold front may curb the downpours as storms shift east.
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United States Weather Bureau
Kentucky
Wwtll
Ohio
Cairy
Tennessee
Ohio River
Mississippi
Cairo
Bureau
Alfred J. Henry
Ohio Valley
Dayton
Omaha
SUCCOR BY RED CROSS FEDERAL HOSPITALS OPENED
Red Cross opens major relief for flood sufferers with two nursing corps in Dayton Ohio and hospitals in Cincinnati Cleveland Detroit and Louisville ready to receive the sick and disabled. National Director Ernest P. Bicknell is sought for updates as state authorities coordinate aid. Public health service offers support and surgeons are placed on standby.
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Cincinnati
McAdoo
T. J. Edmonds
Red Cross
Dayton
Dahlman
Omaha
Lower Peach Tree
Ala
James F. Jackson
Cleveland
Piqua
Sidney
Ohio
Edmonda
Ernest P. Bicknell
Washington
Detroit
Louisville
Cairo
Evaneville
St. Louis
Burgeon P. W. Wille
United Stated
Marine Hospital
Columbus
State Board of Health
J. O. Cobb
Chicago
Indianapolis
Woman's Republic
F Street
Lockwood Building
Belva A. Lockwood
Susanna Harris
Nanette B. Paul
Lorain
Delaware
Public Health Service
Ohio Flood Relief Funds Spread Across States
Ohio appropriates 250000 to aid flood victims with swift governor relief. Cincinnati ships carloads of provisions to Dayton while Pittsburgh and Philadelphia raise funds. Michigan governors and Detroit city officials marshal tents and clothing. Illinois, New York, and New Jersey mobilize support as national railways offer free transport for relief supplies.
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Cincinnati
Dayton
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Senate
Pittsburgh
Herrisburg
Pennsylvania Senate
Chio
W. A.magee
Chamber of Commerce
Ohio
Indiana
Baltimore and Ohio
Gould
Philadelphia
Citizens’ Permanent Relief Committee
Drexel & Co
Blankenbure
Tener
U.S. Relief Efforts Rush Medical and Supplies
Federal agencies mobilize to aid Ohio flood victims with medical troops, vaccines, and rations. Maj. P. C. Fauntleroy leads medical dispatch from Columbus. 9 medical officers and a hospital corps bring vast supplies. Telegraphed orders coordinate nurses, physicians, and sanitation experts as mail routes are disrupted and troops ready to move.
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Lumbus
Ohio
P. C. Fauntleroy
Columbus
Department of the East
Mabel Boardman
American Real Cross
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Brother John Scott Feared Dead in Dayton Fire
Miss Louise Scott and her sister Miss Alice Scott of Beverly in Missouri waited in Washington for updates on John Scott an employee of the National Cash Register Company believed drowned after rescuing others in Dayton He was knocked from a telegraph pole by the blast and last seen clinging to a tree top near an abandoned house as flames consumed the structure dispatches described the emergency and the sisters sought news by telegraph and telephone without success
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Louise Scott
Decker
Missouri
Alice Scott
Beverly
Washington
Dayton
John Scott
National Cash Register Company
Scott
Lifeboats on the way to Dayton to aid flood rescue
Reports from Louisville and Chicago describe lifeboat crews preparing to depart for Dayton to assist in flood rescue operations. Captain John F Gillooly and four crew members, plus equipment, will travel via Cincinnati and arrive in Dayton early tomorrow. A Chicago relief train carrying lifeboats was sent toward Fort Wayne to aid occupants of an orphan asylum on the St Marys River. Cleveland dispatch quotes Gov Cox requesting a Dayton rescue, with Captain Hansen agreeing to respond if ordered.
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Louisville
John F Gillooly
United State
Ufe
Dayton
Cincinnati
Ufaville and Nashville
Treasury Department
Chicago
Fort Wayne
Ind
St. Mary's River
Cleveland
Ohio
Cox
Lnte
Hans J. Hansen
Toledo
Icino
Capt. Hansen
Windstorm breaks roof sheathing and damages area property
A northwest gale with heavy rain battered Washington area properties. At the Jackson School on O Street near Thirtieth Street, roof sheathing blew off, fences fell, and trees were uprooted. Homes at 1923 Eighth Street and 1704 Fort Drive suffered window damage and loss of a stable roof, while the German Lutheran Church area saw flattened fences. An auto crash at Twenty and L streets involved Frank Norton, with no serious injuries.
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Jackson School
O Street
Thirtieth Street
J. E. Miller
Eighth Street
M. O. Bull
Twentieth Street
Rhode Island Avenue
Clarence Linthicum
Fort Drive
Wisconsin Avenue
Q Street
Twentieth
L Streets
Frank Norton
Perry Street
Norton
River Threatens Rochester as Water Rises Rapidly
The Genesee River swelled to its highest level since 1982 and climbed quickly, forcing Rochester industries reliant on water power to close. Reports from south of the city describe thousands of acres inundated and heavy property losses. Railroads suffer as Hornellia endures Canisteo River overflow. In Saratoga County the Hudson dam at Palmer Falls broke, with over half the 250 foot structure lost. mills dependent on impounded water likely to stay shut for months. Jewelers to Hear Lecture on Decimal Metric Carat. The Retail Jewelers Association meeting at the Chamber of Commerce features Dr. Louis A. Fischer presenting on the decimal metric carat as the U S standard. luncheon to follow.
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Rochester
N. Y
Genesee River
Hornellia
Saratoga
Hudson River
Palmer Falls
Retail Jewelers’ Association
Chamber of Commerce
Louis A. Fischer
United States
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Douma
Danif
M. Bobtcheff
Daneff
Constantinople
Phatalia
Nicholas of
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Scutari
Essad Pasha
Mehisf
Trukish
Fourth
Retail Association
Columbia Lodge of Machinista
K. of C. Aid
District Board OF Red Cross
Federal Hospitals
Lima
F. A Lima
Salvador
Mendes
Guatemala
Mar
Lowery
CommonWealth
Howard Belting
One Cage Association of Commerce
American Red Cross Society
Xenia
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Hunt
Hamilton
Mich
Ferris
National Guard
Detroit Edity Council
Marx
Maine
Sulzer
Albany
Mer
New York
America
Adams Express Company
American Express Company
National Express Company
Southern Express Company
United States Express Company
Wells, Fargo & Co
Fixpress
Illinois
Nebr
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Feas
Red Cross Board
Massachusetts
Fess
Ralston
Fitzgerald
West Virginia
Charleston
Hatfield
Harrison
U.S
Burleson
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Terre Haute
Gov. Ralston
Gov. Cox
Muskingum Valley
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Scioto
Garrison
Congress
Gettysburg
Vicksburg
Fear Brother
Crewe
Thess Union Taffeta
Greater
Palais Royal
A. Lisner
Kodak Exhibition Convention Hall
Kodak
Columbia Theater
Web
Droon
11Th
Mischa
M. C. Bull
Wen
Allen
NEW Era
Joeph P. Bickerton, Jr
Anna Strese Richardson
Edmund Breese
Hen Teal
Grace
Max Payer
T Arthur
Sanders & Stayman
Watson
Fiske
Stables Frohman
Garle Williams
Montmartre
Polk Miller
Belasco
Walker Whiteside
Lew Fields
Nora Bayes
SUN Dodgers
Geo. W. Monroe
Harry Fisher
Babes IN the Wood
Misa Hawke
National Theater
Lowdermilk’s
Amelia Bingham & CO
MELIA
Joan OF Arc
Tom Nawn
Autumn Hall
Femcures
Nat M. Wills
Sesta
Bartey Campbel
Shep
George Ade
Girl of the Golden
Waldron
Frank Finney
Joe Turner
John Kilonis
Robi
Ali Hassep
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