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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1890
Page
2
A disastrous blaze in Kings Town Ontario killed seven family members and left others injured. Forty three bodies reportedly recovered from a related event. a fire in Harpor is noted with weather updates and forecasts for the region including Kansas and Nebraska.
At a late night blaze on Maget street in Ersneroy Ont a family of seven faced complete ruin. Four children perished and two adults, including Mrs Lester, were severely burned as they attempted to escape from a second story window with a baby in her arms. The parents survived but were injured, while the other children were trapped and lost. The fire destroyed the home and surrounding rooms, with experts fearing more deaths.
Crumbling fire layers and a fatal assault cast a bleak scene as a two story building on West Mainz Street suffered a deadly blaze from a sniper’s shot and water works failure, while another town reports heavy snow in the mountains near February. Separate dispatches note influenza fears, a brutal shooting in Aspen, and a library and theater fire in Arkansas. The day closes with reports of a boxing tournament, fortitude after disaster, and a bungled execution in Pennsylvania.
A fragmentary report covers a 1900 style execution detailing the doomed man’s breakfast and last rites, followed by a Carnegie library opening in Allegheny City with President Harrison and local officials in attendance. The item also notes government railway reform discussions and a brief mix of other notices and crime briefs.
Fragmented report reads like a chaotic electoral tally. It notes Socialist gains in several districts with figures for Progressives, Conservatives, and other parties, mentioning candidates and districts with names and percentages amid garbled OCR text.
A detailed account describes a three hundred mile coach route from Kimberley to Johannesburg in the Transvaal. The pattern coaches carry twelve inside and six to nine outside passengers plus mails, with daily runs taking three days two nights. Pricing around £12 each way with luggage charges.
A long, fragmentary report discusses billiards with match details 60 a side and 500 points, naming players like Schacter Slosron Maggioli and Hatley. It shifts to boxing prospects, naming Cal McCarthy and Barney Munegan, and mentions Dixon and others, with scattered biographical snippets about origins and careers.
A garbled report hints at a murder investigation with references to a boy, a baby, and a suspect linked to a household named in a puzzling sequence. Incomplete phrases suggest an arrest or inquiry progressing in a tense local scene.
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