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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 21, 1928

Page

7

152 Miners Still Unaccounted for at Mather Shaft

Rescue workers in Mather Pennsylvania recovered 36 bodies after a late Saturday explosion. About 120 miners were still missing, with 160 underground when the blast occurred. Two rescuers brought out Tom Callaghan, assistant mine boss, who reported improving air but urged haste. The main body of victims lay behind the 14th and 15th brattice gates as rescuers pressed on despite gas hazards.

Mather Mather Mine Waynesburg Recreation Hall Tom Callaghan Callaghan Mita L. C. Loured Pickhands, Mather and Company Cleveland Butts

Correction from May wreck titled in The Star

A reader corrects a May 17 report about a Warren county accident near Success. The writer states the vehicle had one cook stove three large fish and two dozen eggs and swerved at the Opequon bridge, praising Mr Walter Bush of 427 North Market Street for aiding his return home with the fish.

Front Royal Warren County Opequon Bridge Walter Bush Bush North Market Street

Rales Stewart Must Stand Trial On Old Charges

Washington court orders Robert W. Stewart chairman of Standard Oil Indiana to stand trial on charges for refusing to answer questions by the Senate Teapot Dome committee. The ruling follows a DC Supreme Court decision on the case dated May 21.

Rales Stewart Associated Press Washington District of Columbia Supreme Court Robert W. Stewart Standard Oil Company of Indiana Senate Justice Siddens Stewart

Paraphrase and canyon divisions cited in 17th century text

The note compares the saying A cat may look at a queen to the 1652 pamphlet A Cat Mey Look at King. It then lists the Grand Canyon as over 200 miles long with four divisions named Kaibab Knab Uinkaret and Sheavwitz sections.

Grand Canyon

Notary Bond Certification Through Special Commissioner

Auctioneere I J Gray Beverley clerk of the Corporation Court certifies that T Russell Cather Special Commissioner has executed bond with approved security before me in the sum of 2000 dollars. The document appears to be a legal bond certification from a county court clerk's office.

T. Russell Cathdpr Duvall & Dung I. J. Gray Beverley Clek Corporation Court T. Russell Cather

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Editor The Star F. S. Emmett Son & Co Standard Oil Company New Jersey Morriston Mdetland Merve Virginia Winchester Highland Avenue J. Gray Standard Broadway, N. Y. C Middle Atlantic States Betty Shoppe Batiste Dimities Voiles Cather MoDern Homes Virginia Avenue Bath, Furnace Fred. L. Glaize Shenandoah Valley Anthony Wayne Orchetras Opequon Lake Park
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