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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1907
Page
1
A fragmentary report mentions Cap al high William Erwin and junior team members, referees and officials. discusses local mines at Colony Sata Yakima Iona De Kiona and a 200 acre elopment plan. It notes ongoing travel and community efforts and hints at a week of activities and spirits.
Five people were killed in a freight train wreck yesterday near Stampede Tunnel as cars jumped the track and collided. Twenty nine cars derailed in the incident, causing a major disruption along the line.
A runaway freight train collided with another near Stampede, igniting a fire that consumed twenty nine cars. Five men were killed including an engineer and a fireman, with an engineer taken from the wreck alive but dying within hours. Eleven words describe the scene and the toll while officials assess damage and disruption to service.
A rough jumble of phrases hints at an automotive event with extreme performances and a problematic run. Details are unclear, but the fragment suggests a race or test of speed and endurance involving vehicles and possible mishap. Further readable context is needed for precise summary.
In a Second Street alley incident Mr. Fian’s team frightened by a passing auto bolted south at speed. The runaway wagon struck Young & Dunnan’s plumber shop, capsizing and scattering cans. Mr. Finn chased them down and cursed the drivers of the choofers.
Richard S Bush a bookkeeper at Yakima Wholesale Grocery Co. obtained a divorce from Minnie Bush in superior court Tuesday on incompatibility and desertion. They wed in Owosso in 1899 and she left him July 4 1905. John H Bruff counsel for Bush.
City policemen receive raises from 70 to 75 dollars monthly and the chief from 85 to 100, while firemen are left without increases. An attempted ordinance to raise firemen pay, excluding the chief, was laid over and may not be revived. The police raise takes effect starting October first.
Thurston County Prosecuting Attorney P. M. Troy was in the city Tuesday on business connected with private interests west of the mountains and consulted with Attorney H. J. Snively.
Residents react to a Monday night shooting in Yakima where Ray Ziegler was killed by Charles Churchill in a crowd on Main Street. The inquest into Ziegler's death is set for 10 this morning after a Tuesday postponement.
The council increases daily pay for teamsters to 4 and street foremen to 3 with broader raises likely for other city workers. The long hoped opening of First avenue west of Selah street hinges on private land deeds and city funding for grading. Additional routine actions include sidewalk plans, liquor licenses for P Grant Co and Yakima Hotel, dyke contract time extension, park site purchase talks, and a grade ordinance on Yakima avenue. Grapes shipments soar with over 5 600 baskets sent last week and projections of a week to ten days of supply remain.
A local stock company forms to install a hermetical seal cannery with 25 000 cans daily capacity in Granger. Plans call for an 11 500 dollar plant, four days of subscriptions totaling about 4000 dollars, and farmer outreach for stock at 100 dollars per share. The venture aims to create a local market for fruit and vegetables and boost land values.
If you have a good watch that needs repairing take it to Otto Nelson, the watchmaker, No. 7 North Second street.
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