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Sun-Journal from Lewiston, Maine • 1

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DiiomM1 OTiwar ANDALL INSECT 'BITES WEiiliraSWimU i -'t Cl 'S'J? -V wvIbwJ- f'tTvlM i i J' a "v' 'ji'-f a £'- 'ZrZi r- lMarl flf fiPnst'iar I 'fiwifiKnnIniitannl RiiilHl FEDERALOTSS WAS a f- -i I a 4 a 1 HUMID OFF VIADUCT ANO A SCODE KILLED Accident toWashington to Boston Train Occurred at Bridgeport Great Suffering Dr Suporior V-W- i roerip ptwa i- Dr TMK A do Anbunii llsiag 1 -ffvj f- -s J- iV yf y'J i Pi Kl r'-T V- nr 'f 1 -ri' 'v" iiM -y 'Av A-P- Doctors Policemen and Firemen Rushed to Scehe- Maine Man Injured 'M Continued Heat All Over New The July Temperature Breaking All Historic Records of Extreme Heat r- i Ui P- 5 on In'" j- The water is fine So is our fine line of yU Bathing Suita i Shoes Caps and Waterwngs for Men Women and -Children i'- Cm OBIE I Lewiston 0 Lisbon 8t 4fe Vs BOSTON BIRDIJEN MIKE LOW nr Mtoa Ml Id rad Earaaat Washington Mlm Hatoa Gibbs Waahtogtoa Mary Harris Phlladalphte Mtoa Angallna Gitoaka WashliwtoB Mrs Mary Hartman Philadelphia Mlm Lucille Maservr Washington Mia Borah Clark Washington Mtoa Mattie Corning Philadelphia Mrs Mary Johnson Tree Oeak South Dakota going to Boytstoa vtraei Jamaica Plains Mam shock and minor injuries not aerioua Edward Groan Huntington Pa suffering from smoke will recover -Tha express left Harlem river aa hour late It waa going at high apeed whan the open ewttah waa struck Tba Bridgeport station waa oaly a mite and a half further ou The open switch was near the- tower which stands at tho Junction of Fairfield avenue' end State street There waa pna tremendous md an instant of Intense silence and than tha groans sad ahriaka of tha wounded wrack was almost complete flra cars bavin gone ovar and oaly tbroa can of tha long train toft oa tha treoka The angina twtoted Into Junk and two hundred fast aouth of Fairitold avenue Behind wara tho mall and baggage can white the Pullmans and coaches wara-la a mass In tho rear The day ooaeh waa entirely crush ad and tn hare tha daathg wara many five bodies being (amoved at mm Three Pullmans wara ala oat completely crumpled ap bat appearances wara that tba -passengers ware in a measure protected by the atnagtk at th material of tho earn With fireman poUeomoa aad doctoro wortdag aa feat aa possible too dead and Injured were laid oat upon the lawn of Mrs A Horan In Fairfield avenue -As fsat aa tha ambulaacaa cama th injured wara seat to tho in tha wreckage ad tka engine waa faaad tha body of tho engineer who went 6owa at hla post -A baba about a yaar bid was found In one ear by a pollaoman It waa alive and had be-ooma eeparted from Its mother Mra Ctepbane of Charry Cheek MA and Its aunt Mlm Beatrice Clephaas both of whom oaeapad with minor-Injuries chiefly wounds on tha hand In another coach Mra Whatoa of Philadelphia waa taken out alive but her child waa dead under her Mra Pagelof SIII Mamachuaetto avenue Washington Cj who was with her maid and child escaped with minor hurts The flt Louis National League baaa-baH team on Its way to Boston was In the last coach of tho train and all escaped Injurey Saunders of New London who was In the day coach with hla wife waa dosing at tha time and woks to hlinaalf tn dark naan Tho wrack took flra near him and he managed to crawl to safety altho hla arms and hands were burned aa the lire communicated to hte clothing Mrs Saunders waa pinned under tho wreckage and fhe had to be released by the reman who aftei putting out tho flra cut away the side of the car Across the stole waa a colored man who was killed and the body was taken away by the firemen One of tho remarkable Incident was when the firemen cut a hole in the roof of a ooaeh which was lying on its side aad a man' crawled ont dragging hla ult ease after him He said he haj not even had a scratch He dropped the suit cmra and Immediately assisted in tha work of saving other victims Found Dead Child 'Armbruatar of Springfield III and XL Griacom of Philadelphia wei In the ooaeh' which toft the mile last and both escaped with a aha king up They aald there were IB paaaangora tn thto oar While the rescue work was going oa tho men found a dead child which' was claimed by -George Rogers With teara la hla eyea ho took tho baby to a naarby town and laid It there while ho went back to eeerch for the aaotkWgc 1 norttynad fM lEOgBES TUBER 1- irs'iji-- v-f Valuable fluburn Wood -Vain fdf-b of Flgbterv i 8terto4ii CiUmm Spread tfiwdiiiid WMdi Auburn rlri Dpt Callod to fig lstrShlft of Wind Eo Hom Tho fanm flint ware and euaeet that the Are in tha Mg ant 1 at Bwfh Ooraar would Map tha mad and cat brio tha heavy growth of pine and apnea betoaglng to Hagans Webb wara Tualtoad Tuaaday manlug whaa with Might shift la tha wind to the north tka flgmm sprang up In thia ahiabto tract of land At aunaat Monday tho apugo burned ovw waa mflmatod by tho owaan to ba about aorea The aaotlon la daa west of til grange hall at Cor-oa property owned hr Albert pma Wabb A Bobmaon and Tarrihm aad la vary near to tha bnllillnga of A Pika kaown aa Pina Crave farm' Tha ragtoa Is en what la known an tha Wttham road aad tha tract burned over rasa from thara to tha It waa thought that tha lumbar atartod team a small Bra with whlafe oaa of tho wmhiam la tha wood ehopplag earns waa cooking dinner hut than la no bapto for each a af my aad in general tha pea-' pis iTprim 11 opinion aa to ils origin Heoemhlad toot ItoHtXN Tha scene at tha Are waa moat pie-' tnrmqna aadroaamblad a groat flra than ordinarily la asm so near tho city -Thd' antlro tract to tho aarth and want was piled 1 with dry tree tops aa la ahaiuintarli to of the rubbish loft all war Mains after -tho of a porta tie oawnflL ffha flra would start la apOa of thaea tops Mas of them II or Mifeot high aad would biaaa into a pyramid of flams mm or foot high out of wMah would oonaa a veiuma of amoka blanker thaa tha thundar clouds of last Thursday Tha pltohy amoka rotted go high as to ob-aouis tha ana aad oast a shade over tha adjoining pasture knolls on which not a group of AUbuia Aromas aad neighbors who could do nothing but watch tha program of tho flra Wi have dona all that wa Chief Btethaa' "Wa -have aa water All other means are abaalutaiy uaalam for the flra la too Mg to ba eoutrslIadL Wa have plowed around It until tho horem have nearly droppad In their tracks and yet the flra Imps our The crew of man aoma armed with Shovels and apadm and othan Mtting allantly oa tho upturned bottoms of galvanlaod Iron watar palls surround ad by a ring of band flra oxtlngulshara taatlflad to the futility of alL aflorto to fight tho lira They had setback Area bad plowed bad pulled away Intervening brush heaps all to no puqpoae The moat that oouid bo dona waa to hoop It away from tho neighboring houses The aouth wind helped somewhat in this One of tha men standing around tho flra waa Hugano Webb Ha mid: "It looks to ma as If nothing could save my stand of timber Thara 1 a Mg lot of pine and spruoe In It that haa never been cut ovar It la one of tho moot valuable lota In this vtotntty" About thia time tha lire bad leaped the path that leads to the southwest from tho open paeura and was burning fiercely In the tope of hardwood growth and small spruce and ptaa when It would oatfih one of the slamMe spruce It would ewaep thru It with a notes that sound Ilka a wate toll the flames 1 leaping high and Jeering tha limbs and trunk of tho tree glowing white hot and bear of all foliage Thara was never any danger of tho neighboring buildings szeept that at 0i time whan tha tail clover and gram alraedy for tha moving madhtoa caught flra In the Held aaar Mr Robinson's house Gram II lr Id Burned Ovar "It te the first time In my said on of tho bystanders- "that I evsr aaw green gram burn la tha Bald bat it went down before tha flra Uka Tha amount of gram burned waa estimated than to ba four amm oa Mt land Bind Larrabm atm lost three or four acres Tha ''monetary lom In the hay crop weald thus be rising 1600 In tha heart of the flra innumerable wood pllas wara burned It was estimated by- Cloutier A Co who ownad tha logging camp and ware oondpotlng tha wood chopping operations -they had about U0 eoifla of wood piled up and ready to ba piled -up which wara rialngllff Tha burned over portions presented a moat peculiar sight particularly one of tha Heidi oa a side MIL- la thia field tho flra started in the centre aad burned outward It waa stopped from spreading by tha fireman leaving a blackened araa surrounded by gram grass Wall of tooto flees tram OMy That the flra was a large oa oouid be plainly told from Auburn aad Lewiston Orest clouds of smoko rolled hlgn In the'mathweot Mka lmmanm thunder pillars Scores of automobile parties vial ted the scene during tha evening riding completely a found the flra' Waa Checked at Boon' 'Xbout 10 rfflular- aad votnatoer Sra-11 1 1 1 -f us- oofleor osoki'bn 1 iT a 1 "lot Atwood aod Hamilton Left Baltimore for Was ington In Morniog-V Cana My fail axpram oa the Mew Haven A Hartford railroad's llr-Tba Tork Haw a laetaot without Boatoa trains oamrlnjr paiaengi ohaage from Wsmtagtah plunged down a twenty toot embaak-tnant hm today whila running slaty hour Of the 101 paaaangero whs want down with tha flmt its ears acaroaly one aaoapsd death or Injury gfartam bodies had baaa taken out of tha turlatod wroakaga by aooa Including tha engineer and fireman who wore ro mutilated that It to evident they muat bava mat Instant death Ibis probably completm tha death list Forty-four Injured ara In tho homltata and nearly a soar more recalvad Injuries not navan enough to prevent them from continuing thair Journey The Dead Bngiaaar A Curtta Fhotaan A Ryan Pamangars: Mra Owandola lagwt wife of an etoetridaa sorgaant soaat artlUary i A Bogvre aged weska daughter of Mra Rogora Ohrietto MU Blttmfcouae PhU- Oaoega Baundan Harwich Conn Four uhldon tided man oaa a Flea unldesi tilled man- One unidentified child At It hamltal: -Mra Ada Gray Oamdtn street ton minor injuries: amt home oa tho TN train 1 Itonndere Mow Loadoa buraad abootdha hands Mra flanadara lag fraeturad Mrs Claphoaa Charry Croak ML brulaas Blavonlaa Unknown woman aye gouged oat fhoo terribly brutoed lag fraeturad Michael Funs eoaduetorcC train Mow Rochelle T- fractarv at akull later- Ul wit! Mm David Ktohnar 114 WUlto avanuajfaw Tork brakatnan fractur of left tog otter Injuries will probably din Mrs Jaa Joyce Maury apartments suburb of Washington (I frao-turo of loft wrist back Injured shook: eondltlon serious Sarah Oallbria N1 South- Pann atroot Phllndalphla hand tedy cut body badly brntoad shook ooadltion mrloua Christie and Anthony Csalobro her two children five and alght yaara fractured arm scrip wound Internal Injuries may dla Pfeiffer Bait North street Read-vlUa Maas fracture of akull condition critical Wank Von Pfeiffer cousin of John ttT East North ntraatFhlladelphla: fracture of riba dislocation of shoulder condition serious Nary Sweeney Phillips burg suffering shook carious Lucy Note HI Mamschuaetta avenue Washington Internal Injuries condition critical George Rogers Washington fractured arm aa vara bruises Hia young son wav killed and another son Frank- badly hurt Mra Roger to thought to ba oaa of tha women who to Mrs Sarah O'Connor Chestnut Hid district Philadelphia injuries to body and back not serious Chariro Frasier Navertrae Green Md cal dad end Internal Injuries condition aerioua Mias Barths Monroe Lincoln avenu: CUftondala Maaa right arm fraeturad Injuries to spine condition serious Mrs Mary MoCann I US Watson treat Phllndalphla scrip wound fracture of tha ana condition critical Mra Mary Walker 1US Eleventh treat Washington chock not aerioua Mr Murdock HI Broadway Bomcr-villa Maaa employed by Consolidated Gaa O04 on way home from Virginia eondltlon aerioua A King Kansas City suffering fNm shock Ernest Calabria egad A third child of Mia Calabria bruised At Bridgeport hospital: Mra NalUa Pitmans bar daughter Beatrice aged It aad am John agad months of Chevy Chaos Md Frank A HoytiBoaton A man- who to (bought to condo from MUlbridge Mains Hanry Christman Middleton Pa Joseph Blaaon New Haven Edward Groan Huntington Pa 1 Mra laabell Dancy Washington Cr' Mrs Mary Sotoky Phlladalphla Mlaa Bosala Boahni Woodstock Vi Mtog Carrla Hohnaa Philadelphia Ktoa Jessie Grhy Mlckepa Waahlng- bmb responded to tha ehlafe call for halo to go to Rowa'a Corner at US AJC Tuaaday With the asdatanee of neigh-bora tha fire which bad spread to Webb's toll timber growth wav checked and at two PK there waa aa Immediate dealer of the fin spreading anises a strong wind took It beyond tha oontrol of tha heroic fighters Everybody was praying for ratal A abowar waa approaching at LG PK-'' -v -o- Boys V'-w hut -todt tall if a not bar tUs la Lewtetosi Monday nlafciWohn' Heater nilht watchman tka "Lewiston iw aal building who Waa found daad at-4 A It Tuesday la 1 tha aaotloa at tha banding ocoupted bjr tha Bataa Itraal KblrPCompaDy Death same (as la umad from tha condition of tha "PH" aa tba watch aiaa'a cloak) soon attar 7 O'clock ta tha evening or within aa hour or two attar ha cama on for tha night's work -'Mrs Floraaca Keens waa proatratad by haat at tha Cushman-Hbllto shop Auburn Never was than a woraa night la tha if BaWM iSHOIEi jaai wawwwawaawaaadal Maanaa Washington Mr udUhahR ta tba foranaat tar MM Baahati aratty fair aaeagt prebably loral thaw-dor abowafi toalaM or Wadaaadayi hat qnlto aa wana In Vamao sonoir My ll-aDowhw la tba tawraat tor Boatoa and rldaityi Mr W( aoaday wcaterfy Wad BALTIMORE July Cheered by about I rurm admima Chartoa XL Hamilton and Harry Atwood th danng Boatoa aviators gnoofully oa cendad ftom a small knoll at tho west end of Walter Townsend's estate at 'yW A'k A SI- r- of tha Journal oflloa it waa noticed that Mr Haatoy wag weak and ha ap-poarad noaaawhat dated aa he walked down the etalrg althe nothtog waa thought of It at tha time While one of the young' man employed In tha buslnam offloa waa Instds Mr Hanlaj loekad-tho door and thia waa thought etranga and tt la supposed that ha waa thaa partly ovarooma Tha Janitor than want to tha ftwt ddbr took faw broatha of air and than atartod on hla driva two of tha oouatlng room amploym being tha last to am aim alive Holloa ofltoare on thatr rounda during tha evening noticed that tha abnttam of tka Journal building ware not oloaad eg 0t much of Hu Janitor! work remain od undone 'They looked arm yahaia for Mr Hanley whom they knew wall hat they oouid find no trace tf hln Later In tha night a eoa Pater Hanley night baggage master at tha nir street station of tba Maine Central road learned that hla father was missing and aided In tha aaarch Word waa telephoned to the Journal's day Janitor Harry Amm of Auburn who cama to tha building promptly About four Mr Amaa accompanied by Hanley and two or tnr poUoo 06) ears found tba JanltoiV body In tba packing roon( aa atatod Oa the atalra of the ahlrt faetory waa Mr Han-laya cap showing that bo mntvhan bean daaad aa ha came down tha flight Tha body waa close by tba boa whhfli Mr Hanley wai to ring In Mr Haatoy haa boon employed aa Bight watchman by tha Journal Company for about thrae yaara and ha wav oaa of Its moat faithful oamloym Obllg-lag good ndtarad and afSeiaat ha was popular with an of tha fprta who have had nrnn1ira to wlMt tha oOee avonlnga Ha waa bora In Iraland about roar ag had eama to this coca try early In Ufa He was eaiptoyad aa watchman In mvaral manulhetnrtoa tnelnfing the Androeeoggtu mllL Ha hang beside a wife two ooaa Michael Haatoy a railway mall alwwho was married about a weak -ago Pstar Haatoy already man tl an ad: two daaghtara Mra Badla wife of Harold Hand who Uvea In Kennebee eounty and Mtog Annie Hdolay whs la employed la the Bataa at rest ahlrt faetory The family Hvm at 1M Bartlett atrseL II hiatory at Lawiatoa aad Auburn Monday Tha tanpataiura droppad from at I PIL to 7S at taldalgM oaly ta crawl ap agala until at I JLlL Tuoiday it waa aad with a hlghar dagraa of humidity than vtwt Mm during tha boat warn Than waa abaolutoly no broauu of any oatphaaia during -tha Bight paoplo auffarad aa norar bafora Tha afflelal tharmomatar at tha Lawla-raglatand aa followr Monday to It ton Oata from midnight Tuaaday aa oomparad with tha atnra of Monday Tuaaday MoatUy tiMHii tiMtitiii 74 T9 HiiiiiifiiiMiiii T9 T9 liMHMtmiilMi Tl Tl i Tf Tl a Tf Tl itti Tf fj It Tf tf rl IL I II IT It A If It II 11 A tl tl Thia ahowr aa aranga of two dagrooa advanoo la tha nlno houra aad an araraga hteraana batwaan I AM aad AM of about I dagraaa Tha hottaat thing In tharmoairtm waa raaoedad la Proctor'a raataurant kitohan la Xiawiatoa at I A If Tuaaday whan tha glaaa atood up and dallbarataly da eland a taaperatura of 11L Tha Lawiatoa lournal thamomator atood aa faUowa la tha foraaoon of Taaa-day aa aomparad with Monday) Hour Tuaaday Monday Ac Ki titlHIttllttllU It II Aoi Ma 'tlltllMMIMIttll 99 II 4 Aa M( tltmi Mt MltlM 91 99 11 Aa JKt IfIMIKtMIMMM 91 19 N009 tllMMIIMtllMII 94 Clonda rallad tha aua oa Tuaaday aooa aftar id o'clock and the aztramo rim on dagraaa aotad oror Monday at did not hold up to noon Then waa aim a trifle mon bmaaa Mowing during tha foranooa than on Monday oa tha whole tha foranooa waa aot mon drying mra la tha tut that It followed a day aid a night of cxhaaatlng boat Oa of tha fhaturm of tha aarvim la Lawiatoa aad Auburn waa tha ooraar in eiaetrie torn It waa impomlble to buy atoetrio tha Tha daalam raid that thar had baaa caught wit)) only tha normal atoekr and that on ordering from tha markets they found that tha deal-on and manufacturer oouid not supply them The eondltlon brought much dla-tram aapaclally In aoma natrapapor ef-flcaa 1- I Death of Mr' Hanley 'v': Luring proatrato oa tha door haring bean ovoreome br ibe heat John Han lay watchman for tha Lawiatoa Journal Company waa found daad about four Tuaaday mornlng ln tha packing room oa tha lint floor af tha Bataa Street flhirt Co's faetory on Park Tha man must ban died nlna hours previously for only about throe bourn of hla -T FJL drive wara rung in Mn Hanley waa last moa af Ml o'cloak whan he atartod on hla gavaa round of tha Journal block on Lisboa "W-- Jv zf Ono Two HiMdto Cylinder Mm 'ts n-i MWyilh ji i Stammers Bun MA at 4SS this morning and made a magnificent start for College Park on the last lap of a record-breaking overland flight from Boston to tho national capital 'VvX'' Tho waathar conditions could not have boon better Tbs sun had Just rtoen and tho light southwest wind fairly carried the aeroplane from th ground th first turns of tho motor Ascoadtag to an etevatkm of -about IN foot tho avia- tor a lam mad gracefully ovar the group of spectators mid with a wv- wall wava headed to the southwest and In a few seconds disappeared from view over die wooded hill Both tho men and the machine wars In exceltent condition and thara was sot''fj the slightaat hitch Aftar five hours of restful sleep Hamlltoa-end Atwood rase about Mi aiiA after broakfast-iS they went Into tho field and prepared for tho flight A rigid examlastiaa vUi''-nude of tho motor and plaaon tha hi- sK piano waa towed to the top of the Ellrl'm the tank filled with gaaolm aad tha start mad The Pennsylvania railroad 1 Jr-tracks were foUowed to Bay-Vftow Junction then-changing tha ranras a little to tbs westward tha aviatan flaw 1 over tbs southern and eastern rataUrta of tho city passing over Feet MoHearyr' oovorlng a distance of vearly ml to la half an hour -r -j--Mon than IN aaldton atatloaed at ths''X'ri Fort who nad noaived word balora v- hand that Atwood aad Hamlltssi totaad-ad to pass ovw tho htotorlo irapartov wara raedy to great them They asoam-u bled on the parade grooada aad wheu3n the aaroplan whlssed over their heads they find a salute 7 Ttana did aot pa mlt the avlatora to drato tha fart hat In return to tha salwt they y'rljt- waved their handkerchiefs i Leaving Fort McHenry Atwood whe waa atoarlng headed tog jnachlne toward toBowsd the rivsr Halst horns avtottoa field at MS AM Agala tsUag ap ths Fsaa-cylvamla railroad tracks at thto tha pace was quickanad aad too of' about II mils bet warn tha twa aviation Balds waa covered la mlautaa 1 Vs WasMagtaa hv Awla 7--COIUOE PARK MA Jaly aad IlandWsa arrived te ptona at A -o'etoek this Moat at 4b 5 KOOK UtSaSgtt Day llklln loagl iHd day af yaar Daya daaraaaa 11 aa siaaa daaa IL TwaatfMh day at nauML -High Watar at nrHuf 111T onughl High -watar at BaataaUgrhL Jllgti watar at HoaklaadT 1MI High watar at Doathbar 1LM High watar at Bath ltCld AJL Tha waathar waa uvwaDr -wan tor araral daya Mty jraana ago tha ttar amnatara raglatarlag orar dagnca at anaa A dathlag waa faaad aaar tba Auburn dayat aad It waa tbaught that then had boon a aaiolda-at warit oa a 1 loatllltioa waa arapml Oarlbaldl narda watia ta Haw York baaaaaa MU at tbay wara rival Yaara vrilaa Tha the Summer? so you should not leave valuable papers or silverware in a closed city house Put them in our Safe Deposit Vaults 7 Safi Ina Fin irTlift MI -The avomulva humidity of Tuesday made tha day Inoomparably more hauitlng than Monday In nplto of tho lower temperature Nowhere did tka thermoanetar register aa high ac on Monday but raftering waa more severe On the olty park wara aeaoaa Indies tlag sarlraa ooodltloua of paoplo who had gone than tram shops and factorise for Tho death of Mra Hayaumd Ookag Auburn ut 1LU AJL waa dm In large measure no physictam aay to tha -one faetor over which thara eeuM ba bo oou-hol tba iatenm aqd warm ting boat which hag folkrorad ovur atpea tho birth of bar oa tha flth last 4't- n-pi mtj oa mm FUniilKistiR- rnmeagtr eyglar mahag jtliandy iflrtK BearJaBd perfect Hgfct fair S'- Naarruapoadant gava an Intaraattag -aa aoant of tha fuaanl af OawUla Warf of tba UnlUd Btataa Nutt who waa abot atJfaUhlM Mai Tba UUla Sagriar af 'John dbtt 'of lawiaton waa aavanlr Injnrad la a nm- -v away aoaidaat whaa wha araa tbiowa froai tha aarriaaa Tha MnbnT Maaaa At aa a i- it i V- I THro PnceaD-y Wbbt.

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