The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-07-11
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.

John L. Friedman, wealthy distiller
of Paducah, KY, died at the Chicago
Beach hotel at Chicago. He was pres
ident of the Paducah Traction COM
pany.
One hundred and ffty-four peasants
were burned to death in a fire which
destroyed the village of Astradamov-
kao, in the district of Slatyr, Russia,
according to dispatch in the No
voc Vremya.
Exercising the right of franchise
for the first time in Illinois, women
voted for municipal officers in
Wamac, near Centralia, and on bond
issues in two other cities, Libertyville
and North Chicago
Six drownings occurred at Louis
vile, KY, among Independence day
recreation seekers on the Ohio river.
Four Italians lost their lives. Tim
McCarty, policeman, and Carl Sykes
were drowned while bathing.
A toy balloon, with its torch still
burning, landed upon the roof of a
residence in Norwood, Ala, and be-
fore the flames could be checked four
homes had been consumed at an esti-
mated loss of $4,000.
Attending a picnic of his Sunday
school class at Kings Ferry, Ga, John
o. Knight, aged % years, fell from a
boat in the Ogeechee river and was
drowned before others in the boat
could go to his rescue.
Five persons We're killed and three
injured, one probably fatally, when
the Scranton Flyer" on the Pennsyl-
vania & Reading railroad struck
wagon containing a picnic party at
railroad crossing near Quakertown,
Pa.
Luther O'Barr, of Odenville, Ala,
who had been attending school at Bir
mingham, Ala, was drowned at
Queenstown lake. He dived into the
water and the body never rose until
the lake had been dragged for his re-
mains.
Don Helms, 20 years old, was killed
at Medford, Ore, when the car he was
driving in five-mile automobile race
collided with another car and turned
turtle. He was crushed under the car
and lived only ten minutes. Mechani-
clan Marks escaped with broken hip
and few bruises.
While in swimming in a creek near
Thunderbolt, Ga, George Egan Bar
rigan, formerly of Charleston, S. c.,
was drowned. Dewey Holm, a COM
panion, narrowly escaped a similar
fate, being rescued by the negro boat
man after he had gone down for the
third time.
Six drownings occurred in Louis
vile, KY, among Independence day
recreation seekers on the Ohio River
Four Italians lost their lives when q
fatboat sank with them. Tim Nc
Carly, a policeman, aged 33, and Car
Sykes, aged %, were drowned while
bathing.
Clarence Crosby, IS, of Toledo, was
instantly killed at Bowling Green
Ky, when he fell 800 feet from hi
balloon while making an ascension
before 5000 people at the Wood
County Sunday School associations
picnic Crosby tried three times t.
get his legs over the cross-bar of his
trapeze and finally lost his hold
Twenty-Five persons were injured
four fatally, when two crowded cleo
trio interurban trains collided head OF
in Ogden canyon, Utah. J. NJ. Ander
son, Ogden; Dan Grattan, conductor
j. NJ. Sherman, motorman; Peter w
Butler, Salt Lake City, were fatal
injured. 1t is said that the motorma,
on the up train did not obey orders
Thomas l. Melpasse, an insurance
man of Birmingham. Ala, committee
suicide by drowning in the Tennessee
river. Melpasse left a note, addressed
to D. W. Williams, in which he re.
quested that the news of his death be
broken gently TO his wife. In another
note, addressed to his son, Melpasse
stated that he was going to end his
life.
One man was killed and four others
injured, two probably fatally, when ar
automobile in which they were taking
a joy ride over mountain roads neal
Gadsden, Ala, plunged over a 2O-foot
embankment and turned turtle. Will
Perkins, 25 years old, was caught un
der a step of the overturned machine
and his neck was broken.