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NEWSPAPER TIDBITS Garland County Arkansas Genealogy Trails Girl Burned to Death, Jan 4, 1895 Hot Springs Fire, Feb. 28, 1895 Six Cold in Death, March 17, 1899 Gone to Hot Springs, Oct. 25, 1907 CCC Recruit Is Killed in Dynamite Explosion, June 29, 1934
--A man named
Matteson has been passing bogus Clark County scrip at Hot Springs.
The Times thinks there is a ring connected with this forgery and
that Matteson is but one of a large number engaged in this fraudulent
business. Those dealing in Clark County scrip would do well to be
cautious in their transactions. (Source: Little Rock Daily Republican, Sept. 2, 1873; contributed by Frances Cooley.)
Hot Springs , Ark. – In Hot Springs , Ark., Miss Hattie
Clay, a 14-year-old girl, while sitting near a fire in a room reading suddenly
found her dress on fire and was quickly enveloped in flames and before they
could be quenched she was burned to a crisp.
Fire broke out in the Ledgerwood bakery on Ouachita Avenue Hot Springs, Ark, at 4 o’clock Friday morning. A strong wind fanned the flames, but prevented them from moving in the direction of the big hotels and bathhouses. The streets covered by the fire were Ouachita, where it originated, Sealey, Malvery, Woodline, and Orange. Mrs. McLeod was a guest at the La Clede Boarding house. She was aroused, and with her husband, started out of the house, but before reaching the door, remembered some jewelry, and returned for it against the advice of her husband. When she started back she found her way blocked by the flames. Her husband tried to reach her, and almost lost his life in the effort. She endeavored to rush through the flames, but fell down in their midst and perished. Mr. and Mrs. Brownson, of Missouri, had a thrilling escape. They lived on the third floor of the Ouachita boarding house and when aroused found the house wrapped in fire. Escape by the stairway was cut off. They rushed to the window and cried to the people below for help, but none could be given them. Mrs. Brownson tied several sheets and blankets together, making a rope long enough to reach down to the window below. She went down first, entered the second floor window and escaped by a back stairway. When her husband reached the second floor the stairway was cloaked by flames and he had to jump. He received several bruises and the woman was badly lacerated in sliding down the rope. The latest information places the death list at four, as follows: Mrs. Mary Sammonson who was living in the Ledgerwood; D. W. Wing of Glens Falls, N. Y., who escaped the flames, but remembered tha the had $1800 in the house and rushed back to secure it. Before he reached the door his clothing was on fire and he burned to death in sight of thousands of people; a negro, name unknown, and Mrs. Maggie Hiscock, housekeeper of the Oaklawn, who ran out from the read door of the Oaklawn, her clothing a sheet of flames, and fell dead before help could get to her. The property loss is now estimated at $125,000 with but $50,000 insurance. Twenty-eight buildings were burned, including fifteen cottages of an aggregate value of $25,000. The boarding houses destroyed are the Ouachita, Illinois, La Clede, Missouri, and Bloomington. Each of these was worth $5,000 with contents. The other losses are the E. Randolph residence, worth $6000; the Tennessee stables, the West House, the latter worth $5000; E. Joplin’s grocery, $5000; R. L. Williams’ store and building, $12,000; H; M. Hudgin’s residence, $1000. Three hundred men, women, and children were driven to other quarters for lodging and most of them lost all their clothing. --From Hamilton News Press - Marion County AL - Feb 28, 1895; transcribed and submitted by Veneta McKinney.
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COLD IN DEATH Dreadful Result of an Arkansas Election Riot BATTLE FOUGHT IN THE STREET Bad Feeling Growing Out of a Mayoralty Contest Brought Together Two Factions, In Which the Sheriff, Chief of Police and Other High Officials Were Badly Mixed. Hot Springs, Ark. , March 17 – Six men were killed and one fatally injured in a shooting affray which occurred here during the progress of an election. The killed are: Thomas Toler, Chief of Police; J.F. Hart, city detective; Thomas F. Goslee, Police sergeant; John Williams, son of Sheriff Williams; Louis Hinkle, driver of a brewery wagon; Jim Hart, detective, Ed Spears was shot in the neck and may die. The shooting was the result of feelings growing out of the mayoralty contest, which was under way here. The sheriff was a warm supporter of the regular Democratic nominee, while Toler, Hart and Goslee were supporting an opposition candidate. Feelings ran high and early in the afternoon shooting was exchanged between the sheriff and his son, John, in front of the City Hall, on one side, and Sergeant Goslee on the other, but no one was injured. After this both parties determined to have it out. Toler, Hart and Goslee were walking together two hours later, when they met Sheriff Williams and his two sons, John and Coffey, and Ed Spears, a deputy sheriff. The quarrel was renewed. No one can tell who fired the first shot, but in a moment there was a general fusillade, forty or fifty shots being exchanged. When it was over Toler, Hart, Goslee and Hinkle, a non-combatant, was dead and John Williams mortally wounded. He died about an hour later. Louis Hinkle attempted to separate the combatants at the commencement and was shot in the head and died instantly. About twenty minutes after the main battle another affray occurred in which four or five shots were fired. This occurred on the sidewalk a little below where the other dead bodies lay. A great multitude which had gathered stampeded in the wildest excitement tumbling over each other in every direction. In this fusillade Detective Jim Hart was shot down with the whole of his skull blown off. Pandemonium reigned for a time. Finally Constable Sam Late and Deputy Jack Archer succeeded in quelling the excitement to some extent and clearing the street in the vicinity of the scene. A big freight wagon was ordered up and the bodies loaded in it and taken to an undertaking establishment. When the news of the tragedy was conveyed to the homes of the dead men, the shrieks and anguish from wives, mothers and sisters were heartrending. . Sheriff Williams said that there was an attempt made to assassinate him by a policeman on account of his friendship for Belging, the popular candidate for mayor.
Buffaloville, IN--GONE TO HOT SPRINGS--S. G. Peckinpaugh, son of John E. Peckinpaugh of this city has recently removed from Meridian, Miss., to Hot Springs, Ark., where he is book keeper for the Armour packing company. The Meridian Star of Oct. 18th says: "The Star loses a valued member of the staff today when Mr. S. G. Peckinpaugh leaves for Hot Springs where he has accepted a lucrative position. Mr. Peckinpaugh has been book-keeper for the Star for four years and during that time has made himself almost indispensable. He has gathered about him a host of loyal friends who regret to give him up. Mrs. Peckinpaugh and the little one will accomany Mr. Peckinpaugh to their new home where the best wishes of everybody go with them." (Rockport (IN) Democrat, October 25, 1907; Contributed by Barb Ziegenmeyer) Hatfield, IN--Mr. and Mrs. John E. Peckinpaugh left last Friday for a two weeks' visit with son Samuel at Hot Springs, Ark. (Rockport (IN) Democrat, Dec 27, 1907; Contributed by Barb Ziegenmeyer.)
--A cloudburst in the Ozarks caused a flood which swept ten feet deep through the streets of Hot Springs, causing damage estimated at $2,000,000. --TIME MAGAZINE, May 28, 1923; The States: Arkansas.
CCC RECRUIT IS KILLED IN DYNAMITE EXPLOSION Hot Springs, Ark. , June 28. –
(AP) – William Branham, 19 years old, of Kansas City, Mo., recruit at Camp
Reform near here, was killed today in a dynamite explosion which occurred while
workers were blasting stumps near the camp.
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