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source was fortunately averted.
As it was dozens of windows at the
planing mill on the opposite side of the
street were all left intact. In fact no dam-
age whatsoever outside of the holder re-
sulted from the unfortunate accident.
Two workmen, Jacob Casey and Nelson
Jones, were unfortunately caught beneath
the wreckage and their bodies were
removed later in the morning by the fire
department. The tank was full when it
collapsed and that it did not scatter de-
struction and take more innocent lives
was one of the fortunate features of the
accident and a great cause for congratula-
tion among the officials of the company
today.
(This story ill.u.s.trates, among other things, excessive wordiness.)
V
After being chased by a young woman
for several blocks, a man who gave his
name as John Weber, was pursued through
a saloon at 11-97th street by Policeman
Arthur Brown and captured on the roof of
a building adjoining the saloon, where the
man had hidden behind a chimney. Weber
was arrested by the policeman and is held
on a charge preferred by Charles Young, a
grocer at 2145 Sixth avenue, of attempt-
ing to rob Young's grocery store.
According to Young, just before he
closed his store for the night last evening,
a young man entered the store and asked
for a pound of b.u.t.ter. "I thought," said
Young, "that the man was just married
and might be a possible new customer. I
started for the back of the store to open a
new tub but just as I turned to go, he hit
me over the head with his cane. The
blow dazed me but I still had sense enough
to grab him by the collar. In the fight we
both fell through the gla.s.s door at the
front of the store and the d--n rascal got
away." A young woman, who was pa.s.s-
ing the store, seeing the fracas, screamed
and started to run after the young man.
She followed him until he ran into a sa-