Tag: April 1915
Arthur Lund, Fatal Auto Accident, Chicago IL, 1915
CHICAGO, IL – In a gruesome display of automotive mayhem, Arthur Lund, chief clerk at Bride well, met his untimely demise when an auto plowed into his car. The driver of the Carson Pirie truck, George Gumpers, was pronounced dead on the scene after their vehicle was struck by a train at the intersection of…
Prinz Eitel Friedrich, Smuggling, Virginia 1915
April 3, 1915, marked a tense day at the Newport News docks as two United States tugs, fresh from Norfolk, moored alongside the German auxiliary cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich. The sudden arrival of these tugs sparked a flurry of activity, with Collector Hamilton and a party of officials boarding the foreign vessel to investigate. Related…
