Thank you for visiting SNEWPapers!
Sign up free
Story
June 3, 1903
The Daily Morning Journal And Courier
New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut
What is this article about?
T. J. Coughlin, a delegate from Topeka, Kan., to the Knights of Columbus convention, fears his wife and child drowned in a flood that has inundated his home and business. He sent 50 unanswered telegrams and plans to return home despite impossibility of access.
Clipping
OCR Quality
96%
Excellent
Full Text
THINKS HIS FAMILY DROWNED.
Delegate to Knights of Columbus from Topeka, Kan., Got His Fiftieth Telegram Back.
T. J. Coughlin of Topeka, Kan., is a national delegate from that state to the Knights of Columbus convention which is being held in this city. He is president and manager of the Coughlin Hardware Co. of that place. He left there a week ago Monday. Since last Thursday he heard about the flood and he has sent fifty telegrams to his home and all have been returned unanswered. Last evening as he was seated at the table in the banquet hall at the Tontine hotel he had his fiftieth telegram returned to him, and a notice that it was impossible for any communication to get anywhere near his home. In an interview he said that his home and business was located directly in the heart of the flood and he thought that they had been entirely wiped out. He said he thought that his wife and child must have been drowned, as it hardly seemed possible that they could have escaped. He said he would start for home this morning, but that it would do no good as he could get nowhere near there. He was completely broken down over his troubles.
Delegate to Knights of Columbus from Topeka, Kan., Got His Fiftieth Telegram Back.
T. J. Coughlin of Topeka, Kan., is a national delegate from that state to the Knights of Columbus convention which is being held in this city. He is president and manager of the Coughlin Hardware Co. of that place. He left there a week ago Monday. Since last Thursday he heard about the flood and he has sent fifty telegrams to his home and all have been returned unanswered. Last evening as he was seated at the table in the banquet hall at the Tontine hotel he had his fiftieth telegram returned to him, and a notice that it was impossible for any communication to get anywhere near his home. In an interview he said that his home and business was located directly in the heart of the flood and he thought that they had been entirely wiped out. He said he thought that his wife and child must have been drowned, as it hardly seemed possible that they could have escaped. He said he would start for home this morning, but that it would do no good as he could get nowhere near there. He was completely broken down over his troubles.
What sub-type of article is it?
Disaster
Tragedy
What themes does it cover?
Catastrophe
Misfortune
Family
What keywords are associated?
Flood
Family Presumed Drowned
Topeka
Telegrams Unanswered
Knights Of Columbus
What entities or persons were involved?
T. J. Coughlin
Wife
Child
Where did it happen?
Topeka, Kan.
Story Details
Key Persons
T. J. Coughlin
Wife
Child
Location
Topeka, Kan.
Story Details
T. J. Coughlin, away at a convention, learns of a flood in Topeka and sends 50 unanswered telegrams home, fearing his wife and child drowned and his home and business destroyed.