Saturday, November 10, 2018

On This Date in Minnesota History: November 10


November 10, 1975 — “The Edmund Fitzgerald, en route from Duluth to the steel mill on Zug Island, near Detroit, Mich., with a full cargo of taconite, sinks during a massive winter storm on Lake Superior. All 29 aboard are lost.”

http://www.minnpost.com/politics-policy/2008/07/part-2-150-minnesota-moments-wed-just-soon-forget



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Edmund_Fitzgerald_NOAA.jpg 


Gordon Lightfoot sang about the Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald 
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Friday, November 9, 2018

On This Date in Minnesota History: November 9

November 9, 2002 – Josh “Guimond was last seen leaving [St. John’s University‘s] Metten Court [in Collegeville, Minn.] about midnight [on this date]. There were no witnesses or evidence at the scene, leaving his disappearance a mystery. Guimond was 20 at the time of his disappearance.”  

http://www.behindthepinecurtain.com/wordpress/missing-sju-student-is-remembered/




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Thursday, November 8, 2018

On This Date in Minnesota History: November 8

November 8, 1984 – The Northeastern Hotel, Cloquet, Minn., one of the few buildings to survive the Oct. 12, 1918, Cloquet/Moose Lake fire, was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on this date.

This 1904 brick building is located on Dunlap Island in the St. Louis River. At the time of the fire, Dunlap Island was the only area not under the control of the lumber mill owners who wanted to keep their workers sober and out of trouble; therefore the island alone held all the saloons, brothels and boarding houses to meet the carnal needs of the lumberjacks and lumber mill workers.

Immediately after the fire, the Northeastern was used as a hospital and shelter.

Carroll, Frank M.; Crossroads in Time; Carlton County Historical Society (Cloquet, Minn., 1987); pp. 144 and 205-206.



The Northeastern Hotel

Photo taken by Pamela J. Erickson. Released into the public domain 3/22/2013, as long as acknowledgement included.  
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Wednesday, November 7, 2018

On This Date in Minnesota History: November 7

*November 7, 1919 – John Meints was the principal witness in his $100,000 personal damage suit against 32 Luverne citizens in the U. S. District Court in Mankato today. Aug. 19, 1918, the defendants appeared at his home near Luverne and ordered him out of the state. While en route to the South Dakota border, the Rev. W. H. Bedford, Leo Connell and Carl Ihlen, all of Luverne, attacked him and applied a coat of tar and feathers near Bowe, S. D., claiming that Meintz was disloyal (by not supporting war bonds) and that there was a strong feeling against him in the community.

T. E. Campbell, Department of Justice, testified that Meints came to St. Paul two days after the alleged tar and feathering and made a complete report to him. Campbell said that Meints was still wearing the coat of tar on his back when in his office. Photos taken of Meints back at that time were introduced.

The Daily People’s Press; “32 Citizens of Luverne Sued for $100,000”; Owatonna, Minn.; Nov. 8, 1919; p. 1.


John Meints

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Tuesday, November 6, 2018

On This Date in Minnesota History: November 6

November 6, 1898 - The railroad crossing at Oak Street and University Avenue (today right in front of TCF Stadium on the University of Minn. Minneapolis campus) was the scene of an accident at about 5:25 this afternoon. In spite of the gates that were recently placed there, one man was killed and two others miraculously escaped the same fate. The gates were not down, as they should have been.

A switch engine coming into Minneapolis from the yards near Midway struck Theodore Hamm’s carriage, demolishing it and causing the death of the coachman.


Theodore Hamm1


Mr. Hamm is the president of the Theodore Hamm Brewing Co., St. Paul. His nephew, William, 23 years old, recently came from Germany for a visit. Being a pleasant afternoon, Mr. Hamm took his relative out for a drive, and also to show him Minneapolis. It was while they were on their way home that the sad accident occurred.



Hamm family home (far right) looking down on their brewery2


 Mr. Hamm had his fine double carriage drawn by a spirited pair of horses. His coachman, Fred Graham, was in the front seat, and the brewer and his nephew sat in the rear.


When they approached the tracks at the place where the accident occurred they saw that the gates were up. The horses were going at a slow trot. When in the middle of the track the headlight of an engine was seen. It was too late, however, to turn back, and a horrible crash ensued. When the engine stopped 100 feet beyond, Theodore Hamm was hanging to the footboard of the locomotive. He had escaped with a few minor bruises, although the sole of his right shoe had been torn off. The coachman was picked up beside the track. He had been dragged the distance the engine had moved after striking the carriage.

The firemen at Engine Co. No. 19, a half block away, rendered valiant assistance. C. W. Osborn, Truck Co. No. 6, picked up William Hamm, who was found alongside the track, and carried him into the company’s quarters. Mr. Hamm was also helped into the building. The coachman was beyond help, and his body was not touched until the arrival of the coroner.

The police responded promptly and removed William Hamm to the city hospital, where his left leg was found to be broken below the knee in two places. The fractures were set. Theodore Hamm secured another carriage and continued his journey home.

It was switch engine No. 402 of the Chicago Great Western that struck the carriage, in charge of Engineer Harvey and Fireman Watts. They say they could not see the carriage, as it had just turned a corner. However, the headlights on both ends were burning. On the other hand, Mr. Hamm says the engine could not be seen, as a building was in the way, and besides he was positive the gates were up. Engineer Harvey states that he was backing up into the city, steam was shut off, and the speed of the engine did not exceed six miles an hour at the time of the accident.


Deputy Coroner Frank Dennis viewed the remains and had them removed to the morgue. Graham’s body was not mangled, although the dragging process had broken every bone in his body, and had reduced the flesh almost to jelly. An inquest will be held tomorrow.

Graham was about 55 years old. He has been employed as coachman by Mr. Hamm for the past three years.

The horses broke away from the carriage, which was totally demolished, and ran up Oak Street a distance of five blocks. They were caught by a citizen and had not suffered any injured.

All reports agree that the gates were up at the time. Olaf Ellevold, gateman, admitted that he was not on hand when the crash came. He was in the engine house getting a drink of water, and was not looking for a train at the time. Ellevold is 22 years old and has held his present position since the gates were installed at this point. Those who know him state that he is very faithful to duty, but has no one to relieve him during his work hours.

Had the carriage been two feet farther over the tracks, it is probable that Graham would have escaped and the two Hamms in the rear would have died. Theodore Hamm, who is about 63 years old, was so prostrated by the shock that he could not give an accurate account of how the accident had happened. His escape was most miraculous.

William Hamm was reported resting easily late tonight. The injury to his leg and a few small bruises constitute his wounds.

Theodore Hamm went to the home of his daughter, Mrs. Otto Muller, St. Paul. There he was examined by Dr. Stamm, who found that he had sustained a severe fracture of the several small bones of the right foot. He will be confined to the house for several days.


Muller Home3

William Hamm has been visiting his uncle for the past three weeks. He came from Baden, Germany. William Hamm, son of Theodore, and Dr. Schweitzer came to Minneapolis this evening to help the sufferer in the hospital. He will probably be removed to St. Paul tomorrow.

The remains of the coachman will be sent to St. Paul and buried from the Hamm residence, where he has lived for five years.

The Minneapolis Tribune; “Death on the Track. Deplorable Accident at University and Oak Street. Private Carriage Run Down by a Switch Engine. Fred Graham Killed and William Hamm Badly Hurt.”; Nov. 7, 1898; p. 1.


1https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6316/theodore-hamm  

2http://www.historyontheweb.org/minnbrew/swedhol2.jpg 

3https://i1.wp.com/forgottenminnesota.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/greenbrier_MR2.9-SP3.2d-p52_1902.jpeg  Muller house

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Monday, November 5, 2018

On This Date in Minnesota History: November 5


November 5, 1903The Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, now the Minnesota Orchestra, had its first performance was on this date — six weeks before the Wright Brothers' first flight.

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2013/11/04/minnesota-orchestra-100-years



The Minneapolis Journal; Oct. 26, 1903; p. 7.

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Sunday, November 4, 2018

On This Date in Minnesota History: November 4

November 4, 1987 – The NBA announces 4 new franchises: Charlotte and Miami for 1988, and Minneapolis and Orlando for 1989.

https://www.onthisday.com/date/1987/november/4





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