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Cleveland Morning Leader, 5 March 1864
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24 - L Mar. 5:4/4 - George Miller was arrested on a charge of entering
the shop of Humbert Droz, a watchmaker, on Detroit st. and running off
with a watch. He claimed it was his. The watch was not recovered. (3)
Cleveland Morning Leader, 26 July 1864
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122 - L. July 26; ed:4/3 - The west side, usually very quiet, has been
start led lately by a series of bold and daring burglaries, especially in
the locality along Detroit and Franklin sts. Many homes have been entered
and articles of jewelry and clothing taken.
"This is indeed an alarming situation and it becomes necessary for the
guardians of our city peace to renew and redouble their vigilance, and to
take prompt measures to prevent the continuance and recurrence of this
course of crime and outrage." (17)
Cleveland Morning Leader, 16 December 1864
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516 - L Dec. 16:4/3 - Martin Dally, while working on the Detroit, st. tun-
nel, was fatally injured yesterday when he was buried beneath a heavy
landslide from a hill near the tunnel. (3)
Cleveland Morning Leader, 27 January 1864
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870 - L. Jan. 27:4/2 - Four barns were destroyed when a fire broke out
on Henry Lower's Baldwin farm, Detroit st., Brooklyn township. An em-
ploye discharged a gun at a rat, and the wad fell in the hay, igniting
it. Loss was $2,600. - (4)
Cleveland Morning Leader, 15 June 1864
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1728 - L June 15:4/2 - The Atlantic and Great Western railroad is build-
ing a temporary bridge across the cavity on Detroit st. for the accommoda-
tion of passers. A tunnel through the street is being excavated. (1)
Cleveland Morning Leader, 3 February 1864
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2012 - L. Feb. 3:4/3 - The following resolution, presented by Mr. Wantassel,
was adopted by the city council: That the city engineer be asked to
give the property holders on West River st., between Columbus and Detroit
sts., proper grades of their sidewalks in order that they may lay the
S2IIle. (1)
Cleveland city council; Columbus st.; Detroit st.; River st.; Vantassel
Cleveland Morning Leader, 20 April 1864
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2018 - L Apr. 20:4/5 - The city council adopted the following resolution
introduced by Mr. Palmer: That the city marshal cause all buildings
within the lines of West River st., between Detroit and Columbus sts., to
be removed so as not to delay grading of said street. (1)
Cleveland city council; Columbus st.; Detroit st.; Palmer (councilman); River st.
Cleveland Morning Leader, 26 October 1864
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2215 - L Oct. 26:4/3 - The tunnel of the Atlantic and Great Western rail-
road under the Detroit st. hill is nearing completion. The object of the
tunnel is to afford communication along the line of the cut granted to
the Mahoning railroad. A freight depot is to be erected on the flats on
the west side. The tunnel is 93 feet long, 18 feet high, and 30 feet
wide. It is divided by a massive pier made of stone masonry. The pier
is 14 feet high, four feet thick at the base, and 32 inches at the top.
The sides of the tunnel are ten feet thick and the same height as the pier.
Two arches made of brick span the track on each side of the pier.
The work is under the general supervision of A. A. Wright, Esq. (10)
Atlantic and Great Western railroad; Cleveland and Mahoning railroad; Detroit st.; *Tunnels; Wright, A. A.
Cleveland Morning Leader, 28 March 1864
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2451 - L Mar. 28:4/3 - A German living on Detroit st. joined the army, then
deserted. The captain of his company took a squad of soldiers and went
to his house, but found nothing. When they were about to leave, the cap-
tain thought he heard a noise in a bed and ordered the bed riddled with
bayonets. A butcher crawled out from under the mattress and fled from the
house. The German has not yet been found. (9)
Wars / Civil War / Desertions