Emergency workers are treating the injured on stretchers outside main hospitals, on terraces and in parking lots.
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Previous flight of crashed Lion Air jet terrified passengers
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Relatives numbed by grief provided samples for DNA tests to help identify victims of the Lion Air plane crash that killed 189 people in Indonesia, as accounts emerged Tuesday of problems on the jet’s previous flight including rapid descents that terrified passengers. Hundreds of rescue personnel searched seas where the plane […]
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Toll from Indonesia quake-tsunami tops 1,230 as desperation mounts among survivors
PASANGKAYU, Indonesia — The earthquake shook their home so violently that Iffa Elia’s mother and younger sister fell to the floor, and had to crawl out the door to relative safety. Fearful of everything from aftershocks to looting, they knew they had to get out. But when they arrived at the airport in Palu, one […]
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Earthquake hits Indonesia's Java island; deaths reported
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A strong earthquake shook the Indonesian capital Friday night and other cities on the country’s most populous island of Java, killing at least 1 person amid reports of more deaths and collapsed houses. Authorities issued a tsunami warning for parts of Java’s coastline after the quake struck at 11:47 p.m. and […]
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Longley Elementary teacher headed to Indonesia
LEWISTON — Longley Elementary School teacher Amy Quirion credits her students with opening her eyes to the larger world. Now, Quirion is about to experience more of the world. Next week, Quirion, 27, of Auburn will take off for Indonesia where she’ll teach high school students. Last year, while a graduate student at the University […]
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Janet Swinchatt
1933 – 2015 TOPSHAM — Jan Swinchatt, beloved wife of Peter and mother of Tom, Karen and Jeff, passed on Friday, April 10, at Mass General Hospital due to a severe case of interstitial lung disease. Jan was born in Lewiston on June 30, 1933, to parents Margaret and Frank Bean. She grew up at […]
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Lincoln paper mill layoffs due to contract lost to Indonesian firm
LINCOLN — Lincoln Paper & Tissue has revealed in a federal document that it was more than a boiler explosion that led to the recent decision to lay off 200 millworkers — the loss of a major customer also influenced the decision. The company on Dec. 16 filed a petition with the U.S. Department of […]