Quake Kills Thousands in Italy and Messina Aftermath
Reports describe a powerful quake striking Calabria and Sicily with Messina partially destroyed and Catania inundated by a tidal wave. Thousands are killed or missing as telegraph and rail lines fail, fires erupt from gas, and rescue efforts race to reach isolated coastal towns.
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Rome
Cosenza
Catanzaro
Regeio di Calabria
Calabria
Italy
Messina
Sicily
Catania
Pompeiii
Herculaneum
Reggio
Torpedo Ta
Washington
Montebello
Buda
Faro
Ganzirri
Devastating earthquake and fireshit in southern Italy
The report describes widespread devastation in Calattria and Monteleone areas with Stefaconi nearly destroyed and 2,300 inhabitants affected. Five killed, many injured, thousands displaced amid rain and prayers. Churches were emptied and saints carried in processions as refugees shelter in grottoes. Additional wreckage reported near Catania from a 5:20 a.m. quake with sea surge and collapsing homes. Palmi and Bagnara also suffer heavy casualties.
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Calattria
Monteleone
Stefaconi
Prizzo
Cotrone
Santa Severina
Piscopto
Albi
Catania
Palmi
Bagnara
Reggio
Eight Killed in Great Northern Train Wreck
Great Falls Mont Dec 28 eight men died and four seriously injured in a head on collision between a freight train and a work train on the Great Northern. The wreck occurred when the freight failed to stop at Midcanyon siding to let the work train pass. Seven bridge carpenters were killed and two injured. The freight engine plunged over an embankment and the fireman was killed. Names of the dead include E L Headline foreman H C Masley Charles T Fuller Charles Peterson M W Heal and three unidentified carpenters.
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Great Falls
Mont
Great Northern
Midcanyon Siding
E. L. Headline
H. C. Masley
Charles T. Fuller
Charles Peterson
M. W. Heal
Carpenters
Ten Men Die in Trench Collapse at Ensley Blast Plant
Ten workers were killed when a cavern collapsed in a trench at the Ensley blast furnace site in Birmingham. Gas flooded the excavation as a cement wall plus earth toppled, trapping laborers eight feet below surface. Rescue teams recovered the bodies amid dangerous gas and debris, with several others injured.
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Birmingham
Ala
Ensley
Historians Meet Today at Richmond AHA Annual Assembly
The American Historical Association gathers in Richmond Virginia for its annual meeting with papers on American history to be read. President George GB Adams, a history professor at Yale University, leads the organization.
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American Historical Association
Richmond
George GB. Adams
Yala University
Dr Roller to Fight Winner in January Match
Los Angeles Dec 29 The Jeffries Athletic club sets a heavyweight bout for Jan 26 between the Kaufmann or Barry winner and Dr B F Roller of Seattle. Roller deposited $1 000 in Seattle to settle the match with Kaufmann and Jarry agreeing. Two Boys Drowned While Skating in Missouri. Trenton Dec 29 Albert Blanchard and Carl Hildebrand both twelve years old drowned after breaking through ice on a pond near Trenton.
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Dr. Roller
Los Angeles
Jeffries ‘Athletic Elub
Kaufmann-Barry
Tomorow
B. F. Roller
Seattle
Kaufmann
Jarry
Trenton
Here
Albert Blanchard
Carl Hildebrand
Two Sisters On Trial In Red Gables Shooting Case
Merja Pennsylvania December court scene as Mrs. Mary Beisel and Mrs. Catherine Beisel face charges for the October 6 shooting of Captain J Clayton Erb at Red Gables Delaware County. Prosecution cites family quarrel. defenses claim self defense and lack of complicity. Servants to testify on relations and events of tragedy. The defendant Mrs Erb is out on bail. Mrs Beisel remains jailed. Captain Erb noted as prominent national guardsman politician and husband of Mrs Erb.
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Merja
J. Clayton Erb
Israel W. Durham
Pennsylvania
J. Clayton Bib
Wmorence Erb
Catherine Beisel
Captain Erb
Red Gables
Village Green
Delaware County
Media
Beisel
Erb
U. S. Warship at Willemstad on Curacao Visit
The United States cruiser Des Moines arrived at Willemstad Curacao with another warship nearby, believed to be the North Carolina, which then headed west after separating. Meanwhile Venezuelan officer fate shifts as Castro loyalists leave the country. In Washington Ethel Roosevelt makes her debut at a White House event with about 400 guests in the East Room and blue room.
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Willemstad
Curacao
Des Moines
North Carolina
Celestino Castro
Caracas
Gomez
Castro
Ethel Roosevelt
Washington
Roosevelt
Ethel
White House
Mrs. Roosevelt
Miss Roosevelt
Coopers Denied Bail in Carmack Murder Case
Nashville judge rejects bail for Colonel Cooper Robin Cooper and John D. Sharp in murder charge tied to Senator Carmack killing. Proceedings noted in December reporting from Tennessee with names and authority cited.
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Coopers
Nashville
Tenn
Hart
Colonel Cooper
Robin Cooper
John D. Sharp
Senator Carmack
Hains Scores Points in Bayside Yacht Club Killing Trial
In Flushing on December 29 the defense gained two key points in the Thornton J. Hains trial over the Bayside Yacht Club killing of William E. B. Annis. Witness Charles R. Weaver testified Hains brothers visited Bayside to inspect property, not to kill. John Tierney, a garbage collector, said Captain Hains stopped firing before Thornton’s brother ran to the float, and Thornton called for an officer to arrest his brother.
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Flushing
Thornton J. Hains
Peter C. Hains, Jr
William EB. Annis
Bayside Yacht Club
Thornton Hains
Bayside
Annis
Charles R. Weaver
Hains Concrete Mixer Company
Hains Brothers
Sandy Hook
Weaver
Hains
Army
John Tierney
Tierney
Charles Roberts
Captain Hains
Mrs. Antis
Mexican Plantation stockholders seek receiver in Chicago
In Chicago on December 29 a petition asks a circuit court to appoint a receiver for the Mexican Plantation association amid claims that J R Markley BE D Graves Ws Graves John B Welcome and Lee Mantle diverted large sums to themselves. Many teachers nationwide are said to be original stockholders with Omaha ties. Fully paid stockholders have invested 1750 each and received about 160 in dividends during development.
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Chicago
J. R. Markley
D. Graves
Ws Graves
John B. Welcome
Lee Mantle
Mexican Plantation Association
Three Suspects Arrested in Minden Robberies
In Minden Nebraska three men Otis Legget Albert H Carr and Claude Lloyd were arrested and questioned about robberies of Farmers and Merchants Bank Hartwell State Bank Keene and Ceresco Bank. They had lingered in Minden two to three months then fled toward Wilcox after Keene robbery.
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Minden
Neb
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Hartwell
State Bank
Keene
Ceresco Bank
Otis Legget
Albert H. Carr
Red Cloud
Claude Lloyd
Wilcox
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Clatonia
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Toronto
Tom Longboat
Losetta Maracle
Perfection
Japan
Standard Oil Company (Incorporated
Frudden Lumber Co
C.E. Frudden
Ackley
Howers
Flowers
J. S. Pollard
Carnation King
Hidera
Iowa
Kansas City Independent
Krien Deberg
Aglo
Wesley, Iowa
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