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Newspaper
Aiken Recorder
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1890
Page
7
An unclear account reports a deadly disaster at Wilkestarre with multiple casualties and damaged dwellings. Names and specifics are obscured by damaged text but the event implies a violent or catastrophic incident with homes destroyed and several killed.
A garbled and fragmentary OCR record shows names, places, and events including mentions of Warrm Hows New York Teadept and the Lethery praction. The piece references a trip to the mart 64 Copy May Teast and a presidential-related incident, with scattered location names like Mount Gretna and Athens Veratio and mentions of a state convention and various individuals.
A seven cent Missouri Pacific passenger train en route to Bear City was halted thirteen miles from Otterville by four masked men. They forced the engineer to pull to a side track and entered the express car taking about $40,000. Passengers were kept in awe while the robbers fled on foot. Local authorities including Railay Detective Dalong and Sheriff Smith pursued the gang with bloodhounds but the trail ended short of capture.
A violent confrontation occurred in Putcom County Ohio between Clover Lant railroad workers and village residents. Sheriff Williamson led a posse and militia to the scene where hundreds clashed with rifles, clubs, and stones. About forty people were injured and the sewer was reportedly captured.
A pleasure party from Schaefer Brewing Company of New York drowned off Whitestone Long Island during a mutual excursion at Summel's Pavilion. As a boat left the shore into the bay a wake caused the craft to capsize, throwing all occupants into the water. Several women were among those lost. a local doctor’s son helped recover a drowning woman.
A horrific blast struck the Standard cartridge factory at Blus Lund, about a dozen miles from Chicago. The building was torn to pieces and glass shattered for a half mile around. No workers were in the packing house at the time of the explosion.
A Boston bound Vine Street Express wrecked near Quincy Bridge in Massachusetts killed seventeen passengers and a fireman instantly. The fourth car struck the locomotive, causing scalding steam fatalities among occupants, while the engine and other cars escaped with fewer injuries. Firemen, surgeons, and rescuers rushed to the scene as bodies and injured were gathered from the wreckage.
Baseball gossip and player form across the leagues. Discusses hitting averages over .200 and pitching strengths, with mentions of Cincinnati, Brooklyn, Boston Players Cub, and Pittsburgh. Highlights include Harbingers of regulation shifts, standout pitchers like Huremrxsox, and patterns in fielding for double plays. The piece wraps with scattered standings and team notes.
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