Gas Explosion Triggers Vast Mine Inferno in Northern France
A fire damp blast at Courrières mine near Lens in Pas de Calais collapses tunnels and cages. About 1,200 miners entombed or dead. rescue efforts continue as officials report rising death toll and widespread devastation across local villages.
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Putlic Works
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Theprattos
Lens
Pase de- Calais
Verdun
Wenny
Paris
Lille
Cecil
Courriere
Mericourt
M. Barault
M. Voisin
Etrance
Min
Pit 11
Pit 4
Pit 3
Pas-de-Calaix
M. Arras
Tar
Lecomte
Ime
Cealleries Cave
Sarrien Takes The Portfolio In New French Cabinet
Paris March 10 Jean Marie Ferdinand Sarrien decided to form a ministry and informed President Fallieres He may take interior minister post until elections and later hold justice or interior duties He secured cooperation from Leygues Briand Ryan Thomson and possibly Clemenceau as ministers in the Rouvier era cabinet tentative lineups include Bourgeois foreign affairs Poincare finance and Bougeois or Calla ux in finance
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Jean Marie Ferdinand Sarrien
Fallieres
M. Sarrien
M. Bourgeois
M. Poincaire
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Interior
M. Leygues
Public Instruction
Aristide Briand
Saint Etienne
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M. Thomson
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M. Calllaux
Adolphe Moujan
Jean Cruppi
M. Poincalre
Anthracite Will Not Raise Coal Prices in New York
New York reports a nine million ton coal stock as operators state prices will not rise amid a potential strike. The statement from the anthracite operators comes as miners seek higher pay, with a seven-person committee forming a new bureau to oversee negotiations.
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New York
Mar
New York City
Towboat Lysle Sunk After Rock Collision in Monongahela
Pittsburg reports the tow boat Thomas Lysle struck a rock in the Monongahela River near the Pa. wharf, sinking in two minutes. Christine Dempsey, a chambermaid said to be Jack Dempsey's sister, drowned. Captain William Brown injured. Twelve crew escaped.
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Christine Dempsey
Jack Dempsey
Pugisat
William Brown
House Will Stand Pat on Statehood Bill
Washington says the House may concur with the Senate to strike Arizona and New Mexico from the statehood bill. Administration views are cited. insurgents have no votes. Speaker Caocoomm says the House will stand firm. A Senate halt would trigger interconference. Victoria dispatch notes a fire seen in the Gulf of Georgia near Nanaimo with a steamer Alert sent to investigate.
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Australia
Railroad cash rebates and judge influence allegations flare
Oral testimony before the Interstate Commerce Commission claims the Big Four railroad paid cash rebates on Pittsburgh to Kansas City steel and favored certain shippers. Separately in Cincinnati and Jefferson City, witnesses accuse George B. Cox of attempting to sway a circuit court ruling on a 200 000 bond, while another judge says Cox urged a fair hearing.
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State Senate Today
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Hamilton Courty
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Jelke
Roetlinger
Lane and Badley Company
American Bonding Company
Cty Water Works
Teene
Rail route to Europe linked through Siberia proposal
A staged plan by Baron Laing de Lobel for an all rail route from the United States to Europe via Alaska and Siberia seeks a concession from Russia and mining rights in Yenisei. The scheme would cross 3000 miles from Cape Past to Katok, joining the Siberian railway, with alternating eight mile side strips and mining concessions.
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Siberian Railway
Morgan Dead Actor Found At New York Hotel
Edward J. Morgan, noted stage actor, was found dead in his hotel room at the Belleclaire in New York from an apparent heart attack after returning from Chicago. He married Helen Bertram less than two years ago and created roles in The Christian and The Eternal City, with recent work in The Prodigal Son.
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J. Morgan
Mote Belleclaire
Mr. Morgan
Chicago
Helen Bertram
Mr. Morge
John Storm
David Rossi
Hail Caine
Booth Tarkington
Magnus
Race War Report Sparks Mobile County Action
Sheriff Powers in Mobile Alabama received a telegram alerting of a race war in Quilmer a small lumber town 24 miles west of Mobile on the Mobile Jackson and Kansas City railway with reports of several whites and blacks killed. A special train of deputies is being assembled to respond to the trouble.
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Algeciras Conference Seen Moving Toward Settlement
Reports from Algeciras note a conciliatory German stance easing the Franco Spanish police force dispute. France remains hesitant but officials predict a middle ground will emerge, with Germany possibly accepting Franco Spanish control of the gendarmerie.
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Germany
France
Mar
Ural
Prince Pies
Japanese Transport Sunk. Officers Courted for Cowardice
Report says the Kamagawa and Kinshin sank in a Russian raid near Vladivostok as war losses rose. Court martial proceedings target Lieutenant Commander Mizougueh and other officers amid claims of cowardice. Tokio bulletin notes no prisoners were taken and most aboard died or killed themselves. Survivors returned and testimony shifted with new prisoner accounts.
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