20 May 1883
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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1883
Page
1
Reports from Wisconsin Illinois and Michigan describe a powerful cyclone tearing through Racine and surrounding areas. Dozens killed and many injured as homes, barns, and utilities collapse, with survivors seeking aid and officials organizing relief efforts.
Services at the Episcopal church held this morning at eleven with evening service discontinued. Guards on duty at last night’s fire performed gallant work. The committee on constitution and by laws revises the Board of Trade constitution. The fellow who started the big fire showed poor judgment in timing. Walter Sanders of the Engineers Corps of the Mexican Central road returned to Chihuahua Saturday night with his wife.
Werdberg arrested for setting a hive of flames that swept the Gardener building and surrounding shops near Union depot. Firemen and citizens, aided by rapid water streams and improvised tools, halted the blaze with extensive damage to jewelry, stock, and storefronts but saved the town from total destruction.
From the army headquarters a courier reports Crook’s force entering Mexico near Bavispe on May 7 with Apache, American, and Mexican troops. The expedition includes forty pack mules and provisions for a long time as Crook moves toward the Madera region while Mexican officials debate treaty violations and possible resistance.
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