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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1904
Page
2
Erected in Sherwood the first cotton gin in Irion County contrasts with a deadly fire at Tracy Motel in South St. Joseph. Rail, rail and electric plans roll on as accidents, assassinations, and political machinations echo across the nation with multiple named places and people.
Warrensburg Missouri reports a deadly collision three miles east of town as two trains on Missouri Pacific lines crash on a curve. Twenty eight killed and sixty injured as passengers and crew are displaced. Relief teams rush to Sedalia and Warrensburg to aid wounded and recover bodies.
A summary list of notable railroad disasters with deaths and injuries across multiple lines and states from 1903 to 1904, including the Pere Marquette wreck at East Paris Michigan and the Missouri Pacific at Pueblo Colorado, detailing fatalities and casualties. The roll calls numerous railroads and locations such as Laurel Run Pennsylvania and Chicago area lines.
Report claims Japanese land batteries and fleet blockading Port Arthur scored three sinking hits on Russian ships with names not disclosed. The Port Arthur fleet reportedly failed a sortie, fueling belief Russians will scuttle ships before fortress abandonment.
Chester Berry, the high diver, was severely injured jumping from the Brazos River bridge in Waco last Saturday. He remains in precarious condition with physicians doubtful of recovery. His mother in Paterson, New Jersey, is kept informed of his status.
Ruperto Valenzuela a San Antonio Mexican is charged with causing the death of Antonio Aldres after Aldres was struck on the head by a scantling during a Friday night fight at a lumber yard.
A large squad of Mexican laborers left Laredo Texas on Monday traveling to Mississippi to pick cotton. They were hired for the season and are to work in cotton fields under contract with local growers.
A Kansas City Southern freight wreck near Hornbeck injures three crewmen aboard a southbound train. Engineer George Lymer suffers a badly crushed leg, brakeman Henry Williams suffers leg and side injuries and head bruises, fireman John Bridges is badly bruised. The injured men were treated on the returning southbound train to Shreveport, Louisiana.
Royse City Texas farmers vote to reduce cotton acreage next season to one third. Meeting cited belief that a small crop with a good price beats a large crop with low prices. A second meeting is set for Saturday the 15th seeking wider state cooperation.
In Paris editor Jaacques Kudun of a sporting journal engaged in a duel with Guatemalan minister to Germany Gomez Carrillo after Kudun wrote disrespectfully about Guatemala’s president. Kudun was slightly wounded.
A Monday bulletin reports Lady Curzon continues to make slow but gradual progress at Walmer Castle. The update notes steady improvement without detailing any setbacks or new treatments.
In Houston on Oct 10 two intertwined tragedies unfolded. C W Jones, secretary of the Houston Fire and Marine Insurance, was shot in Mason building by H N Swain amid tense business disputes. A second duel near Bray's Bayou left Herman Ottman dead and Henry Schilling and two others wounded, tracing to domestic strife.
Rio Grande City Texas correspondent reports immense flood damage on both river banks from the 17th instant. Refugio to Cuevas ranches destroyed. Camargo records 139 houses down or ruined. Roads impassable and telegraph lines down with daily rains. no lives lost. Citizens in Camargo circulate aid list. Communications halted across the region.
Brenham Texas Jenny Perkins is jailed on charge of murdering Lydia Green after a week of fighting in Camptown culminating in Green dying from a head wound. The dispute started when Perkins allegedly hit Green with a garden hoe and later struck her with a chair during the altercation. Green succumbed Sunday evening to injuries.
The Lewis and Clark Exposition in Portland invites representatives from thirty six nations now at St Louis to participate. The invitation includes a memorandum outlining the fair’s place and scope and highlights the United States government role in the Pacific exhibit.
In Austin, Texas, the state treasury opened Monday with a net general revenue deficit of $441,626. The shortfall was cut from about half a million by Saturday’s demand for registered warrants totaling $73,146.
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