Stampede at Birmingham Church Kills 100 and Injures 80
At Shiloh Negro Baptist Church in Birmingham a crush killed over 100 and left about 80 injured as Booker T. Washington finished his address at the national Baptist convention. A scream of fire set off a fatal rush down packed aisles and stairs, with bodies stacked on steps and crowds aiding the emergency response.
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Birmingham
Ala
Shiloh Negro Baptist Church
Avenue G
Nineteenth Street
Booker T. Washington
National Convention of Baptists
House of Worship
Booker Washington
Billon
Regro
Baltimore
Booker T, Washington
Alabama Republicans Indorse Roosevelt and Nominate Ticket
Birmingham reports the Republican state convention endorsed President Roosevelt by a close vote. The ticket nominated includes J. A. W. Smith for governor, Charles P. Lane for lieutenant governor, J. H. Carter secretary of state, W. H. Armbrecht attorney general, T. B. McNair auditor, H. Lee Brown treasurer, J. C. Fonville superintendent, and T. B. Morton commissioner of agriculture. Smith is a son of the late reconstruction-era governor W. H. Smith.
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Roosevelt
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
J. A. W. Smith
Charles P. Lane
Huntsville
J. H. Carter
Cullman
W. H. Armbrecht
Mobile
T. B. McNair
Marshall County
H. Lee Brown
Cone ‘Euh County
J. C. Fonville
Crenshaw County
T. B. Morton
Fayette
W. H. Smith
Carpenters Aid Strikers with Ten Thousand Dollar Relief
In Atlanta the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America unanimously approves a 10000 dollar relief grant for striking Pennsylvania anthracite miners. General Secretary Frank Duffy will send a check to William B Wilson of the United Mine Workers. Duffy also telegraphed John Mitchell about the donation.
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Carpenters
Duffy
John Mitchell
The
Mine Workers Association
Wilkesbarre
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
Atlanta
Frank Duffy
United States
Canada
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Ehiloh Baptist Church
Charnel House
Carpenters Aid
New York
Brooklyn
Witter Monthe
Yonkers
Board of Education
Wales
A. W. Smith
Americus Oil Company
Georgia
Church Street
Americus
Americas
Philadelphia
Eldridge Drag
Casper
Farm Seeds
van Diyays
Wood
T. W. Wood & Sons Seedsmen
Richmond, Va
J. B. Felder
Fine Farm
Z. F. Markett
Plains, Ga
G, R, Ellis
Americus, Ga
Globe-Wernicke Co
Eames
W. Smith
Jackson and
Forsyth Sts
D. Pearlman
Lamar Street
J. W. Sheffield
Frank Sheffield
D. Sheffield
Bank of Commerce
Americus, Georgia
Johnson & Harrold,dition Wrest Nxt Cammig Merchants
Baers
Iettanes
John W. Shiver
Cho Lumber Dealer
Uptown
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