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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1902
Page
1
Secret Service agent Craig killed when car hits vehicle. driver Pratt seriously hurt. Secretary Cortelyou slightly injured. Governor Crane unscathed. The incident occurred during travel involving President Roosevelt's entourage.
President Roosevelt narrowly escaped death when his carriage collided with an electric streetcar in Pittsfield Massachusetts. Secret Service Agent William Craig was killed, driver Pratt injured, and Secretary Cortelyou wounded. Roosevelt and Governor Crane survived with minor injuries as carriages and a news escort continued toward Lennox after the crash.
Pittsfield Street Railway motorman Madden and conductor Kelly face manslaughter charges after a collision that injured Governor Crane, President, and others during a motorcade. Bail posted. inquest planned as brothers of the victim arrive and officials suspend routine activities.
President Roosevelt arrives home at 8 20 p m shaken but not seriously harmed after a thrilling incident. Cortelyou sustains bruises while Mrs Roosevelt travels to Sagamore Hill and later joins the president and Roosevelt family. A period of national reflection follows with praise from newspapers for Roosevelt as a world figures.
Fred Marriott, publisher of the San Francisco News Letter, was shot three times at his home. Assailants Thomas H. Williams Jr and Truxton Beale admitted involvement, citing punishment for a published article about a young lady. They were later arrested at the Pacific Union club and released on $10 000 bonds.
President Roosevelt ends his New England tour and boards the airship Sylph at Bridgeport Connecticut after a brief stop. He plans to continue through the region with appearances and brief remarks aboard the vessel.
London dispatches report universal gratitude as President Roosevelt survives a perilous moment. The Daily Telegraph lauds his timing and nerve, saying the episode will strengthen U S morale and underscore his leadership.
News from Tiflis reports a landslide on August 17 near Mt Kasbek destroying about 20 villages and killing nearly 700 people. Seismic disturbance melted a glacier causing a torrent that buried valleys, huts, and bathers at Tmenkau, with rocks and ice sweeping the landscape.
A large gas tank on Wythe Avenue in Brooklyn collapsed this afternoon while workers riveted the tank. It is feared that 12 to 18 men were killed in the accident with salvage and rescue operations underway.
Baltimore dates Sept 3 Cardinal Gibbons, under care of Dr E F Millholand, is diagnosed with nephritis a somewhat severe kidney ailment but is showing easier improvement than yesterday.
Thieves broke into Ponsford Racett and John Mitt erpelt stores in Bozeman early yesterday, forcing back doors. They escaped with 1.75 from Ponsford Racett and 12 from Mitchell, leaving cigars and liquor untouched.
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