Four Killed and Fifteen Injured in Nashville Chattanooga Wreck
A rail collision near Chattanooga at Hooker Summit on the Nashville Chattanooga and St Louis line left four dead and about fifteen injured. Engines from the Jasper accommodation and the fast mail train collided after meeting point orders were overlooked. Victims include engineer George Rollins and fireman L A Rankin with others seriously hurt. one messenger Webb died after being removed from debris. The wreck, described as a dramatic double-curve crash, telescoped the lighter train into the faster, causing extensive destruction.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Nashville, Chattanooga and St Louis
Hooker
Summit
George Rollin
LA Rankin
James Bernard
Webb
Ray
J. W. Barker
Fred Thatch
Miller
R R Stover
A. W Clark
Nashville
George Rollins
Pikeville
L A Rankin
R A. Doss
Jasper
Rollins
George J. Ray
James Hernard
Express
Atlanta Man Injured in Nashville Mail Train Wreck
James T. Miller of Atlanta connected with the railway mail service was seriously injured in a wreck of the Nashville Chattanooga and St Louis fast mail about 12 miles from Chattanooga. He was in the mail car when a collision with an accommodation train occurred. he suffered bruises cuts and contusions. He was taken to Chattanooga city hospital where doctors said he would probably recover. Miller has a wife and one child residing at 128 Forrest Avenue.
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James T. Miller
Nashville
Chattanooga
St. Louis
Forrest Avenue
Atlanta
Nashville, Chattanooga and
Miller
Roosevelt
Washington
General Wood
Sugar Trust
Pawtucket
R. 1
Nashville, Chattanooga
House committee to wrap up Danish West Indies inquiry
Washington June 12 The special committee appointed to investigate charges tied to the Danish West Indies purchase will meet next week to conclude the inquiry and draft its report. It is expected the committee will report that the terms of the deal were contested and that questions persist about the purchases.
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Washington
House
Termittes
Thurber Disclosures Shake Washington as Roosevelts Rush
Washington June 12 Special Roosevelt hurries home from West Point to confer with cabinet and Republican leaders on Thurber disclosures. Aldrich says disclosures won’t block the administration bill though insurgents and Democrats alike fear a Cuban sugar trust angle shaping the campaign. Roosevelt meets Platt and Spooner to discuss reciprocity and Wood Cuban funding with no official statement yet on Wood.
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Washington
Roosevelt
West Point
Oyster Bay
Aldrich
Rhode Island
Senate
Eiskins
Burrows
House
Philippines
Cuba
Sugar Trust
Littlefield
Maine
Tawney
Morris
Minnesota
Teller
Senate Committee
Cenfer
House of Representatives
Allison
Platt
Connecticut
McMillan
White House
Committee On Relations
Wood
Spooner
Wisconsin
Tig
Tor Knowington
Mening Teaiman
United States
Cubs
Secretary of War
Soldiers Swart in Steel Pawtucket, L, To Repress
A concise report notes actions by authorities in Pawtucket involving Swart and steel industry figures. The piece mentions a crackdown aimed at repressing activity tied to labor tensions and security concerns within the local workforce. No further context is provided in the readable text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pawtucket
Riot brings out militia in Pawtucket as boy is shot
In Pawtucket riot suppression by militia follows union strike against United Traction Company. Deputies on cars are ambushed as a 12 year old, Venner Peterson, is wounded by a bullet from a car in the crowd. Troops guard Haymarket and Pawtucket avenues to restore order amid stones and missiles.
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Pawtucket
R. L
United Traction Company
Kimball
Nqts
City Lime
Pawtucket Avenue
Providence
East Avenues
Haymarket Square
Rice
Tanner
Hast
Pawtucket Avenues
Horton
Troop A
White
Major Johnson
Maynard
Venner Peterson
John Peterson
Fatal shooting on Crew street ties three in murder case
Willis B Biggers and HB Sterne are held on murder charges after mail carrier William H Simpson was shot on Crew street near Ormond. Police say five shots were fired as Biggers and Sterne waited at an embankment. witnesses cite self defense claims but testimony points to a planned attack with Craig and two women as accessories. Coroner’s inquest convened. witnesses describe the confrontation and sequence of shots before Simpson died at Grady Hospital.
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William H. Simpson
Willis B. Biggers
Crew Street
Ormond
Biggers
HB L Sterne
Claude Goza
Samuel H Craig
Goza
Simpson
Sterne
Simpson i
Fumpgon
Grady Hospital
Recorder’s Court
Birgers
Craig
George Phillips
Bismers
Bigger
Constitution
Henry Jennings
Stamps
J. J. Ramsey
A. B. Andrews
J. M. R Coggins
H. A. Dennard
W. B. Roberts
J. A. Harper
Willis R. Biggers
Ormond Street
HE. I. Sterne
J. D Leatherman
Biggera
Leatherman
A .P. Smith
Jim Reed
Murder trial rocks Lucas Street as kin dispute turns fatal
Lucas W. H. Simpson, a mail carrier of 49 Crew street, is shot dead on Crew near Ormond street by Willis R. Biggers. Biggers and H. H. Sterne, his brother in law, are held for murder. The page also notes weather, regional figures, and various legal and political items.
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Lucas W. H. Simpson
Crew Street
Ormond Street
Willis R. Biggers
Biggers
H. H. Sterne
Georgia
H. T. Lewis
Mme
Antoinette Broustl Grant
Courtland Avenue
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Roose Roosevelt
Henry M. Teller
Thurber
Jos. Onl
Bayoness Tol BK
W. H. Simpson
W. R. Biggers
W. H
Biggete
H. J. Sterne
Willis Biggers
University of Georgia
Athens
Hill
State Supreme Bench
Justice Lewis
Jim Little
Southern
Woodward
South Carina College
Mra
J. C. Beavers
Raleigh
Buffaloe
Nam Webb
Wilson
Prattville
Ala
Laméshire
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