Freight Train Collision Near Elberton Forces Injuries
A Seaboard Air Line freight and vestibule train collided near Elberton Ga on March 1. Extra freight No 512 and vestibule No 41 at 33 mph caused wreckage with both engines demolished and several cars derailed. Superintendent E Berkeley and several crew members were injured. Firemen and Jacks jumped to safety as passengers and bridal parties faced delays.
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Biberton
Seaboard Air Line
Elberton
E. Brrkeley
Win Jerrett
Guerry Hall
Figgman Murray
Murray
Engineer Hall
Fireecight
Berkeley
Savannah River
Atlanta
Local Group Forms to Erect Twenty Five Houses in Sheffield
A Sheffield association of five leading citizens was formed yesterday to build twenty five residences to meet demand. Work to begin at one. Names of the gentlemen are withheld pending property selection for the project.
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Burlau
Sheffield
Ala
Slaughter of Inventors Found Dead in Birmingham
Nine child corpses have been found near Farmingham within two months, including a white male infant about 16 days old whose skull was crushed in two places. A wicker basket held the body and clothing yielded no identifying marks. Authorities seek Governor's help and a substantial reward for the killer.
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Bates
Professor Crawford Resigns From Moulton High Amid Questioned Papers
Decatur Alabama March 1 Special Professor J G Crawford principal of Moulton High school has resigned and left the state after failing an examination and presenting papers claimed to be signed by local officials The state superintendent questioned the signatures and Crawford quit at Montgomery on the first train Life Sentence Is Affirmed Huntsville Alabama March 1 Special The supreme court upholds the life term of Jim Hereford a negro for murder and also affirms a two year sentence for Dan Thompson in manslaughter Judge Kyle adjourned the circuit court after four weeks with ninety civil and thirty three criminal cases disposed of in the term
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Crawford
Moulton
Decatur
Ala
J. G. Crawford
Montgomery
Abercrombie
H. G.almon
Huntsville
Supreme Court
Eliemt Court
Jim Hereford
Dan Thompson
Kyle
Circuit Court
Kentucky Bills Slow House Action in General Assembly
In Lexington Kentucky on March 1 a sprawling batch of nearly 500 bills was introduced in the Kentucky House. Debates focus on estate debts priority for undertakers and creditors before heirs, a Confederate Soldiers Home funding, a $100000 Kentucky building for the St Louis World’s Fair, tax changes, tobacco labeling opposition, a state fair stock breeding measure, and a redistricting plan under political scrutiny. The legislature faces stiff resistance and limited time as committees advance and debate continues.
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Lexington
A&a
Kentucky
General Assembly
Ufe
Senate
Confederate Veterans of Kentucky
Hau
House
Senate Tobacco Men
Frankfort
Promeet
Kentucky Live Stock Breeders’ Association
Dng
Circuit Tang
Train Wreck Flood Dorshrough Damages Seaboard Bridge
A through freight train derailed and washed into flood waters. Several trainmen were injured, conductor Terrell Smith among them but not seriously. Wrecked cars are being removed and the trestle rebuilt. The Seaboard steel bridge on the Chattahoochee River is reported submerged.
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Terrell Smith
Seaboard
Chattahoochee River
Fine Bridge Swept Away Cuts Elberton Rail Service
Elberton Georgia March 1 Special. About 90 feet of the Savannah river bridge was swept away by high water. Trains blocked with no passage for at least sixty hours. Wrecking engines stranded, cannot be brought around. Through trains from Atlanta cut off. Sparta and Talbotton report flood damage to quarries and bridges. Talbot county rain record and multiple washed bridges.
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Elberton
Savannah
Southern
Atlanta
Savannah River
Talbot
Talbotton
Talbot County
Storm damages western wall of Cedertown city hall
In Cedertown Ga a violent storm damaged the new city hall as a large section of its western wall was blown down. Damages run to several hundred dollars and the building will be rebuilt promptly once the weather allows. The Chattahoochee River at Columbus is falling steadily after cresting earlier, with the river draining rapidly and floodwaters subsiding overall.
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New City Hall
Cedertown
Columbus
Severe storm devastates Clarke County, damages property
Heavy rains sweep Lexington Georgia causing flooded streams, washed out bridges and causeways. Many tenant houses blown down and several Black residents badly crippled with some near death. A prominent white citizen narrowly escaped drowning while crossing a swollen stream. Frank Howards stables ruined and livestock killed or injured.
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Lexington
Frank Howard
Damage at Biltmore and Nashville? Vanderbilt estate hit by storm
Severe storm damage cuts railway service across Asheville area. Miles of track washed out, bridges destroyed, and the Asheville Knoxville line submerged. Vanderbilt's Biltmore estate loses part of its truck house and heating plant. Marshall village flooded and undermined. livestock and cars swept away.
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Vanderbilt
Rich Worth Carolina
Asheville
N. C
Asheville-Koxville
Murphy
Biltmore
Marshall
West Virginia flooding eases as trains resume service
Streams fall rapidly in Bluefield and across the Tug river basin after 48 hours of disruption. The first westbound train reached Bluefield at 4 p.m. today as repair crews rush to restore bridges and tracks. Mrs. Estelle Thompson, trapped by floodwaters near Davey, WV, drowned. her body recovered.
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West Virginia
Bluefield
W. Ws
Estelle Thompson
Davey
W. Va
Bridges Tied to Trees as Alabama River Rises
Alabama river floods threaten Eufaula area with seven county bridges washed away or tied to trees. Hartman’s mill dam near Clayton fails. Flats along Cowikee creek flood. rescuers save cabin dwellers. A barn owned by a local Black resident burns in lightning, killing stock and tools. Farmers face heavy fertilizer losses and widespread damage.
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Alabama
Eufaula
Ala
Hartman's Mill
Clayton
Cowikee
River Rising Cuts Rail Link Into Montgomery
Montgomery Ala March 1 Special All roads into the city now allow trains except the Seaboard which is cut off by washouts. Rain fell most of the afternoon and trains run under cautious orders. The river climbs about eight inches per hour reaching 43 feet with 50 feet considered a flood danger.
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Montgomery
Ala
Seaboard
Triple Crime at Ogeechee Road Store in Savannah
In Savannah Georgia on March 1 a robbery arson and double murder occurred at the store of Michael Schrenk on the Ogeechee road. Schrenk and his clerk Jacob Carter were killed, the safe and cash drawer rifled, and the buildings set afire. Neighbors found the scene at dawn after a night of gunfire and explosion. Authorities say the robbers took several hundred dollars. jewelry was left behind. Carter reportedly fired at the intruders with a Winchester as Schrenk defended the cash drawer. An inquest yielded no new facts.
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Savannah
Ogeechee Road
Michael Schrenk
Jacob Carter
Schrenk
Black Ankie
Carter
Ogeechee
Sciree
Hi Glace
Wan
Board Escapes Malfeasance Suit In Norfolk County
Norfolk Va March 1 Judge West sustained the motion to quash an action against the Norfolk county board of supervisors accused of voting themselves 13000 more than entitled None of the alleged offenses occurred during the current term and the court ruled the board cannot be removed for malfeasance from a prior term An appeal will be taken to the circuit court
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Board
Norfolk
West
Board of Supervisors
Norfolk County
Virginia
Circuit Court
Tracks Under Water Delays Virginia Rail Service
Washouts and inundated tracks cripple rail traffic in southwest Virginia. Shenandoah line at Front Royal remains flooded for over a mile, delaying the 4 PM Roanoke arrival to Sunday. Main line to Bristol open, Panther, W Va to be cleared tonight. Clinch Valley bridge at Cedar Bluff damaged with pad glide at Kiser. Bluestone River flood peaks threaten bridges and coal operations.
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Virginia
Roanoke
Shenandoah
Front Royal
Norfolk and Western
Bristol
Panther
W. Va
Bluefield
Clinch Valley Division
Cedar Bluff
Kiser
Bluestone River
Bluestone
Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey boasts medical uses in old letters
Letters from readers in Reading and Philadelphia praise Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey for curing a severe attack of emp and improving health at age 70. The ad claims government recognition as a medicine and offers bottles, a free booklet, and medical stamps for requests.
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Duffy
Eliza H. Rnam
Cherry St
Reading
H. Cornell
20Th St
Philadelphia
Gether
Duffy Malt Whiskey CO
Destructive Va River Storm Hits Pulaski Area
A severe wind and flood event causes extensive damage in Pulaski town Virginia with the Hotel Pulaski roof blown off and losses over two thousand dollars. Farm fences houses and crops along the Roanoke River near Salem and Christiansburg are denuded. Guy Craft drowns when a bridge on Jackson River fails at Clifton Forge.
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Pulask
Hotel
Pulaski
Roanoke River
Salem
Christansburg
Clifton Forge
Guy Craft
Fackson River
Craft
Cyclone Destroys Morgan County Bridges and Property
A March 1 report from Madison Georgia details severe wind and rain damage across Morgan County. Bridges on the Appalachee River at Reid's Ferry and near Walton's mills were washed away or broken loose. J J Black’s plantation gin house and surrounding outbuildings suffered destruction. Widespread landslides and hillside terracing losses are noted as a major impact. Train service remained late and inconsistent in Opelika and nearby lines, with rail and mail disruptions continuing.
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Morgan County
Madison
Appalachee River
Reid's Ferry
Walton's
Little River
J. J. Black
Pennington
Oconee
Ocmulgee
Flood washes away Senator Pritchard office in Marshall
In Marshall, flood yesterday swept away the law office of Senator Pritchard destroying the entire structure including the senator's library and legal materials. The incident left the building unusable and its contents ruined.
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Charlotte
Senator Pritchard
Marshall
Taft cites Philippine race views amid labor talk
Governor Taft told the House insular affairs committee that islanders see themselves superior to Blacks and discussed friar lands and corporate franchises. He noted Morgan doubts about bond rates and addressed whether American labor should be sent to the Philippines, arguing Filipino status would be diminished by Black labor.
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Taft
Washington
House Committee On Insular Affairs
J. Pierpont Morgan
Morgan
Philippines
Islands
Willams
Mississippi
Patterson
Tennessee
Negra
Storm devastates Monterey area in Mexico
A fierce March storm swept northern Mexico, especially Monterey, with winds 59 to 80 miles per hour causing over 300000 in damages. Losses included 4000 at smelter No 3, 50000 at Merhan's foundry, 20900 at Cauahtomec Brewery, 35000 at La Industriale cotton factory, plus destroyed homes and injuries from falling walls.
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Monterey
Mex
Mexico
Merhan
Dr. Kelley Survives Drowning Ordeal at Ison Branch
Griffin Georgia March 1 Special Dr J M Kelley narrowly escaped death by drowning at Ison s branch Thursday afternoon. He returned to his office briefly this afternoon still very weak from the struggle with the waters and said had help been delayed a few moments longer he would have been lost. He lost consciousness when Mr Archer reached him and his escape was miraculous.
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Kelly
Griffin
J. M. Kelley
Ison
Son of O'Donovan Rossa Dies in Colorado Hospital
Colorado Springs March 1 O'Donovan Rossi, son of the Fenian agitator from New York, died today in St Anns hospital from blood poisoning.
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O'Donovan Rossa
Colorado Springs
Col
O'Donovan Rossi
New York
St.anels Hospital
Blood Noison
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