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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1902
Page
1
An explosion of flaphtha at the Pan-Handle Railroad Yards in Pittsburg wrecks nearby structures and causes multiple casualties. Investigators cordon off the site as fire teams battle remaining flames and assess damage.
A naphtha train explosion near the Pan Handle railroad in Pittsburgh devastated the area. At least twenty people died and about two hundred were injured, many severely. The blast damaged hotels and crowds gathered to watch races, with flames leaping fifty feet high and cars detonating in sequence. Hospitals report numerous critical injuries and ongoing hospitalizations.
Port au Prince Haiti May 12 severe fighting in streets ends with revolutionists taking control as provisional government under Hoostone Canal is established. Two killed three wounded. former President Samstin resides in palace preparing to depart. Haiti’s geography and history briefly noted.
President Roosevelt urges Congress to approve a $500000 relief appropriation after confirming catastrophic loss in Martinique and warning of ongoing danger to Fort de France. The House later authorizes $200000 for sufferers, with Navy and War departments coordinating supply ships, medical stores, clothing, and provisions for displaced residents.
A corps of physicians tended the injured with many not severely burned sent home to Sheredan while others were moved to Pittsburg hospitals. The dead were taken to Sheredan areas and the Pittsburg morgue. Mayor Low urged New York to aid the relief effort following the Martinique disaster and clarified the Jacksonville relief fund remains 31.00 to be sent to Martinique.
Breakwater reports a Guatemala quake at 8:20 PM that levelled cities along the Sierra Madre. Quesaltenango St Marcos San Pedro and Seejutiax suffered total destruction with about 80 000 homeless. Soldiers deployed to maintain order as Cabrera and the American colony raise funds totaling around 141 000. A whisky tobacco and land tax is levied to fund immediate relief.
Madrid May 12 crowds filled streets while palace scenes showed farewell to the queen regent. Premier Sagasta and ministers presented the last decrees she would sign as regent before the king’s oath May 17. The scene was emotional as she conferred the Golden Fleece on the Duke of Cumberland and bade farewell.
In Braggs near Muskogee Oklahoma a race clash erupts with five negroes and one white man shot and stabbed. Seventy five black residents attacked a white settlement of fifteen families. Whites seek protection from the U S marshal and have been told to arm themselves.
Cardinal Gibbons delayed departure for St Augustine to take part in the consecration of Bishop elect William J Kenny next Sunday. Archbishop Ireland arrived in Baltimore and met with the cardinal at his residence for a noon discussion. The likely topics included the Philippines and succession to Archbishop Corrigan. Gibbons may visit his brother in New Orleans on the southern trip.
London May 12 The chancellor Sir Michael Hicks Beach yielded to protests over the financial bill and announced in the House of Commons the withdrawal of the extra one penny placed on checks He reserved the right to impose another tax to cover the deficiency as the storm continued.
New York on May 12 special report states Richard Mansfield through counsel Dittenhoefer sought a court order directing Joseph Weaver to elect which claim to pursue in a $20,000 assault and slander suit. Weaver says Mansfield struck him during Beaucaire in Atlanta on January 29, 1902. Dittenhoefer deems joining two actions improper, LeBarbier argues they amount to one claim.
The piece describes the Danish West Indies and Porto Rico amid volcanic eruptions and revolutionary conflict. It notes upheaval in St Pierre and St Vincent, with Caribbean turmoil drawing U S interest as events unfold around Martinique, Port-au-Prince, and the Lesser Antilles.
The Soufriere volcano of St Vincent has been erupting since midweek. Many plantations destroyed, earthquakes and loud detonations reported, and 500 bodies remain unburied. Refugees arrive by canoe to Dominica as darkness shrouds Barbados, with lava and ash affecting the region. The article surveys the island’s geography, the Morne Garou peak, and historic eruptions including 1812 and the hurricane of 1898, noting 38,000 inhabitants.
A Baltimore city council action approved a resolution to appoint a commission to negotiate selling the city holdings of the Valley Railway of Virginia. The B and O owns about 1.02 million dollars in stock while the city holds about 1 million. The line runs Harrisonburg to Stainton and Lexington, with talks that Southern Railway might buy and connect Strasburg to Harrisonburg. Debated but deferred in the second branch.
New York May 12 1 KR Clarke E HH M Gunn and J D Plager three of the most prominent men in the British tobacco trade arrived today on the steamship Saxonia. They would not commit to statements but said they would leave at once for the south to discuss their visit.
Visitors to St Pierre find lifeless streets as Mont Pelee erupts on Thursday. About thirty thousand residents are reported killed or missing as a fiery mud torrent engulfed the city and severed cable lines isolating the doomed area. American correspondent Colonel Ayme confirms the catastrophic scene in Martinique with heavy detonations preceding the disaster.
Partly cloudy Tuesday and Wednesday with light to fresh south winds. Georgia peach crop likely down from last year. Royal North Atlanta property owners vow to fight any city limits expansion. Memorial day observed in Rome with addresses by H. W. Aiken. Merger talks involving Savannah Florida and Western Railway ratified. Congress approves relief funds amid mining strikes and railway disasters. Paris airship explosion kills two. St Pierre eruption reports scarce remains. Provisional government forms after Port au Prince unrest.
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