Bridge Panic on New York Bridge Tragedy Narrows Dead
Terrifying disaster on the Brooklyn Bridge during peak crowds at about 4:30 pm. Women and children trampled as the mass surged toward the New York anchorage, with ten to fifteen reported killed and many injured. Police, militia, and ambulances rushed to rescue. scenes described as heart wrenching with bodies and clothing strewn along the footway and railings.
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New York
Brooklyn Bridge
New York Tower
Brooklyn
New York Anchorage
City Hall
Chambers Street
B Reichers
Delaney Street
Frederick Richards
Richards
Hurt
Sargeants Couldeck
Costello
Sergeant Couldeck
Emma Sherwood
Bridgeport
Conn
Alilo Sing
Maggie Sul- Han
Monroe Street
Eliza Arters
Jersey City
Sarah Hen-nessy
Washington Avenue
Ah Lo Sing
Newark
Urugelyn
Anchorage
Steed
Kotte
Peat
Patby
Oxford
Williams Street
George Smith
Watts Streets
Carpenter
Ellen Riordan
Montgomery Street
Maude Crawford
87Th Street
Broadway
Charles Crawford
James O’brien
Laight Street
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
G. Basoniani
Plymouth Street
Broonlyn
Zachariah Basoniani
Quenec
Betchnan
Point Esquimaux
The Lynchburg Fire Devastates City and Claims Lives
An immense blaze in Luxenbune began at 10 this morning destroying half a million dollars in property. The Virginian building the Commercial bank and Mood Peters tobacco factory were leveled. Several residences burned as winds drove the flames. Five men including Halse Gouldman and Captain Wim. B. Moore died beneath collapsing walls. Fire under control after two hours with losses exceeding $306,000.
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Nilon
Oo Luxenbune
Daily Virginian
Commercial Bank
Jones
Watts Bros. & Co
Mood & Peters
Richmond
Halsey Gouldman
James Vaughan
William Moore
Felix Dalbevere
Norvell House
R. 8
Terry
Kimball House
Norvell
Jones, Watts Bros. & Co
Virginian
Peters & Fieed
Tobacconists
Loge
Halse 'Gouldsman
Policamen Jones
Vaughan
Felix Beldidore
James Clemens
Wim. B. Moore
Norfolk and Western Railroad
PENCE MARKED DOWN AS PUNDITS DISCUSS FUNDS
A dated Iberian and Caribbean roundup notes a steady fall in Peter's Pence as a pope urging fresh donations to the Holy See is prepared. Belgian tobacco duties rise to 100 francs per 100 kilos with cigars and cigarettes at 300 francs. The Irish National League reports 389 branches while Sinn Fein figures press critiques of Papal interference. Warrington aims at Ireland as New Guinea station plans surface. Overdank conspirators face sentences. Tonquin shows no major fighting before July. Corean treaty ratified. Cuba contemplates delaying fines in a port case. The Mexican dollar devalues causing price confusion across towns. Cuba's budget sets revenues near 35 million dollars with tax shifts on spirits and exports.
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Feyter
Holy See
Chamber of Duties
National Land League
Duslin
Irish National League
Harrington
League
Sexter
America
Parnell
Warrington
Ireland
Loxpow
M. P
Kerry Sentinel
Lord Derby
New Guinea
Queensland
House of Commons
Overdank
Rowe
Havana
Caibaien
Remedia
Camayan
Masario
Chamber of Deputies
Benor Nanez de Arce
Decoration Day Observed Across the Nation
Washington May 30 Decoration day was observed with public business suspended and crowds at cemeteries. Processions formed by grand army posts and bands marched to Arlington and Soldiers' Home cemeteries for grave decorations, poems, and an oration by Major Lambert. Cities from New York to Cincinnati held extensive services. President Arthur reviewed the New York procession. In Virginia and Indiana, parades honored Confederate and Federal memorials amid storm reports and tornado damage warnings.
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Washington
National Cemetery
Arlington
Lambert
Philadelphia
Soldiers’ Home Cemetery
Sturgis
Home
Sherman
Ayres
New York
Cincinnati
Baltimore
Cleveland
Boston
Chicago
Arthur
Madison Square
Hascock
Army
Navy
Riehmann
George E. Pickett
Remarkable cave discovery near Pocopon quarry
Edward Brown, a Chester County quarryman at Johnson's quarries, blasted ten feet deep and uncovered a cave containing a kitchen like ruin with stove cans bones and a trowel. The site, likely a hidden hideout of early century highwaymen, may hold relics. authorities plan to store the finds.
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Edward Brown
Johnson's Quarries
Pocopon
Chester County
Brown
Jos Hare
Trenton
United States
Lancaster
Southern War Governors and Confederate Leadership Reflections
A fragmentary interview recounts Southern leaders during the Civil War, highlighting governors' unequal influence, Jefferson Davis's narrow leadership, and the rebel government's struggles. It notes Georgia and Mississippi leaders, the confederacy’s lack of manufacturing, and the challenge of uniting loyal public support while preserving slavery as the central bond.
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United States Senate
South
Jos Brown
Georgia
Ito
Bull Run
Maryland
Kentucky
Missouri
West Virginia
Old Dominion
Page
Pudge Pmgeite
Jefferson Davis
Mississippi
Cobb Portrait and Tory Drift in Georgia Politics
A lengthy reminiscence discusses Howell Cobb, his wartime career, and his influence in Georgia politics. It covers Cobb as a Treasury head, a regimental leader, his Unionist stance, presidential ambitions, and perceived temper. It notes his origins in Georgia 1816, north and south lineage, education near the University of Georgia, and his eventual choice of sword over Providence amid rebellion.
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Howell
Cobb
Davis
Stephens
Treasury
Washington
Beld
Georgia
Union Party
MacDonald
Southern Rights Party
Douglas
Mr. Cobb
North Carolina
Virginia
Hregeticksburg
Irs
Howell Cobb
Fredericksburg
Battle Line
University of Georgia
Congress
Democratic Party
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Nohn Keely
Samos
Miletus
Diogenes
Athens
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John Duncan
Ae United States
New Yorks Bridge
Jaon
Tammed
Panis Ghicken
E Lies
Bata
Lynchburg
Fleneral Crook
San Francisco
Tombsine
Crook
Wille
Br. Loum
Matt, Lawl
Peter’s. Pence
Tonquin
Paris
Washincron
State Department
Japan
Corea
Corean
CincinnAt
Ataté
Little Miami Valley
Decatur
Artholomey
Ohio
Giatla
Clay
Owen
Johnson
Snesby
Aller
Clay City
Clay County
Patricksburg
Howling Mill
Coats & “Schmalter
Flat Rock ‘Valley
Shelby County
Kansas Dry
Anna Bauerlein
John Bauerlein
Boonville
Missouri River
Rier
Migs Bauerlein
John Geiger
W. J. Wittson
Commodore Kittson
St. Paul
Pablo D
Aanly
Belleville
Brntevune
Iris
Fred
Reinecke
Carosco
Knoxville
Dain Tal
Republican Party
Lincoln
Asid Ito
Ian Va Tng
Alexander H. Stephens
Confederacy
Savannah
Courge
Calhoun
Tarik
the World
Pulitzer
Bayard
McDonald
Cntry
New ‘Ontrasa
Cabe
Matt
Aimmnis
Ticker
MS Wiis
Coluan Baying
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