Fire and wreck kill engineers in Danville collision
Special to The Georgian from Danville Virginia reports engineer Geo Kinney killed instantly when Southern Railway trains No 34 and No 84 rear-ended near the Danville station. Fireman George Ford and flagman C J Mull die, with others injured as wreckage burns. The crash echoes a prior fatal collision near the same route involving President Samuel Spencer.
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Danville
Geo. Kinney
Samuel Spencer
Jacksonville
George Ford
C. J. Mull
O. O. Hailer
H. Patterson
Richmond
Southern Railway
George Kinney
Wreck Near Danville Burned Trains. Passengers Feared Dead
Firemen battled flames as freight cars burned and trains delayed after a derailment near Danville Virginia. Many sleeping passengers were believed burned alive while brakemen remained missing. Telegraph lines were toppled, hindering report accuracy and rescue efforts. A wrecking crew rushed to the scene to search for victims and clear the tracks amid widespread panic.
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Danville
Wreck on Southern Rail In Virginia Claims Engineer Kinney
Engineer George Kinney was killed in a Southern Railway wreck near Danville Virginia on a Saturday, while Samuel Spencer, president of the Southern, perished in the Lantern Virginia collision on Thanksgiving Day. In the Sawyers wreck, a worker named Kuffey remained at his post and returned to duty after a few days recovery.
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George Kinney
Southern Railway
Danville
Lantern Va
Samuel Spencer
Southern
Sawyers
Kuffey
Accused Turnage Faces Victim at Hospital
D Comstock husband of Mrs. Carrie Comstock swears he would burn Robert E Turnage at the stake if he could, after a brutal attack on his wife Friday afternoon. He stood at the police station steps and said the law should run its course while venting anger over the incident.
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D. Comstock
Carrie Comstock
Robert E. Turnage
Comstock
Mr. Comstock
Desperate Russian Hunger Crisis Reported Abroad
Hearst News Service dispatches from Russia describe 25 million starving people across villages and districts. Reports detail disease, famine, and the selling of daughters into slavery as families barter bodies for food amid the bitter winter.
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London
Hearst News Service
Russia
Wibsberg
Tetyushi
Astrakhan
Prisoner Denies Guilt and Claims Alibi in Attack Case
Mrs Carrie Comstock is badly injured after an assault at her home in Jones avenue and Edwards street. Robert E Turnage, 26, son of J W Turnage, is jailed at the police station charged with the attack and claims an alibi. Detectives say they are convinced of his guilt and he was arrested in Bullock's saloon near Broad. Mrs Comstock's injuries include a severe head wound and a broken nose.
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Hadiy
Carrie, Comstock
Broad
Batesburg Leader Dies Amid Atlanta Store Fire
John W. Baker of Batesburg a prominent local figure died in Atlanta on Saturday as a blaze destroyed his Batesburg Manufacturing Company store after he was transferred for treatment. He had hoped to return home soon but worsened en route. Baker previously sought care in Greenville for acute indigestion.
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John W. Baker
Batesburg
Is. C
Atlanta
Batesburg Manufacturing Company
Baker
South Carolina
Real Senbay Weather Forecast for Atlanta Holidays
Forecaster Marbury predicts fair and warmer weather for tonight and Sunday in Atlanta. The atmosphere will stay bracing and cool enough for a crisp holiday weekend with temperatures gradually rising.
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Marbury
Atlanta
Georgian School of Technology Needs Funds for Ground
The Georgian School of Technology educates 500 men for factories and southern growth. A professor suffers nervous prostration after months of work. salary $100 monthly and a professor at a negro Atlanta institution receives $150 monthly from a bank. The Georgian urges $7,500 needed by January 1, with $2,500 on hand. F L Seely pledges $250 of the remaining $5,000.
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Georgian School of Technology
South
Atlanta
Matheson
F. L, Seely
Nine Basement Classrooms Plague Atlanta Schools
Officials report nine cellar rooms used as makeshift schoolrooms in Atlanta as overcrowding grows in Fair Street Frazer Street and Pryor Street schools. Damp, unhealthy conditions led doctors to condemn most basement rooms though one remains in use. A plan cites a new Pryor Street structure as relief while officials resist further cellar usage.
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Iinto
Falr Street
Fair Street
Frazer Street
Pryor Street
Death Comes To Victim Of Her Husband
Mrs Georgia Cooper of 228 Ir street died at Grady Hospital after a week of failing health following a hatchet attack by her husband John F Cooper who then killed himself. She had shown brief improvement before sinking Friday night. The tragedy occurred Friday night eight days earlier. Also noted is the illness of Mrs Elizabeth J LaHatte of Garnett Street, age 83, with doctors deeming little chance of recovery.
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Georgia Cooper
Ir Street
John F. Cooper
Grady Hospital
Timself
Cooper
E. J. LaHatte
Elizabeth J. LaHatte
Garnett Street
T. la- Hate
M. T. LaHatte
Mins Vaianie la Hatte
C. P. Bennifield
The Georgian Hosts Atlanta School Children Visits
The Georgian will weekly host a delegation of Atlanta school children for the remainder of the term. Visits will include a tour of the building and plant to see how a large daily newspaper is produced, with aims of making the experience pleasant and instructive.
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Luther Rosser
Board of Education
Avanta
Rosser
Board of
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Atlanta
Dewar
Suliding Snd
Rand
SEELY
Ita
Black man shot at home after domestic trouble near city
Special to The Georgian reports Joe Webster, a Black man, fatally shot last night by Lynda Estes, both residents of the same house. The incident followed ongoing trouble between Estes and Webster's wife at the Estes farm near the city in Gaffney, South Carolina.
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Fj Gaffney
Joe Webster
Lynda Estes
Naif
Estes
Webster
Captain 8
Ross
Primitive schoolrooms heated by stoves cited in 1873 build
Officials note nine cellar rooms crowded with children for teaching. They urge Atlanta residents to fund deeper municipal savings to construct additional schools and relieve crowded conditions.
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Atlanta
Emotional insanity defense in Birdsong murder trial
The defense in Angie Birdsong’s murder case against Dr. Thomas Butler pushed emotional insanity as an argument. The trial scene included courtroom tensions, medical testimony, and questions about Dr. Butler’s state and statements.
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New Orleans
Vec
Angie Birdsong
Thomas Butler
Georgia Tech Appeals for Campus Expansion Amid Crowding
Dr. K. G. Matheson appeals Atlanta residents and business leaders for 5500 toward enlarging the Georgia School of Technology. He seeks three acres and two nearby lots valued at 7500, with options expiring January 1, to relieve overcrowding on a six acre campus housing 545 students. Local support would boost a vital institution central to Atlanta’s growth.
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Georgia School of Technology
Atlanta
Technological School
South
K. G. Matheson
Georgia Se! of Technology
Matheson
Georgia
Vanderbilt University
Geo
Secene Tech
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