Five Die in Wreck West of Albia Iowa
Five persons killed and ten injured when a Chicago Burlington and Quincy passenger train derailed near Albia Iowa three miles west of town while joining a bridge. A three year old girl Mildred Mitchell burned to death after being thrown from a car. Injured include W P Martin Chicago C E Blatt Temoni Ta Robert Ferguson Mitchell Neb Mrs J A Robinson Ottumwa Ia and others. Bridge fire and car wreckage hampered rescue.
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Ottumwa
Toe
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Alhin
Cedar Creek
Colil Hoo
TW. FB. Mitchen
Abia
E. T. Scott
Osceola
F. T. Trownins
Yale Center
Kan
Tip
Gabriel Allen
Chicago
Walter
William Branch
Cook
R. Price
Mra
Mitchell
Nut
Jmbia
Charlton
Ghieaso
Resend
Alfealty
Fresne
Albia
Ortimwin
R. W. Robinson
Wilfam Wallace
Three Trainmen Killed In Des Moines Area Collision
A freight collision on the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul near Adel, Iowa, killed three trainmen and injured five others. Victims were Engineer Frank Pieun, Fireman Oscar Dyer, and Engineer Walter Ward of Dan Moines. Injured include Conductor Flyon, Brakeman Bell, Brakeman Fields, Engineer Chambers, and Brakeman H. M. Bellman. Also reported, the steamer Orion was destroyed by fire with three crew and three passengers dead in Norway.
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Adel
Tes Moines
Chicago
Mibwakke
St. Paul Roat
Frank Fé Pieun
Oscar Dyer
Walter Ward
Dan Motnes
Flyon
Braxeran Bell
Fields
Chambers
H. M. Bellman
Mine Blast Entraps Seven at Butte Amalgamated Mine
Special from Butte Mont reports an underground blast at the Pennsylvania mine causing timbers to cave and seven men to be entombed. F Augustus Heinze accuses Amalgamated property miners of exploding dynamite after 3 pm Saturday, with officials later stating the incident stemmed from defective timber and cave destruction. Survivors escaped through ore chutes as rumors of heavy loss circulated. legal action against Amalgamated is sought by Heinze.
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St. Paul
Der
Butte
Mont
Cas
F. Augustus Helnza
Pennsylvania
Tatte
Juign Clancy
Stone Montana
Heinze One Baling
Iun Parus Ming
Heinze
Ife
Roma
Warships Painted Black In Historic Rivalry Clash
A Daily Telegraph dispatch reports Russian and Japanese warships in Chinese waters painted black as a visible sign of tension. Tokyo sources suggest Russia’s reply to Japan on the Exeter situation may influence near term relations, with cautious talk of a possible settlement but no firm leak of specifics from Japan.
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London
Daily Telegraph
Far East
Russia
Japan
Times
Rusela
Hall
Toklo
Hellavas
Ubat
Engines Jump the Track in West Virginia Freight Disaster
Five train crew members died and several were seriously injured when two engines on a Baltimore and Ohio freight train derailed on a seventeen mile grade near Piedmont West Virginia. The wreck left engines and most of the twenty four loaded cars in a ravine, with track torn up for about a hundred yards. Names of the dead include engineers Ernest D. Ervin and Emery Ervin and firemen Walter T. Mino and J. Carter plus brakeman John Baya. Injured include engineer Michael Gibbon and fireman S. Rickler and brakeman B. F. Halinger. Also noted is a separate item about Civil Service Commissioner John Proctor suffering a heart neuralgia attack.
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Piedmont
W. Va
Here
Ernest D. Ervin
Emery Ervin
Rickler
B. F. Halinger
Colombians Elusive In Darien Coast Expedition Tales
Report on the San Blas coast inquiry by the USS Atlanta and Mayflower shows Colombian cruisers General Ploton and Cartagena near Darien coast but no confirmed troop landings. Indians withheld information, and naval patrol continues to monitor the area for movement toward Cauca and the Gulf of Darien. The Prairie and Colgoa assist in the fleet operations near Culebra as arrangements for water and transport are finalized.
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Atlanta
Matollan
Cartagena
Gulf of Darian
Cauca
Darren
Piizon
Atrate
Culebra
Iite
Tanamoa
United States Ausillaeyents Prairie
Guintanamoa
Aupty
Colgoa
Chicago
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Murphy’s
Flua City
Evry
Gormantown Zephyrs
Akeln
Suerte
Germantown
Yale
Bad QO Jersey
Alf Price
Iosiery
Oto
R. R. Murphy’s
Austin
Minnesota
NAVAL
Albia, LA
Orion
Iilania
Norway
Dee
Wardee Ro Verte
John R. Procter
Washington
Dec
U—Civi Service
John 2. Proctor
Cosmos Chil
Albert Thon
Colommbians
United States
Mena Expedition
Trepublican National Committee
Chicas
Paltsburs
St. Towle
Pittsburg
St. Louls
Romeo
J. Schwan & Son
Blue Front
Haya
Christina
W. Donovan
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