Six Workmen Killed as Train Crash Ripples in Hartford
Six workers died and forty injured when a Highland division passenger train crashed into a work train at Sigourney Street crossing Hartford Conn on June 24. Rescue operations stretched over an hour as victims were freed from wreckage amid fires and flying glass. The dead include four Italians and one unidentified man.
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Hartford, Conn
Highland Division
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
New Brighton
Sigourney Street
Wilson
Four Die in Mitchells Farm Train Wreck Near Pittsford
Rochester reports four killed and eight injured when New York Central passenger No. 230 collided head on with a freight on a sharp curve near Pittsford. A smoker car telescoped, fire followed, relief train dispatched, and all passengers accounted for after body recovered. Also notes sale of Fifth Avenue Hotel to Morgenthau syndicate for 7.26 million and other June 24 items from New York and London.
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Rochester
N. Y
Mitchells Farm
Pittsford
Auburn
New York Central
New York
Fifth Avenue Hotel
Amos R. Eno
Henry Morgenthau
Italian claimed sleep dream caused Rock Island train shooting
Goodland Kansas report outlines John Bello an Italian who killed Carl V. Topp and wounded two women aboard a Rock Island train near here. Bello says he acted in a nightmare dream and asserts his innocence as he awaits in the county jail.
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Goodland
Kan
John Bello
Rock Island
Bello
Pats Leganbradi
Genoa
Genoa. We Decided To Come To the New World
Boston
West
California
Carl V. Topp
Minnesota Governor Johnson Eyes Democratic Presidential Nomination
Frank A. Day, Johnson’s private secretary, asserted Minnesota will nominate a candidate at the next national convention, naming Governor John A. Johnson as the Democratic prospect. Johnson, reached by telephone, denied any basis for the assertion.
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Frank A. Day
Johnson
St. Paul
Pacific Coast
General Funston Defends Letter On Unwhipped Mob
In San Francisco on June 24 General Frederick Funston admitted using the phrase unwhipped mob in a letter to Fourth of July committees. He said the term targeted only the uncontrollable element and not any group. Funston suggested Colonel Lamndeen could provide batteries of light artillery if needed and noted the troops would soon leave for camp, insisting his letter was plain English.
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San Francisco
Prederick L. Furston
Funston
Lamndeen
Funeston
General Funston
Monterey
Fine LaCom addition lots and farm bargains in Mower County
Six prime LaCom addition lots east of the college offered at 10 dollars cash and five dollars monthly. Also advertise a 240 acre farm known as The Shady Nook Farm with easy terms, plus a high grade survey at cost value. If unsold by August 1 1907 the farm may be rented. Also offers a bargain two horse rig and other city and farm property.
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LaCom
Mower County
Haywood to Formalize Innocence Defense in Idaho Murder Case
Boise June 24 William D Haywood who has pleaded not guilty to murder will this week formally assert his innocence and outline proposed evidence to bolster the presumption of innocence Clarence Darrow his attorney will argue Haywood is not guilty of conspiracy to assassinate Frank Steunenberg but that he is a victim of a conspiracy to disrupt the Western Federation of Miners and condemn its leaders under the indictment
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Boise, Ida
William D. Haywood
Idaho
Haywood
Western Federation of Miners
Denver land fraud indictments await bench warrants
Denver reports bench warrants will soon be issued for federal land fraud indictments returned Saturday. No names will be made public yet. Hinted in reliable quarters are the involvement of high standing businessmen from Colorado, Wyoming, Milwaukee, and St. Louis.
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Denver
Federal
Grand Jury
Colorado
Wyoming
Milwaukee
St. Louis
Drownings In Big Walnut Creek Near Columbus
Columbus June 24 Henry Zip and Herman Ludwig drowned in Big Walnut creek near the city while bathing Neither could swim and they went beyond their depth in the water The tragedy occurred during a bathing outing and prompted rescue efforts by bystanders and authorities
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Columbus
Henry Zip
Herman Ludwig
Big Walnut Creek
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