Battles and massacres amid Balkan insurrection spread
In Macedonia fighting rages across Krushevo and nearby districts as four thousand troops bombard insurgent positions. Insurgents report massacres near Monastir, while authorities in Constantinople rush to mobilize Mussulian gendarmes. News from Monastir and Florina cites Turkish threats and danger to foreign consuls.
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Krushevo
Reka
Chernareka
Gumenje
Mitrovitsa
Sorovitch
Diavol
Monastir
Kenatt
Constantinople
Stantinople
Konksko
Giergveti
M. Rostkosvki
Chegani
Florina
Thousands Left Homeless and Starving After Jamaica Hurricane
Destruction in the hurricane hit Kingston and Port Antonio leaves thousands homeless and starving. Churches and public buildings are demolished. Aid is requested from the American public with foodstuffs and lumber urgently needed. Ships Ethelwold Alfred Dumois Salvatore Di Gio rgio ashore. Bermuda reports heavy rain and a 110 mph wind surge as telegraph lines fail and bridges wash away.
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Kingston
Jam
Port Antonio
Ethelwold
New York
Jamaica
Alfred Dumois
Salvatore di Giorgio
Halifax
N. S
Bermuda
Halifax and
Battleship Massachusetts Damages Worse Than Believed
BAR HARBOR Me Aug 13 Indications show the Massachusetts will not sink despite heavy damage from Egg Rock. Forward compartments fill with water and aft leaks noted as divers inspect the hull. The ship now sits higher in shallow water, awaiting assessment as a court of inquiry reports back to Washington.
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Eaton
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Egg Rock Shoal
Lebanon
Indiana
Hartford
Bald Porcupine
Emory
The
Mertz
Newport
van Duren
Hobson
Shultz
Washington
Official Report on Damage to Massachusetts Mass. Ship
Acting Secretary Darling received Captain Emory s report on the Massachusetts accident. Compartments A7 A97 hold about 390 tons water plus leaks in A5 A6 and a damaged bulkhead. Cracks amidships from frames 17 to 18 with two breaches. 24 feet of docking keel harmed. Divers propose two electric pumps with hoses. Massachusetts to remain for repairs. dockyard orders issued for wrecking pump and inspection. cost likely high.
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Darling
Emory
Indiana
Massachusetts
Bar Harbor
A&sg
Naval
Gilmore
Bath
Boston Navy Yard
Brooklyn Navy Yard
New York Harbor
Charlestown Navy Yard Seeks Massachusett s Repairs
Officials at the Charlestown navy yard hope the battleship Massachusetts will be sent there for repairs. The yard offers complete facilities for repair and docking and would benefit the workers employed.
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Charlestown Navy Yard
Massachusetts
Roosevelt Forces Retire Col Meade from Marine Corps
Washington Aug 13 By order of the President Colonel Robert L Meade of the United States Marine Corps will be retired Oct 3 next in his present grade Because of a disrespectful letter he recently sent to the Navy Department the President used the retirement provision for officers 62 years old or who wish to retire on his own initiative
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Washington
Robert L. Meade
United States Marine Corps
Meade
Navy Department
Army
Marine Corps
Injured Dorchester Woman Taken After Stair Fall
Mary Riley of 19 Park Street Dorchester fell down stairs at about 10 30 last night suffering a severe cut to the arm and a likely ankle fracture She was moved to City Hospital for treatment.
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Park Street
Dorchester
City Hospital
Lord Salisbury in Critical Condition in London
August 13 reports from Hatfield state Lord Salisbury is critically indisposed and greatly exhausted. Physicians attend as his family relays that there is no immediate danger, though the late premier has not been well for months.
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Lord Salisbury
London
Hatfield House
Marquis of Salisbury
Three Men Escape as Steam Launch Blew Up in Harbor
Marie Amelia owned by G F Rio was destroyed after a lamp exploded while between Long and Rainsford Islands. Three men jumped into a small dory and reached Long Island as the launch sank in three fathoms. Harbor police, Patrolmen Cross O Neil and Carlston, recovered the men aboard the Watchman.
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Marie Amelia
G. F. Rio
Long
Rainsford Islands
Long Island
Cross
O’neil
Carlston
Policeman McMullin Injured by Prisoner After Riot
Patrolman McMullin of Division 5 is home with a water on the knee and cannot resume duty soon. The injury came from being kicked by a prisoner who resisted arrest after the Franklin square riot ended last Saturday evening.
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McMullin
Division 5
Franklin Square
Hurricane demolishes Jamaica cable hut at Holland Bay
ST THOMAS W J Aug 13 The hurricane on Wednesday demolished the cable hut land lines and office at Holland Bay Jamaica the landing place of the Porto Rico cables Communication was restored by rejoining the cables on the beach an operation of great difficulty.
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ST. Thomas
W. J
Holland Bay
Jamaica
Porto Rico
Steamship Brighton Floated Off Jamaica Shore
United Fruit Company reported its steamship Brighton, driven ashore at Point Nona Jamaica by the hurricane, has been floated and begun its voyage to New York.
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United Fruit Company
Brighton
Point Nona
Jamaica
New York
Fear Storm Near Gulf Coast threatens ships and coast
The Weather Bureau issued a special bulletin noting a tropical storm south of Progreso Mexico near Yucatan. Its future track is uncertain but likely northward into the Gulf of Mexico. No sailing to gulf ports advised and officials will issue warnings if the storm nears the coast.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Progreso
Mexico
Yucatan
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf
Gulf Ports
Gulf Coast
Writer Miss Mildred Champagne Missing After Jamaica Trip
Miss Mildred Champagne, a well known writer, was in Port Antonio when the town was damaged by a recent hurricane. She left for Jamaica about a month ago to stay awhile and tour the West Indies. Her family at 19 Mellen Street Cambridge received a postal card mid last week, and since then no word has come.
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Mildred Champagne
Port Antonio
Miss Champagne
Jamaica
West Indies
Mellen Street
Cambridge
Fair and showery forecast for New England and Boston area
Forecasts show Friday fair for Boston and vicinity with increasing cloudiness Saturday and possible showers. Washington bulletin notes Friday fair conditions in New England with southern portions seeing showers, light to fresh southwest winds shifting to variable.
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Boston
Washington
New England
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