Disastrous East Thompson Wreck Kills Two Engineers
In East Thompson Connecticut a massive wreck occurred in a freight yard when an open switch caused four trains to collide and pile up. Engineer Taber and Fireman Fitzgerald were killed. several others were injured while passengers escaped unharmed. The crash led to fires and a chaotic scene as trains derailed and cars piled up.
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East Thompson
Conn
Spectan
New York & New England Railroad
Long Island & Eastern States
Brooklyn
Henry L. Witpers
Jacos L. Boyck
W. A. Lowden
Epward W. Hurley
Putnam
East Douglas
Southbridge
Wildes
Boyce
J. A. Page
Fred Cook
Tragic Wall Collapse Kills and Injures St. Paul Workers
A century-old wall in the Shepard building in St. Paul collapses after 1 PM, burying about fifteen workers. Ten removed from ruins within half an hour, five dead and five fatally injured. contractor Wilcox among the dead. Rescue, hospital, and morgue operations unfold as authorities investigate cause and identify victims.
Awful Death Reported In Street Collision
An awful death described after a street collision. The victim was knocked down and beheaded. the car had to be raised to remove the body. A motorman was arrested in connection with the incident. Public notice warns to keep Salvation Oil on hand for aches and pains priced at 25 cents.
Great New York Explosion Cranks Target Sage Office
A crank detonated a dynamite bomb at Russell Sage's Broadway office, smashing walls and sending debris into Rector Street. Sage survived with head injuries while a clerk was killed and several others wounded as 50 000 spectators flooded Broadway and Wall Street. Rescue and police acted quickly as the building housed five stories and many offices.
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New York
Arcade
Broadway
Rector Street
Old Trini’s Burying Ground
Church Street
Russell Sage
Wilson
Sage
Trinity Cemetery
Lower Broadway
Wall Street
O'Connell
Mr. Sage
Holiday books and illustrated catalogue by Little Brown Co
Advertises a wide holiday book selection from Little, Brown & Co in Boston with an illustrated catalogue. Highlights include Elizabethan Songs praised for literary and material beauty, and Beautie Collected and Illustrated by Edmund H. Garrett with photogravure plates and Lang introduction, priced at 36.00.
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Little, Brown & CO
Washington Street
Boston
Edmund H. Garrett
Andrew Lang
Visitor Threat Lands Man In Jolt at Sage’s Office
A man calling as H D Wilson demanded 1 200 000 cash on the spot claiming dynamite in a bag would blow up the store if not paid. Sage, shot and injured by the intruder, was treated by Dr J P Munn and later walked home after his wounds were dressed.
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J. P. Munn
Jay Gould
Sage
Mr. Sage
Bomb-Thrower and at Least One Other Killed in Office Explosion
New York police cleared the wrecked Sage office after a blast. The ruined interior showed extreme damage with shattered walls and glass. The body near the door was identified as H. B. Wilson, the bomber, while Benjamin F. Norton died later from skull fracture. Other injured included Far Rockaway resident 35 year old W. Norton and a typist believed killed, with rumors of a missing boy Carter. Additional casualties and surviving injuries were reported among Colonel Joan J. Stocum and W. Laipaw bed remaining hospital.
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New York
H. 8
Wilson
Benjamin F. Norton
Sage
Chambers Street Hospital
Far Rockaway
L. I
Joan J. Stocum
Russell Sage
WR. Laip_aw
Treasure Cabinets Offer Luxury Cabins For Home Decor
An advertisement promotes Treasure Cabinets stressing social value of associations and warns against overprized displays. It touts a back mirror paneled cabinet with curved crystal glass, amethyst velvet lining, and mahogany ormolu frame. Enclose ten cents for the catalog.
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France
Explosion injures several in building blast at office
CG W Osbp erneE of Brooklyn a clerk suffered severe facial and body injuries and is likely injured internally. His wife rushed from Brooklyn to be at his bedside as Frank Robertson, twenty six, a broker's clerk of Bergen Point New Jersey, is cut and bruised and in critical condition. Frank Menzib, twenty five, a Sage office stenographer, head injuries and home for recovery. G Calhoun, a Brooklyn telegraph operator in the Sage office, struck on the head by a fragment. F G Morrison, with an office in the building, badly cut and bruised. Three unknown persons were treated at Chambers Street Hospital.
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CG. W. Osbpernee
Brooklyn
Esaken
Frank Ropertson
Bergen Point
N. J
Han
Frank Menzib
Chambers Street Hospital
Sage Heir Details Threats Before Mysterious Explosion
New York December 4 Russell Sage Jr recounts three or four threatening letters signed by James Walsh demanding 1,200,000 as he planned marriages to widows Spinola and Manheim. An explosion struck the Sage office injuring W R Laidlaw and others. Sage calls the writer a harmless lunatic.
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New Yor
Russell Sage
Wilson
Mr. Laidlaw
Mr. Sage
Sam
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Peril
Fourkurt
Taber
Fitz
Gerald
Harry W. Taber
Gerald Fitzgerald
St. Paul, Minn
St. Paul
Minn
Shepard
Farwell, Ormin & Kirk
Clark
Jackson
Martin
Wilcox
Great Northern
Laver
Bat
Murphy
Thomas Samatra
Edmund Street
John Warner
Lanes Street
Frank Caruen
Farringt N Avenue
Johnson
Edward Wilcox
Frans Hanson
Charles Karinsit
Pole
George Shapinski
Charles Larson
John Adamaski
Frank Marco
Joan Warren
Dimes Street
Frank Derner
Farrington Avenue
Samuel Peters
Payne Avenue
Marvin Hown
Willliam Foster
Cape
Col. Washington and
Kneeland Sts
Wilbor
A. B. Wilbor
Mass
THE
British & Foreign
Marine Ins. Co., Ltp
United States
Endicott & Macomber
Kilby ST
Joseph Gahm
New England
Jos. Schlitz
Milwaukee
Arnold & CO
Ogdensburg
Canada
Purchase Street
Ellen Scanlon
Hanover
Ellen Scanlan
Hanover Street
Chater Street
Lenox
John Hurley
Lucinda H. Wilson
Chandler Street
Trescent Street
Waltham Street
Mellin
Stylo
Alvan L. Lovejoy
Washington Streets
ST. Nicholas Hotel
Province Street
City Hall
School Street
Bey
Kilduff
Willey
Holiday Books
Tin
Literary World
Pizabethan
Philadelphia Inquirers
Pete
Louise Chandler Moulton
Beautie
Little, Brown & Co., Publishers
Washington St
Nf Batlmer Desk CO
Cause Wyse
Keeler’s
Adams Square
Abram
Franklin St
Paine
Silk Lama
R. Hollings & CO
J.T
Whisps
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