Wreck Toll Grows After Greens boro Train Derailment
Local passenger train No. 11 on the Southern railway plunged from a trestle into a creek near Reedy Fork ten miles north of Greens boro. By night, 12 dead were confirmed and 14 reported dead with 25 injured treated at St. Leo's Hospital. the derailment caused by a broken rail left several Pullmans and coaches submerged and injured.
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Greensboro
N. C
Southern Railway
Richmond and
Atlanta
Reedy Fork
Here
St. Leo’s Hospital
George J. Gould
Jay
R. H. Russell
New York
Metropolitan Magazine
Starved Pair Insured in Cambridge Home Tragedy
The bodies of John and Margaret Flynn were found dead of starvation at 548 Green Street Cambridge and moved to South Boston for burial at New Calvary Dorchester. Insurance policies totaling three, two to Mrs Flynn and one to Mary Flynn, will be pursued by Cambridge Overseers of the Poor for distribution to relatives. Mary Flynn remains at Cambridge City Home awaiting placement for care and medical attention.
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John
Margaret Flynn
Cambridge
Green Street
Litchfield
South Boston
New Calvary Cemetery
Dorchester
Margaret Steele
Third Street
Flynn
Flynns
Colonel Howe to be made brigadier general
Colonel Walter Howe of the Coast Artillery stationed at Fort Hancock New Jersey will be promoted to brigadier general to succeed Winfield S. Edgerly when Edgerly retires December 29. Secretary Dickinson announced the proposed promotion today.
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Washington
Walter Howe
Coast Artillery
Fort Hancock
N. J
Winfield S. Edgerly
Dickinson
Howe
Is Wife of Artist Sears Married in New York Socialite Union
In a small exclusive gathering in New York, Florence Warner wed Taber Sears of Boston at her mother Mrs. Henry S. Warner’s home 260 Lexington Avenue. Mrs Warner’s York Harbor engagement was announced last summer. Sears, a mural painter, and Miss Warner are connected to notable New York families. They left for a wedding tour after a reception.
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New York
Boston
Florence Warner
Taber Sears
Henry S. Warner
Lexington Avenue
York Harbor
Franklin Mott
Morris
Sears
Whip Maker at 65 Is Heir to 25000
James E. Pettis of Kellogg street Westfield is sole heir to about 25000 under the will of his late brother Henry W. Pettis who died recently in Bridgeport Connecticut. Pettis is 65 years old and married and has worked for 19 years for a local whip company.
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H. C. White
Washington
D. C
Isaac Dammall
Porter
Richmond Sleeper
B. Nolan
Pullman
Greensboro
Frank W. Kilby
Birmingham
Ala
Wilkesboro
N. C
Virgil E. Holcomb
Mt. Airy
Ed Sexton
Denton
Richard Eames
Salisbury
John G. Brodnax
Richmond
Ed Bagby
Henry Ll. Stribling
Decatur
F. G. Smith
Spencer
St. Leo’s Hospital
Westfield
Henry W. Pettis
Bridgeport
Conn
James E. Pettis
Kellogg Street
Mr. Pettis
Ellis Sentenced to Three Years for Murder in Circuit Court
In Little Rock Judge Lea gave W. Y. Ellis a three year term in the penitentiary after Ellis pleaded guilty to killing N. P. Willis of Indianapolis during Willis's attempt to gain possession of his daughter from Mrs. Ellis in a courtroom. Several bystanders, including United States Senator Davis, narrowly escaped injury as Ellis fired.
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Little Rock
Ark
Lea
W. Y. Ellis
N. P. Willis
Indianapolis
Ellis
Willis
Circuit
United States
Davis
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A. P. Cone
Richmond & Danville
Dr.Kimball
America
Oung
Tan Russia
Russia
Big Cash
Peoples Credit Co
Washington St
Col
Winter St
Arkansas
Von
Tiffany
Jason Weiler
Franklin
A. Shuman & Coo
Shuman
Union Hat CO
Way
Hanover St
Union St
ROSCO
Robert Schubert Co
Tmas
Wolf's
My Clothier
Hanover
Portland Street
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