Catastrophic Spring Hill Mine Explosion Claims 117
A mine explosion at Spring Hill east slope last Friday afternoon killed about 117 workers and wrecked the mine. The Cumberland coal field facility, owned by Montreal and English capitalists, employed around 1000 men producing 2000 tons daily. Rescue efforts faced choke damp and many bodies were recovered amid a scene of collective grief as relatives gathered near the mine mouth.
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Spring Arm Mings
Spring Hill
Montreal
Cumberland
Madden
Drs. Allen
Two Disasters at North Head and Harbor Rescue Fail
News from San Francisco and Washington reports two major gatherings. The Elizabeth, a New York ship, went aground off North Head in a gale with 26 aboard, many drowned including the captain and family. tugboats struggled but could not save the crew before the vessel broke apart. In Washington, two women’s meetings proceed, including the Woman's National Council session and the National American Woman Suffrage Association convention, featuring prominent suffragists and religious observances.
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San Francisco
Elizabeth
New York
North Head
Colcord
Monarch
Alert
Chen
James Laken
George Hanna
Grant Johnson
Fort Point
Henry
Newcastle
A. Hall
James Colcord
William Dimond & Co
Caroline J. Bartlett
Michigan
Ida A. Hullin
Iowa
Anna Carlin Spencer
Providence
R. L
Anna H. Shaw
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Margaret Bottome
King’s Daughters
Washington
National American Oman Suffrage Association
Ventilation Checks Follow Nova Scotia Coal Mine Disaster
A deputy inspector report details air readings from the mine after the explosion, noting readings from multiple faces with fire damp percentages and a return to surface. A safety committee reports the ventilation as adequate, with dust controls added to balances 6 and 7. The piece places the event among Nova Scotia’s major mine disasters, listing prior fatal incidents nearby.
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Swift
Cowans
Spring Hill Junction
W. D. Matthew
Thomas Scott
Smith
William Conway
Nova Scotia
Drummond
Westville
Ford
Stellartown
Vale
Spring Hill
Fatal Fire in New York and Other Infernos
A February 22 report details a deadly blaze at 129 and 131 Sand Street Brooklyn resulting in six deaths among thirty two residents. The fire started in the cellar and spread via air shafts, trapping occupants on stairways. Other fires include Union Hall in North Bellenca, Kimball Union Academy in Meriden, and a Main Street block in Kansas City, with extensive losses and several insurance details.
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New York
Sand Street
Brooklyn
John E. Downey
Margaret
Mary Griffin
Margaret Downey
Daniel Downey
Minnie Downey
Jacob Benedict
Edward Benedict
Lowett
North Bellenca
Talbot
Lowell
Middlesex Company of
Concord
Phanix
Stepanon
N. H
Kimball Union, Academy
Meriden
Kansas City
Main Street
Wells
Farco Express
Great Salt River flood hits Arizona raising rivers and drowns few
Tremorf Arizona February 22 The Salt River Valley faces the greatest flood on record as storm rains sweep Arizona. Salt River rises seventeen feet above normal twenty eight miles above Phoenix washing away a railroad bridge at Temple and flooding farms and adobe houses. Phoenix city area flooded leaving many in poverty and dark as electrical works fail. Loss put at least 125000 with one third borne by railroad. five miles of track washed out and a bridge destroyed. Five Pima Indians near Lehigh twenty miles east of Phoenix drowned. a white man and family on an island north of Phoenix are believed drowned.
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Salt River Valley
Arizona
Salt River
Phenix
Temple
Afruailroad
Phonix
Page
Lehigh
Phoenix
More Bodies Taken From Mine In Pennsylvan ia Tragedy
In Hasseton Penn February 22 a search party at the Joeansville mine recovered four bodies Larry Reed Harry Hall Mike Smith and John Bullock found in Balls Breast this afternoon. The victims had apparently lived ten or twelve days. The chamber was seventy feet above the water line and the bodies were badly deteriorated. Eight more bodies are expected to be recovered early tomorrow. New Home Lewise Maculyx 160 Tremont Street.
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Hasseton
Penn
Joeansville
Larry Reed
Harry Hall
Mike Smith
John Bullock
Balls Breast
Sugar Trust Affairs in New York Investigations Update
The Senate inquiry into the Sugar Trust heard Claus Drocher, president of Brooklyn Sugar Refinery, detailing $3.6 million in certificates received for stock and bonds, with a $62,650 six month dividend. Henry Offer man offered no light on books, Havemeyer reviews followed, and adjournment set. Judge Cullen ordered five NYS sugar firms show cause on May 16 why they should not be dissolved for ceasing business and investing capital in mortgage bonds of the American Sugar Refining Company.
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New York
Sugar Trust
Claus Drocher
Brooklyn Sugar
Brooklyn Company
Central Trust Company
Henry Offerman
Brooklyn Sugar Refining Company
Charles F. Havemoyer
Erwin
Dick & Meyer
Decastro Donner
Moller & Sierck
Ih Gg
Sugar Refining Company
Oxnard Bros
American Sugar Refining Companys
Fanchon the Elephant Ramps Through a Fifth Street House
New York police report Fanchon a small female trick elephant caused panic in a three story building at East Fifty seventh street yesterday afternoon. Trained by Herman Reiche and Deitzel the elephant broke her chain and climbed to the second floor where she tore furniture and shook the structure. George Brown and family watched as Reiche and Deitzel subdued her and tied her to a railing post. No one was hurt. An advertisement for Mellin's Food follows.
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New York
Fanchon
East Fifty-seventh Street
Manchon
Herman Reiche
Mrs. Brown
Reiche
Deitzel
Newfoundland Premier Criticized for Appearing as Counsel
In Halifax feb 22 the Newfoundland Supreme Court heard the fishery case Baird and others v Walker. Sir J S Winter and Green for plaintiffs argued. Sir William V Whiteway and Kent for defendants asserted the crown’s prerogative powers. Whiteway defended by claiming the crown may enter treaties to prevent war. Winter objected to nonparties’ involvement. A St Johns Herald rebuke notes Whiteway, as premier, must defend Newfoundland rights.
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Hawifax
N.S
Baird
Walker
Newfoundland Supreme Court
J. .S. Winter
Green
Q.C
William V. Whiteway
Kent
W. V. Whiteway
J. S. Winter
William
Pinesent
Whiteway
J. 8S. Winter
Newfoundland
St. Johns
N.F
Baird-Walker
Baldwin Walker
Anti-Parnell Meeting in Carrick-on-Shannon Is Disrupted
An outdoor anti-Parnell meeting failed to take place in Carrick-on-Shannon County Leitrim as Parnell supporters flooded the venue, demolished the platform, and refused to hear speeches. Notable anti-Parnell figures present included Healy Jordan and Matthew Kenny. Separately the Catholic primate of Armagh praised English dissenters for opposing impurity in a sermon, while the Bishop of Alcyne’s pastoral letter in County Cork warned Catholics that Parnell's rupture signals a challenge to church precepts.
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Dusuin
Carrick-on-Shannon
Leitrim
Messrs. Healy
Jordan
Matthew Kenny
Armagh
England
Cork
Fee
Alcyne
County Cork
Babay
Parnell
Waldstein Withdraws From Delphi Excavations Dispute
Paris Feb 22 American archaeologist Professor Charles Waldstein announces in a letter to Minister Reid that he withdraws from the Delphi excavation competition. He says he will let the French conduct the work in their own way and that Americans have faced unfair treatment, though he notes good relations between the French and American schools.
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Paris
Charles Waldstein
Reid
Delphi
Lie
Sailed Ships Report From New York and Atlantic Ports
Shipping notes list multiple steamers and brigs sailing to European ports from New York area and New England. Vessels include Werkendam Fulda Amalfi Alesia La Normandie Etruria Circassia Ludgate Hill Yamuri Lacy P Miller Emila Reho Gem and more. Crews report losses near Sable NS and Georges, with herring shipment and wreck recoveries in Gloucester Hyannis and surrounding harbors.
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Barks Law
Smyrna
Teresina
Tarragona
Rising Sun
Demerara
Kjartan
Vort
Natal
Sca Mary
Wellington
Boston
George and Albert
New Hedford
Samuel Crocker
Taunton
Jacob M. Haskell
Rockport
Werkendam
Amsterdam
Fulda
Bremen
Amalfi
Hamburg
Alesia
Marseilles
la Norman
Marine Hospital
Hyannis
Florida
Handkerchief Shoal
N. P. Doane
Lug Hunt
Gardner G Deering
Cuttyhank
Rogers
Swain
Nellie
Ac Hunter
Cuttyhawk
Akin
London
Umbria
Queenstown
Kansas
Liverpool
Investment offer promises 8 to 10 percent profits
Prospective investors are invited to Herbert B. Church at 63 Congress Street for full details on a stock offering. Purchases are limited to $600 per investor, and the advert appears in this morning’s issue.
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Herbert B. Church
Congress Street
One Bad Feature In It Assessments Never Made
Brooklyn notes a Massachusetts bill on street layouts mirrors Brooklyn's flawed land assessment scheme. It would issue 4 percent bonds to fund construction, repaid by annual estate assessments with liens. Brooklyn recalls debt, court battles, and a 99 percent tax collection rate after reform under Mayor Seth Low, urging caution on the proposed plan.
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New York
Sreerau
Massachusetts
Boston
Brooklyn
Law
Bailey
Board of Street Commissioners
Seth Low
City Hall
Death of Dr Henry William Stevens Ties Hydrophobia Risk Question
New York news reports Dr Henry William Stevens who assisted at the autopsy of a hydrophobia patient died today. He had an open sore on his hand during dissection and sought Pasteur Institute treatment fearing infection. Doctors say the death was due to paralysis not hydrophobia exposure. Stevens, native of Saratoga New York, graduated Williams College in 1879.
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New York
Henry William Stevens
Gibier
Pasteur Institute
Stevens
Saratoga
N. Y
Williams College
Steamers Arrived From Various Ports in Late February
Shipping news lists vessels docking or sailing with dates and origins. Beaton to Havana, Shawmut from Havana. Paula from Shields. Seale from Bremen. Labre from Havre. Ontario from London. Ems from New York. Wisconsin from New York. Norseman from Boston. Alexander Elder from Baltimore. Bostonian from Boston. Nessmore from Baltimore. Friesland from New York. La Gascogne from New York. Sergia from New York. arrivals and departures note Lizard and Queenstown passages.
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Beaton
Shawmut
Havana
Philadelphia
Paula
Shields
New York
Seale
Bremen
Labre
Havre
Ontario
London
Ems
Liverpool
Wisconsin
Norseman
Boston
Alexander Elder
Baltimore
Bostonian
Nessmore
Antwerp
Friesland
Lizard
la Gascogne
Queenstown
Sergia
A. B. Bulack Visits Jamaica Exposition Says U S Poorly Represented
A. B. Bulack of the A. B. Bulack Company fruit importers returns from Jamaica where he toured the Jamaica Exposition. He notes scant U S displays while eleven English and three Russian warships are in Kingston. The U S gunboat Petre arrived from Hayti around Feb 1 and the Kearsarge from Philadelphia was due soon after. He believes New England will exhibit there next year.
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Bullack
Bulack
New England
Kingston
Notwithstanding That hut America Is Still a Model for Germany
At a dinner hosted by Herr Barth for Reichstag members, Dr Windthorst toasted Mr William Walter Phelps, the U S minister to Germany. He said America, despite the temporary madness of the new tariff, remained the model by which Germany could spread happiness and liberty. Leaders such as Rickert Schroder Bamberger and Siemens applauded.
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Herren Rickert
Schroder
Bamberger
Siemens
Insurgents Defeated at Pisagua and Battle Near Iquique
Buenos Ayres reports from Chili describe a desperate fight at Pisagua in which insurgents were finally defeated. A second engagement began near Iquique on the preceding Saturday with results not yet known. Two hundred Chilean refugees crossed the Andes to Mendoza stating insurgents led by Urriza operate in Pisagua Iquique Antofagasta and Chilean terrain.
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Waldstein
Delphi
Baird
Newfoundland
William V. Whiteley
Spring Hill
Nova Scotia
Buenos Ayres
Chili
Pisagua
Iquique
Andes
Mendoza
Urriza
Iqgique
Antofagasta
Chaneara
Maine Capitol Decorated for Governor Burleigh Reception
The State House in Augusta is decorated in preparation for Governor Burleighs public reception tomorrow. A Boston Ancient and Honorable Artillery delegation and Pullen’s Orchestra will provide music for dancing as invited guests arrive for day and evening events. The capitol is expected to be crowded and the scene described as brilliantly prior to any former occasion.
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Augusta
State House
Burleigh
Ancient and Honorable Artillery of
Boston
Pullen
Capitol
Wisconsin Opposes Free Coinage of Silver Vote
From the Milwaukee Sentinel February 20, Wisconsin Legislature voted against free coinage of silver. Senate and Assembly debated resolutions urging Congress to defeat the bill, with the Governor asked to send copies to Senators and Representatives.
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Milwaukee Sentinel
Senate
Lees
Assembly
Dawson
Committee On
Federal Relations
Congress
Working Boys Home Seeks Support with March 17 Music Hall Event
The Working Boys' Home annual appeal presents Judge James Fitzgerald of New York delivering a talk on Catholic Charity and Irish Patriotism at Music Hall on March 17. The program includes a musical portion and a meeting chaired by William H. Dowling to coordinate arrangements. Around 1200 tickets have already been sold.
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New York
John Crowley
Oamaica Pond
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Bacon
Boston University
Warren
Brackett
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Lincoln
Wilson
Isage
Working Boys’ Home
James Fitzgerald
William H. Dowling
Washington express kills team near Wayland Crossing
Rupson Feb 22 The Washington express struck a team near Wayland Crossing this evening killing Daniel Coakley and an unknown man.
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Rupson
The
Washington Express
Wayland Crossing
Daniel Coakley
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