Fire Victims Recovered After Harbor Disaster
Reports describe rescue work around wrecked North German Lloyd lines docks in Hoboken. Foreigner victims identified as crews and canal workers await recognition while Bremen Main and Saale burn further. Divers locate more bodies as authorities move to salvage and assist mariners.
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Steamship Company
North German Lloyd Company
Bremen
Main
Saale
Thingvalla
Lloyd
Gustave H. Schwab
Téday
York Mosgue
August Weller
Lloyd Line
Pennsylvania
River Street
Hoboken
Pennsylvania Company
Valencia Boat Club
J. Kauffman
Ogenees Eee
Jersey Shore
West Forty-second Street
Aftership disaster morgues fill as public seeks relatives
Desperate crowds swarm New York and Hoboken morgues as bodies from a ship blaze are identified. Officials report charred remains, scattered corpses, and multiple ships sunk or burning in the river while investigators wrestle with grim scenes and legal actions against the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse.
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Ain
Bremen
Jersey
Weehawken
New York
Miron
Saale
Cunard
Thempany
United States
Jersey City
Wilhelm
Daes
Chittenden
Walcott
Merritt & Chapman Mronking Coenpany
Plain Eterson
Hoboken
Roberts halts civilian return and orders miners back
London reports Lord Roberts does not deem the South Africa war over and stops civilian return while ordering mining men to Bloemfontein. He believes three months are needed before business can resume, with a large British presence again seen in Swaziland. General Rundle issues a proclamation warning against harboring ta peters and frontier farms may be confiscated.
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London
Lord Roberts
South Africa
Bloemfontein
Swaziland
Rundle
Boers Near Buller Shelled by Coke Losses Reported
London dispatch says General Talbot Coke with the tenth brigade reconnoitered toward Amesfoort in Transvaal on June 29. He shelled the enemy in a strong position, then retired. casualties were two killed and six wounded. The report comes as British forces endure near-standoff actions in the area.
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London
War Office
Buller
St. Louis Transit Strike Settled After Talks
The large street railway strike in St. Louis ended with a signed agreement tonight between the St. Louis Transit Company and its former employees. Representatives from the transit company and the executive committee confirmed the settlement.
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Transit Co
ST. Louis
Great Street Railway
St. Louis Transit Company
Allies to seize Pekin as reinforcements arrive
London reports the Allies plan to advance on Pekin once reinforcements and transport arrangements are settled. Despatches show about 13 000 allied troops available after rapid mobilization. Germany discusses sending more forces amid tensions in Shan Tong and reacts to Baron Von Ketteler's death with calls for punishment.
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London
Pekin
Broderick
House of Commons
Powers plan aid as Pekin rebels threaten foreign garrison
Von Bergen reports to Sir Robert Hart that consuls and viceroys align with the situation in Yangtse and that Her Majesty's government will provide proper support. The garrison near Pekin faces dwindling ammunition and food as rebels close in, while Russia contends with railway destruction in Manchuria. The powers expect Japan to supply immediate force to quell the uprising.
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Yang Tse
Pekin
von Bergen
Robert Hart
Customs
St. Petersburg
Siberian
Manchuria
Russia
Taku
Japan
German Emperor Prepares Force to Seek Satisfaction in China
Berlin reports that after Count Von Buelow’s statements on the Chinese crisis Emperor William has decided to demand full satisfaction for Baron Von Ketteler’s death. He plans to deploy armed forces roughly equal to those of other powers involved, with total size not yet fixed.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Count von Buelow
William
Baron von Ketteler
China
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
M. Delcasse
Anghel
Retin
France
Tonuin
Wee
Ching
Wife in trousers as court battle sparks alimony claim
Mrs Belle Chalmer seeks a limited divorce in New York Supreme Court claiming two years of abuse. She alleges her husband forced her to wear his old trousers for housework after he refused money and banned suitable dresses. Lawyer Joseph Hahn filed for alimony and counsel fees while Chalmer countersed the desertion claim.
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New York
Belle Chalmer
Supreme Court
Dancers Attach Donkey in Binghamton Street Fair
At the Binghamton street fair two performers seized a donkey named Mr Johnson claiming Beecher rode through the Holy Land. The act included a menagerie tent and the Streets of India spectacle with horses wagons and donkeys. DP Ace sought $90 salary from manager Gaskell as Sheriff Inderlied intervened.
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N. Y
Johnson
Henry Ward Beecher
Holy Land
India
Inderlied
Arnold Sisters
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