Explosion Devastates Cambria Mine at Johnstown
Four hundred miners are believed lost after a noon explosion at Cambria Steel Company’s soft coal mine near Johnstown Pennsylvania. Rescuers battled after damp and gas as portions of the mine collapsed wrecking walls and roofs. Survivors describe horrific conditions. two men escaped via an air shaft to the Kernville Hill. Page 2 continues.
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Johnstown
Penn
Cambria Steel Company
Klondike
Mill Creek
Kernville Hill
Tom Foster
Electric car collides with Cambridge wagon injuring five
An Old Colony street railway electric car collided with George G Page’s wagon at Billings road and Hancock street Quincy injuring John Wilkinson James Murphy Joseph Single Patrick Clifford and the wagon driver. Wilkinson suffered two broken ribs others had crushed or bruised feet and limbs. Traffic halted for about an hour.
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Quincy
Old Colony Street Railway
George G. Page
Cambridge
John Wilkinson
Billings Road
Hancock Street
Wilkinson
Patrick Egan
Charles Street
Atlantic
James FE. Murphy
Neponset Avenue
Neponset
Joseph Single
Watnu Street
Ponset
Patrick Clifford
Quincey
Fore River Works
Quincy Hospital
Electrician Survives 2200-Volt Shock at Lynn Plant
July 10 Harry Ridger, an electrician at Lynn Gas and Electric, received a 2200-volt shock while working on a new switchboard. Rescued by Dr. William McDonald and Dr. Ruppel after over an hour of artificial respiration and stimulants, Ridger regained consciousness and went home.
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Lynn
Harry Ridger
Lynn Gas &Electric Company
State Prison
Boston
Ridger
William \. McDonald
Ruppel
McDonald
Thought She Was Ms Palmer A Delusion At Emergency Hospital
Annie Stickney, entangled by a belief she was Mrs Potter Palmer of Chicago, sought corkscrew treatment to prove her identity. Doctors questioned her and she feared joining Palmer in death, then claimed to be Annie Stickney with no home. She was moved to City Hospital for observation after a reported head tumor and failed scalp suturing.
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Annie Stickney
Potter Palmer
Chicago
Dr. Ledwell
Mrs. Palmer
City Hospital
Young Smith Will Live After Suicide Attempt
Charles H. Smith, 17, son of George W. H. Smith of 12 Union Park, shot himself at Norwood. Hospital authorities report recovery is expected as he battles infection and regret over the act. his sweetheart Miss Goldie Channe is too prostrated to see anyone.
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Charles H. Smith
George W. H. Smith
Union Park
Norwood
Goldie Channe
Deceive Themselves on Consumption Cure Claims
Fragmentary OCR notes discuss a claimed elixir Father John’s Medicine and a supposed cure for consumption. The text mocks belief that the tonic cures lung disease, noting it harms finances and health. Limited readable entities include Father John’s Medicine and references to consumption and a dubious remedy.
Local Boston Forecast Sees Fair Weather Friday and Saturday
Boston area forecast calls for fair conditions Friday into Saturday with rising temperatures and diminishing winds. Fresh northeasterly breeze expected, calming by afternoon.
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Boston
Worny
Raid in Chinatown Seizes Gambling Room and Stove
Police led by Sergeant Driscoll raid a room at 12 Warrisor Avenue in Chinatown. Officers seized a coal stove, fan tan layout, 328 counters, 28 cards, a deal cup, two policy books, five stools, curtains and chairs. Two Mongolians were taken into custody.
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Chinatown
Driscoll
Warrisor Avenue
Ortable
Plucky girl pursues alleged assailant through Broadway scene
A 13 year old girl chased a man she says assaulted her in an unoccupied Union Street tenement around 12:30 pm June 18. He fled along Broadway toward Cross Street, was caught by bystanders, named Fred Williams, 40, of Lawrence, and identified by the girl at the station.
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Broadway
Somerville
Mt. Vernon
Cross Street
Charlestown
Union Street
Cavanaugh
Carter
Fred Williams
Lawrence
Williams
Quiet Day for President Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill
President Roosevelt enjoyed a calm day at Sagamore Hill with Mrs Roosevelt taking a long ride around the vicinity after a morning shower. Miss Ethel Roosevelt and Archibald Roosevelt rode, a saddle girth slipped on Ethel’s horse but she escaped injury, and an intruder posing as a Rough Rider was escorted away after secret service questioned him. Judge Spencer B Adams of Greenville D C met the President to discuss citizenship frauds affecting two tribal groups in Indian Territory.
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Oyster Bay
N.Y
Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Ethel
Archibald Roosevelt
J. West Roosevelt
Laramore Hill
Laramore Hill the Saddle Girth On Miss Ethel
Archie
Miss Ethel
Rough Riders
New York
Secret Service
George Pollock
Cuba
Spencer B. Adams
Greenville
D. C
Adams
Indian Territory
Roxbury Firemen Injured In Oil and Naphtha Blaze
Fire at 23 Vale street in Roxbury involved oil and naphtha storage. Two explosions produced sheet flames. several firefighters were burned, with Joseph Cunningham of engine 28 severely injured and hospitalized. Building badly damaged, total loss not expected to exceed 850 dollars.
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Roxbury
Vale Street
N. D.thayer
Dennison Manufacturing Company
Joseph Cunningham Ofngine
Woman saves mother from fire at Cambridge Street
Miss Margaret Reddington, 25, of 179 Cambridge Street, rushed into flames to rescue her 70 year old mother Annie Reddington when a lamp toppled during a late night fire. Both women were hospitalized with severe burns. the daughter is said to be in fearful agony, while the mother’s condition is serious but potentially recoverable.
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Margaret Reddington
Cambridge Street
Massachusetts Geeral Hospital
Annie Reddington
Miss Reddington
Orphans Seek Father in Boston After Long Struggle
A 12 year old boy named Edgar La Rose, homeless and hungry, told Patrolman Knee at South Station that he came from Lowell to find his father, whose imprisonment and alleged escape he had heard of. He had wandered Boston for days, living on streets and in a Middlesex street room, before officers gave aid and placed him at the Chardon Street home for care.
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Knee
South Station
Edgar la Rose
Boston
Lowell
Lowell Institution
Middlesex Street
Chardon Street
Italian Scot and May Use Italian Scot and May Use
Two Italians quarrel on North street just before midnight. John Russo, 40, of 27 North street, is shot below the heart. Ceraco Sorrentino, 30, of 138 Lewis street, is in custody. Russo says he does not know why his companion shot him, while Sorrentino remains silent. They were in close conversation when the younger man drew a revolver and fired. Russo collapsed. Sorrentino fled, then was intercepted by Patrolman Brown. Russo’s condition at the hospital is described as serious.
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North Street
John Russo
Ceraco Sorrentino
Lewis Street
Russo
Sorrentino
Brown
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Quincy Electric
Volts
Fato XU Him
Lynn Mai
MS. Palmer
Young Smith
Lnd
Father John
Cambria Company
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