New Bedford Street Car Strikes Turmoil Amid Rail Strike
A boulder on the track nearly caused a fatal wreck as a car with passengers narrowly avoided collision. Henry Hart was struck by a trolley at Acushnet avenue. his injuries are reported fatal. Motorman James H. Parker is detained. Violence marks ongoing Carmen's Union vs. street railway clash with threats and torpedo lore.
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New Bedford
New Bedford Street
Henry Hart
Grinnell Street
Acushnet Avenue
James H. Parker
Hart
William Ward
Carmen’s Union
Carmen's Union
Lincoln
Crashes on New York L Line Injure Dozens in Brooklyn
Two collisions on Brooklyn Rapid Transit lines in Brooklyn injure more than twenty passengers. A Brighton Beach line train stalled near Woodruff avenue was rear ended by a Manhattan Beach train amid shared track work. Motormen guards and a flagman were arrested for criminal negligence. A second crash occurred at Gates and Ralph avenues involving trolley cars. motor man George Draschnauer suffered severe injuries.
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New York
Brooklyn
Woodruff Avenue
Brighton Beach
Coney Island
Manhattan Beach
Gates
Ralph Avenues
George Draschnauer
Churchill Campaign Gains Noted Recruits In New Hampshire
Colonel Winston Churchill, Republican candidate for New Hampshire governor, gathers Richard Harding Davis Melville B Stone Jr and Mrs Davis along with Ethel Barrymore to aid in campaign literature and strategy at Churchill’s headquarters in Cornish The slogan The pen is mightier than the corporations leads the effort as the board of strategy convenes and plans fundraising and messaging.
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Winston Churchill
Churchill
Richard Harding Davis
Davis
Ethel Barrymore
Melville E. Stone, Jr
Churchill Mansion
Board of Strategy
Police tracing launch in Belfast case of Clara Braley death
In Belfast Maine July 29 investigators pursue an unknown motor boat linked to 17 year old Clara Braley's death. John M Crosby provides a detailed description of the launch and owner suspected after Braley overdosed on chloroform and was cast into the bay. Officers search inlet harbors to capture the suspected slaver as Crosby recalls a strange red 22 foot launch with a blue flag marked A sighted near the Braley cottage weeks earlier.
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Belfast
Clara Braley
Carleton
John M. Crosby
Camden
Crosby
Post
Robbins
Miss Braley
Braley Cottage
Wounded by Yacht Cannon Off Hudson River
Samuel Christian, 23, a sailor aboard the steam yacht Alice owned by Frederick D. Underwood, was badly injured when cleaning a signal cannon. The gun discharged. his right hand was blown off, left thumb shattered, and body peppered with powder. Underwood family slept aboard. accident occurred while cleaning loaded cannon.
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New York
Alice
Frederick D. Underwood
Erie Railroad
Hudson River
Eighty Fourth Street
Samuel Christian
Mutiny Seaborne Court Martial Convicts Sailors
A Russian naval court martial at Sevastopol sentences seamen involved in the Black Sea fleet mutiny of November 1905. Four condemned to death, one to life servitude, 82 to penal servitude, 50 to imprisonment. six acquitted. Samenkoff, linked to a May 27 bomb plot against General Neplueff, escaped with a volunteer aid.
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Sebastopol
Black Sea
Samenkoff
Neplueff
New England Weather Forecast Shifts to Showers Monday
The forecast for New England calls for showers on Monday with cloudy skies. Tuesday is expected to be fair, bringing clearer conditions after the weekend.
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New England
Auto Run A Muck Ends In Chaos In Charles Town
An undriven Stan ley steam runabout started by a boy crashed through 150 Chelsea street in front of Frank H. Williams home striking an undertaker wagon and a streetcar. No one was injured though passengers were thrown from their seats and the wreck left a splintered heap as McCabe controlled the undertaker’s runaway horse.
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Stanley
Charlestown
Frank H. Williams
Harvard Street
Everett
Chelsea Street
Timothy McCartney
Hayes Square
McCartney
John McCabe
McCabe
Boats Capsize Off Hereford Inlet With Eleven Dead
A double yacht capsize at Hereford Inlet leaves eleven dead and dozens saved. One vessel carried 32 aboard with seven perished. the other had 12 aboard with all but one saved. Heroic actions by Captain Henry S Ludlam and five crew saved several lives. The Alvin B owned by E L Hallman of Pottsville was seen to capsize nearby. Most victims were from Philadelphia and vicinity.
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Anglesa
N. J
Hereford Inlet
Henry S. Ludlam
Philadelphia
Nora
E. L. Hallman
Pottsville
Penn
Anglesea
New Jersey
Hereford Bar
Herbert Shivers
Alvin B
Shivers
Frederick Fisher
Henry&. Ludl m
Ludlam
Violet
Lilley
Wildwood
Holly Beach
Fatal Mayhem at Anglesea as Two Boats Sink in Storm
Crowds rode excursion trains to Anglesea on New Jersey’s coast but a squall capsized the Nora and left 32 aboard in the sea. Lifesavers rescued survivors, with four later listed as fatally injured, while a separate wreck near Poughkeepsie involved a train derailing after rain caused a landslide.
Three Drown On Lake Hopatcong
A boat carrying six people on Lake Hopatcong capsized due to inexperience. Three drowned: George Latt 24 May Klemmer 20 and Bertha Smith 22 all from Brooklyn.
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New York
Lake Hopatcong
N. J
George Latt
May Klemmer
Bertha Smith
Brooklyn
Pacific Express wrecks near River Landing after landslide
The Pacific Express train 37 from Grand Central collided with a landslide near Tower 53 above Chelsea, 11 miles below Poughkeepsie. The engine toppled into the river, fireman Mills died, engineer Edward Wells later died of injuries, fifteen passengers were seriously hurt, and about twenty others sustained minor injuries.
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Fishkill Landing
N. Y
Pacific Express
New York Central
Hudson River Railroad
Grand Central Station
New York
Tower 53
Chelsea
Poughkeepsie
Mills
Edward Wells
Bronx
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Edward Kelley
Augustus Herath
Schenectady
Warren Reynolds
Peekskill
Oxford Peters
Broad Avenue
Henry Taylor
Highland Hospital
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Hudson River League
Paterson
Harry Taylor
D. B. McCoy
Harelem Division
N. Y. Gentral Flyer
Pouchkeepsie
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