Two Riders Die in Waltham Motor Tandem Crash
A motor tandem collision at the Waltham Bicycle Park during Memorial Day racing killed Harry Miles of Lynn and William F. Stafford of Cambridge. Miles died instantly when his head struck an electric pole. Stafford died after two hours, with Miles's fiancée May Nealan witnessing the tragedy.
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Waltham
Harry Miles
Lynn
William F. Stafford
Cambridge
Waltham Bicycle Park
Waltham Bicycle Club
May Nealan
Miles
Stafford
Dictating Terms of Surrender at Johannesburg
British officers dictate surrender terms at Johannesburg as the advance guard nears Pretoria. Reported forces d ismissed from forts around Pretoria and President Kruger is at Waterval Boven, near the Portuguese border on the Pretoria-Delagoa Bay line.
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Johannesburg
Pretoria
Kruger
Waterval Boven
Waterval
Lord
Roberts
Kruger Hoste
Delagoa Bay
Boven
Lydenburg
Lourenso Marques
Kraus
Lord Roberts
Caluma
Troops Land to Save Pekin Amid Boxer Riots
International forces including American, British, Japanese, German, Italian, and Russian troops are ordered to guard legations in Pekin as Boxers loot and wreck. American units landed at Tien Tsin with machine guns and field guns.
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Tien Tsin
Pekin
Tsung-Li-Yamen
Taku
Lu Tai
Fang-Tai
Changh-Sin-Tien
Lu-Mon-Chiao
Pretoria Surrenders as British Advance Reaches City
Despatches from Pretoria report quiet surrender near 2 am as Burghamaster De Sousen and a citizen committee prepare to safeguard life and property. British forces near the city. Lord Roberts’ advance continues. guerilla resistance anticipated though major artillery and stores cited as limited.
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London
Daily Mail
Earl of Rosslyn
Pretoria
Waterval Boven
Burghamaster de Sousen
Gregorowski
Haseen
Church Square
Waterval
U. S
Hay
Leighton ‘Wood
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S. Vorenberg & CO
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Tanshil
Simpson & Surette Sele
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Washington
Ore Ban Beat N Fyafoudy
E.miles
Waltham Race
Turyord
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