Two Severely Hurt In Streetcar Collision At Washington Dudley
A Norfolk House streetcar carrying passengers including a woman and a boy collided with an inward bound Forest Hills line at the corner of Washington and Dudley streets. Mrs Helen Wiedemann of 1419 Columbus avenue suffered severe neck and back injuries and was later sent home after treatment. The unknown boy sustained a knee injury. Train service was delayed as two cars were removed and at least twelve trains on the Western Division were held up including an express from Maine and the Medford branch.
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Washington and
Dudley
Norfolk House
Forest Hills-Atlantic Avenue
Helen Wiedemann
Columbus Avenue
Philip Sumner
Boston & Albany Road
Maine
Medford
Tracks Blocked After Freight Wreck Near East Somerville
Over two thousand people gathered in anger for about two hours last night near East Somerville station after a freight wreck on the Western division caused delays. Five empty gondola coal cars left a cross-over switch and were smashed as momentum pushed them back along the track. A brakeman, unnamed, was thrown from a street car and badly shaken. The incident blocked both inbound and outbound tracks of the Western division as part of a twenty five to thirty car train.
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East Somerville
War Office reports interrupted dispatch since 2:30 pm
London sources say a war office notice confirms a report from the front has been interrupted since 2:30 this afternoon. Reuters notes the disruption affects communications with frontline units and awaiting further details.
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London
War Office
General White Reported Wounded in Ladysmith Stand
London reports indicate General White and his command are surrounded at Ladysmith with rear avenues cut off. British forces may have fallen back toward Colenso, which Paris notes as possibly captured. The War Office lists Monday losses at 300 killed and 240 wounded.
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Boers Gain At Ladysmith and Seize Colenso and Colesburg
A Brussels despatch reports Gen White wounded and surrounded as Boers win two engagements near Ladysmith. Free State troops under Lucas Meyer seize Colenso and Colesburg, cutting off the Durban railway and tightening the Ladysmith investment. Sir Alfred Milner is troubled by Afrikander joy.
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Havre
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Leyds
Transvaal
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Sir Alfred Milner
White
Free States
Lucas Meyer
Colenzo
Battle report circles Ladysmith clash details
Paris reports a circulating statement claiming a second battle took place at Ladysmith under alleged good authority. The fragment mentions a contested engagement but offers no verified details or outcomes.
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Paris
Ladysmith
Aguinaldo Proclamation and Iloilo unrest amid Philippine conflict
Aguinaldo declares American Congress will decide if imperial policy continues and urges soldiers to prove worthy of independence while priests are urged to withdraw from politics. Reports detail American recon mission near Angeles, Iloilo tensions after Santiago arrest, and insurgent strength near Jaro with trenches and described artillery.
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Aguinaldo
Congress
MacArthurs
Angeles
Piavene
Iloilo
Santiago
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