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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1906
Page
2
A disaster at Atlantic City leaves eighty excursionists dead as cars plunge into the river during a river trip. Investigations focus on vessel arrangements and safety lapses while rescuers race to recover bodies and assess the wreck.
Witnesses recount a wreck near Pleasantville as 100 passengers rode the ill fated train. Among the dead are Walter Scott of Atlantic City and Francis DeSaceseno of Royal Artillery Band, with several unidentified or seriously injured passengers. Coroner Gaskill to hold an inquest. scene and hospitals crowded with anxious relatives.
The article recounts Lydia E. Pinkham born Lydia Estes in 1819, her Quaker upbringing, and early work as a teacher. It details her marriage to Isaac Pinkham, the development of her herb based remedies, the rise of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound after the 1873 financial crisis, and how her family expanded the business thru kitchen production, pamphlets, and newspaper ads. It notes her daughter in law and successors continuing the work, and that the records of treatments for women's illnesses are now a vast, world wide resource.
In Atlantic City a train plunged from a drawbridge after a yacht passed. Several dozen passengers were injured and at least one died. Rescue operations continued as divers, boatmen, and officials retrieved bodies and aided survivors. A Camden physician and others are missing.
A vehicle struck others and slid into the water as people jumped free. Momentary delay allowed several passengers to leap into the water before the car fully submerged.
Motorman Scott and Conductor Curtis perished when the train left the rails. Brakeman Wood acted courageously amid the disaster, earning recognition for his bravery as the remaining crew faced the wreck.
An advertisement touts Dr Williams Pink Pills as restoring nerves and aiding sleep. It cites Mrs. H A Fletcher of Manchester New Hampshire who recovered from apoplexy shock and sleeplessness after using the pills. The notice claims broad cures for nervous disorders blood diseases headaches rheumatism and weak constitutions and offers six boxes for nine dollars fifty by mail from the Dr Williams Medicine Co.
Scranton Pa October 28 Al Reese of Scranton is the noted 100 yard sprinter among the injured in the Atlantic City wreck. He telegraphs that a man named Edward Morgans of Old Forge Pa is in a hospital.
Queenie Vassar stage name Nel lie Vassar wins order from Judge Keogh for back alimony totaling $2640 from Nicholas J. Doyle, once a White Plains hotel keeper, declared insane and confined at Bloomingdale Asylum after his father's $50,000 estate funded Doyle.
Captain A McLachlan reported sighting spars of an unknown schooner or barge sunk in Pigeon Bay after the City of Cleveland reached Detroit. He noted the spars could be from the steamer Packard, which went down in Pigeon Bay previously.
The remains of Frank Rakoczy arrived from Constantinople and were taken to St. Stephen's Cathedral where Cardinal Samassa led a mass. The Hungarian patriot died in exile in Turkey and the King granted permission for burial in Budapest.
Clinton C. Clark a 21 year old sailor on the battleship Indiana was arrested after being found asleep on the Riverside Park grass beside an unidentified woman's body. A coroner said she appeared murdered with five broken ribs and shoulder bruises. Clark claimed intoxication and memory loss. He enlisted in Columbus Ohio two years ago.
The Lorillard residence in Newport was damaged by a blaze causing about 7000 dollars in losses. Mrs. Lorillard, bedridden for weeks, was dressed and removed from the burning house before the fire spread.
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