Miniature cyclone cripples Bennington rail line. one dies
A small cyclone struck Bennington Vermont on September 7 causing heavy damage to the Bennington and Hoosick Valley Electric railroad power station at Hoosick Falls and stopping all traffic. The incident injured Thomas Moore who died an hour after a chimney fell at the Malleable Iron Works.
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Bennington
Bennington & Hoosick Valley Electric Railroad
Hoosick Falls
Thomas Moore
Malleable Iron Works
Notable Saloon Passengers Sail From Charlestown
A Dominion liner New England departs Hovsac Tunnel docks at 3 30 p m bound for Queenstown and Liverpool with seventy five saloon sixty five second cabin and 275 steerage passengers aboard Captain James McAuley leads the voyage among the saloonists are Ernest C Marshall Charlestown commissioner of public institutions and Miss Katherine E Conway Boston Pilot author. Also aboard are Lord Chief Baron Pallas and other titled or notable passengers including Rev Dr Knox and Prof Teegan of Dublin.
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Hovsac Tunnel
Charlestown
New Dominion
New England
James McAuley
Queenstown
Liverpool
Ernest C. Marshall
Katherine E. Conway
Boston Pilot
Herbert C. Hall
J. G. Hall & Co
President Baker
Yarmouth Steamship Company
Adolph Caron
Ottawa
James Cregan
Toronto
Charles Fitzanidag
Quebec
Knox
Irkenhead
Eng
Henry V. MeeLoughlin
Brookline
Pallas
C. Pallas
Dublin
Captain Stopford
R. N
London
Teegan
George Warren
Ward
Edward M. Wheelwright
Frederic B. Whitney
Son
Alfred Ansley
Daisy Ansley
John R. Anderson
Baker
Olive B. Gilchrist
Andrew Gloag
Louis A. Gray
L. B. Howland
A. Howland
C. W. Johnson
Frederick B. Jones
Frederick Linton
Fitz- 7
C. Mahon
A. C. Mahon
Alice Pettingill
William Phillips
Phillips
H. A. Ramsay
A. H. Ramsay
J. A. Richardson
Richardson
J. L. Scott
Frederick S. Sherman
H. O. Stone
Robert E. Stone
G. A. Sturtevant
J. Edward Tidman
Georgeaughan
Vaughan
Ford
Fred Whitney
Severe thunderstorms harm Andover area causing damage
Four major thunder storms swept Andover this afternoon causing significant damage. Breechin Hall flagstaff toppled while Henry Lawlin’s barn was destroyed. A tree on School street struck and both fire alarm and electric light systems were disrupted.
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Andover
Breechin Hall
Henry Lawlin
School Street
Cushing Process Co Announces Victory in Alcohol Purification
The firm publicizes its 1882 proclamation claiming success of Dr Ira B Cushing's process for purifying alcoholic liquors. It cites world attention, customer orders, and invites readers to send for the catalogue from its Boston office at 580 Washington Street and addresses in New York.
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Ira B. Cushing
Cushing Process CO
Washington Street
Boston
South Ave
Pulton &J
New York
Blame in New Haven Rail Tragedy Invites Public Inquest
After two fatal wrecks on the New York New Haven & Hartford line within weeks the public questions who is at fault. Officials insist the block system and signals are sound while investigations continue into the Sharon and Whittenton Junction wrecks.
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New York, New Haven & Hartford
Sharon
Whittenton Junction
Ackly
Fall River
Newport
New Bedford
Divers Seek Cause of St Lawrence Bridge Collapse
A Cornwall dispatch says divers must search the river wreck to determine the cause of yesterday's bridge disaster near Cornwall Island in the St Lawrence. The south channel pier collapse may reflect undermined foundations or a failed span, with investigation likely in New York State.
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Toronto
Ont
Cornwall
St. Lawrence
Cornwall Island
Sonysmith Company
New York
Phenix Bridge Company
Phenix
Penn
Bridge Company
Bonner
Beaver
George E. Thomas
Sooysmith Company
America
New York State
Potsdam
Hogansburg
Dennis Doolan Killed by Lightning in Ware
Dennis Doolan of Ware aged years was killed by a lightning strike at Jefferson while at work on the Boston and Maine railroad. A wife and two children reside here.
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Ware
Dennis Doolan
Jefferson
Boston & Maine Railroad
Prison Labor Plan Expanded Across State Institutions
State officials from unions and penal institutions met at the State House to discuss a law directing that all articles used in public institutions be manufactured by prisoners. The plan covers clothing boots and shoes, with materials and final products routed through designated state factories while the governor urged using inmate labor to rehabilitate rather than profit from it.
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State House
Fee
Npw
Fred G. Pettigrove
Massachusetts Reformatory
Cuban Commission Heads to Havana as Evacuation Begins
As the Cuban military commission nears Havana, the core task is the Spanish evacuation from Cuba. Debates focus on timing and methods, with about 100000 Spanish troops spread across the island and evacuation urged from east to west.
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Washington
Havana
Cuba
Puerto Principe
Santiago
United States
State Department
Red Cross
Paris
Commodore Bradford
Naval Bureau of Equipment
Stafford
Bradford
Corbin
Merritt
McKinley Considers Parade Review for New York Troops
President McKinley would approve a veterans parade in New York if health conditions permit. The review would be planned by the army medical officers and commanding general to assess soldier health before the proposed parade. The mayoral committee will meet at City Hall at noon tomorrow to arrange the reception plan.
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New York
van Wyck
McKinley
Executive
Washington
Robert A. van Wyck
William M’kinley
Stevenson will case continued for October hearing
The Norfolk Probate Court in Dedham continued the James Stevenson will case to a hearing on the first Wednesday in October. Both sides are represented by counsel.
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County of Norfolk
Dedham
James Stevenson
Pier Superstructure Blown Down Kills One at New York Pier
A gust of wind toppled the heavy iron superstructure of a new 800 foot pier on West Twelfth Street, killing Samuel Patterson and James Leonard and injuring ten others. Ninety men were at work. three remain missing, believed drowned after being blown into the river. Rescue teams from St. Vincent's Hospital and two fire companies worked through debris as carpenters missing from the roof were presumed drowned. The Wilson Steamship Company is erecting the pier.
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New York
New Pier
West Twelfth Street
Samuel Patterson
James Leonard
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Wilson Steamship Company
Boston Mourns as H Clinton Knapp Dies on Typhoid Fever
H Clinton Knapp, 29, son of Mr and Mrs Knapp of 767 East Fourth Street South Boston, died at Fort McPherson after serving with the Red Cross Hospital Corps during wartime. He entered Tufts Medical College last year but joined the war effort, writing home frequently before his illness. Burial plans not yet announced.
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Boston
Fort McPherson
H. Clinton Knapp
Knapp
Tufts Medical College
Red Cross Hospital Corps
Mr. Knapp
Maine
East Fourth Street
South
Private Moriarty Funeral Arrangements For Patrick Moriarty
Funeral plans advance for Patrick F Moriarty of Company E Ninth who died at Camp Wikoff from malarial fever at age 21 His body to be shipped to Boston for state viewing at the East Armory before a funeral with escort from the Ninth His former employer Charles Y Casey arranges pensions and insurance support for his family and recalls the young man as cheerful and dutiful with a foreboding last letter.
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Patrick F. Moriarty
Ninth
Camp Wikoff
Charles Y. Casey
Boston
East Armory
Knights of Columbus
Casey
Burglars Enter Summer Home of Robert Olyphant
Burglars broke into the Southampton Long Island residence of Robert Olyphant last night and carried off jewelry plate and clothing valued at $000.
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New York
Robert Olyphant
Southampton
L. I
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Mork
Thomas
Moore
Europe
Superintendent Clark
Post
Clark
Old Colony
Mansfield
Om Rae
Men’s Clothing Dept
Peace
Palma
Quesada
W.l.douglas
Hooe
Washington, Cor
Essex St
Court Street
City Halls Avenue
Stevenson
Tufts
Red Cross Corps
Moriarty
Regins
Wikoff
Central Supply CO
Washington &J., Cor. Mremseid
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