Terrible floods sweep Ohio Pennsylvania and Illinois
A powerful series of river floods devastates Cleveland and surrounding towns. The Cuyahoga overran banks, flooding flats, warehouses, mills, yards, and streets. Losses exceed $2,000,000 with multiple deaths and widespread damage to railroads, bridges, oil works, and houses. Clampdown on trains and rescue efforts continue as waters slowly recede.
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Cleveland
Cuyahoga
Monroe Brothers & Co
Heisley's Oil Works
Standard Oil Company
Pittsburg
Columbus
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Connorion
New York
Pittsburg & Ohio
Lake Shree
Valley Road
Independence Street
Jefferson Street Bridge
Valley Railroad
Railroads suffer washouts and derailments across Ohio region
A string of railroad disasters hits Ohio lines as culverts wash out and bridges fail. Freight trains derailed between Canton and Orrville. fireman and others killed. a Pacific express halted at Lottis Ville as a bridge is washed away. Multiple sections split and wrecked near Akron, with passengers injured.
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Canton
The
Valley Railway
Lees
Connorton Valley
Straitsville
Pacific
Fort Wayne Road
Lottis Ville
Alliance
Orrville
Cleveland & Pittsburg
Akron
Orville
Floods Reach Allegheny Region Cutting Off Island Bridge
Water levels rise four inches an hour as Allegheny City floods and 1000 residents on Herr's Island face isolation after the bridge to the mainland is swept away. Heavy ice and wreckage clog the rivers, with potential damage in Allegheny estimated around 100000 dollars and fears of disaster on the Monongahela. A heroic engine room maneuver by Samuel Force saves a towboat on Chartier's creek amid the rising flood.
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Pittsburg
Penn
Ban
Davis Island
Dean Thompson
Bradford
Allegheny River
Parker
Oil City
Millers’ Eddy
Ghiss
James King
Bear Creek
Sandusky
New York
Baltimore & Ohio
Grafton
Apolis
Indianapolis
Indiana
Tippecanoe City
Dayver
Ohio
Dayton & Michigan Road
Lim
Philadelphia
Titusville
Buffalo
Allegheny
Herr's Island
Allegheny City
Monongahela
McKeesport
Samuel Force
Chartier's Creek
Force
Chicago Limited Express
Fort Wayne & Chicago
Canton
Wooster
Ohio People Escape in Boats Amid Floods
In Youncestown Ohio February 6 a Pittsburg and Western railway pier washed away. In New Castle the Ashtabula and Pittsburg line flooded three feet. Sharon trains unable to reach city. Niles residents on river flats flee second story by raft and boat. Hilltown front bridge carried away.
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Ohio
Youncestown
Mahoningtown
Pittsburg & Western Railway
New Castle Jounelion
Ashtabula
Northwest Snow Delays Trains Across Minnesota to Dakota
Northwestern railroad reports deep dry snow blocking east west routes through Minnesota. Only Winona & St. Peter line to St Peter remains open. central Minnesota and central Dakota trains will not run west of that point until roads reopen. Settlers bound for central Minnesota and central Dakota urged to defer travel until openings are confirmed.
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Cascaco
Northwestern Railroad
Northwest
Minnesota
Minnesota River
Winona
St. Peter
Minn
Central Dakota
Dakota
Des Moines snow blockade cripples Iowa rail travel
A fierce February snowstorm leaves Des Moines and several rail lines snowbound with drifting hampering movement across Iowa. Travel is largely nonviable as multiple routes report trains blocked and no regular service, while Montreal endures the season’s worst snow with railroad disruption and disrupted train schedules.
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Iowa
Des Mores
Des Moines & Fort Dodge
Des Moines, Osceola & Southern
Des Moines & Northwestern
St. Louis
Des Moines & Northern
Prolonged Wyoming Snowfall Halts Rail Traffic
Snowing began Monday afternoon in Rawlins and continued incessantly through Thursday night with high winds. Railroad traffic is at a standstill as a statewide storm grips Southern Wyoming. Concerns rise for stock and notably sheep as conditions worsen.
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Rawlins
W. T
Wyoming
Trains Delayed by Snow in Utah Railways
Salt Lake City February 3. Heavy snow and extreme cold with strong winds have delayed trains on the Union Pacific and Utah Northern railways, disrupting schedules across the region.
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Utah
Salt Lake City
Union Pacific
Utah Northern
Fire Fiend Gang Busted In New York
Detectives cracked a false alarm ring in New York City after weeks of work led by William McCabe the self described leader. Accomplices named were William H Hughes John Connolly Michael Doane Edward O Keefe Richard O Keefe Daniel Kenny Solon Swift and Horatio Courtney all held at police headquarters awaiting court tomorrow.
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New York
Fire Department
Fre
Walling
William McCabe
McCabe
William H. Hughes
John Connolly
Michael A. O. Doane
Edward
Richard O’keefe
Daniel Kenny
Solon Swift
Horatio P. Courtney
Cowt
Duelling With Axes Near Socorro
Sheriff Simpson brought a mangled Mexican prisoner to Denver after a deadly duel near Socorro New Mexico. Two men fought over a girl, locking themselves in a room and using axes. One man cut off his rival's head and was fatally wounded himself.
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Denver
Col
Socorro
N. M
Simpson
Marriage of Mrs Bowers and Mr McCullom in New York
New York dated February 5 reports Mrs D B Bowers the noted actress and Mr James C McCullom have joined fortunes in matrimony. Bowers born Stamford Conn in 1830 has been married three times. McCullom born Buffalo NY in 1888 debuted in 1859 and has led Mrs Bowers from 1866 touring across the United States and England.
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Bowers
McCullom
New York
D. B. Bowers
James C. McCullum
Stamford
Conn
Buffalo
Dublin's Exciting Trials Rise Over Phoenix Park Murder
Dus February 8 reports an adjourned Kilmainham jail trial of Fenian conspirators for the Phoenix Park murder. Witness Fitzsimmons links James Carey to the plot and two surgeons corroborate wounds. Brady O'Brien and others face charges. Rumor says Mike Kavanagh has turned informer, heightening city tension as authorities press for confessions and new leads.
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Dus
Kilmainham
Phoenix Park
Brady
O’brien
O'Caffrey
Peter Carey
Kelly
Hanlon
Lord Cavendish
Burke
Porter
Myles
Fitzsimmon
James Carey
Stephen Hans
Joe Brady
Edward O' Brien
Cameron
Additional Evidence Claimed by Government in Murder League Case
The government claims new evidence against the Murder League in Ireland. A girl identified Michael Kavanagh as the driver of the car linked to Juror Field's would‑be assassins. Police describe frequent searches, warrants, and a tense city as trials move toward scientific blood analysis on knives found with suspects. Witnesses allege Carey and Whelan rented rooms for armed drills, with guards outside and daily attendance by more than sixty men.
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Murder League
Ireland
Brophy
Michael Kavanagh
Field
James Carey
Patrick Whelan
Whelan
Oblin
Lord Cavendish
Burke
Micronse Piers
James Caper Peosonally
Ing
John Clinton
Carey
Joe Brady
Pope
Rumor of Assassination Blazes in Off dale Mystery
February 6 reports Earl Spencer fled to London amid rumors of a court whisper tied to a detective led inquiry. Police are said to be mobilizing a crew and the city fizzes with talk of a possible assassination plot targeting Ear Spencer and high officials at the castle.
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Earl Spencer
London
Ireland
Satway
Tumor
Ear Spencer
Earl
No Physician Can Testify to Dublin Blood Evidence
New York reports Dr. Farrington of the Astor House said it would be impossible to prove anything against the Dublin prisoners from blood-stains on knives. He noted physiologists could distinguish animal from human blood only generally and no expert could identify a specific man's blood. The blood on the knives could not be tied to the murdered men.
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New York
Farrington
Astor House
Dublin
Deficit in State Treasury Details and Treasurer Vincent Flight
January 31 Montgome ry Alabama report on State Treasurer Vincent defalcation. He left for New York after revealing he borrowed funds to cover a deficit possibly between 225000 and 800000. Investigations show cotton futures speculation with Wolffe bank transfers of 119000. Legislation to investigate, bonds and terms discussed, credit impact deemed limited.
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New York
Montgomery
Ala
Vincent
the Times
J. H. Vincent
Fred Woilffe
Wolffe
Supreme Court of Alabama
Doctor Seven freed from Dixmont asylum after eight years
A former Erie physician Dr Julius Seven, once a leading local doctor, has been released after eight years in the Dixmont insane asylum. He claims mistreatment and skinning of letters, mentions a brutal death of a German guard, and credits a German keeper and Judge Galbraith with securing his release. He also cites fellow inmate Constant Neustiel, a Saxon scholar, detained by a paymaster.
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Erie
Penn
Julius Seven
Dixmont
Thumb
Constant Neustiel
Seven
Hoefflier
Eric
Galbraith
Frostbitten man found in Beach Street entryway dies after skull fracture
Michael McDonald aged about 47 was found unconscious at the foot of a building entryway on Beach Street. He had frostbite on ears and feet and died at City Hospital late last evening from a fractured skull discovered after admission.
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Michael McDonald
Beach Street
McDonald
Michael Moriarty
Cured by a Single Touch in Troy
A remarkable cure of rheumatism is attributed to Andrew Coran after Kyran Coran of Green Street visited his home. Coran rubbed the limbs briefly and claimed the patient was cured, restoring the ability to walk normally after years of limitation.
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Troy
Andrew Coran
Kyran Coran
Green Street
Coran
Mr. Horan
Father and son die after accident shock
At 117 Franklin street Louis Haas Sr. collapsed with a dislocated hip after a fall. Minutes later his son Fred Haas, 86, witnessed the incident at Franklin and Washington streets and died within moments. Dr McCloud cited heart disease and the shock of witnessing the accident as the immediate cause.
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CuicaGco
Louis Haas, Sr
Throop Street
Louis Haas
Franklin Street
Fred Haas
Ewing Street
Franklin and
Washington Streets
McCloud
Waves Picked Up by Wind On Argosy Steamer
The Argosy after January 12 sail from Cardiff endured a fierce Atlantic gale with heavy seas and snow. Crew injured little. the ship barely held together, driven toward New York. The captain reported colossal waves like wheels sweeping the deck before the steamer tied up shattered at Pavonia ferry Hoboken.
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New York
Argosy
Cardiff
England
mid-Atlantic
Atlantic
Indian Ocean
Pavoula Ferry
Hoboken
Rescue Effort for Tacoma Wreck Misses Life Boat Aid
An Empire City despatch recalls eight volunteers who raised a life boat at Cape Gregory after the Tacoma wreck. The Cape keeper refused to deploy the boat without an experienced crew, delaying rescue. Captain Hill of the tug Fearless believes a life boat and hauling gun would have saved those lost.
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San Francisco
Cal
Empire City
Tacoma
Cape Gregory
Hill
Fearless
DORY SURVIVOR TOLD OF GLOUCESTER FISHERMEN FATE
A dory from the Grace L. with two Gloucester men drifted sixty miles west of Burgeo last Thursday. Thomas Walsh died from exposure and Albert Blackmore, badly frozen, was rescued at Little River after a long ordeal without food. Local authorities and the Burgeo poor commissioner are notified.
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Gloucester
Jonn
Little River
Burgeo
Passenger jumps overboard in stormy voyage aboard Helvetia
Captain Kiel reports January 17 missing passenger Ford Specker, a Swiss native from St Gallen, believed delirious and to have leaped into the sea during the night while Helvetia lay at the port after arriving from Antwerp. The British steamer Viola, under Captain Murray, arrived after a tempestuous run from Antwerp to Newcastle with heavy westerly gales, taking on water and losing sails but sustaining no serious injuries.
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Viota
Kiel
Antwerp
Ford Specker
St. Gallen
Switzerland
Viola
Murray
Newcastle
Eng
Accidents in Foreign Waters Reported Off Scotland and Ireland
The British steamer Gladiolus with Captain Sinclair is ashore at Stroma Scotland and unloading cargo. Last reported near Belfast for Antwerp and Boston. The Norwegian bark Mandel under Captain Erickson, from St John New Brunswick January 8 bound for Dublin, was abandoned waterlogged at sea. crew reached Falmouth.
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London
Gladiolus
Sinclair
Stroma
Scotland
Belfast
Antwerp
Boston
Mandel
Erickson
St. John
N. B
Dublin
Falmouth
Belgian steamer Helvetia reaches port with cargo and passengers
The Belgian steamer Helvetia under Captain Keil, sailing from Antwerp January 10, arrived yesterday with merchandise and 27 steerage passengers. After three calm days, strong westerly gales from the 18th to 19th, then a worsening voyage with hurricane winds, high seas and snow squalls caused hatch damage and probable cargo loss. From the Banks to port, winds shifted southerly to westerly with frequent snow storms.
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Helvetia
Keil
Antwerp
Earthquake Shocks Reported in Worthomoves and Bloomington
A severe quake struck Worthomoves at 3 06 with windows rattling and furniture moving for five seconds then a lighter aftershock ten minutes later. In Bloomington at 5 am the quake produced a prolonged rumble followed by a distinct shock felt across the town.
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Blooomington
Floating coffin yields young woman body at Delta Point
A metal coffin found floating in the Mississippi near Vicksburg contains a young woman's body. She wore a white red silk dress with a lace collar. The coffin, old fashioned and heavily enamelled, preserved a discolored face. The fate of the deceased remains unknown.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Delta Point
Buried Body Found Near Delta Point After River Dump
The body, buried after being viewed by several people, was dumped into a river fifteen to twenty years ago, possibly at Lake Providence or near Goodrich's Landing where cemeteries are eroding into the water, and was later buried at Delta Point.
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Lake Providence
Goodrich's Landing
Delta Point
Mow Chicago Dealers Fleece the Outside Lambs
Post Office records from Chicago report fraud schemes in grain speculation by several firms advertising heavily as mutual investment clubs or mutual cooperative funds. They solicit from innocent speculators, paying arbitrary dividends while concealing profits or losses, with massive receipts via mail and express. Several firms reported tens of thousands of dollars in twenty days, while inspectors find no state grain trade connection.
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Chicago
Wasninetos
Post Office Department
Ray
Express
Chicago Post Ofice
State Inspection Department
Mutual Investment Club
Mutual Co-Operative Fund
New England
A Connecticut Romance Ends in Bigamy and Burglar Conviction
A Norwich correspondent narrates the case of a prominent New York lawyer and Norwich native who rose to lieutenant colonel, then married a second wife in New York while his first wife traveled to Europe. Their son later robbed a house in Frog Point, exposing the double marriage and prompting the pair to flee to Europe as debts and business crumble.
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Norwich
New Haven Union
New York
Europe
France
Frog Point
Williams
Lanman
America
Robbery by a Government Agent Hits Blind Pensioner
Washington reports the removal of Dr. Cox, a San Francisco pension agent. He allegedly swindled a blind pensioner, Hill, of about $6,600 in pensions and invested $3,500 in a smelting mill, with the mill later burning. Cox is said to have kept $2,600 and returned about $1,000. he is to be ousted while Hill bears the loss. Senator Miller prompted checks to ensure payment.
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Washington
Dr. Cox
San Francisco
Commissioner of Pensions
Hill
Miller
Cox
One Loaf in Five Days reported in Pawtucket Rhode Island
An officer enters a house to find John Forbes and his wife with six children in dire hunger. The wife says Forbes bought one loaf of bread the night before and shared it among the children while she and Serah starved. The officer arranges food for all, lamenting Rhode Island law punishes non support by confinement rather than punishment.
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Pawtucket
R.I
John Forbes
The Charge Against Dr Reynolds in 19th Century Frauds
The Morning Journal reports Dr William H Reynolds a fashionable dentist and church member is charged with defrauding widow Elizabeth Vail of $20000. Vail invested in Cisco Consolidated Mining stock with 9000 shares at par 25. Reynolds allegedly overstated stock value. He is Oliver Charlick’s son in law and bail was $20000 posted by Mrs Reynolds and Sporgs W Quintard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
the Morning Journal
William H. Reynolds
Hall
Elizabeth Vail
Cisco Consolidated Mining Company of
California
Vail
Recluse Archelaus Coffrain Found Dead in Salem Home
Salem reports the death of Archelaus P. Coffrain, 70, found Monday at No. 49 Buffum Street. He last seen Saturday morning, body on the floor. Money remains and bank books with bonds over 5000 taken into custody. probable heart disease listed as cause. He leaves a brother's widow, nephew, and niece.
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Salem
Archelaus P. Coffrain
Buffum Street
Morocco
Carlton
Collapse of Union Iron and Steel shuts 2000 workers out
Chicago February 6. The extensive mills of the Union Iron and Steel Company shut down Thursday leaving 2000 men unemployed. The property is placed in the hands of a receiver. The president cites overstocked material, falling rail prices, and workers demanding 30 to 40 percent more than Eastern mills as the cause.
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Chicago
Union Iron and Steel Company
Eastern
Aged Woman Burned to Death in New York
Susan Lefferts aged 72 was burned to death on Saturday when lighting the stove her clothes caught fire. She could not escape before she was ablaze. Her husband, over 80, was too feeble to help.
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New York
Susan Lefferts
Bellevue Hospital Brawl Ends in Murder and Injuries
Delirium tremens patient George Mahan attacked fellow inmate Michael Kelleher with a stool, killing him, then fought keeper James O’Connor with a spittoon. Mahan was restrained after a five minute struggle as attendants aided. O’Connor in hospital, Mohan still suffers effects of alcoholism.
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New York
George Mahan
Bellevue Hospital
Michael Kelleher
James O'Cornner
Malian
Hudson River Railway Company
Sixty-Third Street
North River
Coutry
Ireland
Londonderry
Connelly
O'Connor
New Planet Discovered by Palisa at Vienna
A cable despatch from Dr. Krueger of Kiel reports Palisa in Vienna discovering a new planet. First seen Thursday night at right ascension 10h 5m and declination 9°50′ N. It shows a daily motion of 0m44s in RA and 7′ in declination, magnitude twelfth.
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Harvard College Observatory
Krueger
Kiel
Prussia
Palisa
Vienna
What’s Saved is Gained by Dr Pierce’s Medicines
Workingmen are urged to economize by using Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Purgative Pellets and Golden Medical Discovery to cleanse the blood and system, prevent fevers and serious diseases, and cure humors. sold by the druggist.
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Pierce
Great Remedy for Coughs and Lung Ailments
An advertisement proclaims a remedy for coughs colds asthma and throat and lung diseases. It claims relief from spitting blood loss of voice whooping cough difficult breathing hoarseness and related bronchial ailments leading to consumption. The copy emphasizes rapid action and broad healing claims.
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Oil Creek
Alleheny
Collins
Thincdell
Warren
Spartesburg
Baltimore, Philadelphia & Wilmington
Foxboro
River Avenue
Emberton Bridge
New York & Philadelphia Railroad
Emporium
Fremont
Toleno
Lake Shore
Huron
Lake Erie & Western Railway
Fostoria
Canada
Montreal
Quebec
Kavanagh
League
Mike Kavanagh
Will Mullett
Pat Whelan
Pheonix Park
William Winters
Andrew Cullen
Committee of the
Offdale
Alabama
Faulter Vincent
Adeift
Connecticut
Reynolds
Mle
Dena
Kelleher
Mahan
Hercules
Mohan
Fatisa
Adamson
Smith, Dooliscle & Smith
Prank Swan
Adameseon
J. W. Perkins & CO
Portland
Isnt
Jno. Osborn
Evans, Webster &C
Myrtle Ave
Brooklyn
N. Y
Chichester
Springfield
Mass
Mary A. Brockwell
Providence
R. L
Trey Adamson
Lorenzo Mund
Bricen
Roe
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