Ischia volcano eruption devastates island of Ischia
Terrifying shocks and volcanic activity on Ischia destroy Casamicciola and surrounding areas. Ischia's 8000 seasonal visitors and 6000 residents buried or killed. estimates exceed 15,000 dead. Government officers rush aid, hospitals, and transport aid to Naples to treat the wounded.
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Epomeo
Casamicciola
Sacco
Ischia
Casamirciola
San Nicolo
Italy
National Assembly
Senate
Fiorentine
Vivara
Alfonzo I
Arragon
Rome
Naples
Adeal] Acton
Signoretti
Trade
Naples in ruins as Casamicciola sinks into death and fire
News from London reports Naples and Casamicciola struck by a catastrophic eruption and earthquake. Officials fear over 5000 dead with thousands more missing as hospitals overflow and rescuers race to reach buried victims. Sappers, nurses, and volunteers aid survivors amid ongoing fears of further eruptions.
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London
Naples
Rome
Casamicciola
Italy
Locceamena
Policastro
Ischia
Porto Grande
Porto Militaire
Porto Piccolo
Palmieri
Meteorological Observatory
Mount Vesuvius
NgPles
Mount Epomeo
Villa Cammetti
Corn and wheat yields soar in Kansas City reports
Despatches from Kansas City say a heavy soaking rain over southern and central Kansas will bring the largest corn yield ever known in the state. Oats promise abundance with many fields over 100 bushels per acre. Wheat yields exceed expectations with fields threshing forty two bushels and many over thirty.
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St. Louis
Kansas City
Failure of Copeland Shoe Co Leaves Millions in Liabilities
Charles W. Copeland & Co shoe manufacturers and dealers suspend payments amid rumors of liabilities near three quarters of a million dollars with Brockton Natick and Abington factories affected. Copeland admits debts exceed $200,000 surplus potential but aims to protect creditors. Creditors and firms tied to Copeland face uncertain recoveries as three associated firms face collapse.
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Charles W. Copeland & Co
Copeland
Bedford Street
Brockton
Natick
Abington
Russell
Anyn Ang
Bureau of Credits
The
Exchange
Copeland & Co
Hofthelmer, Son & Co
Norfolk, Va
W. N. Toler & Co
Baltimore
Stedman & Co
Newark
GLOBE
Bradstreet’s
Copeland & Co. Paper Tied to Large Debt
F Shaw & Brothers tanners of 268 Purchase street have assigned due to Copeland & Co. Unknown details. Street talk says Shaw Brothers hold Copeland & Co. paper to about 100000 dollars with additional bills at them.
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Copeland & Co
F. Shaw & Brothers
Revelry and luxury mark presidential train departure
Washington dispatch details lavish preparations for the presidential party's rail journey. The private coach Monon served as a refreshment saloon with a wine vault, pantry, and cigars, stocked at nearly $1000 for wine, champagne, bourbon, cognac, apolinaris water, and ornate floral decorations.
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Washington
Executive
J. Mason Brown
D. W. Yandell
J. Eakens
Louisville
Folger
Lincoln
Gresham
Evans
Rollins
Davis
White House
Monon
George W. McKain
Munuu
Cirter
W. 4. Arnold
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
Fatal Drowning During Milford Pleasure Canoe Trip
Weirs New Hampshire July 26th first drowning of the season at Weirs. Milford party camping on Pendleton beach included Rev. A M Pendleton and Miss Peabody with Edward Walbot Edward Hines Ernest and Arthur Hatch Bert Amsden and E L Dunklee and Herbert Needham of Boston. Dunklee sailed for Pine Island at 8 30 last evening in a canoe and did not return. His hat and the canoe were found bottom up near Eagle Island this morning. The body had not yet been recovered. Dunklee was twenty one, son of George Dunklee of Milford.
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Milford
Weiis
N. H
Weirs
Pendleton Beach
A. M. Pendleton
Unitarian Church
Misses Peabody
Edward Walbot
Edward Hines
Ernest and
Arthur Hatch
Bert Amsden
Herbert Needham
Boston
Pine Island
Dunklee
Eagle Island
Eccased
George Dunklee
Laborer's Uncle Dies in England Leaves Fortune
Bangor July 28 A young man named George Harrington, working as a laborer at Bar Harbor, received a letter from England announcing the death of an uncle who bequeaths him more than one hundred thousand dollars. He has returned home to enjoy his good luck.
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England
Bangor
George Harrington
Bar Harbor
Harrington
Champion Berry Pickers in Leominster The Ashburn duo aim to beat last summer's 40 bushel total
In Leominster on July 30, a mother and daughter from Ashburn ham aim to surpass last summer's berry haul of over forty bushels. Worcester county's champion picker resides in Leominster, having bought 1000 bushels of the berries, yet shows little interest in the yield as the two pickers persist in their efforts.
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Leominster
Ashburnham
Worcester County
Potato Bugs Crossing the Big Bridge
New York reports potato bugs appearing in Brooklyn after a reporter crossed the bridge yesterday and observed a large number. The sighting signals an unusual influx of pests on the city’s outskirts and prompts local curiosity about their source and potential impact.
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New York
Brooklyn
Tragedy on Brooklyn Bridge Scene Crushed Pedestrians
Scattered along the Brooklyn approach and footpath, several bystanders watched as four who tried to cross the bridge were crushed under foot passengers. One man reached the New York tower while another was seen entering the depot on the New York side.
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Brooklyn
Brooklyn Tower
New York
Tivoli Wharf Disaster Drowns Dozens at Maryland Resort
A crowded Tivoli wharf near Baltimore collapsed during an excursion causing many drownings. Thirty-three bodies arrived in Baltimore with many victims identified as women and children. Coroner’s jury finds deaths by drowning and fault of the resort operators. sixty-two corpses recovered and five missing.
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Baltimore
Tivoli
GLOBE
North Point
Holly Grove
Mount Royal
Rge
John McAnany
Crouch
Thomas McLaughlin
Keller
Rebecca Erman
Mary Burns
Kate Colbert
Laura Swearer
Maggie Thompson
Maggie Burns
Wilhelmina William
Agnes Fee
Largest Saw Mill on Penobscot Burned in Bangor Fire
Bangor Me July 27 fire destroyed the Veazie mills the largest on the Penobscot aside from one. Firemen and about four hundred men fought the blaze from 3 pm to 9 pm as three blocks burned. The old mills were valued at about 30000 with 120000 in earlier losses this season. About 300 workers lost employment. insurers included Jordan Lovett and Charles S Pearl with Ricker & Son also covered.
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Bangor
Penobscot
Samuel Veazie
Jordan & Lovett
Boston
Charles 8. Pearl
John 8. Ricker
Alarm over juniper worm threatens Maine timber lands
Bangor reports widespread juniper worm infestation across Piscataquis Penobscot and Aroostook counties where green inch long larvae strip juniper branches. Worms appear to have disappeared after weeks of damage and may have fled underground. Officials hope USDA forestry expert Franklin B. Hough and Boston University professor A. S. Packard Jr. will study the outbreak.
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Bangor
Piscataquis
Penobscot
Aroostook
Hough
Maine
Suspicious Death of Nine Year Old in Pittsfield Canal
Pittsfield July 30 reports Lewis Vincent, age nine, drowned while fishing in the canal near Onta lake. His body was recovered next morning. Suspicion of foul play surrounds the other boys who accompanied him and returned home claiming to have seen nothing. Upon discovery the boy’s hands were bound with a fish line.
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Pittsfield
Lewis Vincent
Atlet
Onta Lake
Bride of a Week Killed Near Latrobe
A newlywed woman named Steding from Pittsburg was struck and killed by the second section of a fast train as she walked along the Latrobe railroad line toward the Monastery coke works. She had wed less than a week ago and was en route to visit her mother. her husband arrived this morning and the interment is set for tomorrow in the Catholic cemetery.
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Greensburg
Steding
Pittsburg
Latrobe
Monastery Coke Works
Duel with pitchforks ends in deaths in Kentucky field
In Nelson county at High Grove two farm laborers, Daniel Wilkes, a Black man, and John McDougal, a White man, quarreled and chose to fight with improvised pitchforks. The duel ended with both men dying, their bodies found after the clash with no witnesses to describe the bout.
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Pichforks
Louisville
Piteworks
High Grove
Nelson County
Daniel Wilkes
John McDougal
Wilkes
McDougal
Dashing into eternity at Thousand Islands wreck
A Niagara Falls bound express train struck a box car on the main track near Carylon New York causing a wreck that killed the engineer and fireman and left fourteen dead and twenty six injured. Wreckage and weather aided rescue efforts as doctors and wrecking crews arrived from Rochester and Oswego.
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Syracuse
Niagara Falls
Lake Shore
Rome, Watertown
Carylon
Elisha Garrison
Rochester
Oswego
James McCarthy
Louis Franco
Ireman
Archie Tyler
Watertown
Thomas Stilles
Henry Cormack
Benton
Mich
Brook
Philadelphia
Hall
Jennison
Wiliam Rockfellow
Lee
Chauncey
Atwood
Canton
N. Y
Madame Josephine Lefevre
Bay City
Rt. V. Manda
Madame Lefevre
Schoharie Court House
Alexander Tower
Meriden
Anna McMaster
Ireland
Dudley Salisbury
Battle Creek
Gould
Carthage
Petorany
Sury
Richmond Fisk
Thousand Islands
Daring Highway Robbery Attempt Near Rockport
Gloucester July 30. Mr. Join Morgan and family were halted by a masked gunman who fired, wounding Morgan slightly in the coat. The suspect, Charlie W. Torrey, was arrested after fleeing on the Rockport road. He denied the revolver. his wife said it accompanied him from home. Torrey held in $5000. case continued to Wednesday.
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Gloucester
Morgan
Mr. Morgan
Rockport
Charlie W. Torrey
Torrey
Terrible Tornado Strikes Onondaga Area In Ingham County
Reports from July 30 describe a devastating tornado near Onondaga and near Eaton Rapids, with Hartley and Elizabeth Barlow killed. John Rush’s farm west of Leslie demolished. vast timber blown down. Eugene Henry house destroyed, wife and seven children inside, two children dead, others injured. Rue Perrin’s home wrecked, wife hurt. Fences, orchards, forests wiped out. Baby unharmed in crib unlocated.
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Dero
Onondaga
Ingham
Hartley
John Rush
Leslie
Elizabeth Barlow
Strange Night in White Mountains Hotel Hallway
A traveller recalls a comic misadventure in the White Mountains. In the dark, he meets a stranger only to realize the other person is the nurse visiting a sick child in the adjacent room. A mix up leads to a startling but humorous close encounter of mistaken identity.
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White Mountains
I Tried a Late Night Visit and a Shocking Mistake
The speaker recounts sneaking back to his room after a long wait, finally succeeding in a fragile trip. He describes an awkward incident when he nearly confronted a neighbor, realizing too late that the person he mistook for someone else was actually his own friend in disguise. The scene ends with playful insult exchanged between friends.
Fate of James Carey Revealed in Parliament Announcement
It was announced in Parliament that James Carey the Phoenix Park Informer was shot dead by an avenger of the Irish Invincibles aboard a steamship bound for America. Another report says he was killed yesterday on the steamship Melrose between Cape Town and Port Elizabeth. The killer was a fellow passenger named O'Donnell.
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London
James Carey
Phoenix Park
America
Melrose
Cape Town
Part Elizabeth
O'Donnell
Millionaire donor timetables settlement in Stickney tragedy
Denver July 28 A new phase in the Stickney Campau tragedy shows Charles Stickney voluntarily paying about 810000 to O H Devereaux the husband of Mia Devereaux the accident victim The court decision made Stickney transfer the funds to Devereaux for the benefit of his wife and parents revealing efforts to atone for the fatal shooting in a case spanning two years The transfer followed Campau notes and subsequent civil suits now resolved in Stickney s favor with the property awarded to Devereaux The donor was in Idaho Territory when notified of the ruling
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Denver
Stickney
Campau
Charles Stickney
Killen
O. H. Devereaux
Devereaux
United States
H. ©. Devereaux
Idaho Territory
H. C. Devereaux
Panic at Norfolk Circus Tent Fire After Wind Storm
At Portsmouth, Virginia, a circus tent windstorm sparked panic with five thousand spectators. The canvas ripped from the pole, flames began from oil lamps, and rain quenched the blaze. Escapes failed as people fell into a ditch, injuring many. no deaths reported.
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Norfolk
Portsmouth
Death of General Ord Fanned Royal Ancestry Myths
Washington July 29 The death of General Ek Ord revived tales that he was a grandson of George the Fourth and Mrs Fitzherbert. The narrative traces Ord’s line to an English officer father named Ord, a royal son born abroad, and his later life in America with five sons educated under British support. The tale notes a New Orleans death and ceremonial proof by the English consul to establish the king’s son’s identity.
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Washington
Ek. O. Ord
George the Fourth
Fitzherbert
Prince of Wales
Ord
Two Newark Men Die at a Father's Side in Cesspool Tragedy
At 7 o'clock in Newark, Patrick Thompson descended a narrow cesspool ladder to clean it when he fell. His daughter cried out, Jerry Cronin attempted a rescue and perished, followed by Thomas Harrnet. The gas from the cesspool killed all three men. Thompson leaves three daughters. Cronin left a wife and four children. Harriet was young and unmarried.
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Newark
Patrick Thompson
Monroe Street
Jerry Cronin
Miss Thompson
Thomas Harrnet
Cronin
Cesspool
Thompson
Harriet
Indiana Man Walks 150 Miles in Quest for Family and Loot
John Yates, middle aged and worn, arrived in Springfield from Indianapolis on foot after walking thirty to forty miles daily. He pursues his wife, three children, and his mother-in-law who reportedly took his teams and wagons with another man. He learned they went toward Columbus and planned to reach the capital via the National Road, hoping to overtake them.
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Springfield
Globe
John Yates
Indianapolis
Columbus
Capital City
Ward Iron Company assigns. mill failures hit Niles area
PiIrTsBuRG July 26 report says Ward Iron Company of Niles and a new New Philadelphia mill assigned. Total liabilities likely around 160000. A banking house, A G Bentley, sustained a run and closed after paying 17000. Church McFarland suspended. Local business men crippled. none of the iron firms or bankers in the city are involved.
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Piirtsburg
Ward Iron Company
Niles
Ohio
New Philadeldelphia
Dulress
A. G. Bentley
Church & McFarland
Polk Embezzlement Conviction Seeks Twenty Year Sentence
The Nashville jury found Polk guilty of embezzlement and sentenced him to twenty years in the penitentiary with a large fine of 306540. The July 26 verdict sets a heavy penalty, reflecting a major case in Tennessee.
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Nashville
Tenn
Polk
Longfellow Estate Appraised At 356 Thousand In Probate
The estate of the late Henry W. Longfellow has been appraised by Middlesex County Probate Court appointees Israel M. Belmaan John Bartlett and Edward W Hooper. The report shows a total value of 35632080 with personal property 20942080 copyrights 4000000 furniture and household items 6000 and library 8000.
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Longfellow
Henry W. Longfellow
Israel M. Belmaan
John Bartlett
Edward W. Hooper
Middlesex County
Mine Disaster in Sicily Claims Over Fifty Lives
Rome reports a terrible explosion in a Sicilian mine today causing over fifty deaths and many injuries among miners. The event comes amid a broader cholera outbreak, with Oaxaca, Mexico also reporting cases and extensive fatalities.
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Rome
Sicily
Cholera Deaths Surpass Eight Hundred in One Day
Reports from 36 towns show cholera deaths today exceeding 800 and possibly 1000. Officials note unaccounted deaths in many villages and mention varying accuracy in district tallies under Turkish authorities. Affected areas include Alexandria and other European and Ottoman regions with rising mortality among English troops in Egypt. In Oaxaca Mexico authorities investigate whether the cases are Asiatic cholera or a local type.
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Alexandria
Washington
Oaxaca
Mexico
An Historic Chronicle of Cholera’s Harsh Toll Across Ages
The excerpt surveys ancient and medieval cholera and plagues with grim death tolls. It cites Exodus era Egypt, Carthage, Rome, Constantinople, London, Oxford, Limerick, and numerous European cities. It notes Asiatic cholera’s first appearance in Sunderland in 1831 and its spread to Quebec New York and beyond, with recurrent outbreaks through the 19th century.
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Egypt
Carthage
Syria
Rome
A. D
Britain
Constantinople
Chichester
Ieland
Scotland
Ireland
London
Oxford
Teck
Limerick
England
Lyons
Naples
Marseilles
Hossara
Persia
Barbary
Fez
Sunderland
North America
Quebec
New York
United States
Joe
Russia
Germany
Wales
Flood Devastates Allegheny Lumber Raft Fleet and Barges
A Saturday flood on the Allegheny River caused a massive breakup of lumber rafts and coal barges. Herrs island formed a five acre bar disrupting shelter for raftsmen, with about eighteen acres of rafts drifting and wrecked. Losses edge one million dollars.
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Allegheny
Herrs Island
Durin
James Ormslear
Ohio
Park House
Pittsburg
Sixteenth-street
Railroad Bridge
Allegheny Water Works
Lynn & Sneather
Muggiove
Co Nog Co
Eden Peer Lines
Brunat
Californias Arrives Quarantined At Baltimore Wharf
The steamship California arrived at quarantine in Baltimore on July 28 bound for the West Indies. She entered the harbor at night and passed the Chesapeake Bay without prior notice to health authorities and is now under strict quarantine.
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Baltimore
California
West Indies
Chesape Bay
Pierced by a Red-Hot Rail Fatal Steel Mill Accident
Harrisburg July 30. H W Meuick 15 years old worker at the steel works was accidentally struck by a red hot rail while attempting to clear the saw and belt in the rail mill. He died ten hours later.
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Harrisburg
H. W. Meuick
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