Explosion at Mollsdorf Ammunition Plant Kills Dozens
An explosion at an ammunition factory near Mollsdorf today blasted away the plant and killed thirty men, with fragments spread across the countryside. The blast, causing the earth to shake, reached Vienna and alarmed Emperor Franz Joseph at Schonburne Castle. Debris indicated many more fatalities, though exact numbers could not yet be determined.
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Kitty Melrose Submits to Suicide After Breakup
June 7 report states Kitty Melrose, actress with The Quak company, killed herself by inhaling fumes after Edward Lawson Johnston ended their engagement. The note pleads forgiveness and claims love was one sided as Johnston’s family objected to the match. Melrose had previously shown nervous strain but seemed to recover.
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Sixty Titanic Kitchen Hands Drowned in Trapping Chaos
London reports reveal 60 cooks aboard the Titanic perished as stewards blocked exits to the boat deck after the collision. Meuse, secretary to the chef, testified in the Titanic inquiry that workers were confined on the third class deck and could have escaped to upper decks. Builder Wilding asserted the ship would not have sunk if it had struck the iceberg head on at full speed.
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Call to arms issued by Gomez in Havana unrest
President Gomez issued a manifesto calling every man to arms to protect property and prevent outrages amid fighting between negroes and white residents near Havana. Reports say rebels operate in multiple Havana province areas and threaten Toledo Sugar mill property as U.S. intervention looms. Personal mention notes George T. McCarthy Jr of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy.
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