Ryndam Collides Off Nantucket. Rescue Underway
Dutch liner Ryndam bound for Rotterdam with 77 passengers and a million-dollar cargo was badly damaged in a collision 17 miles southwest of Nantucket Shoals. Cuneo ferried passengers and crew. battleships including South Carolina and Texas stood by to convoy the stricken vessel toward New York. The Ryndam reported flooding in holds and engine-room strain as repairs and rescue progressed.
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Rotterdam
Cuneo
South Carolina
New York
Ryndam
Nantuelet Shoals
At & Gelock
Leap Trekler
Joseph J Gunso
Boston
Baracoa
Oy No
Quneo
Byndam
Satwe
United
Ieee
Colco Ae
Curteo
Hiyndam
Newport Navy Yard
Texas
Louisiana
Ambrose ‘Channel
Governor to nominate H W Curtis Denograt as Stratford judge
Governor Marcus H Holcomb plans to appoint Howard W Curtis a Democrat and Yale Law student as Stratford town court judge next week. The move likely includes Frank Blakeman as prosecutor nominee with Ivan Morehouse and Frederick Bevans filling other posts, amid factional strife in Fairfield county G O P.
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H.W. Curtis
Stratford
Howard W. Curtis
Howard J. Curtis
Superior Court
Marcus H. Holcomb
Holcomb
Frank le
Blakeman
Ivan Morehouse
Frederick G. Bevans
Morehouse
Curtis
Bevans
Who
Yale Law School
Edward Leeds
GO. P
C. H. Peck
Leeds
Mr. Curtis
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Weather forecast for Reeveesy with cooler north winds
A night forecast shows somewhat cooler conditions with northerly to northwesterly winds increasing to fresh speeds. Overnight temperatures fall modestly as the breeze settles, bringing a likely chill after sunset.
Sensational life story of a murder victim exposed
Investigations by state police and the coroner reveal the dark past of Grace Clifton a noted Albany NY figure linked to the red light district. Suspects include William F Fair and Jack Devereux held at the county jail as the coroner weighs the case.
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J. J. Phelan
Darien
Grace Clifton
Albany
William F. Fair
Jack
Devereux
Fair
Set Five
New York Town
Red Light District
William Herrick Griffith
Mary Eliza Wilson Dies at 66 in City Home
Lieut. Gov. Wilson's mother Mary Eliza Wilson died at her home on Poplar street after a two week illness. The widowed mother of Attorney James A. Wilson and mother of Mayor and Lt. Governor Clifford B. Wilson, she was born October 28 1848 in Bridgeport. She lived most of her life in the West End and married James A. Wilson on October 2 1872. He died in 1887 after a long legal career. she was a life member of the First Baptist Church.
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Wilson
Mary Eliza Wilson
James A. Wilson
Clifford B. Willson
Poplar Street
Bridgeport
Gilbert and
Emeline Jennings Wordin
West End
Fairfield County
Frst Baptist Church
Mra Wilson
Mrs. Wilson
Strikers Defy Union Orders At Stewart Construction Plant
Nearly 200 bricklayers gathered at Carpenters and Painters Hall on Broad Street and voted 134 to 17 not to follow union dictates. They accuse Stewart Construction of breaking an agreement on pay and claim long noon and night waits for checks. Union officials distance themselves, saying they do not sanction the action. Superintendent Griest notes 125 returned to work. about 30 did not, with plans to fill vacancies in a day or two. The group released a statement to the Farmer, noting 200 attendees and a continued dispute.
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Carpenters and Painters Hall
Broad Street
Stewart Construction Company
Stewart Company
Griest
Delia Arrested On Indictment Of U S Court
Joseph Delia a bicycle dealer of Pem broke street was arrested in Hartford on four counts of fraud and perjury in an indictment by the Federal Grand Jury. He had filed a bankruptcy petition a year ago which creditors alleged was fraudulent. he is held awaiting bail after arrest by Marshal Sidney E Hawley.
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United States
New York
Joseph Delia
Pembroke Street
Hartford
Federal Grand Jury
Delia
Marshall Sidney E. Hawley
Becker Goes to Chair in Week Starting July 12
Albany May 26 The court of appeals fixed the week beginning July 12 for the execution of former Police Lieutenant Charles Becker, condemned for the murder of Herman Rosenthal. The death warrant was signed by the court and sent to Warden Osborne at Sing Sing prison. Governor Whitman remained silent on the case.
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Albany
Court of Appeals
Charles Becker
Herman Rosenthal
Osborne
Sing [Sie
Whitman
Clues Sear Torso Mystery In City
Police pursue new leads in a torso found near City Ice and Coal yards as a Milford woman reports losing her handbag on a trolley. Investigators scan missing persons, charity records, and possible former neighbors for motives and alibis. Two music-covered wagons linked to Stratford Seaview streets are under watch after a September sighting.
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Seaview Avenue
City Ice & Coal. Company
John Weidenheimer
Milford
Charities Department
Stratford
Seaview Avenues
Lavin
Feeley
Stratford Avenues
Seaview
Derby
Jitney Bus Ditch Crash Sends Driver to Hospital
Jitney from New Haven to Bridgeport ends in a ditch after a sharp turn at Church and Chapel streets. Driver James W. Cottrell faces Milford jail for reckless driving and drunken operation. Passenger Harry Hazard, of 93 Olive Street in New Haven, suffers severe contusions. Hazard employed by T. J. Pardy Construction Co. to California street job. Cottrell’s Ford sustains major damage. Dr J W Ives’ improvised ambulance takes Hazard home. Sheriff J W Maher arrests Cottrell and authorizes Hazard’s statement.
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New Haven
Bridgeport
Harry Hazard
Olive Street
Elm City
Woodmont
J. W. Ives
James W. Cottrell
Dixwell Avenue
Milford Town
Hazard
T. J. Pardy Construction Co
California
Cottrell
Church
Chapel Streets
Cottell
Ives
J. W. Maher
Maher
Private Alarm Installed At Lake Torpedo Plant
A private fire alarm box has been installed at the Lake Torpedo Boat company plant on Seaview Avenue. The unit number is 522.
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Lake Torpedo Boat Company
Seaview Avenue
Nebraskan Torpedoed West of Ireland On Way to Delaware Breakwater
The American steamer Nebraskan bound from Liverpool for Delaware Breakwater was torpedoed forty miles southwest of Fastnet. The crew abandoned ship briefly, then returned and proceeded to Liverpool under convoy. No passengers were aboard, eight knots underway. The state department awaited fuller details as Secretary Bryan remained silent.
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Liverpool
State Department
Bryan
London
Green
Delaware
Fastnet
Ireland
Crookhaven
Lloyds
Kinsale
Queenstown
Washington
Skimner
Admiralty
West Fastnet
United States
Nebraskan torpedoed near Liverpool amid war risks
London reports say the Nebraskan was struck before 9 pm in twilight near the British Islands while en route from New York to Liverpool in ballast for orders. An armed trawler aided the Nebraskan as she awaited cargo, with implications of further voyages via the Panama Canal plan.
Nebraskan Chartered For Liverpool Cargo Run
Local White Star Line officials announced the Nebraskan was chartered from American Hawaiian Steamship Company for an eastward trip to Liverpool carrying foodstuffs and other cargo. The Nebraskan and sister ship Minnesotan had been under charter as U.S. army transports and fitted to carry horses from Galveston to Vera Cruz. The captain’s message from New York said the Nebraskan was struck by a mine or torpedo about 48 miles west of Liverpool and was returning with a convoy.
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Boston
White Star Line
American Hawaiian Steamship Company
Liverpool
United States Army
Galveston
Funston
Vera Cruz
Aeport
New York
American- Hawaiian Steamship Company
Nebraskan
Johns& Green
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Cuneo Meéet
Nantucket Island
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van der Heuval
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Yndam
Newa
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Stratford Socrats
Stratford Publicans
John T. King
Judiciary Committee
John T
O. K
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Mr. King
Biakeman
Aicha Judiciary Committee
House
Senate
Judiciary
Pairfield County
Ibany
Devereaux
Clifton
Pair
Connecticut
Oxridge Farm
Arms Co
Becker
Shelton
Pacific Coast
Panama Ca
Bremen
American Hawaiian Steamship Company of
Norway
Minerva
Iris
Cromar
North Hinder
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