Captain McVey's lifeboat first to leave sinking Larchmont
Survivors report Captain McVey deserted the Larchmont early as the ship went down after colliding with the Harry Knowles ton. He says his crew stayed to tow boats while he ordered passengers to jump as the vessel sank in darkness and gale. By 6 AM Thursday the loss toll rose with 138 known dead and up to 200 feared, 71 bodies recovered and awaiting identification.
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Larchmont
Providence
Block Island
Harry Knowleton
McVey
Fred Hiergsell
Brooklyn
Young Hjergsell
Whitas
Andrew Tobeson
Charg
Hartford Missing Treasurer Seen Selling Bonds in Town
William F. Walker, the missing treasurer of the Savings Bank of New Britain, was reported in Hartford trying to dispose of securities including bonds, with an offer of 420000 dollars in bonds. Police planned to arrest him on a shortage totaling 565000 dollars in the bank's securities.
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Hartford
William F. Walker
Savings Bank of New Britain
New Britain, Conn
Rawlings
New York
William S. Walker
Savings Bank of
New Britain
Oil Tank Explosion at Standard Oil Bayonne Factory
Fire at the Standard Oil plant in Bayonne New Jersey started soon after 9 pm on Thursday and spread to a large oil tank containing thousands of gallons. The blaze was tackled by company men without local fire department help. The explosion was heard five miles away in downtown New York and caused fear of further blasts nearby.
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New York
Standard Oil Company
Bayonne
N. J
Desire No Change Citizens of Columbia Miss Oppose PO Name
A Columbia Mississippi post office name change order sparks indignation meetings as residents protest confusion with Columbus Mississippi. Citizens declined the offered new name, urging the name remain Columbia.
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Citizens of
Columbia
Miss
Wis
New Orleans
Specia
Post Office Department
Columbus
Mississippi
Bar From State Proposal Aimed at Insurance Firms
Guthrie February 14 a constitutional convention proposal to bar state entry of insurance companies that did not pay Frisco losses in full. Sixty firms named. A section adopts national banking law penalties for usurious interest with 6 percent as the low rate and 32 percent as the maximum contract rate.
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Guthrie
Mother of Senator M. Alexander Dies in Vernon
Vernon Texas February 14 The mother of State Senator Dr. M. Alexander of Weatherford died here of heart failure.
Every Point Watched. Feb 14 Crevasses Test Louisiana
All New Orleans area residents are being tested for fear of rising crevasse levels as officials monitor flood risks. The briefing notes emphasize vigilance and prepared defenses for potential water breaches across Louisiana.
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Louisiana
New Orleans
More Bodies Found after Larchmont Watch Hill Collision
Fifty bodies were placed aboard the steamer Kentucky and rushed to Providence for medical treatment. Fishermen returned to shore with waves of distress signals, bringing in twenty-two bodies two of them women. Life preservers were found on most recovered victims, suggesting they stayed aboard the doomed steamer long enough to secure belts.
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Block Island
R. I
Biden
Island
Watch Hill
Toy Line
Larchmont
Harry Knowlton
Kentucky
Providence
One Hundred Thirty-Eight Lost In Larchmont Collision
Providence February 14 reports a careful tally shows 138 dead from the collision Monday night between the steamer Larchmont and the schooner Harry Knowlton. At least 157 were aboard the steamer, with only seventeen survivors. Seventy-one bodies recovered and about 100 passengers remain missing or unidentified.
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Providence
Larchmont
Harry Knowlton
Tragic Affair In Louisiana Saloon Shooting
Louis Hoppe and his brother William Hoppe were shot inside the Hoppe saloon near Deputy Sheriff fally wounded. Carbon, a railroad section hand, is charged with the shooting after a liquor fueled quarrel. Henry Muller and a Negro boy were wounded, while the deputy and the slayer exchanged fire at Kenner, Louisiana.
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Louis Hoppe
Fally
Joe New Orleans
Henry Muller
Kenner
Hoppe
Carbon
William Hoppe
Negry
Persevering Women Riots Restrain Commons Access
London reports suffragists raided the House of Commons with police guarding every entrance from Wednesday afternoon to Thursday morning. Officers cleared adjacent streets while over sixty demonstrators were arrested and held on bond in the emergency operation.
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London
House of Commons
Fatal Gas Explosion In Downtown Restaurant Kills Three
An explosion of leaking gas in a downtown Los Angeles restaurant near Second and Main killed three people and injured several others. The blast wrecked a two story building housing four businesses, with Miss May Anderson badly hurt requiring amputation of both legs.
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Los Angeles
Second
Main Streets
May Anderson
Congress Sends Revenue Cutter Bill To Conference
The house sent the revenue cutter bill to conference after the senate added a boat cost of 60 000 intended as a boarding boat for treasury officials at Galveston. the measure failed to ban the title. In Mississippi the Isle of Davis Island near Vicksburg is flooded with homes on five plantations having false floors due to rising water. about thirty head of stock were killed on one farm, while two hundred head were moved to Natchez for protection.
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Washington
House
Senate
Treasury
Galveston
Vicksburg
Miss
Davi Island
Bern
Austin Smith
Natchez
Convention Sets August 6 Election Date to Adopt Constitution
Guthrie notes the committee on elections has fixed August 6 as the date for the vote to decide whether the constitution under construction will be adopted by the convention. The notice records the committee's action in advance of the convention's final decision.
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Bryan Steam Laundry
Ing Department
Guthrie
Committee On Elections
Constitutional Convention
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Wilson
MO. A. Mioore
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HEARN
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L. Rizzotto
James Q Nunn
Tressurer
Warrant
Alwa
Haswell’s Book Store
Southwestern Life Insurance Co
Dallas
Texas
Joe B, Reed
Joe B. Reeed
S. H. Franklin
Ww. C. Fountain
Crown and Bridge Work
Burt Norwood
Stor
Quick Am
Vionroe Edge
A. L. Mondrick, M. D
James’ Drug Store
Bryan
C. IL. Hilger
O Yffice
Brezos Valley
Taliaferro Building
Court House
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Allen Academy
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W. H. Lawrence
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