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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1903
Page
1
A disastrous railroad collision in Pennsylvania leaves seven people dead and several injured. Investigators probe the crash site for causes as emergency crews work through the wreckage and secure the area near the collision point.
A runaway freight rear car collision with a passenger train at Cochrane station on the Monongahela division leaves seven dead, one dying, and five injured. Victims include C. C. Stroud and C. M. Boohnes, with four unidentified men. Fire traps passengers as the coach crowds into wreckage. negligence blamed on rear brakeman Patrick Quinag who vanished.
Minnie Cox resigning as Indianola postmaster traveled with her husband and a black assistant she asserts that prominent residents still endorse her. They plan to reopen the post office with a different assistant approved by the community.
Indianola Mississippi reports mail flowing to residents as independent carriers resume regular service and daily life returns to its usual quiet state after the local disruption.
Washingtons new public library on Mount Vernon Square was dedicated with President Roosevelt and cabinet members in attendance. Andrew Carnegie, principal speaker, noted his $350000 donation and his ongoing pledge resulting in hundreds of library applications worldwide.
A brisk gale drove several vessels from their moorings at the harbor forcing them to set sail for open sea. Harbor master cautioned crews to secure gear and monitor weather updates as waves rose along the quay.
A fierce gale battered New York City, flooding waterfront streets and scattering ships from their berths. Major steamers like the Christopher Colon fled to sea while sailing craft fought to reach the canal amid narrowly averted collisions and rising waters.
Washington floods report from Tacoma dated January 8 notes the Northern Pacific lines remain blocked. A large crew works with pile drivers on the main line between Palmer Junction and Lester while another gang rebuilds the Martin bridge. Trains run via Portland until the main line is cleared and only twelve passengers remain aboard stranded mountain trains, some women among those who emerged through alternate routes, staying comfortable.
William F. McCormick, a famed American horseman and trainer for Rancho Del Paso, Green B. Morris, Theodore Winters and others, is en route from Folsom prison to the state hospital for the insane at Napa after a ten year term for murder. He trained the veteran Rio Rey and other notable horses during Winters era.
In Barcelona on January 8 strikers demanding higher wages sparked violent clashes with police. Revolvers were fired, petroleum was poured on Northern railway premises with arson intent, and hidden bombs were found, prompting reinforced police and special orders for readiness.
The northern and western blizzard disrupted Memphis on Wednesday night with wind speeds rising from twenty five to forty miles an hour after dark. Telegraph and telephone lines were demoralized and Southwestern communications were uncertain amid a temperature drop. Rail traffic reported no serious delays.
The blizzard continues across Kentucky and Tennessee with general snow east of the Mississippi and freezing temperatures reaching into the southern cotton belt. Snow fell in west Tennessee and Western North Carolina Wednesday night causing train delays while south of Louisville trains ran on time and the local thermometer read twenty degrees above zero. Telegraph facilities show improvement.
Minnie Cox, former Negro postmaster of Indianola Mississippi, arrived in Birmingham. Her husband issued a guarded statement expressing hope for a settlement of the Indianola trouble and a desire to return to the town where they have many friends among colored and white residents.
A Paducah Kentucky dispatch reports the towboat Kenton left Wednesday night with a large coal fleet bound for Cuba. The vessel will haul coal down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers to New Orleans for reshipment to the Caribbean nation.
Paducah mines are planned to be replicated by additional sites on the same island, all aimed at the same objective.
Vienna reports a score of lives lost as floods follow ice breakup on the river. Rescue work continues as authorities assess the extent of damage and search for more victims.
A. C. Bales, a leading merchant in Danville Kentucky, committed suicide by cutting his throat with a razor on January 8.
The wind reached forty miles per hour at 10 am and stayed strong until 5 pm. By 7 pm speeds fell to 22 mph as the temperature dropped to 38 degrees. A west gale broke all records for this month in 22 years while the day remained clear and cold.
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