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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1899
Page
1
Locals report visitors from Waxahachie Galveston Denton Grimes and Franklin towns. Delighted by Bates Edinburg restaurant staying open 24 hours. Private school reopens inviting pupils. Missing gold framed spectacles branded L. Niveth Sulphur Springs sought by finder.
A Knoxville area wreck on the Knoxville and Ohio branch of the Southern railway left four dead and several injured. Freight engineer Maxey disobeyed orders, sending two trains into a head on collision at high speed near Kik Valley. Fire, wreckage, and the loss of three engines followed as rescuers could not reach all remains. Other late word reports separate incidents in Alabama and Ohio, including a lynching and a fatal shooting, with Austin legislature preparations under way.
A Friday storm in Scott county Arkansas destroyed a Boles school building killing four pupils and injuring about a dozen others Mabrys Funeral. The report notes four deaths and multiple injuries from the collapse and ensuing chaos at the school.
A fatal wreck occurred near Sunol, 14 miles west of Sidney, when Train No 3 struck No 2 at 4 45 this morning. Engineer Bonner broken ribs Fireman Coleman killed and several passengers badly hurt. Main track collision destroyed No 3 and burned No 2.
John Dreber chief foreman was crushed when a roof section fell at Sloss Iron and Steel in Birmingham Alabama as molten metal flowed from the stove. A bar of iron struck him knocking him into the molten stream. he perished in minutes. Two coworkers Jesse Payton and Sam King were injured but rescued.
Il y seven in number toured the United States giving performances on bell ringing a form of entertainment popular at that time Mr Peak directed the tours and was always at the center of the group The others were arranged on each side according to height Two cases of smallpox appeared in Colorado City with quarantine and schools closed in Creede Pueblo Fowler Monte Vista and Del Norte Ex congressman Thomas R Stocksaai former judge of Mississippi supreme court and Confederate officer died in Summit Mississippi at age 71
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