Tragic Lehigh Valley Wreck in New Jersey
A head on collision on the Lehigh Valley line near West Dunellen New Jersey killed 18 and injured many as two passenger trains met on a curve. Officials blame faulty orders and one train proceeding on an occupied track. Victims include several Mount Carmel Shamokin Pottsville residents and a 12 year old boy. The disaster disrupted service between Bound Brook and New York with 400 passengers involved.
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New York
Lehigh Valley Railway
West Dunellen
N. J
Bound Brook
New York City
Bound Brook Earier
Lehigh Valley
Newmarket
South Plainfield
Mount Carmel
Shamokin
Mahanoy City
Hazelton
Ashland
Pottsville
Rick
Martin Brenham
James Predegast
George Cheshire
Bandits Rob Nine Men In Fort Scott Hotels
Three masked men abducted a policeman then robbed nine men in the Cottagehouse and Sayre’s House hotels in Fort Scott Kansas on January 10. Alfred Meade was wounded. G H Young was mistaken for a robber. Police later pursued the bandits onto a passenger train amid a gun battle. the trio escaped.
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Fort Scott
Kas
Sayre
Alfred Meade
Kansas City
Memphis
G. H. Young
Kansas and Texas
Foreclosure Suit B and O Southwestern Railway Case
Cincinnati January 10 Farmer's Loan and Trust company of New York files another foreclosure suit in U S court seeking 46 441 000 on mortgages on the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern railway.
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Cincinnati
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railway
United States
Farmer’s Loan and Trust Company of
New York
Fatal fall from bridge in Tyler Texas
Tyler Texas January 10 3rd Hostrowser a boilermaker for the Cotton Belt on the International and Great Northern died after a fall from a trestle while returning home. He sustained injuries from which he died at the scene or en route to medical care.
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Tyler
Tex
International
Great Northern
Induction of A G elect Smith and staff in Austin
Austin reports the induction of Attorney General elect Thomas S. Smith and his office staff and two stenographers into office. Topeka notes Governor Stanley's oath on Monday as the state administration shifts from Populist to Republican.
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Austin
Thomas S. Smith
Topeka
Stanley
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Jured
Harry Rutland
Rutland
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