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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1899
Page
1
London reports a devastating armored train explosion near Estcourt leading to about 90 British troops killed wounded or captured. Irish Fusiliers tally 50 and Durban Infantry 40 with some survivors clinging to the engine. Boers deny major generals dead as censorship tightens and Ladysmith fall rumors spread.
A cor respondent reports armored train courage during a Boer War action at Estcourt. Captain Wylie and Lieutenant Franklin praised for coolness while Sergeant Tod surrounds to shield him. Churchill aids by staying with the wounded. Hassel of the Dublin fusiliers inspires with steady fire support. Haldane shot and missing status noted. News notes railroad dispatch admiration and rumors of future disaster and missing volunteers. Reverend Jesse Moore found dead near Dexter, Missouri.
Chicago reports Cornelius Corcoran shot and killed three of his children and fatally wounded a fourth at his home. He later killed himself after administering laudanum to his five children days earlier, with the eldest aged 14. Corcoran’s motive remains undisclosed.
Reports from Manila and other cities detail heavy rains hindering troop movement as General MacArthur and General Lawton move supplies, with 2000 insurgents massing near Gerona and Mascardo’s 1000 men in the mountains west of Angeles. Other items note Democratic committee dates, a Texas minstrel troupe moved to Missouri, a murder verdict in Brookhaven, a Kansas City railway trestle collapse, Major Logan buried in Manila, and the transport ship Senator Mohr sailing for Manila with the Forty-fifth Infantry.
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