Sailors Lose Lives in Sudden Fire on Vessel
A sudden explosion aboard the Naptha fueled boat caused a rapid fire and loss of several sailors. Rescue efforts are underway as investigators assess the cause and scope of the tragedy.
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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1898
Page
1
France Puts Armored Cruisers on War Footing
Paris reports confirm Admiral Fournier returns to Toulon with orders to ready armored cruisers including the Jemmepes and Valmy for active service. Gunners are being sent to Brest to man forts as Brest ships prepare, amid Fashoda tensions and British fleet movements in the Mediterranean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
The
Soleil
Brest
Mediterranean
Berta
Afri- Cad
Remanded in London murder case delays extradition papers
At Bow Street the court remanded Dr. Nancy Guilford of Bridgeport Connecticut for another week pending arrival of extradition papers. In Chicago the University confers LL D on President McKinley.
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London
Bow Street
Nancy Guilford
Bridgeport
Chicago
McKinley
University of Chicago
Spanish Warships Now In Our Navy Strengthen Fleet
Washington October 17 The United States Navy gains eight former Spanish vessels now in Dewey's squadron and Atlantic stations. Manila cruiser and Leyte Mindanao launches join the force while Infanta Maria Teresa sails for Norfolk for active service readiness.
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Washington
United States Navy
Admiral Dewey
North Atlantic
Infanta Maria Teresa
Norfolk
Navy Department
Congress
Dewey
Department
Manila
Fredericks
Callao
Benjamin Tappan
Gunboa
Leyte
Mindanao
Barcelonia
W. R. Hite
Atlantic
Alvarado
Victor Blue
Sandoval
E. A. Anderson
Cuban
Caimanera
Maria Teresa
Teresa
Colon
Christmas Gifts for Troops at Manila
The army quartermaster plans a steamship from San Francisco in early November to deliver Christmas goods to American soldiers in Manila. Friends of service members abroad are already writing to Quartermaster General Ludington about sending gifts.
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Washington
Quartermaster’s Department of the Army
Manila
San Francisco
Philippines
Pacific
Ludington
Christmas boxes for Manila troops limited by digestion risks
Officials order small parcels of mincemeat fruit cake and candy for Manila soldiers limited in weight as the government cannot bear transport costs. Deliveries must go to San Francisco at no government expense and require prior permission from the quartermaster general for each package to be loaded on a government transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Tropics
San Francisco
Quartermaster General
Switchman fatally crushed in Cotton Belt yards accident
William Van Buren, a Cotton Belt switchman in Tyler Texas, was crushed between two drawheads while attempting a coupling and died from his injuries.
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Tyler
Tex
William van Buren
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