Eight Passengers Survive Met Train Crash On Bascule Bridge
A Metropolitan I train on the Jackknife bridge between Jackson Boulevard and Chadburn Street in Chicago plunged into a partial lift at 45 degrees. Eight passengers in the forward car escaped without injury as two cars jammed and slid back. The accident, blamed on a towerman’s action unlocking the bridge, briefly halted all traffic and tied up the system during theater closing time.
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Chicago
Metropolitan “I
Jacknife
Jackson Boulevard
Chadburn Street
M. G. Ferron
Panther
Riot in New Orleans ends after siege and arson
In downtown New Orleans a group of African Americans barricaded a house during services at Claiborne and Annete streets. Police and militia bombarded the structure, killing Patrolman Cambiens and wounding others while resisting a mob of over 1,000. After a one and a half hour siege, the house was burned out and six arrests were made, with one severely wounded and one mortally wounded among the attackers.
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New Orleans
Second German Presbyterian Church
Claiborne
Annete
Cambiens
Wheatley
Fanatical Blacks Trigger New Orleans Riot
In New Orleans on a Friday night a riot erupted after members of a sect calling themselves the Council of God attacked police and caused multiple injuries. A policeman died from razor wounds after trying to enter a barricaded meeting house where armed blacks fired on officers and citizens for hours.
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New Orleans
Council of God
Carbiens
German Presbyterian Church
Steamer Cherokee Seized Revolvers and Fine Refused
Dispatches from Puerto Plata report San Domingo authorities searched the American steamer Cherokee at Sanchez and San Domingo, seized revolvers aboard, fined the captain $2500, and the captain refused to pay. Clearance papers were refused and the ship sailed without them amid strict freight checks for firearms.
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New York
Puerto Plata
Sanchez
San Domingo
Forty Five More Named in Anthracite Trust Suit
In Philadelphia Oct 19 government filed amended bill in equity against the alleged anthracite coal trust naming forty five additional defendants. New defendants are tied to coal roads and mining firms by financial deals and coal contracts. Subpoenas will summon the last defendants for non oath examinations on matters in the injunction petition.
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Syndea
Philadelphia
Green Wins Damages in Onion Crop Case
Judge Moore awards William Green $13,700 against Katy railroad for flood damage to his onion crop in San Marcos Texas. The suit sought $30,000 over water overflow from the Katy cut off between the International and Great Northern lines. Fifteen acres submerged in the spring incident. The trial was before Judge Moore without a jury.
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San Marcos
Tex
Moore
Katy Railread
William Green
Katy
International
Great Northern
Twenty Seven Killed or Wounded in Orio Railroad Crash
A railroad wreck near Orio, six miles from San Sebastian, Spain, on October 19 left twenty seven people dead or injured. Rescue and relief work began as authorities investigated the cause and assessed damage to trains and tracks.
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San Sebastian
Spain
Orio
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