Tragic Passengers Die As Train Dives Into Water At Atlantic City
A three coach West Jersey and Seashore electric train plunged from a drawbridge into the Thoroughfare at Atlantic City. Motorman Scott and Conductor Curtis perished. Brakeman Wood saved many by holding the rear door open for escaping passengers. By Monday morning forty four bodies were recovered with dozens more unaccounted for.
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Atlantic City
N. J
West Jersey and Seashore Railroad
Meadows
Camden
Scott
Curtis
Wood
Henry Re
Rescuer Roemer Aids Passengers In Sinking Car
Roemer freed himself and then aided others as a car sank. He swam to the side and kicked out glass to help several passengers escape. One man became trapped at a window and drowned before he could escape.
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Roemer
Terrific Gas Explosion Demolishes Five Blocks in Coffeyville
A blast of natural gas in Coffeyville Kansas on Sunday killed two people, left one missing, and injured four seriously with twenty more hurt. The explosion leveled five two story brick business blocks, and a fire started but was put out.
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Coffeyville
Kan
Solicitor Denies Separation Deed For Duke and Duchess
London October 29 Sir George Henry Lewis acting as solicitor for the Duke and Duchess of Marleborough says no separation deed has been signed and the children are with their father at Blenheim Castle rather than in the duchess custody.
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London
George Henry Lewis
Pulajanes Attack Boats on Surigao River
Five Pulajanes were killed and three scouts on boats carrying supplies were killed or wounded. The supplies were saved. In New Orleans Illinois soldiers who attended the dedication of the memorial at Vicksburg paraded as the first northern military unit to bear arms there since the Civil War.
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Bryan
Manila
Surigao
New Orleans
Vicksburg
Wreck toll climbs as survivor recalls family loss
Atlantic City reports a train wreck on the Thoroughfare area claiming at least 53 dead by Monday afternoon with 47 identified. A Philadelphia survivor mourns his wife and children at the morgue and notes his address as 2029 Green Street.
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Atlantic City
Philadelphia
Samuel McElroy
Green Street
McElroy
Burch
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