Death and ruin after Warren Street drugstore blast
A fire at a drug store at Warren and Greenwich streets caused multiple explosions and the collapse of a seven story building. Authorities report about 30 missing and 100 injured with property damage feared over 1.5 million. Fire Chief Croker warns the scene is chaotic as debris and collapsed structures block streets.
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Windsor Hotel
Croker
Tarrant & Co
Greenwich and
Warren Streets
Wreck Toll Put At Forty Missing In New York Blast
In New York on October 80 hundreds labored in the ruins of Tarrant & Co to find bodies but none were recovered. About 40 persons are missing. Dooner foresees more demolitions for safety, with 40 buildings damaged and a total loss estimated at 2 million dollars. Dr. Teeny suspects nitroglycerin caused the explosion.
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New York
Tarrant & Co
Dooner
Teeny
Health Department
Body of Sam Bell Jr found after Medina flood
The drowning victim Sam Bell Jr was located two miles below the Medina flood site by two Mexican children. He disappeared July 17 while watering horses during a camp with Fire Chief Will G. Tobin's family.
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San Antonio
Sam Bell, Jr
Medina
Young Bell
Will G. Tobin
Smallpox Quarantine Declared in Jack County
Jacksboro Texas October 30 There are two cases of smallpox in the eastern part of Jack county. Strict quarantine is established over the premises.
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Jacksboro
Tex
Jack County
Gates Sells Out Kansas City Southern in Big Syndicate
John W. Gates sold his controlling stake in Kansas City Southern to a syndicate of leading financiers and rail interests including James Stillman for Missouri Kansas and Texas, Cohn Loeb for Union Pacific, E H Harriman for Chicago and Alton, and George Gould for Missouri Pacific. The $10 million in bonds and stock transfer shifts KC Southern to a direct Chicago gulf route and links to Union Pacific for a Pacific connection, seen as a move toward centralized railroad control.
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New York
John W. Gates
Securities of
Kansas City Southern Railroad
Kan City, Pittsburg
Gulf
James Stillman
Rockefeller
Missouri, Kansas
Texas
Cohn, Loeb & Co
Union Pacific
E. H. Harriman
Chicago and Alton
George Gould
Pacific
Gates
Gunnery Improvement Pushes Navy Training Reform
Washington Oct 80 The navy department adopts extended gunnery courses for all squadrons with an inspector of target practice and a board of gunnery instructors to select crews for training The program advances from preliminary to sub calibration and final target practice to identify top gun crews for an advanced course Corsicana Texas W H Staley expands natural gas pipeline adding a third well near Eden's league and plans a city connection within 30 days to meet demand
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Washington
Navy Department
Crowninshield
Bureau of Navigation
Department
Navy
Corsicana
Tex
W. H. Staley
League
Court Denies Separate Receiver for Omaha and St. Louis Railway
In St Louis Judge Amos Thayer rejects Guaranty Trust and Julius Welsh request for a separate receiver. He says appointing one would disrupt the railway’s operations tied to Kansas City and Northern and to Omaha Kansas City and Eastern. Receiver James Hopkins to be dispensed with after November first. Waco widow of Senator Coke dies. estate valued at 250000.
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St. Louis
United States
Amos Thayer
Guaranty Trust Company of
New York
Julius Welsh
Omaha and
James Hopkins
Waco
Tex
Mary Evans Coke
Richard Coke
Coke
Georgia
Horne
Senator Coke
James E. Horne
Brazos Valley
Dallas Confederate veteran Richardson dies in Grand Saline
S Q Richardson long time Dallas resident and business man died Sunday night at Grand Saline where he had lived two years He built a fortune in Dallas property and Grand Saline salt works He served as a captain in the Confederate army and will be buried in Dallas
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Dallas
S. Q. Richardson
Grand Saline
Body found cut to pieces near Woodbine, Denton Texas
The unknown man was found mutilated near Woodbine by the Missouri Kansas and Texas passenger train No 19 crew. The head arm and legs were severed and no clue to his identity was available.
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Denton
Tex
Woodbine
Missouri, Kansas and Texas
Smallpox Case at North Texas Insane Asylum
A new smallpox patient has appeared at the North Texas Insane asylum in Terrell. The man, a recent Limestone county admission, was exposed prior to transfer, raising concerns about spread within the facility.
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Terrell, Tex
North Texas Insane Asylum
Limestone County
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Houston & Texas
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New Orleans
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Pullman
F. B. Morse
Houston, Texas
M. L. Robbins, G. PL
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A. G. Newsum, Div
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Dallas, Texas
Standard Patent Medicines
M.H. James
DR. Seymour
Seymour
Exchange Hotel
Oottoo Boehme’s
Texas Bakery and Boarding House
Otto
Bryan, Texas
New York City
Warren
Greenwich Streets
Fife
Franklin
L. P. Maynard
Palestine
Sid Griffin
Ballinger
Lewis Powers
Taylor, Tex
M. E. Overstreet
Kansas City
Richardson
Terrell Asylum
Tures
Willis & Coleman
Atco
Maryland College OF Pharmacy
Baltimore
Candy Kitchen
Lowney’s
Gunther’s
Mrs. Proctor’s
Pease
C. M. Proctor
Wilcox
Bryan Eagle
M. F. Heenan
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