Baptism Party Plunges Into Newark Bay Disaster
In Bayonne New Jersey a crowd of about 300 Sunday worshippers fell from a collapsing pier into three feet of mud and water as Rev John T Thornton prepared to baptize. Forty injured most from panic though only four needed medical care with worst hurt including a Thele woman from Jersey City and George Hendrickson and his family.
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New York
Newark Bay
Bayonne
N. J
John T. Thornton
George Hendrickson
Bayone
Thele
Jersey City
Heart Sewed After Knife Wound in Chicago Fight
Matthews Plowman, stabbed in a Saturday fight with James Carmeet, underwent a remarkable mercy hospital operation. Doctors opened his chest, removed and sewed the heart, then administered continuous oxygen. The procedure offers a possible chance of recovery despite a deep left breast wound.
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Chicago
Matthews Plowman
James Carmeet
Mercy Hospital
Plowman
Monroe Judge Shot in Accident While Duck Hunting
Rochester report says Monroe County Judge Arthur E. Sutherland was accidentally shot on Stonylake Canada when a fellow hunter’s gun discharged. The wound in his forearm is serious and may require amputation.
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Rochester
N. Y
Arthur E. Sutherland
Monroe County
Stonylake
Canada
New Zealand Rhodes scholars interest praised by Dr Parkin
A Times dispatch from Wellington reports Premier Seddon convened an educational conference to meet Dr Parkin of the Cecil Rhodes educational fund. Parkin says interest in Rhodes scholarships in New Zealand is keener than in most places he has visited and the New Zealand selection arrangement is satisfactory.
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New York
Seddon
Parkin
Cecil Rhodes Educational Fund
Times
Wellington
New Zealand
Armed Lunatic Arrested at Government House
Melbourne reports a constable on duty at the government house arrested an armed lunatic who claimed to want to interview Lord Tennison governor general. The officer restrained the intruder and seized a loaded revolver.
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Melbourne
Government House
Lord Tennison
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