Windsor hotel fire dies and missing in New York tragedy
March 19 report of the Windsor hotel blaze at Fifth Avenue and 47th Street resulting in sixteen dead and forty four missing. Rescue efforts, heroic firerescues, and financial losses near one million dollars accompany details of victims and ongoing debris removal.
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New York
Windsor Hotel
47Th Street
Fifth Avenue
Amelia Paddoce
Irvington
N. Y
46Th Street
46Th
47Th Streets
Helen Gould
Miss Gould
Frank
Warren Leland
Fanny
Flower
Warren G. Leland, Jr
Young Leland
A. A. Nimis
Henry Wichelmann
Tie
Mr. Nimis
John McGuire
Mary Clair
John Connolly
Flower Hospital
Mra Addie Gibson
Cincinnati
Murray Hill Hotel
Eleanor Louise Goodman
Samuel Goodman
Lellevue Hospital
Laselles Grandy
Elizabeth City
N.C
Maurice P. Henry
Roosevelt Hospital
Nancy Ann Kirk
Jamess. Kirk
Chicago
Bellevue Hospital
Burns
Helen Leland
Amelia Paddock
N.Y
Mary Sullivan
East 46Th Street
New Youk
Actor Joseph Haworth feared lost in Windsor hotel fire
Cleveland Ohio March 20 reports said Joseph Haworth the actor may have perished in the Windsor hotel fire. A letter to his sister said he planned to go to New York with Rev. F P Moore from Wakefield N Y. A telegram to Moore drew no reply and Haworth later appeared at the Hotel Lafayette in Philadelphia. A separate Alabama and Tennessee tornadoes damaged farms with no confirmed deaths and injured travelers sought physicians after train arrivals.
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Cleveland
Joseph Maworth
Windsor Hotel
J. E. O'Connor
Atlantic City
Button Street
Wakefield
N.Y
Miners in Seattle urge gov to ask for vessel to Copper River
Miners arriving from Copper River Alaska report Gov Brady is urged to request government aid to dispatch a vessel to Copper River to bring home stranded prospectors, 200 to 300 men lacking transport and many suffering from scurvy. Owensboro Ky Dr C P Lace accepts call to First Presbyterian church Anderson Ind.
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Seatttle
Wash
Copper River
Alaska
Brady
Owensworo
C. P Lace
First Presbyterian Church
Anderson, Ind
Rebels Reoccupy Taytay and Shells Hit Binangoman
Maxita March 18 Filipinos reconquer Taytay entrenching strong. Gunboat shells Binangoman destroying huts and driving insurgents away. Gen Lawton replaces Gen Anderson atop 1st division of the army corps. Anderson ordered home to command a military department. Washington regt captures 150 more prisoners near Taguig. Engineers span Pasig river for artillery trains. The 20th regiment returned from the front. Manila advices hint hostilities may end soon. War department ships out three light batteries and Hotchkiss guns with 72 horses to Otis for mountain operations.
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Washington Regiment
Taguig
Pasig
Manila
McKinley
War Department
Gen
Otis
Philippines
Island Floats Down Illinois River Crashing Boat
A floating island about one to two acres in size and up to five feet thick drifted down the Illinois river near Havana on March 18. It struck a cabin boat, smashed the keel, landed ashore, then hit a pier on the dragon bridge, shaking the structure and throwing horses. Authorities plan to dynamite the island to clear the channel.
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Havana
Ill
Illinois River
Peace treaty signed and US notified by French envoy
The queen regent signed the Spain United States peace treaty on Friday. M. Cambon the French ambassador officially notified Assistant Secretary Hills at the state department. Meade transport arrived Havana with 3 million dollars for Cuban troops, escorted by the Chicago.
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Mavrgim
Spain
United States
WasminatTos
M. Cambon
State Department
Hills
Havana
Meade
Berlin
Robert Porter
McKinley
Maximo Gomez
Chicago
Saturday Night Cyclone Devastates Alabama Family
Reports from Bigmivyeuam Alabama detail Saturday night cyclone near Edwardsville. The Coffe family perished in the storm with Lewis Coffe and eight relatives killed. Bessie Coffe critically injured and near death. Dozens more injured as the 12 mile path ripped through Cleburne county.
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Bigmivyeuam
Ala
Edwardsville
Lewis Coffo
Cleburne County
Coffo
Lila
James
Lula
Jacob
Dervee
Dollie
Grover
John
Haflin
Bessie Coffo
Mrs. Runnells
Micilin Stansell
J. H. Cason
Wm. Runnells
Wood Stansell
Andrew Steipan
Mary Steipan
Lizzie Runnells
Georgia Stansell
Gainesville
Stansell
Tosh Stansell
Coleman Stansell
Tron City
Lewis Coffe
Bessie Coffe
The Senatorial Deadlock in Utah Opens No Appointment
Governor Wells will not appoint a U S senator to replace Cannon at present. If a state like Utah fails to appoint, and the Senate acts favorably, he will appoint Cannon's successor. otherwise the next legislature will settle the matter.
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Wells
Senator Cannon
Salt Lake
Utah
United States
Cannon
Joint Assembly
United States Senate
Family perished in Edwardsville cyclone disaster
A cyclone swept Edwardsville Alabama Saturday killing W H Lewis and his eight children and wife. At dawn farmers recovered the bodies from the ruins. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon as the bodies were laid in pine coffins and transported by ten wagons to the local cemetery. The storm caused great damage despite its brief duration.
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Birnmincuam
Ala
W. H. Lewis
Edwardsville
Paris arrival aids Sherman recovery at Kineston
The American line steamer Paris arrived with American visitors in West Indian waters. John Sherman shows steady improvement but cannot be safely transferred to the Chicago. Reported storms across Arkansas Mississippi and Alabama kill 18 and injure 21 with extensive property loss. In Alabama two cyclones in Cleburne county claim seven lives and cause major damage.
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Kineston
Jamaica
American Line
Paris
Frederick Watkins
West Indian
John Sherman
United States
Chicago
Memphis
Tenn
Arkansas
Mississippi
Alabama
Birminauam
Ala
Cleburne County
Yale Paleontologist Prof Marsh Dies at 68
New Haven reports the death of Prof Othniel C. Marsh of Yale University a Saturday due to pneumonixia at age 68. He held the chair of paleontology and curated the university’s geological collection.
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Prof. Marsh
New Haven
Othniel C. Marsh
Yale University
Reorganized American Forces in the Philippines
Manila dispatch reports a major reorganization with two divisions of three brigades each under Generals Lawton and Otis, incorporating multiple state volunteers and regulars. A Negros constitution draft under Col. Smith places government in native hands with limited centralized powers while tribal troops convert to gendarmerie and armament shifts occur.
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Col. Smith
Negros
Manila
Lawton
Washington, North Dakota
California Volunteers
King
4Th Cavalry
14Th
Idaho Volunteers
Iowa
Overshine
Oregon
Wheaton
Dyer
Hawthorne
Negros Island
Senor Lacson
Juan Araneta
Boston
Zamboanga
Miller
Walter
Concord
Cowper
Owsing
Otis
Luzon
Aguinaldo
Tornadoes and fires strike towns across the south and Missy
March 20 reports from Selma, Sellers and Laverne note major damage as the First Methodist church spire fell in Selma and nearly all of Sellers was destroyed, with Iuka and Riverton Junction also affected. Separate obituaries report the Windsor hotel proprietor's family funeral and a student in Kentucky dying from meningitis.
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Montgomery
Ala
Selma
First Methodist
Sellers
Laverne
Iuka
Miss
Here
Hodge
John Hastings
Riverton Junction
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5Th Avenue
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Windsor
Philadelphia
Joseph Haworth
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Madison County
Tennessee
Taytay
Illinois
M. Jules Cambon
Atlanta, Ga
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railroad
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Amcisco
Orient
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Wasnitetox
Charies Wells
Monte Wat
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Rome
HR. Lewis
Sherman
Kingstor
McArthur
3D Artillery
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Montana
H. G. Otis
Colorado
Nebraska
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Iate
Minnesota
Wyoming
Utah Artillery
23D
Anderson
8Th Army
Loma Church
Pennsylvania
Thompson
McVay
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Santa Cruz
Mrs. Leland
Church of the Heavenly Rest
F. Parker Morgan
Thomas
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