Supreme court illness postpones central pacific case
A lengthy Indiana Supreme Court assignment was postponed due to illnesses of Justices Bradley and Strong. Across the nation brief items note bets on ticket scalping penalties in New Jersey, school board salary debates in Boston, and a California Republican mass meeting stance on the president’s veto of an anti Chinese bill. News items report Ocean Grove Neptune election results favoring the Bradley Temperance movement, local officials elected, and financial shifts in treasury certs.
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Central Pacific Railroad
Bradley
Strong
Supreme Court of Indiana
New Jersey House of Representatives
Boston School Board
San Francisco
California
Ocean Grove
Asbury Park
Neptune
N.J
Dominion
Wheeler & Forbes
Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce
Flood Devastates Szegedin Area After Embankment Breach
A March 12 report from Szegedin describes a catastrophic flood after the railroad embankment gave way. The city submerged within hours, tens of thousands displaced, and extensive destruction including the loss of buildings, stock, and vital utilities. Deaths and widespread suffering are reported as the water level rises.
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Szegedin
Pesth
Five Miles an Hour to Midnight on a Rails Tale
A railroad tale set in the Panic era follows a Taunton engine and engineer Harry racing a seventy-five mile dash to C- by midnight. On the way, Aldrich’s embezzlement scheme and a perilous, high speed run test loyalty, nerve, and timing as the crew fights to save the line.
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Charter House
Media
Cheater Railroad
Lockhaven
Queen’s Run
Farrandsville
Erie
Delaware
Port Jervis
Narrowsburg
Carpenter’s Point
Redwood House
Fayette
Ind
Todianapolis
Dame Fortune
Taunton
Aldrich
President
Saschine
Roberts
Harry
Hany
Canada
Destruction in Szegedin and Pesth relief efforts
Telegram from Pesth reports widespread destruction in Szegedin with whole rows of houses down and an orphanage and synagogue ruined. Two relief trains departed for refugees, most residents flee to higher ground as Pesth provides barracks and public buildings for shelter. Four corpses recovered. dams opened to drain floodwaters with no reported excesses.
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Szegedin
Pesth
London
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