Terrible storm devastates Texas coast and Sabine Pass
Houston reports the Texas coast storm of Saturday night as the most disastrous in memory with widespread destruction inland for hundreds of miles. Sabine Pass is reported completely destroyed while Galveston remains isolated and trains cannot reach the city. Deaths, missing persons, and heavy property losses are recorded across multiple towns and facilities along the coast.
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Tex
Texas
Galveston
The
Houston Post
Galveston, Houston & Northern Railroad
Clear Creek
Edgewater
Bay
Columbia Top Road
Chenango Junction
Angleton
Columbia
Brazora
Velasco
Quintana
Brookshire
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Hempstead
Sabine Pass
Back Ridge
Atlanta
Constitution
Beaumont
Galveston Struck by Worst Hurricane, Death Toll Rising
Houston reports Galveston devastated by a hurricane with 4,000 houses destroyed and up to 3,000 lost or missing. Timmins describes the city submerged, 80 mph winds, water famine risks, and widespread wreckage across the island as other Gulf towns face downed wires and feared losses.
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Hoston
Tex
Galveston
James C. Timmins
Houston
National Compress Co
Morgan’s Point
Timmins
Mr. Timmins
Woman Drowned After Car Immersion Incident
Report states a woman’s head was under water after a car was moved, resulting in her drowning. The incident occurred amid efforts to remove the vehicle, with authorities investigating the sequence of events and circumstances leading to the drowning.
Telegraphic links to South Texas cut as hurricane bears down
Dallas reports telegraphic communication with South Texas cut off about 100 miles north of Houston. By Sunday afternoon reliable Galveston news was unavailable and rumors of disaster spread. Houston wire service failing since 1:30 Sunday morning. Storm center nears Northern Texas wrecking lines and causing fatalities. Smithville reports partial destruction and deaths as wrecking crews struggle amid the storm.
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Tex
South Texas
Houston
Galveston
Western Union
Texas
Smithville
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Ee Wag
Grave Galveston Situation Warns of Long News Silence
A conservative assessment reports Galveston extremely grave with no news for hours. Trains from Houston were 15 to 18 hours late. Reports from San Antonio mention disasters at Corpus Christi Rockport and other coast towns. Galveston grain elevators and large buildings said washed into the bay. Railroads south of Dallas halt ticket sales and freight. Sabine Pass and Port Arthur efforts failed.
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Memphis
Tenn
New Orleans
Gulf Coast
Texas
Galveston
Virginia Point
Port Lavaca
Rockport
Courtney
Houston
San Antonio
Corpus Christi
Smithville
Dallas
Sabine Pass
Port Arthur
Destructive hurricane leaves Houston area in ruins
A hurricane battered the Houston region with widespread destruction. Conductor Ferguson and A L Forbes reported homes, barns, crops and churches blown away from Angleton to Brookshire. Nine bodies found near Oyster Creek, eleven later at Alvin, with multiple fatalities in Angleton and Arcola as residents sought safety amid wreckage.
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Tex
Columbia Tap
Ferguson
A. L. Forbes
Oyster Creek
Angleton
Arcola
Wofford
Wefford
Brookshire
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Alvin
Disaster toll at Virginia Point reported by Houston
Relief train reached Virginia Point six miles from shore where debris and wreckage littered the area. Two hundred bodies were spotted from the train and a stranded steamer lies two miles inland. Survivors say Galveston was unseen and estimate fatalities near two thousand. The message, sent to Superintendent Felton in Dallas, originated from Western Union’s Mr Vaughan in Houston.
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Tex
Houston
Virginia Point
Galveston
Felton
Vaughan
Western Union of
Destructive Texas Tornado Roars Through Alvin and Region
Reports from the Santa Fe line describe a devastating tornado in Texas with Alvin nearly demolished and seven fatalities nearby. Hitchock Alta Loma and Pearl suffer severe to total ruin as L B Carlton notes no structure remains in Alvin. Meanwhile the Utstein reports a battled voyage near Porto Cortez with a crippled Jos Oteri Jr and a relief towboat. Gen John A McClernand shows slight improvement in Springfield after a period of illness.
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Alvin
Hitchcock
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L. B. Carlton
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Jos. Oteri, Jr
Southwest Pass
Chinese Affairs Show Prince Ching Returning to Peking
Washington reports state department says no new developments in the Chinese crisis. Japanese telegrams indicate Prince Ching returns to Peking to arrange affairs with foreigners and pursue peace negotiations. Telegraphed details note Japanese guards and quiet district, with mixed reports on Emperors and other officials.
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Tokio
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Yung Chau
Aunt Louisa Magruder Dies Recalling Stowe Novel Link
Indianapolis Sept. 10 Aunt Louisa Magruder a 62 year old colored woman died after a lingering illness. She once served the Noble family of Kentucky and later the Indiana governor Noah Noble. Harriet Beecher Stowe showed interest in her and her brother who helped inspire Uncle Tom's Cabin. Tom died years ago making Louisa the last survivor of the family.
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Ind
Louisa Magruder
Louisa
Thomas Noble
Kentucky
Indiana
Tom
Lawrenceburg
Noah Noble
Gov. Noble
Henry Ward Beecher
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Mob attacks Berne sidewalk over council order
In Decatur County Indiana on September 10 a mob tore up the sidewalk in front of Councilman Houck’s Berne home, moved it to the street and burned it. The act followed Berne’s recent ordinance requiring property owners to build stone sidewalks and Houck’s failure to comply.
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Decatur
Ind
Houck
Berne
Child Lena McKay Climbs Window and Survives Fall
In Indianapolis Lena McKay a 3 year old girl fell from a second story window while alone in her mother's home She escaped with no injuries The child had previously fallen from a doorstep breaking her arm three weeks earlier
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Indianapolis
Ind
Lena McKay
Strike Postponed and Possible Concessions In Miners' Stand
Fourteen thousand miners from Shamokin to Mit Carmel learn of a strike postponement ordered by UMWA secretary George Hartlein on President Mitchells request. Miners hope concessions will follow. if not, a strike may be ordered within days.
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Here
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Carmel
George Hartlein
United Mine Workers of America
Mitchell
Indianapolis
Harilein
Fire destroys Bedford Chicago branch and bakery stores
Early Sunday fire in Bedford Indiana destroyed the Chicago branch clothing store Stipps bakery and confectionery store and Walter's gallery was badly damaged. The blaze likely started from the bakery oven. Also announced were discontinued Indiana post offices: Condonville Laporte county Odell Tippecanoe county Olio Hamilton county.
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Hamilton County
Young Attorney's Deed in Indiana Shootings
Laurel Indiana report of Ander sonville where Orin E Walker a young attorney shot and fatally wounded Henry Cooksey a blacksmith in a dramatic early morning incident.
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Andersonville
Orin E. Walker
Henry Cooksey
Fatal Train Death Near Dale Ends Farmer Otto Bell
Otto Bell a Spencer county farmer was struck and killed by a train while sleeping on a railroad track near Dale Indiana on September 10.
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Evansville
Ind
Otto Bell
Spencer County
Dale
Freight Conductor Michael Combs Killed by Train
Michael Combs of New Albany Ind died after being struck by a train in Milltown while working as an Air Line freight conductor. Local authorities investigated the incident and reported the fatality on September 10.
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New Albany
Ind
Michael Combs
Air Line
Milltown
Damage from storm flood hits New Orleans region and farms
The storm's flood along the Mississippi from 40 miles below New Orleans to the gulf caused about 100000 dollars in damage to rice crops, truck farms, cattle, poultry and other property. The river rose six feet, flooding the countryside. a vessel named ALORTNES: Oteri. was towed for repairs.
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Mississippi River
Gulf
Alortnes
Oteri
Frivolous Fronts and Fatalities Across Nations in Flux
Scattered reports show leaders and clergy deaths, mutinies in Colombia with Turbaco seized and Cordoba delivering troops. Turkish envoy relative death in Fontainebleau. a Lacrosse policeman murder charge. New York boxing rivalries and denials over a staged fight.
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Til
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Colombia
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Excursion Steamer John Endicott Strikes Rock
The John Endicott of the Boston and Plymouth line struck a sunken rock near Minot's Light in Cohassett Mass. The hole forced the ship to shore off North Scituate where it foundered. All 600 aboard were saved by lifeboats and nearby vessels despite the vessel sinking.
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Minot
BULLER ADVANCES IN CAPE FRONT AS LYDENBURG FALLS
Sir Redvers Buller pushes forward crossing the Mauch Berg ten miles east of Lydenburg and engages Boer forces. Lydenburg’s occupation last Thursday marks a late war phase, while the Boers reportedly plan trekking into German territory. Lord Methuen advances on Lydenburg from Mafeking as Dutch Railway papers allegedly aid the Boers by converting workshops to arsenals and supplying horse shoes.
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Redvers Buller
Mauch Berg
Lydenburg
Lord Methuen
Lichtenburg
Mafeking
Pretoria
Netherlands Railway Co
Transvaal
Observator y chief unveils telescope photography device
G W Ritchie of the Chicago University observatory announces a device that lets ordinary visual telescopes be used for photographic purposes. The innovation promises a major advance in photographic astronomy.
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Chicago
G. W. Ritchie
Chicago University Observatory
Markets Report from Cincinnati and Chicago on Sept 8
Wheat prices ranged for No 2 red and No 3 to No 2 hard winter futures in Chicago while Cincinnati quoted flour markets including spring and winter grades with varying banded prices. Live stock bids featured hogs cattle sheep and veal calves with wide ranges from packers to shippers.
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Cincinnati
Chicago
Joys and sorrows across a child's Fourth of July memory
Hattie L. Smith recalls a close family moment as a child faces joys and weariness around the Fourth of July. The scene shifts from revelry to rest as the young boy sleeps contentedly, his mother gently guiding him toward faith and comfort amid changing nights.
Forward! March through the age of electric wonders
Fragmentary lines celebrate science and rapid invention as a progressive age. References to telegraphy, electric baths, and new devices hint at a fast moving world. Mentions John, London dinner, and a bold push toward modern tech in hopeful, theatrical language.
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Science Agate
John
Cable
London
Mollie
Fragmented Verses Reflect on Restraint and Regret
A distorted poem fragment contemplates a man who never errs or tires of virtue, yet the speaker questions whether cold restraint dampens warmth and mercy. It hints at longing, remorse, and the elusive joy of connection as shadows loom over shared happiness.
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