Disaster on the Meadows Claims Dozens Dead in Atlantic City
A massive train disaster near Atlantic City leaves forty seven dead and forty eight injured with many unidentified. The incident involved an Reading line train from Philadelphia and a West Jersey excursion car carrying Bridgeton Salem and nearby residents. Coroner McLaughlin will preside over an inquest as investigators probe signal errors and delays before the fatal collision.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Charles Muta
Bridgeton
John Griver
Charles Eckler
Salon
Charles P. McGear
Trenchard
P. Murphy
Millville
Joseph Petus
J.D. Johnson
Cras
D. Burrowens
Charles SoLy
HH. F. Bet
W. C. Looper
P. Goldsmith
Samuel Thorne
Franklin Dusois
Clear
D. EK. Woop
Camden
G. B. Taylor
James M. Batteman
A. Peters
Reva Looper
Yorktown
A. H. Fox
Hancock Bridge
Nance Cuenry
Mizael May
Spaulding
Philadelphia
Elmer Wentzel
Henry Huanes
Mary Freast
J. D. Bateman
Pricket
Joshun Cuenty
Samuel Thornk
Atlanta
William ‘Thurston
Reading
West Jersey
Salem
Vilages
South Jersey
Collision on the Santa Fe Near Dean Lake
A collision between Santa Fe passenger train No. 1 and the eastbound local near Dean Lake Mo yesterday noon left one dead and eight injured. The deceased is engineer Free Heavy of Topeka on train No. 1. Injured include John McConnel Bosworth Mo John W Mudec Rodgers Kan Mrs Smith Oklahoma head injuries W J Morgan Emporia Kan leads Budway Wells Fargo Curtis Barber Pullman porter Chicago James Hickey San Jose Cal fatally injured.
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Santa Fe
Torrka
Dean Lake
Topeka
John McConnel
Bosworth
John W. Mudec
Rodgers
Kan
Mrs. Smith
Oklahoma
W.J. Morgan
Emporia
Budway
Wells-Fargo Messenger
Curtis Barber
Pullman Porter
Chicago
James Hickey
San Jose
Cal
Four Thousand Drowned in Kiang-Su Disaster
A tidal wave swept into Hayehau in Kiang-Su province, destroying numerous villages and causing about 4000 deaths. Cattle perished and rice fields were submerged, raising fears of famine in the autumn.
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Shanghal
Hayehau
Kiang-Su
Forty Miners Entombed in Swansea Pit Disaster
A Neath dispatch reports four dozen miners trapped in the Brincoch pit near Swansea. Rescue efforts are underway as officials confirm the entombment and monitor air conditions.
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Swansea
Wales
Neath
Here
Brincoch
Miners Face Starvation as Gogebic Range Mines Idle
The Gogebic Range mines in Michigan with No 9 shaft shut down both shifts leaving under 1,000 workers on site. Pumps removed in many mines cause water fills. several districts including Hurley Ironwood Bessemer Wakefield see closures. Families face destitution as idle miners exhaust poor funds and outstanding orders persist.
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Shoat Doyo
Bessemer
Mich
Imheney Eee
Rockefeller
Gogebic Range
Hurley
Ironwood
Wakefield
Chicago Exchange Sees Historic Indefinite Adjournment
Cuicano Aug. 5 The Moores collapse unsettles the 1¢ Diamond Match and New York Biscuit stocks. For the first time in history the Chicago Stock Exchange adjourned indefinitely without any trading. Banks holding Diamond Match collateral total about 4 million dollars will not press borrowers. They will accept Moore Brothers stock at cash value of 170.
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Chicago Exchange
Cuicano
Moores
New York
Stock Exchange
Board of Trade
Exchange
Chicago Stuck Exchange
J. R. Wilkins
Chicago
Moore Brous
Rioting in Cleveland as strike at Brown Hoisting continues
In Cleveland on August 2 union workers at Brown Hoisting and Conveying went on strike and boycotted the firm. A large crowd attacked nonunion workers as police made numerous arrests. John Prince, 28, was shot and left critical. militia and police were deployed to the Brown works.
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Cleveland
Brown
Decliai Wus
Brown Company
John Prince
Forest City
Destructive storm hits Gloucester mining town
Fifteen people are reported dead after a violent storm in Gloucester 12 miles north of Ariss O. July 81. The wind toppled buildings and trees, damaged nearly every structure, with a livery stable and horses swept away. Sunday Creek carried away houses and caused drownings amid widespread desolation.
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Ariss
Sunday Creek
Gloucester
Here
Hottest Weather Ever Recorded in Yankton South Dakota
Yankton South Dakota reports the hottest temperature on record with readings from 95% to 105 degrees. Businesses largely shut down as heat wave conditions grip the city.
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South Dakota
Yankton
8. D
Wheat closes firm amid weak start and strong demand
Chicago grain and provisions wrap shows wheat firm on September shipments and higher corn, pork, lard, and ribs after a soft opening. Cash quotes list No 2 red wheat around 6 to 14 cents, No 2 corn about 25 1/4 cents, and oats near 18 to 19 cents with pork and lard gains reflecting steady demand.
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Chicano
D&g
Kansas City Livestock Prices Report
Receipts and shipments show cattle and hog markets in Kansas City. Texan steers and Texas cows priced at around 2.01 to 2.75 and 1.70 to 2.40 respectively, beef steers near 4.20, native cows about 1.0 to 2.74, stockers and feeders 2.13 to 8.74, bulls 2.20 to 4.20, hogs strong with bulk 2.80 to 3.05 and packers 2.85 to 3.00, mixed 2.80 to 3.11, light 2.83 to 2.15.
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Kansas City
Texas
Chicago Live Stock Market Report August 4
Hog receipts total 8 000 with active trading and gains of about five cents. Light hogs fetch 8.20 to 3.53, mixed 8.08 to 3.40, heavy 2.70 to 3.30, rough 2.10 to 2.85. Cattle receipts 8 000 with native cattle stronger while others steady. beeves 2.94 to 4.80, cows and heifers 1.30 to 6.90, Texas steers 2.50 to 3.00, stalkers and feeders 2.098 to 3.70.
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Cnicaco
Texas
Happenings From Home and Abroad Collected Briefly
A digest of news items including the death of Robert Garrett of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad at Deer Park Maryland. a Chicago butcher William Klink fatally injured by a bicycle rider. Major William C. Moreland ex city attorney of Pittsburgh fined and imprisoned for embezzlement. a Devonshire bathing town Ilfracombe burned with half the business district lost. and a flood of reports from western Pennsylvania storms with drownings and Sugar Grave accident victims.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Deer Park
William Klink
Fifty-first
Morgan Streets
Chicago
William C. Moreland
Pittsburg
Ilfracombe
Devonshire
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Lincoln
Keith Counties
Neb
Scott's Bluff County
Nev
J. Sterling Morton
Nebraska City
North Platte
M. L. Hayward
Nebraska
Grand Island
Pissengers
New York
Caracas
la Guayra
Fuse
Maceo
Cuba
James Byers
Moran
Ind
Vandalla Railway
Adams Express Company
Matanzas
Juguetillo
Aguiree
Massively scattered early 1900s items collide on coast and nation
Nearly 100 excursionists were killed or injured when a Reading express collided with a picnic train near Atlantic City. Other items note Cuba neutrality, a devastating storm in Gloucester, a Kansas drowning, executions, political reinforcements, police probes, railroad actions, arson and murder cases, and social reforms across several states.
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Atlantic City
Reading Express
West Jersey
Cleveland
Cuba
Galoucester
Claude Hoover
Omaha
Holcomb
Civic Federation of Chicago
Lexow Committee
New York
William A. Borst
Denver, Lakewood and Golden
Hallett
United States District Court
Armers’ Loan and Trust Company of
Fahavalos
Amboliplana
Madagascar
Pittston
Father Grove
Paria
Raysign
Rothschilds
Herman May
Richard Bowers
Chicago
Alonzo Baggio
McCoy
Elwood
Ind
Pittsburg Plate Glass Company
Aledor
Milne
Victoria
B. C
Stormy Aug 4 Headlines From Across the Nation
A July to August spread reports suspensions, dyn amite damage, and inquests. Notable items include the Allen pritt works revival in Providence after a three week shutdown, the Stambuloff tomb damage, Walter C. Rafts found dead in Columbus, an Atlantic City railway disaster coroner inquest, Cushman arrested for OConnell murders, and Illinois official Morrison’s Bryan free silver stance. Also noted are the University of Chicago silver club, a Liberty Missouri dean’s son dead from morphine, Allegheny druggist liquor war warrants, a St Louis unknown body recovered, Alabama preacher Wil im Gorge’s death, a Rockland hog train fatal, Paris Texas bakery suicide, Edward Price chase wound capture, Do Fun iak Springs confession of murder, Altoona Humane Society starvation case, and Grand Forks bank receiver appointment.
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Allen Pritt
Providence
R. I
M. Stambuloff
Columbus, O
Commercial National Bank
McLaughlin
Atlantic City
N. J
John Cushman
Atlanta
O'Connell
Brooklyn
Morrison Ofllinois
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bryan
Sewall
University of Chicago
Marshall Allen
J. M. Allen
University Medical College At
Liberty
John Bishop
Paris
Tex
Edward Price
St. Louis
Do Funiak Springs
Hla
Henry Alexander
Thomas Marin
Humane Society
Altoona
William Lee
Lee
E. C. Tourtelet
Grand Forks National Bank
Grand Forks
N. D
Anheior
Missouri Nebraska crops endure favorable growing conditions
Aug 5 reports from Nebraska and Missouri describe normal weekly temperatures and general rainfall boosting crop growth. Small grains delayed by rain but largely unharmed. corn improving to a potential record crop. Some southwestern fields ruined by drought. moisture Overall viewed as sufficient for crop prospects. In Missouri harvest and haying slowed by rain in northern counties, while corn progresses well and fall plowing begins. gardens and pastures show stress from variable moisture.
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Nebreska
Lavcoty
Cotumpia
Iowa Weather Crop Bulletin Reports Damaged grain and variable corn
Des Moines reports unfavorable conditions for stacking and threshing due to frequent heavy rains. Unsecured grain rotted and sprouted, with oats suffering the most and spring wheat also damaged. Overall grain injury from downpours and winds, while corn generally fared well aside from wind and hail damage on the 26th.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Fatal Chute Accident at Tennessee Sunday School Picnic
Four young people were killed when a toboggan boat crash at Lake Ottozac near Knoxville during a Sunday school picnic. A rowboat crossing the chute was struck, killing or fatally injuring four occupants. The dead include Charles Penny 17 Walter Wright 21 Miss Carrie Phibbs 17 and Mary Foster of Alabama was injured and will die.
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Tennessee
Knoxville
Lake Ottozac
Charles Penny
Walter Wright
Carrie Phibhs
Mary Foster
Alabama
Bank President Found Dead In Bed In Pittsburgh
A private telegram from Pittsburgh reports Walter Crafts, president of the Commercial National Bank of Columbus, found dead in a hotel bed this morning in Pittsburgh. C. D. Firestone of Columbus Buggy Co. is a director and small stockholder. Cashier Albery says there are no signs of violence or drug use.
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Columbus
Pittsburg
Walter Crafts
Commercial National Bank of Columbus
C. D. Firestone
Columbus Buggy Company
Albery
British Ship Flora P. Stafford Abandoned at Sea
The Flora P. Stafford bound from Newcastle to Manila was abandoned at sea in latitude 6 north and longitude 180 east. Four crew members are missing. Built at Blomidon in 1888, the 1260 ton vessel was owned by OC S. Smith.
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Manilla
Phillipine Islands
Flora P. Stafford
Smith
Newcastle
Blomidon
S. W
OC. S. Smith
Editor Sent to Jail Over Libel in Oakland Fight
Gavin D. High editor of the Oakland Times is fined 230 dollars and sentenced to five days in jail for libel. The court reproached High for not retracting the libel, linked to a dispute between rival water companies and William B. Dingee, president of the Oakland Water Company.
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Oakland
Cal
Gavin D. High
Oakland Times
Wm. B. Dingee
Oakland Water Company
High
Justice Pratt Dead After Sudden Illness
Justice Calvin Pratt of the New York appellate division died suddenly at Rochester Massachusetts aged 64. He left his Brooklyn home a week ago for health reasons tied to a war wound and had suffered years of poor health.
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Justice Pratt
New York
Calvin Pratt
Appellate Division
The
State Supreme Court
Rochester
Mass
Brooklyn
Milwaukee rider wins two-thirds mile open pro
Grand Rapids Aug 4 W C Sanger of Milwaukee won the two-thirds mile open professional with Percy Patterson of Detroit second and J J Blouin of Detroit third. Time 1 251 5 Eddie Bald paced by tandem lowered the state half mile record to 58 2 5.
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Sanger
Grand Rapids
Mich
W. C. Sanger
Milwaukee
Percy Patterson
Detroit
J. J. Blouin
Eddie Bald
New Professional Record Set in Clan na Gael Sports
At Elphia on August 4 M J Sweeney of New York ex amateur champion high f beat rivals to establish a new professional mark standing 6 feet 434 inches.
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Elphia
Clanna-Gael Sports
M. J. Sweeney
New York
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