Severe cyclone devastates St Louis with multiple deaths
A powerful late afternoon cyclone struck St Louis and nearby areas damaging dozens of buildings including Anchor mills and Missouri Pacific hospital. Three deaths are reported, a family on Mound street among them, with extensive property losses expected to climb beyond 100000 dollars.
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St. Louis
Anchor Mills
Goodwin Candle Factory
Pullman Shops
van Brock’s Furniture
Kingland and Ferguson Farm Implement
Missouri Pacific Hospital
Holden School
German Evangelical Church
Second Presbyterian Church
Mound Street
Twenty-third Street
Chateau Avenue
Seventeenth
Olive Streets
Tyler Street
Charles Miller
Twentieth
Eugenia Streets
St. Clair County
Ill
Brooklyn
M. E
John Charles
Remarkable Northern Pacific Wreck Prevents Major Losses
A serious wreck occurred at 10 a.m. on the Northern Pacific line between Maywood and Hot Springs. Seven cars derailed but no one was killed and injuries were few. Two engines and two Pullman sleepers stayed on track as crews and passengers escaped largely unharmed. Senator E B Hyde and B C Van Houston of Spokane Falls were aboard rear sleepers amid the calm aftermath.
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Therain
E. B Hyde
B.C. van Houston
Spokane Falls
The New Court House Opens in Dillon With Mixed Praise
The county moves from the old wooden courthouse to a new brick building opposite Bannack street. The two story structure features a central clock tower, a large courtroom, multiple offices for the clerk, recorder, treasurer, sheriff, and assessor, and a jail nearby. Critics note separate heating needs and building acoustics, but the oak furnishings from Dillon Furniture Company and future plans for a city clock are highlighted as progress.
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Bannack Street
Pacific
Recorder’s Office
Sheriff’s Office
Reinhardt
Thes
Dillon Furniture Company
A Valuable Discovery In Erie Insulation Test
Erie Jan 13 electricians watched superintendent Jacob Pfetch of the Erie Motor Gas Company test a personal insulation invention. He dipped his hands in water and touched a live 500 volt circuit, stood on wet dirt, and felt no shock. He plans to patent the insulation which allegedly allows linemen to handle live wires safely.
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Erie
Jacob Pfetch
Erie Motor Gas Company
Pfetch
New York
Walker Blaine Dies of Pneumonia in Washington
Walker Blaine son of James G. Blaine died at the family residence at 8 20 tonight of pneumonia. He was an examiner of claims in the state department and had been ill only a few days.
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Washington
Walker Blaine
James G. Blaine
State Department
Death in Dillon: Rufus A. Ferster Dies at 34
Rufus A. Ferster, a well known Dillon resident, was found dead in his bed at the Eastman house on Tuesday afternoon. Coroner and jury ruled death from natural causes due to heart failure after no evidence of poison or foul play. Ferster, born in New York, spent most of life in Beaverhead County and had just testified in a civil suit the day before his death. Funeral services were held in Masonic Hall with the local lodge conducting the burial rites.
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Eastman House
Rufus A. Ferster
Mr. Ferster
Rufus A. Forster
Dillon
Beaverhead
Montana
New York
Plains
Bannack
California
W. G. Blair
Horse Prairie
Blair
Rufus
Masonic Hall
Hooker
Ex Governor Woods Dies and Other Notices
General news item lists ex Governor Woods of California dead and Congressman Kelly of Pennsylvania also deceased. Other notes include court progress in Boulder, Senatorial changes in Maryland and Ohio, Cuba sugar outputs for 1889, Spokane Falls undertakers selling indigent bodies, French loan plans, a Toronto murder, Empress Augusta’s will, Bank of South Dakota assignment, La Belle Ranch assets, a Helena street accident with a carpenter injured, and forecasted recovery risks.
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Cuba
Spokane Falls
Train wreck at Sidney destroys vast mail shipment
Westbound Union Pacific fast mail derailed at Sidney Nebraska after a frosted rail snap. Fire engulfed baggage and mail cars destroying forty tons of mail including thousands of letters from Wyoming Idaho Utah California and other states. Baggageman Dobbins injured and Captain White directs response.
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Cheyenne
Union Pacific
Sidney
Neb
Wyoming
Idaho
Utah
Nevada
Oregon
California
Montana
Washington
Rawlins
Wyom
San Francisco
Dobbins
Morrow
Captain White
Chicago West
Valuable Horses Burned at Macy Bros Stables
Dispatches from Versailles report Macy Bros stables in Lexington county burned yesterday morning destroying 35 of 38 horses. Bell Boy, sold at auction to J Clarke for 51000, was among those lost. Clarke reportedly refused 100000 for the horse. Fire found about 4 o clock, suspected incendiary work.
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Lexmoron
Versailles
Macy Bros
Bell Boy
J. Clarke
Clarke
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Ths
Charles
Pepin Street
Jefferson Avenue
Green
Twenty First
Randolph Streets
Venice
Maggie Conners
Bernard McConnell
Joe Weaver
Teresa Weaver
Annie Conners
Francois Conners
New Court House
Leaverhead County
Henry S. Penn
P. E. Poindexter
W.C. Snyder
W. J. Crowell
F. M. Cunnarp
Ross. McDowell
General News
Woods
Congressman Kelly
Pennsylvania
Boulder
E. K. Wilson
United States
Maryland
Clan-na-Gael
John F. Beggs
Payne
Ohio
Calvin S. Brice
Tonquin
Jane Speer
Toronto
Augusta
Berlin
Babeleberg
William
Baden
Bank of South Dakota
Madison
M. W. Daly
Labelle Ranch Horse Importing Company
Matt Wall
Main Street
Helena
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