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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1883
Page
2
The Brook lyn Bridge near the main footway saw a sudden rush at about four PM on the 30th causing a crush. Fifteen people died and over fifty were wounded as victims tumbled beneath and cries filled the scene.
Ex alderman John Geiger and his wife of Cincinnati drowned during a rainstorm when their wagon struck a culvert under a railroad and was swept by a swollen stream. The wagon was found a mile away but the bodies had not yet been recovered. Other items note the American Unitarian Association meeting in Boston with Henry P. Kidder elected president and George William Curtis as vice president and major gatherings and political shifts in Virginia and national affairs.
Reports indicate an agreement between the Suez Canal Company and the British Government to approve a new canal construction plan. Telegraphs from the 30th ul. note ongoing developments and suggest official correspondence on related matters.
Reports describe papal exhortations to support the Holy See, ratified US Corea treaty exchanges, and Irish political opposition in Dublin. Fires in Paris and St Petersburg, a $200000 loss at an iron works, and major fires in Rostoff amid riots. London and Ottawa discuss church and colonial affairs as Afghan battles, massacres in Tonquin, and new arabic regional tensions unfold.
A cyclone struck Greenville Hunt County Texas on the evening of the 2nd destroying 150 houses and injuring many. One person died and several were seriously hurt as heavy rain followed the wind storm and damaged exposed property.
A devastating June rain flood on Indian Creek inundated much of the city flooding Main and Broadway and washing away seven iron bridges and two culverts. The storm caused extensive property loss, endangered many residents, and reports indicated possible drownings with conditions still unfolding at midnight.
A Carlisle dispatch reports Mrs. Martin Douglas in Luzerne County killed her three children and then herself with a razor in Huntsville. Neighbors noted possible insanity. an inquest by Justice-of-the-Peace Null returned a verdict that the mother murdered the children and took her own life.
At the National Free-Trade Conference in Detroit on June 1 a plan was approved to place free-trade work under the American Free-Trade League with a National Committee of one delegate from each State League. The committee would supervise state efforts, appoint a General Secretary in New York, and fill vacancies. David A. Wells named permanent President as talks by Thomas Sherman and Congressman Springer highlighted tariff as the key national issue.
A massive crowd crush on the East River Bridge near New York yesterday afternoon caused dozens to die or be injured. Officials report a jammed footway and slow response as victims were dragged from the crush and carried to wagons, with a list of dead and wounded from local addresses and hospitals.
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