Passengers Safe After Bermuda Steamship Sinking
A fog shrouded collision near New York Bay sank the Bermuda-bound Fort Victoria after a bow strike from the Algonquin. 415 saved, 0 deaths. Captain and 12 crew stayed aboard until rescue. passengers praised crew conduct as lifeboats evacuated. Algonquin towed nearby, ship sank. 11 others aboard rescued by pilots and tugs.
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Ambros Fightship
Miami
Galveston
Sandy Hook
New Yorker
A. R. Francis
The
Steamship Company
Algonquin
Victoria
Manhattan
J. W. MacKenzie
Cotton Spinning Shows Decrease From Last Year
Washington December report from the census bureau shows November activity in cotton spinning declined versus October and the prior November. Total active spindle hours reached about 7.84 billion with 226 hours per spindle. spindles in place 34.54 million, with 29.65 million active during the month. The average spindles operated was 34.84 million at 100.9 percent capacity on a single shift.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Six New Cardinals Receive Red Hats in Rome
Pope Pius IX heightened the sacred college of princes of the church by creating six new cardinals on the eve of the fiftieth anniversary of his priesthood. Among the new cardinals are the Patriarch of Lisbon and archbishops from Palermo Genoa and Paris, with Pacelli the papal nuncio at Berlin. The college now numbers 68, with 33 non Italians and 30 Italians, including four American prelates O Connell Dougherty Hayes Mundelein.
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Gasparri
Lisbon
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Lavitrwao
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Sicily
Minoretli
Genoa
Mac Rory
Armagh
Ireland
Verdier
Paris
Pacelli
Berlin
United States
O'Connell
Boston
Dougherty
Philadelphia
Hayes
New York
Mundelein
Chicago
Germany
France
Frigid Wave Sweeps Over Entire South
Frigid weather grips the South and Midwest with snow in Montgomery and Birmingham. Skies cleared slowly with ongoing cold, while shoppers stayed indoors as winter conditions spread from Chicago to St. Louis and Detroit.
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Middle West
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Twin Cities
Detroit
St. Louis
East
Birmingham
Shades Valley
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