Explosion at Lauterbach works devastates Jersey City
A massive blast at the Lauterbach paint and acid works in Jersey City killed about fifty workers and injured many others. Fires and collapsing buildings followed, with rescue teams unable to reach all areas as charred bodies were pulled from the wreckage. The scene resembled a volcanic crater with continuous explosions and flying debris.
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Jersey City
Lauterbach
Thousas
Peple
Max Grim
Cleveland Fire Destroys Key Buildings In Million-Dollar Blaze
A devastating morning fire in Cleveland caused extensive damage to the Powers block on Bankfor street Wilshire and Miller on Superior street and the Blackstone on Seneca. Loss exceeds one million. Causes believed benzine can explosion. Lieut McPheters of Engine Co 1 died after a fall and Fireman John Hepburn gravely hurt. Emma Valdoski injured by falling sign and expected to die. An unidentified young man suffered a fractured skull and is likely to die.
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Cleveland
Powers
Bankfor Street
Wilshire & Miller
Superior Street
Blackstone
Seneca Street
Lieut McPheters
Engine Company No. 1
John Hepburn
Mies
Emma Valdoski
Painter Charles Tite Killed in Tunnel Accident
In St Louis on December 24 painter Charles Tite aged 55 died after stepping from a scaffold into a tunnel where four colleagues were working. His body was found mangled by a passing train after an hour of searching.
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ST. Louis
Charles Tite
Tite
Woman’s Brave Defiance in Brooklyn Robbery
Miss Lillian Shuter, ticket agent on the Brooklyn elevated railway, was shot and severely beaten by robbers who took $64 this morning. She pursued the thieves with blood on her face, one robber was captured, and part of the money recovered.
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New York
Lillian Shuter
Brooklyn
Miss Shuter
Fatal Railway Collision at Com munpaw New Jersey
A drill locomotive crashed into a flatcar train at Com munpaw New Jersey. The blast from the engine cylinder head killed brakeman Haycock engineer Murtagy and fireman John Higgins.
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New York
Communpaw
N.J
Haycock
Murtagy
John Higgins
Harris Perishes in Fire at Carter's Wood Yard
J W Harris aged 50 died after flames consumed a covered wagon at Carter's wood yard in Houston. He had slept inside the wagon when the fire broke out during the night, his body burned beyond recognition.
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Houston
J. W. Harris
Carter’s Wood Yard
Harris
Want Sargeant Appointed
Peoria Illinois reports a coalition of railroad groups seeks Fran P. Sargeant for the Interstate Commerce Commission. Sargeant expresses willingness to serve.
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Sargeant
Peoria, Ills
Fran
P. Sargeant
Interstate Commerce Commision
Robbed Couple Targeted in Tre Mont Room Incident
Chicago December 24 report Lougee of Madison Wisconsin robbed of 1200 dollars in cash and diamonds last night in their Tre mont house room. Authorities speculate the pair were drugged during the theft.
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Chicago
Mrs Lougee
Madison
Wisconsin
Tremont House
London to Host Sandwich Men Christmas Charity Dinner
London hosts an unconventional Christmas charity dinner day tomorrow for the army of sandwich men who pan the streets with ads on boards strapped to their bodies. Funds come from a radical paper subscription with thousands of workers contributing. Prominent donors include Mr Labouchere and several theater figures. A lodging house for sandwich men housed graduates, ex doctors and lawyers, a former clergyman, ex artists, and a spendthrift Scotchman who lost a quarter million dollars in two years.
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London
Labouchere
Salvation Army to Feed Five Thousand in Chicago Tomorrow
The Salvation Army in Chicago plans a Christmas dinner with five thousand poor people served locally and up to twenty thousand in the northwest division. The menu lists turkeys hams chickens beef potatoes bread apples oranges candy nuts pies celery coffee milk and more.
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Salvation Army
Chicago
Division of
Northwest
Penfield Killed by Freight Train at Woolstock Station
W H Penfield of Gilmore City leaped from a moving train at Woolstock station near Webster City and suffered severe injuries after his hand and leg were run over. He dragged to the platform but froze to death before help arrived.
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Webster City
W. W. Penfield
Gilmore City
Woolstock
Penfield
Reindeer Quest Aide Sails for Lapland to Purchase
Lieu tenant Devon, Secretary Alger's military aide, departed Washington for Lapland to buy six hundred reindeer with drivers. He will sail on the Lucania and then proceed from Hull to Norway. If unable to secure the herd and deliver by February 15, the department will abandon the project.
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Washington
Devon
Alger
Lapland
Lucania
Hull
Norway
United States
Volunteers of America Feed 12000 at Chicago Lakefront
Volunteers of America plan a Sunday meal event for about 12 000 Chicago poor at the lake front batteries. Tables start at ten in the morning and guests may come and go until six p m.
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Chicago, Ill
Volunteers of America
Chicago
Lake Front
Payne declines chair of Indianapolis currency bill committee
Henry C. Payne refused the chairmanship of the Indianapolis gold conference executive committee set to oversee the currency bill to be presented to Congress.
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Milwaukee
Henry C. Payne
Indianapolis Gold Conference
Congress
Christmas Tide Brings Busy Shops and Cheerful Buy Warmth
Streets thronged with shoppers as merchants rush to meet holiday demand. Kansas turkeys and plentiful edibles fuel strong Christmas spending with less price haggling than prior hard times. Toy and tree dealers report brisk business while El Paso keeps pace with national mood. Mrs A A St Joan and Bernice Atwood arrive from Chicago to remain in the city.
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Kansas
el Paso
Santa Claus
A.A. St. Joan
Bernice Atwood
John Sullivan
Chicago
Miss Eva Rush Visits Uncle During Holidays
Miss Eva Rush traveled from Van Horn to visit her uncle B. F. Rush for the holidays.
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Eva Rush
van Horn
B. F. Rush
War on Gage Hinted by Silver Republicans in Congress
Washington dispatch reports bi metallic and silver Republicans plan to force Secretary Gage from the cabinet. Led by Wolcott with Chandler and Teller, they vow hostilities after Congress reconvenes. Wellman says the plan will fail and warns of presidential wrath if attacks continue.
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Chicago
Walter Wellman
Washington
Times Herald
Congress
Gage
Wolcott
Chandler, Teller
West
Wellman
The President’s Christmas Pardon List
The President distributed Christmas gifts in the form of pardons to several individuals: Don Parker of Wyoming for robbing mail, Hamilton R. Norvell of New York for embezzling postal funds, George Sheppard of Iowa for breaking into a post office, D Ruxton of Minnesota for embezzling postal funds, A C Allison of Pennsylvania for using the mails fraudulently, William FE Je of St. Louis for bank laws violation, and Samuel E. Ddncan of Kentucky for passing counterfeit money.
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Washington
Don Parker
Wyoming
Hamilton R. Norvell
New York
George Sheppard
Iowa
D. Ruxton
Minnesota
A. C. Allison
Pennsylvania
Four Children Die in Philadelphia Gas Fire
In Philadelphia four children aged one to seven suffocated from gas and smoke after a stove overheated and ignited woodwork. Firemen arrived to find the children in the house as their working guardians were briefly away.
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Philadelphia
Mother-Daughter Duo Seek Divorces in Anderson Case
In Anderson Indiana on December 24 a mother and her daughter became the first pair in U S history to apply for divorces on the same day. Mrs Barber cites her husband's drinking habit while Mrs Stanley accuses her spouse of cruelty.
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Anderson, Ind
Barber
Stanley
Tosetti Cafe Fire Becomes Chicago’s Largest Since 1871
A blaze at the Tosetti Cafe on Madison Street burned for 19 hours and 40 minutes and caused about one million dollars in losses. Firefighters subdued the flames around noon, marking Chicago’s biggest fire since the 1871 conflagration.
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Chicago
Tosetti
Madison Street
Fire Wrecks Halstead Lumber Yards in New Haven
A blaze at Halstead and Harmon lumber yards in New Haven today destroyed much lumber and several buildings. A gale fanned the flames, threatening extensive property damage with total losses estimated at $150,000.
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New Haven
Conn
Halstead & Harmon
Fire at Everett car stables consumes 120 cars
A morning blaze at the Everett car stables on the west end of the street railway destroyed 120 cars with losses estimated at 150000 dollars. Street railway officials and local fire crews battled the flames through the day.
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Boston
Everett
Reached the Century Mark Bazille Suprevant Dies at 109
In St. Paul on December 24 Bazille Suprevant aged 109 died last night at the St. Gabriel convent in Little Falls. The death marks a long life with ties to the local community. Suprevant passed away peacefully at the convent.
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St. Pau
Bazille
St. Gabriel
Little Fells
Local travelers and holiday visitors report in
Niel Straus arrives from Las Cruces. E. S. Newman returns from a cattle trip. Will Brown comes back from a ten day western trip. Mrs. Perkins travels to Toyah this afternoon. S. H. Buchanan Park Pitman Ray Pollard and Fred Riser take a hunting trip down the valley. Harry Charman joins a Montoya hunting party. R S. Patterson arrives from Safford Arizona for Christmas. W. M. Patterson reports a cold trip back from Nebraska and Kansas. George D. Hunter and wife arrive from Houston to spend holidays with relatives.
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S. H. Buchanan
Park Pitman
Ray Pollard
Fred Riser
Harry Charman
Montoya
Mr. Rockhart
W. M. Patterson
Santa Fe
Nebraska
Kansas
George D. Hunter
F. E. Hunter
Houston
Freight delay due to train wreck near Bowie
Yesterday evening a freight train derailed near Bowie delaying service until 6 00 p m Miss Myrtle Canady received a new bicycle as a Christmas gift from her parents
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Bowie
Myrtle Canady
Blank Leases for Houses or Storeroom For Sale Notice
Classified fragment notes blank lease forms for houses and storerooms and indicates sale at an unspecified location. The readable portion offers no names, dates, or prices beyond generic mention of form and sale.
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Heeralp
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