Ship Shearwater Sinks After Fire on Hudson River
Telegraph report from Philadelphia recounts the Jauson steamer Shearwater catching fire in the rear cargo and engine rooms on the Hudson River. The vessel sank near Chestnut Street. one woman, a passenger, is missing. Police boats and the Ashbridge aided in evacuation as passengers, including fifty women, boarded lifeboats. High school girls aboard helped with babies and orderly exits. The Shearwater, a former naval reserve vessel, had been used since 1899 as a training ship and was on a trial voyage replacing the Van Sciver.
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Hany River
Ashbridge
Samuel Shall
Lighters
Philadelraie
Pany
Conmpany
Archtreet
ShaThroan
Gennél
Tring
Arch Street
Nin
Vnl
van Sciver
EXAS Storm Toll Rises to Eleven Dead
A Texas tornado from a storm system swept the Panhandle killing Geo Ortin and his wife and child at Terkel and leaving several other unconfirmed fatalities. Dozens of villages and livestock were lost as residents were blown away and rifles were taken from bystanders.
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Jonewal
Dallas
Pan Handle
Ani Med Rifles
Couple Found Dead Under Auto in Creek
Two men riding a motorcycle skidded on a bridge and plunged into a creek near San, their bodies found at daybreak. Both men were members of a prominent family.
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Ouple
Santne
Yylight
Promi Fmt Fajniting
Dour
Detroit
Mich
San Jone
Russian Warship Sunk in Black Sea Storm
June 12 dispatch from Petersburg reports a Russian warship sunk during a Black Sea storm. Ten crew members drown and authorities begin investigations into the disaster amid chaotic communications.
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Feterburg
Oriesto
Kent's Storage Warehouse and Nearby Streets Mentioned
Fragmented OCR notes reference Kent's Storage Warehouse with locked rooms on Gebhardt's and nearby streets. Mentions former Jefferson area, 940 address, and dining events at a local venue on Saturdays. Details unclear due to damaged text.
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Kent
Jefferson
Route for New Jersey New York bridge debate on Hudson sites
Union County officials and New Jersey Governor Fort debate bridge site options with Governor Hughes of New York and Inter-State Bridge Commission aboard a private yacht. Estimates place New Jersey’s share at about 15 million of a total 30 million, with suggested spans from Fifty-ninth Street to Hudson County or from One Hundred Seventy-ninth Street to Bergen County.
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Uniqfl County
Hudson River
Governor Fort
Hughes
New York
Inter-State Bridge Commission
New Jersey
N. R. Leavitt
Union County Freeholders
Vitty-pimth Street
Hudson County
Union County
Tadivitt
Union
Hasex
Hudson
San Juan
Fifty-ninth Street
Leavitt
Brooklyn
Fort
New York City
Staten Toland
Newark
Kases County
Staten Island
Bergen Point
Port Richmond
Verdict Set Aside In Central Railroad Dispute
A Newark lawyer William L. Edwards won a $1,000 verdict against the Central Railroad. He was forcibly ejected from a train at Elizabethport station amid a quarrel with a conductor. The court held Edwards liable for provoking the incident. Elizabeth Commercial College advertises summer school at 207 Broad Street.
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Central Railroad
William L. Edwards
Newark
Elizabethport
Edwards
Busy at Work for New Park
Charles A. Trimble chairs the boards of trade park committee and tabulates land details for a proposed public park. He aims to present a prop osal within two weeks and appeal to the City Council, Board of Freeholders, and the public for purchase. He plans to show owners, frontage, land extent, and cost estimates with photos and a map for exhibition.
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Charles A. Trimble
New Park Committee
Board of Trade
Board of Freeholders
Trimble
Lay
Nenes
Pesperet
Tidewater
Rte
Awful death at Jersey City grain elevator
Special to the Journal reports James Bell a 65 year old machinist at the Pennsylvania Railroad grain elevator in Jersey City killed when he slipped fell into belt and wheel. His body was crushed and mangled after the wheel spun him several times before the machine stopped. Bell was taken to Hughes's morgue and later his relatives claimed the body. Undertakers Ryne and High transported the body to his home.
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Journal
James Bell
Eeranideant
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Jersey City
Bell
Tim
Hughes
Jermy City
Let The Journal Follow You To Summer City
A garbled note outlines a summer move for Ellaabethane and others leaving the city. It mentions keeping readers informed, journal payments, and a rate of four cents per day for service. The text reads like an OCR fragment with unclear context.
Pupils Honor Reinstated Teacher With Farewell Party
After a Board dispute, Mr. MacDonough, a Rowelle Park teacher, was reinstated and welcomed by seventh grade pupils at Master Plimpton’s home. The students planned a Lincoln School farewell reception but the Board blocked use of the school. A hand rose pin was presented as cheers, flowers, dancing, and games followed the reception.
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Liltiridge
Wallace Higgins
Board of Education
MacDonimigh
Hia
Tuewlay
Rowelle Park
MacDonough
Kenneth Plimpton
Lincoln
Goddard
Steeopoaghy
Himwelf
P S C Emplo ee Shot Wound May Be Fatal
Camden June 12 A PSC employee was shot and a nearby passenger may die. Clarence Kling conductor for the Public Bertier Railroad is hospitalized in Cooper Hospital in critical condition after a late night shooting aboard a Gloucester run near Woodbury. The assailant, a lone black man, fled into Camden county as investigators pursue leads.
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Camden
Camden County
Walter Kern
Clarence D. Kling
Bertier
Woodbury
Kline
Cooper Hospital
Kiine
Reading
Gloucester
Linn
Woolsbury
Mantua
Molrman
Willett B. Roberts
Negroine
Robert
de Howpiting
Perilous Seas and Storms Claim Many in Far Flung Waters
A chaotic summary describes a spate of disasters: Cunard Base Slavonis wrecks in a Black Sea trial with 410 crew lost. Steamer Shearwater sinks off Philadelphia after a fire. a Lake Erie incident injures passengers. a southern France earthquake kills villagers. a Texas tornado damages towns. a Detroit factory collapse kills workers. an auto accident near San Jose reports two deaths.
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Cunard
Slavonis
Tlores
James Toone
Russian Torpedo Post
Kambala
Black Sea
Shearwater
Delaware
Philadelphia
Lake Erie
France
Ives
Texas
Torna
Quake Wrecks Seven Towns in France
An earthquake centered near La Fare and Salut Cannat destroyed hamlets near Marseilles. Dozens dead, many injured, with tremors felt from Cannes to Marseille. Troops dispatched as villages report heavy damage and widespread panic.
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Marseilles
la Fare
Salut Cannat
Renetie
Lameair
Saint
Raj Ti Gs Sen Perrona
Déithe
Troopa
Cannes
Nice
Maraetiles
Arrest Many Italians in Ohio Cities Conspiracy Case
Ten Italians arrested in Ohio cities by federal authorities as members of an alleged Ohio Black Hand will be tried in Cleveland for conspiracy at the fall term. District Attorney Day says prosecutions will proceed. Evidence from letters and agents’ reports links suspects to widespread activity from lantern cities to Chicago.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Chicago
J. Oldfeld
Olield
George Baten
A. V. Owen
M. C. Hanferd
FB. F. Hutches
Day
Texas City Man Dying. Police Seek Help
Chief of Police Tenney relayed a telegram from Alvin noting that John Coffey, listed at 151 Falcon Street, is in dying condition. Second precinct officers traced a woman, mother of John Coffey, from Fulton Street to 19 Union Avenue in Roselle Park. authorities in that borough have been notified.
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Tenney
Alvin
Texan
John Coffey
Fin Addrons
Falton Street
Tiwan
Jinln Coffey
Fulton Street
Union Avenue
Roselle Park
Charity fashion sale at twenty five dollars
Fragmentary ad notes a clothing sale backed by Charles inin with items priced up to 25 dollars. An evening event and a Monday dancing invitation are mentioned, with minimal readable details about location and scheduling in Plainfield.
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Charles + inin
Reverend Oberly and Wife aboard Slavonia amid ship peril
The Rev WH Oberly rector of Cheiat-Churels and Mrs Oberly were among 410 passengers rescued after the Slavonia of the Cunard line encountered danger near Flores Azores. The couple, en route to Italy, marked his fortieth ordination anniversary as a reception and presentation preceded by anxious reports. All aboard were later saved.
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WH. Oberly
Cheiat-Churels
Mra
Erly
Une
Ahe
Flores
Ime
Azores
Velna
Azoiwn
Ward
Whine
New York
Jrom
Oberly Wan
Mre
Oherty
Italy
Chrlat
Yuring Hinll
Slavonia
Grase
Elizabeth Ple
Init Chene Fourm
Two Days Set Aside for Naturalization Hearings
The Honorable Judge Atwater will oversee two days of naturalization hearings in the Court of Common Pleas. Thirty five new citizenship applications and numerous existing filings will keep county officials busy, with seventeen slated for Thursday and eighteen for the following day. Several notices were returned undelivered as original recipients could not be located.
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Thoreday
Atwater
Court of Common Pleas
Counyty
Trenayn
Uniti Staten
Pantortee Rtp Tene
Peraine
Slavic liner Slavonia wreck sustains 400 aboard saved
Thrilling emergency aboard the Cunard steamer Slavonia after it grounded off Flores Island in the Azores. Prinzess Irene and Batavia raced to the scene, rescuing passengers and crew, with more than 400 people saved and taken to safety by the rescuers. Reports say the ship remains stranded two miles from shore as weather hampers salvage efforts.
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Lonnon
Irene
Batavia
Slavonia
Nouth
Idren
Asoren
Cunard
Anstagia
Tillig
Passangern
Prinvenyrene
Retavia
Ihealter
Ratavie
Boma
Cunard Ling
I Slavonia
Ewan
Blayohin
Liverpool
Caereid
Asalal
Blavonia
Thin
Thors
New York
Hmard
Flores Ixland
Azorea
Pringensin
Lloyd Line
Ounard
Teerage Paamengera
Lake ship strikes bar in Erie incident
In June near Ashtabula a steel steamer Arundell with 205 aboard crashed onto a bar in Lake Erie, prompting a rescue. Crew saved many passengers who were lowered to lifeboats as others clung to wreckage. Authorities recount the peril as a near disaster with numerous injuries and survivors awaiting aid.
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Adias
Vhr
Arundell
Lake Erie
Miles Ceat
Pregeoue
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