19 May 1902
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Newspaper
Elkhart Daily Review
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1902
Page
1
A massive tornado devastates Goliad Texas with only a single house left intact. The storm ruins churches and up to 100 homes while causing numerous deaths and injuries. Local towns Cuero and Victoria mobilize to assist as officials confirm wide destruction along the cyclone path.
Reports from Dubuque and McGregor Iowa and surrounding areas detail heavy rain, washouts, and flooded streets. McGregor saw three brick buildings wrecked by a fierce electrical storm with injuries, while Red Cloud Nebraska endured cyclone edge winds and property damage.
A major fire in Houston Maine on May 19 destroyed most of the town’s business section, about seventy five residences and three churches. The blaze began behind a market on Upper Main Street and spread rapidly, leaving one third of the $400000 loss insured and rendering 125 families homeless.
Debates over Maclay’s history of the Navy surface as Washington faces shifts in timing and postures. Senate adjourned with the issue lingering and the Naval Academy context noted amid parliamentary distraction.
Sparse readable text shows crowding of lineups or speakers at a Washington event on May date, with incomplete entries and scattered names.
Reports confirm a plot to attack the royal procession for King Alfonso XIII's majority. Nine dynamite cartridges were seized and arrests include six medical students, a printer, a carpenter, and a mason. Cartridges are to be analyzed by military authorities amid broader security concerns.
Fragmentary OCR reads like a legal notice or public record referencing acts by Revels and Lay, dated in Trinidad and mentioning a future disposition or seal. Details are unclear, but context suggests a formal action or disposition involving named individuals and a governing body.
A Times dispatch from Pretoria notes about 160 Boer leaders gathering at Vereeniging. Ballot voting may favor continuing hostilities, yet a peace tilt could emerge. Regardless, the conference is seen as signaling the war’s end and likely surrenders to follow, sending British troops into resisting districts.
The Touraine brought Count and Countess des Rochambeau and the Vicomte de Chambran to Washington for the Rochambeau statue dedication. Paris reports a balloon accident costing wealth and life as a financier died in a prior ascent.
Alexandria based Glass Company sues over an explosion at a gas well that allegedly released nitro glycerine causing gas pressure drop and devaluing the Lippincott well. The complaint claims a sixty quart charge triggered the blast and ruined the gas-bearing rock.
At Knightsville Indiana May 19 Frank Orell Vandalia station operator became violent and shouted a robbery. He nearly caused a collision between east and west bound trains and two fast freights. He waved a revolver and caused trains to stop while orders were clarified.
Indiana encampment of Spanish American veterans adopted resolutions similar to GAR resolutions and elected officers including Department Commander Colonel Charles L. Jewett senior vice commander George W. Powell junior vice commander Herman T. Hutson Assistant Adjutant General J. M. Coleman Assistant Inspector General Major Clifford Arrick Assistant Quartermaster General Lieutenant Jackson Chaplain O. S. Medbury Judge Advocate Captain George S. Harney.
The Greencastle report notes Mayor-elect James Bergolici, a Democrat, allegedly voted with Republicans on redistricting and electing Republican councilmen to a new ward. He will not take office until September 1.
Fire swept through a Vincennes stove works and a theater on May 19 causing about 150000 in damage with 75000 in insurance. Part of the carpenter shop and engine room were destroyed before the blaze was brought under control.
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