Deadly Locust Street explosion devastates Philadelphia blocks
Seven colored residents are confirmed dead after a gas explosion wrecked six buildings on Locust Street between Tenth and Eleventh. Dozens more are injured or missing as firemen search the smoldering debris under steady rain. Initial identifications include Annie Harrison among the victims. many others remain unconfirmed. Rescue work proceeds slowly amid heat and hazardous ruins.
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Philadelphia
Locust Street
Tenth
Eleventh Streets
Annie Harrison
Pennsylvania Hospital
Jefferson Hospital
Albert Mountain
Robert
Dalton
Lizzie Mountain
Patrick Quigley
Quigley
George McClenny
McClenny
Tme
Rosenthal
George Schmidt
Alder
Warner Street
Western Paying Company
Hapios
War on Mosquitoes Aims to Wipe Out Pest in New York
New York August 7 Dr A H Doty health officer of the port of New York and assistants begin extermination of Greater New York mosquitoes. They deploy kerosene oil in ponds near Con cord Staten Island forcing barrels under water to kill embryos as the fluid surfaces.
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New York
A. H. Doty
Avew
Look
Concord
Staten Island
Doty
Bronx Mosquito Study Aims to End Malaria at Fordham
Dr. Eugene Monaghan, sanitary superintendent of the Bronx, doubts immediate success but believes mosquitoes caused Fordham malaria. Dr. Doty’s experiments are under watch. if successful, fogging swamps and low areas in Fordham will begin.
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Eugene Monaghan
The
Bronx
Fordham
Doty
Inmate of Sioux City Poorhouse Revealed to Be 110
A Sioux City poor farm investigation uncovers John Blair, longtime inmate, aged 110, with unclear arrival date. He remains healthy, never used alcohol or tobacco, and bears a bronzed wrinkled skin described as alligatour-like.
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Sioux City
John Blair
Woodbury County
Blair
Trishman
Howison Named to Fill Schley Court of Inquiry Vacancy
Washington reports Rear Admiral Henry L. Howison has been chosen to fill the vacancy on the Schley court of inquiry caused by Rear Admiral Kimberly’s inability to serve. Howison’s selection is approved by Admiral Schley’s counsel Captain Parker and is part of a list of officers deemed satisfactory for the task. A preliminary witness list has been prepared, with some officials already on foreign stations and others to be recalled for the inquiry.
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Washington
Henry L. Howison
Schley
Kimberly
Howison
Parker
Lowison
Mobile Bay
United States
Biengjie
Vandalia
Samoa
Apia
Boston Navy Yard
South Atlantic
Africa
Chicago
New York
Admiral Dewey
Olympic
Admiral Sampson
Sampson
Navy Department
Sehtey
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Platt
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First Presbyterian Church
German Theological Seminary
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Oliver Mi HW
Rockford
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Fie
L. Mitchell
Resents
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el Reno
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Draty
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Towa Brigade
Grand Temple Rathbone Sisters
Schley Court OF Inquiry
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Cetar Rapids
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Trewis
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Trewin
Herrintz
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Spirit Lake
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Siac
Wien
Pariyy
Lena
Chicago Grain and Provisions
Cramery
Lanefont
ONE Price Clothiers
Beebe
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