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Newspaper

Evening Observer

Location

Dunkirk, New York, United States of America

Date

Jan 16, 1884

Page

3

Terrible accident destroys Bradford bound passenger train

A Wellsville to Bradford passenger train on the Bradford Bordell and Kinzua line ran into a stream of waste oil, caught fire, and enveloped the coaches in flames. Survivors describe a chaotic scene as passengers fled through windows into the snow. coroner to hold an inquest with many witnesses. Three women died, including Mrs T. Fair and Miss Katie Moran, with numerous injuries among crew and passengers. President Carter led relief efforts at the scene.

Braprony Bradford, Bordell & Kinzua Wellsville Bradford Brocton BB. & EK Bame Bannon Carter T. ©. Fair Kinzua Junction Katie M Moran Aiken Miss Moran Professor Faught Tarport iPatrick Sexton Mike Walsh F. W. Townsend K. B. Crane Mr. Wright Kew City Captain Ice Boston Mass G. H. Peabody Rochester

Tunnel Project Aims to Build St Clair River Rail Tunnel

Ottawa Jan 16 Application will be made to Parliament for an act to form a company to construct a tunnel under the St Clair River for railway use from Sanfla to Port Huron. In Cuannos Ontario Nathan Miller's store and the LO G T Call at Auburn burned Monday. Loss about £5,500.

St. Clair River Ottawa Sanfla Port Huron Good Templars Cuannos Nathan Miller T. Kall Auburn

Supreme Court denies motion in bond case

Late news items report the US Supreme Court denying Myra Jalnes’s motion to compel New Orleans to raise a supersedes bond. Other brief items note Judge John Brady’s death in Muncie End, a teen in Georgia killing a girl and shooting himself, a Boston depot fatality, a Manchester iron works wage cut, a 65 000 compromise offer by New York Central over Hudson River liabilities, and a Petersburg minister accepting a Richmond call. Additional notes include a Brooklyn trial verdict of 100 damages for false imprisonment, tobacco factory strikes in Petersburg, and a Denver suit by Moses Levy against ex Senator Stephen W. Dorsey over Arkansas bonds.

Supreme Court of the United States Myra Jalnes New Orleans John Brady Thomas J. Brady Muncie End Brewster McWilliams Gritfin John P. C. Burpee J. & F. Burpee & Co St. John W.B Boston & Albany Boston Pennnsylvania Iron Works Manchester Secretary of the Treasury New York Central Railroad Company Hudson River Railroad Company Robert P. Kerr Petersburg Table Street Presbyterian Church First Presbyterian Church Richmond Missouri Mississippi West Anthony Comstock Society For Suppression of Vice James Robinson Long Island City Supreme Court of Brooklyn Wetersburg Denver Moses Levy, Co London United States Stephen W. Dorsey Dorsey Arkansas State Arkasas Central Railway Lie

Noted New Haven Citizen Dies Amid Sudden Marriage Rumors

William Hale, a longtime livery stable keeper in New Haven, dies after a brief illness at 60 to 70. He married suddenly last week, leaving no children and a disputed estate possibly going to a widow much younger than him. The case stirs talk of contested distribution and questions about the marriage.

New Yavex Wiliam Dale New Laven Tale Liss Enna Talson Ewenty Mr. Hale

Demurrer Sustained in Railroad Foreclosure suit

Judge Thayer in the Circuit Court sustained the demurrer in Nelson and others versus Ute Pacific Railroad and Missouri Pacific Railroad and dismissed the suit to set aside foreclosure of the third mortgage to K. Garrison. Plaintiffs were judgment creditors. BELLEFONTAINE Ohio January 15 Seth McBrige, a well known farmer, shot a large gray wolf that night after it killed one of his sheep. The beast had slaughtered over one hundred sheep in recent weeks. It would tear a hole in their sides to eat only the fat.

Sr. Loui Thayer Circuit Court Nelson and Others Ute Pacific Railroad Missouri Pacific Railroad The Pacific Railroad K. Garrison Bellefontaine Dan Seth Mc Brige Wight Lee

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