Engineer asleep at throttle linked to Indiana circus wreck
The 1903 Ivanhoe Michigan Central disaster inquiry hears that Engineer Alonzo Sargent was asleep at the throttle when the Wallace Hagenbeck circus train collided, killing 62. Deputy Coroner Green and officials from federal and state agencies attend as wreckers search for 25 missing bodies amid debris.
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Hammond
Ind
Alonzo Sargent
Michigan Central Railroad
Ivanhoe
Charles J.melfadden
Winston, Strawn & Shaw
Sargent
McFadden
Jackson
Mich
Kalamazoo
Chief i of Police
Gary
Kalagnazoo
Indiana
Harry C. Green
William G. McAdoo
Railroads
J. A. Graham
Bee
Butecause
Mr. Green
Interstate Commerce Commission
Indiana Public Service Commission
Michigan Central
Coordinating Resources of Our Public Utilities
Philip H. Gadsden, chairman of the national committee on public utilities, has opened offices in Washington to organize US light and power, street railway, and gas companies to coordinate resources for the war effort. He previously worked with the American Electric Railway Association's war board. Washington, June 25. A Rome cable reports Italian offensives began Sunday with heavy artillery, river crossings, and capture of prisoners as Austrians retreat. The official Rome war office report notes victory milestones and crossRiver actions. Rome, June 25. The Rome report cites continued operations and enemy withdrawal to the left bank of the Piave. Vienna, June 25. The Austrian war office announces the evacuation of Montello and the right bank of the Piave.
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Philip H. Gadsden
National Committee On Public Utilities
Washington
United States
American Electric Railway Association
Rome
Piave
Montello
Della Della Madonna
Nervesa
Maserada
Sardona
Young
War Office
Italy
Vienna
Crown Prince's Army Is Near Annihilation
A Milan and London report state Archduke Joseph and General Wurm’s forces are surrounded with surrender or annihilation likely. The Central Powers suffer a crushing defeat in Italy with about 2,000,000 Austrians killed or captured and regiments halved in effectiveness. The Piave River action continues as Italian cavalry harasses the retreating enemy.
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London
Giornale D. Italia
Archduke Joseph
Gen
Wurm
Milan
Italy
Piave
Allies Progress on Western Front Repel Attack and Capture
Paris reports French forces repelled a western front attack in the Leport region north of Aisne and seized prisoners in a surprise move in Woevre and Lorraine sectors. Canadians also took prisoners in a raid east of Amiens.
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Paris
Leport
Aisne
Woevre
Lorraine
Amiens
Italians Press Across Piave and Capture Large Numbers
Italian reports from Rome say about 45,000 Austrians were captured as Italian forces crossed the Piave River in multiple bridgeheads from Montello to Zenson. The Austrians abandoned rifles, machine guns and food stores while retreating, with cavalry surrounding enemy units on the east bank and a broad west-bank clearance continuing from Montalto to San Dona di Piave.
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London
Rome
Montalig
Piave
San Dona di Piave
Montello
Zenson
Nerveau
Pelze
Flaly
Beamé
Tiglians
Heads Protective Work for Women and Girls
Mrs. Jane D. Rippin, formerly chief probation officer of Philadelphia, leads the government's protective work for women and girls with over 75 women officers under her direction. Many serve around the country's military camps.
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Jane D. Rippin
Municipal Court of Philadelphia
Italians Drive Austrians from Piave Front in Fresh Assaults
Italian forces push along the Piave as Austrians retreat under cover of darkness leaving guns behind. American aviators aid by crippling retreating units while Italian detachments advance from Capo Sile toward the main river and bombard the enemy. The battle rages from Montello to San Dona di Piave with heavy artillery and bombing from air support.
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War Office
Pinave
Piave
Capo Sile
Montello
Raffaele Garinei
Milan Secolo
Candela
San Dona di Piave
Urges War on Bulgarians in Congress Speech
Washington June 5 Representative Foot of Ohio opened in the house urging the coming of war on Bulgaria and a declaration of war on Turkey. He declared that Japan and the United States should go hand in hand toward Russia.
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Ohlo
Warhinston
Tuckey
Troop ship sunk off Atlantic coast by German submarine
German submarines sank a British transport under American charter about 700 miles east of the Delaware Capes on June 18. Sixty seven crewmen are missing. four boats saved 31 men, others lost. The vessel, formerly Russian, was the Dwinsk, 8178 tons, built 1897, originally C. F. Tietgen, later Dywinsk under Russian then British control.
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Washington
Atlantic Ocean
Navy Department
Delaware Capes
Atlantic
Hampton Roads
Bermuda
Russia
New York
Dwinsk
Russian East Asiatic Steamship Company
Archangel
Belfast
C. F. Tietgen
Dywinsk
Americans Take Belleau Wood Northwestern Sector
American forces on the Marne last night captured the northwestern part of Belleau wood, cleared it of Germans, and took prisoners and five machine guns. The assault followed a heavy barrage and lasted about a half hour with rapid advance and strong determined action.
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Marne
Belleau Wood
Thaowh Faly
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Road
M’adoo
Geneal
Sean
Crown Prince
Tors
U.S
HMN
Charles I
Great Britain
America
Wood
Belleau Wood Falls
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