Monongah Mine Disaster Deepens Rescue Efforts
In Monongah West Virginia after a blast at Fairmont Coal Company mines 6 and 8, 315 workers are feared trapped with 85 bodies recovered. rescuers push through debris while residents mourn as 50 physicians tend the injured and coffins are ordered for hundreds more.
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Monongah
W. Va
Fairmont Coal Company
Consolidated Coal Company
Baltimore
West Fork
Fairmont and
Clarksburg Traction Company
Pittsburg
Zanesville
Dawson
West Virginia
Paul
Charleston
Amos
Fairman
Record of 1907 Mining Death Toll Tops Two Thousand
The year 1907 saw mining disasters claim nearly 2,000 lives worldwide, with Monongah and Courrières deaths driving the total. A list of accidents from January to December details dozens of incidents across the United States, Europe, and beyond, highlighting safety shortcomings as miners total approaches two thousand.
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Courrieres
France
Mine officials pledge to safeguard miners at Monongah
Charleston reports Chief Mine Inspector Paul and deputies on site at Monongah after the explosion. Officials promise to use best efforts to protect workers, regardless of new legislative requirements, as the mine No. 8 dust issue is noted in the latest report.
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Charleston
W. Va
Paul
Monongah
LaRue
Rescuers Retrieve 141 Bodies in West Virginia Mine Disaster
In Monongah West Virginia 141 bodies were brought to the surface from Fairmont Coal mines numbers 6 and 8 after a Friday explosion that killed more than 400. Rescuers, facing rain and dangerous conditions, expect to clear the mines within twenty four hours as teams push to recover hundreds more bodies.
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Monongah
W. Va
Fairmont Coal Company
Opening Convention Draws Large Fort Wayne Audience
The Young People's Alliance Fort Wayne district opened a two day convention at Bethel Evangelical church on Tuesday December 3 with Rev. C D Rarey presiding. Rev F C Berger of Flint Mich spoke on Palestine and the Orient and shared travel insights from the East. The audience enjoyed the choir numbers and sessions continued with mission work discussions led by Rarey and a future Berger lecture on Young People’s Work.
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Young People’s Alliance
Fort Wayne
Bethel Evangelical Church
C. D. Rarey
Huntington
F. C. Berger
Flint, Mich
Alliance
Palestine
Orient
Berger
Far East
E. Q. Laudeman
Trains Collide Near Beloit Injuring Five
Northwestern passenger train crashed head on into a freight near Beloit Wisconsin early today. Five trainmen were seriously injured. Miners receive pay in cash in Terre Haute Indiana today.
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Beloit
Wis
Northwestern
Remarkable Garber of a Benign Monarch Oscar II
Oscar II ruled Sweden and Norway from 1872 to 1905 and Sweden alone after 1905. He was a scholar, poet, musician, scientist, and orator, highly cultured and patron of science and literature. His reign was peaceful, with Norway's secession crisis shaping his final years. He supported Nordenskjold, Nansen, and other explorers and fostered the Nobel prizes. He wrote histories, poetry, drama, and music, and led Sweden in a romantic, literary era. He married Princess Sophia and had four sons. His era blends literature, science, and art with monarchy.
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Oscar II
Sweden
Norway
Oscar Bernadotte
Europe
Oscar
Goethe
Scandinavia
Nordenskjold
Nansen
Hedin
Oscar J
Sophia
Nassau
Wilhelm
Gustaf
Duke of
Eugene
Nerike
Gustavus IV
House of Vasa
Stockholm
Alderkreutz
Charles XIII
France
Napoleon
Bernadotte
Pau
Charles John
Desiree
Oscar I
Josephine de Leuchtenberg
Eugene de Beauharnais
Josephine
Desiree Clary
Holy Alliance
Frederick
Denmark
Storting
Crsis
Charles XII
England
von Dobeln
Finland
Kronberg Castle
Ivar Hallstrom
Hallstrom
Oscar Sr
Royal Opera
New York Edison Contract Imposes Water Delay Penalty
New York December 10 A city contract with New York Edison carries a penalty of 500 dollars per minute for delay in supplying power after a fire alarm. The amount is the heaviest ever proposed by the city and applies to operating pumps for the new high pressure water system between Chambers and Twenty third streets. Water Commissioner John H. O'Brien announced the agreement.
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New York
New York Edison Company
Chambers
John H. O'Brien
Edis
Taft Narrow Escape On Boulogne Harbor Tender
Mrs Taft wife of the American secretary of war joined her husband on the steamer President Grant in Boulogne. A heavy sea wrecked the tender Holland as it left the harbor causing a near capsizing with passengers jolted by falling fixtures. The Holland stabilized near the lighthouse and transfers followed. The President Grant delayed eight hours and then proceeded to Plymouth.
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President Grant
English Channel
London
Taft
Boulogne
George Post Wheeler
Tokio
Holland
Grant
M. Rischmann
France
Paris
Plymouth
Taft's Mother Dies After Long Illness
Milbury Massachusetts December 9 death of Mrs Louisa Maria Taft mother of William H Taft secretary of war announced at 12 20 this morning She was widow of Alphonso Taft former secretary of war attorney general under Grant later minister to Austria and Russia Taft had visited on Independence Day and left for Canada then Washington for world tour plans He sails from Cuxhaven on President Grant to New York arriving December 18 Mrs Taft born September 11 1827 in Boston daughter of Samuel Davenport Torrey
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Mass
Louisa Maria Taft
William H. Taft
Taft
Alphonso Taft
United States
President Grant
Austria
Russia
Canada
Washington
Old Homestead
Delia Torrey
Cuxhaven
New York
Boulogne
Lunatic Shoots Labor Leaders in State Capitol
In Boston on December 6 three prominent labor leaders Edward Cohen Dennis D Driscoll and Arthur M Huddell were shot by an armed insane man John A Steele of Everett as they awaited a conference with Governor Guild in the executive chamber of the Massachusetts statehouse. Cohen and Driscoll were seriously wounded with Cohen likely fatally struck.
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Mass
Statehouse
Edward Cohen
Lynn
State Federation of Labor
Dennis D. Driscoll
Arthur M. Huddell
Central Labor Union
John A. Steele
Everett
Steele
Executive Chamber
Cohen
Driscoll
Heathen Attered
Danvers
Gov. Guild
John B. Moran
Salem
Essex
William Reed
Reed
Huddell
Groves
Gen. Whitney
Kennedy
Kove
New Indianapolis Leader Elected Chairman of Republican National Committee
Harry 8. New of Indianapolis elected to succeed George B. Cortelyou as chairman. The vote was unanimous after New presided and was followed by a formal acceptance and plans for the upcoming national convention. Committees were named to draft resolutions and a call for the convention.
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Harry
S. New
Republican National Committee
Washington
Washington, D. C
New
Indianapolis
George B. Cortelyou
Cortelyou
Crane
Massachusetts
Lyon
Texas
Senator Crane
Senator Ankeny
Lyons
Kean
Murphy
Hill
Moline
Messrs. Babcock
Wisconsin
Georgia
Blodgett
Michigan
Henry C. Payne
Messrs
Todd
Porto Rico
Heyburn
Idaho
Duncan
North Carolina
Philippines
Reyburn
District of Columbia
Capers
South Carolina
Messrs. Yerkes
Kentucky
Streeter
New Hampshire
Kellogg
Minnesota
Cooper
Gunman shoots three at statehouse in Boston event
Steele fired twice at Cohen and once at Driscoll in the Massachusetts statehouse during a pardon meeting with Governor Guild. Cohen died from the back of the head wound. Driscoll survived a scalp wound. Steele, a former soldier with insanity history, was seized by guards and sent to the Tombs.
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Cohen
Harrington
Harvey
Steele
State Police
Driscoll
Mr. Dris
Danvers Asylum
Edward Cohen
Horse Used As Part Of Electrical Circuit In War Tests
Washington December 4 A device to join horse and wire for telegraph and telephone tests has been reported by Lieut A C Knowles of Fort Leavenworth. A copper piece placed on the horse body completes a ground circuit through the animal and allows mounted operators to transmit messages without dismounting. Tests covered various terrains.
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Washington
War Department
A. C. Knowles
Thirteenth Infantry
Fort Leavenworth
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