Elemental ruin swirls through Pittsburgh storm toll
A ferocious wind and rain storm struck at 4 30 pm causing several deaths and extensive damage across Pittsburgh and Allegheny. Trees toppled, roofs torn, telegraph lines snapped, and fires, floods, and widespread property loss followed. Killed include a camper by a falling tree and workers struck by debris. others injured or expected to die. Suburban losses near Homewood and other districts total about 100 000 dollars, with rivers rising and more damage feared.
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Pittsporea
Pittsburg
Allegheny
Ohio Valley
Allegheny River
Wilmerding
Eighth Ward Hunting and Fishing Club
Sugar Grove
John Gus
George Miller
Thomas O'Connell
Charles Kosack
Jacob Metz
Frank Ott
Harry Hadley
Greenfield Avenue
Joseph Ashfelder
Sharpsburg
W. L. Norr
McKee’s Rocks
Gerodette
Carnegie Museum
Pool
Menvy
Homewood
Thirteen Men Injured After Floor Collapse at Diamond Match Warehouse
July 28 report details a second floor collapse at the partially burned Diamond Match Company warehouse. Thirteen workers were trapped under debris while removing it. injuries include broken arm, bruises, and possible internal injuries. Names listed include Henry Boggarid Otto Reese Peter Romero and others treated on site.
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Hebris
Cuano
Diamond Match Company
Henry Boggarid
Otto Reese
May
Frank Busella
Peter Romero
J. Jonsoh
James Callman
J. M. Focunk
William Filer
Joseph Peter
Simon Tamra
Vo Indonze
Sanguilino
Dominick Fiecl
Frank Preceltia
Twelve Struck in Allegheny by Lightning
In Allegheny twelve people were struck by lightning and rushed to hospital in critical condition. Abner Hays freught receiver of the Fort Wayne railroad A M Bennett and three children August Snedtz his wife and their four children injured. Weather wrecks reported as damaging property in Pittsburg with twenty five to thirty injured by falling trees and debris.
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Allegheny
Abner Hays
Freught
Fort Wayne
A. M. Bennett
August Snedtz
Hays
Bennett
St. Clair Terrace
Denny
M. E
Kirkpatrick Street
John Wesley Chapel
A. al. E
Pitesburg High School
Holy Ghost College
Two Men Die in the Desert Mining Prospectors Lost Near Yuma
Ed notes from Pomona report Federal M Clark and Harry Sanford began a cross desert trek from Banning to Yuma six weeks earlier. Grub-staked by James Coyle of Pomona they battled extreme heat and sand storms along the Colorado River, with Clark sending a dire message from Volcano Springs before communication ceased.
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Banning
Cal
Pomona
Fednanl M. Clark
Harry Sanford
Colorado Desert
Yuma
Ariz
Colorado River
James Coyle
Coyle
Clark
Volcano Springs
Destruction from hail across fifty square miles in Yankton county
Hailing damaged crops livestock and farm property across fifty square miles from Lesterville to Volin, near Yankton, with stones two to four inches in diameter. The material toll includes wholesale losses to corn fields and livestock deaths. The report also notes the passing of William Henry Smith, famed journalist and publisher.
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Yankkton
Lesterville
Volin
Yankton
Storim Plays Havoc with Crops Sioux Cry In July 23
Fuller reports from Sioux City detail havoc caused by Storim on crops across the region. Weather and timing worsened damage with Sunday night and yesterday's conditions cited as key factors affecting harvests and farmers' yields.
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Sioux Cry
Murono Names Triplets After Grover Cleveland Term
New York on July 98 Antonio Murono of 895 First avenue claims the season record. His wife’s interference produced triplets a boy and two girls. He sees the birth as a sign of a third Cleveland term naming the son Grover Cleveland Murono and the girls Esther and Ruth Marono.
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New York
Storm Devastates Midwest Farms Estimated at 200000
A severe storm swept across northwestern Iowa northeastern Nebraska and southeastern South Dakota causing widespread grain loss from Moville area. Fields suffered five to ten bushels per acre with many destroyed entirely and an estimated damage of 200000 dollars.
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Iowa
Nebraska
South Dakota
Moville
Flood at Cincinnati Drives Sunstroke Cases Rising Water
The Cincinnati river rose to nearly thirty nine feet above low water and kept climbing at about two inches per hour. Weather was clear and hot with seven sunstroke cases reported by 10 o clock, none fatal and only one seriously affected. Most victims were laborers, with prostrations occurring after sundown.
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Cincinnati
Tragedy at Exposition Track Claims Two Lives
At the Exposition race track a racing accident in the second race left jockey Sam Mason dead from a broken neck after his horse Ava Cain struck the lead horse Harry T C as it swerved. The leading horse also died, and another boy was killed yesterday at the track.
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Ixansas Cilty
Exposition Race Track
Harry 'T
Ava Cain
Sam Mason
Harry ‘Tc
Mason
Cedar Ramps Workmen Electrocuted In Partial Insulation Incident
A worker in Cedar Rapids Iowa on July 28 touched a live wire that was imperfectly insulated. He hung briefly smoking as the flesh burned, then fell to the ground. No hopes for his recovery.
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Cedar Ramps
Dame
Heavy Rain Drowns Man and Disrupts Rail Travel
Duspuque In July 25 rainfall for the last 24 hours reached 6.27 inches causing extensive railway damage and train delays. Frank Raho drowned while trying to ford a swollen creek near Dyersville. City damages total 33,000.
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Duspuque
Frank Raho
Dyersville
Death of William Henry Smith in Chubaco
William Henry Smith longtime general manager of the Associated Press and prominent in newspaper publication died at his Lake Forest home at 8 30 yesterday morning Pneumonia with weak heart action caused his death though not sudden. He had been confined to his home in recent years and unable to oversee his newspapers. Saturday afternoon his illness worsened at the bedside.
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de Smith
Charles H. Wiliams
Mr. Smith
William Henry Smith
Agadetated Press
Agadeiated Press
United States
Columbus County
New York
New York State
Ohio
West
Cincinnati
Chubaco
Willam Henry Smith
Associated Press
Lake Forest
Bu Ilness
New $1 Silver Certificates Easier to Counterfeit
New York July 28 experts warn the demand for the new silver certificates exceeds the supply and they are easier to counterfeit than the old issue, prompting concern among banks and the public about security and authenticity.
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New York
Weather Indications for Regions on July 28
The twenty four hour forecast from 8 p.m. yesterday covers Indiana Illinois Lower Michigan Upper Michigan Wisconsin and Iowa. Indiana and Illinois generally fair cooler weather with variable winds. Lower Michigan generally fair with light southerly winds becoming variable. Upper Michigan and Wisconsin fair and warmer with light to fresh southerly winds. Iowa fair and warmer with variable winds becoming southerly.
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Wasminton
Indiana
Ilinois
Lower
Michigan
Upper Michigan
Wisconsin
Iowa
Markets and Commodities Report From New York and Chicago
The Market summary lists money on call at 2 percent with mercantile paper near 7 percent and steady sterling. bond prices show irregular government issues with various registered and coupon yields. Chicago grain quotes include Wheat and Corn futures, Oats, and Park and Lard bids. produce prices cover butter, eggs, poultry, potatoes, honey, berries, and other regional items. Chicago live stock notes show cattle and hog price ranges, with daily receipts and distribution across grades and types.
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New York
Sterling Exchange
Yates
United States
Pacific T
Chicago
Board of Trade Today
Ohio
Sheriff Douglass Killed in Nevada City Highwayman Ambush
Nevada City Cal July 28 The dead body of Sheriff David Douglass and the corpse of an unknown highwayman were found a few feet apart in a woods two miles from town. Douglass was shot through the heart and eye. bullets from his pistol pierced the robber. The dog returned alone after the sheriff and deputies failed to capture the highwayman who had been terrorizing the routes nearby. The sheriff had gone out alone with his dog to chase the suspect, hoping to surprise the outlaw, but perished with his companion in a tragic stakeout.
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Nevada City
Cal
David Douglass
Douglass
Desperado
Tragic Triple Attempt in Delaware River
Camden July 28 Mrs Mary Hermann 80 attempted to drown herself and her two infant children in the Delaware after tying their hands and feet and taking carbolic acid She leaped overboard but boatmen rescued her The children did not surface Both she and her husband who harmed himself with a razor faced police action The report also notes Wendell Seibert who killed himself after resigning to unemployment and family hardship.
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Camden
N. J
Mary Hermann
South Fourth Street
Delaware River
Mail stage robbed by Doolin gang in Oklahoma gulch
Wichita dispatch reports a lone wagon in a gulch west of Lacey Oklahoma Territory held up by outlaws who rifled express and mail sacks and took letters and valuables from two passengers. Authorities, led by U S marshals, pursue the reformed Bill Doolin gang. In Marysville Kansas a farmer’s 18 year old daughter is shot dead by John Selvage who then killed himself after the girl’s parents had forbidden their company.
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Wichita
Kan
Lacey
Oklahoma Territory
Bill” Doolin
Guthrie
United States
Marysville
Knn
John Selvage
David Hoffman
Afton
Here
Selvage
London Congress Session Ends In Chaos Amid Protests
July 2 in London the first session of the International Socialist congress dissolved after anarchists blocked seats and clashes erupted between factions. Chairman Covey attempted order as fights and noise raged, ending with a shout that the meeting was closed and delegates spilling into the street. In Washington on July 8 bankers fulfilled pledges to supply gold, boosting the treasury reserve to 105,073,919 after new deposits and withdrawals.
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London Congress
London
International Socialist Congress
Kier Hardie
Covey
Washington
Treasury
Boston
Chicago
New York
Rhodes to Tell All at Parliament Committee
The Daily News reports Cecil Rhodes plans to attend the parliamentary committee investigating the Jameson raid and to disclose all he knows. In New York 6000 coat and sack coat workers quit, with 6000 jacket makers to join tomorrow, swelling the garment strike.
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London
The
Daily News
Cecil Rhodes
New York
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Antonio Murono
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WM. Henry Smith
New York Financial
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Union
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Texas
Thug
Diesperadoes
Mer
Delaware
Bill Doolin
R Rhodes
Theatm
Freeport
Freeport Light and Fuel Company
Scott
Medical Institute
Stephenson St
Over Star Clothing
Freeport, Ill
Warren D. Scott, M. DD
Bellevue Hospital
Eye and
Exnre Hospital
New York City
U.S
St. Louis
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