Tragic Hudson River Rail Disaster Kills Twenty-Eight
A New York Central train derailed into the Hudson near Garrison New York, killing twenty eight travelers including women and children. The crash occurred as a retaining wall failed under the tracks, plunging the engine and cars into the river. A tugboat crew and a local resident aided rescue efforts, with many bodies recovered from the wreckage and the water.
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New York Central
Hadson River
Garrison
N. Y
Hudson River
Lfe
Buffalo
Augustus Carr
LISTS OF THE DEAD AND HURT IN DISASTER
A partial roll lists nineteen known dead and twenty eight total, with many unidentified Chinamen and named victims from New York Chicago Tremont and other places. The injured include conductors engineers and baggage workers from New York Jersey City Peekskill Aurora and Bayonne with bruises wounds and shocks reported. earliest victim found on shore dying.
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Peekskill
Thomas Reilly
St. Louis
Wong Gim
Bo. A. Green
Chicago
H. G. Myers
Tremont
N. Y
Guissepe Paduano
New York
S. Becker
Newark
W. J
A. G
Chinaman
Frank J. Dingen
New York City
Tony Lee
Herman Acker
Shaw
Express
John &. Ryan
Jersey City
Clarence Morgan
Aurora
W. S. Zengford
Bayonne
N. J
Charles Buchanan
John Smith
John Mood
DROWNING OF THIRTEEN SAILORS NEAR POINT ARENA CAL
Thirteen seamen from the steam schooner Casper were drowned after the vessel struck a reef and capsized near Point Arena. Captain Afvidsen and Seaman Chris Larsen survived on improvised raft fragments for over fourteen hours, rescued by two shore men who braved a furious gale.
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Point Arena
Cal
Casper
Afvidgeon
Chris Larsen
Larsen
Anfiidsen
Fire destroys Hotel Brooklyn at Kelletville in blaze
A hotel fire in Kelletville near Oil City burned the three story Hotel Brooklyn killing three people and injuring seven. The dead include Professor Tucker Andrew Salsgiver and Kate Miller, with Emma Kiser among the wounded. Fire started on the second floor trapping guests who jumped to safety.
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Oil City
Brooklyn
Kellerville
Oi City
Professor Tucker
Sewickley
Pittsburg
Andrew Salsgiver
Tionesta
Kate Miller
Kelletville
Emma Kiser
Tucker
Salsgiver
Experts not against greenbacks in currency reform
Financial experts tell the congressional commission that withdrawal of greenbacks and treasury notes is unlikely. A leading financier advocates unifying paper into coin certificates and silver certificates, with a strong gold reserve and separate revenue and currency policies. Proposals include bank note standards, short term borrowing to cover deficits, and national bank issued notes backed by government bonds. Also reports a train wreck attempt near Petersburg and a Tennessee tax lien ruling over a mortgage.
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Treasury
Commission
Associated Press
Secretary of the Treasury
Canada
Cough remedy praised for swift cure by local reader
A Liberty Maryland reader recounts a severe bout of la grippe and credits Chamberlain's Cough Remedy with a speedy permanent cure. The letter endorses the medicine and notes it is sold by Emmett & Burrell. Then a dry goods ad from Wm Walton promotes cloaks, capes, shawls, and a large stock at old prices with an urging to inspect.
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Chamberlain
Ihs
Banner of Liberty
Libertytown
Maryland
Emmett & Burrell
Wm. Walton
Stephenson St
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Neb
George B. Henry
Hampton
Ills
York
First National Bank of York
Henry
Sweeney
Joan of Arc
Maud Gonne
Lucania
W. 8. Perry
Monetary Commission
Washington
Broadway
Fifty-Ninth Street
Fifty-ninth
Caliente
Harper’s Weekly
Springfield
Tis
Petersburg
Chicago and Alton
Chattanooga
Tenn
Supreme Court
Knoxville
Dunn
McConnell
Germania Opera House
Jessey Marvin
Prgram
Arno's
J.H. Edwards
Castoria
Pitcher’s Castoria
Samuel Pitcher
Hyannis
Massachusetts
Pitcher's Castoria
Mothers of America
Centaur Company
Chas. H. Fletcher
Lea
Staver
Queen & Crescent
Nashville
Cincinnati
Lookout Mountain
Chickamauga National Military Park
W. A. Beckler
Adams Street
Rinearson
Cincinnati, O
Enbauge
Stephenson Street
Brewster House
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