Five Men Killed in Boller Explosion Near Crow Hickman
Owensboro Kentucky special reports a massive boiler explosion at John Mercer’s portable mill near Crow Hickman on the Owensboro and Nashville line nine miles south of town. Five men died and another was fatally injured as bystanders fled after the blast caused by cold water entering a warm boiler. The blast tore bodies apart and the area shook with a devastating concussion felt in the city. Separately a riot at Moorhead Bros. finishing works in Sharpsburg Virginia left one fatally shot and several injured after a wage cut spurred clashes between strikers and non union workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owensboro
Kentucky
Crow Hickman
Nashville
Here
John Mercer
Vesuvius Juron Works
Moorhead Bros. & Co
Sharpsburg
Dance with a Deadly Fadlng. Garden special
Information from Alpine reports a country dance at James Forbes house ended in a melee. Three men were killed and two wounded with knives and revolvers. Lew Jones Charlen Ross and Sam Vowell were shot Ross stabbed fatally. Walker Jones and Hill Jones were seriously wounded. Mrs John Reust Huntington Ind robbed of 250 in gold hidden in a cellar. thieves broke in by window. No clue to culprits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ark
Alpine
James Forbes
Lew Jones
Charlen Ross
Sam Vowell
Ross
Walker Jones
Hill Jones
Jobn Reust
Huntington
Ind
Gould
Harrogate Mayor Miller Shot Dead by Ex Marshal Newbe
The suburb of Harrogat Ky reports Mayor William Miller mortally wounded by ex Marshal Newbe who fired five shots at his home after being dismissed for misfeasance. Miller likely will die. Newbe fled to mountains amid rising mob anger. Also noted are pension and citizenship proposals for foreigners, a Knights of Labor injunction denial, John J Sullivan's health rumors, Roby Athletic Club philanthropy, and Gen Smythe’s paralysis stroke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pronpert
William Miller
Harrogat
Middlesborough
Ol. Newbe
Newbe
Miller
Eastern News Roundup Highlights Wrecks Trials and Trials
A long wire service style digest reports Mrs JoAn Braddock dies at 120 in Slabtown Pa a Plymouth mine suit for 55000 over freight charges and a Boston dispatch on Nantasket Beach wreckage from Harding's Ledge. It covers arrests false checks schemes by Thomas Brewer and Her man Cohn, a Vermont bank scheme and New York aims. Also details storms life-saving crews snow blizzards and multiple court cases in Indiana Ohio Illinois and Nebraska with fires robberies and political rounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Braddock
Slabtown
John C. Happock
Plymouth
Lackawanna Company
Thomas
Brewer
Herman L. Cohn
Barton
Wilds
Vermont
New York
Harding
Paris reform proposal aims to curb parliamentary obstruction
The French Chamber considers changing parliamentary procedure to minimize obstruction. Vienna’s London Standard correspondent reports Constance Fenimore Woolson died by suicide in Venice after influenza. German reconciliation scene as Emperor and Bismarck greet the former chancellor in Berlin amid cheers. Charles Hoyt to wed actress Caroline Miskell next March. Shippers press for official railway classifications. ex-brakeman James Megan sues for 80,000. Rear Admiral Benham meets Da Gama on arbitration talks. Toronto Rowing Club to select Ryan for Henley race. Carlisle’s bond tastes lift trade recovery hopes as notes rise and domestic trade remains modest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
London Standard
Constance Fenimore Woolson
Venice
Miss Woolson
Prince Bismarck
Friedrichsruhe
Berlin
Charles Hoyt
Caroline Miskell
Eastern Roads
James Megan
Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway
Benham
da Gama
Toronto
Ryan
Senlor
America
Henley-on-Thames
K.G. Dun & Co
Review of Trade
Carlisle
Indiana Incidents and Notable Local Deaths
An Indiana column notes ex judge Frank Emerson dies at 80 in Brownstown and George T. Ogden among Kokomo’s oldest residents passes away. A Royal Center oil strike, Evansville fatalities, Dunkirk temperance gains, and a large Allen County land deal tied to a 2200 acre oil district purchase reveal broad state events and local impacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Condensed State
Frank Emerson
Brownstown
Geo. T. Ogden
Kokomo
Royal Center
Elizabeth Wahl
Evansville
Fort Wayne
Rothersville
Wilson Flyatt
William Bryant
James Seaform
French Creek
South Bend
Tribune Troughs
O. D. Myers
The
Tribune
Charles Garwood
Myers
Henry Aa. Miller
Lake Shore
Michigan Southern Eroops
Elkehart
Railway Company
Muncie
Walnut Street
William Patterson
Western Union Telegraph Office
John Yargan
Richmond
Yargan
Senate
Tennessee
Wayne County
Indiana
Koons
Delaware Circuit Court
Hopkin Land Syndicate of
Cincinnati
Jackson
William Greer
Greer
William Wilson
Trim = Wilson
Juke Loertz
John Kniun
Francis Murkey
Donkirk
Murphys
Dunkirk
Murphy Society
Murphy
William
Indianapolis
Vincennes
Martinsville
Pennslyvania Railway
Henry Murphy
Severnioung
Perry Orrivan
Maumee
Allen County
Joseph K. Edgerton
Allen and
Adams
Allen, Fulton, and Putnam Couties
Ohio
Tazewell County
Illngis
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pltmburgh
Frege
Danen
Pittsburgh
Tall Vie
Congress
Patel
Washington
Jude Cox
Knights of Labor
Carlinls
John J. Sullivan
Bridgeport
Conn
Roby Athletic Club
Corbett-Jackson
State of
G. B. Smythe
Newark
Columbus
McKinley
Union Veteran League
Goopin
Suedohn Neff
Godin
Haskell
Battle Creek
Gillespie
Marti Pallow
Grand Rapids
Emanuel Hoper
Dundee
Banker Koetting
Milwaukee
Waupun
Salem
Yankton
Philadelphia
Fisk
Central City
Col
Taverhill
Mays
England
John Hero
Western Trast and Savings Association
Kansas City
Reid
Capias
California Supreme Court
China
Ainsworth
Neb
South Dakota
Katward Pease
Cleveland, CO
Nure
Davis
Pease
Rsichard Hamilton
Davis Young Pease
Boone County
Iowa
Hibbard
Holcom
Springfield
Rufus N. Ramsay
Elijah P. Ramsay
Palmer
Jeremiah M. Mulvihill
Seventeenth Ward
Chicago
Ed Hussey
Mike Fewer
Ald
Mulvihill
Presbyterian Hospital
Brinkerhoff
Miss Marlowe
McVicker
Pauline Hall
Comic Opera Company
McVicker's
Princess Trebizond
Miss Trall
Southern
Charleston
S. C
Jacksonville
Fla
James Corbett
Charles Mitchell
House Rivers and Harbors Committee
J.C. Sibley
Pennsylvania
House
Full Ways and Means
Tod
Molarie
Cockran
Stevens
McMillin
Tonhosree
D. CL
Agme
Judge Jenkins
McGann
Committee On Labor
Lovala
Black River
Lake Erie
Howe
Harter
Choilvo
Hove
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!