Rock Island Train Collision Kills and Maims Passengers
A Rock Island freight collided with a Union Pacific freight ten miles east of Lawrence Kansas. The wreck burned a caboose passenger coach and livestock cars. Five men were injured and two missing. One conductor J M Atwood is confirmed dead. more fatalities expected as bones are found.
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Rock Island
Union Pacific
Lawrence
Kan
Lunder
Dumore
J. M. Atwood
J. A. Atwood
Union Pacific Train
Kansas City
Stockman
Pascott
Kansas
C. W.pagerburg
Oldsburg
C. Dither
Toluna
Joseph Burtrand
Concordia
Willian Hardesty
Delphos
Kas
Daniel Taylor
Bellevue
G. W. Spencer
Clyde
W. RR. Gilmore
Tdana
J. C West
Steckman
C. W. Mason
Stockiman
Fire and three blazes kill a Gotham fireman
A Fireman died and $475 worth of property burned in Gotham from three blazes. The report notes a series of fires with significant damage and a fatality in the city’s fire service.
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Gotham
Henry W. Paine
Cambridge
Mass
Eastern Lines
Senator Hill
Hornblower
New York
Charles M. Cresson
Philadelphia
Edward Bell
Long Island City
Ohio
Ilinois
Pennsylvania
Dra Horse and Ferguson
Bishop
Brooklyn
Rio de Janeiro
Grobee Gould
Zella Nicolaus
Mahoning Rolling Mill Company
Danville
Iron and Steel
Sonth Luive
Nelson
Mirssielits Life
Bodale
N.Y
Dak
Pretty Typewriter
Wen Hey
Ty Omarry
British and Foreign News and Trials from 19th Century Papers
Reports of Matabele raids killing Capt. Wilson and men. British and American ship movements. regulatory calls in Italy. Gilbert Islands seizure. Brazilian insurgents. Prendergast murder trial verdict. warnings on bonds. social and labor notes. The piece blends empire, crime, and commerce items across multiple locales.
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Cart
Wilson
Lobengula
Cairo
Italy
Great Britain
Gilbert Islands
San Francisco
London
Rio de Janeiro
Count Bismarck
Prosper Considerant
Paris
San Domingo
Cape Town
Fort Salisbury
Minneapolis
United States
Northern Pacific
Thompson
Buenos Ayres
Master Workman Severe
Knights of Labor
Philadelphia
Des Moines
Knights
Sovereign
Ames
Prendergast Found Guilty of Murder and Sentenced to Death
The Patrick Eugene Joseph Prendergast trial in Chicago concluded with a guilty verdict after about one hour of jury deliberation and a death sentence. The defendant, who made the sign of the cross, faced Judge’s declaration that he would die for the murder of Carter H. Harrison. The trial began December 6 and lasted twenty court sessions.
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Navidl
Ilinois
Louisa Hollenberg
Porte Thaute
Ind
BL. Gillette
Des Moines
Iowa
Toke Smith
J. FE Ituight
Astiland
Wis
United States
Mary Wilson
Muneie
Kieber
Cal
Vane
Crniderie
Biviaus
Mabegatn
Phe
Tate
Ana Rosie
Peer de Waite
Alice DE Swereein
Milwaukee
Osha
Hess
Nanny Veurs
Anna Wagner
Indianapolis
Charles Koester
Koster
Koester
Koesters
Patrick Eugene Joseph Prendergast
Carter H. Harrison
ALS
Prendergast
Patrick Eugene Prendergast
Womeen
William SI
Scarlet
Chicago
London
Stead
Agnire
Srrah Hackett Stevenson
Silas W. Perrit
Philadelphia
Northern Painte Railway Company
Jenkinson
United States Court
Thomas JF. Oakes
Henry C. Clyne
Henry C. Rouse
Pooh
Northern Pacite Railway Company
Northern Pacific
Ata Peelit
Boure of Directors
Cakes
Ralston
Brentaito
Tailiff Busse
Irentano
Buse
Priew
Satter
Liiteverald
Searcely
Rose
Wade
Prendergast Ins
A. S. Trade
Patrick Eugene Joseph Preddergast
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Telegraph
Texas
Red Key
Ann Arbor
Mich
Richard Sipple
Caeorge
Henry Tedlored
San Antonio Tex
West Texas
Fort Stockton
Mexico
Win Bay Uy
Myron Camphe
Tole
Robe
Campbells
Phere
Speciak Prendergaat
Homestead
Carnegie Stook Company
Jacksonville
Fla
Western
Southern
Cintas Mterkcin
Daaniel
Bett
Mlovida
Gov
Husastin
Mites Isetts
Watterson
Lattinville
Thomas Ransdall
Geier Bhai
Kyl
Childeen
Thie Latise
Man Dgreckenridge
Kentucky
Miss Pollard
Washington
Bevin
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Turk
Bump Tom
Mrn Bethune
Mrs. Bethune
Guelph
Ont
Caldwell
Antoninus
Indianapol
Bauley
Bassin
Carter Harrison
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