Tornado devastates Rochester Texas and other chaos
The Georgetown Daily Item reports a Texas tornado that wrecked most of Rochester causing thousands in damage. It also notes a white man killed near Comer Georgia by a posse, a Columbia mill worker’s suicide by laudanum, Thaw lawyers withdrawing a second trial bid, and ten injured in Cincinnati when a four story brick building collapsed.
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Comer
Columbia
Charles Herbert
Washington, D. C
Texas
Rochester
Cincinnatti
Wireless Saves Liner Periled by Icebergs
Reports say icebergs threaten transatlantic liners as La Touraine, French liner, returns from Havre amid fog and slow travel. A Hamburg American ship warned of derelict ice, but it was not sighted, and further notices confirmed ice in the route.
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la Touraine
Havre
France
Patrica
Touraine
Dainty Child Tourist Edith Deane Arrives Aboard Umbria
A twelve year old London girl Edith Deane arrived in the second cabin of the Umbria traveling alone to San Francisco. Immigration officials arranged her transfer to a train for the cross country journey under careful supervision.
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Umbria
Edith Deane
London
San Francisco
Continent
Attempted Suicide Delays Mississippi Hanging
Jackson July 1 George Jenkins condemned for the Clifton murder tried to end his life by slashing his throat just before the sheriff entered his cell. Doctors say the wound is not fatal and the sheriff plans to proceed with the hanging on Wednesday despite Jenkins condition.
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Jackon
Miss
George Jenkins
Joseph Clifton
Jenkins
Health brigade repelled by crowds during July 1 strike turmoil
In New York on July 1 a thousand health department workers sent to clean streets were overwhelmed by strike sympathizers and forced back to stables. Police protected the workers as heat raises disease risk amid the White Wings strike and ice wagon drivers lockout. American Ice Company remains firm.
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Health Department
White Wings
American Ice Company
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