Cal fornia Express wreck kills thirteen near Kansas City
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe train No. 1 known as the California Express derailed on a loose rail near Blue River in a deep cut. Thirteen dead and about thirty injured as five cars jumped the track and slammed into 100 foot walls along the rock cut.
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Kansas City
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
California Express
Five Cares
Blue River
Chicago
San Francisco
Fragments of Smoker Survive After Jam Against Rocks
The scene describes jammed vessels wedged near the rocks of a bluff with only splintered fragments of the smoker remaining visible.
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We Bluff
Roosevelt in Peril on Magnolia Collision at Sea
President Roosevelt was aboard the Magnolia when it collided with the fruit steamer Esparta near New Orleans. The ship was damaged but no one was hurt, and the president transferred to the armored cruiser West Virginia bound for Hampton Roads.
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New Orleans
Magnolia
President Roosevelt
West Virginia
Hampton Roads
Esparta
Craighill
United States Engineers
Ivy
Pilot Station
West
Virginia
Collision of Rock Island freights at Casey Iowa
Des Moines reports a head on collision between two Chicago Rock Island and Pacific freight trains at Casey Iowa. Seven men died including Ed Nelson and William Marshall of Valley Junction Iowa, engineer Bert Shielos, brakeman Frank Johns, and Rev. P. W. Caldwell of Van Meter Iowa, plus two unknown victims.
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Des Moines
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
Casey
Ed Nelson
Bert Shielos
William Marshall
Frank Johns
Valley Junction
P. W. Caldwell
van Meter
Train Wreck Stems From Misread Orders
Two trains collided badly with engines piled into scrap as wreckage. The incident arose from a misunderstanding of orders by the westbound train crew.
Water main breaks cause flood and fatalities
A burst water main at Eighteenth and Clark streets floods several blocks in Chicago, killing three people indirectly and destroying $150,000 in property. The flood displaces scores of families and delays Nickel Plate railroad freight traffic for hours.
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Chicago
Nickel Plate Railroad
Eighteenth
Clark Streets
Hotel Fire Kills Six at Hot Springs Arkansas
Fire destroyed the Railroadmen's hotel on Elim street just below the Iron Mountain depot in Hot Springs. Six charred bodies were recovered identified as A. L. Mann Denver conductor Mrs Mack city Ed Snyder hotel porter Harry Bradley waiter H Roberts Tacoma Washington and John McLean Austin Texas. The two story frame building burned rapidly trapping occupants who jumped from second story windows injured.
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Ark
Railroadmen's Hotel
Iron Mountain Railroad
Elim Street
A. L. Mann
Denver
Mack
City
Ed Snyder
Harry Bradley
H. Roberts
Tacoma
Wash
John McLean
Austin
Tex
Stricken by Heart Disease Dies Former Governor McGill
Postmaster Andrew R. McGill died at 4 a.m. in St. Anthony Park of heart disease at age sixty five. A Pennsylvania native born February 19, 1840, he came to Minnesota in 1861 and served as insurance commissioner from 1873 to 1887 before his election as governor. At his death he was postmaster and state senator, and he served in the Civil War as first sergeant of Company G, Ninth Minnesota.
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St. Paul
Andrew R. McGill
St. Anthony Park
McGill
Pennsylvania
Minnesota
Autocracy Falls in Russia as Witte Becomes Premier
St. Petersburg reports Nicholas II abdicated autocracy and Count Witte assumes premier power with a mandate to transform the tentative assembly into a true legislative body. The manifesto pledges civil liberties and universal suffrage, signaling an immediate broad shift in governance and potential rapid reforms across Russia. A subsequent strike analysis notes mixed reactions and questions Witte’s ability to implement the heavy task ahead. The report also mentions a Rockham bank robbery and a White House hunting axe gift to Kermit Roosevelt, plus his planned return trip next summer.
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St. Petersburg
Old Order of Things
Russia
Nicholas
Count Witte
National Assembly
Bemi
Bert Tilley
Deadwood
Kermit Roosevelt
Blae Hills
White House
Kermit
Burglary at Waukee Freight Depot After Break-In
A freight depot at Sioux Fair was entered by forcing a window and raising 4 panes. Burglars left $30 on the floor after blowing the safe. The yard conductor heard two explosions and saw two men escape while rushing to the scene.
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Waukee
Sioux Fair
Girl Killed While Haying Accident
Miss Etty Hilmer of Canning died in a haying accident while assisting her brother. A tree clip detached from the team struck her head, causing a fatal wound.
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Etty Hilmer
Canning
Pioneer Mose Lamver Dies at Central Drug Store
Rapid City pioneer Mose Lamver collapsed at the Central drug store doorway en route to meet a friend. He suffered a hemorrhage and expired almost instantly, ending a well known local life.
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Mose Lamver
Rapid City
Central Drug Store
Irrigation reservoir contract set for Belle Fourche area
Major contracts exceed 1 million dollars for a large Belle Fourche irrigation reservoir and canal project. Orman and Crook, former Colorado governor, won with a bid of 1 018 000. Labor to start within a month. four year completion window. The reservoir will be about twelve miles wide and feed the region after rains cease. The seventeen and one half mile canal will run along Owl creek to distribute water. The structure will hold Belle Fourche river waters and nearby creeks. capacity and exact height yet undetermined.
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Belle Fourche
Orman & Crook
Colorado
Owl Creek
Bellechia
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