Freight train collision near Somerset Ey kills two
A collision on the Cincinnati Southern Railway near Somerset Ey results in the death of L. Pierson, Jellico superintendent, and severe injuries to Walter Clark and five ushers, with other incidents nearby and across the country reported in late events.
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Somerset
Cincinnati Souther
L. Pierson
Jellico Company
Walter Clark
Brooklyn Bridge
United States Secret Service
Chicag
T. Fiber
John Brinkman
Fred Jatson
Eylar
Vermillion
Glinton
Mis
White
Sherif
Navy vessel safety order follows Atlanta blast
Secretary of the Navy mandates metallic tanks on deck for turpentine alcohol varnish and liquid dryers and bans flammable liquids or explosives not listed in the allowance books after the Atlanta foredeck explosion. Remainder covers October pension totals, cotton and breadstuffs exports, Brazil subsidy bill, Irish Dublin fracas, Iowa election results, and a labor convention financial probe.
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Secretary of the Navy
Atlanta
United States
Geteier
Bureau of American Republics
Washington, D.C
Santo
Brazil
Unitedates
Dublin
Lost Their Lives at Sea in November Storms
Report of a furious southeast gale on Friday drove the British ship Bienvenue of Glasgow ashore at Sandgate with a full crew aboard. A British lifeboat capsized, drowning two rescuers, while a brave sailor perished attempting to save others. Rescue crews later saved all remaining aboard Bienvenue as well as several vessels near Dungeness, with multiple drownings reported and overall lifeboat service heavily crippled.
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London
Bienvenue
Glasgow
Sydney
Sandgate
Hythe
Shire
Tremedius
Motil
Liverpool
Dundeness
Dunedeness
H. P&uger
Bremen
Hastinger
Smmail
Dover
Callas
Boulogne
British
Indon
Navy
Seinor Hardward
Mersey
Southport
Fires and Failures Sweep Towns Across States
A string of disasters reports bank failure in San Diego due to deposit shrinkage with full creditor payout promised. Fires devastated the Central Hotel and shops in Slater Missouri, Crystal Salt Works in Warsaw New York, and Philadelphia wholesale dry goods. A large coal pile fire in Duluth and a spontaneous combustion origin are noted. Blizzard and winter storms hit Dickinson North Dakota and surrounding cities with heavy snow and plummeting temps, while famine relief horror in Russia sees mothers killing children and then themselves after loan refusals.
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Duluth
Northern Fuel Company
Daleth Fire Department
Children’s injuries and local fires stir Westmoreland County
Ray Ehrenfeldt, four, in Altoona area loses a hand after an accidental chop by a brother. a doctor says the severed part is in place and may regrow but will be useless. In Ligonier township a farmhouse burns from a defective flue, total loss. A fireman’s horse is stolen near Kecksburg. a mailings of various local incidents follow, including poisonings, jail suicides, and townwide infrastructure notes.
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Ray Ehrenfeldt
Altoons
Ligionier Township
Westmoreland County
Joseph Miller
Kevi Overly
R. R
McKeesport
George Grazier
Tyrone
Girazier
Henry Dalmeyer
Pittanes
Nanticoke
John Byres
McDonald
Field
Fred Weaver
Wayne County
Bellefonte
Strets
Ellsworth Luce
West Newton
Greensburg
Western
Joseph Hilda
Wilkesbarre
Elis Pack
Monday
Susquehanna River
Plymouth
Wilson Female College
Chambersburg
Otto Barber
Dixonville
Indiana County
Barber
Stevebhoro
Secretary Rusk Reports Bright Outlook for Agriculture
Secretary Jeremish Rusk presented to the President his annual agriculture report. He projects at least a 700 million dollar rise in farm product values for 1891 over 1890 and notes strong export prospects in cereals. He discusses tariff effects on imports, trade balances, meat inspection, disease control, midstream pricing, and calls for farmer market information and crop diversification to boost domestic production.
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Jeremish Rusk
Rusk
United States
Denmark
Italy
Sis
America
Dynamite Explosion Shakes Wisconsin Town
A dynamite blast in a North Wisconsin lumber company warehouse in Hayward on November 12 shattered nearby buildings. One man was killed and several injured, including hotel proprietors and a boy. Property losses total about 13,000 dollars. Other stories note inmates escaping from Waupun prison after tunnel work and four Kendall boys fleeing Georgetown jail after a family killing.
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Hayward
Wis
North Wisconsin Lumber Company
Fred Nelson
John le Vall
John Davis
D. Mo Williams
Clare Beal
J. H. Wade
Global calamities and crime ripple through towns and seas
Reports from Han Kow China describe a fire destroying 13,000 houses leaving 13,000 homeless and feared deaths among women and children. Berlin's Friedlander Somerfeld bank collapses in bankruptcy. A cyclone ravages Piedras Trill Frigales with immense losses. Japan earthquake totals: 6,500 killed 9,000 injured 75,000 houses destroyed. A steamer on the Euboean coast sinks after a fire with 20 dead. Spain Chicana hit by hurricane. Dutch government backs compulsory service. Several other items include coal miners wage disputes and a Milwaukee train robbery with safes thrown clear.
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Han Kow
China
Piedras
Trill
Frigales
Euboean
Batoum
Japan
United States
Baltimore
Calcutta Gleanings: Deadly cyclone devastates Andaman Islands
From Calcutta reports the cyclone that struck the Andaman Islands, a British convict settlement in the Bay of Bengal, caused far higher losses than first feared. Nearly all the Enterprise crew perished, with total fatalities near 200 and about 250 convicts drowned or missing. Guards aided escapees, while female convicts formed a rope line to rescue six natives. Crops across 20,000 acres were ruined and many buildings destroyed.
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Calcutta
India
Amamean Islands
Bay of Bengal
H. M.S. Enterprise
Govermment
Mansion Livery Stables Fire Kills Four In Denver
Denver, Nov 12. The Mansion Livery Stables were destroyed by fire. Four men, possibly six, rooming in the upper portion suffocated. Thirty four horses died in the blaze. Loss about 2000 with 10900 insurance. Names given include Thomas Bower 22 of Peoria Illinois George Richards 2 Lincoln Nebraska. Davint Elmore and Otto Helbin are listed as victims others believed missing.
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Denver
St. Louis
General Gregg Leads In Statewide Vote Totals
The State Department tally from all counties shows Gregg 414,583 Wright 956,431 Hague 18,510 Morrison 412,804 Tilden 358,617 Drayton 19,429. Constitutional convention support totals 173,313 int 490,508. Hague Prohibition candidate for Auditor General polls under three percent, risking no name printing on Baker Ballot tickets unless 38,000 petition signatures are gathered.
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State Department
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Gregg
Wright
Hague
Morrison
Tilden
Drayton
Auditor General
Desperado shoots family in Pike county raid
In Romersville Pike county Simon Field attacked the David family. He called them from the residence and shot David David the father after he appeared, leaving both eyes shot out and near death. Mrs David was struck in the throat and head while Charles David was wounded in the leg. The killer was arrested amid local fury and threats of lynching.
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Wilkesbarre
Romersville
Pike County
Simon Field
David David
David
Charles David
Columbus
Ohio
Noth High Strest
Charles Bethers
Charles Bethera
Elizabeth
Sir Carrie
Myrtle
Jams
Cyclone Devastates Bay of Bengal Vessel Crew
News from Calcutta reports a cyclone struck the Bay of Bengal near Andaman Islands last Monday. The Government steamer Enterprise carrying convicts foundered with 83 crew onboard. only six were saved and seven went down or drowned attempting to reach shore. In the same period fires caused widespread loss including Heilman flaxmill in Dayton, Ohio, a Terry Mississippi cotton shed and depot, and blocks in Orange Isle Manx with extensive damage.
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Andaman Islands
Bay of Beng
Enterprise
Dayton
John Heilman & Co
Losa
J. A. Leatherman
Beaver Dam
Lima
O. Loas
Terry, Miss
Elmwood
Cincinnati
Orange
Manx
Washburn
American House
Waif’s
Ballon
Congregations Church
Business conditions improved but profits narrow amid large trade
Dun and Co reports overall trade recovering after the Maverick bank disturbance with high volume especially in the West, but profit margins are slim. Wheat futures rise, demand strong, and Western receipts grow while exports lag last year. Five-day failures rise to 291, with financing markets well supplied and collections improving.
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BR. G. Dun & Co
New York
Boston
Saea
Four Trainmen Killed in Illinois Collision
A disastrous week near Media Illinois reports the No 3 passenger train colliding with a northbound freight. All four trainmen were killed in the wreck and names were not obtainable.
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Illinois Castral
Media
Tenn
Setbbe
Bel
Arenes Obtainabie
Exposition Plans Include Premiums for French Horses
The agricultural society of France offers premiums for top French horses at the Fair. Noted dealer Quanted plans to send an autographed letter of Christopher Columbus to the Exposition. Exposition buildings, old colonial style, will rise with a 78 by 15 feet footprint and two stories. The Art Palace, costing around 700000, is to be built by the Art Institute with 200000 support from the Exposition Company. Mrs. Porren Palwen will drive in the last nail for the Woman's building.
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Agricultural Society of France
Quanted
Lon ‘Don
Christopher Columbina
Vinaria
Nurro
Fascont
Tas Art Palace
Leake Fron
Art Institute
Exposition Company
Catron
Buchanan
St. Auguastine
United States
Porren PaLwen
Brontana
J. E. Richards
Orwardss
Chicago
Potter Palmer
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