Year 1907 Disaster Record Echoes Across World
A sweeping chronicle notes 1907 as year of 26 major catastrophes with large loss of life including earthquakes in Kingston Jamaica and Mexico, floods in Japan, typhoons in Hong Kong, storms in Caroline Islands, and a major St Lawrence bridge collapse. It lists notable deaths from Oscar II to Dowie, Perier, and Aldrich, plus financial shocks, expos, and the Great Catskill Aqueduct project. Additional notes cover the Jamestown exposition, Thaw trial, and disasters at Larchmont, Johnstown, and Kingston. The compilation marks political shifts, industrial accidents, and sweeping global events shaping 1907.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Swettenham
Mexico
Chile
China
Karatagh
Russian Turkestan
Hongkong
Caroline Islands
Japan
St. Lawrence River
Quebec
du Pont
Fontahet
Ind
Sweden
Oscar T
Persia
Korea
Mo Casimir Perier
France
Morgan, Tettus and Alger
Galusha A. Grow
James H. Eckels
Maurice Gray
Richard Mansfield
Joseph Joachim
Edward Grieg
James McGranahan
Col Will Hayes
Alexander S. Herschel
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
John Watson
Tan Mae Tarend
Theodore Wilton
Mary J. Thlmes
Francis Murphy
Nelen M. Gougar
Wn. McKinley
Joan Alexander Dowie
Okubo
Chicago
Join
Rockefeller
Harry Thaw
New York
Royal Commission Tuberculosis Study Divides Disease Types
London reports on Royal Commission experiments indicating two kinds of consumption. When bacilli from each group were given to animals one caused fatal general tuberculos is, the other produced only local effects and a potential cure. It remains unclear which type a patient has. The work also challenges Koos view that bovine and human tuberculosis are distinct diseases.
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London
Mautle
Koos
Rabies Warns Of Real Disease Says Bureau Chief
Chief Melvin of the Bureau of Animal Industry warns rabies is real and contagious both beast to man and beast to beast. He cites two hydrophobia types, dumb and furious, noting dangerous behavior and jaw paralysis in the former and extreme danger in the latter. No cure is known in medical science.
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Melvin
Bureau of Animal Industry
The
Agricultural Department
Bureau
New Structural Principal in Bell Tower by Tetrahedrons
The Scientific American describes a new principle of engineering used by Alexander Graham Bell in a domed tower built from tetrahedral cells. Each cell uses half inch iron piping and spans 48 inches tip to tip. Two hundred sixty cells form a light, rigid structure claiming rapid assembly with minimal falsework and easy renewal.
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Scientificc American
Alexander Graham Bell
America Leads in Coal Production and Consumption
Tables from the London Board of Trade show the United States now drives more coal output than any country, with 370,000,000 tons in the United Kingdom and 135,000,000 tons in Germany. Per capita production remains higher in England, while America also consumes the most coal.
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London Board of Trade
United States
Unitedingdom
England
America
Entombed Miners in Pennsylvania Mine Disaster
Two hundred workers, mostly Americans with many Hungarians, are sealed in the Darr mines of Pittsburg Coal Co at Jacobs Creek along the Youghiogheny River. An explosion and ensuing fire trapped them, with rescue blocked by smoke and structural damage. The mine, a large slope operation near the Balti more & Ohio and Pittsburgh & Lake Erie lines, is described as modern and gas-prone in the coke-field region.
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Pittsburg Coal Company
Jacobs Creek
Connellsville
Pittsburg & Lake Erie
Youghiogheny River
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Pittsburg
Cornelis- Ville
THIRD HORROR IN A FORTNIGHT IN MINES SHOCKS NATION
A Monongah West Virginia mine explosion at Consolidation Coal wrecked the interior causing hundreds of deaths. Initial estimates ranged around 500 but later reports show about 326 bodies recovered with many workers still missing. Authorities probe causes and safety measures follow. Another disaster at the Yolande coal mine near Birmingham Alabama reports fifty nine bodies found and twenty two missing, adding to the week’s fatalities.
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Monongah
W. Va
Yolande
Connellsville
Consolidation Coal Company
Monenesh
Yelande
Birmingham
Ala
Hissin
Notable Foreign Turmoil and Disasters Reported Abroad
A men and labor dispute in Mexico ends in a killing of W. Or. Boges by Mexican workers demanding wages. Lisbon theater reports two bombs under a box linked to King Carlos. Marquis Cito of Na ples tortured for ransom. his wife compelled to write a 200 dollar check. Japanese shipping expulsion of foreign lines escalates. Moroccan frontier clashes see French troops repulsed by natives. A steamer wreck off Nova Scotia with 600 aboard is survived. German authorities force balloon winner Oscar Trbslek to pay 30 dollars duty. Germany sentences Prof. Karl Han to life imprisonment. Russia’s Empress Alexandra ill. court physicians consult. Tsarist agitator Nicholas Tschelikowsky and Mme. Breshkovskaya arrested and jailed in Moscow fortress.
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Carlos
Portugal
Lisbon
Cito
Naples
Japan
Abeeriin Fortier
Moroccca
Rosteamer
Nova Scotia
Oscar Trbslek
Drof
Karl Itan
Mlurder
Germany
Empress Alexandra
Russia
Nicholas Tscliiikovsky
St. Petersburg
Mme. Breshkovskaya
PecanExportsa boom in Texas drives a million dollar crop
A Texas correspondent notes pecan exports worth about a million dollars as the crop moves from the southwest toward markets in New York and Chicago. San Antonio handles the largest share, with 400 cars in sight, while other Texas shipments exceed 200 cars. Trees are spaced 40 feet apart, with high profits from first yields and steady growth over years, sustaining strong demand nationwide.
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Texas
San Antonio
New York
Chicago
United States
Taste of Her Own Medicine on Immigration Tides
A foreign outlook on American immigration reflects economic strains in Italy Austria Germany Sweden and Norway. Italy faces the direst need as returning laborers lack funds while many arrive penniless. Germany shows relatively better funds. Sweden and Norway fear severe winter distress as the influx looms.
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Ohd
Italy
Austria
Germany
Sweden
Norway
United States of America
Global union gains and wage shifts across nations
The report details diverse labor movements and wage changes from Lyon to New South Wales, Calgary to Vienna. It notes unions organizing roofers, metal trades in Germany, baggage workers in the United States, and rising pay in Boston iron furring. It cites sick-benefit totals, union membership milestones, and upcoming conventions in Louisville and broader labor consolidation efforts.
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Lyon
Mass
New South Wales
Canada
United States
Girl Wife of Convict Faces Social Stigma in Indiana
Indiana reports reveal Frances Cooper, 18, admitted killing her 10 month old baby after failing to find work due to stigma from a convict husband. She walked to Bartholomew County stream where she left the infant and later attempted suicide. Separate actions note Dupont Powder Company settlement demands and mass claims from Fontanet mill explosion victims. Harvey Hinkle, held in Missouri, fully confesses to killing rival John R. McClintock and wounding Mrs Edna Rogers. A Bethlehem shooting leaves Arthur Kelling dead, Clarence Scott fatally wounded, and others injured in a Kentucky posse clash with two shantyboat men.
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Frances Cooper
Tue
Hinkle
Harvey Hinkle
Poplar Bluffs
John R. McClintock
Bloomington
Edna Rogers
R. R. Lee
Indiana
Arthur Kelling
Clarence Scott
Kentucky
Bethlehem
Youths Weld an Bmorglars
John Partenheimer aged 18 and Edward Harvey aged 19 wanted at Fremont Nebraska on burglary and grand larceny charges were arrested at Fort Branch and held for Nebraska officials.
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John Partenheimer
Edward Harvey
Fremont
Neb
Fort Branch
ST Braska
Otto Seidel Dies After Personal Crisis Shooting
Otto Seidel wealthy Port Wayne City Council member shot himself amid threats of impeachment and removal from office. Report notes the tragedy follows a personal crisis and political pressure within the council.
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Otto Seidel
Port Wayne
Tragedies and tempers mark small Indiana items
Miss Kate Johnson burned to death in Bedford when her clothing caught fire from an open grate. Rev David L Wright aged 50, minister at Bedford, found dead in his barn after hogs tore at him. cause listed as worry. Indiana hog prices urged hold policy. banker says wait 30 days to push prices higher. Public school in Shirley burned. loss $10,000. 300 children deprived of school access. new building planned. Temperance dispute ends in a man being tossed from his home. he defends his stance with a positive note. A marriage reunion after years apart celebrated by Rev William Clinton. two grandchildren present. Smallpox cases reported in Elizabeth and surrounding areas as officials address outbreaks. School Board issues ultimatum to fraternities urging them to quit Greek-letter societies.
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Kate Johnson
Bedford
David L. Wright
Church of Christ
M. Richardson
Clayton
Indiana
Tle
Shirley
Mooney
L. F. Allmack
Piercetown
Tie
Allmack
Washington County
Ellery Morrison
Letitia Morrison
William Clinton
Indianapolis
Bert Morrison
Morrison
Lynnville
Lrinceton
Jack Anderson
John B.sen
Inlizabeth
Anderson
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