The Great Flood Hits Missouri River Towns
The Missouri valley flood leaves Saint Joseph Leavenworth and Kansas City submerged under rising water. Mayor Piner rallies boats to evacuate residents and stock while ice houses, depots, and mills face ruin. Rail lines adapt as water levels peak and shift, with thousands displaced and extensive property losses reported through the region.
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Main Street
Hannibal
3Soore & Moss’ Foundry
Union Depot
Slavens & Osborn
Missouri river flood crisis hits Atchison and Kansas City
News of the Missouri flood spreading from Atchison to Kansas City. Thousands displaced as water rises, with shipments blocked and property loss reported. Camps form on high ground as towns like Armourdale suffer severe inundation and fatalities or near-drownings feared among affected families.
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King
Harlem
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Union Depot
Union Pacific
Chicago
St. Louis
Four boys struck by lightning die in Louisville storm
A deadly storm in Louisville causes four schoolboys from the Twenty sixth and Market streets area to be instantly killed when lightning hit as they finished a ball game. Two other boys were stunned. Witnesses and doctors describe scorched clothing and severely burned remains at the scene.
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Griffith
Givens
Daugherty
Wm. Soete
Soete
Congressional Senate session ends in a party clash and inquiry
The Senate adjourned after an executive session motion failed 20 to 21 following a heated exchange between Senators Butler Burnside and Hale over corruption charges. A resolution, supported by Senator Mahone, seeks a copy of special agent Lancaster’s report for the U.S. Attorney in the Western District of Virginia. Adjournment set for Monday. In Pamapetpsta a fire at Girard Point elevator destroyed nearby warehouses and freight. Losses include 97,000 on grain and 600,000 on buildings with insured totals around 387,000. The elevator, among the nation’s largest, with twelve elevating machines and 54,000 bu/hr capacity, is ruined but the firm expects no disruption to grain handling thanks to other facilities.
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Hale
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Mahone
C. C. Lancaster
United States
Virginia
Pamapetpsta
Girard Point
Promeer
Washington News
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Anthony
Dawes
Antony
Conkling
Stobertson
Robertson
Hollings and
Hill
Colorado
Hoar
Caucus
Senator Frye
Senator Hale
Frye
Brady
Indiana
Garfield
Riot and disasters loom in distant reports from Washington and the czar
A tumult of dispatches from Washington outlines Senate caucus plans for executive sessions, nominations, and the Robertson case amid party divides. Parallel items from St. Petersburg warn of czarist security, mine discoveries, and ailing empress while Greece and Turkey finalize territorial terms under a three phase protocol with an international commission.
How the Czar Exists New Year April 28
A St Petersburg letter describes the Czar in the Gatchina palace life and guards. Militants from the Preobrazinsky regiment swore in silence under threat of Siberia. A subterranean passage, guards every twenty yards, and a heavily protected Imperial bedroom are noted in the palace.
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Preobrazinsky Regiment
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Perry boat horror at Elgin claims many lives
A Western Associated Press dispatch from Elgin reports a ferry disaster on Chicago street crossing when the boat carrying about thirty passengers swamped and sank. Only fourteen saved. twenty-one to twenty-five feared drowned with many missing including named locals and visitors. Rescue efforts, drags, and calcium lights continue as authorities watch for bodies.
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Chicago Street
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Andrew Dawson
John Carlisle
Lee Teglan Wm. Coleville
Elmer Foster
French
Creighton A. Simons
New York
J. S. Lockwood
Rockford
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Ais
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