Widespread Fires Devour Oil Country and Panicked Towns
Ruinous blazes sweep Pennsylvania and New York oil regions. Settlements like Kane and Rutherford Run suffer near-total destruction as tanks, rigs, and timber burn. Tens of thousands flee, with fears of nitroglycerine stored nearby and telegraph lines cut.
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Braivorn
Jane
Ormsby
New York
Lake
Exo & Western
Alleghany
Briffiale
Rochester & Pitts
Pany Road
Dent
Emery Oil Company
Reutherford Run
Coon Run
Beame
Pittsburg
Western
Tanks
Eprom
Knapp's Creek
Burns, Russell & Curtis
Bradford
Olean
Hhen
Eleta
Pennsyltan
Oil Valley Junction
Pennsylvania
Kane
West Kane
Uriel API
Tha
Griffith Company
Union Oil Company
James Campbell
Friscos Murder Mystery Deepens as Clues Fade
Frisco police face a deepening murder mystery after Nellie Harrington's body is found. Buck, a close friend, remains unwell as investigators probe her private life for a possible lead. A separate case in San Francisco sees a Wells Fargo employee beaten and dying, while a seven member family is detained for alleged insanity beliefs following a long confinement.
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Nellie Harrington
W. Basi
Buck
Miss Harrington
San Francisco
James Howard
Wells, Fargo & Os
Silver Standard Return Sends Chilean Crisis Backlash
Long dispatch details Chile’s return to the gold standard after 17 years of paper currency, with new specie payments and a 41 to 1 ratio causing export drains and mint stoppages. The Illinois Silver Convention in Springfield is forecast as a massive gathering, while Memphis and Cleveland dispatches note rate cuts and anti coinage sentiments.
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Tlinsis
Wasumatox
Seoor Don Gana
Chili
London
Wallon
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