Butte Powder Explosion Kills Dozens in Fire disaster
A massive blast at the Royal Milling and Kenyon Cornell warehouses in Butte Montana followed a warehouse fire. Explosions hurled dozens to death and left many more wounded as firemen and bystanders scrambled amid wreckage. Names include Utah youth grandson of Brigham Young and Dr Alma B Dunford’s son. morgues and hospitals filled with dead and injured.
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Butte
Montana
Royal Milling Company
Montana Central
Kenyon-Cornell Commercial Company
Utah
Brigham Young
Alma B. Dunford
Salt Lake
Susa Young Gates
Provo
Hackman
Jim
Murray & Vreund’s Hospital
St. James Hospital
Dave Magee
John Flannery
Alfred Jackson
Harry Kinney
Magee
Magne
William
Dave
Cameron
Dave Moses
Scenes About The Wreck End Of Scene
Reshaping after the wreck brought grave sorrow as women believed loved ones were among the dead and injured and gathered near the site with worried, grieving hands.
Witnesses Recall Terrible Scene with Strong Emotions
The passage describes intense fear and mourning as many people mourned a loss. Relatives and friends feared the worst and could not be consoled, while the scene remained deeply moving and sorrowful for all who witnessed it.
Explosive disaster scene as city recoils in gloom
The night blast left a scarred landscape and shattered buildings in Butte. Residents assess the wreck, mourn victims, and prepare for a major relief meeting called by Mayor Dugan as plumes of smoke fade and windows glisten with broken glass. The toll includes property ruin and displaced families, with a calm, sobered populace awaiting aid and safety. Bill Cook captured in Roswell jail after a dramatic high desert pursuit. Cook claims not to be as notorious as charges suggest and describes his crimes as limited to highway robbery.
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Butte
Dugan
Bill Cook
Associated Press
Santa Pe
New Mexico
United States
Hall
C. C. Perry
Chaves County
Oklahoma
Roswell
Sodhouse
Great Plaine
Old Fort Sumner
Perry
Wort
Cook
Anj
Marshal Hall
United States District Attorney
Arkansas
Texas
Express
Dill Cook
Old Mexico
Lave
Jim
Rock Island
Texas Pacific
Patriotism drives Utah fund to defend ballot and thwart fraud
Logan and Cache county citizens urged to subscribe to a fund opposing alleged fraud linked to a Constitutional Convention. Donations from 25 cents to 85 are accepted locally and will be sent to Salt Lake with lists published in Thy Nation until the goal is met. Both Democrats and Republicans participate in the effort.
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Logan’s
Salt Lake Tribune
America
Utah
Logan
Cache County
Salt Lake
Tak Napion
American killed by Yaqui Indians in Mexican mountains
Frank Debs, a young American traveling from Mexico City to San Francisco, was killed by Yaqui Indians in the mountains southeast of Herveysilla Mex. He had been warned against crossing Yaqui country but was enticed by reports of fabulously rich mines.
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Herbvssilla
Mex
Frank Debs
City of
Mexico
San Francisco
Here
Debs
Notice of Relief Society Meeting at Tabern Field
The quarterly Relief Society meeting will be held Monday in January at 2 PM in Tabern field. Adealine Barsea of the lr Stake will preside and transact business. Attendees include Provident and Smith OP at Ura.
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Tabern Field
Adeline Barsea
Smith
Ura
irLan
Local man nearly dies in apparent suicide attempt
In Smithfield on Sunday T S Walker, described as a cranky Oregon fruit vendor in his fifties, ingested glass in a bid to end his life after marital troubles. Neighbors and a Logan physician rushed to help, finding his pulse normal. Authorities suspect the act was a bid for attention rather than a serious attempt. Walker once sold blackberry bushes and calls himself the Blackberry King.
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Smithfield
T.S. Walker
Oregon
Charris
Shoreh
Ile
Resolutions of Respect from Utah Territory Court Bar
The Fourth Judicial District Court of Utah Territory at Ogden City adopts resolutions honoring Captain Lonstorel Smith. The bar lauds his integrity, wisdom, and brave service in defense of the Union. Funeral note seeks sympathy for his widow and family and orders copies for records and publication in Utah papers.
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Te Bar
Fourthistrict Court of Utah Terriiory
Ogden City
Caytain Lonstorel Smith
Luis Hhoemory
Fourth Judicis District Court
Supreme Court of
Utah Territory
Utah
First Ward Entertainment Promises Notable Opera House Show
The First Ward plans an evening at the Opera House featuring Easton Morehead Sloan Lengton and other favorites. A regular program includes the Opera House Orchestra and a laughable farce My Neighbor's Wife with J F Smith Thatchier Curtis Hattie Carter Seales and Mrs Ray Ormsby. Admission 50 cents parquette, 25 cents gallery for adults, 14 cents for children.
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Opera House
WO. Easton
Bessie Morehead
Nettie Sloan
Mralos Lengton
Luran Thatehher
Marion Scoles
Messra
Kinston
Wilson
Lewis Farrell
J. F. Smith
Bog Thatchier
J. Curtis
Hattie Carter
M. Seales
Mra Ray Ormsby
Parqunette
Brooklyn Strikes Halt Electric Rides and Mail Service
Brooklyn at a standstill as an electric railway strike disrupts Court Street lines. police guard cars, strikers block tracks with ash barrels, the mail car runs under heavy guard, and Mayor action is sought to end the tie-up. Denver reports possible senatorial support for Wolcott’s Denver cement bill. Jim Williams challenges Dilly Woods to a pay purse fight. Arctic expedition fears grow as Nansen party reportedly crushed in ice and retreat is suspected.
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Brooklyn
Electric Railway
Court Street
United States
Plibhush Avenue
Shieren
Pingree
Detroit
London
Pall Mallingette
Gheat Briton
Scandinavia
Hovgaard
Dimphma
Kart Sea
Danish Geographical Society
Nansen
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Sia
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J. AL MacMinnan, James N. Kiseann
Comaniitten
First Ward Entertainment
Denver
Peary
Jin Williams
Fifth Avenue
Twenty-fourth Street
the Times
Washington
Senate Committee On Finance
Foilay
Wolcott
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Times
Senate
Jim Williams
Pigilist
Dilly Woods
Chicago
Woods
Syracuse
Wrode
Abi
Ollie
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