Utah State News Roundup From Payson to Scofield
A Utah state news digest reports Payson post office promoted to presidential class and 1800 workers on the Leamington cut‑off near Salt Lake. Updates include measles in Fillmore, a Fatal horse kick injury in Richfield, deaths of Henry Bills and Dr. Allen Fowler, a rail worker injure, and a pistol shot during a street incident. Robbery attempt in Salt Lake City, civil service cadet exams, and a push to host Jeffries vs Fitzsimmons during Elks meet. Beaver to get electric lighting. Scofield miner Isaac Kampula dies in a rock fall. Monroe boy injured by a buggy accident.
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Pittsburg Naphtha Yard Explosion Kills Many
A naphtha train yards disaster at Sheridan yard of the Pan Handle railroad in Pittsburg Tuesday evening unleashed a series of blasts that lit the sky, killing about 200 people and burning many more. Physicians estimate 75 percent of the injured may die. The blaze started when a rear car telescoped another during switching and leaked naphtha ignited by a switch light. The flames reached 40 feet high and swept crowds as cars exploded in succession. Eyewitnesses describe frantic scenes of people burning and fleeing amid the furnace heat.
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Mont Pelee Volcano Devastates St Pierre A Death Toll Soars
The Mont Pelee eruption near St Pierre has reportedly killed about 30,000 people. Within ten minutes the city vanished in a roaring fire from the volcano. A fiery mud torrent swept toward the sea as communication failed and isolation set in.
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Haiti Rebels Establish Provisional Government
A Port au Prince dispatch reports Haitian revolutionists have secured victory and formed a provisional government led by Boisrond Canal, a former chief magistrate. All towns are in revolt and Canal was elected president in 1874 following a revolution that year. he resigned in July and was succeeded by General Salomon.
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Race violence erupts near Braggs and Muskogee
A riot in eastern Oklahoma leaves five Black residents and one White man shot and stabbed as whites seek Federal protection from U S marshals. Separately in France the Brazilian aeronaut Senhor Bevera perished when his airship exploded during a trial flight near La Paix. The debris killed the engineer and injured others.
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Ferocity of Filipinos in Sorsogon Outlaw Attack
A band of about fifty outlaws attacked five native Philippine constabulary members on the road between Bulusian and Barcelona in Sorsogon. Three constabulary men were captured and subjected to horrific torture and dismemberment. two escaped after a ten mile march to Sorsogon. Later, only portions of the captives’ remains were recovered.
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Many Homes in Mourning After Sheraden Disaster
A thorough search following Monday’s Sheraden horror lists twenty three dead and two hundred two injured, with estimates suggesting around three hundred seriously hurt. The village saw widespread devastation as families gathered around charred remains and schools emptied amid the tragedy.
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Great eruption indications at Mount Colima Mexico
Dispatch from Guadalajara reports Mount Colima showing strong signs of a major eruption. Valley residents move to safety as smoke and flames vent from the peak for days. Rail extension to Manzanillo halted, with plans to reroute to avoid disaster. Miss Katie Henderson from West Coslohken saves thirty quarry workers by warning of an imminent blast before a massive explosion.
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Two Thuteanik Corpae to on Opehunters Consci tleny
After measures by authorities a gress boat reaches Vienna’s coast as ruins of the area stop smoking. Corpses found in a carbor eal condition reveal fire rain ceased several miles from Lat Cartes Valli amid a climate of stark neutrality and tension.
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Whirlwind of Volownia Lava Sweeps St Pierre
A volcanic lava flow sweeps over St Pierre with strange behavior. The shore area is scarred by gas and ash while the front of the town endures thick cinder layers that consume everything beneath them.
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The Mount Pelee Eruption Destroys St Pierre
From Martinique comes a report of the Mount Pelee volcano exploding and destroying St Pierre, with estimates that over 40 000 people perished including the governor and his staff. Famine threatens southern districts as lava flow persisted from May 8 to May 7. A dispatch notes the Grappler telegraph ship lost with all hands amid the disaster.
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Disaster at St Pierre as island population perishes in fire
A cablegram from Point A-Pitre reports a catastrophic disaster at St Pierre Martinique. A storm of steam mud and fire destroyed the city with up to twenty survivors and most ships burned. about 25,000 residents are said to have perished. The French cruiser Suchet confirms the total destruction and loss of all ships in the harbor. The United States consul and family are listed among the victims.
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Tragic Catastrophe Strikes St Pierre Cathedral Site
Relief parties search the ruined town of St Pierre Castries dispatch reports three thousand charred corpses at the cathedral site with many asphyxiated. The catastrophe unleashed fires hampering recovery as military rule stabilizes the town and prevents looting while stores of provisions vanished.
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Eruption Devastates St Vincent with Massive Death Toll
Reports from the island of St Vincent in the Danish West Indies indicate over 200 deaths by Friday afternoon amid a volcanic outbreak. Estates destroyed, steam and ashes spurted for hours, with the eruption now invisible from Kingston. Dust clouds blown eastward. extensive distress and many injured, possibly around 5,000 dead, most corpses unburied.
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Flag Over Morro Castle Signals Palma Arrival
Large Cuban flag is raised atop Morro Castle at Miavita as the steamer Julia with President-elect Palma and party is sighted. Thousands cheer the arrival, celebrating the flag and the incoming leader. A second dispatch from Delagoa Bay reports near certainty of peace in South Africa after Boer leaders meet at Vereening Transvaal with reparations and resolutions planned.
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Shot Longstoreman Cockney George in Sunday quarrel
In a Sunday incident James Williams shot and killed longstoreman Cockney George after a disputed supper quarrel. Williams fled but is expected to be arrested soon due to his notoriety. A separate altercation at a Leadville boarding house left Jay Taylor dead after a pistol duel with A Walker following threats over a theater outing.
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