Thousands Lie Buried in St Pierre After Volcano Eruption
New York May 12 The London despatch reports St Pierre is a ruin with 3000 charred corpses found around the cathedral. Mont Pelee’s eruption sent lava 20 feet high and half a mile wide, drove the sea back, and caused fires to sweep the town within 20 minutes. 30,000 feared dead, 50,000 homeless. Red Cross aid sought as provisions run short and communication with nearby islands is severed.
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New York
Mont Pelee
Riviere Blanche
St. Pierre
Secretary Hay Receives Cablegram From Washington May 12
Washington reports that on May 12 Secretary Hay received a cablegram. The message details unidentified officials and possible diplomatic developments affecting the U.S. Foreign Office. Further verification from dispatches is anticipated to clarify the communication’s intent and impact.
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Washington
Hay
Port Royaltone Disaster Refugees Reach St Pierre
Fort de France reports steamers including the Rubis carried a government delegate gendarmes infantry priests and supplies for St Pierre after the Mont Pelee eruption. Thousands died as lava ash and heat devastated the city including intact bank vaults with 2 000 000 francs. Refugees numbered in the thousands with rescue efforts underway.
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Fort de France
Island of
Martinique
Rubis
St. Pierre
le Carbet
Case Pilote
Mont Pelee
Cable Company
Bank of Martinique
Rue de L'Hospital
New York Proclaims Mourning Over Ship Disasters
A St Thomas despatch reports a city in mourning with flags at half mast for families of ships lost at St Pierre. A widow and orphan relief fund opens, Fort de France provisions guarded as unrest spreads with demands for food among the black population amid rising terror.
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Leprecheur
St. Pierre
Suchet
Pouverquetier
Fort de France
Martinique
New York
St. Thomas
Tribune
William's Sympathy Telegraph From Wilhelm to Loubet
In Wiesbaden on May 12 Emperor William telegraphed to President Loubet expressing profound sympathy for France after the St Pierre disaster and pledging 10,090 marks to aid relief efforts. Loubet replied with thanks and shared gratitude for the victims' survivors. In London on May 12 a bankruptcy court disclosed the failure of Park MacFadyen Park of New York, liabilities around £100,000.
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Wiesbaden
Hesse-Nassau
Germany
Emperor William
Loubet
St. Pierre
Pompeii
France
London
Park, MacFadyen & Park
Park, MacFadyen & Company of
New York
Engine runs off track at busy street corner
A shifting engine derailed near the Dutton and Market streets intersection around 9 15 this morning. After about 15 minutes it was moved back onto the rails. The incident suggests a defect at this spot, cited as the fifth derailment in recent weeks.
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Dutton and
Market Streets
Air Ship Explodes Over Paris Killing Severo and Assistant
Paris May 12 A Brazilian aeronaut Senhor Severo and his engineer Sachet were killed when their airship La Paix exploded during a trial ascent fifteen hundred feet above Paris. A gust caused loss of control, a flame burst from the envelope, and the craft plunged onto rooftops and trees. Both men suffered fatal injuries, and spectators witnessed the horror as the wreckage burned.
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Paris
Senhor Severo
Issy
Sachet
Severo
Boule
Strike Ties Up 45 Collieries Across Shamokin Area
Shamokin Pennsylvania May 12 The 45 collieries in the ninth mining district are closed as 20 655 workers outside bosses firemen engineers and pump men refuse to report for duty amid a three day suspension ordered by the Scranton convention. Hazleton district reports complete stoppage with minimal essential personnel only. Officials offer no immediate resumption plan as Sunday calm settles over the mining region.
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Shamokin
Ninth
Scranton
Philadelphia & Reading
Pennsylvania
Lehigh Coal
New York
Hazleton
Hazelton
Seventh District
Washington mill restarts after Saturday mass meeting vote
Lawrence May 42. Workers in the Washington mill returned to work this morning following a mass meeting on Saturday. The mill resumed in all departments as if the strike had never occurred, with operations back to normal.
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Lawrence
Washington
Weavers Return to Work After Lawrence Strike Collapse
Some 150 woolen weavers at the Collinsville mill returned to work this morning amid the strike collapse in Lawrence. It is expected the original 168 will be back by tomorrow and the Bay State mills are operating at full capacity.
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Collinsville
Lawrence
Bay State
Reverend Jefferson declines Paige Street church call
Rev Albert W Jefferson of Pawtucket Rhode Island has declined the call to the pastorate of the Paige Street F B church. A little girl arrived at the home of Mr and Mrs Edward P Donohoe in East Merrimack Street.
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Albert W. Jefferson
Paw
Tucket
R. I
Paige Street
F. B
Edward P. Donohoe
East Merrimack Street
Race War Tragedy on Texas Excursion Train
Beaumont Texas May 12 A race clash on an excursion train after Lake Charles left the cars. One Negro killed Solomon Botley of Sulphur La and a white man Kitchen of Beaumont badly wounded. Several others hurt by glass as lights were shot out. Five whites named Jones Kitchen Berwick Dyson and Charles Pack a Negro were wounded but missing.
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Beaumont
Texas
Lake Charles
Solomon Botley
Sulphur
Kitchen
Tony Jones
Frank Kitchen
John Berwick
Leonard Dyson
Orange
Charles Pack
Italian laborer dies after jumping from moving car
Amillo Fourth, 32, an Italian immigrant who had been in the United States two months, died after leaping from the rear of a fast electric car in Barre Vermont. His hat blew off during a run and he tried to recover it, lost balance, and fell striking his skull. He died early today from the injuries.
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Barre
Amillo
Fourra
Not Guilty Found In Larceny Case In Police Court
In a morning police court session Louis G. Bartlett was found not guilty of larceny of 95 dollars from John S. Stratton, with Judge Hadley disposing of the case. Several other defendants faced fines and probation, including Louis Letourneau for assault, John H. McGrath for drunkenness, and Joseph Morse for drunkenness and property damage. Multiple minor infractions and sentences followed, with individuals given fines, jail terms, or probation, and others continued to tomorrow for further action.
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Louis G. Bartlett
John S. Stratton
James H. Carmichael
John J. Harvey
Hadley
Lowell
Haight & Freese
Hild
Louis Letourneau
Philips Brissette
Letourneau
Brissette
Joseph Morse
D. J. Murphy
Market
Suffolk Streets
Stephen Chamberlain
Morse
Joseph McCullough
John C. Johnson
Manuel Rosa
Charles E. Marceau
John Strain
Henry Nayo
Daniel J. Kelly
Owen Fahey
Jeremiah Murray
Michael Golden
Charles Maine
James Brown
James E. Pratt
Thomas Cummings
Mary Campbell
Joseph Charbineau
Ordered Out Again By Chicago Rubber Union
The 809 Morgan & Wright employees who had returned to work on Monday were ordered out again by International Rubber Workers union president Denges. The firm’s workers walked out in a body as union officials say the wage scale agreement has not been carried out.
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Chicago
Morgan & Wright Company
Denges
International Rubber Workers Union
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Thomas T. Prentiss
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Sachel
Toilat Wais
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A. W. Dows & Co
Cor. Central and Merrimack Sts
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Stratton
John H. McGrath
William Street
Crowley
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Tively
State Farm
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Wilfred Poirier
Bridget E. Crocker
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John W. Scully
Dennis Lowry
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