Explosion at Jones & Laughlin Iron Plant Kills Ten
Ten men die and four are injured in a gas explosion atop the furnace at Jones & Laughlin Steel Plant on Second Avenue near Brady Street in Pittsburgh. A 900 pound ore wagon shift precipitated the blast as workers tried to move it, sending molten metal and flames into the crowd on the platform. Ambulances and morgue wagons respond. witnesses describe a terrifying scene as bodies burn and fall to the roof and street.
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Piteburg
Jones & Laughlin
Second Avenue
Bradysatre Street
Taqwa /EAD
Andrew Seth
Sinapie George Shisul
Lara
George Semago
Michael Kee
John Mazey
Seth
John Kerecke
Joseph Frankowilcz
John Jochanke
George Valigo
Ohn Yonsho
Notei Ntured
Jho Yonsho
John Sabol
Michael Petrovich
John “Roloaky
X Sit
Ant
Aine O'Clock
Thomas Jones
Arthur Young
Frankowicz
J. B. Laughlin
Nine Lives Lost In Kanawha Bell Disaster
The steamer Kanawha Bell traveling Charleston to Montgomery plunged over Pant Creek lock No 3 on Thursday night. Eight passengers and crew were lost, one survivor died en route to the city. Eyewitnesses say the boat hit the dam and wrecked. Pilot Snyder was reportedly relieving a substitute and became disoriented. The vessel valued at 10000 dollars and uninsured.
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Charleston
W Va
Kanawha Bell
Montgomery
Pant Creek
Snyder
Senator Berry Injured in Newburg Ice Fall
United States Senator J H Berry of Arkansas was badly hurt in Newburg when his crutch slipped on ice and he fell into a Pullman coach injuring his hip joint. Surgeons suspect a possible fracture but hope the hip is not dislocated. His son sent for medical aid as he was carried to a hotel room for treatment.
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Lebanon
United States
J H Berry
Arkansas
Bentonville
Newburg
Senator Berry
Laclede
Recess for Law Makers Opens with Nicaragua Canal Debate
Washington December 20. The House agreed to take up the Nicaragua canal bill on January 7 and continue until disposed of, with a report in favor of the bill by Representative Hepburn of Iowa. The committee asserts central authority under the president is safer for the project and cites the Isthmian Commission led by Admiral Walker. The chamber then adjourned for Christmas with 45 minutes of business left. Other items include a measure reviving the vice admiral grade and pension for Mrs McKinley.
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Washington
House
Hepburn
Lowa
House Committee On Commerce
Isthmian Commission
Walkers
Lea
McKinley
Roosevelt
Congress
Representative Pearce
Maryland
William T Sampson
Winfield Scott Schley
Charles E. Clark
Pearce
Admiral Schley
Sampson
Schley
Clark
Oregon
Hanna Thursday
Penrose
Frye
Maine
Perkins
California
Senate
Philippine Islands
House of Representatives
Philippines
Hare
J. R.A. Crossland
St. Joseph
Liberia
J C. Dancy
Wilmington
District of Columbia
Henry P. Cheatham
Pew
Payne Named Postmaster General Arrives in Milwaukee
Henry Payne the newly appointed postmaster general arrived in Milwaukee with Mrs Payne. He declined to comment on policy saying the post portfolio came through President Roosevelt. He will stay in Milwaukee until early January to settle private affairs before heading to Washington.
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Milwaukee
Henry Payne
Payne
Mr Payne
Hun
Dreds
Roosevelt
McKinley
Washington
Fatal Train Collision Near Uplands Kills Three
Southern Pacific Limited trains collided near Uplands San Francisco December 20 killing a fireman and a baggageman and an express messenger. Twenty five or more passengers injured several seriously. Causes cited include a refusal to wait at a siding and both engines derailed in a fire. Among the dead are A Phelps Wells Fargo & Co and Thurber. Injured include John Jordan George Meeker and Mrs Gertrude Stewart Belier. Additional items report two deaths in Nebraska when founders Baronsh and Lisco were killed in a wagon accident and Danish sailors parading in Charlotte Amalia praising not selling the isles.
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San Francisco
Southern Pacific Coast
Lmited
Los Angeles
Uplands
Phelps
Messenger
Wells
Fargo & Co
Garland
Thurber
John Jordan
Rochester
George Meeker
Bradford
Wakefield
Hiram
Charles Wasson
Gertrude Stewart Belier
Coffey
Robber Holds Up Bank at Fayetteville and Escapes
A lone robber raided the Springsdale bank near Fayetteville ten miles away, forcing the assistant cashier to open the vault and take about $7,000. A bystander was forced to surrender, $1,000 fell to the sidewalk, and the thief fled by buggy toward the hills as bloodhounds were set on the trail. pursuit continued as authorities hoped for capture.
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Little Rock
Ark
Fayetteville
Springsdale
Ihe Rabber
Hogey
Dshiers
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Isis
Moltem Metal Ae
Protec- Hongs
U. S. Clothing Co
Aes
Lainty
Odie
Petee
Sav
Are
W. Va
Derry
Newburg, Mo
Charlotte
N C
the Observer
Ross Russell
Union
Gold Bill
Easton
Hyatt School State Manufacturing Company
Bangor
Indiana
Guthrie
Okis
Taklequah
Omce
Hephara Canal
Vesen
Alabama
Chattanooga
Tenn
New Decatur
Ala
John P. Wedmond
Cincinnati
Ion Toys
New York
Ernest Sapoli
la Gascogne
Thoms
Aberdeen
Aberdeen State Normal School
Henry
Southern Pacific
Cal
Osceola
Neb
Baronsh
John Lisco
Oppene Sale of Islands
St. Thomas
D. W
Charlotte Amalia
Jeffersonville
Ind
American Car & Koundry Company
Howard’s
Lisbon
Paria
Paris
France
Ohina
Oklahoma
Ney
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