Iroquois Theater Fire Tragedy in Chicago Leaves Hundreds Dead
A fire at the Iroquois theater on Randolph Street during a matinee of Mr. Bluebeard Jr. killed about 582 people and injured 350. The blaze started from stage lighting and spread rapidly, trapping patrons in balconies as crowds fled through exits. Rescue crews worked amid scorched seats, collapsed stairways, and chaotic scenes as coroner and police recovered bodies and transported victims to nearby facilities.
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Chicago
Randolph Street
Dearborn
State Streets
Bluebeard, Jr
Carlson
I. A. Morgan
Webster Avenue
Tremont House
Chasm
Marshal Field & Co
Thompson’s
Great Theater Disasters list from past world events
An article catalogs major theater fires in the United States and abroad, noting Brooklyn 1876 dead and Paris Opera Comique as 75 dead. It cites Kate Claxton in The Two Orphans causing panic and recalls Paris Paris exuding panic and heroism contrasted with cowardice.
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United States
Chicago
Rvimions
Loess Fares
Cabreadies
Brooklyn
Central Theater
Philadelphia
Trent Street
Bailimore
Tehmast Theater
St. Petersburg
Carlsruheheater
Geetecka
Aster
Kate Claxton
Miss Claxton
Eddie Way
Opera Comique
Paris
Three Die in Louvre Hotel Fire in Chicago
A Louvre hotel blaze at 3611 Lake avenue killed three occupants and injured many Friday night. Victims include Mrs Morence Chapin and son Bissell Chapin, plus Patrick I Ryan found on the second floor. Loss set at 12000 dollars with near 100 residents evacuated. A second blaze at 218 East Huron street burned Western News barns killing a Todd Teaming driver James Davis, with another person missing.
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Chicago
Louvre
Lake Avenue
Morence Chapin
Bissell Chapin
Patrick I. Ryan
Mr. Ryan
Western News Company
East Huron Street
Dowie Begins World Tour From Zion City
Dr John Alexander Dowie left Zion City on a six month world journey. He will rest in the south then tour San Francisco January 19 20 before sailing to Australia January 21 via Honolulu. In Australia he reunites with wife and son Gladstone and conducts meetings, then visits India Africa and ends at Zurich for a European church conference. He plans to reach New York June 20 with meetings at Madison Square Garden and return to Zion City by June 30.
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Chicago
John Alexander Dowie
Zion City
Dowie
San Francisco
Australia
Honolulu
Gladstone
India
Africa
Zurich
Switzerland
Christian Catholic Church
Europe
Aurich
London
New York
Madison Square Garden
Corbett Retains Feather Title With Stop In Sixteenth
In San Francisco on Tuesday night at Mechanics Pavilion Young Corbett defeated Eddie Hanlon in the sixteenth round to win the featherweight title. Referee Graney stopped the contest fearing a possible fatal injury after Hanlon endured severe punishment. Hanlon's seconds had previously refused to retire him.
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San Francisco
Young Corbett
Eddie Hanlon
Mechanics’ Pavilion
Hanlon
Corbett
Graney
Young Corbetts
Remains of Smithson Exhumed in Genoa
In Genoa United States Consul William H Bishop and Dr. Alexander Graham Bell witnessed the exhumation of James Smithson founder of the Smithsonian. The casket was shattered but bones intact Bell will send them to the United States aboard the steamship Princess Irene leaving January 4.
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Genoa
United States
William H. Bishop
Alexander Graham Bell
Washington
James Smithson
Smithsonian Institution
Bell
Dark Side tally of 1903 crimes and disasters reviewed
A Chicago overview catalogs 1903 crime death tolls and self harm rises, noting 8 976 murders by violence and 8 597 self inflicted deaths, with poison and shooting as common methods. The record also covers lynchings, railway robberies, shipwrecks, cyclones, floods, and the Iroquois theater fire, plus embezzlement totals and philanthropic gifts.
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Chicago
Tedd
Novel death in Salt Lake City jail cell
T Rus sell Griffith, a portrait artist, killed himself in his county jail cell by first attempting to cut his wrists and throat with a key, then using blanket wool to block his nostrils and finally forcing a piece down his throat to strangle himself. The report notes the self inflicted manner and the location.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
T. Russell Griffith
McKinley Memorial Design Submissions Exceed Hundred
Canton Ohio reports the design time limit for the McKinley memorial expired with over 100 submissions. Six designs were created by foreign artists and sculptors.
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Canton
Stray Stories Spark Suspicions in Rich Widow Affair
A terse rumor hints a man neglecting business to woo a wealthy widow, while another voices doubt, saying the venture aims to profit and she has ample wealth. The fragmentary note suggests tension between personal pursuit and financial gain.
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Courk
Salzer Seed Co offers diverse farm seeds and catalogs
A San Salzer Seed Co mail offer touts two great cereals boosting hog and cattle farming in Dale Montana Ida Colo plus Salzer’s Billion Dollar Grass Teosinte Warliest Cane and 60 Day Outs among hundreds of rare weeds. Readers are urged to cut out the request and return with 10 cents for a catalog and seed samples from Tua Crosse Wisconsin.
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Dale
Mont
Ida
Colo
Salzer
Teosinte
John A. Salzer Seed Co
Tua Crosse
Wis
K. LL
Rail line offers Pullman Sleepers and dining service
The article describes a Wisconsin route with Pullman Sleepers and Reclining Chair Cars between Chicago and key Wisconsin towns including Milwaukee Manitowoc and Ashland with connections at terminals. Meals are served a la carte and reservations are via agents or C. Pond Milwaukee. A proverb about luck and a fish in the Nile is noted.
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Wisconsin
Chicago
Milwaukee
Manitowoc
St. Paul
Minnneapolis
Ashland
Duluth
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Joseph Springer
Otto Lewke
Davis
Powers
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Col
Charles C. Rice
Rice
Martz
Youngstown
Ohio
Carnegie Steel Company
Grand Rapids
Mich
Bec
Vriebe Alberg
Ida Dwiggens
Georgetown
Holland & Lake Michigan
Grandville
Chattanoora
Tenn
Hamilton, C
William Hl. Morton
Buczenski
George Sullivan
Morton
Pittsburg
Edgar Thomas Steel Works
Braddock
Charles O. Rice
Marts
Huntsville
N. J
Osccar Dormidy
Chicnaguo
Lfe
Topeka
Kansas City
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Spartansbureg
D. C
Clifton
Ariz
Hepp
Margaret FP
Sullivan
Carnot
France
Alexander Sullivan
Scott
West Virginia
National Republican Committee
National Rolling Mills
United States Steel Corporation
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Carlisle
Cumberland Valley
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Miss Foust
Shippensburg
Penfield
Ill
Mrs. Pink Thaw
Lydia TE. Pinkham
Fran Buyer
Second St
Meriden, Conn
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mars
Pincham
Lydia EE. Pinkham
Mam P. Wuaning
The
Norman
Milwaukee, Wis
Lydia
Minkham Med. Co
Lynn, Mass
Candy Cathartic
Wattatee
Popley
Bibiody
Philadelphia Ledger
Winsconsin Central Ry
Nile
Willis
Arge
Western
Canada
Wesaltha
Foimie Fer
Oue Delag
Canoe Glan Atlas
Oftawa
Quincy Building
Chienza
Donnan
Brom
Indianapolla
Lady
Holes
Dickaan Street
Meinnen
Aventis
Hacks Wetrall
Mieke P
Os Cuiucik
Houm
Callahan
Wire
Percey
Oshkosh, Wis
Anakesis
Tribe One
Suchnsy Fitzgerald &Co
Ibox
Washington, D
Bicroe Audiphone Co
Suth SL
California
San Franciscos
Mercs
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