Nutmeg State steamer disaster claims several lives off Sand Point
The Nutmeg State bound from Connecticut to New York burned after a fire broke out near Sand Point Long Island at sunrise. Passengers and crew struggled in smoke and flames as boats were launched, with eight named dead and many injured missing. rescue came from several passing vessels, but exact death toll remains uncertain.
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Bridgeport
Steaimnboat
Sand Point
Long Island
Sunrrise
Samuel Jaynes
Niles Nelson
Charley Anderson
Patrick Coffe
B. Hendryck
Thos, Murphy
John Conner
Connecticut
Cook Brown
Brooks
Digeugenan
Prasengers
Ere
Renors
Pilot Weatherwax
Pergo
Bagzigeman Jaynes
Roger Maxwell
Kismet
W. F. Rood
Hartford Line
Lawrence
City of Lawrence
Jaynes
Hartford
United States Naval
Rossland Shipments Decline Amid Power Outages and War Talk
Rossland British Columbia reports 4228 tons of ore shipped for the week. The Le Roi shut for four days starting the 18th and War Eagle and Centre Star halted on three days due to electric power failures. A public meeting endorsed a resolution urging Canada to assist Britain in the Transvaal crisis, while locals sang the national anthem. Copper and gold values from Winnipeg claim ore show high results, with five samples averaging 87.39 in value. The Cuxey camp ore will ship next week.
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le Roi
War Eagle
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Herine
Frou Flon
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Dovinion Ministref Acrientime
Hewitt Postork
M. P
Audi
Moyulty
A. J. McMillan
Lalonde
British Columbia
Great Britiain
Transvaal
Great Britain
Winnipeg
Boundary
Plague Scare on Peninsular Line to Plymouth
A coal trimmer aboard the Peninsular from Bombay arrived at Plymouth with a mild bubonic plague, developing symptoms the day after leaving Marseilles. He has been isolated and no other cases are reported.
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Peninsular
Bombay
Plymouth
England
Marseilles
Vice Admiral Colomb Dies in Hampshire Home at 87
London reported the death of Vice Admiral Philip Howard Colomb at his residence in Potley Hampshire. He died today in the 87th year of his age.
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London
Philip Howard Colomb
Potley
Hamshire
Briton and Boer Engaged in War
London dispatch describes full scale fighting as General Buller takes control in South Africa. It notes British superiority but warns of initial setbacks for the British and outlines expected aggressive campaigns to crush Boer resistance.
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Little Republic
Majuba Hill
Great Britain
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Egypt
Soudan
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Associated Press
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Kitchener
South Africa
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Mutlery
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Iistory
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Lord Lansdowne
Beller
Transvaal
Orange Free State
Cape Colony
Sir John Teniel
John
Bull
Baker
Mr Chamberlain
Shipping Gazette
England
Mansion House
Capetown
Terrible Tale of Suffering Near Starvation North
A report from the North describes four days of near starvation facing residents. Details indicate extreme hunger, scarce resources, and urgent relief needs amid harsh conditions and mounting hardship.
Miners survive Teslin trek and rescue after吃 harsh ordeal
From Atlin reports detail a trio of miners, Taylor Bickford and Tom assi, lost on the Teslin trail. They reached Atlin Oct 4 after sixteen days, endured four and a half days on a half pound of beans daily, and killed their pack horse to feed themselves before rescue arrived hours later. Sealing fleet updates note three schooners returning with hundreds of skins and projected annual totals climbing above last year’s in Behring Sea operations.
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B. G
Atlin
Great Harshin
Taylor
W. Bickford
A. Tomassi
Teslin
Sucker Lake
Walter L. Rich
Cole
Otte
J. W. Gonse
Emma
Louise
Catp. White
Mermaid
Umbrilla
Japan
Telegraph Line Reaches Atlin Connecting Skagway and Dawson
Telegraph line completed linking Atlin with Skagway and Dawson, establishing communication across the region. The new line enables rapid messages between northern districts and major hubs, marking a milestone in frontier infrastructure.
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Atlin
Skagway
Dawson
Race No 7 Not Sailed as Yachts Fail to Find Wind
New York Oct 14 two large yachts reached the starting line but no race began due to lack of wind. After a prolonged wait the committee raised the signal to postpone and the boats returned to moorings. Guests of Sir Thomas Lipton traveled to Sandy Hook aboard the Blackbird and Erin. No race declared.
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New York
Sir Thomas Lipton
Sandy Hook
Blackbird
Erin
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