Wreck of New Haven Train Kills Girl on Greenwich Bridge
The White Mountain Express of the New York New Haven Hartford line wrecked near Greenwich Station after a spreading rail on a bridge. One girl, Miss Margaret Armstrong of Wayne Pennsylvania, died. about twenty others injured. Authorities blame rotten ties and report a four hour line delay. Rescue and relief trains rushed to the scene as relatives and survivors were treated at Greenwich Hospital and nearby homes.
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Spectal
New York Times
Greenwich
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Grand Central Station
Greenwich Street
Armstrong
C. W
Kemp House
Gibberson
Harry
Adelphi Street
Brooklyn
Elizabeth
Crandall
C. M
West Ninetyfifth Street
New York
Greenwich Hospital
Floyd M
Gunther
Frost
L.T
L. T
Enow
Stillman W
Philadelphia
Drake
Biney
Wyoming
Smith
Howard
Whittemore
Newport
N. H
Vanderbilt
Pullman Porter
Aulford
Porter
New Haven
Miss Armstrong
J. A. Clarke
Charles Doten
Clarke
Henry B. White
Charles May
W. J. Kendall
F. M. Crandall
New York County Medical Society
Woodstock
Bretton Woods
Jefferson
St. Albans
E. McCosh
Elizabeth Scherick
A. G. McCook
G.C. McCook
Princeton
N. J
Charles S. Ward
West Brighton
N. Y
Joseph F. Fethrecks
Fethrecks
Emma
Laura M
Edith D
Grace Fethrecks
New York City
Brattleborough, Vt
Andrew Schofield
Waterbury
Mary W. Montgomery
West 104Th Street
Sol Traub
FE. Frank
Kallsher
Eighty-eighth Street
R. Burns Eglinton
Monroe Place
Bloomfield
Matilda Johnson
Fourth Avenue
F. Hererick
Hahn
Chinamens Stories Anger Coroner Over Strathyre Brute Treatment
Coroner Harburger heard testimonies from three Strathyre Chinamen alleging fourteen months of beatings starvation and wage theft by Captain Gunn. They say two men drowned after leaping overboard and that Gunn refused rescue. A warrant for homicide was requested as Mrs. Quackenbos presses for federal action despite DA Smyth’s hesitation.
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Harburger
D. M. Gunn
Gunn
Strathyre
Han Chee Ja
Chun Lon Lang
Mary Grace Quackenbos
United States
Bailey
Sergt
Michael Mulhall
Mulhall
Pier A
Thomas J. Foley
Launch A
Jerome
Smyth
Quackenbos
Pacific
le Ah Kan
Ching Ah Ling
Columbia University to Build Domestics Economy School
Workmen begin digging for a new 400000 dollar home of the School of Domestic Economy at Teachers College Columbia University. The anonymous gift funds a six story towered building fronting 121st Street with large lecture rooms labs offices and space for advanced research. A Magdalen style tower and a stone pulpit on the first floor will mark the distinctive design for open-air class days and reunions.
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School of Domestic Economy
Teachers’ College
Columbia University
Lee
Oxford University
America
Swasey Named Commissioner of Records in Brooklyn
The Brooklyn Republican fight for Commissioner of Records ended with Lewis M. Swasey, leader of the Seventeenth Assembly District, appointed to the seat left vacant by John K. Neal. Swasey previously served as Under Sheriff. James P. Connell will replace Swasey in the Sheriff's Office.
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L. M. Swasey
Brooklyn
John K. Neal
Lewis M. Swasey
Seventeenth Assembly
Swasey
James P. Connell
Coster Knapp & Co Hearing Continues In Bankruptcy
The bankruptcy hearing for Coster Knapp & Co continued before Referee Peter B. Olney at 68 William Street with W B Coster as chief witness. Coster admitted ignorance of firm accounts and said he relied on Charles Coster while detailing large personal profits later not traced in books. The session was postponed to next Tuesday for further light on the firm’s affairs.
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Coster, Knapp & Co
Charles Coster
Peter B. Olney
William Street
W. B. Coster
Charles
Coster
Europe
Colombia's Gen Zawadzky Seeks US Loan for Rail Project
Gen Roberto Zawadzky of Colombia says preliminary talks are under way for a three to five million pound loan to back a national railroad, with Am erican capital. Alvarado, a local business ally, confirms ongoing negotiations and notes Colombia's good foreign credit. Zawadzky says he is not an official government representative and that banker names will be published when appropriate.
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Roberto Zawadzky
Colombia
Alvarado
Gen. Zawadzky
New York Times
Eves
Scots Lassie Brought by Proxy to Colorado Groom
William Colville a mining engineer from Denver arranged a proxy marriage for his friend Andrew Washburne. In Scotland Miss Alice Cameron agreed to wed Washburne and traveled with Colville aboard the Caledonia to Denver. She will wed upon arrival at Colville's home.
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William Colville
Denver
Col
Scotland
Andrew Washburne
Colville
Highlands
Alice Cameron
Colorado
Washburne
Caledonia
Miss Cameron
de Preecey
York
Real Fire at City Hall Averted by Quick Work
Firemen rushed to City Hall yesterday afternoon after Lieut. Kennel noticed smoke near the Mayor's office. The blaze proved to be an awning fire over a License Bureau window, extinguished by Engineers James Scollan and John F. O'Brien with a pail of water.
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Kennel
Tim’’ Sullivan
James Scollan
John F. O’brien
Jack Gormley Sentenced to Four Years Five Months in State Prison
Jack Gormley the burglar who surrendered after terms with authorities was sentenced in General Sessions to four years and five months in the State Prison. Judge Foster noted his prior convictions and described the term as the maximum under the third degree burglary indictment, with an agreement allowing relocation after release. Gormley prepared to depart for Sing Sing, while Mrs. Gormley faced the prolonged separation with mixed emotions.
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Jack Gormley
Foster
Gormley
New York
Sing Sing
Drew Case Baffles Troy Authorities In Missing Girl Probe
Troy police and District Attorney investigate Hazel Drew after her murder at Teal’s Pond. They question relatives and canvass hotels in Troy Albany and Schenectady while pursuing leads from a New Carlisle Ohio contact Carrie Weaver and a Providence stop. The theory weighs whether death resulted from an automobile crash rather than murder.
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New York Times
Troy
N. Y
O’brien
Hazel IL. Drew
Teal’s Pond
Albany
Schenectady
Teal's Pond
Miss Drew
Miss. Weaver
New York
Boston
Providence
Hazel Drew
Poestenkill
Rensselaer County
John Drew
Hazel
Thomas W. Hislop
Drew
Joseph Drew
Carrie
William
Emma
Joseph
Wife Slayer Gets Off Easy In Sing Sing Sentencing
William Campbell, 61, of 303 East Ninetieth Street, pleaded guilty to manslaughter for killing his wife Carrie with a bread knife during a June incident. Judge Mulqueen sentenced him to not less than ten or more than twenty years at Sing Sing after the district attorney recommended manslaughter due to drunken circumstances. The crime was witnessed by his son Edward, who testified of a quarrel over supper and Campbell's violent actions ending in his wife's death.
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William Campbell
East Ninetieth Street
Carrie
Mulqueen
Sing Sing
Edward
Campbell
Aggressive Dog Runs Loose in Brooklyn Panics Street
A large dog with reddened eyes and foam on its mouth terrorized Henry Street in Brooklyn yesterday. It bit Frank Nally on the hand at 140 Fourth Place and then injured 13 year old Leonard Lang at 197 Baltic Street before a police officer shot the animal dead at 410 Henry Street. Both victims were treated and sent home.
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Henry Street
Brooklyn
Frank Nally
Fourth Place
Nally
Leonard Lang
Baltic Street
Sergi, Fitzgerald
Amity Street
Board of Health
Lang
Auto Turns Somersault with Owner
Dr. Charles W. Houghton of Philadelphia was unloading his motor car from a freight car in Atlantic City when a freight handler moved the switch to the high notch. The car surged forward, somersaulted, and threw him over the dashboard before the chauffeur cut the power.
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Atlantic City
N.J
Charles W. Houghton
Philadelphia
Minor blaze at McKenzies Hotel spurs citywide excitement
A small fire at McKenzies Hotel on Sixth Avenue and Forty third Street drew large crowds, including Racquet Club members on West Forty third Street. Firemen quickly contained the flames after a burning window shade was hurled into the street.
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Sixth Avenue
Forty-third Street
Jack’s
Jack
West Forty-third Street
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