Water main break floods Park Avenue subway region
A massive 48 inch water main burst near Forty-second Street and Third Avenue, flooding Park Avenue Tunnel and crippling subway service. Efforts by Hedley and emergency crews succeeded only after hours, as officials including Mayor McClellan and Water Commissioner Oakley could not be reached.
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Mahady
Branbrick
Mr. Sedley
John T. Oakley
Water Supply Department
George B. McClellan
Department of Water Supply
Thirty- -Seventh Street
Maniager Hediey
Interborough
Water Department
Hedley
Murray ~Hill
Park Avenue
Pebody
Maheady
Handrick
Oakley
Thomas Ryan
Thirty-seventh Street
James O’ Connell Yee
McCluskey
O’cornnell
Ryan
Brady
Forty-second Street
Third Avenue
Murray Hill
Messrs. Ryan and
O'Connell
Toreman Brady
McClellan
G. W. Birdsall
Prendergast
Frank Goodwin
C. H. Bull
Joseph W. Savage
Rockaway
Mr. Crimmins
West Ninety-ninth Street
Jam at Bridge Station Delays Subway as Water Main Bursts
Crowds gather at Brooklyn Bridge Station after a water main bursts, halting trains and confusing riders. Ticketing staff issue block tickets as officials scramble for information. By 7 10 Interborough resumes sales with transfers, rerouting trains from City Hall and Fulton Street to Fourteenth Street for return trips.
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Brooklyn Bridge
Fulton Street
Interborough
Coney Island
Bridge
Park Row
Fourteenth Street
City Hall
Harlemites Shun Subway After Major Water Break
Harlemites avoided the subway last night as a water main break halted service. For over an hour no trains ran between Seventy-second Street and One Hundred and Forty-fifth Street, then trains operated intermittently every ten to twenty minutes on the same stretch. A Lenox Avenue shuttle started only after 5 PM, with most riders sticking to elevated or surface lines.
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Mr. Hediey
Iis
Water Department
Mr. Hedley
Seventy-second Street
Pourteenth Street
At & O'Clock
Forty-first Street
Forty Second Street
Subway Floods After Water Main Burst in 1904
A 36 inch water main burst at Broadway and 96th Street flooding the Subway before daybreak. Water reached 20 inches at Eighty-first Street and trains ran until motors were submerged. General Manager Hedley blamed drainage leaks and urged city officials to prevent recurrences.
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Broadway
Hightysixth Street
Eighty-first Street
Hedley
Seventy-second Street
Secretary Taft Heads for New York and Ohio
Washington June 11 Secretary Taft will travel to New York tomorrow then proceed to Ohio. He may linger in Washington for a day to handle matters related to the Loomis Bowen case.
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Taft
Washington
New York
Ohio
Loomis-Bowen
Hague Treaty Enables the President 10 Act
A London Times dispatch details Roosevelt diplomacy after Mukden and Tsushima, tracing the plan to seek peace. It credits Baron Speck von Sternburg with clearing American impartiality in St Petersburg and coordinating with Kaiser Wilhelm II to advance negotiations.
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London Times
NEW York Times
Roosevelt
Mukden
Great Britain
France
Germany
Tsu- Shima Straits
Tsarskoe-Selo
Count Lamsdorff
New-York Times
Wyashington
Baron Speck von Sternburg
Speck von Sternburg
St. Petersburg
von Sternburg
Berlin
Paris Praises Roosevelt Opening Path to Peace
Paris and Vienna newspapers praise President Roosevelt for opening peace negotiations between Russia and Japan. Ambassadors Meyer Takahira and Cassini are pictured as symbols of American initiative. European leaders, notably Baron d Estournelles de Constant, urge broader U.S. role while lamenting limited French action. Roosevelt’s actions praised as a positive force for humanity.
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Paris
Roosevelt
Russia
Japan
France
Germany
Morocco
Jem
Meyer
Takahira
Cassini
White House
Baron d’Estournelles de Constant
Chamber of Deputies
Rouvier
United States
Europe
the Hague
Mexico
Pious Fund
America
Republic
Peace talks hover as Russia awaits Japan terms
News from St Petersburg and London on June 11 12 describes Russia waiting for Japan to fix time and place to present terms. The move aims to suspend hostilities briefly while Russia decides peace or prolongation, with plenipotentiaries to negotiate if terms form a basis. Discretion on who represents Russia remains, and Britain and the United States seek restrained terms.
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T. Petersburg
Russia
Japan
Foreign Office
Paris
Manchuria
Roosevelt
United States
Hay
Associated Press
Great Britain
Kwangtung Peninsula
Vladivostok
Pacific
Novoe Vremya
Nouvoe Vremya
Manila
Skepticism on Eastern Peace Talks Grows in London
Special Cable from London reports widespread doubt about Russia and Japan peace prospects after Roosevelt brokered negotiations. Japanese residents doubt quick accord. outsiders fear Russia may reject terms or use pressure. Continental capitals echo cautious views. some foresee Germany and France pressuring Japan to moderate demands.
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NEW York Times
London
Far East
Roosevelt
Russia
Japan
Paris
Berlin
Vienna
Rome
the Times
Germany
France
Sinking of the Oushakoff Near Liancourt Islands
Reports from Tokio and St. Petersburg detail naval engagements on June 11 as Admiral Togo’s squadrons pursued and sank the armored cruiser Admiral Oushakoff after it mistook Japanese ships for Russians. Iwate rescued 192 and Yakumo 140 of 412 crew. admirals note eight inch guns could sink heavy ships at 8000 metres. Russian battleships Navarin Borodino Alexander III and Souvaroff reportedly foundered with no officers saved.
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London Times
NEW York Times
TOKIO
Togo
Liancourt
Oushakoff
Iwate
Yakumo
ST. Petersburg
Admiralty
Navarin
Souvaroff
Roosevelt Consults Taft On Peace Question At White House
President Roosevelt returns from Virginia and holds a lengthy conference with Secretary Taft on the Eastern war frontier. Talks hint at armistice steps, with Russia and Japan notified of mutual acceptance and preparations for armistice terms. Marshal Oyama and Gen. Linovitch expected to draft conditions as diplomacy moves forward.
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New York Times
Washington
Roosevelt
Virginia
Taft
White House
Russia
Japan
Marshal Oyama
Gen. Linovitch
President Roosevelt Thanks Czar for Reception
President Roosevelt via Ambassador Meyer sends personal thanks to Emperor Nicholas for the warm reception of his appeal in St. Petersburg on June 11.
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Czar
ST. Petersburg
Roosevelt
Meyer
Emperor Nicholas
Yesterday's Fires Reported Across City Blocks
A sequence of small fires from Saturday night to Sunday night caused varying damages. Notable entries include 32,500 at 2,124 Broadway, 15 at 1,475 Third Avenue, 25 at Fortieth Street and Eleventh Avenue, and 500 at 311 East Sixtieth Street, with multiple addresses listed as owner unknown or trifling damage.
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Union Street
Westchester Avenue
Broadway
Katz
Thirty-third Street
Blanch Mirror Company
East One Hundred and Fifteenth Street
R. Saupernio
Sixth Avenue
East Sixtieth Street
Michael O'Shella
Eighth Avenue
Melville Furniture Company
First Avenue
Charles Schuster
Fortieth Street
Eleventh Avenue
Edgecombe Avenue
Brooklyn Bridge
West Forty-ninth Street
America’s Summer Resorts in Four-Track Series
Request for copy of No 3 in New York Central Four-Track Series. Mentions map of seasonable resorts including Bar Harbor. Instructs sending a two cent stamp to George H. Daniels, General Passenger Agent Central Station New York.
Pennsylvania Special Sets Speed Record For Chicago Run
The eighteen hour Pennsylvania Special travels from Jersey City to Chicago with four Tuscan red cars. Crew led by engineer John Warren aims to drop time to seventeen hours next week as New York Central plans an eighteen hour rival service. The train drew crowds at every division point from Philadelphia to Pittsburg, with officers and workers cheering as it passed.
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New York Central
New York
Southwestern Limited
St. Louis
Twentieth Century Limited
Chicago
Lake Shore
Buffalo
Empire State Express
20Th Century Limited
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Minneapolis
New York Central Lines
Denver
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Portland
Tacoma
Seattle
Metuchen
Atterbury
Jersey City
Pittsburg
Schoyer
Pennsylvania Lines
Harrisburg
Altoona
Pennsylvania Railroad
Philadelphia
North Philadelphia
West Philadelphia
Lancaster
Overbrook
Paoli
Pennsylvania
Pullman
Pennsylvania Special
John Warren
O. Hoffman
S. Bernard
W. S. Richards
William Heppenheimer
F. A. H. O'Leary
H.G. Clark
J. R. S. McLeod
A. E. Angee
D. A. Smith
A Mile in 36 Seconds on Circus Train?
Crestline Ohio June 11 A railcar report notes a remarkable speed claim aboard the eastbound Pennsy special. The fragment suggests a sensational circus train comparison but provides no full details or outcome.
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New York Times
Pennsylvania
Crestline
Ohio
Record of a Chicago to Jersey City train run to Crestline
The account describes a fast Chicago to Crestline to Jersey City journey with multiple stops. The train reached Fort Wayne ahead of schedule, then maintained speeds from 60 to 100 miles per hour on segments. Crestline was reached on time with an average speed of 72 miles per hour for the Fort Wayne to Crestline leg, despite an extra passenger car. The overall Chicago to Jersey City mileage totals 4, includes nine stops and an average speed of 50 mph.
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Chicago
New York
Englewood
Plymouth
Fort Wayne
Indiana
J. C. McCarthy
Crestline
Clarke Junction
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Kedley
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Joice
Thirty-third’ Street
Myr.ddedley
Madison Avenue
Walsh
Fortest
Thirus
Teress
Belmont Hotel
Anthony J. Smith
New Belmont Hotel
Grand Union Hotel
Bridge Station
Subway
Hague
Mr. Roosevelt
Austria
Hungary
Press of
Oyama
Daily Telegraph
Pees
Baron Komura
Skepticism
Rogers Bros
Meriden Brita CO
Morgan & Brother
West 47Th Street
Wall Street Journal
Broad ST
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Garpet
Stewart
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