Subways Cave In Kills Thirteen Workers at Lexington Ave Shaft
In a late night cave in at the Lexington Avenue tunnel near Fifty-sixth Street, thirteen Bradley Construction workers died as rock collapsed from the shaft area. Rescue efforts used heavy machinery and exhumation, with officials blaming insufficient supports and possible blasting. Priests blessed the dead as mortally injured men were recovered and carried away for medical aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eers
Bradley Auction Company
Holtzhaus
H. M. Weed
Bradley Construcetion Company
Lexington Avenue
Fifty-first Street
Flower Hospital
East Tifty-first Street
McQuade
Donovan
McCormick
Church of St. John the Evangelist
Fifty- Sixth Street
J. Thor
Lifting Dead From Below Amid Rescue Rush
Fire engines roared along Lexington Avenue toward Sixth Street as priests and doctors descended into darkness to aid a rescuer crew. Bells from ambulances trailed the line while onlookers watched the perilous underground effort unfold amid uncertain outcomes.
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Lexington Avenue
Sixth
Subway blast knocks building and forces tenants out
A dynamite blast by McMillan Small and Triest near 121st Street Lexington Avenue Subway damaged a granite foundation rock at 1994 Lexington Avenue. The four story building was deemed unsafe. tenants Lea and Bonner’s saloon and Mrs Hughe Boyle’s family were ordered to vacate. Police closed the saloon and evacuated residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McMillan, Small & Triest
Lexington Avenue
121St Street
Robert Ridgeway
Public Service Commission
Ridgeway
Guy Colgan
Theartment of Buildings
Frome
Lea & Bonner
Hughe Boyle
Lougherty
Marion
East 126Th Street
Subway Disaster Claims Six Lives In 1962 Crash
In January 1962 a Park Avenue subway shanty explosion caused a fire and serious damage. Six people died and 125 were injured. The blast damaged Manhattan hospital property and Grand Central Station, with extensive glass breakage and about substantial repair costs. Minor subway damage occurred with quick repairs within a couple weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Avenue
Forty-first Street
Manhattan
Grand Central Station
My Subway A
Subway Tunnel Roof Cave-In Traps Workers in 1902-12
A series of subway construction accidents from 1902 to 1912 are recounted, including a March 21, 1902 collapse in a Brookyn tunnel that killed none, a 1908 premature blast at the Battery blasting danger, a January 16, 1906 Belmont tunnel cave-in with four deaths, heroic rescue efforts by H R Shailer and others, subsequent cave-ins and blasts at Lexington Avenue in 1912 injuring workers, gas and water mains outages, and a December 17 auto crash injuring four on Seventy-ninth Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epector
Owen Evan
Bureau Ambustibles
Enmneer Madden
Public Co Commission
Folby
Holtzhauser
Tock
Bradley Company
Fifty-sixth Street
Lexington Avenue
Fifty-second Street
Fifty-third
Sixty-seventh Street
Alfred Craven
Public Service Commission
Trick McBride
Brooklyn
Belmont
East River
Sen
H. R. Shailer
Su- Pat
Eighty-seventh Street
Seventy-ninth Street
Auto Mishaps Endanger Three Drivers Near Coney Island
A large auto crashed into Frederick J. Allen’s car on Ocean Parkway near Coney Island, hurling Mrs. Cornelia Allebh through the windshield. The speeding vehicle then struck Dr. Thomas Von Brenner’s car, causing it to overturn. All occupants were injured, and three men from the touring car faced arrest for intoxication with an additional reckless driving charge for Murcott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick J. Allen
East Sixty-fifth Street
Ocean Parkway
Coney Island
Cornelia Allebh
Thomas von Brenner
Green Avenue
Brooklyn
Ferris
Kling
Johneea Broker
Gold Street
Samuel Murcott
Tenth Street
Thomas Taggart
Hull Street
Sheepshead Bay
Murcott
von Brenner
Miss Butler
Allens
Husband shoots wife in flatbush tragedy
Mrs Genevieve McKibben 29 wife of Joseph K McKibben of 1619 Brooklyn Avenue Flatbush excused herself after dinner and was found dead with a bullet through her heart. A revolver lay nearby. McKibben said she had been suffering nervous trouble and melancholia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genevieve McKibben
Joseph K. McKibben
Brooklyn Avenue
Flatbush
Panama faces severe Chinese question as laws threaten status
Special Cable to The Times reports Panama may force out Chinese businesses despite many leading merchants being Chinese. The Chinese ambassador in Washington is urged to intercede as decrees stand. Chinese claim rights under the constitution are ignored and may seek U.S. protection. Merchants pay 70 percent of import duties, while new laws would tax the Chamber of Commerce $1000 monthly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Panama
California
Republic
Washington
O Wyang
United States
Chamber of Commerce
Curry Named Director in International Mercantile Firm
Southampton June 14 P E Curry manager here of the American line has been named a Director on the board of the International Mercantile Marine Company succeeding J Bruce Ismay. Company officials in New York denied knowledge of the appointment suggesting a dispatch error and a possible trolley. Curry long served as London freight manager for the American Line and became Southampton office manager on Wilding's retirement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southampton
P. E. Curry
American Line
International Mercantile Marine Company
J. Bruce Ismay
New York
Curry
Newark
Liverpool
Lee
Eank Steamship Company
White Star Line
International Mercenteute
Philip E
London
Richard Wilding
White Star
Joint Service
Fischhof Sale Brings $320,160 At Paris Auction
Paris June 14 high prices dominated Eugène Fischhof collection. The top price, Cuyp's Departure for the Hunt, led a sale totaling $320,160. Nattier and Pastel portraits also fetched strong sums, with several notable works highlighted in today’s auction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuyp
Paris
Eugéne Fischhof
Albert Cuyp
Nattier
Idan Neal
Young Wonsan
Argentine Packers Advise Delay in Government Actions
Buenos Aires on June 14 reports independent packers advised the Minister of Agriculture to postpone adopting measures against American imports. The unclear message suggests deliberation over policy timing and potential impacts on trade and industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Buenos Aires
Gere
Arrest Shillitoni for Police Murders in Mulberry Street
Oresto Shillitoni, a young Italian, surrendered to police after his brother John Shillitoni and his father were detained for complicity in the May Mulberry Street killings of Policemen Teare and Heaney and gangster John Rizzo. Detectives tracked him for days. he appeared calm in custody at the Tombs after negotiations guaranteeing nonmistreatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oreato Shiklitoni
Teare and Heaney
John Rizzo
Mulberry Street
Ser
John Shillitoni
Lieut. Reilly
Detective Bureau
Oresto Shillitoni
Police Department
George S. Dougherty
Dominick Reilly
Lethario Gamberdillo
Frank Bonano
Morningside Avenue
123D Street
Commissioner Dougherty
Shillitoni
Mr. Dougherty
Waldo
Elizabeth Street
Dougherty
Police
Reilly
Hele
Porningside Avenue
123D
Murphy
Oreste Shillitoni
Sing Sing
Teare
Heaney
Killitoni
Cooper Union
Johnnie
John
Zzog
Oresto Shillio
Theliceman Teare
McReynolds weighs Union Pacific plan to dissolve railroads
Attorney General McReynolds returning to Washington from St Paul said he was studying Union Pacific proposal to swap stock with Pacific and Pennsylvania interests. He noted no immediate public harm and potential 38.2 percent control in Baltimore & Ohio if the plan proceeds, with 14 percent of Southern Pacific going to Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
McReynolds
St. Paul
U. S Circuit Court
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Federal Supreme Court
Exc
Pacific
Medds
Cahiee
Government
Exchange
Pennsylvania Road
Baltimore & Ohio
Pennsylvania
Baltmore & Ohio
Missing 18 year old girl in Atlantic City tied to Dorothy Arnold case
Jessie Speese, 18, left 701 Green Street with several hundred dollars in checks, visited Chelsea National Bank to deposit and draw cash, then vanished. Her father W. D. Speese and police in Atlantic City and Philadelphia seek clues, stating no love affair or elopement is suspected. Mother is anxious. comparison drawn to Dorothy Arnold case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Atlantic City
Green Street
Jessie Speese
Chelsea National Bank
W. D. Speese
Philadelphia
Elphia
Dorothy Arnold
Vivisection Warrants Target Penn Medical Staff
June 14 Philadelphia warrants issued against five University of Pennsylvania medical staff members for cruelty to animals in vivisection. The accused, Dr. Alfred N. Richards, Dr. Richard Mills Pearce, Dr. Alonzo Engelbart Taylor, Dr. Edward T. Reichert, and former Dean Dr. Allen J. Smith, head the animal house committee. Charges allege procedures without anesthetics and other cruel acts, with the case mounting a test of whether failure to provide post procedure relief constitutes cruelty under law. The move is supported by Women’s Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and several officers, aiming to curb animal neglect rather than halt vivisection itself. The doctors face a court appearance this Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Philadelphia
John R. K. Scott
Women's Society For the Prevention of
University of Pennsylvania
Alfred N. Richards
Richard Mills Pearce
Alonzo Engelbart Taylor
Edward T. Reichert
Allen J. Smith
Allen J. Smith, Formerly Dean of the Medical School
University
Animal House
Smith
Henrietta F. Odgen
Carolina White
Bertha Ogden
University of Pensylvania
Flag Day Observance in Boston Led by Secretary Daniels
In Boston on Flag Day June 14, Secretary of the Navy Daniels delivered the oration. A parade of soldiers sailors marines and veterans closed with a flag raising on Boston Common reflecting patriotic ceremonies in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mr. Daniels
Secretary of the Navy
Boston Common
Stubborn Oil Fire Triggers Panic and Rescue Efforts
A three alarm blaze at 503-507 Water Street near the East River engulfed yards storing 1,000 barrels of gasoline and petroleum. Fireboats Abrams Hewitt and William L Strong fought flames as crowds surged, causing injuries. watchman Samuel Hockman and his son Jacob were involved in rescuing 24 horses, with Della Breen guiding the boy to safety. Commissioner Waldo was drenched by a bursting hose but unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Water Street
Samuel Hockman
Jacob 4
Hockman
Della Breen
South Street
Abrams Hewitt
Iliam L. Strong
Sever
Louis Acheson
Rutgers Street
Max Fisher
Morris Klein
Cherry Street
Katherine Dowdll
John
Pollerman Curran
Thok Place
Bulek
Gouverneur Hospital
Waldo
Jer
Keng
Duncan Estate Net Assets Near 1.19 Million in 1912
The estate of William Butler Duncan, late president of the Mobile & Ohio Railroad, died June 20 1912, shows net assets of 1 187 806 with over 1 million in securities. Major items include Mobile Ohio bonds 17130 223 shares Blackstone Manufacturing 201 458 660 shares Lehigh Valley common stock 7 043 1 1 shares Pennsylvania Railroad 61 750 and St Andrews Realty 119 200. The Fifth Avenue residence leasehold was split between his son Alexander and daughter Mary Dana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam Butler Duncan
New York
Mobile & Ohio Railroad
Mobile O Hio
Blackstone Manufacturing Company
Igh Valley Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad
St. Andrews Realty Company
Fifth Avenue
Duke of Connaught
Edward VII
Prince of Wales
Duncan
Alexander Butler Duncan
Mary B. Butler Dana
Jesse P. Phipps
Camp for the YWCA Opens at Blauvelt New York
The Young Women's Christian Association will open a summer camp at Blauvelt New York on July 1. Miss Marion Hopes will lead, bringing experience from St Louis and the University of Chicago. Cooks and campers will handle meals and tents, with trips at 95 cents round trip and weekly board at 3.70 dollars. The camp committee includes Mrs. J. E. L. Davis and other officers and members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Young Women’s Christian Association
Blauvelt
N. Y
Marion Hopes
University of
J. E. L. Davis
Young Women's Christian
William Fellowes Morgan
Eli Cone
Dorothy Perkins
Florence M. Stowell
Reba Forbes
Elsie Lewis
Roderick Dorman
Wm Rossiter
Frederick Crumbie
Blanche
Descriptions of Holly Grove Attack and Paint Creek Strike
Testimony recounted the Holly Grove attack on trains and the violence of guards at Paint Creek and Cabin Creek. Witnesses described shootings, forced confinement, Gatling gun intimidation, and orders to shoot to kill. Ex-Gov Glasscock and others pressed for details amid a stalled mine-operators inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holly Grove
W. B. Buzzard
Cabin Creek
Ownoe 35
Harvey S. Campbell
Chesapeake & Pp Road
Fenater Kengee
Gatlinz
Senator Martin
Ed Bragg
Paint Creek
Glasscock
Boomer
Cabin Creek Posal
J. Glasscock
Senyon
Atlee
Devozai Sais
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Denevan
Father Meir
St. John’s
First Pre
Bernard McQuaide
Patrick's Cathedral
Wren
Thomas J
McGowan
Jie
Inp Marin
Neppernan Ave- Yonkers
Datrick Jove
Fing
Heeta
Bradley Construction
Bethe Street
Gene
East Fifty-first Street
Bradley Construction Company
Patrick Joye
Aris
John H. Madden
Egineer Bayly Hipkins
Nidgewood
N. J
Hipkins
Doyle
Hadeen
Mrs. McKibben
Oceanic Steamship Board
Fischhof
Brother
Father Held
Teare, Heaney
Rizzo
U. of P
Daniels
East River Front
Siain
J. H. Pike
Cisco Estep
Estep
Luther H
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