Bolt Struck Brighton Beach Boardwalk Shocks Thousands
A fierce electrical storm swept the city and nearby areas as a bolt struck the Brighton Beach boardwalk near the flagpole at the Parkway base. About three thousand people felt the shock while six were killed in Coney Island and two dozen injured. Bridgeport and Derby, Connecticut, reported flood damages and two deaths.
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New Jersey
Coney Island
Parkway
Bridgeport
Conn
Derby
Japanese cavalry sweeps Saghalien as Ry kof falls
Tokyo dispatch reports Japanese independent cavalry seized Ry kof on Seghalien Island after a tough street fight. The advance aimed to crush retreating enemy forces west of Rykoff, with encounters near Erkoff and Pareono. A pursuing detachment killed about 200 infantry and captured 500 near a point 18 miles south of Rykoff.
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Tokio
Rykof
Seghalien Island
Port Due
Exeriences
Rykoff
Esm
Erkoff
Pareono
Eiz
Czar vows not to seek shameful peace with Russia
In St. Petersburg on July 29 the Emperor responded to Orenburg clergy urging a fair peace. He pledged the Russian people can rely on him, declaring he will never conclude a peace that is shameful or unworthy of great Russia.
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St. Petersburg
Orenburg
Great Russia
British Cotton Strike Threatens Lancashire Workers
London July 30. A strike of sixty thousand Lancashire cotton operatives is threatened due to masters refusing a 1 percent wage increase. A ballot was taken last work, but results not known until tomorrow night. Indications show most favor striking.
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London
Thunder saves life as girl stirs burglars' chloroform plot
Cleveland, July 30. Leela Morton, daughter of Melville Morton, awakened by a thunder crash, alerted neighbors to burglars who had chloroformed her father. Morton revived after an hour of aid. burglars fled with a large amount of booty.
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Cleveland
Leela Morton
Melville Morton
Morton
Trapped by Tide on Manasquan Beach Tragedy
Frank Brown, a Chemical National Bank clerk from New York, and his daughter Iva of Jamaica Long Island, were drowned at Manasquan Beach while sea bathing. Miss Jovie Todd of Plainfield survived after a rescue attempt by a lone rowboat that swamped amid heavy surf.
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the Tribune
Freshold
N. J
Frank Brown
Chemical National Bank
New York
Iva
Jamaica
Long Island
Manasquan Beach
Brown
J. Herbert
Marlboro
Jovie Todd
Plainfird
Ris
Ming Tooé
Miss Brown
sJi
Mr. Brown
Miss Todd
Butterworth Sickness Reported In Worcester Parish
The well known author Hezekiah Butterworth is seriously ill at his Worcester street home. Reports say his condition is grave and may require intervention. The scene notes his past work as youth companion and prolific cantata composer.
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Moston
Hezekian Butterworth
Worcester-st. Devs
Taft Arrives in Kobe Amid Warm Reception
Secretary Taft and party reach Kobé from Kioto at 5 PM to a hearty welcome from the governor mayor and city officials and a crowd. Presents are given to Taft and Miss Roosevelt. The Manchuria sails at 10 PM for Nagasaki.
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Kobé
Taft
Kioto
Water Front
Roosevelt
Manchuria
Nagasaki
Robert H. Noble
Wright
Girl Leads Bandit Gang In Vermont Outlaw Ring
An eighteen year old girl bandit tied to a terrorizing gang operates in Bennington County Vermont. One male companion, presumed A. H. Ross of Boston, was shot dead by fellow gang members who mistook him for an officer. Two others flee through Rupert Dorset and Rast Pawlet as deputies and armed farmers pursue. The girl, detained by Sheriff Wilson, gives little information and planned raids on Rupert East Rupert and neighboring towns. A boy berry picker led the posse to their camp.
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Mr Telegraph
Bennington
Wilson
Bennington County
A. H. Ross
Boston
Rupert
Dorset
Rast Pawlet
East Rupert
Berry Picker
Murderers cell terrifies novelist Hamlin Garland in jail
In Canyon City California Hamlin Garland says he was locked in a penitentiary cell beside a murderer. The condemned man cried out asking why they would stretch his neck. Garland nearly fainted as the man cursed and shouted through stone walls.
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Telegraphyo the Tribune
Canyon City
Cal
Hamlin Garland
Inna
Hamlin
Pericles
Whale Rammed Angler as 600 aboard Near Long Beach
A 75 foot humpback delayed a fishing steamer Angler yesterday afternoon while leaving the banks. Captain Al Foster and more than six hundred passengers watched the whale ram the bow. The monster, seen near Long Beach, was described as the largest in years and followed by reports from other captains.
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al Foster
Long Beach
Captain Foster
Georgia juries convict Rawlings in double child murder
In a landmark Georgia trial a jury finds J G Rawlings guilty of murdering two children of W I Carter. In the preceding week his three sons Milton Jesse and Leonard and their Black accomplice Alf Moore were also convicted. The case features state’s evidence and mercy recommendations for Leonard Rawlings.
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Georgia
J. G Rawlings
W. I. Carter
Rawlings
Milton
Jesse
Leonard
Alf Moore
Young
Leonard Rawlings
Flood sweeps shipping as bridges fail in Bridgeport
An avalanche of water six feet high from a Ward's Mills dam breached bridges and moored vessels in Bridgeport Connecticut. The flood damaged ships, barges, and docks, with total losses estimated between 125000 and 150000 dollars. Captain Keneally and his family survived after their barge Clara struck multiple structures. The McCaffrey Line and others faced wreckage while residents endured darkness and gas main ruptures.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Ward's Mills
Trumbull Reservoir
Paper Mill
Berkshire Mills
Tidewater
Pequannock
Long Island Sound
Clara
E. Keneally
McWilliams Line
New York City
Black's
Keneally
Washington-ave
East Bridgeport
Captain Keneally
Hops Haynes
Bangor
Congress St
Margaret Hart
Marion E. Bulley
McCaffrey Line
New York
Congress-st. Bridge
Railroad Bridge
Blue Bell
New-York
Inner Harbor
Robert Myer
Scott
English
Senator Rice
Thunderstorm Deaths Strike Coney Island Beachgoers
A violent storm at Coney Island yesterday afternoon killed six people and seriously injured nine others. At Brighton Beach five men sheltering under the boardwalk died, and a sixth man near Ulmer Park perished. The bolt struck a flagpole, then carried through the boardwalk into the sand as crowds fled in panic. Names, ages, and addresses of the deceased and injured are listed, with hospital and rescue efforts described as doctors and nurses treated victims amid continued rain and fear.
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Coney Island
Parkway Baths
Hrighton Beach
Ulmer Park
Brighton Beach
Harwayave
Coney Island Creek
Brighton
Harway-ave, Bridge
T. G. Clay
J. F. Morrison
Coneystand
Clay
Dr. Morrison
Parkway Bathing Pavilion
Morrison
Harway-ave
Harway
Brooklyn
Ratzweiler
Brighton W
Sheepshead Bay
E . Reinemund
Parkway Bath Emergency Hospital
Lyons
Demmerie
Robert Wash
Charles Demumerie
Bath
George Baascher
Princeton University
Stuent
Parkway
James Cree
Win
Aplus Two
Carrie Krohn
Coney Eat
Issac Retas
Retes
Howe
Red
Comey Islaad
Hayron’s Morgue
West Sth St
Charles
Frank Demmerle
Robert Wasc
Demmerle
Flatbush
Robert Frankell
Betme
George Danwoodie
Henry Ratzweiler
Bath Beach
Ralaweiler
Gravesend Bay
Harway-am
Bolts Hit Bellevue Hospital During Severe Storm
A violent storm battered Bellevue Hospital causing electrical and telephone cables to fail. Wires across light and phone services were struck multiple times, plunging the switchboard into confusion and sending nerves among patients, nurses, and doctors into heightened tension. Eugene Burns, the telephone operator, was at his post during a thunderous crash and bright flash over the river.
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Bellevue Hospital
Eugene Burns
Burne
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