Tempest Swoops Harlem as Storm Kills One, Injures Many
A violent storm in upper Manhattan caused a six story apartment house under construction at 126th Street between Riverside Drive and Broadway to collapse. One man, John Lawlor of East 77th Street, died. many workers were injured. The Hamilton Building windows were blown out and the Legal Aid Society Harlem office flooded. Police and fire crews pressed rescue work as the wind gusts toppled walls and sent debris into streets. Builders Pearlman Brown and crews faced arrests as investigations began.
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Manhattan
125Th St
Hamilton
Park Ave
Legal Aid Society
Harlem
Riverside Drive
Broadway
John Lawlor
East 77Th St
Barrington
Church of the Annunciation
Lawier
Abraham Pearlman
Morningside
Pearlman & Brown
Abraham Hardock
West 47Th St
West
Hook and Ladder No. 23
Sweeney
7Th Inspection District
Themerives
No. #1
Maginst
Robert Smith
Adolph Hansen
Jereey
Rulin
Lawlor
Russ
Ssn
Otdlasster
Croker
Yachts in collision between Tarantula and Norman off Long Island Sound
The turbine yacht Tarantula owned by William K. Vanderbilt Jr and the steam yacht Norman belonging to Frank H. Tilford collided off Stepping Stone Light Long Island Sound. Both vessels damaged, Tarantula sent to Jacob's shipyards City Island and Norman to Hoboken for repairs. Damage estimated at 5000 and 2000 dollars respectively. steward Frank Larkin fell overboard but was rescued.
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Tarantula
William K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Norman
Frank H. Tilford
Stepping Stone Light
Long Island Sound
New York Yacht Club
East 26Th St
Mrs. Vanderbilt
Great Neck
Long Island
Roslyn
Vanderblits
Mr. Tilford
Jacob's Shipyards
City Island
New- York Yacht Club
Tilford
Hoboken
Frank Larkin
Chester
Penn
Bride Weds In Parlor With Leg In Sling
Greenwich Connecticut June 26 Miss Edna M West daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles G West wed Dr John Roswell Hasbrook of New York in a clerkly parlor ceremony at the bride’s home after a serious leg fracture from a runaway horse. The intended church wedding was postponed. The Rev Joseph H Selden conducted the brief ceremony while the bride rested in a sling.
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the Tribune
Greenwich
Conn
John Roswell Hasbrook
New York
Edna M. West
Charles G. West
Hasbrook
North St
Miss West
Dr. Hasbrock
Joseph H. Selden
Second Congregational
Gedney Webb marry in Church Around the Corner
Miss Gertrude Louise Gedney and Eugene Cory Webb wed yesterday after a long engagement hindered by parental opposition. They wed with a small ceremony, following earlier enlistment and service in the United States Army in the Philippines.
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Maine
Gertrude Louise Gedney
Eugene Cory Webb
Samanro
Hort
Web
United States Army
Philippines
Bers U
Sixt Geeney
Secretary Hay Better From Uremia Attack At Lake Sunapee
Newbury New Hampshire June 20 Secretary of State John Hay remains confined to bed after a chill from travel caused uremia. Doctors Scudder Murphy Cain report improvement and expect no surgery. He should leave the room after a few days of rest. no further bulletin will be issued.
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Murphy
Boston
J. L. Cain
Newport
N. H
Hay
Scudder
Cain
Washington
Clarence Hay
Lake Sunapee
Newbury
Concord
Claremont
Mr. Hay
Secretary May
Anxiety Felt in Washington on Hay Rumor
Washington officials faced grave concern when news of Secretary Hay's illness reached the capital. Early reports stirred alarm before clarified on the seventh page. The day unfolded with intense attention from government circles as details emerged.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Hay
Youth Fires Fatal Accident Then Commits Suicide
Stamford. Conn June 26 Sterbert Birdsall eighteen accidentally shot and killed Edward Rush seventeen of Pelham Manor N Y while showing him how cartridges discharge Rush stooped to view the weapon and a bullet pierced his head killing him instantly Birdsall fled into the woods and later shot himself The two boys were near Mill River Birdsall a son of John Birdsall had been censured for smoking and left home Mrs Rush prostrated by the shock and her husband delayed his trip to Stamford due to her condition.
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Stamford
Conn
Sterbert Birdsall
Edward Rush
Pelham Manor
N. Y
Mill River
Birdsall
Rush
Weber & Rush
Broadway
New York
Charles Spencer
North St
John Birdsall
Cat Funeral Leads Mourning at Social Leader Home
In Chicago on June 2 Mrs. R. J. Capen's South Side home mourns a family pet Doilo a $1 Angora cat buried in a grass plot behind the house. The white velvet coffin and profuse lilies accompanied the service as tears flowed from the mistress and children.
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Raphe
THE
Tribune
Chicago
R. J. Capen
Doilo
Dodo
Deer Leaps Onto Moving Train Near Thelford
A northbound freight near Thelford encountered a doe rushing toward a wooded cut. The engineer sped up to clear the deer as it jumped between open flatcars, breaking its neck in the collision.
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Thelford
Boston Aldermen Accept Carnegie Gift for Trade School
The Boston Board of Aldermen voted 1 to 2 to accept a 500000 gift from Andrew Carnegie to add to Benjamin Franklin fund for a city trade school. Alderman Tinahan opposed calling the money blood money in a spirited address.
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Boston
Hoxton Board of Aldermen
Andrew Carnegie
Benjamin Franklin
Frank J. Tinahan
Carnegie
Chinese Constitution by 1910 Planned in China
A Telegraph dispatch from Peking via Tokio reports official announcement that constitutional government will be established in China within twelve years. The interim period will be used to implement necessary reforms to achieve this major political change.
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London
Daily ‘Telegraph
Peking
Tokio
China
Tornado Kills Eleven in Central South Dakota
Sioux City Iowa June 26 Eleven persons are reported dead after a tornado swept Central South Dakota early yesterday. Communications are down. Plankington and Artesian are hardest hit with three and five confirmed fatalities respectively. Known dead include Walter J Johns Mrs Walter J Johns and their infant son at Plankington and H E Martin a section hand at Artesian.
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Cam Pelegraph
Sioux City
Iowa
South Dakota
Plankington
Artesian
Walter J. Johns
W. J. Johns
Johns
Beng H. E. Martin
Paterson Couple Die in Double Suicide Pact
Henry Eichenrodt, band master on the battleship Alabama, and his wife died by suicide in Paterson New Jersey after plans to part while he ships out. They wed eight months ago and were said to be very happy. A farewell reception preceded their deaths as guests learned of the tragedy. Each ingested carbolic acid. an intentional gas leak and an empty vial were found at the scene.
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the Tribune
Paterson
N. J
Henry Eichenrodt
United States
Alabama
Four Children at One Birth Reported in Local Notice
Mrs Evigne E Rettly announces a June 21 birth of three girls and a boy to the Nile family. The four newborns are all healthy and thriving, and the mother remains well. This makes Mrs Rettly the mother of ten children.
Yale Harvard Boat Races At New London June 29
Fragmentary notice describes Yale Harvard boat race set for New London on June 29 with trains and observation service details. Reading mentions Geksts Inc and parlor cars, special train arrangements, and ticketing at Room 3 or Central Station.
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New London
G. C
Com & Grand
Poland in Flames as Warsaw Shaken by Riots
Disorder erupts in Warsaw with barricades and red flags. Cossacks charge crowds. ten wounded by bullets or bayonets, three stabbed to death, and a boy killed in a patrol clash. Two hundred arrested as bread shortages threaten amid heavy military presence and vanished newspaper editions.
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Warsaw
Ogrodewa
Krochmalma
Wroniests
Zelaznast
Troops in Lodz Mutiny and Massacres Reported
Disaffection in a Lodz regiment leads officers to refuse fire on civilians. Martial law quiets some tensions but rumors trigger mass Jewish flight and riots. A patrol in a Protestant cemetery fires, killing twelve. Death toll grows with 343 Jews and 218 Christians reported dead so far.
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Loda
Oll
Hind Wall
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