Ship Pretoria Fire Sparks Nighttime Evacuation At Sea
Passengers were transferred from the burning steamer Pretoria to the Noordland after a fire broke out in forward hold No 1 while en route from this port to Hamilton Bermuda. The Pretoria steamed to New York under escort, with lifeboats hoisted aboard and crews fighting the flames amid petroleum fumes. Passengers praised Noordland crew for swift, orderly assistance and a collection was taken for the officers and marines who manned the lifeboats. The Noordland later proceeded to Liverpool as officials contacted Pier 14 North River for quarantine procedures.
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Quebec Steamship Company
Hamilton
Bermuda
Sandy Hook
McKenzie
New York
Noordland
Philadelphia
Liverpool
Dexrud
Vermels
Tompkins Mile
Temp- Kineville
Doxvud
Wright
North River
Men fight atop freight car in Yonkers train clash
A fight on a New York Central freight car near Yonkers left five riders involved. Andrew Merriot struck Joseph Carmichell, who tried to save a boy, knocking him from the car. John Johnson was also knocked unconscious while aiding Carmichell. Police captured three attackers. two fled, one was hospitalized and later released. All three men were jailed on riding freight trains charges.
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New York Central
Yonkers
Joseph Carmichell
No. 2
Second Ave
Andrew Merriot
West Thirteenth At
John Johnson
Second-ave
St. John's R Riverside Hospital
Poller
Glenwood Station
Merriot
Carmichell
Johnson
I Gon
Leon
Jersey Shore
Serius
Merrit
Fire Deluge Near Waldorf Astoria Destroys Studio
Fire at 241 Fifth Avenue opposite the Waldorf Astoria damages the top floor studio of Mortimer Harrison. Firefighters extinguish the blaze, causing $500 in damage and forcing a lawyer and his wife to flee as a dog is saved from the home next door. A woman by the hotel is drenched by water and treated, Fire Commissioner Sturgis arrives at the scene.
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Dio
Fifthaye
Waldorf-Astoria
Mortimer Harrison
Policerman Conboy
Harrison
Myacind ‘Ringrose
Broadway
Dodo
Sultan's Brother Dead Forces Change in Line of Succession
A Vienna telegram from Constantinople reports Mohamm Rechad, the sultan's brother and presumptive successor, is dead with foul play suspected. The news comes via The Daily Mall Vienna correspondent, dated March 6.
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Poul
Mohammed Rechad
Lonton
Constantinople
Vienna
the Daily Mall
Mohamm Rechad
Tobacco War Threat as Big Firm Targets Small Dealers
London report says the Imperial Tobacco Company through Salmon & Gluckstein plans to open many retail shops in London and provinces to crush small dealers who refuse its terms.
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London
Imperial Tobacco Company
Messrs
Salmon & Gluckstein, Limited
Punishing Unruly Students in Moscow and St Petersburg
In Moscow last Wednesday twenty six people mainly students were arrested for defying the Governor General regulations and sentenced to one to three months in prison. St Petersburg students estimate twenty five comrades already sent to Siberia. A teacher in a local preparatory school was shot four days ago by a student who claimed an unjust grade. A treaty of friendship with Spain will be signed once Bellamy Storer returns to Madrid. In Hawaii Governor Dole denounces political activity by territorial officials and weighs actions to curb ties to party activism. Round trip tickets to California advertised via multiple railroads.
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St. Petersburg
Moscow
Siberia
Madrid
United States
Spain
Bellamy Storer
Mr Storer
Funeral of Cech and Coronation Road Seats Plans
British Rev notes the funeral procession for Cech and mentions funeral arrangements, memorials, and the coronation program with seat prices and route details. It also covers tax revenue figures, the war burden, and related political commentary, plus a note on Miss Stone’s Bournemouth stay and a New York train ride feature.
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Miss Stone
Bournemouth
New York
Speed violators nabbed in city crackdown
Dozens of motorists were arrested for speeding after police stopped cars along Madison Avenue Central Park West and Jerome Avenue. George T Scott J R Colgate Asther Barney George Kalster Garratt Cooper Frank Hoan Martin Herbert and others faced charges with fines, arraignments, and police station detentions. The police chief clerk seeks certified copies to ensure stiffer penalties may be imposed.
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Gieorge T. Scott
Fifty-seventh-st
Deromeave
McAptte
Scott
McAntee
J. R. Colgate
Jeromeave
Asther Ho Barney
Park Ave
Madison-ave
George Kalster
Jersey Sty
Central Park Weat
Jerome-aye
Ee Hoan
White Plains
Fiat
Hearst
Moore
Aires
Horton Police Court
Oleh
A Quick Ocean Wooing Engagement on Transatlantic Voyage
The steamship Strail arrived yesterday and reportedly set a record for romance as Miss Ida Rogers and J. E. Oglesby, introduced on the second day at sea, announced their engagement within forty eight hours. A celebratory dinner followed and marriage is planned within a month.
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Strail
Ida Rogers
J. E Oglesby
Mise Rogers
Thomas Rogers
Boston Road
Mr. Rogers
Jacob S. Rogers
Rogers Locomotive Works
Paterson
N. J
Oglesby
R. J. Oglesby
Illinois
Europe
William J. Birge
George A. Wheelock
Judge Joseph Potter Dead in Whitehall New York
Judge Joseph Potter LL D ex Justice of the New York Supreme Court and member of the Court of Appeals died at his Whitehall home after a ten day illness. Born November 17 1821 in Easton Washington County he studied at Union College and held offices as district attorney county judge and judge of the Court of Appeals second division. He notable for staying proceedings in the Jacob Sharp bribery case. He leaves a widow and three sons J Sanford Potter William P Potter and Henry A Potter.
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Whitehall
N. Y
Joseph Potter
New York Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
Judge Potter
Easton
Washington County
Union College
Imm
The
Supreme Dotert
ISSD
Potter
Jacob Sharp
City of
New York
Junge Potter
J. Sanford Potter
William P. Potter
Maine Court of Inqutry
Henry A. Potter
Burglars Enter Parsonage Of St John’s German Lutheran
The parsonage at 14 Fulton Ave. behind St John’s German Lutheran Church was forced open by burglars. They ransacked the Rev Henry Meiderberke’s study, took an umbrella an overcoat a pair of diamond cuff buttons and $15 in cash. The pastor’s son Henry emerged from a bedroom and frightened the intruders who fled. The youth pursued them in his nightclothes. A police report was filed at Morrisanta station amid calls for harsher policing after repeated local burglaries.
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St. John's German Lutheran Church
Fulton-ave
Henry Meiderberke
Henry
Beiderbecke
Morrisanta
Mr. Beiderbecke
Ex Gov Clarke Wins In Arkansas Senate Primary
Little Rock Ark March 30 The latest returns from yesterday s primaries indicate that ex Governor Clarke has defeated Senator James K Jones for the United States Senatorship.
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Little Rock
Ark
Clarke
James K. Jones
United States
King Edward to award £100 trophy for Cork race
King Edward will present a cup valued at £100 to be contested in the international yacht race associated with the Cork International Exhibition. Cork clubs anticipate entries from the Columbia Shamrock I and the Meteor in the event. Local officials and yacht clubs await details and entrants.
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Cork
Edward
Pitzgerald
Easter in golden hue on Fifth Avenue parade
Easter mood brightened Manhattan as churches filled and crowds lined Fifth Avenue. Carriages and promenaders drew gaze from St. Patrick’s approaching crowds while many spectators, photographers, and visitors watched from doors, windows, and hotel fronts. The classic Easter parade seemed muted versus past years with fewer smart riders and more rural spectators at the avenue’s broad approach. The scene also carried railroad ad pitches offering low fares to Arizona.
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New York
St. Patrick's Cathedral
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