Explosion devastates Hull area killing dozens and shaking Ottawa
A blast from the General Explosive Company plant near Hull at 6 pm killed about fifteen and left hundreds injured. The explosion toppled Rideau Hall chimneys and shattered Parliament windows. Panic spread across Hull and Ottawa as debris and fires spread, with material damage described as widespread and terrifying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onewea
Hull
Ottawa River
General Explosive Company of Canada
Rideau Hall
Earl Grey
Earley
Comet Causes Thief Scare on West 54th Roof
Neighbors reported shadowy figures on Dr. Walter James's roof at midnight near 17 West 54th Street. Police from East List Street Station found men on the roof as they searched for an entrance while the doctor had just returned from viewing the comet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter James
West 54Th Street
Dr. James
East List Street
Four Drown in Mid Ocean Aboard the Oceana
United Wireless reports from the steamship Oceana on May 8 that four crew members drowned after an Italian stoker went insane and jumped overboard. A rescue boat capsized during attempted rescue, with three survivors pulled from the sea. The vessel stood by for two hours before continuing to Bermuda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Wireless
Tribune
J Steamship Oceana
Midocean
Oceana
Bermuda
Anti foreign posters spark unrest in Chang-Sha China
In Chang-Sha on May 8 posters unsigned call for foreign and native Christian deaths and set May 20 for a general anti-Manchu uprising. Officials destroy posters and patrol the city as agitators hold secret meetings. Foreign gunboats are believed to deter the movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chang-Sha
China
American bullfighter Harper B. Lee gored in Guadalajara
Mexican telegraph confirms Harper B. Lee, an American bullfighter, was gored by a bull during a Guadalajara fight and is not expected to live through the night, per El Imparcial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Harper B. Lee
Guadalajara
el Imparcial
New Ground for Divorce
Boston on May 8 A new ground for divorce was suggested by Rev. Robert B. Parker rector of St James s Episcopal Church Providence He said a lack of the sporting spirit in either husband or wife justifies separation He contrasted true sport with gambling and money driven play calling golf for a dollar a hole as vulgar and un sporting
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Robert B. Parker
St. James’s Episcopal Church of Providence
Parker
Constable Nabs Three Men and Six Horses Near Westwood
Constable Rawson of Westwood New Jersey halted three men with six horses after dawn. The gang confessed theft, and the trio plus mounts were driven eight miles to Hackensack jail. Sheriff’s men later linked Joseph Glass of Manhattan to buying horses locally for sale in New York. The case took hours to clear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rawson
Westwood
N. J
Board of Freeholders
Tnal
Hackensack
Brewster
Joseph ‘Glass
Division Street
Manhattan
New York
Taft Opposes Central Bank at Present Says MacVeagh
Washington May. President Taft not in favor of a central bank of issue at the present time. Secretary MacVeagh is authorized to say Taft was misquoted in Boston and he does not advocate establishing such an institution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacVeagh
Washington
May
Taft
Boston
Albert Bruce-Jor
Luke Fildes
the Times
Times
Morning Post
Health law change near passage stirs Eddyites
Albany movers nearly slipped a reform into public health statute that would remove the religious exemption for medical advice and substitute a clause about circumcision as a religious tenet. The measure, backed by Assemblyman Wilkie, passed the Assembly and aimed for Senate action, drawing concern from Christian Scientists and religious leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Httle
St. Jean Baptiste
East 76Th Street
St. Ann
Assembly
Senate
Larry C. Wilkie
Buffalo
Wilkie
New York County Medical Society
Champer S. Andrews
Joint Committee of the
Assembly and Senate
Andrews
Senator Witter
Allegany County
Senate Committee On Public Health
Harry Kopp
New York
Earthquake Toll Surges in Cartago Costa Rica
More than 800 bodies were recovered from the Cartago ruins as rescue teams from San José and other cities work amid aftershocks. Nearly 10 000 left homeless, with scarce food water and shelter as Paraiso town reports about 100 deaths. The Costa Rican presidential inauguration was held in a plaza due to fear of entering the government building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Joss
Costa Rica
Cartago
San José
Bocanegra
Central American Court of Justice
Guatemala
Paraiso
Ricardo Jiminez
San Jose
Keeps Boy Tied to Post in Orange Almshouse
Eight year old Martin Conners, feeble minded, is tethered to a post for most of the day at the Orange Almshouse. Superintendent Mrs Helan linger defends the practice saying no better restraint exists. Rev Adolph Reeder recommends a loose belt and post restraint. The boy became a public charge after his mother vanished. Governor Fort says the almshouse is not suitable and appeals for special aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orange
N. J
Martin Conners
Orange Almshouse
Margaret Helanlinger
Adolph Reeder
New Church
Reeder
Vineland
Governor Fort
Pittsburg Grad Miss Bingaman Ends Her Life Under Grief
Miss Bingaman, twenty six, a Vassar graduate from a prominent Pittsburg family, killed herself with a gun today. The family cites sudden dementia from grief over the fiancé’s death a year earlier as the motive. She was a niece of Dr. Kingaman the alienist who testified in the Thaw trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Tribune
Pitttsburg
Nancy Bingaman
Vassar
Pittsburg
Bingaman
Dr. Kingaman
Harry K. Thaw
Miss Bingaman
J. E. Johnson
J. P. Bingaman
E M. Bigelow
Young Women Start Fast On Milk Diet Plan
In Garden City Long Island Miss Ann Townsend Miss Marion McKellar and Mrs Keith Trask plan a three day fast with only water then two weeks of a milk only regimen eight hours daily. They aim to test indigestion remedies from a magazine article and wager on completing the diet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden City
Long Island
Ann Townsend
Marion McKellar
Keith Trask
Balloon Record Attempt Aboard Largest Aerostat Yet
A. Holland Forbes president of the Aero Club of America leaves for Quincy to launch a large costly balloon. He aims to beat the 1193 mile distance and 72 hour endurance records, planning a solo flight estimated to drift over Chicago, the Great Lakes, into Canada toward the Gulf of St Lawrence with four or more days of provisions and extra bedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tripune
Bridgeport
Conn
Holland Forbes
Aero Club of America
Airfield
Quincy
Chicago
Great Lakes
Canadian
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Automobile smash injures Lloyd Griscom and others
Lloyd C Griscom suffered a cut leg and bruises when a westbound streetcar forced the Griscom party car into a hydrant on Fifth Avenue after skidding on damp pavement. Mrs Ada Glade was injured by a motorcycle at 125th Street and St Nicholas Avenue. A joy ride ends in a grocery store window with two women hurt and chauffeur George Mura jailed. A patrolman’s Newfoundland dog is killed by a car in Washington Avenue and 143rd Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd C. Griscom
Republican County
Griscom
Ada Glade
Newark Avenue
Jersey City
St. Nicholas Avenue
125Th Street
J. Hood Wright
Manhattan Avenue
Herbert Lakke
Convent Avenue
Wardner
J. Hood Wright Hospital
Mara
Curran
West 100Th Street
George Burnell
Tremont
Washington Avenue
143D
Burnell
The King's Tomb to Stand at Windsor in Royal Funeral
London May 8 The tomb of Edward VII will lie beneath the Albert Memorial Chapel at Windsor near the body of the Duke of Clarence. The burial is tentatively set for May 20 with a state in Westminster Hall and a prior lying in state in Buckingham Palace Throne Room. Queen Alexandra and King George oversee arrangements as details, casts, and tributes from abroad are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Edward VII
Albert Memorial
Windsor
Duke of Clarence
Westminster Hall
Gladstone
Westminster
Buckingham Palace
King Edwards
Royal Forest
St. George’s Chapel
Windsor Castle
Albert Memorial Chapel
Castle
Alexandra
King George
Royal Chapel
Theodore Roosevelt
Oxford University
Prince Edward
Duke of
John S. Sargent
Queen Alexandra
Constitution Hi
Vanderbilt horse wins at Longchamp in Prix de St James
Paris May W K Vanderbilt's Bat's Delight captured the Prix de St James at Longchamp for three year old fillies over nine furlongs. His Sir Peter finished second in the Prix de Svres a nine furlong race for three year old colts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
W. K
Vanderbilt
Longchamps
Sir Peter
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ottawa
Biss
O¢tavea
Louis McCann
Ledica
Chang-Sha Turbulent
Bull Gores
H. B. Lee
Ring
Rector
MR. Taft
Central Bank
Edward
Houses OF Parliament
Eddyites
Bill
County Medical Society
the Tribune
Monsignor Lavelle
St. Patrick
the Throne Room
Jersey
After Balloon Records
Forbes
Quincy, I
Lloyd Griscom
Kidman
Salvation Army
Commons
America
Queen Mary
Utes
Queen Mother
England
Henrietta
Charles I
Marlborough House
Sandringham House
Klampenborg
Denmark
Russia
Cornwall
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!