Gas explosion blocks Manhattan trolley lines near Produce Exchange
An afternoon gas blast in the Broadway trolley trench damaged five feed wires from the Front Street powerhouse and cut power to lower Manhattan. Widespread car stalls persisted for hours with no service beyond certain junctions as crews fought to repair lines and reroute passengers.
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Metropolitan Streetway Company
Lower Broadway
Produce Exchange
Front-st
Manhattan
Greater Rt
Broadway
Houston St
Eighth Ave
Canal-st
Madison
Second Ave
Third
Fourth Aves
Cooper Union
Houston-st
Franklin-st
Power House
Ninety-sixth-st
Duane-st
Fanal St
Frank Pierson
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Front St
Custom House
Whitehail-st
Beaver and
Stone-sts
Stone St
Beaverst
Busck
Stenest
Denzi St
How St
Third-ave
Bowling Green
Whitehall-st
Whitehallst
Pierson
Brooiklyn Bridge
Fur Town
Houstor St
Franklin St
Columbus-ave
Railways Face Funds Gap for Electrification and Reorganization
London reports that UK railway capital remains solid but strains rise for a switch from steam to electric power. Directors fear sustaining dividends amid huge new working-capital needs. Captain Mahan reviews South African War and British prestige, noting gains and potential declines. Campbell-Bannerman seeks leadership with reform efforts and unionist press links to Rosebery.
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New-York Tribune
Casle
THE
Tribune
London
United Kingdom
Berlin
Comet sighted over Chicago and Knickerbocker Theatre incident
A Chicago observer notes a sighting of a comet in the southern sky from the Weather Bureau tower near the Auditorium, estimating its length at about two degrees and its immobility suggesting great distance. Separately, women leaving the Knickerbocker Theatre fled from a drunken man with a revolver, who claimed to be George Kavanagh of Brooklyn, and was taken to police.
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Hicazgoe
Auditorium Tower
United States Weather Bureau
Cox
Weather Bureau
Knickerbocker Theatre
West Thirtieth-st
George Kavanagh
No. 110
William St
Brooklyn
Wedding Party of Forty Drowned in Tonga Wreck
News from Tonga reports a schooner carrying a wedding party of forty people men women and children was wrecked near Helalu Hoabai and all on board perished. A later salvage batch was recovered, while the vessel failed to reach its destination.
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Honolulu
Victoria
B. C
Tonga
Helalu
Hoabai
Mice to Determine Gas for Submarine Safety
Frank T. Cable, head of Holland Torpedo Boat Co at New Suffolk on Long Island, outfits the Fulton with six white mice to test for toxic gases underwater. By placing mice in cages aboard the submarine, observers hope the rodents reveal whether carbon dioxide or carbon monoxide is present, aiding protection for crews from asphyxiation.
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Frank T. Cable
Holland Torpedo Boat Company
New Suffolk
Lerg Island
Fulton
Washington
Coble
Cable
Crew of Fulton Submarine Boat Returns Home
The photo shows the Fulton crew after fifteen hours underwater in Peconic Bay. Lt Arthur MacArthur is to command the Adder once completed, with John Wilson, Captain Cable, H H Morrell, and MacArthur on deck. Seated are John Saunders and Charles Bergh. Bergh jumped to recover a torpedo dummy, averting damage to a strained sloop. All crew save Saunders previously served on Helland and helped adapt her for U.S. Navy use.
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Fulton
John Wilson
Frank T. Cable
H. H. Morrell
Lieutenant MacArthur
John Saunders
Charles Bergh
Peconic Bay
Arthur MacArthur
Cable
MacArthur
Saunders
Helland
United States Navy
Washington
Navy
Granotti Reported In Chicago As Bresil Assassin’s Accomplice
Rome dispatch says Louis Granetti, alleged accomplice of Bresil, the assassin of King Humbert, is now in Chicago under police shadow. It notes Granetti has not yet been captured and cites Fanfulla as the source of Interior Minister Giolitti’s statement.
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Rome
Signor Giolitti
Louis Granetti
Chicago
Associated Press
Milan
Bresel
Humbert
Granetti
Wright Wrecked Striking San Jacinto Harbor Entrance
The U S transport Wright wrecked in the Strait of Darien after striking an uncharted rock at the entrance to San Jacinto Harbor. It sank in fifteen feet of water with wrecking equipment unavailable to raise it. The ship, once the Aid, became a hospital ship then a dispatch boat and store ship in Cuba and the Philippines, named Bay State earlier.
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Manila
United States
Wright
Strait of
Darien
San Jacinto Harbor
Aid
Boston
Cuba
General Wood
Philippine Islands
Bay State
Fatal Runaway Accident Kills Brooklyn Mason
Christopher Merz a 41 year old mason and builder of 181 Schenck Ave Brooklyn was instantly killed when his buggy overturned on Hendrix Ave near Wortman Ave after a horse bolted after a paper swept into its path His daughter Mary and Charles Drelling 577 Liberty Ave were thrown out but uninjured aside from a few bruises An ambulance surgeon from St Marys Hospital said the death was instantaneous
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Christopher Merz
Schenckave
Brooklyn
Mr. Merz
St. Mary’s Hospital
Colon May Surrender Today as Colombia Battles Rage
Generals Alban and Jeffries arrived at Colon to negotiate surrender terms amid heavy fighting. Liberal forces under Barrera clash with Alban’s government troops, with over a hundred killed or wounded. Marines guard Colon as tension rises and rail links to Panama are restored.
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Colon
Colombia
Alban
Jeffries
United States
Machias
Tribune
Marietta
Suchet
Me‘rea
Perry
Lowa
Alban and Jeffries
Government of
Senor de la Rosa
Domingo Diaz
Liberal Party of Colombia
Panama
General Pinzon
Colon Harbor
Kenney's
Buena Vista
Barrera
Frijoles
Chorrera
Delon
Navy backs Captain Perry over Isthmus rail use
Washington reports Captain Perry’s conduct on the Panama Isthmus approved by the Navy Department. Consul Gudger notes Colombians clash along the railroad and Perry refused to let armed troops ride the line, citing treaty precedents. Navy calls the stance correct though dangerous, hoping shifts of operations reduce international tension. Wayne’s Expectorant advertisement follows.
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Panama
Buena Vista
Perry
State Department
Gudger
United States
Colon
Navy Department
Panama Railway
Oil drained to save depot fire at East Tenth street
Three fires raged with stubborn fights yesterday. A seven story building at Uptegrove and Bros lumber yard on East Tenth Street burned completely as oil was drained into the Fast River to avert ignition at the nearby Standard Oil depot. A watchman died from burns in a blaze at the National Enamelling and Stamping Company plant in Brooklyn. Three men fell through a skylight during a fire at Rickson and Collins hay and grain warehouse on Harrison Street.
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Uptegrove & Bros
East Tenth St
Standard Oil
National Enamelling and Stamping Company
Brooklyn
Rickson & Collins
Harrison St
Croker
New York Lumber Company
Eleventh-st
Uptegrove Bros
George Hegemeyer & Sons
Mahogany Lumber Company
East Eleventh-st
East Eleventh St
Standard Oil Company
Eleventh St
Paul Neuman
Blaze Ravages East Tenth Street Lumber Yards
A massive fire swept East Tenth Street between Avenue D and the East River, destroying Uptegrove & Bros. seven story mill and vast lumber stocks. Oil from Standard Oil depots was dumped into the East River to avert explosions as fireboats fought the blaze. Firefighters sustained injuries but saved adjacent yards. total damage neared two million dollars with several firms named among the principal losses.
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New York
East Tenth St
Avenue D
East River
William E. Uptegrove & Bros
No. 465
Uptegrove & Bros
Standard Oil Company
East Eleventh St
East
Hegemeyer & Sons
J. M. Saulpauga
Avenue B
Croker
J. M. Soulpaugh
William E. Uptegrove
Seth Low
David A. Boody
Death at Brooklyn Enamelling Plant Fire
A watchman George Koch died in a massive blaze that destroyed the National Enamelling and Stamping Company plant in Brooklyn’s Eastern District. The block housed twenty two brick buildings and two nearby structures. The fire, fed by chemicals and tin, burned for hours, with 800 workers laid off and significant material and order losses.
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George Koch
National Enamelling and Stamping Company
Brooklyn
Wind-stoked Fire Hits Rickson & Collins Hay Warehouse
A blaze at Rickson & Collins hay and grain warehouse in Harrison Street faced fierce wind. Firemen fought smoke drifting through the streets, with three firefighters and an onlooker cut by glass from a skylight. Loss estimated at $60,000 to $70,000 insured. building damage about $15,000. Fire led to multiple alarms and questions about how the fire started.
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Rickson & Collins
Harrison St
Martin Renek
Martin Williams
Charles French
Frank Phillips
Williams
Thomas At Carlo
di Carlo
Rickerson
Fire in Texan Oil Field Near Beaumont
Fire in the Beaumont oil field grew from a plumbers' test fire near Exporter Land and Pipe Company's mill. The blaze spread to oil soaked grass and threatened the Hogg Swayne derricks but was contained within twenty feet of a derrick and extinguished. field residents joined to battle the flames as boilers shut down all rigs. Special Army Navy train news notes Philadelphia to New York travel details.
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Beaumont
Tex
Land and Pipe Company
Hogg-Swayne Syndicate
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National Review
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Mahan
Roosevelt
New Liberal Review
Morning Post
Harry de Windt
Royal Geographical Society
Paris
Behring Strait
Straits of Dover
Henry Campbell-Bannermans
Lord Rosebery
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Asquith
Reform Club
I. N. FE
Bugs
Knickerbocker Thea
Tre
Frank Jones
Portsmouth
Rock & Harris
Courtlandt St
New York City
Abresol
San
Jacinto Harbor
ERAL
Captain Perry
Long
Isthmus
Wayne
Standard Depot
Ramsdell
Bellevue Hospital
Michael Burns
Lucas
Garvin
Hyde
Hook and Ladder No. 3
Robert Miller
Hook and Ladder Company No. 9
Bellevue
Lieutenant O'Rourke
Coney Island
Lower East Side
Fesher Smith
Walkley
Fire Department
Mutual Gas Company
Standard Company
Watchman
North First St
Bedford-ave
Driggs-ave
Sixtieth Precinct
Bedford and
Dvriggs~ Aves
Exempt Firemen’s Association
Knoblock
Herbertst
Metropolitan Ave
Texan Oil Field
Beavemont
Army-Navy
Philadelphia
Penna. R. R
Broad St
Newark
Pullman
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