23 Apr 1886
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1886
Page
1
The brief items report the Judgment of London on Oregon disaster, a Philadelphia murder trial, the St Louis strike, Anne Dugan's death mystery, Baltimore strike end, Ai Miner's body found eaten by felines, dogs slaughtered by wholesale, an angry laborer fracturing his wife’s skull, and a Chicago strike story with little chance of advantage.
A six story brick block on Crosby Street and Broadway, housing A Laufer Co and several manufacturers, burned rapidly after 10 AM. Three alarms brought a dozen engines. loss estimated at 750000 as spring stock had just been received. Fire threatened a key business district and upper floors collapsed into a mass of flames.
A Boston dated item reports a suspicious arson at 175 Park Avenue connected to labor disputes involving Mr. Charles B. Kimbell of Singer Talvali Stone. Other brief notes mention a dog kill spree near Mexico Missouri, a miner’s body devoured by cats in Texas, conflicting death theories for Anne Dugan in Camden, wageworker strikes linked to Missouri Pacific, Baltimore streetcar strikes, and the Oregon inquiry ruling in favor of the steamer’s owners.
A digest of diverse items from the era, noting the Grant tomb at River side Park adorned with Palmettoes from South Carolina, Father Ryan ill in Louisville, a Towson builder's death, a London witness in a divorce case, a Broadway theatre fire loss, a Mexican concession plan for steamship routes, a Volga Dakota house fire with child deaths, Gladstone praised by the American Peace Society, Creeks opposed by Turkish posts, a deputy sheriff wounded, servant girls quitting Tarrstown for pay, a Desplaines street factory fire, San Francisco naval cruiser plans, a Chicago elevator accident, Chicago university elections, Lord Dufferin's telegram, Laverty impeachment, consular cholera monitoring, Major Wallace loss by fire, Frederickstown wet ticket victory, Bartholdi statue pedestal and fund-raising, and equity court case Nickerson trust ruling.
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