Spokane Fire Devours Forty City Blocks in Spokane Falls
A massive blaze swept almost forty blocks of Spokane Falls Washington destroying nearly all business structures and eight banks plus hotels. The fire started in a large frame building near the depot driven by high winds and inadequate water supply, spreading across multiple blocks in three hours. Casualties include a Chicago guest at the Arlington house and a woman at the Pacific hotel who leaped from windows. several others are injured. Authorities used giant powder to blow up buildings but failed to stop the flames. the Northern Pacific depot and freight warehouse were destroyed. Seattle and Tacoma aids have responded, with the disaster deemed twice as severe as Seattle’s in scale and impact.
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Spokane
Review
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Lincoln
Washington
Charles Davis
Chicago
Arlington House
Tie
Pacific
Northern Pacific
Seattle
Tacoma
Western Union
A Cabinet Exodus The President Leaves for Rest and Recreation
Aug 6. The president departs Washington at 9 10 am on a special car with Secretaries Windom Procter and Galford for New York on the Pennsylvanian. They plan to take the Pall River boat to Boston arriving Wednesday. Windom and Procter stay in Boston. Walker Elaine meets the president there. Windom Proctor return to Washington in about a week. Tracy leaves for Brookline after a dysentery attack. Attorney General Miller heads to Indianapolis for two weeks. Noble may take a short vacation at week’s end.
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Pennsylvana Road
New York
Windont
Procter
Galford
Boston
Windom
Barber
Walker Elaine
To Harbor
Mesers
Proctor
Tracy
Brooklivn
Tod
Alenerat Miller
Indianapolis
Noble
Fire Devours Largest Business Block at Stanhope New Jersey
Fire at Stanhope New Jersey destroyed the town's largest business block and neighboring buildings. The Cresson and adjoining Krumcult structures burned after a late night blaze, with extensive content loss and likely insurance coverage. Officials suspect arson as the cause.
The Coke Strikers at Alice Works Clash
Riot and threats overshadow the Connellsville coke region as non union workers idle 34 000 more join strikes. Rioters attack houses at the Alice works, forcing occupants from doors and windows amid warnings of severe actions. Sheriff Miller of Uniontown ready to deploy deputies and possibly militia or Pinkerton guards as mass meetings spread across the region.
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Connetlville Cole
Alice Ripes
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Sheri Sherif
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Sherif
Peta
Pinkerton Guard
J. W. Moore & Co
M. Schounmaker & Co
Connellsville Regin
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Dozen injured in Philadelphia and Reading railroad crash
A collision at Taboy station on the Philadelphia and Reading line injures a dozen passengers, with several seriously hurt. Engines badly damaged, several cars wrecked, Postmaster General Wannamaker aboard uninjured. Also reports on sugar trust machinations, a runaway wagon into Monoshah River with two deaths, and other brief items from Wilkes-Barre, Victoria, and Youngstown.
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Love and scandal fuel Pittsburg society match
In the parsonage of Southfield Street Methodist Church, Rev Charles E Locke officiated at the marriage of Frank Warren Morrow, a Pennsylvania Railroad brakeman, to Bertha A Watt, daughter of Thomas E Watt, district passenger agent for the railroad. The couple fled著, prompting a Pittsburg wedding and new life in Freeport. A second note covers John E Ty’s death by laudanum after a life of telegraph work and fruit dealing. Other items include Brandywine Summit camp meeting opening, Mount Gretna movements, a fatal shotgun accident in Lancaster, a charter for the Pittsburgh and Mansfield Railroad, and updates on local religious camps.
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Miss Watts
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Mr. A
John Sains
John Tety
New Holland
United States Signal Corps
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Lancaster
Edward K. Retolick
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