Explosion Blows Man to Pieces at Germantown Cremation Plant
Philadelphia December 5 A stick of dynamite carried into the tool shed at the Cremation Society incineration plant in Germantown detonated when a man named Klellig tripped. The blast destroyed brick walls and blew the body onto an oven. Had it happened 16 minutes earlier several workers would have been killed. The dynamite was to be used for blasting rock for vault construction nearby.
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Horace Klelic
Philadelphia
Cremation Society
Germantown
Siorece 1 Belng
Cerematory
Ketllg
Kellig
Keille
Cemore
Sunken Gunboats Located Near Manila in Philippine waters
Captain Pershing locates remnants of Spanish gunboats sunk in Lake Lanaog on Mindanao in 1898. Guides from Camp Vicars lead to wreckage. plan to raise vessels. Inspector Hendricks, reported dead in Samar, found alive but badly wounded after Iadrones clash on November 25. expected to recover.
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Pershing
Philippines
Manila
Lake Lanaog
Mindanao
Higan
Vicars
Maro
Constabulary
Hendricks
Samar
Iadrones
Shamrock Narrow Escape From Fire at Dumbarton Yard
London December. Shamrock I Sir Thomas Lipton’s new America’s Cup challenger narrowly escaped destruction when fire damaged Denny’s shipyard at Dumbarton. Red hot embers scorched the roof and walls of the shed where Shamrock III is under construction, endangering the vessel though it was saved. Estimated damage about $100,000. about 700 workers faced temporary unemployment as a result.
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London
Thomas Lipton
Denny
Shilbuilding
Dumbarton
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