Terrific Blast Rocks New York
A massive dynamite blast in Jersey Central’s freight terminal at Communipaw shakes Manhattan, killing many and leaving shattered glass, overturned girders, and panicked crowds across New York City. Rail workers tend to commuters injured by debris as authorities assess the devastation.
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New York
Jersey warterront
North river
pier No. 7
Jersey Central
Manhattan
Jers
Long Island
New York harbor
debri
Spectacular Blast Destroys New York Pier and Shipping Yard
A massive explosion at a riverfront terminal ruins ships lighters and barges loaded with dynamite. Rescue teams rush to treat wounded as ambulances ferry sufferers to hospitals. debris litters the scene and chaos erupts through the financial district as fire alarms sound and smoke fills the air.
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sticka
Katherine W
Whistler
Dupont, De Memours company
riverside
Jersey Central
Dortora
Crere
teboat
w Leiter
financial district
New York
Fire crews confronted crowded streets and shattered glass
Firemen sought to extinguish a blaze but found streets dangerously crowded and sidewalks strewn with broken glass as frightened shopkeepers guarded exposed wares.
Ten Drown in Caisson Accident at Newark River
Rescuers recovered ten bodies from a caisson accident in the Passaic River Newark on February 2. One missing man, Robert Lloyd, is feared dead. The crew faced a rush for the caisson entrance as water flooded the chamber during bridge foundation work. Only two of fourteen survived.
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Newark
N. J
Pasyale
Robert Tloyd
King George Cleared as Mylius Is Found Guilty of Libel
Edward F. Mylius is convicted of circulating a libel accusing King George of a morganatic marriage and personal ties. After a brief trial before Lord Chief Justice Alverstone, Mylius is sentenced to one year in prison. The defense sought the king as a witness, but the court ruled the sovereign could not attend.
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London
Alverstone
King George
Edward FP
Mylius
Rufus
Queen Mary
Mylina
England
Edward H. James
Prince of Wales
Michael Seymour
Malta
Napier
Portsmouth
Mediterranean
Admiral Seymour
W Napler
Captain Napler
Seymour
Mylins
Rufus Isaacs
John A. Simon
Reay-tott
Mutr
Mythis
Shipley Girl Ends Fast in McKeesport Church Calm
Margaret Shipley of McKeesport, once hailed as a messiah, ends an eight day fast in a tranquil trance claim and eats a liberal breakfast of millloaf poached eggs and coffee. Lincoln's Old Church to Be Torn Down in Springfield preserves Lincoln pew. church to be replaced. Two miners die feared after gas fumes trap John Strange and John Good 150 feet down at Gilberton slope.
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HERSHBERGER’S
Shipley
Pittsburg
Margaret Shipley
McKeesport
Lincoln’s
Springfield
St. John’s Serman Lutheran church
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Mahanoy City
Gilberton
John Strange
John Good
Good
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ALLEN G. QUYNN & CO
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Patrick St
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Markell & Ford
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OPERA HOUSE
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Lehr Piano
BIRELY'S Palace of Music
Cor. Market
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EUREKA LIFE INSURANCE CO
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G. L. BAKING CO
CHARLES FE. SPERRY
Naval Hospital
Washington
Marysville
Kan
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Arthur Mills
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