Fire destroys nine story city block in Philadelphia tragedy
Nineteen dead and property losses over 500000 mark a Philadelphia blaze in Market Street and adjacent blocks. Hunt Wilkinson and Co upholstery firm occupied the eight story building with others nearby. Victims, many on upper floors, perished amid smoke and flames as ladders and fire escapes failed. Rescue squads work through debris as officials fear more bodies buried in ruins.
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Philadelphia
bilding
Market street
Hunt, Wilkinson & Co
Commerce street
Henry C. Lea
Wilkinson
Hunt, Wilkinson & Co’s
Wilkieson
Hunt
department of public safety
Market strees
Bell Telephone company
Schley On The Battle Hearings Describe July 3 Actions
Admiral Schley testifies at hearings recounting the Santiago de Cuba battle details from May 28 to July 3. He explains blockade formation, line of attack, and the Brooklyn’s pivotal turn near 600 yards from the Texas while vividly describing the exchange with Spanish ships and the ultimate surrender of the Colon.
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Brooklyn Navy Yard
Washington
sehlev
Sehley
Admiral Sehley
Santiago
Colon
Sigsbee
department
Massachusetts
Higginson
Rayner
New York
Cabanas
battle tower
don
Cook
Brooklyn
Admiral Schley
Texas
Tie
Hodgson
Maria Teresa
Teresa
Ellis
Ells
Oregon
Hae
Schley
WIFE SLAYER ARRESTED IN BELLEVILLE SHOOTING
Altoona Pa Oct 26 John Young who shot his wife at Belleville was arrested in the Clarendon Hotel while taking a drink. Police led by Chief Seedenburg and constables Staines and McGinley accosted him after two Belleville residents read of the incident. Young denied the charge and was jailed. no formal complaint had been filed.
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Altoona
Clarendon
John Young
Belleville
Mifflin county
Helleville
Seedenburg
Staines
McGinley
Young
Gas Explosion at Muttonwood Mine Kills Five
A gas explosion in the Muttonwood mine near Withenbarre Pennsylvania fatally injures five men and wounds nine others. Named dead are Ebenezer Williams 86 and four others. inspector W S Phillips among the injured. Rescuers pull bodies from the after damp as hospital treatment begins for the injured.
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Withenbarre
Muttonwood
Parrish
EBENEZER WILLIAMS
COMER WILLIAMS
tmanrried
THOMAS GUEST
company hand
THOMAS PRICE
track lajer
W. S PHILLIPS
Danial Davis
Daniel Oavis
Peter Pienske
Iannesdt
Adam Schamanski
Patrick Brisiia
William Frey
Fran Ivans
Patrick McHale
Joballa
sr ob
tudocniaci
Phillips
reg evers
hugh
Spector Davis
Desperate Burglars Hold Town in Attempted Safe Robbery
Four armed men dynamited and looted a local safe in Parker's Corners, Pinchnoy area, halting residents with revolvers and cutting telephone wires. The exact amount stolen is unknown but thought substantial.
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Pinchnoy
Mich
Parker’s Corners
L. F. Peet
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