Fire Ravages Belle Ellen Mine. several feared dead
At Belle Ellen near Blocton in Bibb county a fire broke out two hours after miners entered No 3 of the Bessemer Land and Improvement company. About 200 men were working when gas and smoke trapped five men and possibly two or three others. Rescue parties worked all day but five miners are confirmed dead and others remain missing. The blaze, started by an overhead steam pipe igniting gas, continued burning as searchers checked the list of workers.
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Birmingham
Bessemer Land and Improvement Company
Belle Ellen
Blocton
Bibb County
Theszg
Herman Kramer
Hubbard Foley
Henry Reeves
Frandames
Wiliam Fairfax
Ex Congressmen Targeted in Broad Daylight Robbery in Atlantic City
In Atlantic City on Sept 21 ex Congress man Ben Butterworth of Ohio and Commissioner of Patents was assaulted by two men on Tennessee avenue. Butterworth, displaying a roll of bills, resisted, and bystanders aided his escape. The incident drew a crowd, while a Cabman named Decker assisted in the aftermath. A second item notes a steamer Kaiser Wi Grosse arriving at Southampton after lo speed trials. Another report from London mentions punitive actions against rebellious tribes. A separate note from Versailles, Indiana describes grand jury hearings into five lynchings.
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Buttterworth
Atlantic City
Ben Butterworth
Ohio
Patents
Tennessee Avenue
Buttersworth
Decker
Butterworth
Southampton
Lord Line
Bremen
East Goodwin
Dungernes
Engelbart
St. Paul
Indiana
Versailles
Ind
Jucgs New
Bull Baby Syrup Sold Everywhere by Steiner Bros
Great Comfort brand bull baby syrup advertised at 25 cents. Steiner Bros sells from 103 North Market in Remsburg with market street addresses given. Local ad promotes Lt as best and notes widespread availability.
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Gruggiste
Mzn
TEE G
Smith Manufacturing Co
Cabmists
Woodeboro
Aiebs Steiner Bros
Frederick
Buds
Steiner Bros
North
Remsburg
Norty
Andree Message from the Pole Sparks Arctic Hope
A Copenhagen dispatch reports Andree has sent a third balloon message from the Arctic route, saying he crossed open water toward the pack ice while drifting eastward. The note, dated July 13, confirms progress and endurance under harsh polar conditions. Nearby, West Virginia court actions and other regional notices fill the day’s proceedings.
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New York
Evelyn B. Baldwin
Andres
Baldwin
Andree
Spitzbergen
North Pole
Arctic
Russia
News Nuggets Briefs From Across the Nation
Items report McKinney leaving for North Adams via Havana, Wesler’s resignation rejected by Spain, Brockton street strike seen as strikers’ victory, three Minnesota tramps rob a cattle train with one captured, Jer man’s Albany grave guarded to deter theft, Debs preaches in Chicago against incendiary speeches, London Globe mocks U S power, and City of Washington captain notes an attempted boarding of the Spanish anarchist Ventre off New York.
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McHkinney
North Adams
Havana
Wesler
Brockton
Mass
Minnesota
Caboose
James B. Jerman
Albany
N. Y
Eugene V. Debs
Social Democracy
Chicago
London Globe
England
United States
Burley
City of Washington
New York
Tampico
Ventre
End of anthracite strike may loosen with troop pullout
Hazleton Pennsylvania September 21 1902 deputies report key mines returning to work after a regional coal strike many operators promise to consider grievances while authorities plan gradual troop withdrawal incursions at Lattimer and Eckley were quelled by troops and warrants issued for Sheriff Martin and deputies amid mass arrests and a fatal implication in the Lattimer killings.
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Hazleton
Honey Brook
Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Company
Pardee
Lattimer
Cranberry
Crystal Ridge
Harwood
Coxe
Dlifton
Lehigh Valley Company
Whs
Eckley
Martin
Buttler Valley
Sherif Martin
Eeach and
Bennett
Wikesbarre
Wilkesbarre
Isaac G. Eckert
James Martin
Gobin
Peary Sacks From Greenland Meteorite Treasure
The steam sealing bark Hope, with Lieutenant R E Peary and six Cape York Esquimaux aboard, returned to Sydney from North Greenland. The ship carried the massive Cape York meteorite in ballast and plans to continue to New York. Also reported are politics in Pittsburg and New York fires and indictments. Uruguayan peace ends a rebellion.
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Sydney
C. B
Hope
R. E. Peary
Greenland
Cape York
Peary
Cape Sabine
Greeley
Baffin Bay
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
R. W. Porter
Cape Havan
Hugh Lee
Meriden
Conn
Godhaven
Professor Schubert
National Museum
Onemak
Robert Stein
United States Geological Survey
New York
Fever outbreak tests New Orleans board of health
New Orleans reports on September 21 shows 18 yellow fever cases, the highest daily total since outbreak began two weeks ago. Ex-president Dr Joseph Holt claims nine cases in his practice, prompting board scrutiny and possible legal action for failure to report positive cases. Several quarantine measures and arrests accompany the effort as city eyes control of the epidemic.
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Holt
Board of Health
New Orleans
Joseph Holt
Holl
Oliphant
Ifolk
Lecer
Lockt
Harl
Efelt
Dr. Holt
Board of Hearth
Appeal for Klondikers in distress drives action plan
Secretary Alger receives Dawson City founder Ladue and E F Botsford to discuss relief for up to 6,000 miners feared stranded this winter. With Yukon bottlenecks, 3,000 must depart. 2,600 can be aided at Dawson and Circle City, leaving 2,060 to evacuate via Chilkoot Pass if needed. Yukon navigation remains open but locomotives on the frozen river deemed impractical.
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Ladue
Alger
Washington
Joseph Ladue
Dawson City
E. F. Botsford
Ale Ber
Yukon
Circle City
Yukon River
Bir
Ladas
Chilkoot Pass
Dawson
Air
Stock And Produce Markets Suffer Wide Declines In Late Trading
Markets opened dull with minor gains in select stocks but weakness spread late. Grangers and industrial shares led losses while Lehigh Valley and N Y Central posted modest gains. Livestock and butter prices mixed with steady pork and weaker hogs. Wheel travel notes a 160 mile Harrisburg route by Mr. Garrick.
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Sears
New Fork
Louisville
Lehigh Valley
N. J
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Atizona
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