Train wrecks and fires injure many across three lines
Reports detail a Warwickshire crash where Miss Redman died in her brother’s arms as Ambler and Hargreaves escaped a wreck. In Bradford, William Muckel dies, bringing disaster toll to six. Wolverhampton and Lisburn incidents involve whisky wagon fire and a York collision with several injuries, no fatalities.
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Mr. Ambler
Hargreaves
Ambler
Bradford
Midland Railway Company
Down
London
Scotland
Sheffield
Ambergate
Ulster
Lisburn
Belfast
Lurgan
Scarborough
York
Insurrection Spreads in Northern Bosnia and Herzegovina
Berlin report June 29 notes Northern Bosnia along the Save in full rebellion with 8000 refugees on Austrian soil. Herzegovina insurgents form a National Government led by Lyubobratich, resisting consular overtures as Montenegrin support promises quick aid. Serbian and Montenegrin military preparations rise while Semendria holds provisions and horses. A Cologne Gazette correspondent portrays Herzegovina as barren, water-starved, with scarce agriculture and poor livestock amid wider Bosnia decline.
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Berlin
The
Times
Bosnia
Save River
Herzegovina
Lyubobratich
Servia
Montenegro
Allontenegro
Belgrade
Semendria
Cologne Gazette
Sarajevo
Ragusa
Trebinje in Herzegovina Described as Wretched Blockaded Town
The observer condemns Herzegovinian towns as filthy and insect plagued with Trebinje a ruined fortress. Roads are absent and trade relies on packhorses. The piece forecasts guerilla warfare, limited Turkish strength, and a protracted conflict without European aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herzegovina
Mostar
Nevesinge
Metokia
Liubinje
Trebinje
Paris
Allarger
Bosnia
Turkey
Herzegovinians
Porte
Captain Webb's Channel Swim Earns World Fame
Captain Webb, a Liverpool trained merchant seaman, swam the English Channel without aids from Dover to Calais in about twenty two hours. He faced calm seas and four rough patches with a jellyfish sting, receiving warm receptions in Dover Ironbridge and Liverpool as subscriptions pour in for a public memorial.
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Webb
Conway
Liverpool
Spectator
British Channel
Admiralty
Dover
Calais
Leander
Lord Byron
Captain Webb
Castalia
Colonel Watson
24Th Regiment
Citadel
Yacht Club
Calais Sands
Mr. G. Toms
Ironbridge
Shropshire
Matthew Webb
Wellington
Salop
Mersey
Messrs. Rathbone Bros
Cunard
Russia
Liverpool Humane Society
Royal Humane Society
Stanhope
Freemasons’ Tavern
Duke of Edinburgh
London
W. Waddell
London Athletic Club
Queen Victoria-street
Mercantile Marine Service Association of
Mercantile Marine Association
Earl Stanhope
Times
Stock Exchange
British Medical Journal
Captain Boyton
J. B. Johnson
Ipswich and Leeds Licensing Petitions Prompt Bench Consideration
At Ipswich the Good Templars petition to cut licensed houses and tighten Sunday sale rules, while Sheffield and Leeds campaigns urge fewer licences and stricter controls. Magistrates promise individual merit reviews and best consideration of the memorials.
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Ipswich
Sheffield
Leeds
Gott
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