Trench Cave Killers at Gold Street Brooklyn Explodes
A gas triggered cave in at a Gold Street trench in Brooklyn hurled soil and water as fire and smoke roared from Front Street. At least ten workers a woman and three children were believed buried. only Samuel Abrams body recovered after he perished while rescuing a woman. Police listed twenty four missing with a long list of names and addresses. Mayor McClellan and city officials oversaw rescue efforts as shoring and night work began to prevent further collapse.
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Gold Street
Brooklyn
McClellan
Municipa
Samuel Abrams
Pront Street
Fulton Street
Abtlams
Samuel
Anderson
Gus
Armando
Francesco
Ioan
Bachman
Emil
Rady
Clarice
Corline
Christopher
Crane
John
East Ninth Street
Dalton
William
Doherty
Vincent
Farrell
Charles
Foreman
Prancesco
Green
Henry
East 109Th Street
Fohnson
Alexander
Lane
Nelson
O'Grady
Gold
Schiff Meyer
Fred
Bushswick Avenue
Waller
Grand Rapids Vet College Strikes Over Negro Students
In Grand Rapids Michigan thirty four junior students walked out when two Negro students reentered to resume studies. The court ruled the college a quasi public institution must admit the two colored students. After the walkout authorities suspended the entire junior class for four days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapids
Mich
Camden Philadelphia Tunnel Plan Receives Incorporation
The Camden Tunnel Railroad Company is incorporated with a $40,000 capital to build the New Jersey portion of a Delaware River tunnel linking Camden and Philadelphia. The projected tunnel length is about three and one third miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camden
Philadelphia
Trenton
N. 7
Camden Tunnel Railroad Company
New Jersey
Delaware River
Invented The Gas Meter Author Dies in Kalamazoo
Patroit Michigan resident Alirea Marsh an inventor and chemist noted for gas meter design died in Kalamazoo at age 90. Marsh contributed to early gas measurement technology and geological studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patroit
Mich
Alirea Marsh
Kalamazoo
Southern Mills Booming 17000 Spindles Started
The Tuoson Buffalo Cotton Mills, largest textile firm in the South, plan to run all three plants at full capacity with 17000 spindles now started after idle summer downtime. The mills employ people and expect steady production as orders come in from regional markets.
Navy prompts battleship fund amid postcard protests
The Navy Department returns a flood of postcards opposing stamps for a 46 million dollar battleship fund. Labor leader T J Dolan and President Roosevelt discuss labor legislation while officials cite army post saloons as major enlistment offenses. Armor contracts worth 3.97 million split among Midvale Bethlehem and Carnegie. Cardinal Gibbons helps dedicate a memorial pulpit at St Patrick's. Roosevelt to confer with Dr Simon of Paris. Norwegian Minister and Marie Gude invited to New York dinner. Parker of St Paul recalls 27 years with Roosevelt and brings signed portraits for his children. Senator Carter presses for postal savings bank bill passage.
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Navy Department
T. J. Dolan
Roosevelt
Davis
Army
Mary Department
Midvale
Bethlehem
Carnegie Steel
Cardinal Gibbons
St. Patrick’s Church
D. J. Stafford
Simon
Paris
Marie. Gude
Norwegian Society of
New York City
J. J. Parker
St. Paul
West
Mr. Parker
Senator Carter
Montana
Postal Savings Bank
Dill
Global and Domestic News Briefs Mix of Events
The report covers diverse items from European politics to American incidents. Notable mentions include Senor Moret y Prendergast on state church separation, Kaiser and Prussia relations, Pekin reforms, a shipboard death in the Adriatic, a Hague peace plan, and various regional incidents from the United States and Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senor Moret Y Prendergast
Spain
Liberal Party
Germany
Reichstag
Wnnder
St. Pierce and
Miquelon
Charlottenburg
League of German Naval Architects
Pekin Palace
Foreign Guard
Chien
Berlin
Prussia
Empire
Pekin
Kueng Heu
John Krause
San Francisco
Adriatic
Hague
Elon
Maurice Hood
Dridport
Hileen Orme
London
British Board of Agriculture
Pennsylvania
Nicholas
Alexis Sor
St. Petersburg
John Harrington
Abyssinia
Sir John
Manchester
Mass
Amy McMillan
Tefe
McMillan
Michigan
Montreal
Can
Enevieve
Joseph Winterbotham
Chicago
Citadel
Frank Rowrer
Copenhagen
Rockefeller Tells How OU Trust Began and Grew
New York City report of John D. Rockefeller describing the origins of Standard Oil from a $4,000 capital start. He recounts early loans from T. P. Handy, formation of Standard Oil Company of Ohio in 1870, and successive reorganizations into Rockefeller Andrews & Flagler and related firms shaping a vast oil empire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
John TD. Rockefeller
Standard Oil Company
Bnmbie Ittie
Cleveland
Rockefeller
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Custom House
Franklin Ferries
Rockefeller, Andrews and Flagler
Andrew Clarke & Co
Rockefeller & Andrewa
Rockefeller & Andrews
William Rockefeller & Co
William
New York
Wiliam Rockefeller
Rockefeler & Co
Rockefeller, Andrews & Flagler
Fleet Officers Trial in Manila Over Personal Misconduct
In Manila the court martial convened on the battleship Louisiana with Rear Admiral Benton Schroeder presiding and Major Williams as judge advocate to try Lieut. Commanders Jewell of the Louisiana and Bowers of the Rhode Island on charges connected to a fleet visit to Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ameregan Fleet
Manila
P.I
Benton Schroeder
Major Wiliams
Louisiana
Jewell
Bowers
Rhode Island
Japan
Revolution in Haiti as Gen Simon seizes Les Cayes
Advices from Fort and Prince report a southern Haiti rebellion with Gen. Simon seizing the city of Les Cayes and nearby districts. Telegraph lines are cut and government forces are encircled by rebels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haiti
Simon
Paris
France
Fort
Prince
Les Cayes
Hotel proprietor shot by former employee in Angola scene
In Buffalo New York James Frawley 44 owner of the Central Hotel at Angola ten miles west of Buffalo was killed. Frank Brooks 70 is under arrest charged with the murder. Brooks was discharged from the hotel where he had worked as a porter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
James Frawley
Central
Angola
Here
Frank Brooks
Brooks
New Castle Officials Resign En Masse
In New Castle New Hampshire the recent order barring naval employees from politics has forced every city official to resign. Of 437 voters only one remains eligible but he refuses the post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Castle
N. H
Portsmouth
New Deets
Veteran Union Scout John Babcock Dies at 72
Colonel John Babcock, renowned Union Army scout with the Army of the Potomac, died at his Mount Vernon home aged 72. He gained fame for his Civil War service and later life in North Carolina. He is survived by relatives in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Vernon
N. C
John
Babcock
Army of the Potomac
Croker Arrives in New York for Six Months in America
Richard Croker arrives in New York City to spend six months in America and declares he is permanently out of politics, a stance he refuses to discuss. He is warmly welcomed by the Tammany Oil Guard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Richard Croker
America
Cattle Plague Detected in Philadelphia Area
Philadelphia officials report aphthous fever found in four cattle shipped from near Norristown to a northern city dairy. The herd was killed, milk destroyed, and buildings disinfected. Eight more cattle and 125 sheep from another yard were quarantined and slated for destruction. State experts urge caution with milk and butter. no human outbreak expected. Washington dispatch notes embargo on cattle shipments to Britain may continue, affecting trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Norristown
Montgomery County
Jacob Maesler
Agen
Leonard Pearson
Harbert Fox
State Department, of Health
Danville
Fox
Washington, D. C
Washington
London Times
Great Britain
New York
Pennsylvania
England
Department of Agriculture
Mountain Hotel and Parsonage in Dublin Destroyed by Fire
Fire swept through Dublin on Old Monadnock Mountain's north slope destroying the Leffingwell House hotel annex stable and the Unitarian parsonage. The Town Library Town Hall and other structures faced flames but were saved by aid from Peterborough Marlborough and Harrisville. Loss estimated at 25600 dollars with partial insurance coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
N. H
Monadnock Mountain
Leffingwell House
J. L. Seward
Inconceivable Abuse of Innocent Animals Scene
Fragmentary passage contends that abusing animals is indefensible and questions human responsibility. It argues animals endure pain when humans act with malice, noting children and kindness as virtues while condemning cruelty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Childre
Monument unveiled on San Juan Hill in Santiago Cuba
A memorial arch honoring American Cuban and Spanish dead from the 1898 battle was unveiled on San Juan Hill as the Reja Yuga School cornerstone was laid. Col. Yeatman led American troops with rural guards present. Speeches by American Consul Rose E Holaday Governor Mangulay and Mrs Katherine Tingley accompanied a flower decorated parade of about a hundred carriages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santiago
Cuba
San Juan Hill
Yeatman
Rose E. Holaday
Rafas] Mangulay
Regent Seizes Power in China Under Dowager Empress
In Pekin the new Regent ousts the Dowager Empress from state affairs and commands princes officials and all others to obey him as the empire's supreme authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pekin
China
New York PSC Chairman Blames Board for Fourth Avenue Subway Delay
Chairman Willcox of the New York Public Service Commission accuses the Board of Estimate of stalling the Fourth Avenue subway project. The dispute centers on funding and timetable obstacles delaying construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willcox
New York Public Service Commission
Board of Estimate
Fourth Avenue
Death at Football in Grand Rapids Sparta game
Albert Emaner nineteen son of Alderman Joseph Emmer dies from injuries suffered in a football game at Sparta three weeks earlier. Authorities report the accident occurred during play and the youth succumbed to his wounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapids. Mich
Albert Emaner
Joseph Emmer
Sparta
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Butte
Omaha
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
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Boyle County
Francie J. Heney
Morris Haas
Texas & Pacific
New Orleans
Smith
Albert G. McDonald
Vanderbilt
John A. Boardman
Unitarian
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West Nutley Plaza
Watley
Fi B. Parry
Lawpson and Parry
Broad St
Newark
Nutley
Bates
Avondale
Hallidy
Obanen
M. Whitfield
Ley & Builder
Bt Lucas
Kent Serey Tinwa
Mary Guttin
Chestnut Street
Nut
Jstnut SE
Brookfield
Ting Mason
Rocefield Ave
Loewson
Thor Ju Hon Public
Wille di
N. A
Natiay
Groceries
Walniy
R Bros ‘Balers
Henry A
Lane Market
Long Aj
Fish
Stance
Seidler Utcher
Hamilton
Phore L
Willia
Nat SE
Natley
LG Nut Panik Gro
R. Stirratt
Klin Ave
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Crist
Suredk
A. Wh
Vreelandy
Henry Carpe
Chestnut Steam
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Rendee
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