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Newspaper
Pittston Gazette
Location
Pittston, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1903
Page
1
Fire in Manhattan razed three buildings killing one firefighter and injuring another while searchers were unable to locate a missing worker. The blaze drove about five hundred Italian families from their homes as looters faced stern resistance from residents during the chaotic night.
A fast St Louis and San Francisco passenger train crashed near Godfrey Kansas City, killing nine and injuring four fatally with twenty more bruised. The wreck occurred after a preceding freight switch was left open. cars piled and the engine separated, the sleeper staying upright but other cars wrecked. Passengers and crew from Kansas and Omaha areas among the dead and injured.
Seven oilers at the St Louis Transit Company power house died or were hurt when boilers exploded destroying the building. Windows shattered and debris scattered as crews worked to recover victims amid confusion and power outages. Other items note a czar receiving Bryan in St Petersburg and a Paterson bank teller sentenced, plus a Turkey shipment to St Louis and a cotton commission firm assignment.
In Helena Montana Myron Shanks testifies Gravelle admitted blowing up the Livingston bridge and planned to blow up a Townsend bridge if the railroad aid Sok py. Shanks recounts Gravelle’s delay and mishaps during the payment meeting as the case proceeds with the next date set for railway-related charges.
Patchy Atone appears in a fragmented business directory entry with unclear details and limited readable text. The fragment mentions a business name and miscellaneous letters, offering little context about services, location, or contacts.
An eyewitness describes Gravette writing a letter addressed to J M Hanaford and notes attempts to pass a document with two letters raised for Gravel. The mention of Vice President Blabon of the Great North TM appears as fragmented context.
The article reports a tangled claim by Combine Lessee River Prestage and representatives from New York seeking to merge talent and management with the Mercantile State Company, while a separate Robber case leads to the arrest of a suspect known as Jack the 1 From Gansevoort to West Twenty. Ripper for the murder of Sarah Martin, and a broader Fulton county glove industry dispute threatens about 12,000 workers as talks continue between the Glove Manufacturer Association and the International Glove Table Cutters' Union over wage clauses.
Plans call for a new pier system extending from Fulton to Bethune streets along the Hudson. The project will link with ferries via a foot passenger indoor avenue and a central hub to access steamships. Annual rent is about 483000, higher than current city pier rents, with many existing piers reassigned.
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