Four Dead and Dozens Escaped in West 33rd Street Fire
A five story building at 108 and 111 West 33rd Street burned after naptha caused an explosion near Dr Brigge’s apartment. Firemen rescued many residents but four died or were found severely burned. Victims include Mrs King and Elizabeth Jones the nurse. others injured or missing amid heavy smoke and flames.
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Brigge Wee
Naptha
Briggn
King
Richard Neville
Elizabeth Jones
Fatal Nitro Explosions At Freetown Quarry Lodge
A tragic nitro glycerine blast at Fall Hiver Geapite Company's lodge in Freetown killed Frank Caio, 87, and Joseph McNelly, 35, as cartridges exploded while workers dipped them. The blast shattered a frame building, injuring other quarrymen, with widows and dependents noted.
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Teo
Mitre
Feestows
Mase
Cain
McNelly
Leaves
Assopet
Miss Gardner Wins Principalship at Warren Academy
April 20 marks Miss Gardner appointment as principal of the Warren DL academy a large college preparatory and normal training school opening in September. Eliasteth Brewer sister of Justice Brewer of the United States Supreme Court was elected vice principal. The academy will be modeled to harmonize with the University of Chicago approach and kept in close touch with Chicago University. Nebraska Republicans report a state eventing in formative stages with April 29 action noted.
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PriLaventuia
Mise Ide M Gardner
Americas Society For the
Warren
Chicago University
Minister to Prance Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States to France.
The story notes the appointment of a U S diplomat to France as Minister Plenipotentiary. It identifies the role and national designation without additional context or events.
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United States
France
William Astor's Will Revealed by Reported Provisions
Lawyers for the late Mutlomake deny a morning newspaper story purporting to detail William Astor's will. The report claims a total estate near 70 million dollars with 2 million to each daughter, 600 thousand annual income to the widow, and 2 million to John Jacob Astor, plus trusts for his son and others. Funeral services were held in Paris at the American Episcopal Church before the body is shipped to New York by steamship La.
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Meade
Fubiia
New Yone
Messra Lord
Day & Lord
Willian Astor
Astor
John Jacob
New York
Newport
John Jacob Astor
Paris
William Astor
American Episcopal Church
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Annie Walden Sentenced for Murder in New York
An immense crowd heard Judge Ingraham sentence Mrs Raule Walden to life imprisonment in the penitentiary after conviction for murder in the second degree for killing her husband last October. She claimed unfair trial and denied witnesses, then accepted the court’s ruling. The defense motion for a new trial had been denied.
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Dewird
New York
Court of Oyer and Terminer
Ingrahar
Mra Raule Walden
Howe
Bering
Witnwasas
Bristol Farmer Loses 300 In Scam At Banked Noon
Elishe Hewitt of Bristol loses 300 to a con man who posed as Burlington cashier. A second victim, a stranger posing as security for a 5,000 gold brick, swindled another 2,500 yesterday afternoon. Both incidents reported in Breoverom Virginia.
Hall refuses to meet Fitesimmons delaying September bout
New Orleans reports Jim Hall will not meet Fitesimmons before the Olympic Club in September, threatening to scrap the fight if held later. Club officials insist the match must occur in September or not at all, suspecting Hall aims for publicity rather than a real contest.
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New Orleans
Jim Hall
Fitesimmons
Olympic Club
Hall
Stormy Seas Drown Four Crew as Vessels Struggle
Reports from British coasts and Scotland recount a fierce storm driving fishing boats ashore at Scarborough Berwick and North Shields. A Norsemen crew aboard a ship fought waves to reach safety, while several vessels were lost or damaged. Across Europe incidents include dynamite cases in Anglia and bomb findings in Romania amid unrest.
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Scarborough
Weery
Berwick
North Shields
Total fire damage hits Central Theater and annex
Damage estimates top seventy five thousand dollars with about half covered by the annex property. The Grand Central Theater and the De Kosenke Maihaieahen Nentacr ing Company are named among the main losers. The fire marks a fourth visit to the Central Theater with two leading actresses still unaccounted for and others presumed dead or missing. National Guard mobilization orders expected for May Day amid riot fears in Liege Antwerp and this city. Authorities report planned demonstrations and possible church targeting as socialists push for suffrage and constitutional revision.
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Prominent Detroit Man's Daughter Elopes Amid Turmoil
The seventeen-year-old daughter of Vince, a well known Detroit liveryman, ran away with her lover from St Marys Convent Windsor. The couple fled with Billy Considine, a member of a gang terrorizing Detroit. The story notes the father's condemnation and the hospital injury to Considine, while the wider piece also mentions wealth, burial, and political notices from Obie Republicns Platform and a severe storm report.
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Vince
Dercorr
Ide Lyon
St. Mary's Convent
Windsor
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Lyons Mays
Trial of Mercier Ends in Change of Venue
A court proceeding in April 22 saw the trial of Mercier conclude with a change of venue requested by the defense. Postponement and scheduling adjustments followed as proceedings moved to a different jurisdiction.
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Momresat
Ax Mercier
Theatre Fire Injures Dozens at Central Grand Theatres
April 22 reports say sixty two people hospitalised after a Central Theatre fire, with three dozen injured badly. Fire destroyed the Grand Central Theatre annex on Seo non Street and caused about three quarters of a million dollars in damages. Crowded galleries and a fierce crush at exits led to multiple injuries as spectators fled through Walnut Street aftermath. eyewitness A J Clark and Dr Malsa describe panic, selfishness, and near-tragedy as doors failed and passengers fought to escape.
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Grand Central Theatre
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Times
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Saad
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Lorelia Brothers
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