San Antonio Suffers Wind Damage and Service Outages
A 52 mph wind storm battered San Antonio causing thousands in damage. It felled telegraph and telephone poles, disrupted three streetcar lines, knocked out over 900 local telephones, and left the city largely isolated while crews work to restore long distance and local services.
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San Antonio
Western Union
Pacific Territory
New Orleans
May Hamilton
Government Hill
South Flores
Highland Park-Collins Gardens
Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Company
New Braunfels
Southern Pacific Territory
Houston
Dallas
Aus
Mackay
Wind Damage Halts City Transit and Destroys Structures
A 52 mile wind disabled lines on Government Hill South Flores and Collins Gardens Highland Park. Traction manager Eysenbach said full service would return by night. Casualties none though many structures and windows were damaged across the city.
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Government Hill
South Flores
Collins’ Gardens
Highland Park
Eysenbach
Traction Company
Major Cotton Fire Hits Houston Area Railyards
A massive Houston blaze destroyed 53,162 bales of cotton and caused multi‑million losses. The Cleveland Compress near Buffalo Bayou suffered about 2 million in damages, while Standard and McFadden Compresses faced heavy losses. The Houston Packing plant narrowly escaped and railroad lines suffered severe disruption. Many Harriman strikers lost homes, and telegraph services reported delays.
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Associated Press
Houston
Tex
Cleveland Compress Company
Buffalo Bayou
Cleveland
McFadden Compress and Warehouse Company
Standard Compress
Standard Compress Company
Cleveland Compress
Houston Packing Company
Texas Company
Flying Fire
Harriman Line
Devastating Houston Fire Burns Wide Area
A morning blaze in Houston, Texas, destroyed industrial plants and 250 homes, injuring over twenty people. The fire covered up to six blocks in width and a mile and a half in length, with losses estimated between 6 and 10 million dollars and relief efforts quickly organized for displaced residents.
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Houston
Tex
Weather: San Antonio Area Tonight Through Thursday
For San Antonio and vicinity the forecast calls for fair skies tonight and Thursday, with colder temperatures tonight including freezing conditions and a warmer trend on Thursday.
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San Antonio
Frigid Midwestern and Atlantic Weather Report
Observations at 8 a m show St Louis 24 with snow and a 388 mile gale from the north. Chicago 26 with snow and 22 mile northeast wind. Kansas City 26 cloudy with 34 mile gale from the north and colder tonight. New York 30 cloudy with 14 mile east wind and rain turning to snow tonight. Boston 20 cloudy with 10 mile north wind and snow tonight. Washington 56 rain with 12 mile east wind and rain or snow tonight or Thursday.
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Chicago
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New York
Boston
Washington
Newspaper Carriage Claim Lacks Basis
A statement alleging that the AP leased wire day by day into San Antonio is carried in full or in part by newspapers other than the San Antonio Lights is unfounded and without basis.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Mexican Situation on Verge of Civil War
A distressed report states the Mexican situation nears civil war as bands of rebels threaten nationwide stability. The article calls for a unifier to harmonize rival groups and restore order amid escalating tensions.
Open Warfare in Three Mexican States Raises U S Alarm
State Department reports from Mexico warn of widespread anarchy south of the Rio Grande with rebels controlling cities in Sinaloa Oaxaca and Yucatan. Protests over robberies by bands grow as Americans call for aid while marauding raids increase and U S Consul Alger receives urgent pleas.
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Associated Press
Washington
Mexico
State Department
Rio Grande
Republic
Sinaloa
Oaxaca
Yucatan
Madero
Culiacan
United States
Alger
Features of Fire Devastates City with Massive Losses
The blaze begins at 1 a.m. in a boarding house at Hardy and Opelousas. The fire rages with gale winds and near freezing temps, burning 150 yards to half a mile wide and 1.5 miles long. More than 53,162 bales of cotton, 8,000 telephones, and numerous industrial plants valued up to 1,000,000 each are ruined. Over 250 homes destroyed and thousands jobless as relief units organize at daylight.
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Opelousas
Hardy Streets
Ship Canal
Ship Channel
Cleveland
Light and Power Company
Hardy
Bayou
Americans in Mexico Face Semi-Weekly State Department Reports
The state department regards Americans in Mexico as in serious danger and has asked its southern province representatives to file semi-weekly reports in addition to urgent dispatches.
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Mexico
State Department
Mexican Cabinet Reaffirms Noninterference With Press
Mexico City informant reports the cabinet will not interfere with newspapers and will maintain freedom of press. Government officials indicated no attempt will be made to curb publication, signaling continued media independence amid ongoing political tensions.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
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