Queen’s Captain Charged With Cowardice In Valencia Rescue
San Francisco dispatch reports Navy chief boatswains P C Sullivan and another officer accusing Captain Cousins of the Queen of failing to launch a rescue boat for the Valencia wreck. Cousins denies blame while claiming he would not have permitted a boat. The Queen reached San Francisco with 64 American sailors aboard after the search.
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San Francisco
Cousins
Queen
Victoria
Valencia
PD. J. Sullivan
United States Navy
Sullivan
Jorgensen and Sullivan
Seattle
Jackies
Jorgensen
Keen
Navy
Dewey
Manila
Brady
O'Brien
Barrett
Topeka
Ife
Czar
Tom
Tragic Tale of Turret Island Rescue Near Victoria
Report recounts four men found on Turret Island after a Valencia voyage attempt to reach the Queen. The raft crew faced hypothermia mutiny and starvation with deaths and mental breakdowns before survivors landed at Turret Island. One man, Connors, was rescued after a long search and remains under medical care.
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Victoria
B. C
Turret Island
Barkley Sound
Cook L. J. Hancock
Valencia
Endeay
Cape Beale
Peepee
Hancock
Greggy
Turtle Island
Wilson
H. Greggy
United States Navy
Wallace
Walter Nelson
Cook
Max Stanslar
Connors
Shamrock
Salvor
Protection for life and shipping at Cape Flattery urged now
A call to immediately establish a modern life saving station at Neah Bay with a sea going tug and surf boats, plus a wireless link to Port Townsend or Victoria, to improve signal and rescue capability west of Cape Flattery. The article urges U S action to counter British gains in maritime safety.
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Capetter
Seattle
State of Washington
Valencia
Cape
Cape Flattery
United States
Tatoosh Island
Tatoosh
Neah Bay
Neah Bay Harbor
Port Angeles
Victoria
Port Townsend
Seattle-Alaska
Port Crescent
PO Townsend
Attempted Czar Assassination Report in St Petersburg
A failed assassination attempt on the czar is reported from St Petersburg on January 27. Several arrests have been made as authorities investigate the incident.
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Petersburg
Fatal Hotel Fire Wrecks Richardson Inn in Lowell
Six persons died and about twenty were injured in a sudden blaze that engulfed the Richardson Inn, a leading Lowell public house. Within minutes the injured were moved to St Johns Hospital as flames erupted just before 2 oclock. Firefighters battled the blaze to control, with authorities investigating the cause.
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Lowell
Mass
Richardson #1
St. John's Tar
Fatal Fire Claims Six Women At Hotel
A blaze trapped guests across a hotel, with many on the upper floors unable to escape. Firemen located the bodies of six women on the top floor at around 2 20 o clock.
Degenerate Thomas McNamara Appears in Court
Thomas McNamara a 70 year old man appeared before Justice Gordon yesterday afternoon charged as a disorderly person and given 63 days in the city jail. He also faced charges of an attempted criminal assault on four boys near Suromit school and pleaded guilty to that count.
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Thomas McNamara
Justice Gordon
Suromit School
Bogardus Criticizes City Assay Office Staffing
In a lecture before the Y M C A last night C K Bogardus declared the United States assay office here offers politicians chances for more offices rather than improving work. He argued the local assay office could operate with fewer men at less cost.
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C.K. Bogardus
United States Assay Office
Seattle Girl Dies by Own Action in Personal Crisis
Myrtle May Hubbard, a Seattle mill liner, was found dead in her room from gas inhalation. A note blamed the world as unjust and described her despair over taunts of being mixed race. She had recently moved from Portland and was about 29. An inquest will be held. Hilary Beachey may testify.
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San Francisco
Myrtle May Hubbard
Seattle
M. M. Hubbard
Alice
24Th Av. W
Miss Hubbard
Hilary Beachy
Portland
Metropolitan Life
Adolph Hubbard
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Shawnee, Ills
Harry Hubbard
Beachey
The
Captain Van Schaick Found Guilty in Slocum Disaster
New York January 27 Captain Van Schaick of the General Slocum was found guilty of criminal negligence for failing to keep the crew drilled for fire emergencies. He was sentenced to ten years at Sing Sing.
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General Slocum
van Schaick
Sing Sing
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Viiniuly
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Cook Hancock
M. Tarpey
T. F. Carrick
Asan
B. Daugherty
P. Primer
Walter Ray
Anders
Mayor
Op Row
T. J. McCarthy
Bootewain
Charles Shields
Tom Row
Tom Lamson
W. Gostin
Myrtle Hubbard
John Johnson
New York
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