Big Storm Sweeps Texas Goliad Town
A massive tornado struck Texas causing at least ninety deaths and extensive destruction. Goliad was left in ruins with over 125 homes wrecked and property losses exceeding 100000 dollars. San Antonio and Austin also faced damage while Minola reported uprooted trees and damaged houses. Relief crews and doctors aided the injured as authorities continued casualty tallies.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
Goliad
San Antonio
Austin
Minola
Quiet prevails among miners in suspension week
Hazleton Pennsylvania May 19 The second week of the total suspension of mine work continues with miners quiet and unsettled conditions prevailing as the labor pause extends.
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Hazleton, Pa
Deadlocked miners and owners spark no startup in hard coal fields
National deadlock halts mining today with no colliery operations. Engineers and pumpers patrol empty mines while mule packers and repair crews work above ground. Local meetings rallied miners to maintain courage and plan to ease distress if the strike lasts longer. no aid requests yet filed.
Water Cure Charges and Philippine Atrocities at Senate Hearing
General Hughes denies ordering water cure and calls for full investigation. Corporal O'Brien testifies to officers abusing native women at Iliolo and notes executions and indiscriminate firing during campaigns. He cites dumdum bullets and unwritten orders to take no prisoners, with cruel acts against civilians and a flag of truce shootings. He promises more testimony tomorrow.
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Washington
Senate Committee
Hughes
Richard O’brien
Twenty-sixth Volunteer Infantry
Iliolo
Cook
McDonald
Plumber
O’brien
Lanag
Samar
Five killed as man slays family then dies
William Austin aged 25 mortally wounds Abitha McCulloch 13 and four others at a Hastings area farm house after being rejected by the girl. He then dies by self-inflicted wounds. John Keller, a farm hand, finds six corpses including a child and the Wilkinsons. The crime follows his failed marriage proposal and license obtained in the city.
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ST. Augustine
Fla
Abitha McCulloch
William Austin
William Wilkinson
Hastings
Mrs. Wilkinson
Miss Wilkinson
John Keller
Austin
McCulloch
Wilkinson
Proucers Oil Exchange Report From San Francisco
Proucers Oil Exchange in San Francisco reports morning session bids with Sterling and Junction listings. Prices include 100 Sterling at 1.95, 200 Sterling at 1.90, 100 Junction at .21, 75 Kern Oil at 5.75, 250 Kern Oil at 5.00, and 100 Sovereign at 6. The fragment reflects active commodity trading and varied oil stock quotes.
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Proucers Oil Exchange
San Francisco
Producers’ Oil Exchange
Junction
Sovereign
Three Hundred Men Perish in a Mine Tragedy
A Fraterville and Thistle coal mine explosion at Coal Creek Tenn. today leaves likely 150 to 300 dead with only one man escaped. Gas and heat hinder rescues as flames issue from mine mouths. Families gather, relief funds open.
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Knoxville, Tenn
The
Sentinel
Fraterville
Thistle
Coal Creek
Tenn
George N. Camp
Anderson County
Coal Creek Coal Company
E. C. Camp
Pelee Still Threatening Volcano Continues Eruptions
Paris May 19 The Governor of Martinique reports Mont Pelee is still erupting sending vast clouds of ash over the island. Violent explosions have been heard at Le Carbet. He says there is no imminent danger to the northern districts as the population is unemployed.
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Paris
L’huerrere
Martinique
M. Decrais
Mont Pelee
le Carbet
Island
Hidden Barbadoes and St. Vincent Disaster Signals
Secretaries to-day received a cable from U S Consul McMaster at Barbadoes reporting sixteen hundred deaths and four thousand destitute at St Vincent with immediate needs for six months. Commander McLean of the Cincinnati notes ash and volcanic dust thick like fog on Fort de France decks. water barge not needed. The Potomac reached St Lucia on Saturday.
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St. Vincent
Navy Department
McLean
Cincinnati
Fort de France
Potomac
St. Lucia
Earthquake Shakes Northern California at 10:30 AM
A slight earthquake shock was felt in northern California at 10 30 this morning in San Francisco and surrounding areas. No damage reported, officials said.
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San Francisco
California
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Amos Willington
Panhandler
Union For Aid
Dinkelspiel Bros
Florida
Knoxville Sentinel
Coal Creek, Tenn
George Camp
William Morgan
A. H. Grenell
Pelee
United States
McMaster
Barbadoes
W. S
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