Bridgeport Tram Crash Kills Dozens on Stratford Extension
Nearly 40 die as a loaded trolley car plunges from a 440 foot iron trestle over Peck's Pond near Oronoque. Thirty six bodies identified. conductor John Carroll among the dead. Two survive unscathed as rescue crews rush to Stratford and Bridgeport hospitals. The car ran at high speed before tipping and sinking, with 23 bodies laid out in Stratford town hall.
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Briperfort
Conn
Stratford
Shelton Street Railway Company
Peck’s Mill Pond
Oronoque
Bridgeport
Joseph Hotchkiss
Henry C. Cogs
Frank Blew
William McCullough
Arthur Holmes
Thomas McFally
Peter Ring
Patrick McDermott
Frank Knaft
Patrick Brennan
Alfred Pitt
William Cotter
Irving Doresus
William H. Harvey
Shelton
John Carroll
Hamilton
Bridgeport General Hospital
Frances Peck
Frank Cramer
Bridgeport Traction Company
Invitation to Chicago Cornerstone Ceremony Causes Cold Reception
Washington reports Mr. F W Fitzpatrick toured Ottawa to invite Sir Wilfrid Laurier and the Canadian cabinet to Chicago for the cornerstone ceremony. Laurier declined, citing harsh U S press coverage of the Alaska boundary dispute and safety concerns for a high level visit. He urged the governor general to decline the invitation as undignified under present conditions.
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Washington
F. W. Fitzpatrick
Treasury Department
Ottawa
Committee of Citizens of
Chicago
McKinley
Governor General
Cabinet of Canada
Associated Press
Fitzpatrick
Wil
Mr. Fitzpatrick
Sir Wilfrid
United States
17 Die 73 Injured In Juvisy Collision Near Paris
Official inquiry into the Juvisy crash near Paris shows 17 killed and 73 injured. The Orléans line Paris to Nantes train halted when struck by the Paris and Lyons Mediterranean train moving at about 50 miles per hour. the moving locomotive crashed through the brake van and telescoped three coaches. The stationary train suffered damage while the moving train remained intact.
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Paris
Juvisy
Orleans
Nantes
St Paul Sails From Southampton With Noted Passengers
Among the passengers aboard the American Line steamer St. Paul bound for New York were Thomas B. Reed former speaker of the house, Senator W J Sewell of New York, Daniel Frohman and Richard Croker.
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Souuthampton
American Line
St. Paul
New York
Thomas B. Reed
House of Representatives
W. J. Sewell
Damiel Frohman
Richard Croker
Fire destroys Glen Falls Portland Cement plant
A blaze at Glen Falls Portland Cement works destroyed the wooden structures, causing about 250000 dollars in losses. The entire plant burned to ruins within one hour.
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Glen Fallls
N. Y
Glen Falls Portland Cement Company
Liliuokalani Calls Hawaii Government Oligarchy
Ex queen Liliuokalani, living abroad, condemns the present Hawaii government as an oligarchy not a republic. She says islands are in practical anarchy with laws long in force and few foisted by the Hawaiian republic, and that natives lack equal justice against white men and foreigners.
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Waiuixoton
Liliuokalani
Hawaiian Islands
Africa in the Lead in World Gold Output 1898
The mint director estimates world gold production for 1898 at about 294 to 295 million dollars. Africa leads with 80.4 million, followed by Australia 67.5 million and the United States 64.463 million. Russia 25 million, Mexico 10 million, Canada 14 million including Klondike.
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Washinecton
Mint
Africa
Australia
United States
Russia
Mexico
Canada
The
Klondike
Kansas City buys Wilkes-Barre Atlantic League club
James H. Manning president of the Kansas City Base Ball club announces he has purchased outright the Wilkes-Barre club of the Atlantic League. He will bring the selected players to Kansas City.
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Kansas City
James H. Manning
Wilkesbarre
New Orleans Cruise Reaches Santo Domingo City
The steamer New Orleans arrived at Santo Domingo City to safeguard American interests amid potential outbreak and maintain presence in the Caribbean port.
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New Orleans
Santo Domingo
Washington
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Ill
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Trinity College
Cambridge
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Forbidden Land
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Henry James
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Lieut
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