Bennington Gun Boat Disaster Cleaves San Diego Bay
A boiler explosion on the U S S Bennington in San Diego harbor near 10:30 a m kills or wounds most aboard. At least fifty dead with 278 aboard. bodies recovered and wounded transported to hospitals as crews rescue survivors amid wreckage. The blast shatters the deck. ship listing and likely to sink as morgues fill with victims.
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F. W. Brown
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B. A. Hughes
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W. Cherry
C. Rushington
A. P. Scrogeyre
C. H. Hagbloom
A. B. Carr
D. F. Saunders
W. W. Wright
E. Dresch
J. L. Burns
Phe Wee Quinn
C. Kuntz
Joseph Hirscher
G. Brownlee
J. G. Reiss
F. B. Ferguson
R. House
E. W. Bruison
Joe Hunt
Charles McKeen
C. J. Essell
W. C. Wilson
Ed B. Robinson
J. C. Barchus
Cone
Nelson
L. B. Archer
M. G. Chambers
John Mackone
Peyton Carpenter
Morgue
Magdalena Bay
New York
San Francisco
EB. G. Hopp
Havana
New Fork July 88 Ship Disaster Involves Captain and Crew
A damaged excerpt reports a maritime incident near New Fork in July 88. It mentions a vessel named Bividd, a captain sparing Gid tot Welleve, and lifeboats aiding evacuation as crowds watched. A companion boat ferried the crew to a plantation grounds while others were sent to the Sirius.
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Sirius
Unknown incident injures crowd at bulding collapse
A chaotic scene at a building site near Huber after a flywheel detonation injuries many and kills one. Dozens of workers suffer injuries while the structure collapses trapping people under debris. Emergency crews respond and stabilize the area.
Bomb S offense near mosque kills soldiers and injures many
Washington reports an attempted bombing during the zelamik ceremony in Constantinople. A large bomb exploded as the sultan left the mosque injuring 30 to 40 people and damaging carriages. Perpetrators not yet detected.
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Washington
Leishman
Constantinople
State Department
Bomb Rushes Constantinople Killing and Wounding Dozens
A July bomb explosion in Constantinople near the mosque killed 24 people and wounded 57, mostly soldiers, as horses were injured and carriages wrecked. The blast shattered the diplomatic pavilion housing U.S. officials including U.S. Grant Smith and Captain Smiley, with only minor injuries among pavilion staff. Authorities guarded details of the failed assassination and questioned how the attacker bypassed the military cordon.
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Constantinople
Pera
U.S. Grant Smith
Body of Admiral John Paul Jones Arrives at Norfolk
The body of Admiral John Paul Jones, found in Paris, arrives at Norfolk aboard the cruiser Brooklyn escorted by Galveston Tacoma and Chattanooga. The fleet, under Rear Admirals Evans Sigsbee and Davis, moves toward Annapolis for interment on the naval reservation, with transfer planned in Chesapeake Bay to a lighthouse tender.
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John Paul Jones
Paris
Generalporace Porter
United States
France
Virginia Capes
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Sigsbee
Atlantic
Galveston
Tacoma
Chattanooga
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Davis
Capes
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Chesapeake Bay
Admiral Jones
Annapolis
Admiral Evans
Old Point Comfort
Lamberts Point
Upper Bay
United States Naval Reservation
Will Follow Japanese Plan Berlin Reassesses Army Secrecy
Berlin reports the German staff will tighten peacetime and wartime army organization to keep key moves concealed. Annual maneuvers in West Prussia will be conducted with warlike secrecy, especially the final day with rapid bridge crossings over the Rhine under fire. Correspondents will be allowed to accompany troops under near wartime conditions.
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Berlin
West Prussia
Rhine
Pene Brethere Win Fraphy for Davis Trophy
Doherty brothers Ward and Beale win the Davis trophy by beating Mulcombe Ward and Beale. Final weights 8 10 6 2 0 8 46 84.
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Fraphy
Pander
Seth
Betitilé
Whit Hiedbh
Doherty Brethers
Mulcombe Ward
Beale
Wiiting
Daibles
Ward
Wright
Dohertys
Chinese Japan alliance teased as Far East shifts
Washington reports say Japan's victories over Russia alter Chinese views and spark talks in Peking of a China Japan alliance. A senior diplomat notes such a pact is not immediate but appears likely as Far Eastern powers align under joint leadership.
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Washington
Japan
Russia
Peking
China
Far East
Aitkin County Appeals for Aid to Flood Victims
Aitkin county seeks $25,000 to reimburse flood losses and asks Governor Johnson to back a state subscription paper. The appeal, signed by a committee led by J B Galenault of Aitkin, reports over ten homeless and many left without help due to the overflow of the government reservoir.
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St. Paul
Aitkin County
Johnson
J. B. Galenault
Aitkin
Fragmented OCR Note About Local Payment and Names
The readable fragments mention payment related terms and several unclear proper names. The text shows garbled sequences with potential references to people and places but lacks a coherent event or outcome to summarize.
Drowning scare in Hudson River near Esopus
Alton Parker Hall grandson of Judge Alton B. Parker nearly drowned while swimming with his grandfather in the Hudson at Esopus. Edward Fritz of Poughkeepsie rescued the boy by diving underwater six feet to grab his hand, bringing him to the surface and shore as Judge Parker reached safety.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Fritz
Judge Parker
Baltimore Pier Strike Demands Higher Wages
About 250 to 300 truckmen on the Balti more and Ohio Railroad piers at Locust Point walk off the job. They demand 1.65 dollars daily and 20 cents extra per hour for overtime, citing current pay of 1.45 dollars. The Baltimore and Ohio company has not commented on a settlement.
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Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Locust Point
Baltimore and Ohio Company
Coroners jury rules death of Miss Lucie Monroe an act of self harm
South Haven Mich July 24 A coroner s jury returns a verdict that Lucie Monroe aged twenty burned to death at her mother s real home Monroe a South Haven banker and Kalamasca banker is noted as the scene in a case describing an empty alloy shows how the victim s death began with a fatal action.
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South Haven
Mich
Lucie Monroe
Monroe
Bouth Votel
Kalamasca
Ali mi
Yann Woh
Blanbiry Wins Sculling Championship by Two Lengths
The race at the Partitatia Aver featured AoA Ww and George Towne Sianbury. Blanbiry secured the title by two lengths as the stakes were $2,500 a side.
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George Towne
Hianbury
Blanbiry
Gaehier Wader ArFagt watt mT Wie in Wi
A garbled OCR fragment appears to report on a local event or person named Gaehier Wader ArFagt with unclear details. No coherent dates places or organizations are readable. The snippet hints at a community note or notice but provides insufficient factual content.
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