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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1906
Page
11
Eleven men were killed and five wounded when a dynamite plant near Poqui along the Susquehanna River exploded Saturday. The blast tossed bodies in fragments across fields and trees fifteen miles away, with little left to identify. Rescuers battled chaos as survivors searched for missing colleagues.
Reports from multiple towns in western Pennsylvania detail fatalities and extensive damage from a severe storm. At Monongahela high winds toppled trees and damaged buildings while lightning struck homes and disrupted telegraph service. Beaver, Kittanning, Punxsutawney and surrounding areas reported deaths of James Mitchell and his son, Clyde Blose and Hert Welse among others, with Harold Blose also struck and gravely hurt.
Ottawa Kansas reports Judge Alfred Watson Tenson accepted the appointment to succeed Joseph R. Burton in the United States Senate. He plans to start for Washington immediately and may run for re election in the coming winter legislature session.
A 15 year old boy, Jon Neuer, was stabbed at his Newark home by Louie Seldenberg, 16, during a quarrel with the younger Neuer. Neuer remains in serious condition as Seldenberg faces charges after the assault using a wire nail.
Manuel Matinos, a 17 year old Magican coal mine worker, was arrested Saturday and charged with setting a fire at a large mine owned by the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company. The blaze began the day after a prior discharge, with many people escaping amid the difficult blaze as the fire continued to burn intensely.
In Portland a head on collision between two Woodlawn streetcars at Union and Holladay avenues injured more than twenty passengers. One car failed to switch tracks on a steep Union avenue incline and slammed into the other car. Eight victims required hospital treatment after passengers were removed.
The Reich press in St. Petersburg notes renewed belief that the Goremykin ministry is near collapse and a new cabinet aligned with the Duma may soon be formed. Internal disputes over Minister Stichingky's agrarian program fuel rumors, though cabinet members deny any serious rifts.
Emperor Francis Joseph held a formal audience at the Hofburg with members of the Austrian and Hungarian delegations. He thanked the delegates for their loyal devotion and praised the alliance with Germany as a valuable peace guarantee despite recent indignation over the attempted assassinations of King Alfonso and Queen Victoria.
Washington reports to Secretary Taft that the eight hour law is enforced in the Philippines for works funded by U S public money. The Chinese labor issue is addressed with exclusion from the Philippines but no policy to bar Chinese workers for mechanics or laborers in the war department.
Authorities report the chief of Pollem Derkatchoff in Blelostok, Russia, was shot dead by unidentified assailants while driving. His coachman was severely wounded. In a separate town section, members of the secret police were attacked, with one seriously wounded.
A heroic equestrian statue of George Washington will be unveiled next Saturday at the Brooke lyn terminal of the new Williamabura Bridge and formally presented to the jetty of Brooklyn by James F. Howe lly oMcinly, with military and government representatives from Washington expected to attend. Washington will be depicted in continental form as he appeared at Valley Forge.
In New York City on a Friday night an attempt to explode a bomb was made in a manhole outside the Interborough Mapld rencht company power house on East Seventy fourth Street. Joseph Marti, 49, was arrested as a ringleader while two companions, Cy Marthy and Wonite, were captured.
A humorous critique mixes literary vanity with a portrait of Bud Hurtuboise and a street scene. The piece frames a writerly figure as a rambling, self styled genius while recalling school days and a stroll through the Plaza. It ends with a comic note on publishing and a mock dramatic excerpt.
Fragmentary note recalls a writer's pride in a home novel influenced by Kipling and Hud, with humorous asides about style and reception. The author mentions a future reaction to the work and a playful scene of snowflakes on a sidewalk, plus stray references to humorous beverages and pastry.
Fragmented OCR text mentions Grouch and The Angel Child with garbled phrases about a bike and a location Cleveland Lander. No clear event or entities beyond these names.
A bachelor uncle advertises for a new curate, drawing 30 replies. Five candidates are hosted for interviews at the rectory with family antics and comic misadventures during visits, including Lovelace the damp poet and several other hopefuls, until a sharper London interview ends the process.
A garbled note describes a dirt road near Earth Road with lines and timbers. It mentions pulling in, maintenance tasks, and a count of times or minutes. The text is unclear but centers on road work and timing observations.
Fragmentary notes describe ostrich domestication in Central America, mentioning a bean and a fowl kept on a Wilk farm near Comuies cn with unclear details about production or purpose and no clear events or dates.
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