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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1913
Page
14
An article describes an invalid car titled The Hungarian State railroad line, noting a moderate cost and features like a hospital bed mounted on a spring logo a comfortable leather couch a desk lavatory and two chairs. It includes a physician's compartment with shed medical cabinet lavatory and an attendants compartment. The concept proved popular from the start.
A railroad superintendent recalls his “horrible moment” after a tunnel disaster with many lives lost. He demonstrates signals and torpedo warning, revealing an apprentice pony engine failed to trigger the blast. The public blamed engineers while the superintendent fixed the record by ordering a regulation locomotive for a proper demonstration.
A drunken man sits on railroad track tins in debt as a train nears. The engineer cannot warn in time and workers rescue futilely. The man dies, declaring the engine must pay the damages. A girl promises support as an old man approaches.
The Supreme Court of New Jersey in Sam Kichen v Atlantic City Railroad Co. ruled that walking over a crossing with gates down is not contributory negligence. The plaintiff’s foot was caught between planks as a freight train arrived, cutting it off. Evidence on gate status was conflicting, and the court held that lowered gates did not bar recovery, aligning with weight of authority that a defective crossing could cause injury regardless of gate position.
Durban borough adopts a new rail laying method for its municipal system. Inverted old car rails form a concrete bed with elips and wedges securing each rail to sleepers. The process welds sections into a solid unit for stability.
In an African Methodist Episcopal conference in an Obie town, colored pulpit orators filled the weeklong sessions. Afterward a leading local woman traveled to Pea Ridge to buy chickens from an old mammy, who replied that she had none and that all were gone.
An ancient account notes chimneys appear in Venice by 147. Ruins show chimneys with a single hole in the roof. A kitchen was always sooty, and officials used dry wood, which burned without soot.
A mistyped report details a passenger train near Forsythe Most where a body fell into the Yellowstone river after an accident. Separately, lawmen chase Mung over a Deputy Sheriff shooting in Idaho, a Bartender in Mary ming bears a gun suicide, and floods and fires devastate regions including Ely Nevada and Bear Tooth forest near Red Lodge Montana.
Pennsylvania state police on duty return to ships amid quiet, with calm in Erio. The peace treaty was signed in Bucharest Monday. Turkish forces advance in Thrace, occupying Gumuljing 1 Mastan'e per official advice.
Disjointed OCR style note hints at a teacher correcting a pupil with errors on a blackboard and a strained scene of a newly married couple escaping friends. A coach or driver interaction triggers a brief, misread exchange. The piece reads as stray historical newspaper fragments with faded names and events.
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