Disastrous Wreck Kills Four and Injures Many
Eureka California September 15 four persons killed and sixteen seriously wounded when an Arcata and Mad River railroad train plunged forty feet into the Mad River after the stringers gave way on a bridge. The dead include Annie Holland Kirkham Fannie Gregory and Sandy Cameron. Louis Everdine survived. A relief train and medical aid rushed to Arcata and Eureka.
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Cal
Arcata
Mad River
Annie Holland
Riverside
Kirkham
Blue Lake
Fannie Gregory
Sandy Cameron
Korbet
Viceroy Li Hung Chang Arrives Amid Chinese Pageantry at Vancouver
Li Hung Chang arrives in Vancouver escorted by Chinese residents who erect a bridge arch and a royal procession with scarlet chair and dragon flag. Marines, band, and a naval salute mark the ceremony as the viceroy receives a Chinese deputation before boarding the Empress of China.
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B. C
Li Hung Chang
Bappipes
Farl Li
Terpes
Comus
Canadian Pacific Railway
A. E. Lalonde
Shooting at Blythe Raises White Black Tensions
In Blythe Georgia 22 miles from Augusta merchant A M Clarke shot Steve Roland after an argument over profanity. Roland wielded an ax and Clarke fired three times wounding him. Townsfolk threatened whites. a special train with deputies arrived and dispersed the crowd. Clarke was arrested for transport to Augusta as fear lingered.
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Ed Mullindore
P. L. Herring
Fish Creek Ranch
Mullindore
Cincinnati
Springfield
Sprinfield
Jack W. Thompson
Washington County
Blythe
Augusta
A. M. Clarke
Steve Roland
Clarke
Roland
Train wreck at Mad River Bridge claims multiple lives
A Mad River and Arcata Road train plummeted thirty feet into the dry river bed after a bridge span gave way. Annie Holt and Sandy Cameron were killed, ten others were seriously injured, with four more dead including Misa Kirk of Riverside and an unknown child. Further victims were fatally injured.
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San Francisco
Cal
Eureka
Mad River
Arcata
Annie Holt
Sandy Cameron
Misa Kirk
Riverside
Swedish widow arrested in Newburg on mail fraud charge
Anna Grossner a Swedish woman of 30 with husband and six children was arrested on a warrant accusing her of using the United States mail unlawfully. She advertised in a matrimonial paper that her husband died leaving a fortune and sought funds for a fare to meet a wealthy man. She allegedly obtained $40 from Wu A Silcott of Mount Vernon Ohio.
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Newburg
N. Y
Anna Grossner
United States Mail
Wu. A. Silcott
Mount Vernon, O
Fatal duel ends life of two farmers near Livingston
In Sumter county near Livingston, a fatal duel between prominent farmers H C Dooley and Samuel Sibley erupted on Friday after a long feud. The clash on adjoining plantations led to a deadly outcome with authorities investigating the incident.
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Birmingham
Ala
Livingston
Sumter County
H.C. Dooley
Samuel. Sibley
Plantathona
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