North Carolina News Roundup of Fires and Advances
A chaotic tally of regional notices reports farm fires in multiple counties causing hundreds in losses, railroad service expansions, and local industry growth. Summaries include colorfully described incidents, political notes, and community events across towns like Greensboro Durham Oxford and Salisbury with returns on crops, schools, and infrastructure.
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John P. St. John
Ville
Greensboro
Boord
Boro
Mustead
Keeley Institute
McManaway
Char
St Caeat Neck Military School
Oxfordan
Norfolk & Western Railway
Winston Salem
Sun
Durham
J. M. Pipkin
Iis
Gus
Moncure
Norto
New Berne
R. H. Lewis
Lewis
Tinston College
Third Creek Presbyterian Church
Rowan County
Bent Ludwick
Salisbury
Pat
Lenoir and
Blue Ridge Railroad
Ashboro
Randolph County
Aspicnic
John Newcomb
Sentinel
John C. Davis
Wilmington
Raleigh
Trinity College
Bishop Duncan
South Carolina
Washington Gazette
Rob Roberson
Oxford Orphan Asylum
St. John’s
North Carolina
Virginia
Macon County
Bub” Radley
Muder
Terrell Curtis
Smith’s Bridge Township
Bostick’s Mills
Nyre
M. E
Newton Enterprise
Nitze
State Geological Survey
Makan Pases Ayo
New Berne Journal
C.S. Bell
Paris Cholera Deaths Reported At Denon Hospital
The Liberte reports two deaths from cholera at Denon Hospital in Paris on Tuesday evening. Various items follow including trials, lynchings, shipwrecks, earthquakes, and political notes from multiple cities and nations.
Cyclone and Tornado Strikes Yankany Valley and Extwoop
Fortworth Texas May 17 a terrific cyclone swept Yankany valley this morning killing five people and causing widespread damage Extwoop Neb May 17 a tornado virtually destroyed the town with many houses burned or wrecked and lives lost not fully tallied by early reports
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Fortworth
Texas
Yankany Valley
Extwoop
Neb
Buried Alive at Anaconda Mines in Burrs Calamity
Anaconda mines accident in Burrs Montana leaves twelve workers trapped after a cavern collapse from the 50 level down to the 800 level. Three were rescued alive but badly injured, nine are believed dead under debris and timbers. Recovery work proceeds with few details available.
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Burrs
Mont
Anaconda
Jack the Stabber Wounds Cambridge Women in Boston Area
A Frenchlooking assailant nicknamed Jack the Stabber punctured two to three Cambridge women with a stiletto in recent nights in Cambridgeport. The attacker followed victims near poorly lit streets, threatening them as he attempted to force a fall into the marsh by Charles River. Mrs Annie L Young is confined after a blow to the leg, while residents stay vigilant and seek the culprit.
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Julius Miller
Leroy Gray
Salisbury
John Rankin
Mill Hill
Concord Standard
Thomas Gooch
Granville County
Dabney
Lippard Bros
Cannons Manufacturing Co
Concord
Charlotte News
Morganton
Franklin Times
W. Terrell
Asheville
Eayls
Monroe Enquirer
Lenoir
Adam Grier
Jim Cabaniss
Jim
Shelby Aurora
Elkton Courier
D. H. Whie
Mitchell River
Mount Airy
N. D. Howe
Howe
Massachusetts
Winston Sentinel
Robert Linville
Forsyth County
Kernersville Township
F. H. Robertson
Stokes County
A. R. Bennett
Orinoco Warehouse
Charlotte Observer
Charles Jones
Chas. Kennedy
Squire Maxwell
James McLeod
Matthews
Jones
Chesterfield County
S. C
J.J. Renn
J. A. Cunninggim
D. D
Durham
Durham Sun
Gibbs Oyster
Robinson
Atlantic Seaside
Rockingham
South Carolina
Carter
Toccoa
Washington
Supreme Court
B. & O. Railway
Bristol
Tenn
Norton
Ira Mulling
Talton Hall
Round Gap
Lexington
N. C
George Beck
Conrad Hill Township
Young Beck
W. A. Beck
Davidson County
Boston
Jack
Cambridge
Cambridgeport
Walsh
Charles River
Annie L. Young
Western Floods Reach St Louis Area and Surrounding Farms
St Louis reports indicate houses undermined opposite Jefferson Barracks with crews rescuing women and children on Mullanphy island. Dozens of flooded roads halt rail traffic. two hundred more houses wrecked near Venice as residents defend a dike with guns to keep water on the Brooklyn side.
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The
Liberte
Denon
Paris
E. P. Deacon
M. Abeille
Nice
Auburn
New York
Brussels
Europe
Nashville
Tenn
Manchester
Morritton
Ark
Dowdle
Hamp Wilson
London
Alexander Warken
Cashan
Arthur Sullivan
Cornwall
Eng
Melbourne
Aus
Deeming
Cook
Moineau
Jamotte
Colony
South Australia
New ‘South Wales
Trade and Federation
Auporn
N. Y
Joseph L. Tice
T. Jefferson Coolidge
France
United States
Whitelaw Reid
St. Louis
Missouri
Cincinnati
Hattiedorn
Frank J. Crance
Miss Hagedorn
la Libre Parole
Tonquin
Brooklyn
Warners’ Institute
Carl Nedszu
John Kutsky
New Orleans
J. B. Gordon
United Confederate Veterans
Jefferson Davis
Atlanta
Clarksville
Habersham County
Jefferson Barracks
Mullanphy Island
Eads Bridge
Illinois
Burlington, Alton
Ruassenger
Venice
Jospin
Venitii
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Kernersville
Charlie Holder
Ann Taylor
Arch. Locklier
Joe Kirby
Mas
Pegues
Junius Ruppe
Nottownshi
Stanly
Montgomery County
William Inis
Tarboro
J. C. Brumley
Lumberton Robesonian
Alexander Gunn
Wealder
Gonzales County
Robeson County
Oxford Ledger
Betsy Peace
Oxford
Mt. Energy
S. W. Reed
Steel Creek
Reed
Windsor Ledger
Webb
Concord Times
Rutson Maury
William L. Maury
U.S. Navy
Maury
G. G. Richmond
Burlington
G. W. Straughan
Clover Orchard
Smithfield Herald
W. B. Cole
Harper's Section
Germanton Times
Lauratown Township
G. B. Taylor
Goldsboro
Charlotte
Constantine Davision
Mecklenburg County
Catawba River
Moore's Ferry
Tarboro Southerner
Mr. Warren
Fred Bryan
Bethel
David Sellars
No. 5
Kings Mountain News
I. A. Helms
Monroe Township
Thomasville Road
Mack Allred
All
Washington Progress
Roxboro Courier
James Ransom
Ransom
Southport
James M. Pearce
Brunswick Street
Cape Fear
Chinnis
Orton Plantation
American Tobacco Company
Carolina
Georgia Tobacco
Silas Lucas
Wilson
Wilkesboro
Wm. M. Forrester
Wilkes County
Chang Bunker
Sallie
Adelaine Yates
Frazier
United States Revenue Office
Ellis
Rutherford
Hampton
Stonecypher and
Arrowood
Rocky Mount Argonaut
Q. C. Davis
Missionary Baptist Church
J. W. Phillips
Fayetteville
McKethan
Fair Grounds
Mallett
Henderson
Charles J. Alston
Pearl Cotton Mills
Jack the Stabber
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