Rail widening and bridges mark North Carolina progress
North Carolina reports show Lenoir to Wilkesboro rail line upgrades, street widening in Wilkesboro with $5,000 planned for macadamizing, new freight cars for the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad, while other items note local drownings, burglaries, rail deaths, weather impacts, farm outlooks, and emerging rural industries across various towns.
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Lenoir
Linville
Chesley Gap
Wilkesboro
Simeon Curry
Union County
Richardson Creek
Cleveland County
J. W. McLard
Crouses
J. B. Gordon
Western North Carolina Railroad
Salisbury
Bright
Imperial Mining Engineer Corps of Russia
Charlotte
New Berne
Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad
Atlantic Seaside
Wayne County
Greensboro Female College
Forest City Ledger
Goldsboro Argus
Herbert G
George H
Lizzie Grantham
Rocky Mount
Spurgeon weak and illness noted among other global items
The latest news notes Reverend Charles Spurgeon’s continued weakness and inability to take food. It also reports Italy’s import decline, Georgia Senate disqualifying physicians addicted to alcohol, a drowning near Pamlico Sound, Ayr fire destroying Streele stables with nine horses lost, and Valparaiso captured by Chilean troops. Additional items cover cattle fever in Buffalo, harvest disruption in Scotland, a Lake Erie and Western strike ending, and multiple local incidents from Alabama to Texas.
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Spurgeon
Italy
Senate of Georgia
Norwolk
W. T. Howells
Washington, N. C
Pamlico Sound
Guascow
Scotland
Ayr
Cardinal Pacca
Lonpox
Paris
Berlin
Valparaiso
Buffalo
Indian Territory
Epigeuron
British Isles
LarFayvette
Ind
Lake Erie
Mingham
Ala
Prat Mines
Emmett MS
S. Smith
Ocanee
Macon
Baltimore
Baltimore Aberican
Maryland
Virginia
New Castle
J.C. S. Blackburn
Lospon
Chas. TH. Spurgeon
Metropolitan Tabernacle
Kansas City
Kansas
Corder
Ele
Andrew Murrell
Pertle Spring
Farmers’ Alliance
Sub-Treasury
Subunions
Atlanta
Mary Toombs Hardeman
Robert Toombs
Judge Hardeman
Washington
Cameron
New York
Bethlehem
Richard Nash
Philadelph
Oroville Station
WigsLow
Arizona
San Antonio
Seven Miners Die In Malago Colliery Explosion
An early morning blast at the Malago colliery near Bedminster Somershire killed seven miners and injured about a dozen others. The shaft workings and nearby houses were shattered, causing widespread distress among families of the victims.
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Lospex
Malago
Bedminster
Somershire
Isly
New York Park Place Disaster Fallout and Relief
Debris removal completed at the Taylor building site in New York City with broken presses safes and wreckage discarded in the cellar near a weak south wall. Officials report no further bodies likely. The Mayor's relief fund for victims reached 15626 by noon including a 400 donation from Q. par Harber.
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New York
Taylor
Harber
Japanese Typhoon Claims Hundreds of Lives at Sea
Reports received aboard the Empress of Japan recount a devastating typhoon in August that struck along Japanese shores and the German vessel Helene Rickmers. Over 200 lives were lost, with expectations the death toll could reach 250, many sailors among Japanese and Chinese crews. Significant property damage and drowning of crew members occurred as lighter ships were swept away during the storm.
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Vancouver
B C
Japan
Helene Rickmers
Geman
Train wreck in Perry county kills four passengers
An Evansville to Commercial report states a mixed train between Tell City and Troy, Perry County Indiana, left the track after a broken flang. The engine ran on ties then plunged down a steep embankment, causing a fire that burned the wreck. Four passengers died and sixteen were injured. Engineer Jake App and a fireman escaped. conductor George Gordon was badly hurt. Most injured were local riders.
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Kirkland
Hamilet
Mike Meeks
McFarland
Anson County
Salisbur
Mt. Vernon
Wiley Cole
Watauga River
Taylor
Dan Mast
Watauga Democrat
Home Canning Company
Laurinburg
D. Stewart
Rockingham
William Nading
Salem
Winston Republican
Elizabeth City
Dyer Street
J. A. Mattocks
Harrelsville
Hertford County
Charlotte Nees
Salisbury
Roanoke & Southern Road
Monroe
Charlotte
Wachovia Brook
Fork Township
Marshall E. Brogden
Goldsboro
Bob
Hoover
Gilbert Dunlap
Moore County
Dunlap
Turner Battle
T. H. Battle
Jacob Battle
Rocky Mount Argonaut
Jim Cowles
Gap Creek
James Winkler
Grimsley
J. F. Dobson
J. B. Holland
Ichabod Grant
Seven Springs
Statesville
Lanndmark
William Broom
Cyrus Broom
D. A. Covington
Therrill
Lincolnton Courier
Hendersonville
Saluda
Howard
Howards
Jim McCoppin
Jim Morris
J.P. Hunter
Baker and Jetton
9Th Street
Jeff
Stonewall Jackson
Chancellorsville
Atlantic
Moore County Commissioners
Carthage
J. J. Medlin
Goose Creek
Monroe Linquirer
Waserenton
John B. Rowell
Joe Egerton
Washington
Jonathan Marsh
Here
Claude Davis
Fayetteville
High Point Enterprise
Salisbury Watchman
Barringer
King’s Mountain News
Billie Dilling
A.m
Newbern
Charlotte Chronicle
Laura Rhyne
Greensboro
W. M. Donnell
Thomas Conor
Wilson's Mill
McLeansville
Asheville
Cooper's
Shelby Aurora
Ellis’ Chapel
Patterson's Station
Bradder
Bro. L
Oxford Ledger
Granville
Erift Williams
Roxboro
Cincinnati
Evansville
Tell City
Troy
Perry County
Ind
Jake App
George Gordon
Louisville, Evansville & St. Louis
Tell C
Bold Train Robbery Near Langtry Spurs Rewards
Six men halted train No 1 on the Southern Pacific at 3 25 am twenty miles west of Langtry and a mile from Samuels sidetrack. They seized express car and mail contents but unhurt passengers. Rewards total about 1750 dollars per robber from railroad, express and government authorities.
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San Antonio
Texas
Southern Pacific Railway
Langtry
Samuels
Rio Grande
Dryden
Express Company
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J.C. Currie
Boykin
Clark's Mills
T. Page Ricaud
Wilmington
Fogler Bros
Fries
Maxton Union
Yadkin
Winston Sentinel
Burtling
George Terrell
Durham
W. E. Hay
Burlington
Richmond and
Danville
Murdk Ben Bostick
Sanford Rypress
William Thomas
Pioneer Warehouse
Roxboro Courier
Trask
Matthewman
New Hanover County
Morganton
N. C
Wilmington Star
Lattimore Station
E. R. Hamrick
Shelby Arov
C. Beaufort
Mark Macon
Core Sound
Wiley Zachary
Ashevilll
Bald Mountain
Wm. Dellinger
Cherryville
Flo
Lincolnton
C. T. Stokes
Laurinburg Times
Wilmington and Weldon Railroad Company
Clark
Smithfield Herald
Tiwin-City
Daniel Baker
Surry Court
Capt
Barnwell
Thomas Brim
Surry County
Tiein-City Daily
Romeo Jones
B. W. Townsend & Co
Dippo
Ausley
Lumberton
Noah Rouse
Lenoir County
McVhaul's Mill
Dickson
Yrmer
General Scales
Ile
T. L. Dulin
Crab Orchard Township
Charlotte Nevis
Hickory Press
Carolinian
Louisburg
Weldon G. Perry
Herbert Bobbitt
Cypress Chapel
Perry
Bobbitt
Goldfrank, Mk & Co
Alor
Wis
Patton
Detroit
Mich
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Haygood and Avery
Port Huron
Jenks
Lake Erie Island
Detroit River
Grassy Island
Somersetshire
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