Terrible Switch-Back Disaster at Raleigh Fair Ground
A holiday outing at the Raleigh fair grounds ended in a tragic switch-back crash. About 24 people, mainly young women from St. Marys School, were injured in a two-car collision at the lowest point of the track. Names include Miss Mabel Green and Miss Florence Boylan among the injured. several others, including Dr. Smedes’ daughters, suffered serious harm. Conditions were guarded but improving by nightfall.
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St. Marys School
Smedes
Mabel Green
Col
Wharton J. Green
Fayetteville
Florence Boylan
James Boylan
Adelle Martinaire
Georgia
Drs. Burke
Hubert Heywood
Knox
Bobbitt
Renn
Royster
McGee
Gaston Stafford
Raleigh
Fair Grounds
A. F. Bowen
Dr. Smedes
Annie Root
Annie Gregg
Texas
Bessie Patterson
New Berne
Adelle Martiniere
Sadie Johnson
Asheville
Miss Clinch
St. Mary’s
Addie Snow
Helen Smedes
Mary Smedes
Sallie Kenan
Wilmington
Mary Calder
Carrie Davis
Nell Hardin
Lila Tucker
Henderson
Katharine Boylan
Margaret Smedes
Sadie Root
Frances Hodgson
Norfolk
Turner
Rufus Boylan
Jesse Degree
Charleston
Miss Green
Mr. Smedes
Battle at Freeman's Bar Room Ends With Deputy Wounded
Deputy Marshal John R Upchurch was shot just below the heart at Freeman's bar on East Hargett Street while attempting to arrest John Allen Johnston, a known counterfeiter. Johnston fled after firing, bystanders were hit in clothing, doctors were summoned, bullet location not yet found. Piedmont Springs fire devastates resort district in Danbury, nearby scenes report, and other city elections across Iowa and Michigan highlight partisan results. Syrup of Figs advertised as a preferred medicinal laxative by California Fig Syrup Co.
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Johnston
United States
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Standers
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R Resort
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N. C
Danbury
Stokes County
Piedmont Springs
Tin City
Glenn
Washington
North Carolina
McArthur
Jeff Aldrich
Aldrich
Opening of the Big Fair President Cleveland May Attend
President Cleveland may attend the Chicago World's Fair opening, traveling by special train from Washington with Cabinet members, after touring New York naval parade. Paris arbitration session on Beehring Sea begins with American attendance. Senate and Montana Washington Wyoming admission debate continues. Greenville NC notes report new businesses, legal partnerships, baptisms, and local court activity.
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Paris
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Webster
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