Bravery in Sudden Storm Ends in Rescue and Damage
Eyewitness accounts describe a fierce tornado battering East Carolina with boats and ferries blown from piers. Captain Bearman aided bystanders as crowds sought protection while the stand roof and stands were torn down, causing injuries and material ruin across the riverbank area.
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Ite Howe
Bearman
Nln
John Mepowell
Fathers and Brothers
Ellie Ofelt Wates
Ard
East Carendiler
Fire and Wind Ravage Factory Wing in May Day Blaze
A May 1 fire at a Main and Park factory complex destroyed a four story ware and several buildings. Two workers on the top floor were injured while others fled as heavy timber and wires sent debris into the street. Fire crews battled the blaze until evening, and authorities investigated the cause amid extensive damage to equipment and structures.
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Tornanto
Brouth
St Louis
Main
Park
Fourier
Panle-Arrheinir
Gill
Train disruptions at Union Station after hurricane
Wrath Service Demcralized Te the Merchant's Bridge caused chaos May 2 as trains halted or delayed. Incoming and outgoing routes were disrupted. communication lines failed and rail traffic stalled for hours. The Venealie train and Wabash service faced delays. full operations planned for the night likely delayed until after midnight.
Mayor Incidents Destruction Hit City Details
Mayhem and property damage flood the city as fires, blasts, and wreckage scar key businesses. Glass, water, and debris lash Globe Shoe and Clothing, Merchants' Exchange, and nearby structures. Several buildings suffer window blows and structural harm amid widespread chaos downtown.
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St. Louie
Mey
Globe
Bowen
Metcalfe
Bets & Aeitchman
Burton
Aim
Wawhiraton
Manny
St. Leite
TRAIN BLOWN OFF THE TRACE Six Coaches Containing 340 People Overturned
Train wreck near Granite City Til disrupts service as six coaches overturn. About 340 passengers were aboard when the second division carriages were struck by hurricane debris. One passenger Miss Nelle Hagemann suffered injuries. others escaped with minor scrapes. Authorities say the Granite City line workers and nearby employers are investigating.
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Bt. Lowley
Rs Vain
Morthantw
Granite City
Waeetrock
Vain Anievarries
He Wieden
Granie Clee
Nelle Hagemann
Storm Devastates Clayton Area Wrecks Churches
A fierce storm struck Clayton in Adama County Illinois beginning in the early hours. Buildings including one church were destroyed as the storm plowed through the town. Residents report damage to homes and injuries, with several families displaced. The wreckage scene shows collapsed roofs and debris across streets as emergency crews respond.
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Clayton
Adama
Uinois
St. Louis
Adana Couty
Folluwin
Turbulent Storm Destroys Train Neonables and Blocks
A fierce storm battered the Walish line near East St Louis causing torn roofs and flying debris. Reported bystander accounts describe huge elevator like structures toppled near the road, with paper and construction bits scattered through the air. The train did not stop as wreckage and smoke filled the area and a fire was feared along East St Louis.
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Detmtur
Kies
Fall Road
Petise Construction
East St Louie
East St Loula
Special Trains Speed Toward St Louis From Chicago
A garbled OCR notice describes special trains moving from Chicago toward St Louis, with uncertain details about the route, safety, and pickup points. It references residents and various rail elements, but the exact action and dates are unclear.
Fatal accident leaves multiple injured at city hospital
Fragmentary report indicates a hospital treated fifty or more patients after a serious incident at East St Leute. Several were admitted in critical condition. three fatalities were recorded among the injured.
List of the Dead corrected up to latest hour
Corrected and revised list of deceased individuals up to the latest hour. Names include Lormie Demartina killed by a chilling bullet at Twelfth and Spruce, Robert Wilson fatally struck near Liggett Meera Tobacco, Katin Claypool Wallace Bradshaw, Charles Ler Jules Gauet, Wm Winkelier Bush killed by a streetcar, Mam Weiss driver Eberle Kerns Livery, Josephine Maptine Jones engineer Adina Iron Works, Frank Fisher, Bookha Basstein Sornstein, Fred Zimmers chief engineer depot powerhouse, Captain and Anne avenues resident, J Lemke manager St Louis Barber Supply, unknown man at A B Jones Broom Factory, Mrs David & Sage, George Woods clerk Vandalla, Henry Stricker Vandalla, 8 Keene Vandals relief, and others listed.
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Eberle Kerns
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David & Sage
George Woods
Clark
Henry Stricker
Vandalla
Ratii
Keene Vandals Retivey
Neall
Jons Herece Trump
Litchoetd
Unknown deaths and missing at city incidents crowd St. Louis
A chaotic list details numerous identifications of dead and missing persons across St. Louis area. Names include Charles Watt William Steger Porter and Amelia Starrer among many others. locations span St. Pauls, Soulard, Vandalia, and Collinsville. various ages and statuses noted with several unidentified bodies reported at Winsing Park and a dolphins shipyard incident. authorities listed workers and residents connected to depots and factories.
Injuries Reported After Severe Storm in St Louis May Day
The damaged city lists numerous injured residents and workers from Waterloo to Burneville and beyond. Katie Pilainger is noted as having a broken leg. James Lahey and JoRH Toomey are among internal injuries. many others, including Patrick McMahon and Mrs. Heither, suffer various serious harms.
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Los
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Abbie Aurke
Louis
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Harry Smith
Nokomis
Tih
Hadty
Sen
Anpat Pewse Towsa
Bedty
Pieter Esac
Toulte Atiiter
Burnevile
Jestatson County
Ricker
Waterloo
Til
Oma
Patrick McMahon
Tien Dronnas
Buliina
Hart
Wacon
Pein
Holicamp
James Conway
Baily
Pere Cyoansier
Brannon Avenue
Lny
Hanes
Michiel Mutroon
James Delapias
Renly
Thomas Fruit
Lara Bennie
Carolite Roland
Laterngtly
Ste We
Albert Schuly
City Borpleal
de Ottensen
Daniel Heither
Castle
Erica
Custave Leitner Chrhe Sroith
Win Swanett
Midjana Termibaralitwad
Geatius
Ana Wou Isers
Selleur Hous
St le Wire
Willl
Will Wie
Tomsey
O'Brien
Jefferson
Leavenworth Board Criticized for Inefficiency and Bias
Open disgust grows in Leavenworth over police leadership. Citizens allege excessive payrolls, unpublicized expenditures, and $121 monthly pay to two alleged secret service men. Critics accuse the board of partial saloon and gambling enforcement aiding certain business interests while neglecting others. An annual mayoral report notes police fund revenue higher than the prior five years. Local poker rooms and gambling venues allegedly operate with monthly licenses collected.
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Leavenworth
Leaven~ Worth
Secret Service
Itty
Townsend
Chis
Hook
Erry Board
Alien Iie
Hocnlie Kembilig
Wie City
Veteran Robbed After Pension Night at Leavenworth
Report from Leavenworth shows several veterans who received quarterly pensions were robbed. A man known as Texan Tack spent money freely after nightfall, and a pensioner lost 250 dollars and a gold watch with chain. Police identified a dive and a female suspect who returned the watch after pressure.
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Leavenworth
Sveral
Lie
Gud Veletin
More
Sity
Mace
Juil
Kansas Horse Industry Shipped 150 Car Loads Since September
Oswego reports A Piper Son of Labette shipped 2760 horses and smittles to the south, while Irwin Grant and company moved from Humboldt Raw. Between September 1595 and April 1506 about 150 car loads of need and pouled, totaling over 200000 syorth, included car loads of stat mues for Central Aerica. Rise ten fine teams of great carriage horses averaged 40 dollars per pin for the same country.
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Holton
Oswego
A. Piper & Son
Labette Bers
Smittles
Deseeh Levi
Galveston
Irwin
Grant & 9
Humboldt
Apell
Central Aerica
Kinsley Creamery Boosts Milk Output to Six Thousand Pounds Daily
The Kinsley Creamery reports output rising to about 6,000 pounds of milk daily by early June as creamery operations expand. Prices to patrons have risen, and stores now offer butter at roughly 20 percent above the cost of butter made from the same milk elsewhere. A wagon began a 13 mile run this week, delivering about a thousand pounds of milk.
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Kinsley
Pricca
Estate Goes to a Convict in Fort Scott Tale
Fort Scott report shows Mrs. Martha Calloway of the city leaves most of her estate to her son Clark Bedell, a life convict in New York state. The will excludes her husband and prompts a probate contest amid family tensions. Local letters from Alaska add odd notes on two Abilene men and a California prospecting party, while penitentiary directors face alleged fund diversions.
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Martha Calloway
Thay City
Hod
Waring & Will
Clark Wédell
New York State
Grace
Bedell
Graft and penitentary directors under fire amid political turmoil
Amid press warnings and a strong reprimand from Governor Morrill, Oklahoma City faces calls for reform as penitentiary mismanagement and diverted funds are alleged. Cyclone warnings and local notices color a tense period with reorganizations and public safety concerns dominating headlines.
Indianapolis May 28 Morton protests removal of statue
Oliver T Morton of Chicago protested before a state commission against removing the Morton statue from its prominent position in front of the state soldiers monument. He argued the statue holds historic significance and should not be moved to a less conspicuous site despite proposed relocations for subsidiary statues.
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Oliver T. Morton
Chicago
Goverton
Int Stata
Board of Commissioners
Morton
Whisromp
Clack
Farrison
Smoumment Pines
Milwaukee Strike Sparks City Letter War
A Milwaukee strike sparks a public exchange between local papers and merchants. The letter accuses rival journals of bias while blaming street railway tensions for commuter disruptions and crowded cars.
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Te Fallon Topeka Ovwan Journal
Attiwauker
Cain Mleaton Merchants
Milwaukee
Beycor
Our & Opty Suchum
Phat
Topeks Stair Journal
Philadelphia Wool Merchants Rally for McKinley
In Philadelphia on May 25 a large crowd gathered in Chestnut street as Michael J. Brown, wool merchant and secretary of the McKinley faction, urged support for Ruppert McKinley. He noted a storebox audience and argued Pennsylvania's sixty four delegates should back McKinley to protect private interests.
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Philadephia
Phildelphia
Philadelphia
Chestnut Street
Michael J. Brown
McKinley Fetsrue
Bss
Penneri- Vania
Ruppert
Santa Fe Railway Ad and Local Notices
The page advertises railway services by W. Garvey agent and lists product promos for Hose Arbor greenhouse in Carnation Ca. It also promotes One Minute Cough Cure and mentions local business names including Stansfield and Brave Poor Man Co.
Weather forecast and storm notes over Missouri and nearby regions
Fragmented weather summary reports fair and changing conditions across Missouri and adjacent states. Observes cooler temperatures, wind shifts from the northwest, and scattered showers expected tonight and tomorrow with rain in the southern part of the state.
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St Louis
Ieee
Sante Fe
Fregguthin Canceri
Divighat
Wienee
Murderers to Hang in Jefferson City
Fragmentary report notes murderers sentenced to hang in Kansas City amid local influence efforts to commute the sentences. Mentions Gen Hughes letter urging exiling the district committee to review Republican nomination content. Weather forecast includes Chicago area stay on 29 with variable winds. Local hardware sale and event notices appear for Topeka and nearby towns.
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Wara
Pollard Wand Harri
Kenses
Hughes
Gen. Hughes
Capt. Titus
Thity-seventh
Tomethir
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