Mobile Cloudburst Flood Submerges City and Damages Goods
A cloudburst hit Mobile between 4 and 6 pm with torrential rain, flooding streets to depths up to several feet. No fatalities reported yet, but businesses suspended and basements inundated. Rain totals reached about 12 inches, the greatest on record for the period, with localized flooding on Wit hgon Street and surrounding areas. Reports from Mobile and nearby towns describe widespread damage and concern over possible drownings.
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Monize
Mobile
Erain
Gulf Coast
Hivergreen
Severe Storm at Nome Lands Loss of Tie Lives on Steamer Cleveland
Severe storm at Nome brings news of loss aboard the steamer Cleveland arriving in Seattle on June 20. Fifteen passengers and a sizeable amount of gold were carried from Yano Rae. Francisco and another passenger were reportedly injured. two men drown, including Scott Stewart.
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Cleveland
Seattle
Wash
Yano Rae
Jarried
Seanganty
Aig
Francisco
Heren
Feyenne Onttar
Yyreolt
Sana Ea
Scott Stewart
Shanghai
Paris
M. Delcasse
Yang Ts¢ Inne
Chued
Destructive hailstorm hits Idaho farming district
Heavy hailstorm in Enver Idaho caused crop damage including fields losing stand and orchards stripped. Livestock suffered with horses knocked down and poultry and pigs killed. Reports describe darkened skies and damaged crops across the region. A separate dispatch notes a storm-bound vessel The Norwegian irk Seriiga under Captain Nerdram Seta, taking on water after a June hurricane.
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Enver
Ida
Ruston
New York
Irk Seriiga
Tinder Jaden
Manchester
Nerdram Seta Iuig
President Cannot Come to Peachtree Reunion
A party of Georgians invited the president to Atlanta for July 20, the Peachtree Creek battle anniversary, to reunite ex Union and ex Confederate participants. The president will be in Canton that day and cannot attend the Atlanta event.
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Gome
Wil
Peachtree Creek
Wastaron
Atlanta
Socere
Canton
McKinley
Serene Oxevelt
Cruelty Charged At Coffee County Camp
Coffees County commissioners ordered to appear before Governor Candler and the state prison commission on July 6 to show cause why the convict camp operations should be abolished. The charges allege serious mistreatment of inmates and disregard for their health and life at the Coffee County camp.
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Amanra
Coffes County
Candler
State Prison Commission
Coffee County
APPALLING LOSS OF LIFE NEAR McDONOUGH
A south wreck near Camp Cell 14g miles north of McDonough killed six crew and 36 passengers with only nine saved. The culvert gave way under flood pressure 650 feet from the station, sending the Atlanta train plunging into the torrent. Many injured, some dead, and heroic rescues described along the scene.
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Periah
Weeek Neier
J 2. Sullivan
Aoe A. Barclay
H. Cressman
Pullman
Wi Iene Bal
J.T. Ase Ina Man
W. H. Graus
McDonough
Atlantic
Camp Orcell
Pte
Tha Néwa
Mo Ough
W. W. Parks
Atlanta
Pees
Ool de Ig Sig
Lox
Griffth
Blovill
Hunnicutt
National regatta entries close for Paris event races
Entries for the national regatta near New York close July 5.Competitive races for the Paris event to be held on the speedway at Harlem include events on July 20 and 21. Names listed include Jang and Bre B. ot! eyer.
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New York
Jang
Paris
Harlem
Relief of Tien Tsin Reported by Dispatches
London and Cho Foo reports describe Rear Admiral Kempf's relief column entering Tien Tsin on June 28 after a brutal siege. Dispatches from Canton and Shanghai note casualties among Americans, Russians, and others, with vessels patrolling the Pei Ho river and missions remaining wary of further attacks.
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London
Cho Foo
Kempft
g-Kong
Shanghai
Lonanoh
Nny 2
Agate
Singapore
Congress of Chambers
United Kingdom
Seymont
Peking
Bayar
Shan
Tien Tsin
Thong-Kong
Binge Mainie
Otis
Pei Horivoxy
Bral
Canton
Li Hong Chang
Paking
Lint Chen
Berlin
Reta
Vhe Rai ‘Yimoui
Assaulted Editor Fowler In Demorust Georgia
W A Fowler editor of The Toccoa Record was slashed in the throat with a razor by his brother in law Bert W Safford after a family visit. Fowler was wounded severely with poor chances of recovery as doctors battled to save his life.
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Bert
Fowler
Seabee
Gav Ee
Dangerous Ocmulgee River Threatens Macon Bridge
The Ocmulgee River runs well above danger level as a fierce torrent collapses parts of a city bridge in Macon. The scene describes a raging current and potential damage, while officials monitor the situation and consider safety measures. President McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt may visit Atlanta for a reunion event, integral to ongoing discussions.
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Ocmulgee
Macon
MOBE CHASES A MURDERER IN NEW ORLEANS CRIME REPORT
A fugitive, William H. Robinson, recently discharged from a state insane asylum, murdered William Steasel in New Orleans. A pursuing crowd threatened lynching and killed Whittiler, a young man, and a policeman. Robinson fled to a sheriff’s office before being cornered. Separate reports note a Gillmore sighting in Kansas and a shooting in Waycross. A steel plant in Columbus resumes operations after a week shutdown amid strike tensions in the west.
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New Oreans
William H. Robinson
Naylam
Willian Steasel
Robinson
Whittiler
Runninng
Winocheate
Columnus
Punt
Wirships Named Washington June Fecretary of the navy names ships
The article lists ships named by the secretary of the navy for the ant tibs and mentions Milwaukee and Charlex Eiroworks. It notes a proposed proclamation by Mayor Zeal heim if arms end before July 4 and discusses a Ta a 8 Of ion in Bb.
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Washington
Asa
Navy
Milwaukee
Charlex Eiroworks
Louis
Zealheim
Ion
Seventy Million Silver Dollars Moved Between Mints
Seventy ons lon silver dollars traded from the old mint to the new. Facurity for Nyeae ver certificates. The Ffron va Ww mint have a capacity and native dot dollars. Injured In a Collision near Burra on June 2hk. In a rear end collision on the Termin railway, Frank W. Ormebie and Wik Ama Greene were badly injured.
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Maty Ab Bix Ng Garden
Ffron Va Ww
Burra O
Frank W. Ormebie
Wik Ama ‘A
Greene
Froman
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Seymour
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Ban
Ted States
John Fowler
Che Foo
Tien ‘Pain
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Ktal Kempi
Talu
Tien ‘Tain Sur Uided
Man Tsin
Ader
Our Foo
Mises
Paota
Safford
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New Orleans
Gnasire
Kan
Jaf Gillmore
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Millan
Kirkland
Po Morris
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Pyrila
Yall
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