Block Island Disaster Claims 110 Perish in Sea Collision
Block Island Sound tragedy reports the three masted schooner Harry Knowlton colliding with the steamer Larchmont off Watch Hill. About 150 passengers and 60 crew aboard the Larchmont perished or were lost. only 19 survivors. Bodies recovered include 48 at Block Island shores. cause under investigation by steamboat inspectors. Survivors describe freezing conditions and panic as vessels blamed each other.
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Larchmont
Harry Knowlton
Rhode Island
Block Island
R. L
Yiersons
Block Island Sound
Toy Line
Providence
New York
United States Steamboat Inspectors
Lfe
Watch Hill
South Amboy
Boston
George McVey
Knowlton
Haley
Sana
Joy Line
Narragansett Bay
Acyund
Fishers Island
McVey
Fishers Point
Burser
Larchmont Disaster Names of Living Dead and Missing
Names of living, dead and missing saved. Lists of crew and passengers from the Larchmont steamer disaster are given, with captains, officers, and many residents named. The wreck occurred after a collision with the schooner Harry Knowlton in Narragansett Bay, leaving most aboard to cope with freezing conditions and lifeboat evacuations.
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Knowlton
Quenochontaug
Larchmont
Massachusetts Lawmaker Warns State Power Overreach
New York Feb 12 Rep W McCall of Massachusetts warns against federal overreach at the Waldorf Astoria dinner before 700. argues states best handle personal government questions and stresses danger of constitutional usurpation. Talks on Modern Republicanism with other prominent speakers.
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Massachusetts
New York
Republican Club
8. W. McCall
Lenis City
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Congressman McCall
James M. Beck
Republican Party
O. O. Howard
James H. Wilson
Job &. Hedges
McCall
Washington
Former Gov Higgins Dies After Albany Inauguration
Former New York Governor Frank Wayland Higgins died at his Olean home at 8 40 PM. kidney disease and heart trouble were listed as causes. He served as governor in 1905 and 1906 and, despite warnings, attended his successor's inauguration in Albany. He was born near Rushford in 1856 and began in mercantile work before entering state politics.
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Hughes
Albany
Enior
Washington ‘Post
Olean
Frank Waylam Hieging
Higgins
Josephine Higgins
T. Harri
F. S. Smith
Angelica
Hibbard
Allan R. Williams
B. G. Janeway
New York
Hipeina
Frank
Wayland Higgins
New York State
Rushford
Allegheny ‘County
Orrin Trall
Locla Ce
Hapgoca Higgins
Riverview Military Academy
Poughkeepsie
New York City
Stanton
Mich
Kate C. Noble
Sparta
Wis
N. Y
Pennsylvania
D. Cady Herrick
Chautauqua Assembly
Home For
Jumps Track on Bridge Feared Death If Not for Iron Girder
Passengers on the Lehigh Valley Black Diamond Express were jolted when an iron girder above the Delaware bridge halted a derailment. The train, including cafe car, day coach, sleeper, and observation car, sped onto the span and two cars derailed near the edge. Panic ensued as passengers feared a plunge into the river seventy feet below. several sustained cuts from broken glass but continued on.
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Blagton
Lehigh Valley
Delaware Bridge
Pennsylvania Railroad
H. Seaton
Bethlehem
Charles Cousins
Dias
M. HE. Colamas
Athens
Negro Porter
Irs Rena
Art Treasure Burglary Stuns London on Park Lane
London in fever as a major art burglary hits Charles Wertheimer on Park Lane. Valued canvases by Gainsborough and others, including two Gainsboroughs, are cut from frames. Estimated total loss around eighty thousand dollars. Robbers reportedly escaped with snuff boxes and miniatures amid a bold eighteenth century theft.
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London
Gainsbor
Duchess of Devonshire
J. Pierpont Morgan
Harry Raymord
Charles “‘Wertheimer
Park Lane
Gainsborough
Rey
Gainsboroughs
Plan to bar Japanese immigration stirs California clash
A proposed amendment to the immigration bill would exclude Asiatic immigrants from U S insular possessions and require Japanese passports, aiming to halt Hawaii to California influx and pressure San Francisco school authorities to rescind segregation. Japan reportedly consents to equal treatment for Asians. Root and officials push for a broader treaty.
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Root
San Francisco
United States
California
Hawaii
Japan
Viscount Aoki
Wright
Tokyo
Jerome Stirs A Foe Alienist Witness
Dr Evans declares thaw was insane yet mind has improved suffered from brain storm or a fulminating condition of mental unsoundness California lawyer angered by district attorney's charge that defense sought to mislead jury regarding surgical operation on Evelyn Thaw
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California
Evelyn Thaw
Thaw Trial Highlights Insanity Opinion by Dr Evans
Dr Britten D Evans of New Jersey Hospital for the Insane Morristown testified all day that Thaw was insane and not responsible for the White shooting. He said Thaw suffered brain storm and stress when first visited in August and has since shown mental improvement. A clash over Evelyn Neabit Thaw’s appendectomy revealed her mother’s lengthy statement to the district attorney. If cross examination proceeds, Mrs Thaw may be recalled. The defense has subpoenaed two Comstock Society agents.
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Mr. Jerome
Britton D. Evans
State Hospital For the Insane
Morris Plains
N. J
Hary Thaw
Miss Nesbit
Mr. Delmas
Jerome
Delmas
Britten D. Evans
New Jersey Hospital For the Insane
Morristown
Thaw
White
Evelyn Neabit
Dr. Evans
Comstock Society
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Harry Feldman
Richard Hall
Davis Fox
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X. Purser
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Martin “Liebert
John Logan
Walter Louis Macfarland
Welington
N.C
Steward James B. Harrison
Brook
Art
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Edward Logan
Jacob Zandrus
Paterson
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Harry Eckles
Brock Island
R. F. Perkins
H. Hulgren
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Riccardi
Joseph Mulligan
Woonsocket
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M. E. Church
Frank L. Wilson
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Pawtucket
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Claude W. Lynd
Fred H. Mooney
John Lewis
John Campbell
North Smithfield
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Fred Ellsbree
Richard Swan
Quinsigamond Corp
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John’ Molin
Ebmma. Breckland
Alma Johnson
Anna ' Oden
Evan Critchelow
J. D. Pitts
James McCloud
Benjamin Steiner
Benjamin Winieker
Stephen FE. Hedges
Koren Horajian
Olneyville
Rimes
Korajian
Robert Biggard
Claude BE Reed
Williard Franklin
North Aitleboro
Protto Dereco
Emanuel Lyon
Frank Wilson
Benjamin Cohen
Macktaz
Ephriam Kaptan
Jennie Shugarman
Bertha Shain
Morris Baimholz
Jacob Michailson
Belmare
Sadie Michailson
B. J. Hazard
Robert Gay
Bridgeport
George Wyman
Taunton
Caster Hess
Herrick
J. B. Harris
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Osborne
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Webster
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Hicor
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