Wreck at Terra Cotta Station Claims Dozens Dead
A Baltimore and Ohio derailment near Terra Cotta on Sunday night leaves 46 dead and many injured. Identification at hospitals and the morgue continues as investigators sift fault. Coroner's inquest opens tomorrow, with the railroad, the Takoma Park block signal, and fog cited in theories. Public outrage grows as authorities pledge a sweeping inquiry and potential blame shifts.
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Terra Cotta Station
Baltimore and Ohio
Theodore 1. King
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Grand Jury
District Supreme Court
Baker
Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
United Stat
Harry H. Hildebrandt
Frederick
Terra Cotta
Melton W. Phillips
Takoma Park
Takoma Block
Hildebrandt
Philips
Phillips
J. T. Kennedy
Tenth Precinct
Wreck Inquiry Key Officials Say Signal Rules Tested
Officials declare orders were disobeyed but probe suggests the block system could have prevented the Frederick local crash at Terra Cotta. Superintendent Galloway and Hobba caution the crew may be blamed, while Takoma signals and warning telegrams are scrutinized amid coroner’s inquest into the death toll and injuries.
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Galloway
Hobba
Complete list of dead in Terra Cotta and Washington mystery
A long list records numerous deaths and identities including Fannie Austin and Dr Edward Belt, with ages from five to eighty. Locations span Terra Cotta Washington DC Kensington Md Brookland and Takoma Park, detailing residences and relatives. one unidentified laborer’s body found at Morgue.
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Austin
Fannie
Washington
Baines
M. E
Fifth Street
Baldwin
Lewis W
G Street
Mary E
Commodore Perry Brown
Butts
Sallie V
W. 5
Frank Butts
District Health Department
Chapin Street
Chase
Selina Elizabeth
Frank R. Chase
Brookland
D. C
Compher
Nettle Lee
Third Street
Cook
May
Baby
Cromwell
Carrie W
U Street Northwest
Joseph 8
Cross
Rosalie
Thirty Third Street
George Washington Hospital
Daly
Oliver L
Newark
Ohio
Olver L. Daly
Thelma
Oliver L. Daly
Garrett
Linwood H
O Street Northwest
Harris
E. Gaither
New York Avenue
Higbie
George
Harry Higbie
KING
Theodore L
Wesley Chapel
Kensington
Mad
Kelly
Thomas A
Capitol
Kolb
Lulu V
K Street Northwest
Kunlo
Anna
John A. Kunlo
F Street Northwest
Francis
Leigh
Frank
Junction Station
Providence
Lugge
Barret F
Lyons Junction
Lippold
Miss May
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Lowe
A. Lbd
Columbia
Phonograph Company
Holmead Avenue
McAghey
Lorne
J. Y. McCaghey
Lafayette Avenue
Baltimore
Merkling
Minnie B
DI Street
Misiz
Thodias Elmer
Germantown
Mullican
Licxy Belle
Deanwood
Anna W
Jefferson Place
Reed
Elizabeth
A Street
Rogers
Norman
Marlon
Ind
Sturgeon
Mabel
T Street Northwest
Raymond
Maurice
Mable Sturgeon
Wright
John
Stockholm Street
South
Magdaline
John Wright
Train Bandits Hold Up Seaboard Express Near Lacrosse
Bandits boarded the New York to Florida Seaboard Express near Lacrosse Mecklenburg County. A masked white man led the assault, shots wounded conductor C A Eberhardt as passengers were robbed of money and a 4600 diamond ring. Police had shadowed two suspects for four days but they escaped into the woods.
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Lacrosse
Washington Post
Petersburg
Seaboard Air Line
Jacksonville
Fla
Mecklenburg County
Richmond
Ann
C. A. Eberhardt
Seaboard
Acca Station
Boston Author Enlists as Navy Yeoman for Book
Special to The Washington bus Boston December 31 James G Connolly noted Boston author and Olympia athlete sails to Washington to enlist as a yeoman in the United States Navy for two years aboard the Alabama. He will observe sailors and officers to gather material for a forthcoming book on the American navy.
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Washington
Boston
Mass
Dcc
James G. Connolly
United States Navy
Connolly
Alabama
Jim
Unexcalled Service Through Penn Line and Information Bureau
Compliments of the Legion greet patrons at Penn Ave. and Atkins Coast Line R Ro Sand Information Bureau. May our host thank friends for a happy prosperous New Year and promise a return in a year with a cheerful handshake and a prenatal remembrance. Patterson’s, 502 9th St NW. Miler Bros., Props.
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Penn, & Atkins Coast Line
Penn. Ave
The
Legion
Patcher's
Miler Bros
Props
McGill & Wallace
Fears to Dye with Secret Ends Long Island Guard’s Hidden Message
Capt George W. Lloyd long keeper of Tom Paine’s monument at New Rochelle feared dying alone and wrote a secret message to be read after death. He kept vigil at the tomb for over fifty years without pay and on July 4, 195 became the city’s responsibility. Lloyd once served as a Confederate spy during the Civil War.
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New York
George W. Lloyd
Long Island Sound
Tom" Paine
Fast View
Lloyd
Weatchester
Libya
Paine
Glark
Grief Kills Sam Martin as Theater District Fails
Sam Martin, longtime restaurant owner at Broadway and Fortieth, died suddenly at 54 after bankruptcy and a ruinous era of bouncing checks totaling at least 25,000. His wife described his grief over past failures as a primary factor in his death, with physicians citing heart disease triggered by despair. The story notes his business decline followed the shift uptown and the loss of valued customers, leaving his family financially strained and seeking work.
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Washington Post
New York
Sam Martin
Broadway
Fortieth Strecht
E. H. Quinn
Sart Martin's
Rector’s
Shanney
Brown's
President Roosevelt Homeward Trip Brings Dignity and Charm
President Roosevelt and family returned to Washington aboard a special Southern Railway train after a holiday visit to Pine Knot Virginia. Theodore Roosevelt Jr Kermit and Quentin with Miss Ethel Roosevelt and Miss Landon of New York accompanied by M C Latta and Dr F P M Rixey. The journey faced fog and traffic delays yet the President appeared radiant and relaxed. Archie Roosevelt enjoyed rabbit hunting a final gun mishap caused a brief delay as a footman retrieved the shotgun. Only Capt McCoy and two Secret Service officers greeted the party at the station with no public demonstrations. The President later retired for the night at the White House.
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County
North Garden Station
Southern Railway
Washington
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Kermit, Quentin
Ethel Roosevelt
Miss Landon
New York
Archie
M. C. Latta
FP. M. Rixey
Navy
Mrs. Roosevelt
White House
Jake Boreh
Colorado
McCoy
Secret Service
No Turkey for President Opens Year End Trip
The Washington Post reports President Roosevelt wrapped up a year end visit at the Roosevelt hunting lodge in Southern Albemarle and departed North Garden at 5:20 PM aboard a private Pullman train Twilight. The journey to Washington took two and a half hours amid bad roads and mud. The President traveled with Mrs. Roosevelt Admiral Rixey Archie Roosevelt and Richard Gontesued on a fragmentary note.
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Washington Post
Charlottesville
Roosevelt Hunting Lodge
Albemarle
North Garden
Washington
Robert Sherman
Alexandria
Joseph Jones
Pine Knot
Panama
Roosevelt
Admiral Rixey
Archie Roosevelt
Richard Gontesued
Rockefeler as incarnation of energy tops science talks
A Washington and St Louis scientist said John D Rockefeller embodies the coming American, taller stronger and longer lived, while predicting acceleration of human longevity and the persistence of blondes against extinction. He warned against overdevelopment and urged balanced growth in a wide ranging science gathering at Columbia University.
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Washington Post
New York
John D. Rockefeler
W . McGee
Washington
St. Louis
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Columbia University
McGee
Mr. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Darite
B. C
Charles H. Hawes
Crete
Cretians
B.C
Island
Monte Ceria
B.C. Hovey
Aaron Burr
Jonathan Edwards
Burr
Troquois
Staten Island
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