Inquest Tells of Wreck Probes and Rail Rules
A district coroner's inquest unfolds at the river fireboat station into a fatal wreck on the Metropolitan branch. Witnesses include Coroner Nevitt, Assistant Coroner Glazebrook, lawyers, and railroad officials. Fifty witnesses were summoned as inspectors probe signal rules, block systems, and alleged violations amid foggy conditions and late shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ler
Seata
Bigni
Peenas
Nevitt
Seventh Street
Nevitk
Glazebrook
Comminsionera Macfarland
West
Stense
Thomas
Harvey Given
Charles H. Turner
James M. Proctor
Baker
Henry BH. Davis
Hildebrand
Charles &. Bendhelp
Phillips
Philips
Takoma
Galloway
Takoma Park
Tuscarora
Washington Junction
Barnesville
L. J. Battle
Ci Nevitt
Hood's Sarsaparilla Cures Rheumatism Claim
An advertisement asserts rheumatism lingers until the blood acid condition is corrected. It promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as the cure that has helped thousands, implying long lasting relief from pains tied to blood impurities.
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Hood
Injured Recover Slowly From Terra Cotta Wreck
Reports from Washington detail improved conditions for most injured in the Terra Cotta wreck of Sunday night. Only Elizabeth Kumlo remains in serious condition. her husband John A Kunlo also injured and facing possible amputation. Other relatives and two children are listed in serious condition, but physicians expect recovery. Mayor Cornelius Belchardt of Kensington shows slow signs of improving at Garfield Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Gore
Elizabeth Kumlo
Providence + Hospital
Joseph
Providente
Freeimen’s
John A. Kunlo
Casualty Hospital
Kensington
Garfield Moepital
Ha Wes
Red Signal Confounds New York Mail Train
In a New York Times report, Harvey and Bolting recall a night delay when a red signal trap caused an emergency stop. Passengers evacuated as the mail train resumed, while three riders faced suspensions and engineers awaited investigation. A wreck scene and freight cars burned briefly, with colleagues noting the need for safety first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Harvey
Times
Bolting
Woo
Mr. Bolting
Mr. Harvey
Mr. Botting
George
Day One of Funerals Toll Through City Streets
A somber day of mourning unfolds as a city reels from a deadly wreck. Victims include young Anna and Francis Kunio, Mabel Sturgeon and baby Raymond, Mary A. Lippold, and others. funerals fill churches and cemeteries from Brookland to Rock Creek. families, clergy, and societies attend in sorrow, with services at St Marys, Calvary Baptist, St Thomas, Congressional, and more.
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Anna Kunio
Francis Kunio
John Kunio
Goler's Undertaking Establishment
A. B. Wunnenburg
St. Mary's Church
St. Mary's Cemetery
Kunlo
Mabel C. Sturgeon
Raymond
Sturgeon
George P. Hoskinson
Wisconsin Avenue
Lisinger
Georgetown
Rem
Buriat
Glenwood Cemetery
Brookland
Wieth Lippold
Otis Street
Mary A. Lippold
George Highoe
Rock Creek Cemetery
Safn
Dr. Buck
Rock Creek Church
National Hive
Ladies of the Maccabees
Ruth Chapter
O. E
Miss Lippold
Theodore Ingalla King
Calvary Baptist Church
Samuel H. Greene
W. M. Ferguson
Wesley Chapel
King
J. 3. Muir
Temple Baptist Church
Barnard
Calvary Church
Miss Reading
Anne Washington Reading
St. ‘Thomas’ Church
John A. Aspinwall
Murray Addigee
Walter Clarkson
L. Kemp Duvall
R. B. Lee Fleming
Vetter Fleming
Bernard Fowle
Cazenove Lee
Robert L. Preston
Congressional Cemetery
Maj. Pierson B. Reading
California
Fannie Washington Reading
Maj. Reading
Washington
Virginia
Mariner
Ee Reading
Alice M. Reading
Richard Wy
Thabert I. Reading
Obituaries From Arlington to Takoma and Beyond
Funeral notices honor Jeanie Lowe and Phillip Lowe with private Arlington burial for Marilla Purman. Mrs. Minnie Merkling, Mrs. Nettie Compher, and Thomas Metz are remembered in services across Germantown and Rock Creek area. Commodore Perry Brown, Mary Virginia Brown, and Mary I. Barnes families gather at churches and homes for burials with ministers from St Mark's, Rock Creek, and Fourth Presbyterian. Jeanette Reid mourns her mother Elizabeth Reid after a deadly wreck with services at St Mark's and burial planned in Pittsburg beside Colin Reid.
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Jeanie Lowe
Phillip Maurice Lowe
Perry W. Lowe
Marilla
Purmen
David Gray Purman
Arlington
W. Platt
Merkling
Minnie Barston Merkling
John C. Merkling
John T. Huddie
St .Paul’s English Lutheran Church
Fourth Presbyterian Church
Edwin HL. Duit
Mark, Woodward
Walter Coats
Howard W. Barker
Henry Carr
J. W. Allen
Barlal
Rock Creek Cemetery
Nettie Lea Compher
Dickersong
W. C. Smith
Clarkshire
Compher
Thomas Elmer Metz
Germantown
Maryland
Nessaville Presbyterian Cemetery
Metz
New York
New York Transfer Company
McKendree Methoust
Commodore Perry Brown
Mary Virginia Brown
Government Printing Office
Brown
EB. L. Uubbard
Excelsior Lodge
Clara N. Cromwell
Frederick
St. Mark's
Elizabeth Reid
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
Wiliam de Vries
Mrs. Reid
Pittsburg
Colin Reid
Praised for wreck work by Chief Bell to Terra Cotta crew
Chief Bell of the fire department formally commended Captain W. Brown and all men of the fireboat company for their services at the morgue after the Terra Cotta wreck. He thanked them and expressed the department’s gratitude as a tribute to humanity. A separate note mentions the First Division Chapel printers adopting a resolution deploring Commodore Perry Brown’s death in the Serra Cotta wreck.
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Blair Lee
Maryland
Purty Idea
Supt
Hobbs
Sakoma
Lee
District of Columbia
Galtimore
Ohio
John J. Wilson
Baltimore
Aistant
Railrnan
Michael Colbert
Invine
Columbi
Revia
Furs
Joseph HH. J Brady
JW. Beall
D. Sanford
D. J. M Meller
Oscar Ricketts
C. W. Weaver
Theodore J. King
Edgar Snowden
West
King
IL Hobbs
Baltimore and
Olile
W. W. Eccleston
Metropolitan
Takoma Park
Hammeir
Silver Spring
Takoma
Slixer Spring
Dr. Nevitt
Morbas
Takoma Parl
First Division
Government Printing Office
Commodore Perry Brown
Serra Cotta
Weather Conditions Report From Washington Telegraphic Desk
A weather bulletin notes a north-northeast Western storm weakening as it clears the Slope and West, while central valleys and Upper Lakes stay cloudy with higher Northwest temperatures. Rain or snow expected Thursday in New England, Lake region, and Ohio Valley. fair conditions forecast for the Northwest, Central West, and Southwest by Thursday and Friday. Special forecasts warn of cold in North Dakota and South Dakota borders, with storm warnings along Washington and Oregon coasts. Local readings show temperatures ranging from the mid 30s to near 50, with no significant precipitation recorded.
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U. S
Duteau
Washington
Sttunegoate
Mississippi
Missouri
Great Central
Upper Lake Region
Havre
Monh
New England
Lake Region
Mississippi Valley
Ohio Valley
Mad
South Atlantic
East Galf
North Pactle
Miccleslop
Ohio Vallery
Amer Lake Region
Lake
Lake Michigan
Colt
North Dakota
South Dakota
Iowa
Boardinghouse Keepers and Cafes Offer Exclusive Fat-Work Bundle
Exyreinvegeta presents exceptionally low rates on exclusive bundles of fat-work for boarding-house keepers, cafes, restaurants, and private housekeepers. The offer shows both regular and special rates, highlighting the economy of purchasing the whole bundle for 25 cents or more.
Relief fund receives multiple contributions for wreck victims
The temporary emergency relief fund created by the Commissioners received several contributions yesterday including Cuno H. Rudolph, 5, C. & O. Supply Co. 19, Gen. B. 8 Hawking 15. Commissioner Macfarland will distribute only upon presentation of authorities and cases. Those truly in need will receive prompt attention.
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Cuno H. Rudolph
C. & O. Supply Co
Gen. B
Hawking
Macfarland
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Philadelphia
Sigma
Silver Springs
Tran
Mr. Hobbe
Aliver Spring
Preston C. Day
Weather Bureau
W. Gateway
No. 66
Eutropolitan
Tahome Park
Dent
Cawtlon
Lodal
Focal
Barneaville
Turner
Dirs
Providence
Maj. Eckhardt
Lucy B. Mullican
John Mullican
Derwood
William
Sarda & Co
Gaithersburg
Methodist
Thomas Campbell
MM Mullican
King’s Palace
Young Women's Christian Home
C Strest
James A. Mullican
Charles Ricketts
Mary Alice Bohrer
Hindle & Bayliss
Firth and
H Streets
Bohrer
David Bard
Holy Rood
A. Lee
Holmend Avenue
Jozeph F. McGee
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Holy Rood Cemetery
Mr. Low
Columbia Phonograph Company
Hig
Mra. Ree
Sormpeaa Ee Tile Alte
Tharp
Berkeley Rye
F St. N.W
Fireboat Company
Batn- Ma
Arheviilh
B.C. Ausnis
Ausatic
City
Blamarck
Buffalo
Chica
Cheyenne
Wya
Davenport
Tawa
Denver
Colo
Des Moines
Galveston, Tor
Hotens
Mant
Indianapole
Ind
Dackeonville
Fla
Konus City
Li'tle Took
Ark
Marquette
Ste
Memphis
New Orleans
Bergery
Nebra
Omaha
Nebr
Plitebure
Paw
Alt Gakke
St Lala
Pan
Iz Inglield
Yale Laundry
Omics and Works
Lansburgh & Bro
7Th St
To &H
Magruder’s Waterground
Virginia Buckwheat
Conn. Ave
K St
Washington Post Company
Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, D C
John F. Wilkins
John F. McLran
American Security and Trust Gonpany
Charles J Bell
Janes F. Hood
Orns
DR. White
Tennessee
Shoomaker CO
Batts
B. B. Earnshaw & Bro
Aith
D. J, Kidd & 60
Reddarotis
WM. E. Colburn
B. Colburn
Colburn Brothers
Colorado
FHONE
Peter Grogan
Seventh St. Bet. H and I Streets
Droop’s Music House
Pennsylvania Ave
Annex
Fifteenth
Pennsylvania
American Security and Trust Company
Charles J. Bell
Randle Highlands
U.S
Apitol Es Dupont Cirele
US 7 Company
Ettes
la. Ave
Po. Ave
Fireman's Treurance
West End
Pa. Ave
N. W
John Wedderburn Co
Washington Gaslight GO
Tenth ST. N. Aw
Christian Xander
Walford’ S
Kroeger
9Th St. N. W
Flos Ia
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