Inquest Probes Takoma Park Train Wreck Fallout
District coroner holds an extensive inquiry into a fatal wreck on the Baltimore and Ohio Metropolitan branch. Witnesses include Coroner Nevitt Assistant Coroner Glazebrook and officials from the railroad case involves signals block rules and operator duty. Fifty witnesses summoned cover wreck victims crew passengers and station personnel as days of testimony unfold.
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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
Philadelphia
Sigma
Silver Springs
Takoma
Tran
Mr. Hobbe
Aliver Spring
Preston C. Day
Weather Bureau
W. Gateway
Hildebrand
Washington Junction
No. 66
Silver Spring
Galloway
Phillips
Philips
Takoma Park
Tuscarora
L. J. Battle
Ci Nevitt
Nevitt
Hood's Sarsaparilla Cures Rheumatism Widespread
Rheumatism clings until the blood acid condition is corrected. Hood's Sarsaparilla has cured thousands by addressing the underlying cause and relieving the ailment for many sufferers.
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Hood
Injured Recover Slowly After Terra Cotta Wreck
Washington hospital reports show most injured from Sunday Terra Cotta wreck resting well with several able to return home. Mrs Elizabeth Kumlo of Providence Hospital remains in serious condition as her husband John A Kunlo battles shock and leg injuries. Two of the couple’s children Clinton Monre Marjorie Compher Yeanette Reid are listed in serious condition but expected to recover. Kensington Mayor Cornelius Belchardt at Garfield Hospital shows slow but steady signs of recovery.
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Washington
Gore
Elizabeth Kumlo
Providence + Hospital
Joseph
Providente
Freeimen’s
John A. Kunlo
Casualty Hospital
Kensington
Garfield Moepital
Ha Wes
Red Signal Mishap Delays Mail Train In Forest Ride
New York Times report shows Harvey and Bolting recounting a night train incident where a red danger signal caused an emergency stop. Passengers evacuated, then resumed. three engineers suspended, three others indefinitely pending inquiry. Authorities emphasize passenger safety and adherence to railroad rules.
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New York Times
Harvey
Times
Bolting
Woo
Mr. Bolting
Mr. Harvey
Mr. Botting
George
Day One of Funerals as City Mourns
A somber first day of funerals follows a deadly wreck that plunged the city into grief. Families recall Christmas cheer as graves multiply in Rock Creek and Congressional cemeteries, with Anna and Francis Kunio among the children laid to rest in a common vault. The city mourns, workers and clerics attend multiple services, and survivors face a long aftermath of loss.
Funeral notices recount local bereavements and burials
The text lists several funeral services and burials across Takoma Park, Arlington, Rock Creek Cemetery, and Chillum. It names survivors and mourners, details church services at First in tonal Ghitreh, St Mark’s, and St Paul’s English Lutheran, and notes victims from a wreck including Elizabeth Reid and her daughter Jeanette. The piece reflects a community mass of memorials with floral tributes and local pallbearers.
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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
Fire Chief Commends Crew For Wreck Relief Work At Terra Cotta
Chief Bell of the fire department formally commends Captain Ry W. Brown and all hands of the fireboat company for courageous services at the morgue after the Terra Cotta wreck. He praises their noble efforts in humanity and instructs a letter of thanks be kept for future reference. Also reports a meeting of the First division chapel at Government Printing Office adopting resolutions on Commodore Perry Brown’s death in the Serra Cotta wreck.
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First Division
Government Printing Office
Commodore Perry Brown
Serra Cotta
Weather Outlook and Storm Warnings Across Regions
The forecast shows a northwest to northeast moving western storm diminishing energy, clearing the Slope and extreme West while cloudiness persists from the Mississippi Valley to the Great Lakes. Temperatures stay low with severe cold in Havre and Minnesota. Rain or snow expected Thursday in New England, Lake region, and parts of the Ohio Valley, with diminishing activity in the Northwest Central West and Southwest Friday. Special forecasts warn for eastern North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota. storm warnings for Washington and Oregon coasts. Local readings log temperatures from midnight to evening with a high around 49 and lows near 32.
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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
Exclusive bundles of fat-work offer at 25 cents rate
Hotelkaever announces exceptionally low exclusive bundles of fat-work with a total charge of 25 cents or more. The notice shows both regular charges and the special rate to illustrate the economy of the offer for boarding-house keepers cafes restaurants and private housekeepers.
Emergency relief fund contributions listed by commissioners
The temporary relief fund for wreck victims received several contributions yesterday. Donors included Cuno H Rudolph 5 C O Supply Co 19 Gen B 8 Hawking 15. Commissioner Macfarland will distribute only after official presentation of 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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Murray Addigee
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R. B. Lee Fleming
Vetter Fleming
Bernard Fowle
Cazenove Lee
Robert L. Preston
Congressional Cemetery
Maj. Pierson B. Reading
California
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Maj. Reading
Virginia
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Holmend Avenue
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Columbia Phonograph Company
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Omics and Works
Lansburgh & Bro
7Th St
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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
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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 Gaslightlo
Tenth ST. N. Aw
Christian Xander
Walford’ S
Kroeger
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