Lightning Kills and Injures Dozens at Coney Island Beach
A New York storm struck Coney Island and Gravesend Beach killing one man and injuring twenty eight others. A massive bolt shattered a flagpole under the boardwalk and caused panic as crowds fled in the downpour. The lightning also scorched eight seriously injured at Coney Island Hospital while auxiliary fires and downed wires disrupted Bellevue Hospital and other city sites.
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York
Wectex
New York
Coney Pelesel
Jacob Franklin
Robert Wasch
Froapeat Watence
Tremané Street
The
Bronx
Gmorgh Dun Woods
Buffalo
Wenet Ralzaidnil
South Brash
Clara Thiel
Gravesend Beach
Witten Relsaldell
Ray Rainerdels
David McGaulin
South Brooktia
Toba Apple
Booth Brooktra
Coney Island
Parkway Bath
Holt
Halliards
America
Forty-nirth Street
Harway
Rue Gravesend Beach
Henry Baszardell
Wiliam
David McCauley
John Appel
Flushing Avenue
Brooklyn
Sixth Evenue
Manhattan
Bellevue Hospital
Reservoir Flood Damages Coast City. Ward's Mill Dam Breaches
Heavy rainfall across Connecticut caused reservoirs north of Bridgeport to burst, triggering widespread damage. Ward's Mill dam at Easton failed at 2 a.m., sending a torrent through Trumbull. The storm dumped up to seven inches of rain, destroying property and altering the area as waters surged downstream.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Ecross
Connecticut
Ward's Mill
Easton
Trumbul
Flood Devastates Raper Mill Area with Loss of Life
A sudden flood along a usually small stream broke its banks near Raper mill, wrecking a home carried a mile downstream. The Lesco family were rescued after a perilous night escape. Moran likely perished as his house was crushed near Berkshire Bridge. Barnum avenue bridge was swept away, drowning William Kowzeski. John Starkin swam to safety as an ice wagon and horses were lost. Police and firefighters conducted rescues.
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Raper Mill
John Lesco
Lesco
Michasl Moran
Berkshire Bridge
Moran
Bridgeport
Barnum Avenue
William Kowzeski
John Starkin
Kowgeald
Starkin
Thunder Aided Rescuer Daughter Saves Father In Ohio Burglary
In Chevelard Ohio a thunderstorm woke Leola Morton daughter of Melville Morton during a burglary as burglars chloroformed the father and ransacked the house. Leola alerted neighbors who revived Morton after about an hour. A small amount of booty was taken before the storm interrupted the crime.
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Father
Chevelard
Ohio
Leola Morton
Melville Morton
Morton
Conspiracy Suspected in Street Railway Fraud Ring
Buffalo detectives arrested Edward Riley and Mary Robson on warrants alleging a fraud scheme against city street railways. The pair, using aliases, allegedly staged injuries to claim large settlements. Riley posed as a motorman James Clarke during a probation period to trigger accidents and settlements.
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Whellington Post
Buffalo
N. Y
Baltimore
Edward Riley
Mary Robson
Alwaya
Po Nce
Riley
Atreat Railway Company
James Clarke
Brooklyn Traction Line
Jersey City
Pittsburg
Taft and party warmly greeted in Kobe crowd cheers
Secretary Taft and party arrived in Kobe at 5 PM under an enthusiastic welcome from the governor mayor and officials. A large crowd gathered at the water front for a reception amid day fireworks. Presentations were made to Taft and Miss Roosevelt as the steamer Manchuria was due to sail for Nagasaki at 10 PM.
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Taft
Magasaki
Kobe
Roorsvela
Manchuria
Nagasatd
Robert H. Noble
United States Infantry
Wright
Philippines
Kioto
Kobs
Mins Roosevelt
Motorman Electrocuted in Cleveland Train Wreck
A Lake Shore Electric Railway car jumped the track near Citton Park in Cleveland. Motorman George Bearles of Rocky River was electrocuted on the front platform as the car left the rails, conductor James Porter of Cleveland was severely injured.
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Cleveland
Ohio
George Bearles
Rocky ‘River
James Porter
Lake Shore Electric Railway
Ciitton Park
Rabbis in Session Opens United Orthodox Meeting
Springfield Masa July 8 The convention of United Orthodox Rabbis formally opened today A secret business session presided by Chief Rabbi Leventhal of Philadelphia followed by an opening meeting at Israel Synagogue Speakers included Rabbi Joseph Levy Siepel of Coone Russia Chief Rabbi Seventhall of Philadelphia and Rabbi Papkin of New Bedford A letter from Rev Dr Lesser Cincinnati president of the society was read though unable to attend
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Springfield
Masa
United Orthodox Rabbis
Leventhal
Philadelphia
Israel Synagogue
Joseph Levy Siepel
Coone
Russia
Seventhall
Papkin
New Bedford
Lesser
Cincinnati
Fire in Historic Citadel Destroys Unused Old Fort Site
Fire at Governors Island site known as the old citadel damaged packing cases near the Keep. Roof and interior sections were saved. Fort Winthrop era defense landmark long abandoned, with remnants of the citadel described in local history.
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Island
Boston
Governors Island
Fort Winthrop
Butterworth Nearing Recovery After Nervous Prostration
At his Rochester Boston home author Hezekiah Butterworth, aided by physicians, is believed to be recovering from nervous prostration. Reports say his condition is improving with care, while a separate notice invites readers to Chesapeake Beach for salt water baths, fishing, and crabbing.
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Rochester
Boston
Hezekiah Butterworth
Mr. Butterworth
Chesapeake Beach
President to Discuss Agriculture Scandal at Oyster Bay
Secretary Wilson travels to Oyster Bay for a long conference with President Roosevelt over the cotton leak and alleged delinquencies in the Department of Agriculture. The president aims to purge the bureau, tighten investigations, and consider new laws, with Moore and Holmes cases central to the talks.
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Oyster Bay
Holmes
Bureau of Statistics
George T. Moore
Department of Justics
Harman
Axtel-Ruah Publishing Company
Pittsburg
Department of Agriculture
Department
G T. Moore
Wilson
Agricultural Department
Friends of
Department of Justice
John Hyde
Beach
Regal
Andy
Beeve Ware
Moody
Roosevelt
Christ Episcopal Church
WANTS WILSON TO RESIGN
Harvie Jordan of the Southern Cotton Association demands Secretary James L Wilson resign over alleged incompetence and graft in the Department of Agriculture. He cites sustained charges and urges a Presidential replacement to restore public confidence in the department.
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Washington Post
Atlanta
Southern Cotton Association
Division of Statistics
Department of Agriculture
James L Wilson
Harvie Jordan
Bureau of Statistics
Wilson
Department
Roosevelt
Ideer Park
Ian
New
Vinced
Willson
York
Suits for Refunding Papers Will Be Filed Today
Attorney General Mayer moves against directors of the Equitable Life Assurance Society for mismanagement and improper conduct. The action seeks accounting for funds and property, removal of guilty directors, and recovery of money for policy holders. The complaint targets numerous named directors and officers, with emphasis on waste and breach of trust, aiming to credit recovered monies to policy holders.
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Ayecfal
Washington Post
New York
Mayer
Equitable Life Assurance Society
James W Alexander Louis Fitzgerald
Chaun M Depew
Henry C. Deming
Cornelius
Bila
George H Squire
Thomas D Jorden
Charles Stewart Smith
Valentine P Snyder
Alvin Wrach
William Alexander
John McCook
James B Forgon
C Ledyard Biair
Brayton Ives
Melville EK. Ingallz
James H Hyde
Alexander J. Cassatt
Jacob H. Schl
James I Hit
T Jefferson Cooage
Alfred G Vanderpill
John Jacob Amtor
Wiliam C .van Horne
Gage Tarbell
Marvin Hughilt
Charles B Alexander
Thomas de Witt Cuyler
Marcellus Hartley Dodge
Josef de Navarro
Bradish Johnson
Joseph T Low
John A. Stewart
Ita
Equitable Society
Edward H. Harrimen
Utah
Pacific Coast
Japan
Senate
State of
Tne
Acta
Execu
Aged Woman Death By Her Own Action
Aged woman dies by self-inflicted act as authorities investigate circumstances surrounding the death. Local officials note no immediate foul play suspected and a routine coroner's inquest is planned.
Root heads to Labrador on hunting trip from Utica
Secretary of State Root and former Assistant Secretary of War Col William Cary Sanger, with Root's sons Euhu Jr and Edward, left Utica for Montreal and will travel to St Johns and Labrador. They expect to be gone about a month, continuing toward Newfoundland and Labrador on a hunting expedition. Mrs Root joined later, and the party planned to reach Sydney, Cape Breton before resuming their journey.
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Utica
Root
William Cary Sanger
Asmetant
Euhu, Jr
Edward
Montreal
St Johns
N. F
Labrador
Eithu Root
United States
Wreck on Wheeling and Lake Erie Lives Lost in Sanded Tracks
In Cleveland on July 9 fireman Charles Helchemer died instantly and engineer A. Wightman was severely injured when a Wheeling and Lake Erie locomotive toppled after a sand layer covered the rails from a Saturday night storm. Wightman was cast forty feet from the cab window while Helchemer was buried beneath the engine.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Charles Helchemer
A. Wightman
Wheeling and Lake Hile
Wightman
Helchemer
Twenty Injured In Wreck In Charlotte Front Street
In Charlotte July night a head on trolley collision between two cars on the line between Wilmington and Wrightsville fatally injures motorman R. Rogers and injures about twenty passengers with cuts and bruises. The crash occurred shortly before midnight.
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Charlotte
Rawlings trio found guilty in Valdosta murders
Special to The Washington Post Valdosta Ga July 9 jurors condemn J Rawlings for the murder of two Carter children as his three sons Milton Jesse and Leonard and accomplice Alen Moore are convicted in a remarkable trial. The elder Rawlings and the late W L Carter are noted Methodist preachers whose feud ended in violence. The jury mercyspares Leonard Rawlings. the others face the death penalty.
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Washington Post
Valdosta, Ga
J @ Rawlings
W. L. Carter
Rawlings
Milton
Jesse
Leonard
Alen Moore
Leonard Rawlings
Mercy
W. L Carter
Carter
Rawings
Boyd
Injiaw
Riot at a Christening in Wilkesbarre Bloodshed
At a christening near Georgetown three miles from Wilkesbarre a street scuffle ended in gunfire. John Muscovage allegedly ran home for a loaded shotgun and fired into the crowd injuring Miss Nellie Galump and her infant, both in serious condition. Muscavage arrested and jailed. two unidentified men also attacked, one fatally.
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Wilkesbarre
Dunne Guest of Collins In Providence Visit
Chicago mayor Edward F Dunne and wife spent a quiet day with Mayor Collins in Philadelphia visiting mass at St Philippe Church and touring park system before dining at Collins home. They plan to travel to Providence to be guests of Charles Alexander for a few days.
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Chicago
Boston
Providence
R. L
Edward F Dunne
Dunne
St. Phillipe Church
England Vows No Mediation to Japan in War Peace Demands
London rejects Washington hints for Japan to soften terms and seek an armistice, insisting loyalty to Japan as ally shapes Britain’s stance. Reports say Britain may back an armistice only if Russia’s plenipotentiaries adopt more than talks, and refuses to advise Tokyo beyond Japan’s interests. Russia opposes ceding Sakhalin, while new Anglo-Japanese alliance talks gain interest as peace efforts continue.
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Japan
Great Britain
Washington
London
Russia
England
Lord Swansdowne
Tokyo
Sakhalin
Vladivostok
Rossia
Port Arthur
Rakbalin
Far East
Sakhatin
Berlin
M Witta
Europe
Allance Son
Peace plenipotentiaries Komura and Kaneko visit Peekskill
Baron Komura and Baron Kaneko, Harvard graduates and Japanese peace officials, traveled to Peekskill today to meet friends from college days while some aides kept dispatch work active. Dispatches indicated Korea and China would protest any treaty excluding their consuls, with continued activity at the peace commission offices.
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New York
Baron Komura
Baron Kaneko
Harvard
Peekskill
Peace Commission
Korea
China
Cariuad
Libbey & Co
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