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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1906
Page
3
A traction car explosion in Washington sent four women and two men injured as flames engulfed the car. Passengers fled in terror while the motorman stayed at his post. A physician cared for the injured and they were taken to their homes.
Panic followed a controller box explosion on a Washington traction car at Connecticut Avenue and L Street. Passengers leaped from the car. several injured including Mrs Charles B Cropley and Miss Margaret Elmore with broken or sprained ankles. Damaged equipment and shock reported. motorman and conductor named among observers.
Palorab Aun announces a June 1 1906 wedding at Feideshurch between Dyhel Puzagath Lacnt and Arthur Farmington Traslon. Evening Journal notes the ceremony and immediate plans for their married life.
Fragments list multiple death notices and funeral details for individuals including Brodibie, Gaither, Gardner, Stewart, Latimer, Reynolds, Shoemaker, and Paynolds. Entries mention dates in June 1906 to 1908, ages from infants to elderly, and residence addresses. services scheduled at churches or private interments with family invitations.
Passengers escaped a fire when an explosion tore through a streetcar. Motorman, Conductor Shankle, and Dr Bayne aided injured passengers, including Mrs Cropley and Miss Elmore. Miss Bayne assisted victims at the Bayne residence as investigations proceed.
Heavy rain over three days causes widespread damage around Augusta Georgia with rail lines and mills disrupted. Three freight trains derailed by washouts but no injuries reported. Water powered cotton mills ordered to halt operations for a week from June 16.
A June 16 panic near the Tombs prison followed a fire in the Newspaper Union Building at 134 Leonard Street. Dense smoke streamed into cells alarming inmates who cried for release while wardens reassured them that the danger was confined to the burning structure. The blaze also sparked disturbances in two adjoining tenements as sixty people reacted to the smoke and flames.
A dramatic blaze drove residents from their houses as a shower of sharks rained on roofs. The fire stayed confined to the origin building with an estimated loss of 2500. Families were awakened and ordered to evacuate.
London reports Dr. Thomas, medical officer for Stepney, states his department destroyed over a ton of rotten tinned foods daily at Stepney wharves during the last five years. He notes the items were Colonial meat fish and fruit, not American goods, with New Zealand raspberries treated with sulfur and soaked in aniline baths to restore color. He questions what happens to horses tongues and urges greater powers for public health departments.
Former Vice President Adlai Stevenson and Terry Watterson spoke as Louisville hosted a homecoming centered on the Lincoln log cabin. Stevenson praised Lincoln's character and career as a model for Americans, while Watterson delivered the earlier ovation. Thousands then traveled to Frankfort for the capitol cornerstone ceremony.
New River La June 16 Joseph St Amant former state legislator and Democratic leader in Ascension Parish was shot and killed here Mick St Amant his nephew surrendered to police claiming he killed his uncle in self defense all parties unnamed in sources and details incomplete
Grover Cleveland Foole, tried for the murder of James O'Hara in Port Washington last August, was found guilty of murder in the second degree. Poole took the verdict coolly, amid witnesses including Mrs O'Hara and daughter Gertrude. He remarked, I guess that will hold me for a while, as he was led to the cell. Sentencing set for Tuesday next.
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