Two Explosions Kill 24 Miners at Thurmond West Virginia
Special to The Washington Post Thurmond March 19 Twenty four miners dead after two connected explosions at Rush Run and Red Ash mines of the New River Smokeless Coal Company. Rescue efforts followed by a brave party led by Capt. Laing and Banninster, with air fans restored, but fourteen rescuers perished as gas and flames trapped workers and crowd gathered at the scene.
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Thurmond
W. Va
Rush Jtun
New River Smokeless Coal Company
Rush Run
Andrew Wear
Charles Jones
Hally Jarrett
Percy Wood
Clarence Allen
Red Ash
Joe Kioset
Martin Kigski
Charles Creger
Clarence Jackson
Crockett Hutchinson
Thomas Bannister
Will Coon
Peter Hutchinson
Norman H James Gwharles Gwenn
Moseley
Earnest Philips
George Hopkins
Thomas Allen
Clay Mosely
Randolph Washington
Great New River
Eifher Ming
John Laing
Bannister
Hutchison
Walla
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Toomorrow
Finckney
J. Fred Effenger
Staunton
Ferdinand Howard
Rescue text from coal mine disaster and air rescue plan
Workers spoke of two explosions at Red Ash and Rush Run mines as rescuers struggled to pump air and protect men inside. Superintendent Laing led efforts to rehabilitate fans while District Inspector Pinckney warned against risky re-entry, planning a controlled entry by experienced teams the next day to recover the dead.
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Laing
Districtine
Edward Pinckney
Fred
Red Ash
Rush Run
Murder in Chicago Saloon After Robbery Killings
Three masked hold up men entered Abraham Rieter's saloon at 811 North Robey street in Chicago. One customer Fritz Kruger was shot dead as others complied while the bandits rifled the till of about 90 dollars. The robbers fled through the rear as police arrived. no arrests reported.
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Chicago
Abraham Rieter
North Robey Street
Fritz Kruger
Waubansia Avenue
Gambling Ties Ithaca Colleges to City Probe
Ithaca city authorities move toward presenting evidence to the grand jury in a two week gambling expose. witnesses are summoned to Recorder Sweetland for testimony, with notable Cornell students and local church fairs implicated in lotteries and wheels of fortune.
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Ithaca
Cascadilla
Boy Slain by Companion in Mount Airy Woods
In Mount Airy Philadelphia suburb Warren Carr sixteen was shot dead while playing Indian by James Hawthorne seventeen. Hawthorne fled after the shooting and has not been found. Other boys present are held as witnesses and say they did not know the rifle was loaded.
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Mount Airy
Warren Carr
James Hawthorne
Sid
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Peace terms debated as Russia presses for reasonable settlement
St. Petersburg dispatch reports that powerful ministers urge a peace on a reasonable basis, arguing continued war harms both sides. Ministers warn of renewed hardship, indemnity questions, and Manchurian policy while noting Russia could seek protectorate gains and international control of the Chinese Eastern Railway.
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Largest battle of all time fought at Mukden revealed
Belated dispatches from St. Petersburg describe the Mukden engagement with 700000 troops, vast field works, and enormous ammunition piles. The retreat to The Pass followed a ten day artillery duel. casualties and wounded swelled Russian and Japanese camps while civilians and graves filled the settlement.
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Hitie
Gath
Tapa
Santaise
Trapped Russian Reserve at Mukden Defeat Attributed
Tokyo dispatch reports Russian forces were routed at Mukden after Japanese right wing broke through the Han River defenses and joined a westward flanking move. March advances totaled 30, 7, 20, and 15 miles, with Russians encircled and surrendering in large numbers. Kuropatkin fled north as Japanese pressed toward Tieting.
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Gunshu Pass
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Tokyo
Unhappy as Governor's Wife
Mrs. McDonald, wife of Gov Jessé F McDonald, longs to return home from Denver where she is not yet residing. She describes Friday's events as a dreadful misfortune and says her home is in Treadville New York.
Wreck injures twelve on Pacific Express near Winstella
Hammond Indiana March 19 passenger train No. 7 the Pacific Express plunged down a twenty foot embankment at speed injuring twelve passengers two may die. Causes cited include reservoirs dropping into a switch frog. Engine Warnitz and Fireman Gorman escaped unharmed. Wounded were brought to St. Margaret's Hospital. Traffic disrupted on the Erie line with diversions over the Pennsylvania tracks.
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Ind
Winstela Station
Warnitz
Gorman
Frederick Peavey
Drakemap
Huntington
Wiliam T. Drake
Chicago
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Morton Schundig
C. H. Williams
Marion
Obio
Joseph Najock
Everett
Minn
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Hegewisch
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John Swansom
St. Margaret's Hospital
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Psylvania
Castro's high hand two European protests inflame crisis
Caracas conflict deepens as Venezuela seizes Italian owned coal mines at Guanta and moves to revoke French cable concession. French and Italian protests mount while Bowen warns Washington of Castro’s defiant stance and possible broad international reprisals amid past naval blockades.
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Bowen
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Law
Gable
Venezuela Crisis Pushes US Toward Action
Washington debates possible forcible steps as the Dominican treaty fades from action and Venezuela dominates policy aims. Castro’s strained ties with the diplomatic corps and a pending Bowen recall threaten severance if Caracas resists, with rumors of cutting the French cable triggering broader international tensions.
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California
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Venezuela
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Ohio
Loomis
Lisbon
Colorado Leaves Norfolk for Venezuelan Waters
Norfolk March 19 The cruiser Colorado sailed from Hampton Roads likely bound for Guantanamo maneuvers though reports said to Venezuela. Ten torpedo experts from League Island joined via telegram from Secretary Morton, selected by Rear Admiral Dickens. Minneapolis heads to Hampton Roads after Guantanamo stop. Newark sails from Santo Domingo to Guantanamo to join Admiral Barker’s fleet.
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Burned to Death in Owosso Farmhouse Fire
In Owosso Michigan Hiram Soules a 56 year old farmer died after a house fire last night his wife and children watched from outside as he called for help. The family escaped windows as stairs failed trapping Soules inside the blazing home.
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Mich
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Here
Clifford
Lelia
Addicks Will Stay in Race for U S Senate
Special to The Washington Fest Wilminton Delaware March 19 J Edward Addicks declares he will remain a candidate for United States Senator if the Regular Republicans in the General Assembly refrain from electing him with a regular ticket and if Senator Allee resigns no foreign appointment report influences his stance He notes the assembly would adjourn without a successor to Senator and mentions timing and conditions in the political scene.
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Washington
Wilnington
Del
J. Edward Addicks
General Assembly
United States
Allee
Assembly
SLAIN IN A PALACE AS CONSUL DIES IN MEXICO
Gustavus Stein once German consul at Puebla was shot in the lavish home of Antonio Couttolene. Couttolene and his nephew Francisco Rangel are jailed, each claiming self defense. Rangel says he shot Stein when he feared an attack as the discussion turned violent. A murder investigation follows amid German community concern.
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Washington Post
Puebla
Mexico
Gustavus Stein
Republic
Antonio Couttolene
Couttolene
Francisco Rangel
Rangel
Loved a Younger Man. Mrs. Rood Tried to Poison Husband
Mrs Jennie Rood aged forty is arrested at Marion on charges of attempting to poison her husband John C Rood aged seventy eight. He reported the bitter taste in breakfast coffee and pancakes. A chemical test confirmed strychnine in the food. He had married last November to Jennie Holderman, who allegedly loved Robert A Butcher, a younger man. Police believe she sought to remove him to wed the younger man. Butcher is not believed involved.
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White
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George
J. N. Hurly
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Hurly
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Robert A. Butcher
Butcher
Marion
Pittsburg
They Look to Roosevelt for Guidance on Mine Talks
Wilkesbarre, March 19 Mine workers expect President Roosevelt to speak in August about a new contract expiring 1906. They seek his guidance to avert a strike, recalling his role in 1902 and hoping his remarks influence both miners and operators toward conciliation.
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