November 26 News - 1875 - "Onion-Town"

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George H. Hartwell
Druggist and Apothecary
Cor. Main and Central Sts., Southbridge, Mass.

Built in 1867, George H. Hartwell operated an apothecary from this premises, at 98 Main Street and 1 Central Street.
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Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

1956 - $200,000 FIRE SWEEPS VEGAS' BOULDER CLUB

LAS VEGAS, Nev., Nov. 26 - (AP) - One of Nevada's oldest casinos, the Boulder Club, was gutted by fire last night at a loss estimated by Fire Chief Elmer Gates, at $200,000.

As firemen played hoses on the flames, croupiers hurriedly removed stacks of chips and silver dollars. Money and chips were loaded into a police car and taken for safe keeping to the adjoining Horseshoe club.

One of an estimated 2,000 persons jamming the downtown area to watch the blaze said; "That police car was so... Read MORE...

The Bridgeport Post -  Bridgeport, Connecticut -  November 26, 1956
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes

German Puffs - One pint of milk, four eggs; five spoonful of flour; bake in cups fifteen or twenty minutes. Beat butter and sugar till they are light, and you will have a nice sauce for the puffs.

Augusta, Georgia, USA

1921 - BIG FIRE LOSS IN AUGUSTA, GA. BUSINESS HOUSES GUTTED BY BLAZE; HOTEL DESTROYED. CAUSE OF BLAZE STARTING IN HARRISON BUILDING IS NOT DETERMINED. HOTEL GUESTS FLEE IN NIGHT CLOTHES.

PLATE GLASS WINDOWS MELTED BY HEAT - NO LIVES REPORTED AS LOST.

Augusta, Ga., Nov. 26. - At 5:45 today firemen succeeded in bringing under control the most disastrous fire in the history of Augusta.
The harrison building and the Johnson building, two big steel and masonry modern buildings, had been gutted by the flames, which started at 2 o'clock in the Harrison building. The Augusta Chronicle building was believed a total loss, the Albion Hotel was badly damaged, the Genesta Hotel was... Read MORE...

Robsonian -  Lumberton, North Carolina  -  November 26, 1921
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Hyde Manufacturing Co., Southbridge, Mass.

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Juneau, Alaska, USA

1936 - BODIES OF 10 ARE FOUND AT JUNEAU. SIX PERSONS STILL ARE ON MISSING LIST AFTER LANDSLIDE.

Juneau, Alaska, Nov. 25. - (AP) - Mud and ruins of Sunday's great landslide surrendered two more bodies to rescue crews tonight, raising the known deaths to ten and leaving six remaining on the missing list.
One other body was recovered earlier in the day.

MRS. GEORGE LEE was found dead among the debris of the demolished Nickinovich Apartments and OSCAR LAITO, Sitka, Alaska, in the wrecked
rooming house operated by MRS. FRED MATSON who is still missing. PETE BATTELO'S body was the first... Read MORE...

The Modesto Bee and News-Herald -  Modesto, California -  November 26, 1936
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1889  ANOTHER FATAL EXPLOSION.
Pittsburg, Nov. 26. - By an explosion at the Allegheny Bessemer Steel Works at Duquesne this morning WILLIAM MARSHALL, night superintendent of the wire mill, and a man named COOPER were killed and a number of others injured.

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1950  November 25-26 - Wind gusts to 110 mph recorded at Concord NH

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1870  A young man named George Heffran, of Pottsville, Pa., surrendered himself at Randolph, Mass., on the 15th, as the murderer of Benjamin Nathan. He proved to be insane.


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1870  Bad Advertisment
The Biddeford (Me.) woman who advertised for and married a man last July, to have some one to control her property, has succeeded beyond all reasonable expectations, as the fellow has run off with ten thousand dollars of it, and she finds has two wives beside herself.

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1912  Cotton Mill King Dead
Providence, Rhode Island, Nov. 26. - Robert Knight, owner of more cotton mills than any other individual in the world, died today, aged eighty-six. Knight controlled twenty-two spinning, weaving and finishing establishments, employing seven thousand operatives.

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1875  "Onion-Town"
Wethersfield, Conn., sometimes called Onion-town, derived its nickname from the fact that a church bell hung in 1775 was paid for by contributions of onions from the parishioners.
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 During the Civil War, John H. Wisdom became known as the Paul Revere of the South, afte rhe galloped the 67 miles between Gadsen, Alabama and Rome, Georgia to warn of a Union attack.

 

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Massee School for Boys, Stamford, Conn.

MASSEE COUNTRY SCHOOL
For Boys - 6 to 19
52 minutes from New York on Long Island Sound

A beautiful campus of 16 acres on Shippan Point, Stamford Conn. Junior Department for boys under 14. Older boys prepared for all colleges and technical schools. Small classes with much individual attention. Splendid opportunity for health and physical development in all athletics and outdoor sports. Large gymnasium and dormitory.

For catalog, address W.W. MASSEE, Shippan Point, Stamford, Conn.

Good Housekeeping, Volume 74
Hearst Corporation, 1922

E. D. Reynolds & Co.
Dealers in Men's, Youths' and Boys' Ready-Made Clothing,
Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes and Gent's Furnishing Goods.
Also, Trunks, Bags, Valises and Lap Robes.
Children's Clothing a Specialty.

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November 1 News - 1883 - Eels Stop Paper

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Rexall Acid-Dyspesia Tablets
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1894 - November 1 - DEATH OF MERCIER. The Ex-Premier of the Province of Quebec Passes Away.

MONTREAL, Oct. 31. - Honore Mercier, ex-premier of Quebec, died yesterday morning at 9 o'clock. The end had been expected any time during the preceding twenty-four hours and hope of recovery had been given up weeks ago. In fact from the moment that he first felt seriously ill on the 14th of August last it had been felt that he lay on his death bed. Mr. Mercier had been suffering from a complication of diseases for years past, diabetis predominating. After his defeat at the general election of... Read MORE...

The Daily Times -  New Philadelphia, Ohio -  November 1, 1894
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Hempstead, New York, USA

1909 - TRAIN HITS AUTO; TWO MEN KILLED

They Are Hurled Into the Telegraph Wires Overhead and a Third Seriously Injured.
GAVE NO HEED TO SIGNALS
One Man, Fearful That Some Accident Was Impending, Got Out and Went Home.
Special to The New York Times.

ROCKVILLE CENTRE, L. I., Oct. 31. - Robert Welsh of 5 Hart Street, Brooklyn, a real estate broker, and Dr. William G. Terwilliger of 618 Hancock Street, Brooklyn, were killed here this afternoon when a south-bound train crashed into their automobile runabout at the crossing at Wreck ... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  November 1, 1909
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Freetown, Massachusetts, USA (Assonet) (East Freetown)

1879 - An instance of heredity in crime is furnished by Elias Phillips, of Freetown, Mass., who recently appeared as a witness in a burglary trial, having turned State's evidence.

He is a great grandson of Malbone Briggs, a notorious criminal, who was in State-prison with seven of his sons at one time. Brigg's ancestry is traced back in a direct line to a noted pirate in the time of Earl Bellamont, and his branch of the family has for over a century furnished noted criminals in every generation. Phillips has only the use of his left arm, his right one being withered, but he recently made two keys by which an Assonet store was burglarized, and he can sail a boat, shoot a... Read MORE...

St Joseph Herald -  Saint Joseph, Michigan -  November 1, 1879
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes

Old-Fashioned Brown Betty - Sprinkle a layer of sugar between the layers of apples and bread, and dust a little cinnamon over the top. Place the dish in a hot oven, covering for fifteen minutes, and bake for thrity minutes. Serve with a hard...Read MORE...



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1918 - November 1 - 102 die in a NYC BMT subway derailment at Malbone Street Brooklyn

The 1918 NYC BMT subway derailment at Malbone Street in Brooklyn was a tragic incident that occurred on November 1, 1918. A Brooklyn Rapid Transit (BRT) train, also known as the Brighton Beach Line, derailed in the Malbone Street Tunnel in Brooklyn. The train was operating at high speed and derailed on a sharp curve, causing several cars to overturn and collide with tunnel walls. The accident resulted in one of the deadliest subway disasters in New York City's history, with at least 93 people... Read MORE...

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Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA

1913 - MORAVIAN COLLEGE BURNED. ALL STUDENTS BELIEVED TO BE SAFE - SEVERAL FIREMEN INJURED.

Special to The New York Times.
Bethlehem, Penn., Oct. 31. - The main building of the Moravian College and Theological Seminary known as Comenius Hall, was destroyed by fire this evening.

Many of the students were away at Halloween parties, and it is believed that all those who remained in the building got out safely, but several firemen were injured while fighting the flames.

The fire started in the basement of the beautiful structure, but just how could not be ascertained tonight. It... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  November 1, 1913
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San Jose, California, USA

1911 - GLIDER DROPS HIM TO DEATH. COLLEGE PROFESSOR, TESTING FLYING MACHINE, LOSES CONTROL.

Special to The Washington Post.
San Jose, Cal., Oct. 31. - Prof. JOHN J. MONTGOMERY, of Santa Clara College, inventor of one of the types of aeroplane, and an electrical expert, was killed this afternoon while experimenting with a new glider, of which he expected great things. The professor lost control of the machine and fell about 40 feet. He lived for about three hours, and was conscious to the last.

MONTGOMERY had been at work along the same lines as the Wrights to make flying safe, and ... Read MORE...

The Washington Post -  Washington, D.C. -  November 1, 1911
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Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA (Lackawanna)

1897 - SUFFOCATED IN A COAL MINE. SLOPE CATCHES FIRE AND SMOKE FILLS THE WORKINGS - YOMASKI'S ESCAPE.

Scranton, Pa., Nov. 1. - The most fatal mine disaster in the Lackawanna, or Wyoming, coal fields since, the Twin Shaft horror at Pittston over a year ago was developed in the fire which gutted the River Slope of the Delaware and Hudson company's Von Storch mine in this city Saturday. Six men were suffocated by smoke, and one other, a Polander, was numbered among the dead for awhile.

The dead are:
THOMAS HILL, boss.
JOHN FARRELL, company man.
JOHN FRANCIS MORAN, driver.
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Logansport Pharos-Tribune -  Logansport, Indiana -  November 1, 1897
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1765  November - The British government issues the Stamp Act.
First direct British tax on American colonists. Instituted in November, 1765. Every newspaper, pamphlet, and other public and legal document had to have a Stamp, or British seal, on it. The Stamp, of course, cost money. The colonists didn't think they should have to pay for something they had been doing for free for many years, and they responded in force, with demonstrations and even with a diplomatic body called the Stamp Act Congress, which delivered its answer to the Crown. Seeing the...
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1938  November 1 – Horse Racing: Seabiscuit defeats War Admiral by four lengths in their famous match race at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland.

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1883  Eels Stop Paper
The machinery in a paper mill at Manchester, Connecticut, was stopped by four large eels blocking the wheels. One was taken out whole. Its length was three feet three inches, and its weight four and three fourths pounds. The other eels were so mutilated that they could not be measured, but they were all of enormous size. It took all day to get the eel fragments out of the wheel.

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1852  FEARFUL RAILROAD ACCIDENT - TWO LIVES LOST AND SEVERAL PERSONS INJURED.
Springfield, Saturday, Oct. 30.
We have just learned from a passenger by the express train from New York, that on passing over the Canal bridge at Windsor Locks, one of the rails broke and precipitated the last car, containing about eighteen passengers, into the canal. The three hindmost cars ran off the track when the rail gave way, breaking up their trucks and tearing up the track in great style. The last car ran into the canal, in about twelve feet of water, and was broken all to...
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January 15 News - 1870 - Forbidden to Read Bible

Burrillville, Rhode Island, USA (Harrisville) (Pascoag) (Mapleville) (Oakland)

1894 - WOOLEN MILL GONE. Harrisville, R.I., Suffers a Loss of $445,000 by Devouring Flames.

HARRISVILLE, R.I., Jan. 14. - The large woolen mill owned by William Tinkham and operated by William Tinkham & Son, was destroyed by fire Saturday morning soon after midnight.

The buildings destroyed include the main mill, a 4-story stone structure, 165x40, with a 2-story stone L., 80x40,... Read MORE...

The Lewiston Daily Sun -  Lewiston, Maine -  January 15, 1894
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes

TAPIOCA JELLY

One cupful of tapioca. Pour over it three cupfuls of cold water and let it stand three hours, then put it in a saucepan set within another pan of boiling water.

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"Palatable Dishes", 1891

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Hadley, Massachusetts, USA

1870 - They reach [sic] astounding arithmetic at North Hadley, Mass., juding from a recent illustration in Postmaster Cooley's store.

A twelve year old pupil in a school there tried a pair of skates, worth 67 cents, for a day, and liked them so well he offered to buy them, paying Mr. Cooley the six cents then and then the seven in a few days. When he found that 67 cents were not made up that way, the promising student was quite... Read MORE...

St Joseph Herald -  Saint Joseph, Michigan -  January 15, 1870
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St Louis, Missouri, USA

1904 - TEN DROP TO THEIR DEATH - EMPLOYES OF THE BROWN SHOE COMPANY AT ST. LOUIS CROWD AT ELEVATOR. BREAK DOWN THE GUARDS

And Shove Those Next to the Carriage Into the Shaft and To a Fatal Fall of Six Stories.

St. Louis, Jan. 13 – A crowd of employes pressing against an elevator gate tonight on the sixth floor of the Brown Shoe company building caused ten persons to plunge down the shaft. Six were taken out dead... Read MORE...

Decatur Herald -  Decatur, Illinois -  January 15, 1904
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Russell, Massachusetts, USA

1870 - Forbidden to Read Bible

The Irish Catholics at Russell, Mass., have forbidden their children to read the Bible in the schools, and demanded that the teachers shall not oblige them to do so. So the Catholic children merely stand up while the others read (some of them refusing to do that), and the question is referred to... Read MORE...

St Joseph Herald -  Saint Joseph, Michigan -  January 15, 1870
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1800s Advice and Etiquette for Men

When the husband is driven from his home by a termagant, he will seek enjoyment, which is denied him at his own house, in the haunts of vice, and in the riots of...Read MORE...



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Randolph, Massachusetts, USA

1894 - FACTORY DESTROYED. Large Boot and Shoe Concern in Randolph Goes Up in Smoke.

RANDOLPH, Mass., Jan. 14. - The boot and shoe factory of William Gibbons on Cottage street, with contents, was totally destroyed by fire at 8 o'clock Saturday morning. The factory was supplied with the latest improved machinery. A quantity of leather had been put in the past week and an increase of ... Read MORE...

The Lewiston Daily Sun -  Lewiston, Maine -  January 15, 1894
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Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA

1894 - FLAMES FANNED BY THE WIND. Firemen of Ipswich, Mass., Struggle to Save Their Town.

Three Blocks Totally Destroyed and Several Dwellings Burned.

Fire Fighters Suffered From the Bitter Cold - Sparks Carried a Half Mile.

IPSWICH, Mass., Jan. 14. - This town was visited Saturday morning by one of the worst fires in its history. Three business blocks are in ruins and three... Read MORE...

The Lewiston Daily Sun -  Lewiston, Maine -  January 15, 1894
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Saranac Lake, New York, USA

1964 - 14 HURT IN $200,000 HOTEL FIRE AT SARANAC LAKE. GUESTS LEAP, CLIMB DOWN FIRE LADDERS.

Saranac Lake - Fire and smoke shot like lightning through the Hotel St. Regis here Tuesday, destroying the five story, brick building and injuring at least 14 persons as guests leaped from windows and clambered down fire ladders.

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Jamestown, New York, USA

1929 - CITY HALL ROCKED BY BOMB BLAST.

Jamestown, Jan. 15, (AP) - A bomb planted in a public rest room of the City Hall late yesterday badly damaged the interior of the room and injured two men slightly. There have been seven previous bombings in the city in recent months, this being the eighth.

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Syracuse Herald -  Syracuse, New York -  January 15, 1929
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Topeka, Kansas, USA

1909 - RESCUE MANY IN HOTEL FIRE. State Senator STEWART Drops Guests from Windows - I. E. LAMBERT Perishes.

Topeka, Kan., Jan. 14 - The body of ISAAC E. LAMBERT, an Emporia attorney and politician, was found to-night in the ruins of the Copeland Hotel, with the head missing. When last seen, LAMBERT stood at an upper window, soon after the fire started at 4 A. M., begging the firemen to save him. Finally... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  January 15, 1909
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1980 - Making Eyes

In the days of old, someone who lost an eye wore an eye patch. That was replaced by getting a glass eye: now, American Optical of Southbridge, Mass. uses a light-weight plastic eye that can be modified in shape and size so the fit is exact. Here, an artist paints an eye to match the real one its... Read MORE...

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1904  Hot From The Wires
By Associated Press. Washington, D.C. - The Windham County National Bank, of Danielsonville, Danielson, Conn., which closed its doors on December 22, to-day was authorized by the Comptroller of the Currency to resume business.

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1943  January 15 - The world's largest office building, The Pentagon, is dedicated in Arlington, Virginia.
The Pentagon is the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense, located in Arlington, Virginia, just outside Washington, D.C. It is one of the world's largest office buildings and serves as a symbol of the U.S. military's command and control structure. The Pentagon was completed in...


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1892  January 15 – James Naismith's rules for basketball are published for the first time in the Springfield YMCA International Training School's newspaper, in an article titled "A New Game."

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1887  South Hadley Seminary, one of the earliest of the collegiate institutions for women in this country,
and one which has done incalculable service in promoting Christian education, both hear and abroad, by its work, is preparing to hold a semi-centennial next summer. All the graduates of the seminary and their friends are invited to be present. A great tent is to be put up for the exercises, and...

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1870  A worthy farmer in Egremont, Mass., sitting at his fireside the other evening, was disturbed by a heavy, suspicious movement outside, and came to the conclusion it was a bear.
Peering through the darkness he saw a large black object, and he set his dogs on it, but the supposed bear beat them off. Getting his gun he leveled the animal, and found on handling the carcass that he had slaughtered his old and valuable black hog.

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1863  January 15 - 1st US newspaper printed on wood-pulp paper, Boston Morning Journal

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1882  January 15 - 1st US ski club forms (Berlin NH)

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1894  Sunday Morning Fire
HAVERHILL, Mass., Jan. 14. - The two story double house at North Groveland, occupied by Charles E Brown, was burned with its contents this morning. Loss on house, $2500, furniture, $800; insurance, $2700. The inmates barely escaped with their lives.

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1894  Both Are Now Dead
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 14. - Mrs. John Heard, who was shot by her jealous husband on the night of Jan. 2 at her mother's home in this city, died Friday night. Her husband, who, after shooting his wife, shot himself in the head, died several days ago.

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Lewiston, Maine

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1894  Digging For a Fortune
MILWAUKEE, Jan. 14. - Dr. J. Kasten, son-in-law of Mrs. Schrum, who was burned to death in the Cream City hotel Friday, put in the entire night digging the charred ruins of her room searching for a fortune. He thinks she had $40,000 in money concealed in the room. Nothing was found however.

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Lewiston, Maine

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1929  TRUCK DRIVER KILLED BY TRAIN
Batavia, Jan. 15 (AP). - Roy McIntyre 28 of Holly was almost instantly killed and his brother, Albert was seriously injured here today when their truck was struck by a freight train on the West Shore road of the New York Central lines. Albert was taken to a hospital here suffering from internal...

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1909  BIG FIRE STAMPEDES 200 FROM HOTEL. THEATER IN SPRINGFIELD, MO., BURNED AND HOTEL DAMAGED. OPIE REED FORCED TO FLEE. BLAZE STARTING IN OPERA HOUSE SOON AFTER LECTURE DOES $200,000 DAMAGES - FIRE STARTED BY LEAKING GAS.
Springfield, Mo. - One of the most disastrous conflagrations in the history of Springfield, between 1 and 3 o'clock Wednesday morning, destroyed the Baldwin theater building and the Dr. J. H. Dixon building, on St. Louis Street, badly damaging the New Colonial Hotel building and threatening to...

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1937  THREE DIE WHEN TRAIN HITS AUTO LEAVING RANCH NEAR MODESTO; CAR IS DEMOLISHED. THIRD VICTIM OF AUTOMOBILE COLLISION SUCCUMBS TO INJURIES.
Modesto, Calif. - FRANK G. BORGES, 45, driver of the car; MIKE SEQUERIA, 47 and MRS. EMILY FRANCIS, about 38, were killed yesterday when a Southern Pacific passenger train struck the automobile as it emerged from the Manuel Sequeria ranch, where the three were employed. The vehicle, dragged...

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