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Roulette, PA fire....
Item #591425
January 06, 1902
WELLSVILLE DAILY REPORTER, Wellsville, New York, January 6, 1902
* Roulette, Pennsylvania
* Fire disaster
This 4 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "A VILLAGE BURNED", "The Business Part Of Roulette, Pa., Destroyed", "Hotel, Stores, Telephone Exchange, Offices, Etc..." and more. This is first report coverage on ... See More
Negaunee, Michigan mine disaster...
Item #591392
January 08, 1902
WELLSVILLE DAILY REPORTER, Wellsville, New York, January 8, 1902
* Negaunee, Michigan
* Ore mine disaster
This 8 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "FIFTEEN LOST IN MINE", "Terrible Disaster Reported From Michigan", "Were At Bottom Of Shaft" and more. 1st report coverage on the mine Cave-in disaster at Negaunee, Michi... See More
Spindletop oil field fire in Beaumont TX...
Item #591349
October 08, 1902
WELLSVILLE DAILY REPORTER, Wellsville, New York, October 8, 1902
* Spindletop oil field fire disaster
* Beaumont, Texas
This 8 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "ANOTHER GREAT FIRE", "Disastrous Conflagration In the Texas Oil Field", "Twelve Or More Lives Lost" and more. 1st report coverage of the Spindletop oil field fire disaster at B... See More
1902 Northfork, West Virginia mine disaster....
Item #591340
September 16, 1902
WELLSVILLE DAILY REPORTER, New York, September 16, 1902
* Northfork WV West Virginia
* Algoma coal mine disaster
This 4 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "EXPLOSION IN A MINE", "Disaster and Death at North Fork, W. Va.", "Seventeen Known To be Dead"
1st report coverage on the Northfork, West Virginia Algoma Coal Mine explosion disast... See More
The flood in Wellsville, New York...
Item #591335
July 07, 1902
WELLSVILLE DAILY REPORTER, Wellsville, New York, July 7, 1902
* Wellsville, New York flood
This 4 page newspaper has two column headlines on the front page: "WELLSVILLE FLOODED !", "Cloud Burst Makes Raging Rivers of the Small Streams", "MADISON STREET A WRECK" and more. This includes lengthy text.
Other news and advertisements of the day.... See More
Detroit & Becker County, MN tornado disaster...
Item #591333
June 11, 1902
WELLSVILLE DAILY REPORTER, Wellsville, New York, June 11, 1902
* Detroit and Becker county tornado
* White Earth Indian Reservation
This 8 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "TORNADO IN THE WEST", "Great Damage Done to Farms In Two Counties", "Many Lives Are Reported Lost" and more. 1st report coverage on the tornado ... See More
1902 Marshall Pass train robbery...
Item #591332
July 15, 1902
WELLSVILLE DAILY REPORTER, New York, July 15, 1902
* Marshall Pass, Colorado train robbery
* Narrow Gauge Railroad
* Wild Bunch ?
This 4 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "MASKED MEN ROB TRAIN", "At Chester, Colo., 250 Miles West of Denver", "Blew Open Two Express Safes" and more. See photos for 1st report cover... See More
Tornado disaster in Goliad, Texas...
Item #591315
May 19, 1902
WELLSVILLE DAILY REPORTER, Wellsville, New York, May 19, 1902
* Goliad, Texas
* Tornado disaster
This 4 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "DEATHS FROM TORNADO", "Portion of the Town of Goliad, Texas, Swept Away", "More Than 50 People Killed", and more. See photos for 1st report coverage on the tornado disaster at Goliad, Texas.
Other... See More
The death of William T. Sampson...
Item #591314
May 07, 1902
WELLSVILLE DAILY REPORTER, Wellsville, New York, May 7, 1902
* Admiral William T. Sampson's death
This 8 page newspaper has two column headlines on the front page: "HIS LIFE WORK ENDED", "Rear Admiral Sampson Passes Away In Washington" with subheads and illustration of Sampson. First report coverage on the death of United States Navy Rear Admiral, William ... See More
James Jeffries vs. Bob Fitzsimmons...
Item #591313
July 26, 1902
WELLSVILLE DAILY REPORTER, Wellsville, New York, July 26, 1902
* James Jeffries - Heavyweight boxing title
* Robert "Bob" Fitzsimmons
This 8 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "JAS. J. JEFFRIES", "California Pugilist Still Holds the Championship", "Won Fight In Eight Rounds" and more with illustration of Jef... See More
Baltimore, Maryland tornado disaster....
Item #591311
July 21, 1902
WELLSVILLE DAILY REPORTER, New York, July 21, 1902
* Baltimore, Maryland
* Tornado disaster
This 4 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page:
"TORNADO'S MAD WORK", "Many Deaths and Much Damage at Baltimore", "Nine Drowned In Harbor" and more. See photos for 1st report coverage on the tornado disaster at Baltimore, Maryland.
This paper co... See More
1902 Peoria, Illinois tornado disaster...
Item #591306
June 12, 1902
WELLSVILLE DAILY REPORTER, New York, June 12, 1902
* Peoria, Illinois tornado
* Kingston Mines, Illinois
This 4 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "WINS SWEPT STATE", "Central Illinois Devastated by a Tornado", "Six Dead In One Little Town" and more (see photos). 1st report coverage on the Central Illinois... See More
Johnny Lujack wins 1947 Heisman Trophy...
Item #591293
December 02, 1947
THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Springfield, Massachusetts, December 2, 1947
* Johnny Lujack wins Heisman Trophy
* Notre Dame Fighting Irish - NCAA college football
This 30 page newspaper has two column headlines on page 23: "Lujack Is Top College Grid Player in Nation", "Notre Dame Quarterback Voted Winner of Annual Heisman Trophy; Chappius of Michigan Is Second" with ... See More
Cuban pacification.... William H. Taft...
Item #591263
September 29, 1906
WELLSVILLE DAILY REPORTER, Wellsville, New York, September 29, 1906
* Cuban pacification
* William H. Taft
This 8 page newspaper has a nice banner headline on the front page: "A PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT FOR THE CUBANS" with lengthy subhead. 1st report coverage on William H. Taft becoming the provisional governor of Cuba during it's occupation by U.S. troops.
Other n... See More
Jellico TN KY dynamite disaster...
Item #591261
September 21, 1906
WELLSVILLE DAILY REPORTER, Wellsville, New York, September 21, 1906
* Jellico Tennessee/Kentucky
* Dynamite explosion
This 8 page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page: "Town Wrecked By Dynamite". 1st report coverage on the explosion disaster at Jellico, Kentucky/Tennessee from a railroad car loaded with 11 tons of dynamite.
Other news and advertisements of the ... See More
Dyersburg, Tennessee epidemic...
Item #591253
January 03, 1913
THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, Atlanta, Georgia, January 3, 1913
* Dyersburg, Tennessee
* Meningitis epidemic
This 14 page newspaper has one column headings on the front page: "Town Ravaged By Meningitis", "Sixty-One Cases in Tennessee Village and thirty-Five Deaths". See photos for text here.
Other news and advertisements of the day. Light browning, a little margin wear, ... See More
1930 Southern Cross... Harbor Grace flight...
Item #591213
June 27, 1930
THE WORLD, New York City, June 27, 1930
* Southern Cross airplane flight
* Fokker F.VII trimotor monoplane
* Charles Kingsford Smith
This 28 page newspaper has a nice banner headline on the front page: "SOUTHERN CROSS SOARS OVER CITY, LANDS SAFELY AT MINEOLA FIELD" with subheads and photo of the famed airplane. 1st report coverage on the Southern Cross flight from Harbor Grace to... See More
Nazi concentration camp revealed in 1945...
Item #591139
April 21, 1945
THE TOPEKA DAILY CAPITAL, April 21, 1945
* Bergen-Belsen Nazi concentration camp
* Horrors being revealed
* World War II - Germany
This 10 page newspaper has one column headings on page 2: "Mass burial Of Fearsome Camp Victims" and "Naked Corpses Hauled in Trucks And Dumped in Pit"
See photos for coverage on the horrors that happened in the Be... See More
Ohrdruf concentration camp liberated...
Item #591135
April 09, 1945
THE TOPEKA DAILY CAPITAL, Topeka, Kansas, April 9, 1945
* Ohrdruf concentration camp liberated
* Jewish holocaust being revealed
This 8 page newspaper has one column headings on page 2: "Americans Seize Nazi Camp Where 4,000 Murdered" and "Armored Division Finds 77 Bodies Of Latest Victims". 1st report coverage on the liberation of the Ohrdruf concentration camp. This wa... See More
Early report on Nazis imprisoning Jews...
Item #591131
August 30, 1933
THE NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 30, 1933
* Early Jewish concentration camp report
* Rise of Adolph Hitler and the Third Reich
The front page, near the bottom, has a significant report headed: "Nazis Imprison Jews in Concentration Camp After French Paper Charges Abuses There" noting in part: "...The reason given is that the Jews had 'behaved in a provocative manner agai... See More
Hornellsville, NY sleigh-train disaster...
Item #591080
February 03, 1905
ALLEGANY COUNTY REPORTER, Wellsville, New York, February 3, 1905
* Hornellsville, New York
* Arkport sleighing disaster
This 8 page newspaper has two column headlines on the front page that include: "HORNELLSVILLE WOMEN IN AN AWFUL ACCIDENT" and more with list of the dead and injured (see photos). 1st report coverage on the sleigh & train collision at Arkport, New York which r... See More
1905 Mentor, OH train wreck...
Item #591048
June 23, 1905
ALLEGANY COUNTY REPORTER, Wellsville, New York, June 23, 1905
* 20th Century Limited wreck
* Mentor, Ohio
This 8 page newspaper has three column headlines on the front page that include: "THE 20th CENTURY FLYER WRECKED" and more (see photos). 1st report coverage on the wreck of the 20th Century Limited express passenger train at Mentor, Ohio.
Other news and ad... See More
Annie Edson Taylor... Niagara Falls...
Item #591022
October 25, 1901
WELLSVILLE DAILY REPORTER, New York, October 25, 1901
* Annie Edson Taylor goes over Niagara Falls (Horseshoe)
The front page has one column headlines: "WENT OVER THE FALLS", "Mrs. Taylor Made the Trip In a Barrel and Lived", "Ordeal Lasted Half An Hour" and more. See photo
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* Annie Edson Taylor goes over Niagara Falls (Horseshoe)
* 1st ever person to do so in a barrel and survive
The front page has one column headlines: "WENT OVER THE FALLS", "Mrs. Taylor Made the Trip In a Barrel and Lived", "Ordeal Lasted Half An Hour" and more. See photo
Bobby Jones wins 1928 U.S. Amateur Open...
Item #590958
September 16, 1928
THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS, Albany, New York, September 16, 1928
* Bobby Jones wins U.S. Amateur Open
* PGA golf
This 40+ page newspaper has a three column headline on the front page of the sport's section (inside): "JONES RETAINS TITLE" with subheads that include: "Jones Trounces Perkins, British Amateur King, in Title Roundby 10 and 9" and more. 1st... See More
Jewish Holocaust... public reality... Nazi atrocities...
Item #590898
May 20, 1944
THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 20, 1944
* Jewish Holocaust becoming reality to the public
* Nazi-occupied Europe exterminations
* Help on the way?
This 28 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 5: "SPEED SEEN NEEDED FOR JEWS' RESCUE" and "1,500,000 in Hungary and Rumania Can Be Saved, Says Official in Palestine"
See photos for coverage on an attempt to save the... See More
Graf Zeppelin begins World flight....
Item #590876
August 09, 1929
WILMINGTON MORNING STAR, Wilmington, North Carolina, August 9, 1929
* Graf Zeppelin (airship)
This 8 page newspaper has a banner headline on the front page: "DIRIGIBLE MAKING GOOD TIMES ACROSS ATLANTIC OCEAN" with subheads (see photos).
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Light browning with minor margin wear, otherwise good.
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* Graf Zeppelin (airship)
This 8 page newspaper has a banner headline on the front page: "DIRIGIBLE MAKING GOOD TIMES ACROSS ATLANTIC OCEAN" with subheads (see photos).
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Light browning with minor margin wear, otherwise good.
Glenn Springs raid... Texas....
Item #590875
May 08, 1916
SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Springfield, Massachusetts, May 8, 1916
* Glenn Springs raid
* Boquillas, Texas
* Mexicans
This 14 page newspaper has two column headlines on the front page: "BANDIT RAID INTO TEXAS", "Four Americans Are Killed", "Eight Troopers Fight 75 Mexicans" with subheads. 1st report coverage on the Glenn Springs raid in Southw... See More
Poplarville, MS lynching...
Item #590873
April 28, 1959
SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Springfield, Massachusetts, April 28, 1959
* Poplarville, Mississippi
* Negro lynching - murder
This 32 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "FBI QUIZZES STUDENTS IN LYNCH PROBE" and
"Over 60 Agents Investigating Mississippi Mob Action". This is coverage on the lynching of negro Mack Parker in Poplarville, Mississippi.... See More
Waco Texas street duel....
Item #590867
October 22, 1901
WELLSVILLE DAILY REPORTER, New York, October 22, 1901
* Waco Texas street duel
* Gunfight - revolver
This 4 page newspaper has one column headings on the front page that include: "STREET DUEL IN TEXAS", "Bad Feeling Between Families Ends In Two Deaths", "Father And Son the Victims" and more. See photos for 1st report coverage on Southwestern street duel in Wac... See More
Photo of actress Sarah Bernhardt...
Item #590865
October 19, 1901
WELLSVILLE DAILY REPORTER, Wellsville, New York, October 19, 1901
* Sarah Bernhardt front page photo
* "the most famous actress the world has ever known"
This 8 page newspaper has a two column photo of Sarah Bernhardt, famous French actress with caption: "Mme. Sarah Bernhardt's Latest Picture"
News and advertisements of the day throughout. Light browning, minor ma... See More
Bobby Jones to win 1928 U.S. Amateur Open...
Item #590857
September 15, 1928
THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Massachusetts, September 15, 1928
* Bobby Jones wins U.S. Amateur Open (day of)
* PGA golf
This 24 page newspaper has two column headlines on page 18: "Amateur Golfing Champions of U.S. and Great Britain Battle for National Title" and more with photo of Jones (see photos). Famous golfer Bobby Jones would win the 1928 U.S. Amateur Open at W... See More
Flood of 1903..... Kansas... Missouri...
Item #590851
June 02, 1903
ALLEGHENY COUNTY REPORTER, Wellsville, New York, June 2, 1903
* Flood of 1903
* Midwest region
This 8 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "CITY SUBMERGED", "Kansas City, Topeka and Des Moines Inundated" and "Fire Adds To The Horrors". Lengthy text on the flood of 1903 in the Midwest.
Other news and advertisements of the da... See More
1935 Baby Doe Tabor death...
Item #590846
March 08, 1935
THE OMAHA BEE-NEWS, Nebraska, March 8, 1935
* Baby Doe Tabor death
* Elizabeth Tabor
* Matchless mine, Leadville, Colorado
This 32 page newspaper has one column headings on page 3: "BABY DOE TABOR FOUND FROZEN IN MINE SHACK" and "Poverty Ends Last Chapter in Life of Belle of Camps In Old Gold Rush Days". See photos for 1st report coverage on the death... See More
Paterson, New Jersey fire....
Item #590843
February 10, 1902
THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Detroit, Michigan, February 10, 1902
* The great Paterson fire of 1902
* Trolley fire spreads due to the wind
This 8 page newspaper has two column headlines on the front page: "FIRE LOSS $10,000,000", "Paterson, N. J., Devastated--Best Buildings in the City Destroyed", "Hundreds Of Citizens Left Homeless And Thousands Without E... See More
1942 Aliquippa, Pennsylvania avalanche...
Item #590838
December 23, 1942
THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Michigan, December 23, 1942
* Aliquippa, Pennsylvania avalanche disaster
* World War II defense workers killed
This 28 page newspaper has a nice banner headline on the front page: "AVALANCHE KILLS 21 ON BUS" with subheads (see photos). 1st report coverage on the avalanche that buried a bus full of World War II defense workers.
Other new... See More
Great Baltimore fire of 1904...
Item #590819
February 08, 1904
WELLSVILLE DAILY REPORTER, New York, February 8, 1904
* The great Baltimore, Maryland fire of 1904
This 6 page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page: "FORTY MILLIONS" with subheads: "Said to Be Loss by a Sunday Fire In Baltimore", "Twenty Blocks Burned" and more (see photos). Coverage on the great Baltimore, Maryland fire.
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* The great Baltimore, Maryland fire of 1904
This 6 page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page: "FORTY MILLIONS" with subheads: "Said to Be Loss by a Sunday Fire In Baltimore", "Twenty Blocks Burned" and more (see photos). Coverage on the great Baltimore, Maryland fire.
Outlaw James McKinney killed...
Item #590812
April 21, 1903
ALLEGHENY COUNTY REPORTER, Wellsville, New York, April 21, 1903
* Outlaw James McKinney killed
* Bakersfield, California
This 8 page newspaper has one column headline on the front page that include: "BOLD OUTLAW KILLED", "End of a Man Guilty of Many Murders", "Two Accomplices Surrender". See photos for 1st report overage on California outlaw James McKinney at ... See More
Bonanza, Arkansas coal mine disaster....
Item #590809
November 27, 1903
ALLEGHENY COUNTY REPORTER, Wellsville, New York, November 27, 1903
* Bonanza, Arkansas
* Mine disaster
This 8 page newspaper has one column headings on the front page: "DEATHS IN COAL MINE" and "Thirteen Miners Killed by Explosion at Bonanze (sic), Ark."
See photos for 1st report coverage on the coal mine explosion at Bonanza, Arkansas.
This issue contains other ne... See More
Passaic - Paterson, NJ flood...
Item #590808
October 13, 1903
ALLEGHENY COUNTY REPORTER, Wellsville, New York, October 13, 1903
* The Passaic flood
* Paterson, New Jersey
This 8 page newspaper has two column headlines on the front page: "PATERSON FLOODED" and "Greater Flood Than That of Last Year". 1st report coverage on the Passaic flood which devastated Paterson, New Jersey.
Other news and advertisements of the day. Ligh... See More
Pope Leo XIII death...
Item #590806
July 21, 1903
ALLEGHENY COUNTY REPORTER, Wellsville, New York, July 21, 1903
* Pope Leo XIII death (1st report)
This 8 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "POPE DEAD", "Aged Prelate Passed Away This Afternoon", "The Late Pope Leo XIII" and more with two small related illustrations. The entire front page is taken up with text on his death wi... See More
Explosion disaster in Tewksbury, Massachusetts...
Item #590786
July 31, 1903
ALLEGHENY COUNTY REPORTER, Wellsville, New York, July 31, 1903
* Tewksbury, Massachusetts explosion disaster
The front page has one column headlines: "AWFUL CATASTROPHE", "Two Powder Magazines Blew Up In Lowell, Mass.", "Over A Score Of Lives Lost" and more. 1st report coverage of the Tewksbury, Massachusetts explosion at the Mills of United States Cartridge Com... See More
Paterson New Jersey tornado in 1903...
Item #590785
July 24, 1903
ALLEGHENY COUNTY REPORTER, Wellsville, New York, July 24, 1903
* Paterson, New Jersey
* Tornado disaster
The front page has one column headlines: "TORNADO AT PATERSON", "Many Buildings Blown Down" and more. See photos for 1st report coverage on the Paterson, New Jersey tornado disaster.
Other news and various advertisements of the day throughout. Complete in 8 pages, ... See More
The flood of Pacolet & Clifton SC...
Item #590783
June 09, 1903
ALLEGHENY COUNTY REPORTER, Wellsville, New York, June 9, 1903
* Pacolet & Clifton SC South Carolina
* Cloudburst flooding disaster
This 8 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "DROWNED IN TORRENT", "Mountain Flood Sweeps Away Mills Towns", "Pacolet (sic) River's Sudden Rise" and more. 1st report coverage on the Clifton and Pacolet, ... See More
1949 World Series of baseball...
Item #590778
October 08, 1949
THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, October 8, 1949
* 1947 World Series of baseball (game 3)
* New York Yankees vs. Brooklyn Dodgers
* 1st of 5 Championships in a row for Yanks
This 30 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "YANKS TOP DODGERS WITH 3-RUN 9TH, 4-3, FOR 2-1 SERIES LEAD", "Mize's Pinch Single, Scoring 2, Routs Branca--Coleman's... See More
New York Giants very last baseball game....
Item #590764
September 30, 1957
THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Michigan, September 30, 1957
* New York Giants (San Francisco)
* Final game played (1st report)
This 48 page newspaper has a small one column heading in the sport's section (page 39): "Fans Go Berserk At the Thought Of Losing Giants"
See photo for 1st report brief coverage on the very last baseball game played by the famous New York Giants before the... See More
Jews forced to wear Star of David badge...
Item #590749
October 13, 1941
THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 13, 1941
* The Yellow Star "Star of David" badge
* Jewish Holocaust heightens
* Jude - Jews - Judaica
The top of page 3 has a notable Judaica report, headed: "200 Jewish Suicides Reported In Berlin", "Toll Laid to Star of David Law--Slovakia Adds New Ban". The article reports that some of the Jewish populati... See More
Honey Grove, Texas Negro lynching...1930...
Item #590745
May 17, 1930
THE DAY, New London, Connecticut, May 17, 1930
* Honey Grove, Texas
* Negro lynching
This 16 page newspaper has a one column headline on the front page: "Second Negro In Texas Is Burned By Mob in Week". 1st report coverage on the lynching of Negro George (Sam?) Johnson in Honey Grove, Texas.
Other news, sports and various advertisements of the day throughout.... See More
Jewish Holocaust... public reality... Nazi atrocities...
Item #590677
October 06, 1944
THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 6, 1944
* Jewish Holocaust being known for the 1st time
* Nazi-occupied Estonia exterminations
* Gruesome details
This 36 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 6: "NAZI DEATH CAMP A SCENE OF HORROR", "Story of Massacre of 3,000 in Estonia Evident in Piles of Burned Bodies", "Babies Among Victims" and more. See photos for t... See More
George Jay Gould I death... King Tut curse ?....
Item #590645
May 17, 1923
THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 17, 1923
* George Jay Gould I death (1st report)
* King Tutankhamen's curse ?
This 38 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "GEORGE J. GOULD DIES IN VILLA IN FRANCE; LEAVES $30,000,000", "Death Holds Up Ligtigation With Family Over His Father's Estate" and more (see photos). 1st report co... See More
Nile Kinnick named All "Big Ten"...
Item #590643
November 28, 1939
THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, Boston, November 28, 1939
* Nile Kinnick "All Conference" 1st choice
* Iowa Hawkeyes - NCAA college football
* James A. Naismith death (1st report)
This 18 page newspaper has a two column headline on page 14: "Nile Kinnick Is Unanimous Choice on All-Big Ten Team" (See images for text here). Also a 1st report on the ... See More
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