p. 21 | News and Miscellany

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jul 27, 1911

News and Miscellany

Notes and clippings from the daily and weekly press

— A train on the Buffalo, Rochester, and Pittsburg Railroad went into a ditch at Farmersville, N. Y., July 16, and seven passengers were seriously injured.

— July 17 a cyclone swept through and virtually destroyed Richardsonmere village, Md., causing the loss of a large amount of property in buildings and crops.

— At Dubois, Pa., July 16, twenty-one miners were killed in an explosion in a coal- and coke-mine. The deadly after-damp was responsible for most of the deaths.

— More than forty persons were killed, and a large number injured, in a head-on collision between two work-trains not far from Morelia Michoacan, Mexico, July 17. The collision occurred in the Zuincho Canyon. Meager reports do not fix the cause of the accident.

— Serious forest fires have been raging in Canadian territory, north of Toronto. More than 100 deaths have resulted from the conflagration, as well as large loss of property with consequent suffering. Serious forest fires have also existed in northern Michigan and in northern New England.

— Among the recent notable achievements in aviation was the aerial journey of Harry Atwood from Boston to Washington. July 14 he descended on the White House lawn, and received from President Taft the medal presented by the Aero Club of Washington in commemoration of his achievements.

— Much anxiety has been occasioned during the last few days by the invasion of cholera into the port of New York City. Several deaths are reported in the city. Both the federal and the State authorities are employing stringent measures to stamp out the disease, and assurance is felt of no great danger from the outbreak. All emigrant-carrying vessels will be subject to a quarantine of ten days until the danger is passed.

— Southern Europe, especially Italian territory, has become contaminated with cholera during the last four weeks. Much concern is felt in the United States over the emigration from that country. Austria has declared a quarantine against Italy. The situation is causing considerable concern throughout Europe, and all governments recognize the necessity of taking stringent measures to prevent the spread of the disease.