| Ort |
Zeit |
Firma |
Ereignis |
| Chicago (Ill.) |
1894 |
A. H. Barber Manufacturing Co. |
Beginn des Baues von Kältemaschinen |
| Chicago (Ill.) |
1894 |
Griffin Wheel Foundry Company |
Der tägliche Ausstoß wird auf 700 Räder gesteigert |
| Chicago (Ill.) |
1894 |
Pullman Palace Car Company |
Wegen einer Wirtschaftsflaute kürzt Pullman die Löhne und Arbeitzeiten, aber nicht die Mieten und Preise in seiner Arbeiterstadt. Das veranlaßt seine Arbeiter zum "Pullman Strike", der schließlich durch Bundes-Truppen, die von Präsident Grover Cleveland gesandt werden, niedergeschlagen wird. Die Zusammenstöße in Pullman fordern 25 Todesopfer, 60 Verletzte und 2000 zerstörte Waggons, insgesamt ein Sachschaden von 80 Mio. US-Dollar |
| Chicago (Ill.) |
1894 |
Pullman, George Mortimer |
Wegen einer Wirtschaftsflaute kürzt Pullman die Löhne und Arbeitzeiten, aber nicht die Mieten und Preise in seiner Arbeiterstadt. Das veranlaßt seine Arbeiter zum "Pullman Strike", der schließlich durch Bundes-Truppen, die von Präsident Grover Cleveland gesandt werden, niedergeschlagen wird. Die Zusammenstöße in Pullman fordern 25 Todesopfer, 60 Verletzte und 2000 zerstörte Waggons, insgesamt ein Sachschaden von 80 Mio. US-Dollar |
| Chicago (Ill.) |
Jan. 1894 |
Tappan Steam Pump Works |
Inbetriebnahme der Fabrik in Woodstock (Ill.) |
| Chicago (Ill.) |
1894 |
Wells & French Company |
George J. Spaulding (geb. 1847) wird Chefingenieur |
| Cincinnati (Ohio) |
1894 |
Bickford Drill and Tool Co. |
Lewis G. Keck wird Teilhaber und ist als Sekretär und Finanzleiter tätig |
| Cleveland (Ohio) |
1894 |
Fisher Book Typewriter Co. |
Die vom Bankkassierer Joseph Fisher in Athens (Tenn.) erfundene Buchschreibmaschine wird gebaut. |
| Detroit (Michigan) |
1894 |
Detroit Dry Dock Engine Works |
Seit 1864 wurden insgesamt 129 Schiffsmaschinen gebaut. Davon 13 Niederdruckmaschinen, 29 Hochdruckmaschinen, 47 Verbundmaschinen, 32 Dreifachexpansionsmaschinen und acht weitere |
| Kokomo (Indiana) |
1894 |
Haynes-Apperson |
Elwood Haynes, Erfinder des rostfreien Stahls, beendet die Konstruktion seines ersten Automobils |
| Lorain (USA) |
1894 |
Johnson Company |
Thomas L. Johnson, Besitzer der "Johnson Steel Street Railway Company", gründet sein eigenes Stahlwerk |
| Pullman (Chicago) |
1894 |
Pullman Palace Car Company |
Wegen einer Wirtschaftsflaute kürzt Pullman die Löhne und Arbeitzeiten, aber nicht die Mieten und Preise in seiner Arbeiterstadt. Das veranlaßt seine Arbeiter zum "Pullman Strike", der schließlich durch Bundes-Truppen, die von Präsident Grover Cleveland gesandt werden, niedergeschlagen wird. Die Zusammenstöße in Pullman fordern 25 Todesopfer, 60 Verletzte und 2000 zerstörte Waggons, insgesamt ein Sachschaden von 80 Mio. US-Dollar |
| Racine (Wisconsin) |
1894 |
J. I. Case Threshing Machine Company |
Vergebene Fabriknummern für Dampfmaschinen: 5949 - 6147 (199 gebaute Einheiten) |
| Racine (Wisconsin) |
1894 |
Pierce |
Beginn des Automobilbaues |
| Toledo (Ohio) |
1894 |
National Supply Company |
Gründung durch Umfirmierung aus "Bayne, Wilson & Pratt" |
| Chicago (Ill.) |
06.01.1894 |
Griffin Wheel Foundry Company |
Änderung der Firmenbezeichnung aus "Griffin Wheel Foundry Company" in "Griffin Wheel Company" |
| West Lafayette (USA) |
23.01.1894 |
Purdue University |
Ein Feuer, das auch Heavilon Hall den Erdboden gleichmacht, zerstört den "Purdue Locomotive Testing Plant". Danach wird eine neue Versuchsanlage nördlich von Heavilon gebaut und die Lokomotive in Indianapolis repariert. Dazu entsteht die 1,25 Meilen lange Purdue Railroad, die von der Monon Railroad abzweigt. |
| Milwaukee (WI) |
04.03.1894 |
---- |
Bei einem Straßenbahnunfall in Milwaukee fährt eine Bahn durch eine Rinne in einen Fluß. 3 Tote |
| Lorain (USA) |
28.04.1894 |
Johnson Company |
Entscheidung zur Verlegung des Walzwerks von Johnstown nach Lorain. Die Weichenabteilung bleibt in Moxham. |
| Lorain (USA) |
05.1894 |
Johnson Company |
Das Gelände für das Werk wird freigemacht |
| Marshfield (Wisconsin) |
31.05.1894 |
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A Marshfield (Wis.) dispatch says: A railway accident resulting in the loss of eight lives and the injury of from fourteen to twenty persons, more or less seriously, occurred here at 3:15 a. m. Train No. 4, on the Wisconsin Central railway, ran through an open switch and was completely wrecked. The cars afterward took fire and were consumed. Four persons were taken from the wreck dead and four others are missing --- supposed to have been caught in the mass of broken timbers and consumed.
Except the four or five passengers and three or four trainmen who are missing and believed to have been burned to death in the wrecked coaches, the following is as complete a list of the dead and wounded as can be obtained at 1 o'clock;
KILLED
JAMES HUBBARD, engineer, of Stevens Point.
GEORGE GERHARDT, fireman, of Stevens Point.
JUDSON BIGELOW, brakeman, of Stevens Point.
A MR. RUSSELL, a civil engineer in the employ of the company.
Aged man and woman, names unknown; burned in the ruins. It is said they were not on the train at St. Paul.
INJURED
HENRY CHESTER, Marshfield, Wis.; legs and spine badly injured.
O. W. BOZELY, news agent, Stevens Point, Wis.; injured internally.
ARTHUR TURNICE, Chicago; head cut and otherwise injured; will recover.
JOHN BIGELOW, head brakeman, Stevens Point, Wis.
DR. WEITZEL, Glidden, Wis.' hurt internally.
FANNIE BURTLE, Springdale, Ill.; hand badly cut.
WILLIAM RYAN, Sturgeon Bay, Wis.; ribs broken and head cut.
E. A. TWITCHELL, attorney at law, Minneapolis; head cut. |
| Chicago (Ill.) |
17.06.1894 |
Swain Lubricator Company |
Der Präsident und Hauptaktionär, Fred T. Swain (33), wird am Abend in senem Büro in der 278 South Water Street durch Henry Vaughan, einem Ingenieur und früheren, vor einem Jahr entlassenen Partner, angeschossen und schwer verwundet. Swain war in einem Gespräch mit Everett Peittenger und B. L. Smith, die auch an dem Unternehmen beteiligt sind. Vaughan betritt den Raum, wird aufgefordert zu gehen, nähert sich Swain, hält die Pistole gegen dessen Herz und drückt ab. |
| Stillman Valley (USA) |
19.06.1894 |
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Four men were badly injured and nine valuable horses killed outright in a wreck on the Chicago Great Western railroad at Stillman Valley at 11:30 Monday night. The wreck was caused by the breaking of a coupling, which caused the cars to leave the track and completely overturned three of them. A lamp in one of them soon set fire to the wreck. The train left Chicago at 8 o'clock Monday night, in charge of the Conductor Thornton. As it was nearing the switch near Stillman Valley the draw bars of one of the Burton palace horse cars broke and, falling on the track, derailed five cars. Two of the cars were filled with horses, the other three being freight cars loaded with merchandise. A lantern in one of the Burton cars stet fire to the straw, and in a few minutes the entire car was in flames. The injured men were rescued with difficulty. The injured were taken to Stillman Valley and their injuries dressed. Riley was so badly burner that his recovery is doubtful. |
| Woodsfield (Ohio) |
19.06.1894 |
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A fatal wreck occurred on the Bellaire, Zanesville & Cincinnati railway near Woodsville, O., Monday night, in which one man was killed and two seriously injured. A freight train running at a good rate of speed struck the trestle 4 miles west of Woodsfield, which had been weakened by Monday's rain, and it gave way precipitating the engine and tender into the ravine, killing THEODORE ALLEN, fireman, of this city, and seriously injuring Lew Smith, engineer, and Head Brakeman Collins. |
| Dayton (Ohio) |
21.06.1894 |
Barney & Smith Manufacturing Co. |
Auf der Aktionärs-Jahresversammlung wird J. H. Winters zum Direktor an Stelle von R. Somers Hayes ernannt. |
| Decatur (Ill.) |
26.06.1894 |
William L. Oakes |
Erteilung des U.S.-Patents Nr. 521.888 für einen Kran mit Schüttgrube für den Getreideumschlag |
| Fort Wayne (Ind.) |
23.07.1894 |
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At the south depot in the afternoon, while an extra car was being put on the Grand Rapids train north bound, the car broke away from the chair car which was next to the engine and ran down the track, crashing into the train. The passengers were badly shaken up and the globes broken in the lamps were shattered. A daughter of Thomas Hodekin, of West Wayne street, who was on route to Rome City, was hit on the neck by a falling piece of glass which cut a great gash. There was an alarming flow of blood and Miss Hedekin was taken to her home where a surgeon attended her. The cut is in no way a serious one. |
| Fort Wayne (Ind.) |
23.07.1894 |
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In the afternoon, at the corner of Wells and First streets, A Hanna street line electric car was rounding the curve just as a heavy truck from the Ryan Trucking company came down First street. The two met at the corner with a crash. One of the horses was knocked down and the motorman, Lawrence Kleinrichert, was thrown clean over the hoses, lighting on the back of his head. The man had turned the brake and set the reserve before the collision came and showed great presence of mind. Kleinrichert was picked up by Conductor Anderson in an unconscious condition. A surgeon sewed up the wound in the back of his head and he was taken to his home on Wall street where, last night, he was resting more easily. |
| Chicago (Ill.) |
08.1894 |
Chicago Edison Company |
Bau eines zweiten größeren Elektrizitätswerks an der Harrison Street, westlich des Chicago Rivers, das im August eröffnet wird. |
| Arcadia (Wisconsin) |
04.09.1894 |
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ARCADIA, Wis., Sept. 5. - The wreck of the west-bound freight train on the Green Bay Road, which occurred about three miles above this place yesterday, was much more serious than at first reported. The train was going at the rate of about twenty-five miles an hour and ran into a burning bridge, which gave away, and the engine and eighteen cars were wrecked.
The fire communicated to the cars and soon the whole was a heap of ashes. Some of the cars were loaded with sheep, hogs, and cattle, a large number of which were burned up, while others were crushed beneath the cars. Sheep ran about with the wool on their backs ablaze. No human lives were lost. The engineer and fireman jumped from the engine before reaching the bridge. |
| Alpena (Michigan) |
13.09.1894 |
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Schiffbruch nahe Alpena Mich., geborgen |
| Roberts (Wisconsin) |
15.09.1894 |
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An oil tank on a west-bound freight exploded near Roberts this morning, burning up two freight cars and a caboose. While passengers were being transferred across the wreck just before dinner an oil tank exploded, scattering the burning oil broadcast over the passengers near by. All escaped but seven, who are as follows:
Conductor TOM FREDERICKS, hands and head burned.
WILLIAM CONWAY, Ellsworth, Wis., hands and face.
MR. DICKEY, Cleveland, O., hands and head.
L. R. HUDEGER, Menomonie, Wis., hands and face; badly.
JOHN BELWICK, Minneapolis, back, hand and face; bad condition.
LEVI W. MYERS, consul to Victoria, who was returning to his home at Wapelo, Ia., hands, face; clothing all burned.
OLAF OAKWALL, Hudson, section man, hands, face and body; all clothing burned off.
JOHN HOGLAND, Hudson, hands.
The injured passengers were brought to this city, given medical care and taken to St. Paul on a special train. |
| Terre Haute (Indiana) |
Okt. 1894 |
Terre Haute Car and Manufacturing Company |
Das Werk ist teilweise wieder aufgebaut und beschäftigt ca. 2/3 von denen in guten Zeiten vorher. |
| Chicago (Ill.) |
21.10.1894 |
Heath & Milligan Manufacturing Co. |
Tod von Monroe Heath in Asheville (N.C.). Sein Sohn Ernest W. Heath übernimmt seine Stelle als Präsident und Manager. |
| Chicago (Ill.) |
30.10.1894 |
The Oliver Typewriter Co. |
Patentierung der ersten "Oliver"-Schreibmaschine (Modell 2) |
| Chicago (Ill.) |
12.1894 |
The Oliver Typewriter Co. |
Die erste Oliver-Schreibmaschine bringt Geld in die Kassen |
| Bay City (Michigan) |
1895 |
Industrial Works |
James Clements stirbt und bald danach sein Sohn William Clements. Charles Wells erwirbt die Mehrheit der Geschäftsanteile |
| Chicago (Ill.) |
1895 |
Buffalo Forge Co. |
"Buffalo Forge Co." wird zum ?Geburtsort der Klimatechnik?, als dort das erste betriebsfähige Kühlsystem für das Auditorium Hotel in Chicago gebaut wird. |
| Chicago (Ill.) |
1895 |
Chicago Edison Company |
Samuel Insull erwirbt bis 1895 zahlreiche Konkurrenten und besitzt ein Momopol für Chicago |
| Chicago (Ill.) |
1895/96 |
Griffin Wheel Foundry Company |
Die "Griffin Wheel Company" übernimmt die "Northwestern Wheel and Foundry Company" in St. Paul für $86,000. Sie wird für eine tägliche Produktionsmenge von 150 Rädern ausgebaut |
| Chicago (Ill.) |
1895 |
Marine Iron Works |
Gründung und Eintragung unter den Gesetzen des Staats Illinois. Die Gesellschaft kauft das Unternehmen von "C. P. Willard & Company" an der 2036-44 Dominick Street. die Gebäude dieses Unternehmens umfassen ca. 50.000 square feet Grundfläche. |
| Chicago (Ill.) |
um 1895 |
Wells & French Company |
Als die die "Metropolitan Elevated Railroad" in New York City die Machbarkeit der Elektrifizierung um 1895 erprobt, beginnen die South Side and Lake Street-Linien in Chicago schnell mit der Elektrifizierung. Hölzerne Wagen werden in elektrische Triebwagen durch Wells & French umgebaut. |
| Detroit (Michigan) |
1895 |
American Blower Company |
Die Firma "Huyett & Smith" wird umgebildet und in "American Blower Company" umbenannt. |
| Evansville (USA) |
1895 |
A. S. Baker Company |
Die Gesellschaft erholt sich, und 1895 ist das beste Jahr mit durchschnittlich 200 Windmühlen im Monat. Die Fabrikanlagen werden wieder vergrößert durch Hinzufügung eines Verwaltungsgebäudes, einer größeren Holzwerkstatt und einer Abteilung für Stahlbau. |
| Milwaukee (WI) |
1895 |
Pabst Brewing Company |
Die Brauerei überschreitet beim Bierausstoß die 1.000.000-barrel-Marke |
| Ohio (USA) |
1895 |
Dubbel, Heinrich |
Nach Abschluß seines Maschinenbaustudiums in Aachen geht Heinrich Dubbel auf Studienreise nach Ohio |
| Ohio (USA) |
1895 |
Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule |
Nach Abschluß seines Maschinenbaustudiums in Aachen geht Heinrich Dubbel auf Studienreise nach Ohio |
| Portsmouth (Ohio) |
Ende 19. Jh. |
Portsmouth Foundry and Machine Works |
Schließung |
| Racine (Wisconsin) |
1895 |
J. I. Case Threshing Machine Company |
Vergebene Fabriknummern für Dampfmaschinen: 6148 - 6274 (127 gebaute Einheiten) |
| South Milwaukee (USA) |
1895 |
Bucyrus Steam Shovel and Dredge Company |
Die Firma gerät in Konkurs |
| Two Rivers (Wis.) |
1895 |
Kahlenberg Brothers |
Gründung durch die Brüder W. R. und Otto Kahlenberg als kleine Maschinenwerkstatt, in der sie Schiffsdampfmaschinen umbauen und und selbst kleine, senkrechte Schiffsdampfmaschinen bauen. |
| Youngstown (Ohio) |
1895 |
National Steel Company |
Die "Ohio Steel Company" nimmt die Produkton auf. |
| Bainbridge (Ohio) |
02.01.1895 |
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Fireman Charles Snyder was crushed to death in a freight wreck on the Ohio Southern road two miles north of Bainbridge last night. The operator at Greenfield did not stop the south bound train for orders, and it crashed into the north bound train. Engineers Summers and Crawford and Brakemen Davis and Mendenhall were injured, but not seriously. |
| Chicago (Ill.) |
02.01.1895 |
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Just at midnight, as the "Owl" suburban on the Northwestern, reached the Deering depot, it ran through an open switch into a freight standing on a side track. The tender of the passenger engine crashed into the first coach, badly injuring five passengers. The collision knock the freight from the track, and half a dozen cars fell into the depot, partly wrecking it.
The first car was well filled, and only for the slackening of speed because of the approach to the depot the cusualities [sic] would have been much greater. That the accident is the direct result of negligence is certain. The switch which was turned to admit the freight was left open. Many of the passengers were dozing when the collision occurred. The crashing of timber and the appearance of the tender in the front of the first passenger coach started a lively panic. Mr. and Mrs. Preston were together in the third seat from the front. They were caught and pinned between the tender and the floor, and Mr. Pitts, who sat across the aisle from them, was injured in the same way. The other passengers in that coach rushed for the rear door, and a number were slightly bruised and injured, some by broken glass, while escaping. The impact roused the passengers in the three other coaches, and they made hasty exits into banks of snow three feet deep. Engineer Robinson and Fireman Cook had miraculous escapes. Each jumped and landed in snow. |
| Coatesville (Indiana) |
28.01.1895 |
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A terrible wreck, causing loss of life and maimed limbs, occurred at Coatesville, at 2 o'clock this afternoon when Vandatia train No. 20 due in Indianapolis at 2:35 was wrecled bu the spreading of the rails. Two persons were killed almost instantly and from thirty to forty were seriously injured.
On a curve, the private car of President R. W. McKEEN, which was in the rear, jumped the track. This was followed by the parlor car and the ladies car. All went off the track, the two rear cars going down the embankment ten feet before the train could be stopped. The smoker left the track, but did not go over. The two rear cars caught fire, but the flames were extinguished when the work of rescue began. |
| Salem (Ohio) |
29.01.1895 |
The Buckeye Engine Company |
Patent |
| Youngstown (Ohio) |
Febr. 1895 |
Ohio Steel Company |
Herstellung des ersten Bessemerstahls im Werk Youngstown. Betriebsbeginn am 2. Februar |
| Indianapolis (Ind.) |
25.02.1895 |
Howe Pump and Engine Co. |
Eintragung |
| La Crosse (Wiconsin) |
27.03.1895 |
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G. G. GAYNOR of Chicago, a traveling man for Kops Bros, Milwaukee, was struck by a passenger train at Bangor station near La Crosse Thursday and instantly killed. |
| Lorain (USA) |
01.04.1895 |
Johnson Company |
Nach einem Jahr Bauzeit sind 20 Gebäude errichtet, und es wird erstmals Luft in die Hochöfen geblasen (erste Stahlproduktion am 1. April). ([VDI]: erst 1899) |
| Alton (Illinois) |
05.04.1895 |
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Four tramps were almost instantly killed and fifteen others badly injured in a freight wreck on the Chicago & Alton railroad, near here, Friday morning. It is believed the wreck was caused by a broken truck, which allowed a dozen cars to pile up in a heap. It is extimated that over seventy-five tramps were stealing a ride on the train. When taken out four of them were dead. The injured men werer brought to the hospital in this city, and the inquest held at East Alton.
At the inquest Friday afternoon the names of two of the men killed were found to be DAVID HAFFLEY, of Watertown, Wis., and FRANK HARIMAN, Philadelphia, Pa., CHARLES BELL, Springfield, Ill., HENRY BLIHTS, Kansas City.
Fourteen of the tramps were injured. Their names are CHARLES CUSTARD, Lima, O.; OTTO SCHROEDER, Argentine, Kan.; THEODORE HUNT, St. Paul, Minn.; THOMAS COPE, St. Louis; HARRY WILLIAMS, Toledo; M. HICKENS, Chicago; W. WILLETS, Dallas, Tex.; ED AULBEISHT, Albany, N. Y.; HARRY GLASS, Chicago; JAMES HART, no residence; JAMES MARTIN, Fall River, Mass.; JOHN HOWARD, Cincinnati, O.; ROBERT SELL, New York; WINIFRED GARRISON, Martinsville, O. Several of the injured are not expected to live. |
| Summerfield (Ohio) |
06.04.1895 |
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At Whigville, five miles west of Summerfield, on the Bellaire, Zanesville & Cincinnati railway, an awful wreck took place Friday morning. A coach on the west-bound passenger train jumped the track, just before reaching a trestle, which spans a small stream. The structure is built on a curve, and the coach, after running along the ties until almost across it, dragged the engine from the rails and the trestle went down.
The engineer and fireman both remained at their posts. The former was instantly killed and the latter fatally injured. The trestle where the accident occurred is a double-tracked one about thirty feet high. The railway officials say it was in perfect condition and the accident is due solely to the one combination coach, of which the train consisted, jumping the track and carrying with it the engine. |
| Sherman (Richland, Ohio) |
16.04.1895 |
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Engineer James Dice of the Erie railroad, while receiving orders at Sherman, O., east of Galion, on the third division, stepped in front of a fast meat train and was hurled into the air 40 feet and died in a short time. He is single, parents living at Akron, where the remains were taken. |
| Farmland (Indiana) |
09.05.1895 |
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One of the most expensive wrecks that has occurred upon the old Bee line division of the Big Four for years happened two miles from Farmland at 1 o'clock yesterday. Eastbound freight No. 90, running at the rate of 40 miles an hour, was ditched by the spreading of rails. The engine and six cars passed in safety, but the next 18 cars were piled in every direction. Fifteen of the wrecked cars were refrigerators loaded with dressed beef. Seven tramps were on the train, one was killed and six unhurt.
It is known that seven tramps were upon the train, but all of them except one turned up. The other was buried in the debris. He was probably instantly killed. His name is unknown. |
| Massillon (Ohio) |
11.05.1895 |
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An improvised wreck train manned by a yard force of the Wheeling & Lake Erie here and the superintendent of transportation went through a bridge just west of the city last night. GEO. R. GIBSON, trainmaster, was killed and his body is still in the debris. Henry McDonald, brakeman, was held in water neck deep five hours, lost one leg and is seriously injured. A. J. Sout [oder Stout], superintendent of transportation, is seriously bruised. John Duross, engineer, was carried 200 yards by the current and caught by a clump of willows. He is very badly bruised. W. R. Suydam, roundhouse foreman, was burned about the legs. Half a dozen bridges between here and Sippo are disabled. The ill-fated train had gone to the rescue of a ditched freight train at the next wrecking of that bridge. |
| Fort Wayne (Ind.) |
14.05.1895 |
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A street car collided with a buggy near the corner of Lafayette and Berry streets. Mr. John Jacobs, who has been suffering with rheumatism, was hurled from the vehicle and quite severely shocked. |
| Terre Haute (Indiana) |
Juli 1895 |
Terre Haute Car and Manufacturing Company |
Das Unternehmen ist reorganisiert, hat 75% seiner Schulden bezahlt und arbeitet aktiv an der Tilgung der restlichen 25%. Man produziert fünf Wagen pro Tag, darunter ein Auftrag an die Big Four Company. |
| East Liverpool (USA) |
08.07.1895 |
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At 3 o'clock this afternoon a trolley car with thirty passengers on board became unmanageable, and slid down the Frannklin Avenue hill, on the north side of the city, killing JAMES HAMILTON, the motorman, and injuring sixteen persons. This was the fist day of duty of JAMES HAMILTON, the motorman. The tracks were slippery after the rain, and the car got out of his control. At the foot of the hill it jumped the track on a sharp curve, and went over a twenty foot embankment into a creek.
One-half the card was almost buried in the sand. The car broke in two, and several passengers fell through the floor and were plunged headlong into the creek.
HAMILTON was instantly killed, his head being crushed. |
| Salem (Ohio) |
13.08.1895 |
The Buckeye Engine Company |
Patent |
| Aurora (Ill.) |
16.08.1895 |
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A passenger train on the Northwestern road ran through an open switch in Aurora (Ill.) this evening, crashing into a car loaded with carboys of acid. The fluid scattered in every direction adding to the deadly work done by the collision.
The killed are:
THOMAS ROSH, Aurora.
The injured were:
Fred Robinson, Aurora, badly burned by acid
Arthur Robinson, Aurora, frightfully burned
Mrs. Nancy Smith, Chicago, nose broken
Conductor Charlson, Aurora, back injured
Brakeman William Farrell, Aurora, back injured and cut about the head
J. Munch, Aurora, burned about the body.
The accident occurred in the Aurora yards, one mile from the depot. Seven boys were playing on a car when the train, running at full speed, swung onto the siding. There was no chance to escape. Two met death, while the others were more or less burned. |
| Kinsey (Indiana) |
17.08.1895 |
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A sad accident occured on Saturday at an early hour at Kenzie [sic], a small station west of this city on the Nickel Plate road. William Fox, the nineteen year-old son of
Station Agent L.C. Fox attempted to board freight train No 39, west bound, to ride a short distance. He caught hold of the handle bar on a freight car but was thrown under the wheels and horribly mutilated, living but a few moments. Both arms and a leg were cut off and he received internal injuries of a fatal nature. The young man was very popular and known to the trainmen all along the line. |
| Lawrenceburg (Indinana) |
19./20.08.1895 |
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The Lawrenceburg and Aurora Big Four accommodation train, consisting of an engine and three passenger coaches, was wrecked at East Lawrenceburg at 10:30 in the morning [of 19.08.]. The train left the track and rolled down a twenty-foot embankment. Engineer HARRY BECKER, aged 36, of Indianapolis, had charge of the engine, and, in jumping, was caught by the water tank and killed. The other trainmen jumped and escaped unhurt. Several passengers were slightly bruised. It is impossible to say whose fault caused the wreck. |
| Terre Haute (Indiana) |
Sept. 1895 |
Terre Haute Car and Manufacturing Company |
Es sind umfangreiche Verbesserungen am Werk vorgesehen, so eine Montagewerkstatt (343' x 157') und ein Walzwerk (300' x 144') |
| Green Bay (Wisconsin) |
08.09.1895 |
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David Anderson and two companions jumped from a slowly moving Chicago & North-Western train Saturday night. Anderson missed his footing and fell, striking his head a terrific blow on the rail. He was rendered unconscious and his companions had barely time to drag him from the track and prevent the wheels of the car passing over him. At it is, the physican[sic] is uncertain what the result of his injury will be. Anderson is about 21 years of age and employed as a painter in the Green Bay, Winona & St. Paul railway shops. |
| Montpelier (Indiana) |
09.09.1895 |
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As train 57, in charge of Engineer Myers and Conductor Huey, due here at 5:25 this morning was pulling into this station twenty-seven minutes late from the Detroit division of the Wabash, and when some 200 feet distant, it struck Charles Emons, crushing him in the side of his skull and knocking him senseless, from which he did not recover, but died four hours afterward. He was walking up the track with B. Fisher, who told him to look out, but instead of doing this he turned, and the engineer hit him. There is no fault to be found with the railroad company, as the engine bell was ringing and the warning whistle was blown. He was twenty-eight years old and leaves a wife and children. |
| Altona (Illinois) |
13.09.1895 |
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The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railway has had a peculiarly bad wreck just east of Altona. A westbound train broke in two, and as the front part slowed up at the water tank, the rear part ran into the front, causing a car of naphtha to ignite. There were 12 cars of naphtha and petroleum in the train, and all were soon ignited. The flames shot hundreds of feet high. Three cars exploded with tremendous force. The house of Thomas Craver, near by, was set on fire and destroyed, and Mr. and Mrs. Craver barely escaped with their lives. SAMUEL WELSH, 20 rods distant, a village fireman, was covered with burning oil and burned to death. Other firemen were badly but not fatally burned.
The loss to the railway company is $12,000. Houses a quarter of a mile away were scorched by the burning oil. C. O. Carlson, a locomotive fireman, was thrown from a tank and injured about the head. Oil cars are strewn along for half a mile. The track is twisted, telegraph poles down, ties burned, trees blasted and the whole scene is one of ruin. |
| Ada (Ohio) |
09.10.1895 |
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W. S. Kitchen, an agent for the Metropolitan Insurance company, from Findlay, O. was crushed to death beneath the wheels of a freight train in the night at 11 o'clock. He was on his way to Lima, O. He missed the passenger train and attempted to board a moving freight train when he was horribly mangled and died in four hours. |
| Tiffin (Ohio) |
10.10.1895 |
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Frank Stoner, a brakeman on the Big Four, met with a serious accident last night. He tripped from a defective shoe sole and fell off a box car on the track, landing on his head. He was rendered unconscious, but recovered just in time to roll off the track so that the train did not pass over his body. |
| Chicago (Ill.) |
12.10.1895 |
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FRANK and George Winkelmen, aged 7 and 9 years, were instantly killed, and their father was seriously injured while driving across the Milwaukee & St. Paul tracks in Chicago. |
| Green Bay (Wisconsin) |
17.10.1895 |
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Durch Feuer zerstört in Green Bay, Wisconsin |
| Salem (Ohio) |
22.10.1895 |
The Buckeye Engine Company |
Patent |
| Chicago (Ill.) |
Nov. 1895 |
Griffin Wheel Foundry Company |
Inbetriebnahme eines Werks der "Griffin Wheel Company" in Overland bei Denver (Colorado) |
| Cleveland (Ohio) |
16.11.1895 |
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A heavy electric motor car containing between twenty and thirty passengers went through the draw of the Central viaduct at 7:45 o'clock in the evening and dropped 101 feet to the river below. It is a horror the like of which never occurred here before. First reports from the scene of the disaster seem to place the blame on the conductor. They were to the effect that the ill-fated motor car, containing between twenty and thirty people, approached the draw just as a vessel was nearing it and the bridge attendants had closed the big iron gates and were preparing to swing the draw. As is the rule, the car stopped and the conductor went forward to release the switch in case the way was clear. He must have been blinded by electric lights, for as eye witness declares that although the gates were closed and the draw was in motion, the conductor raised the switch handle. The motorman applied the current and the car shot forward and struck the gates with a crash. |
| Chicago (Ill.) |
1895 |
The Oliver Typewriter Co. |
Die Gesellschaft beginnt ihre Geschäfte Ende 1895 |
| Beaver Dam (Wisconsin) |
1896 |
Malleable Iron Range Company |
Gründung. Die Firma ist seither im Zentrum von Beaver Dam ansässig |
| Chicago (Ill.) |
01.01.1896 |
Griffin Wheel Foundry Company |
Der Geschäftsbetrieb in Detroit wird durch die "Griffin Wheel Company" für eine Summe von $250,000 in Aktien übernommen |
| Cleveland (Ohio) |
1896 |
Stearns |
Frank B. Stearns ist noch Student, als er sein erstes Automobil konstruiert. |
| Cleveland (Ohio) |
1896 |
Winton Motor Car Co. |
Alexander Winton, ein Schiffbauingenieur schottischer Abstammung, vollendet einen Auto-Prototyp mit Gelekwellenatrieb |
| Detroit (Michigan) |
1896 |
Ford Motor Company |
Fords Experimente gipfeln in der Fertigstellung eines selbst-angetriebenen Fahrzeugs, dem Quadricycle. |
| Detroit (Michigan) |
1896 |
Ford, Henry |
Fords Experimente gipfeln in der Fertigstellung eines selbst-angetriebenen Fahrzeugs, dem Quadricycle. |
| Detroit (Michigan) |
01.01.1896 |
Griffin Wheel Foundry Company |
Der Geschäftsbetrieb in Detroit wird durch die "Griffin Wheel Company" für eine Summe von $250,000 in Aktien übernommen |
| Detroit (Michigan) |
1896 |
King |
Man sieht das erste von Charles Brady King entwickelte Auto auf Detroits Straßen |
| Evansville (USA) |
1896 |
A. S. Baker Company |
Die Galvanik-Abteilung geht in Betrieb |
| Ferrysburg (USA) |
1896 |
Johnston Boiler Works |
Der jährliche Ausstoß überschreitet $ 100.000. |
| Menomonie (Wisconsin) |
1896 |
Knapp, Stout & Co. |
Das Unternehmen ist der größte Holzindustriebetrieb der Welt |
| Milwaukee (WI) |
1896 |
Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Company |
Entscheidung zur Übernahme der "Milwaukee & Wauwatosa Motor Railway", die zweigleisige Dampfbahnen von der 36th und Wells zur Wauwatosa (CM&StP Depot) und North Greenfield (West Allis) bei dem neueröffneten staatlichen Messegelände gebaut hatte. Auf der neun Meilen langen Strecke waren dampflok-bespannte Züge im Einsatz. |
| Milwaukee (WI) |
Jan. 1896 |
Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Company |
Übernahme der Vorgänger-Gesellschaft "Milwaukee Street Railway Company" |
| Milwaukee (WI) |
bis 1896 |
Milwaukee Harvester Company |
Die Gesellschaft erwirbt 400 x 800 square feet Land, das verschiedene drei- und viergeschossige Gebäude umfaßt. Die Gießerei ist 80 x 220 sq. ft., die Schmiede 50 x 80 sq. ft. groß. Die Fabrik enthält auch eine Maschinenwerkstatt, einen Modellraum, eine Holzbearbeitungsabteilung, Malerwerkstatt, Montageabteilung, Kesselhaus, Ställe und drei Lagergebäude aus Ziegeln. |
| Port Huron (USA) |
1896 |
Port Huron Engine & Thresher Co. |
Baubeginn von Woolf-Verbundlokomobilen |
| Racine (Wisconsin) |
1896 |
J. I. Case Threshing Machine Company |
Vergebene Fabriknummern für Dampfmaschinen: 6275 - 6620 (346 gebaute Einheiten) |
| South Milwaukee (USA) |
1896 |
Bucyrus Steam Shovel and Dredge Company |
Umwandlung in "Bucyrus Company" |
| Bedford (Ohio) |
09.01.1896 |
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The Akron, Bedford and Cleveland Interurban Railway Company's bridge, which spanned Tinker's Creek, just southeast of Bedford Township, collapsed shortly after daylight this morning, and a powerful 100-horse-power motor, on which were three trainmen, and attached to which was a heavily laden Pennsylvania Company coal car, plunged to the bed of the creek, sixty feet below. Two of the three men were killed, and the other fatally injured.
The dead:
HAYMAKER, LYMAN, taken up unconscious and died in the power house.
YOUNG, WILLIAM, crushed under the car.
The fatally injured:
GIEB, CHARLES.
Fortunately, there were no passengers on the train, the regular passenger car having passed over the bridge a few moments before the structure collapsed. The train that took the frightful plunge was a work train. Its weight was tremendous as compared with the ordinary motor, for which the bridge was not designed. The bridge that collapsed was a frail trestle structure.
The span that crossed the creek was about 175 feet long, and the train was just about in the centre of this span when the structure opened up as though it were made of cardboard and allowed the train to plunge into the ravine below. |
| Milwaukee (WI) |
15.01.1896 |
Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Company |
Gründung der "Milwaukee, Racine & Kenosha Electric Railway" (seit 1899 zur MLH&T Co.) |
| Dongola (Illinois) |
11.02.1896 |
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Two mixed freight and passenger trains on the Illinois Central collided at Dongold, [sic] Ills., at 6:45 this morning. Four trainmen were killed and three of the trainmen seriously injured. The dead are:
ENGINEER HUNTINGTON.
BAGGAGEMAN ARMSTRONG.
FIREMAN ADAMS.
BRAKEMAN McLEAN.
None of the passengers were injured. The blame for the disaster seems to lie with the crew of the passenger train which was running on the time of the freight.
The passenger train had waiting orders at Dongola for the freight, but as several freights had pulled in the engineer supposed the track was clear and left. The collision happened on a sharp curve. The damage to railroad property was great as both trains were going at such speed that the force of the collision drove the engines and cars all together in a mass. |
| Fort Wayne (Ind.) |
07.04.1896 |
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J. B. Ohnhouser, of 33 Taylor street, an employee at the Bass works, was struck by a Nickel Plate engine last night and sustained a fracture of the right collar bone and a gash on the scalp. Dr. Enslen attended him. |
| Valparaiso (Indiana) |
07.04.1896 |
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A despatch to the Chronicle from Valparaiso states that the body of the youth who was killed on the Fort Wayne road near that place last week was identified last night by D. H. De Vere, of Chicago, as his son, Edward. The boy ran away from home to go to Fort Wayne to visit an aunt. He was 16 years old. De Vere is an engineer on the Northwestern road and lives at 1210 West Harrison street. |
| North Manitou Island (USA) |
15.04.1896 |
North Manitou Island Lighthouse |
Öffnung der Ausschreibungsangebote |
| Chicago (Ill.) |
05.1896 |
The Oliver Typewriter Co. |
Im Mai: Umzug in die Ecke Clark und Madison Street |
| Chicago (Ill.) |
14.05.1896 |
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Passengers on south-bound electric car No. 1.924 of the Halsted Street line had a scare about 6 o'clock last night at the Panhandle Railroad crossing and Halsted Street. The car was running south at a lively rate of speed with a full complement of passengers. As the motorman neared the crossing he applied the brakes, but they failed to work properly. At the same time engine No. 510 of the Panhandle line darted from between the coalhouses that border the east end of the tracks and started west.
A collision could not be averted, and the passengers who saw that it was inevitable prepared and on the instant jumped, while others were too badly frightened to follow. The car and engine kept on their respective courses and collided. The collision was a bad one for the electric car. The front platform was bruised and twisted out of shape and the glass in the car was reduced to splinters. The car was so badly damaged that it could not be used and was thrown on the side of the tracks. The engine was not escaped with a severe fright. |
| Bluffton (Indiana) |
26.05.1896 |
George W. Grimes Co. |
Erteilung des U.S.-Patents Nr. 560.709 für einen Dampfmaschinregler |
| Detroit (Michigan) |
06.1896 |
Ford Motor Company |
Das erste Auto von Henry Ford beginnt zu rollen. |
| Detroit (Michigan) |
06.1896 |
Ford, Henry |
Das erste Auto von Henry Ford beginnt zu rollen. |
| Berne (Indiana) |
30.07.1896 |
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The Grand Rapids and Indiana northbound vestibule struck a buggy at a crossing north of Berne, killing the occupant, GEORGE DABER, and the horse. |
| Milwaukee (WI) |
08.1896 |
Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Company |
Bau der 23 Meilen langen Strecke der "Milwaukee, Racine & Kenosha Electric Railway". Die MLH&T Co. hat ein Streckenbenutzungsrecht. |
| North Manitou Island (USA) |
08.1896 |
North Manitou Island Lighthouse |
Beginn der Baurerarbeiten |
| Fort Wayne (Ind.) |
02.08.1896 |
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In the evening about 3.000 Fort Wayneites visited the park and the transportation to and from the park was perfect till 8:40 o?clock, when the arch electric lamp which illuminates the abrupt curve at the point north of Centilivre brewery where the track crosses the canal on the iron bridge. At this time Mororman Cox, an extra man, was piloting car No. 87 from Robison park to the city with eighteen passengers on board. Just before he reached the abrupt curve he slackened speed some and was peering ahead for the light which marks the curve. The light was out and the wheel struck the curve too speedily to cling to the rails. The forward end of the car bounded from the steel rails and stopped suddenly on the ties between the tracks. The suddenness of the stop pitched four passengers from the car onto the ties. They were Mrs. F. A. Rider, Mrs. Frank Riblet, Mrs. Charles Flinn and Theodore J. Schuler. Schuler rolled from the ties into the canal, but was speedily rescued by passengers. Aside from the effects of a wild plunge into the water he was not injured, as he was at work this morning. The three ladies were slightly bruised and scratched. Mrs. Flinn had a slight scalp wound.
The angle at which the curve is pitched and guarded prevented a more serious accident. The curve is an abrupt on but it so constructed as to prevent any serious mishap. The cars were turning as usual over the curve last night after the accident. The company will put in incandescent lamps to suplement the arch light which for some reason failed last night. This will preclude the possibility of another similar accident and will make the trip to the park easy of accomplishment and will make passengers feel perfectly at their ease while on the journey. |
| Fort Wayne (Ind.) |
02.08.1896 |
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Mrs. Henry Walda, of Erie street fainted on the electric car last evening near the corner of Superior street and Spy Run avenue, and fell from the seat at the curve. She was picked up unconscious and conveyed home. She remained unconscious for three hours from concussion of the brain. Dr. Myers says she is resting easily to-day. One of Mrs. Walda's daughters say her mother has fainted on other occasions. |
| Hibbard (Indiana) |
29.09.1896 |
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acob R. Illyer of Arcadia, this state, attempted to board a train at Hibbard station, but slipped and fell under the wheels, both legs being crushed below the knee. His recovery is doubtful. |
| Kouts (USA) |
29.09.1896 |
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James Jones, aged 70, while standing in the depot at Kouts, Ind., was struck by a mailsack thrown from a passing train. He received injuries from which he died half and hour later. |
| Detroit (Michigan) |
Herbst 1896 |
Ford Motor Company |
Henry Ford verkauft im Herbst sein "Quadricycle" für 200 Dollar an Charles Annesley. |
| Detroit (Michigan) |
Herbst 1896 |
Ford, Henry |
Henry Ford verkauft im Herbst sein "Quadricycle" für 200 Dollar an Charles Annesley. |
| Mount Summit (Indiana) |
09.11.1896 |
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Thomas Roberson, aged 22, jumped on a Fort Wayne, Cincinnati and Louisville freight train to ride to Newcastle, fell under the car and had both legs cut off at the knees. He was the son of Caleb Roberson and the only support of a widowed mother. |
| Dayton (Ohio) |
19.12.1896 |
Barney & Smith Manufacturing Co. |
William Voss tritt als Direktor und Betriebsleiter-Assistent zurück und trennt sich von der Gesellschaft |
| Milwaukee (WI) |
21.12.1896 |
Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Company |
Eintragung der Tochtergesellschaft "Milwaukee Light, Heat & Traction Company" (MLH&T Co.) |
| Fort Wayne (Ind.) |
23.12.1896 |
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Eugene Mayer, a mustard peddler, was struck by a Nickel Plate passenger train at a crossing on the New Haven road. The wagon was demolished, Mayer escaped. |
| Chicago (Ill.) |
24.12.1896 |
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Mrs. F. A. Parmelee, 75 years old, and the mother-in-law of W. S. Scaverns, a member of the board of trade firm of I. N. Aah & Co., met a horrible death Wednesday afternoon under a cable train on State street within sight of thousands of Christmas shoppers. Mrs. Parmelee was buying Christmas presents and had several small bundles in her arms. Cable cars and vehicles were thicker than usual between Madison and Washington streets. Snow was falling, and this added to the woman's inability to get across State street safely. When on the cable track a train knocked her down and life was quickly crushed out. |
| Chicago (Ill.) |
1897 |
Griffin Wheel Foundry Company |
Bau eines Werks der "Griffin Car Wheel Co." in Tacoma, Washington |
| Chicago (Ill.) |
1897 |
Kellogg Swichboard & Supply Company |
Das Unternehmen baut die erste unabhängige Telefon-Handvermittlungsanlage mit Vielfach für die "Kinloch Telephone Company" in St. Louis |
| Chicago (Ill.) |
1897 |
Kellogg Swichboard & Supply Company |
Milo Gifford Kellogg gründet die "Kellogg Swichboard & Supply Company" |
| Chicago (Ill.) |
1897 |
Kellogg, Milo Gifford |
Milo Gifford Kellogg gründet die "Kellogg Swichboard & Supply Company" |
| Chicago (Ill.) |
1897 |
Munson Typewriter Co. |
Das Schreibmaschinenmodell 2 wird herausgebracht und erhält den Namen "Chicago" |
| Cleveland (Ohio) |
1897 |
Winton Motor Car Co. |
Die Serienproduktion leichter Automobile beginnt |
| Detroit (Michigan) |
1897 |
Detroit Dry Dock Engine Works |
Die Fabrikinspektoren des Staates Michigan besuchen die Werke. |
| Detroit (Michigan) |
1897 |
Log Cabin / Palmer Park |
Umbenennung des Parks aus "Log Cabin Park" in "Palmer Park" |
| Lansing (Michigan) |
1897 |
Oldsmobile |
Beginn des Automobilbaues mit Benzinmotor |
| Lowellville (USA) |
1897 |
The Meehan Boiler Company |
Gründung durch die irischen Einwanderer Patrick Meehan (1875-1956), James Meehan, Paul Meehan und John Meehan |
| Milwaukee (WI) |
1897 |
Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Company |
Erwerbung der 1883 gegründeten "Belle City Electric Railway" |
| Palmer Park (Detroit) |
1897 |
Log Cabin / Palmer Park |
Umbenennung des Parks aus "Log Cabin Park" in "Palmer Park" |
| Racine (Wisconsin) |
1897 |
J. I. Case Threshing Machine Company |
Vergebene Fabriknummern für Dampfmaschinen: 6621 - 6882 (262 gebaute Einheiten) |
| Shelby (Ohio) |
1897 |
Shelby Electric Company |
Der französische Immigrant Adolphe Chaillet entwickelt eine Kohlefadenlampen mit gewundenem Kohlefaden, die heller brennt. |
| Swanton (Ohio) |
1897 |
A. D. Baker Company |
Baker patentiert seine Dampf-Umsteuerung |
| Toledo (Ohio) |
1897/98 |
Lozier Manufacturing Company |
Verkauf der Fabrik an die "American Bicycle Company" und Verlegung nach Plattsburgh (N.Y.) |
| Troy (Ohio) |
1897 |
Hobart GmbH |
Gründung der "Hobart Electrical Manufacturing Company" in Troy, Ohio, durch Übernahme der Motoren- und Generatorenfabrik der Familie Hobart. |
| West Lafayette (USA) |
1897 |
Purdue University |
Verleihung des ersten Doktortitels in Landwirtschaft |
| Ypsilanti (Mich.) |
1897 |
Detroit, Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor Electric Railway |
Gründung der Gesellschaft |
| Cincinnati (Ohio) |
09.02.1897 |
Bickford Drill and Tool Co. |
Der Betriebsleiter Anton Mill scheidet aus |
| Hazleton (Indiana) |
10.03.1897 |
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One of the worst railroad wrecks that has occurred in this vicinity for many years happened today at 3 o'clock to the limited south-bound over the Evansville & Terre Haute railroad one mile north of Hazleton. All thought to be dead.
The train was made up of an engine in charge of Engineer John K. McCutchoon and Joseph Bowman, fireman, a combination baggage and mail car, smoker, ladies' coach and one sleeper.
The engine went over the embankment, falling a distance of 15 feet into the water. The smoker was telescoped by the baggage car and the ladies' coach and sleeper remained on the track.
The engineer says he was running 25 miles an hour, and when he approached the washout saw nothing but a very small hole. The engine passed over it and went down the embankment. |
| Princeton (Indiana) |
10.03.1897 |
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A special to the Chronicle from Princeton, Ind., says a frightful wreck occurred early this morning a few miles north of St. Louis on the Evansville & Terre Haute railroad.
For the past week several small bridges and large sections of track have been washed away, but every precaution has been taken to avoid accident. In spite of all this, passenger train No. 5 had the track washed out from under her and the smoking car now lies in the bottom of the river, with every passenger in it lost. The balance of the train is lodged in tree tops, fifty or seventy-five yards from the track. Conductor SEARS and the fireman are known to be among the lost.
On account of the washout and the breaking of telegraph wires, no word could be received on the Princeton side of the river, and it is not known whether any of the passengers in the day coaches are lost. |
| Milwaukee (WI) |
16.03.1897 |
Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Company |
Die Strecke South Milwaukee station über Chicago Road nach Racine der "Milwaukee, Racine & Kenosha Electric Railway" wird eröffnet. |
| Veedersburg (USA) |
27.03.1897 |
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Geo. Obley, a Clover Leaf fireman, was killed at Veedersburg late last night. The train broke in three parts as it was passing through the yards, and the engineer, not knowing this, stopped at the water tank. Fireman Obley had just climbed up to pull the spout when the rear section struck the front part and knocked Obley under the wheels, cutting off both legs and one arm. He died soon after. Obley was not married. He has a sister at Rariden, Ill., that place being his home. Ten freight cars were wrecked, the damage being heavy. |
| West Lafayette (USA) |
Mai 1897 |
Purdue University |
Die Lokomotive "Schenectady No. 1" wird abgegeben. Sie ist danach als Nr. 422 bei der "Michigan Central Railway" im Dienst |
| Cincinnati (Ohio) |
17.05.1897 |
Bickford Drill and Tool Co. |
An die Stelle von Anton Mill tritt Henry M. Morris als Superintendent und Ingenieur. - Er machte seine Lehre bei "Bement, Miles Company", Philadelphia, Pa., und arbeitete als Zeichner für die "Phoenix Iron Company", Phoenixville, Pa.; die "John A. Roebling Son's Company", Trenton, N.J.; für "Dr. Coleman Sellers", Philadelphia; die "Ferracute Machine Company", Bridgetown, N.J.; die "Brown & Sharpe Company", Providence, R.I.; er war Konstrukteur für die "Pond Machine Tool Company", Plainfleld, N.J., und Inspektor für die "Garvin Machine Company", New York; Betriebsleiter für die "Riehlé Bros. Testing Machine Co.", Philadelphia, und Hauptbetriebsleiter der "Campbell & Zell Company", Baltimore, Md. |
| Milwaukee (WI) |
01.06.1897 |
Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Company |
Verlängerung der Strecke der "Milwaukee, Racine & Kenosha Electric Railway" nach Racine |
| South Whitley (USA) |
14.06.1897 |
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Southbound passenger train No. 2 on the Grand Rapids & Indiana, with D. W. Perry, conductor, was wrecked at Stone Station, four miles south of here, at 2:50 o'clock this afternoon. One was killed and several injured. The passengers about forty in number, that just as they passed the crossing, about one hundred feet north of where the engine jumped the track, he noticed that the track was out of line, caused probably by the intense heat. He saw Engineer Cramer rise from his seat when the crash came, after which all was blank until he found himself on a cot beside the wreck. The engineer lies under his engine with his hand near the throttle and his body wedged in between the tender. The engine, No. 2 lies on its side across the ditch on the west side of the track and almost at right angles. The baggage car lies on its side on the east side. A little further on is the wrecked smoker, mostly on its trucks, but badly damaged. It obstructs the track. The women's coach broke loose from the smoker in an effort to follow the engine into the ditch, and stands with its front end over the ditch. The chair car, still coupled to the car in front, stands with the rear trucks on the rails, which were badly twisted, even the crossties being badly cut into, and the track torn up for about one ground.
The fireman states that both he and the engineer saw the danger when within less than two hundred yards of it. The engineer immediately reversed his engine, but was too late to avert the accident. Fortunately the track and right of way were nearly on a level at the scene of the accident, or much greater damage would have resulted. The engine turned almost completely over and threw the tender ahead of it. The train was making thirty to thirty-five miles an hour, and was in charge of Conductor Joseph Parry, with J. H. Browne as brakeman. The wounded, except the fireman and baggageman, were taken to Richmond. |
| Stone (Indiana) |
14.06.1897 |
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Southbound passenger train No. 2 on the Grand Rapids & Indiana, with D. W. Perry, conductor, was wrecked at Stone Station, four miles south of here, at 2:50 o'clock this afternoon. One was killed and several injured. The passengers about forty in number, that just as they passed the crossing, about one hundred feet north of where the engine jumped the track, he noticed that the track was out of line, caused probably by the intense heat. He saw Engineer Cramer rise from his seat when the crash came, after which all was blank until he found himself on a cot beside the wreck. The engineer lies under his engine with his hand near the throttle and his body wedged in between the tender. The engine, No. 2 lies on its side across the ditch on the west side of the track and almost at right angles. The baggage car lies on its side on the east side. A little further on is the wrecked smoker, mostly on its trucks, but badly damaged. It obstructs the track. The women's coach broke loose from the smoker in an effort to follow the engine into the ditch, and stands with its front end over the ditch. The chair car, still coupled to the car in front, stands with the rear trucks on the rails, which were badly twisted, even the crossties being badly cut into, and the track torn up for about one ground.
The fireman states that both he and the engineer saw the danger when within less than two hundred yards of it. The engineer immediately reversed his engine, but was too late to avert the accident. Fortunately the track and right of way were nearly on a level at the scene of the accident, or much greater damage would have resulted. The engine turned almost completely over and threw the tender ahead of it. The train was making thirty to thirty-five miles an hour, and was in charge of Conductor Joseph Parry, with J. H. Browne as brakeman. The wounded, except the fireman and baggageman, were taken to Richmond. |
| Dayton (Ohio) |
17.06.1897 |
Barney & Smith Manufacturing Co. |
Auf der Aktionärsversammlung werden W. H. Doane und Walter St. John Jones zu Direktoren als Nachfolger von William Voss und W. T. Anderson ernannt. |
| Vandalia (Indiana) |
29.06.1897 |
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Train No. 11 on the Vandalia Railroad, which left Indianapolis at 7 o'clock in the evening, containing a large number of Christian endeavourers, was in a collision with Train No. 6, bound east from St. Louis, at 8:25 o'clock, near Vandalia. J.J. TURNER, General Manager of the Vandalia, telegraphed the following facts to this city.
The Killed
Following is a list of the killed:
SHERMAN, R.T., mail clerk on No. 6, Indianapolis.
COON, W.P., baggage master. 326 East Louisiana Street, Indianapolis, on No. 11.
The Fatally Injured:
Following is a list of the injured:
PARKINSON, SAMUEL, mail clerk, of Columbus, Ohio, crushed in wreck.
OWENS, FRANK, fireman, of Terre Haute, mangled under the engine.
Train No. 11 left Indianapolis in two sections on account of the heavy San Francisco travel occasioned by the National meeting of the Christian Endeavor Society. Orders were given to meet No. 6 at Vandalia, these two trains being due to meet at that place about 1:30 oâ??clock this morning.
At 3 oâ??clock further information was received which confirmed the first report of the accident.
It seems from the best information attainable that the west-bound train pulled out of Vandalia without waiting for the train from St. Louis. The headlight of the west-bound train was extinguished for some time before the crash came.
HORACE KERNS of this city was conductor on train No. 11 and TOM MANAFEE of Terre Haute was the engineer. None of the passengers on either train was injured. |
| Saginaw (Michigan) |
07.07.1897 |
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Bei einem Straßenbahnunfall der Inter Urban Railway von Saginaw fährt eine Bahn durch eine offene Rinne in einen Fluß. 7 Personen ertrinken und 5 werden verletzt |
| East Liverpool (USA) |
10.07.1897 |
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C. & P. trains were delayed three hours last night on account of a wreck at East Liverpool. The accident occurred about 2:40 at the upper end of the town where the Conway and Wellsville west bound freight, No. 93, ran into an open switch, and collided front end with the local shifter, which at the time was about to pull a string of about 40 empties and loaded coal cars on to the main line.
The shifter crew claim to have sent their flagman ahead to stop the freight, but Engineer Ed. Fuller says no one was in sight. The first intimation he had of trouble was when he saw the red switch target, which indicated an open switch. He then saw the shifter slowly coming towards the main line. He threw on the emergency air brake and whistled down brakes. This served as a warning to the crew, all of whom jumped for their lives, John Glessner, middle brakeman on 93, jumped from the top of a box car and sustained fatal injuries to his back. |
| Milwaukee (WI) |
Aug. 1897 |
Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Company |
Die "Milwaukee Light, Heat & Traction Company" erwirbt die um 1895 gebaute "Waukesha Beach Electric Railway" für $62.500. |
| Shelby (Ohio) |
08.1897 |
Shelby Electric Company |
John Fish beginnt sofort nach der Begegnung mit Chaillet Geldmittel die geplante "Richland Mazda Lamp Company" aufzubringen. Im August beginnt die Gesellschaft mit einem Kapital von $100.000,00 und annähernd 50 Anteilseignern. Die Firmenleitung besteht aus W. W. Skiles als Präsident, George W. Skiles als Vizepräsident, M. H. Davis als Finanzleiter, Adolphe A. Chaillet als technischen Leiter, J. C. Whiteside als Betriebsleiter und John C. Fish als Sekretär. |
| Lima (Ohio) |
19.08.1897 |
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A special to the Commercial from Lima, O., says: A terrible smash up occurred here tonight about 10:30 o'clock at the junction of the Lima Northern and Lake Erie & Western railroads, in the eastern portion of the city.
A Lake Erie freight crashed into a Lima Nothern [sic] passenger train, carrying a large number of excursionists on their return from Toledo, the train being a special excursion given by a tea store of this city.
The Lake Erie engine was knocked off the track and badly demolished, and two coaches of the Lima Northern over turned, badly injuring a large number of Lima's prominent citizens. Relief trains are hurrying to the injured, all physicians being pressed into service. |
| Lansing (Michigan) |
21.08.1897 |
Olds Motor Works |
Der Vater zieht sich zuück, und R. E. Olds gründet zusammen mit Geschäftsmann Samuel Smith aus Detroit die "Olds Motor Vehicle Company" und damit Beginn des Automobilbaues. Smith ist der Haupt-Geldgeber; er besteht darauf, daß die neue Fabrik in Detroit gebaut wird, und er wird Präsident der Gesellschaft. Es werden elf Prototypen von Benzin-, Dampf und Elektrofahrzeugen gebaut. Smith wünscht große, eindrucksvolle Maschinen - Olds favorisiert kleine, leichte und preiswerte für die Mittelklasse zu Preisen von ca. $600. |
| Springfield (Illinois) |
06.09.1897 |
A. L. Ide & Sons |
Tod von A. L. Ide. Nach seinem Tode übernehmen seine Söhne das Unternehmen |
| La Grange (Cook, Illinois) |
14.09.1897 |
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Two electric cars on the suburban electric railway, collided while running at full speed on Harlem avenue. In La Grange, this morning. Both cars were crowded and nearly all of the passengers were more or less injured. The two motormen, J. Murphy, and John Jamison will die. The accident was caused by a heavy fog. |
| West Lafayette (USA) |
Okt. 1897 |
Purdue University |
Die Lokomotive "Schenectady No. 2" trifft im "Purdue Locomotive Testing Plant" ein |
| Chicago (Ill.) |
19.10.1897 |
Pullman Palace Car Company |
Tod von George Mortimer Pullman in Chicago durch einen Herzanfall im Alter von 66 Jahren. Er wird in einer Grabkammer mit 18 inches (= 45,7 cm) dicken Wänden und einer Abdeckung aus Beton und kreuzweise verlegten, verschraubten und einbetonierten Eisenbahnschienen beerdigt, um Grabschändungen durch seine Arbeiter nach seinem rigorosen Vorgehen im "Pullman Strike" (1894) zu verhindern. Sein Grabmal besteht aus einer hohen korithischen Säule mit gesschwungenen Steinbänken beiderseits (Entwurf von Solon Beman). |
| Chicago (Ill.) |
19.10.1897 |
Pullman, George Mortimer |
Tod von George Mortimer Pullman in Chicago durch einen Herzanfall im Alter von 66 Jahren. Er wird in einer Grabkammer mit 18 inches (= 45,7 cm) dicken Wänden und einer Abdeckung aus Beton und kreuzweise verlegten, verschraubten und einbetonierten Eisenbahnschienen beerdigt, um Grabschändungen durch seine Arbeiter nach seinem rigorosen Vorgehen im "Pullman Strike" (1894) zu verhindern. Sein Grabmal besteht aus einer hohen korithischen Säule mit gesschwungenen Steinbänken beiderseits (Entwurf von Solon Beman). |
| Pullman (Chicago) |
19.10.1897 |
Pullman Palace Car Company |
Tod von George Mortimer Pullman in Chicago durch einen Herzanfall im Alter von 66 Jahren. Er wird in einer Grabkammer mit 18 inches (= 45,7 cm) dicken Wänden und einer Abdeckung aus Beton und kreuzweise verlegten, verschraubten und einbetonierten Eisenbahnschienen beerdigt, um Grabschändungen durch seine Arbeiter nach seinem rigorosen Vorgehen im "Pullman Strike" (1894) zu verhindern. Sein Grabmal besteht aus einer hohen korithischen Säule mit gesschwungenen Steinbänken beiderseits (Entwurf von Solon Beman). |
| Chicago (Ill.) |
27.10.1897 |
M. Brand & Co. |
Tod von Michael Brand. Er wird am 27. Oktober beerdigt |
| Chicago (Ill.) |
28.10.1897 |
Pullman, George Mortimer |
Das Testament wird in der New York Times veröffentlicht: Haupt-Begünstigte sind seine Ehefrau und seine beiden Töchter. Die nicht in seinem Sinne gediehenen Söhne (Zwillinge) erhalten nur einen kleinen Teil. |
| Dayton (Ohio) |
09.12.1897 |
Barney & Smith Manufacturing Co. |
H. M. Estabrook wird zum Betriebsleitungsassistenten ernannt. |
| Pontiac (Illinois) |
19.12.1897 |
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An open switch on the Chicago & Alton railroad was the cause of a collision this afternoon between the St. Louis limited passenger, due here at 10:45 P.M., and a freight train on the side track. The brakeman, whose duty it was to close the switch, was unable to move it, and the passenger train was approaching. He jumped on the track and signaled for it to stop. The engineer applied the air brakes and reversed his engine, but it was too late and the passenger went crashing into the freight. The seriously injured are: J.C. BUSHER, Boswell, Ind., trainman, arm broken and badly bruised about the head and face; J.W. JONES, Peoria, engineer, injured internally; JOHN WHITE, Bloomington, fireman, injured internally; L.J. SUTTON, Chicago, baggage man, slight bruises; A.G. HAINES, Atlanta, Ill., passenger, bruised; MISS MINNIE COUNTRYMAN, of this city, a passenger cut and bruised.
J.C. BUSHER was riding between the baggage car and tender. The two engines and two freight cars are total wrecks. The damage to the other cars can easily be repaired. The combination baggage and mail car was derailed and had to be left here, the mail and baggage being transferred to another car. The passenger train was delayed about three hours. |
| Akron (Ohio) |
1898 |
The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company |
Frank A. Seiberling gründet die "The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company" und benennt sie zu Ehren des bereits 1860 verstorbenen Erfinders der Gummi-Vulkanisation (erfunden 1839), Charles Goodyear |
| Chicago (Ill.) |
1898 |
Chicago Writing Machine Co. |
Edgar A. Hill erwirbt die Herstellungsrechte der "Munson Typewriter Co." und gründet die "Chicago Writing Machine Co." |
| Chicago (Ill.) |
1898 |
Crane Elevator Co. |
Die "Crane Elevator Co." wird verkauft und mit anderen Gesellschaften zur "Otis Elevator Co." verschmolzen. |
| Chicago (Ill.) |
1898 |
Munson Typewriter Co. |
Edgar A. Hill erwirbt die Herstellungsrechte und gründet die "Chicago Writing Machine Co." |
| Chillicothe (Ohio) |
um 1898 |
Taylor Switch & Signal Co. |
Umwandlung in die "Taylor-Sargent Signal Co." |
| Chillicothe (Ohio) |
um 1898 |
Taylor-Sargent Signal Co. |
Umwandlung aus "Taylor Switch & Signal Co." |
| Cincinnati (Ohio) |
1898 |
Mount Auburn Inclined Plane |
Stillegung |
| Cleveland (Ohio) |
1898 |
American Shipbuilding Co. |
Eröffnung der Werft in Lorain |
| Cleveland (Ohio) |
1898 |
Stearns |
Stearns baut eine kleine Serie von Zweizylinder-Wagen |
| Connersville (Indiana) |
1898 |
P. H. & F. M. Roots Company |
Edgar Dwight Johnston wird Präsident |
| Detroit (Michigan) |
1898 |
American Blower Company |
Samuel Davidson erfindet den Radialventilator mit vorwärts geneigten Schaufeln, den "Sirocco-Ventilator". |
| Detroit (Michigan) |
1898 |
Detroit Waterworks |
Das Dorf Delray, das später in Detroit aufgeht, wird dem Wasserversorgungssystem hinzugefügt. |
| Ferrysburg (USA) |
1898 |
Johnston Boiler Works |
Die Johnston Brothers stellen den ersten ganz aus Stahl gebauten Schlepper her, der "C. J. Bos" |
| Grand Rapids (Michigan) |
1898 |
Fox Typewriter Co. |
Aufnhame der Versuchsarbeit durch Glenn J. Barrett |
| Kokomo (Indiana) |
1898 |
Haynes-Apperson |
Beginn des Automobilbaues |
| Lorain (USA) |
1898 |
American Shipbuilding Co. |
Eröffnung als Zweigbetrieb der "Cleveland Shipbuilding" (seit 1900: "American Shipbuilding Co.") |
| Madison (Wisconsin) |
1898 |
Madison-Kipp Corporation |
Gründung von "Madison-Kipp" durch O. G. Kipp und seinem Partner Mason in Rochelle, Illinois, unter der Firma "Kipp Lubricator Company" (auch "Mason & Kipp" genannt) |
| Oscoda (USA) |
1898 |
Henry M. Loud's Sons |
Henry M. Loud zieht sich aus dem Geschäft zurück |
| Racine (Wisconsin) |
1898 |
J. I. Case Threshing Machine Company |
Vergebene Fabriknummern für Dampfmaschinen: 6882 - 7093 (212 gebaute Einheiten) |
| Rochelle (Illinois) |
1898 |
Madison-Kipp Corporation |
Gründung von "Madison-Kipp" durch O. G. Kipp und seinem Partner Mason in Rochelle, Illinois, unter der Firma "Kipp Lubricator Company" (auch "Mason & Kipp" genannt) |
| Sandusky (Ohio) |
1898 |
Barney & Kilby |
Tod von G. Barney |
| Swanton (Ohio) |
1898 |
A. D. Baker Company |
Als "A. D. Baker" organisisert |
| Water Works Park (Detroit) |
1898 |
Detroit Waterworks |
Das Dorf Delray, das später in Detroit aufgeht, wird dem Wasserversorgungssystem hinzugefügt. |
| Shelby (Ohio) |
01.02.1898 |
Shelby Electric Company |
Beginn der Produktion |
| Chicago (Ill.) |
01.03.1898 |
The Oliver Typewriter Co. |
Patentierung der "Oliver"-Schreibmaschine (Modell 3) |
| Chicago (Ill.) |
05.1898 |
The Oliver Typewriter Co. |
Im Mai: Umzug in die Dearborn und Washington Street |
| Saginaw (Michigan) |
24.05.1898 |
Wickes Brothers |
Patent auf einen senkrechten Wasserrohrkessel |
| Milwaukee (WI) |
25.06.1898 |
Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Company |
Eröffnung der Strecke West Water and Grand (Plankinton and Wisconsin) via Reed (S.2nd), National and West Allis Street nach Five Points in Waukesha. |
| Port Huron (USA) |
25.08.1898 |
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Twelve persons were more or less seriously injured in a collision on the Flint and Pere Marquette Railway in Port Huron to-day. They are as follows:
MRS. JAMES HOBBINS, Wales.
MRS. MARGARET DOWNER, aged seventy-four, Wales.
MRS. DR. WILLIAMSON, Almont.
MISS MARTIN, Detroit.
MRS. M. S. SWAIN, Almont.
MISS KNOZ, Memphis.
MRS. JOHN CLEGG, Memphis.
MRS. McGUIRE, Memphis.
MRS. VICTORIA CROOM, Wales.
GEORGE T. FRIES of this city.
MISS BESSIE BAKER, Memphis.
MISS HELEN WILCOX of Wales.
The collision was between the Almont train and train No. 609 of the Saginaw Division. The former was loaded with circus excursionists. Four cars of the Almont train were overturned and almost telescoped. The engine of the other train was derailed.
When the trains came together a frightful panic ensued, the 200 or more passengers in the overturned cars screaming and struggling to extricate themselves. In the excitement many women were trampled under foot, and innumerable slight injuries inflicted. |
| Detroit (Michigan) |
14.09.1898 |
Burroughs Adding Machine Co. |
Tod von W. S. Burroughs, ohne den Erfolg seiner Rechenmaschinen-Konstruktion gesehen zu haben |
| Detroit (Michigan) |
14.09.1898 |
Burroughs, William Seward |
Tod von W. S. Burroughs, ohne den Erfolg seiner Rechenmaschinen-Konstruktion gesehen zu haben |
| Galion (Ohio) |
Herbst 1898 |
Ohio Central Traction Co. |
Gründung |
| Cincinnati (Ohio) |
Nov. 1898 |
Bickford Drill and Tool Co. |
Tod von Charles Hoeflnghoff, Präsident des Unternehmens |
| Jones Farm (USA) |
23.11.1898 |
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At 9 o'clock, one mile north of Jones Station, five miles south of Hamilton, the locomotive boiler of a north-bound freight train on teh Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railway blew up on a viaduct, hurling the engine into the air, wrecking twenty-three cars, and tearing up fifty yards of the road.
Fireman Daniel Donaldson was crushed to death; Engineer Charles Boyer was pinned to his place in the cab and fatally injured; Assistant Fireman Edward Martindale was blown into a field and badly hurt.
Brakeman Harry Metz, although thrown through a tree and badly bruised, crawled to the rear and flagged an incoming passenger train, thereby without doubt saving many lives. |
| Steubenville (Ohio) |
1898 |
Jefferson Foundry |
Eine neue Gesellschaft, durch eine Gruppe, geleitet von C. J. Davis, erwirbt die "Jefferson Foundry". |
| Chicago (Ill.) |
1899 |
Griffin Wheel Foundry Company |
"Griffin Car Wheel Co." erwirbt eine Gießerei in Kansas City |
| Chicago (Ill.) |
1899 |
Illinois Tunnel Company |
Baubeginn |
| Chicago (Ill.) |
1899 |
Wells & French Company |
Zusammenschluß mit zwölf weiteren Unternehmen der Waggonindustrie zu "American Car and Foundry Co." |
| Chicago (Ill.) |
1899 |
Western Camera Mfg. Co. |
Die Firma wird ein Teil von "Rochester Optical & Camera Co." |
| Cincinnati (Ohio) |
1899 |
The Laidlaw-Dunn-Gordon Company |
Zusammenschluß von "Laidlaw-Dunn-Gordon Co." mit "Henry R. Worthington" |
| Cleveland (Ohio) |
1899 |
Cleveland Shipbuilding Co. |
Zusammenschluß mit den "Globe Iron Works" zu "The American Shipbuilding Company" |
| Cleveland (Ohio) |
1899 |
Globe Iron Works |
Zusammenschluß mit der "Cleveland Shipbuilding Co." zu "The American Shipbuilding Company" |
| Cleveland (Ohio) |
1899 |
Republic Steel Corporation |
Anfang der "Republic Steel" als "Republic Iron and Steel Company" in Youngstown |
| Cleveland (Ohio) |
1899 |
The American Ship Building Co. |
Entstanden durch Zusammenschluß der "Globe Iron Works" mit der "Cleveland Shipbuilding Co." |
| Detroit (Michigan) |
1899 |
Detroit Automobile Company |
Nach dem Erfolg mit dem "Quadricycle" verläßt Ford die "Edison Illuminating Co." und gründet mit weiteren Investoren die "Detroit Automobile Company". Während dieser Zeit läßt Ford seine Fahrzeuge Rennen gegen die anderer Hersteller fahren, um die Überlegenheit seiner Modelle zu demonstrieren. |
| Detroit (Michigan) |
1899 |
Detroit Dry Dock Engine Works |
Die Firma wird Teil der "Detroit Shipbuilding Company". - Sie wird sich später mit zwölf anderen Werften an den Großen Seen zur "American Shipbuilding Company" zusammenschließen. |
| Detroit (Michigan) |
1899 |
Detroit Shipbuilding Company |
Die "Dry Dock Engine Works" gehen in der Werft auf. |
| Detroit (Michigan) |
1899 |
Ford, Henry |
Nach dem Erfolg mit dem "Quadricycle" verläßt Ford die "Edison Illuminating Co." und gründet mit weiteren Investoren die "Detroit Automobile Company". Während dieser Zeit läßt Ford seine Fahrzeuge Rennen gegen die anderer Hersteller fahren, um die Überlegenheit seiner Modelle zu demonstrieren. |
| Detroit (Michigan) |
1899 |
Michigan-Peninsular Car Company |
Zusammenschluß mit zwölf weiteren Unternehmen der Waggonindustrie zu "American Car and Foundry Co." |
| Evansville (USA) |
1899 |
A. S. Baker Company |
Das Kapital wird erhöht auf $300,000 mit 200,000 Vorzugsaktien für die Investoren und 100,000 als gewöhnliche Aktien für die Gewinnbeteiligung der Beschäftigten. |
| Evansville (USA) |
1899 |
A. S. Baker Company |
John Baker erleidet in seinem letzten Jahr auf der Universität eine schwere Augenverletzung als Folge eines Hundebisses, und er muß fast ein Jahr in einem abgedunketlen Raum zubringen, um seine Augen nicht zu strapazieren. |
| Evansville (USA) |
1899 |
A. S. Baker Company |
Nach Jahren der Überredung durch Allen Baker's Sohn, John S. Baker, führt die Gesellschaft die Gewinnbeteiligung ein. |
| Jeffersonville (Indiana) |
1899 |
Ohio Falls Car Manufacturing Company |
Zusammenschluß mit zwölf weiteren Unternehmen der Waggonindustrie zu "American Car and Foundry Co." |
| Lafayette (Indiana) |
1899 |
Goss, William Freeman Myrich |
W. F. M. Goss läßt sich für neun Monate als Professor von der Purdue University beurlauben und studiert Theorie und Praxis in England, Deutschland und Frankreich. - Danach setzt er seine Arbeibeit in Purdue fort |
| Lorain (USA) |
1899 |
Johnson Company |
Durch Verschmelzung: "Illinois Steel Company" |
| Marion (Ohio) |
1899 |
Marion Steam Shovel and Dredge Company |
Die "Osgood Dredge Company" in Albany, New York, geht ein. Das Unternehmen war von William Carmichael, dem Neffen von William Otis (Erfinder des Dampfbaggers) gegründet worden. - Um 1910 gehen Maschinen und Rechte auf die "Marion Steam Shovel and Dredge Company" über, die 1912 auch den Namen "Osgood" übernimmt. |
| Martins Ferry (Ohio) |
1899 |
Lavosier Spence |
Verschmelzung der "L. Spence Co." mit der "Riverside Bridge Co." |
| Milwaukee (WI) |
1899 |
Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Company |
Übernahme der "Milwaukee, Racine & Kenosha Electric Railway" durch die "Milwaukee Light, Heat & Traction Company" |
| Minerva (Ohio) |
1899 |
Minerva Car Works |
Zusammenschluß mit zwölf weiteren Unternehmen der Waggonindustrie zu "American Car and Foundry Co." |
| Racine (Wisconsin) |
1899 |
J. I. Case Threshing Machine Company |
Vergebene Fabriknummern für Dampfmaschinen: 7094 - 8013 (920 gebaute Einheiten) |
| Saginaw (Michigan) |
1899 |
Jackson & Church |
Übernahme von "McGregor & Jackson" |
| Saginaw (Michigan) |
1899 |
McGregor & Jackson |
Übernahme durch Jackson & Church |
| Terre Haute (Indiana) |
1899 |
Terre Haute Car and Manufacturing Company |
Zusammenschluß mit zwölf weiteren Unternehmen der Waggonindustrie zu "American Car and Foundry Co." |
| West Lafayette (USA) |
1899 |
Purdue University |
W. F. M. Goss läßt sich für neun Monate als Professor von der Purdue University beurlauben und studiert Theorie und Praxis in England, Deutschland und Frankreich. - Danach setzt er seine Arbeibeit in Purdue fort |
| Youngstown (Ohio) |
1899 |
Mahoning Works |
Anschluß der Youngstowner Werke von "Brown-Bonnell" (Gesamtkapazität: 100.000 tons Fertigeisen) an die "Republic Iron and Steel Co." |
| Youngstown (Ohio) |
1899 |
National Steel Company |
Übernahme der "Buhl Steel Co." |
| Youngstown (Ohio) |
1899 |
National Steel Company |
Verkauf der "Ohio Steel Company" an die "National Steel Company" in Pittsburgh |
| Youngstown (Ohio) |
1899 |
Ohio Steel Company |
Verkauf an die "National Steel Company" in Pittsburgh |
| Youngstown (Ohio) |
1899 |
Republic Iron & Steel Company, Youngstown Works |
Bildung durch Zusammenschluß der Werke von "Brown-Bonnell" (Gesamtkapazität: 100.000 tons Fertigeisen), der "Andrew Brothers Company" und der "Mahoning Valley Iron Company" in Youngstown |
| Youngstown (Ohio) |
1899 |
Republic Steel Corporation |
Anfang der "Republic Steel" als "Republic Iron and Steel Company" in Youngstown |
| Chicago (Ill.) |
12.01.1899 |
Bullock, Milan C. |
Tod von Milan C. Bullock in seinem Haus in Chicago |
| Chicago (Ill.) |
12.01.1899 |
M. C. Bullock Manufacturing Co. |
Tod von Milan C. Bullock in seinem Haus in Chicago |
| Chicago (Ill.) |
20.02.1899 |
Illinois Tunnel Company |
Die "Illinois Telephone and Telegraph Company" erhält die Genehmigung für den Bau und die Unterhaltung von Tunneln für Telefonzwecke. |
| Batavia (Illinois) |
24.02.1899 |
Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad, Power Plant |
Bildung durch Zusammenschluß der "Aurora, Wheaton & Chicago Railway" mit der "Elgin & Chicago Railway" |
| Aurora (Ill.) |
März 1899 |
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Shops |
Für die "Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad" werden für den schnellen Postverkehr westlich von Chicago zwei "Atlantic"-Lokomotiven mit Vauclain-Verbundtriebwerk gebaut. Daten: d= 13,5" + 23", h= 26", D= 84,25" = 2140 mm |
| Chicago (Ill.) |
14.03.1899 |
A. H. Barber Manufacturing Co. |
Erteilung des U.S.-Patents 620.936 auf einen Mechanismus für Gaskompressoren (ferderbelastete, selbsttätige Saug- und Druckventile) an Louis G. Kutzer, Abtretender an "Barber & Co.". Patent beantragt am 29.09.1898. |
| Cleveland (Ohio) |
16.03.1899 |
American Shipbuilding Co. |
Eingetragen unter den Gesetzen von New Jersey |
| Rittman (USA) |
22.03.1899 |
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Erie west bound passenger train No. 5, due here at 8:56 a.m., was wrecked this morning between Rittman and Sterling. The accident happened between 7:30 and 8 o'clock and resulted in the death of the engineer, WALLACE LOGAN, and the serious injury of the fireman, Barney Ward, who was reported as not being expected to live.
The engine jumped the track and the engineer, it is stated, was crushed beneath the engine. All of the cars of the train, except the dining car, were derailed, but so far as has been learned none of the passengers were injured. The accident happened about one-half a mile east Rittman. The train was going at the rate of 60 miles an hour when suddenly the engine jumped the track and rolled over. Some part of the machinery is supposed to have caused it. Five cars and vestibuled[sic] coaches were ditched, but none of the passengers are reported injured except F. C. Wilson, of Cincinnati, leg broken; H. Little, internal injuries, and a lady, minor injuries. |
| Galion (Ohio) |
20.04.1899 |
Ohio Central Traction Co. |
Gründung (incorporated) |
| Galion (Ohio) |
Mai 1899 |
Ohio Central Traction Co. |
Baubeginn |
| Fort Wayne (Ind.) |
14.05.1899 |
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Eugene Oberchain, a Nickel Plate brakeman, was instantly killed in the evening at 7 o'clock, in the west yards. He was on freight train No. 35, which was doing some switching in the yards. He attempted to board a refrigerator car at the end and fell under the wheels. His head was crushed into an indistinguishable mass. The body was very badly disfigured. DRS. DINNEN and CALVIN were quickly on the scene, but the victim of the unfortunate accident had not lived a moment after he fell.
The body was taken to Peltierâ??s morgue.
Eugene Oberchain was a native of South Whitley, but had been boarding at No. 71 Boone street, in this city, for some time. He was 24 years old and unmarried. His father and mother, MR. and MRS. ALBERT OBERCHAIN, reside at South Whitley. They were notified of their sonâ??s death, and came to this city this morning. Mr. Oberchain had been in the employ of the Nickel Plate company for six years. He has a brother who is a brakeman on the Pennsylvania, and was also a brother-in-law to MR. ED STERLING, of the Aldine barber shop. |
| Chicago (Ill.) |
30.05.1899 |
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Forty people were injured in a collision on the Lake Street Elevated railroad in the afternoon at 2 o'clock. The Harlem race track special ran into a regular local train at the Oakley avenue station. Panic seized the passengers, who rushed from the cars cut and with blood flowing from their wounds. The last reports of the collision show that three people were internally injured and two score more cut, bruised and severely shocked.
C.H. Smith was the motorman on the special. He said he had been in the company's employ for two years. He was in motor car No. 125, and stated he was running his train at a moderate rate of speed. Passengers assert that the train was going at a twelve-mile-an-hour rate. The special at a standstill came out of the mix-up as the later was about to leave the station. The motorman said he thought the forward train was moving, and when he saw it was still at a halt he put on the air brakes, but there was no response, and so he reversed his motor lever. He was not quick enough, however, for the special hit the rear coach of the local a smashing, terrible blow. |
| Geneseo (Illinois) |
12.06.1899 |
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As the Chicago Rock Island & Pacific westbound express train pulled into Geneseo, Ill, 150 miles south of Chicago, at 9:50 o'clock last night, three cards left the track and crashed into a stock train standing on a siding. Fifteen passengers were injured and three cars demolished.
The most seriously injured:
C. A. Keefer, Chicago, back and abdomen
H. R. Huntingdon, Blue Island, Ill, conductor, head cut, neck badly wrenched, knee fractured.
W. H. Smith, Chicago, brakeman, back and chest bruised.
Mrs. A. Berlau, New York city, arms and chest scalded, scalp wounds.
M. E. Reidy, Chicago, postal clerk, head cut, face bruised.
The others injured were:
Dr. F. E. Vance and wife, Eddyville, Iowa.
George R. Dean and wife, Maysville, N. Y.
Miss Carrie Nickell, Pella, Ia.
W. J. Parck, Chicago.
Arthur Steeley, Circleville, Ia.
Albert Ray, Davenport, Ia.
John F. Buchanan, Pittsburg, Pa.
Unknown woman.
The train was made up of ten cards, two chair cars and a smoker being at the rear. Within half a mile of the Geneseo station a stock train was standing on the siding. The switch was closed and locked. The passenger train was slowing down for the station and the engine and seven cars passed the switch in safety, but the smoker left the rail at the switch and with the two chair cars following crashed into the stock train engine, demolishing the three passenger cars completely. Had the three cards been well filled loss of life would doubtless have resulted.
After the accident the switch was examined and found to be still safely closed. The cause of the accident has not yet been determined. The injured were at once taken to Geneseo and cared for and an hour later three cars replaced those demolished and the train proceeded. |
| Manitowoc (USA) |
20.06.1899 |
H. D. Smalley & Bro. |
Ein landwirtschaftliches Gebäude der Firma am See am Fuß der Chicago Street, das mit Heu und Stroh gefüllt ist, wird gegen 19.00 Uhr vmtl. durch spielende Kinder angezündet. Der Schaden beträgt ca. $1.000 und ist durch die Versicherung gedeckt. |
| Lorain (USA) |
05.07.1899 |
Johnson Company |
Der erste Hochofen wird angeblasen [andere Quellen geben 1895 an] |
| Lenzburg (USA) |
18.07.1899 |
---- |
The south-bound flyer on the Illinois Central railroad, which left here at 9 a. m. was struck at Lenzburg, Ills., thirty-three miles from St. Louis, today, resulting in the death of THOMAS JONES, and the injury to four passengers, one of whom was fatally hurt. A. J. Elflein of St. Louis, who is not expected to live, was terribly bruised and internally hurt. The others injured were:
W. B. Wilson, Chicago, badly scalded.
O. G. Cannon, St. Louis, scalded.
Master mechanic Beckwith, of the Illinois Central, bruised.
Nobody knows what caused the accident. The engine left the track, turning completely over and derailing all the cars in the train. Engineer David McConghie, who stuck to his machine, came out of the wreck unhurt. |
| Galion (Ohio) |
16.08.1899 |
Ohio Central Traction Co. |
Inbetriebnahme |
| Detroit (Michigan) |
19.08.1899 |
Ford Motor Company |
Nach dem Erfolg mit dem "Quadricycle" verläßt Ford die "Edison Illuminating Co." und gründet mit weiteren Investoren die "Detroit Automobile Company". Während dieser Zeit läßt Ford seine Fahrzeuge Rennen gegen die anderer Hersteller fahren, um die Überlegenheit seiner Modelle zu demonstrieren. |
| Detroit (Michigan) |
19.08.1899 |
Ford, Henry |
Nach dem Erfolg mit dem "Quadricycle" verläßt Ford die "Edison Illuminating Co." und gründet mit weiteren Investoren die "Detroit Automobile Company". Während dieser Zeit läßt Ford seine Fahrzeuge Rennen gegen die anderer Hersteller fahren, um die Überlegenheit seiner Modelle zu demonstrieren. |
| Lorain (USA) |
23.08.1899 |
Johnson Company |
Der zweite Hochofen wird angeblasen |
| Muncie (Ind.) |
12.09.1899 |
Broderick Co. |
Geburt von Joseph H. Broderick |
| Brookfield (Indiana) |
24.10.1899 |
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A local freight, west-bound, yesterday morning backed into a siding to allow fast freight No. 90 to pass. The operator neglected to close the switch and the fast freight, traveling thirty miles an hour, dashed into the open switch. The crews of both the trains jumped. Fireman Celtz of the fast train was perhaps fatally injured.
The impact of the collision was so severe as to drive the tender of the motionless train off its trucks, and , telescoping a cattle car loaded with coal, it rested half on top of the third car. Of the fast freight, a car loaded with hogs was telescoped by one loaded with shelled corn, and the animals not killed in the collision were smothered in an avalanche of corn.
The locomotives, neither of which left the track, are so interlocked that dynamite will be required to seperate them. |
| Detroit (Michigan) |
11.1899 |
Packard |
James Packard beginnt mit einer Kleinwerie von Automodellen mit Einzylindermotor und automatischer Vorzündung |
| Milwaukee (WI) |
04.11.1899 |
Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Company |
Gründung der "Milwaukee & Muskego Lakes Traction" um eine Linie von der 22nd Avenue (27th St.) und Greenfield zu den Muskego Lakes zu bauen. - Sie wird um 1900 von der "Milwaukee Light, Heat & Traction Company" erworben. |
| McCool (Indiana) |
22.11.1899 |
---- |
The revised list of the dead and injured this morning from the wreck at McCools station, shows that HARRY BRADFORD and JOHN STINE, trainmen, were killed, and fireman ELMER ORR may die.
The injured who were taken to Chicago, are:
JAMES GANNON, Allegheny, right wrist severely crushed.
F.R. FERGUSON, Walton Place, Chicago, postal clerk, bruised about head and body.
B.J. BLOOMER, Newark, O., bruised about body.
FREDERICK HUDSON, Columbia, O., cut about head and arms and legs injured.
Each of the dead men leaves a family and all were among the best known and most valued employes of the road. |
| Salem (Ohio) |
05.12.1899 |
The Buckeye Engine Company |
Patent |
| Mansfield (Ohio) |
06.12.1899 |
---- |
A serious wreck occured about 4 o'clock this afternoon on the B. & O. three miles west of Mansfield (Ohio). A work train en route to Newark crashed head end into the west bound freight No. 99. which was leaving a sidling. F. R. WOODWARD of Newark, conductor of the work train, was killed. He leaves a wife and children. Harry PETERMAN, of Newark, engineer, was fatally injured. The other men injured were the fireman on each train and a brakeman on the work train. |
| Anderson (Indiana) |
1900 |
The Hill Machine Company |
Hugh Hill gründet die "Hill Tool" |
| Appleton (Wisc.) |
1900 |
Valley Iron Works |
Eingetragen |
| Auburn (Indiana) |
1900 |
Auburn Automobile Company |
Gründung der Firma als Subunternehmen der Firma des Vaters durch Frank und Morris Eckhart |
| Chicago (Ill.) |
1900 |
C. Cretors & Co. |
Bis 1900 führt Cretors seinen pferde-gezogenen Popcorn-Wagen ein. Zu dieser Zeit werden auch elektrisch betriebene Popcorn-Maschinen eingeführt. |
| Chicago (Ill.) |
1900 |
Central Scientific Company |
Gründung aus der "Olmstad Scientific Company" |
| Chicago (Ill.) |
ab 1900 |
E. H. Wachs & Co. |
Edward H. Wachs, Sr. und das aktive Management von Edward H. Wachs, Jr. in der "Stocker-Rumely-Wachs Company" (einer der bedeutendsten Vertreiber von Werkzeugmaschinen im Mittleren Westen) verbindet die "Wachs Company" mit der Werkzeugmaschinenindustrie durch Investition. |
| Chicago (Ill.) |
um 1900 |
E. H. Wachs & Co. |
Beginn der Herstellung von Ausrüstungen für Kohlebergwerke für "Roberts & Schaffer", einem Auftragnehmer für den Bau von Bergwerken |
| Chicago (Ill.) |
1900 |
Griffin Wheel Foundry Company |
Die "Fonderia Fratelli Franchi" (Brescia) erwirbt das amerikanische "Griffin"-Patent zur Herstellung von Eisenbahn- und Straßenbahnrädern und wird zur "Franchi-Griffin S.p.a." |
| Chicago (Ill.) |
01.01.1900 |
Pullman Palace Car Company |
Umbenennung aus "Pullman Palace Car Company" in "The Pullman Company" |
| Chicago (Ill.) |
01.01.1900 |
Pullman, Inc. |
Umbenennung aus "Pullman Palace Car Company" in "The Pullman Company" |
| Chicago (Ill.) |
1900 |
Winslow Brothers Company |
Auszeichnung durch zwei Goldmedaillen, den Grand Prix und drei ehrenfollen Erwähnungen auf der Weltausstellung in Paris |
| Cincinnati (Ohio) |
1900 |
Ahrens-Fox Manufacturing Company |
Dieselben Finanzleute, denen die "American Fire Engine Company" gehört, bilden ein zweites Konglomerat von Feuerwehrgeräteherstellern (einschießlich "LaFrance Fire Engine Company" in Elmira, NY), und nenne diese neue Firma "International Fire Engine Company". |
| Cincinnati (Ohio) |
1900 |
Emery Industries Inc. |
Twitchell entwickelt den "Twitchell-Process". |
| Cleveland (Ohio) |
1900 |
American Shipbuilding Co. |
Umfirmierung aus "Cleveland Shipbuilding" in "American Shipbuilding Co.", als sie die "Superior Shipbuilding" in Superior, Wisconsin, die "Toledo Shipbuilding", in Toledo, Ohio, und die "West Bay Shipbuilding", in West Bay City, Michigan, erwirbt. [Auch 1899 angegeben] |
| Cleveland (Ohio) |
1900 |
Browning Engineering Company |
Gründung durch die Ingenieure Victor R. Browning und seinem jüngeren Bruder Earl H. Browning mit finanzieller Unterstützung von Benjamin F. Miles |
| Cleveland (Ohio) |
1900 |
Division Avenue Pumping Station |
Vergrößerung des Pumpwerks auf der Westseite und Bau eines großen Speichers auf der Ostseite, gespeist durch die Division-Pumpen |
| Cleveland (Ohio) |
1900 |
White Sewing Machine Company |
Rollin H. White vollendet sein erstes Automobil mit Dampfantrieb |
| Collinwood (Cleveland) |
1900 |
Browning Engineering Company |
Gründung durch die Ingenieure Victor R. Browning und seinem jüngeren Bruder Earl H. Browning mit finanzieller Unterstützung von Benjamin F. Miles |
| Connersville (Indiana) |
1900 |
P. H. & F. M. Roots Company |
Gottlieb Daimer patentiert einen Roots-Lader für Automobil-Verbrennungsmotoren |
| Dayton (Ohio) |
01.01.1900 |
Barney & Smith Manufacturing Co. |
E. J. Barney tritt als Präsident zurück, bleibt aber im Vorstand. |
| Detroit (Michigan) |
1900 |
Detroit Waterworks |
Erneute Vergrößerung des Pumpenhauses Nr. 1 |
| Detroit (Michigan) |
1900 |
Detroit Waterworks |
River Rouge wird dem Wasserversorgungssystem hinzugefügt. |
| Evansville (USA) |
1900-1910 |
A. S. Baker Company |
Die Grundfläche der Fabrik wird verdoppelt. Trotz einer Verdoppelung der Beschäftigten, steigen die Gehälter fast auf das Dreifache, und die Gesellschaft ist unter Druck, den Bedarf an Produkten zu decken. |
| Evansville (USA) |
um 1900 |
A. S. Baker Company |
Errichtung der apäater als "alte Gießerei" bezeichneten Gießerei |
| Illinois |
1900 |
---- |
In Illinois sind 1900 524.555 Dampfmaschinen-PS vorhanden. |
| Lansing (Michigan) |
1900 |
Oldsmobile |
passive Handelsbilanz |
| Lorain (USA) |
1900 |
Johnson Company |
Umfirmierung in "Lorain Steel Co." |
| Lorain (USA) |
1900 |
Lorain Steel Co. |
Umfirmierung aus "Johnson Steel Company" |
| Martins Ferry (Ohio) |
1900 |
Lavosier Spence |
Die Ofenbau-Firma "Spence, Baggs & Co." wird als "Spence-Baggs Stove Co." eingetragen. George Spence ist im Verwaltungsrat, und das Ofengeschäft blüht. |
| Michigan |
1900 |
---- |
In Michigan sind 1900 332.598 Dampfmaschinen-PS vorhanden. |
| Ohio |
1900 |
---- |
In Ohio sind 1900 758.743 Dampfmaschinen-PS vorhanden. |
| Peoria (Ill.) |
1900 |
Avery Manufacturing Machinery Co. |
Das Gesellschaftskapital beträgt $1.000.000 |
| Port Huron (USA) |
1900 |
Port Huron Engine & Thresher Co. |
Verwendung von selbstreinigenden, nicht störenden Treibrädern bei Lokomobilen |
| Pullman (Chicago) |
01.01.1900 |
Pullman Palace Car Company |
Umbenennung aus "Pullman Palace Car Company" in "The Pullman Company" |
| Racine (Wisconsin) |
1900 |
J. I. Case Threshing Machine Company |
Vergebene Fabriknummern für Dampfmaschinen: 8014 - 9045 (1032 gebaute Einheiten) |
| Ripley (Ohio) |
1900 |
Phoenix Foundry, J. P. Parker |
Tod von J. P. Parker |
| Swanton (Ohio) |
1900 |
A. D. Baker Company |
Eingetragen |
| Toledo (Ohio) |
1900 |
Henry A. Lozier & Co. |
E. R. Lozier, Sohn von H. A. Lozier sen., gründet in Toledo die Lozier Motor Company |
| Toledo (Ohio) |
1900 |
Henry A. Lozier & Co. |
George A. Burrell baut eine Motorkutsche auf drei Rädern |
| Toledo (Ohio) |
1900 |
Henry A. Lozier & Co. |
H. A. Lozier sen. zieht sich ins Privatleben zurück |
| Toledo (Ohio) |
1900 |
Lozier Manufacturing Company |
E. R. Lozier, Sohn von H. A. Lozier sen., gründet in Toledo die Lozier Motor Company |
| Water Works Park (Detroit) |
1900 |
Detroit Waterworks |
Erneute Vergrößerung des Pumpenhauses Nr. 1 |
| Water Works Park (Detroit) |
1900 |
Detroit Waterworks |
River Rouge wird dem Wasserversorgungssystem hinzugefügt. |
| Wisconsin |
1900 |
---- |
In Wisconsin sind 1900 274.355 Dampfmaschinen-PS vorhanden. |
| Youngstown (Ohio) |
1900 |
Republic Iron & Steel Company, Youngstown Works |
Bau eines Bessemer-Stahlwerks |
| Boyd (Wisconsin= |
13.01.1900 |
---- |
Central Freight Goes Through a Bridge, Fourteen Cars Burned.
Freight train No. 21, west bound on the Wisconsin Central, was wrecked between Boyd and Caldott at 7:30 o'clock Friday night and fourteen cars were burned. No one was injured.
The train left here at 1:30 o'clock Friday afternoon in charge of Conductor B. F. Bowen and Engineer Lamp. All went well until the train reached a little bridge west of Cadott. It is believed one of the cars was thrown off the track by a broken flange just before the bridge was reached and that the car crashed into the bridge. At any rate the bridge went down and 14 cars piled up in a heap around where the bridge had been.
One of the cars was loaded with oil in barrels and in some manner, possibly by the sparking of the iron and steel as the cars broke up, this oil was ignited and in a short time the heaped up wreckage was a mass of flames.
The wrecking crew was sent up from here and the track cleared at 2 o'clock that afternoon. The midnight trains, No. 3 and No. 4, were sent around the wreck by way of the Omaha, between Marshfield and Eau Claire. Passengers on No. 2 and No. 6 were transferred around the wreck on foot.
The fourteen cars that were burned were loaded with oil, general merchandise, coal and stone. While no official statement has been made, it is probable that the loss to the company will run up to from $10,000 to $15,000. |
| Chicago (Ill.) |
02.1900 |
The Oliver Typewriter Co. |
Im Februar: Umzug in die Lake Street 107-109 (13.200 sq feet) |
| Escanaba (USA) |
08.02.1900 |
---- |
Chicago & Northwestern passenger train No. 21, known as the Felch Mountain accommodation, which runs between this city and Metropolitan, was wrecked in a rear-end collision at Ford River switch at 8:30 tonight. Nine persons were killed, three are reported missing, five seriously and four slightly injured.
A fast freight train north bound from Green Bay to Ishpeming, was making about 50 miles an hour when it passed [ineligible], seven miles west of this city.
The engine was forging ahead through a blinding snow storm, which made it impossible to see signal lights but a short distance ahead. When within 100 yards of the switch at Lord River, Engineer Green saw the rear lights of a train directly ahead, and with a warming cry to his fireman, jumped.
The next instant the heavy freight struck the passenger coach of the accommodation and telescoped it an the building car ahead. The dozen or more passengers in the car had not a moment's warning before the crash came. |
| Edgemore (USA) |
21.02.1900 |
---- |
Passenger Train No. 5 of the Baltimore and Ohio Road was telescoped by a milk train at Edgemore, Ind., twenty-one miles from Chicago to-day. Michael Kelly, engineer on the milk train; James C. Baghitt, fireman and the steward of the dining car were injured, but not fatally. None of the passengers was hurt.
While the debris was being cleared away John Emmert, conductor of the milk train, suddenly became insane, and after being removed to the South Chicago police station it was discovered that he had a deep cut on his head, the result of being struck by a piece of iron. Emmert was standing on the platform of the first car when the collision occurred. |
| Terre Haute (Indiana) |
23.02.1900 |
---- |
The west span of the "Big Four" railroad bridge across the Wabash River in Terre Haute gave way this afternoon just as east-bound Freight Train No. 96 was crossing, and Engine No. 440 and thirty-one cars out of a total of fifty dashed into the river.
The bridge had been weakened by the ice gorge, and people who saw the span swaying just a few minutes before the arrival of the train tried to flag it, but they were not quick enough. The train was loaded with lumber, wheat, and cotton, and the wreck is a costly one, not to speak of the delay to trains, which will have to detour by way of Paris, Ill., and the Vandalia.
Three of the freight crew went down with the train and were gotten out with much difficulty. They are the engineer, HARRY ADAMS, seriously injured, but probably not fatally; the fireman, DAN RUDDELL, who died at St. Anthony's Hospital to-night, and the brakeman, GEORGE WHITEMAN, of Worthington, Ind., who is fatally hurt.
The Southeastern Limited, due here at 1:30 o'clock this afternoon on its way East, had a narrow escape. All that saved a fearful passenger wreck was that it was an hour and a half late, and the freight was given the right of way. The Knickerbocker would have passed over at 4:20 o'clock. |
| Two Rivers (Wis.) |
12.04.1900 |
Kahlenberg Brothers |
W. R. Kahlenberg stellt den ersten Verbrennungsmotor fertig. Er hat 8 PS Leistung und wird in ein Fischerboot eingebaut. |
| Chillicothe (Ohio) |
Mai 1900 |
Taylor-Sargent Signal Co. |
Umwandlung in "Taylor Signal Co." in Buffalo |
| Evansville (USA) |
06.1900 |
Christian Kratz |
George L. Mesker erwirbt das Anwesen, einen ganzen Häuserblock. Das bedeutet das Ende einer der ältesten Gießereien von Süd-Indiana. |
| Hamilton (Ohio) |
03.06.1900 |
---- |
The engine of a fast freight on the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Indianapolis Railroad jumped the track west of Hamilton to-day.
Eleven cars loaded with stock were wrecked. Timothy Mahoney, David Starkey, and Ambrose Smith, trainmen, and two unknown boys who were stealing a ride were killed.
The loss will be about $5,000. |
| Detroit (Michigan) |
04.06.1900 |
Chrysler |
Chrysler heiratet Della Forker, mit der er drei Kinder hat - Thelma, Bernice und Walter P. |
| Detroit (Michigan) |
04.06.1900 |
Chrysler, Walter Percy |
Chrysler heiratet Della Forker, mit der er drei Kinder hat - Thelma, Bernice und Walter P. |
| McGonigle (USA) |
04.06.1900 |
---- |
Five lives were put out in an unusual accident on the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Indianapolis railroad at McGonigle's Station, eight miles west of Hamilton (Ohio). The dead: Fireman TIM MAHONEY, 25, Hamilton, Brakeman Starkey, 22, Rushville, Ind.; Ambrose Smith, 21, Hamilton; unknown man; unknown boy. Engineer Clover sustained severe bruises. The accident occurred to eastbound freight No. 93, Indianapolis to Cincinnati. The train contained 28 heavily loaded cars and was bowling along at 25 miles an hour, when the engine left the track at switch, and plunging ahead two or three rods, turned over. The momentum of the train pushed several cars past the engine and piled them up. Eleven cars were derailed, five of which contained cattle and hogs. Scores of animals were killed. The unknown parties were stealing a ride. The property loss is $5,000.
Hamilton, O., June 4.---A curious and gruesome coincidence in connection with the wreck at McGonigle station, by which five men were killed and others seriously injured, is the fact that one car of the train loaded with undertaker's supplies was smashed to pieces and a number of shrouds scattered around the track among the kill-[sic] and wounded. |
| Sandusky (Ohio) |
04.06.1900 |
---- |
As an eastbound train on the Lake Erie and Western road was running at full speed, about 18 miles this side of Sandusky, the tires came off one of the driving wheels, ditching the engine and piling about 20 cars on top of it. Fireman Enoch Bowsher and Head Brakeman J. W. Purtell, who happened to be in the engine, were crushed to death, and Engineer Harry Bell had a leg broken and was seriously hurt internally. |
| Dayton (Ohio) |
21.06.1900 |
Barney & Smith Manufacturing Co. |
F. E. Smith tritt als Sekretär und Finanzleiter zurück, bleibt aber im Vorstand. |
| De Pere (USA) |
29.06.1900 |
---- |
EIGHT KILLED IN COLLISION.
Train Carrying Excursionists to a Saengerfest Runs Into a Freight Train.
Green Bay, Wis. (Special). -- A north-bound passenger train on the Chicago and Northwestern Road, loaded with excursionists bound for the Saengerfest in this city, collided with a freight train at De Pere, five miles south of here. Eight persons were killed and thirty-four were injured.
The dead are: EDWARD KUCKLE and LAWRENCE PLAND, of Foud du Lac; GEORGE L. LLOYD, of Eden; CHARLES MIERSWA, MATT KORCHER and BURT IVES, of Oshkosh; ADAM WEBER and a man from Ashland whose name is unknown.
The accident happened just as the passenger train was pulling into the station. A double-header freight train was backing on to a side track to let the passenger train go by, but had not cleared the main track.
When the two trains came together the first coach, which was a combination smoking and baggage car, was driven through the second coach, where the loss of life occurred. The cause of the accident was the failure of the freight crew to give the passenger train the right of way. |
| Cincinnati (Ohio) |
04.07.1900 |
---- |
Ein Wagen der "Cincinnati, Lawrenceburg and Aurora Electric Railroad" entgleist bei einer Geschwindigkeit von 30 m.p.h., stürzt eine 10 ft. (3 m) tiefe Böschung herunter, fällt auf die Seite und tötet 2 Personen (genauer Unfallort unbekannt) |
| Dayton (Ohio) |
11.07.1900 |
---- |
Zwei Wagen der "Dayton, Springfield and Urbana Street Railway" stoßen zusammen. 20 Personen werden mehr oder weniger stark verletzt (genauer Ort unbekannt) |
| Menomonie (Wisconsin) |
17.07.1900 |
Knapp, Stout & Co. |
Tod von Henry Lane Stout |
| Mineral Ridge (Ohio) |
21.07.1900 |
---- |
Auf dem Abschnitt Niles und Mineral Ridge der "Mahoning Valley Railway" entgleist ein Zug beim Bremsen mit der vorderen Achse bei einer Gefällefahrt zwischen Mineral Rigde und Niles. Der Wagen dreht sich über seine Seiteund 13 von 40 Personen werden mehr oder weniger verletzt, dennoch keiner schwer. |
| Dayton (Ohio) |
30.07.1900 |
---- |
Zwei Wagen der "Dayton and Yenia Traction Co." stoßen um 14.00 Uhr in einer Kurve zusammen. 10 der 25 Personen werden geschnitten und gequetscht, 2 oder 3 ernsthaft. Beide Fahrer behaupten, sie hätten freie Fahrt gehabt; die Gesellschaft vermutet, daß die Signale manipuliert worden seien. (Genauer Ort unbekannt) |
| Columbus (Ohio) |
05.08.1900 |
---- |
An electric car struck a large wagon filled with a fishing party on High street tonight and six persons were injured. The more seriously hurt are:
Julian Rose of Boston, Mass., leg fractured.
Fred Ge[ineligible], spine injured and elbow split.
C. E. Fuller, two ribs broken.
Carl Ellbert, bad wound in back of head. |
| Mounds (Illinois) |
12.09.1900 |
---- |
The special car of Duncan Clark's female minstrel troupe was wrecked at Mounds this afternoon, and of sixteen occupants nine are now dead and six others are seriously injured, some of them perhaps fatally. The dead are:
ALICE WILIAMS, OLLI ENTRIGHT, ETTA CLARK PATTERSON, PATRICK PATTERSON, MARGARITA COMPELLA, ANNA BELL, BETTY RUBY, KITTY HOWARD, FAITH HAMILTON.
Seriously Injured: Ettie Foy Elliot, may Martin, Otis Well, Duncan Clark.
The injured are all in the hospital here. Duncan Clark, the manager, will probably recover.
Patrick Patterson, the only man who was killed, was the cook. He was hurled from the car and struck the switch stand. Etta Clark Patterson, his wife, was horribly injured, a large piece of wood being driven through her right shoulder. |
| Youngstown (Ohio) |
23.11.1900 |
Youngstown Iron Sheet and Tube Company |
Gründung durch George D. Wick und James A. Campbell zusammen mit örtlichen Investoren mit einem Kapital von $600.000,00 |
| Cincinnati (Ohio) |
Dezember 1900 |
Lane & Bodley Co. |
Die Fabrik wird durch ein verheerendes Feuer zerstört |
| Cleveland (Ohio) |
01.12.1900 |
Peerless |
Beginn des Automobilbaues. Die Fahrzeuge wurden von einem Motorette-Einzylinder angetrieben |
| Akron (Ohio) |
1901 |
Webster, Camp & Lane Machine Co. |
Übernahme durch die "Wellman-Seaver-Morgan Company" |
| Chicago (Ill.) |
1901 |
Fay-Sholes Typewriter Company |
Die Firma Original-"Remington" erreicht durch ein sofort vollstreckbares Urteil, daß der Firma die Führung des Namens "Remington" als Teil der Firmen- und Maschinenbezeichnung verboten wird. Daher Umfirmierung in "Fay-Sholes Typewriter Co." |
| Chicago (Ill.) |
1901 |
Liberty Iron Works. Fraser, Chalmers & Co. |
Gründung des Gemeinschaftsunternehmens "Allis-Chalmers" zusammen mit "Edward P. Allis" |
| Chicago (Ill.) |
1901 |
M. C. Bullock Manufacturing Co. |
Kauf durch die "Sullivan Machinery Co." in Claremont |
| Chicago (Ill.) |
1901 |
Remington Sholes Typewriter Company |
Das Schreibmaschinenmodell 7 wird herausgebracht |
| Chicago (Ill.) |
1901 |
Remington Sholes Typewriter Company |
Die Firma Original-"Remington" erreicht durch ein sofort vollstreckbares Urteil, daß der Firma die Führung des Namens "Remington" als Teil der Firmen- und Maschinenbezeichnung verboten wird |
| Cincinnati (Ohio) |
1901 |
Blymyer Manufacturing Co. |
William H. Blymyer wird wieder Präsident und errichtet erneut die "Blymyer Mfg. Co." |
| Cincinnati (Ohio) |
1901 |
Lane & Bodley Co. |
Das Unternehmen ist an Fusionsverhandlungen zur Bildung der "American Steam Engine Co." beteiligt, was aber zu nichts führt. |
| Cincinnati (Ohio) |
1901/1905 |
Lane & Bodley Co. |
Einführung verbesserter Dampfmaschinen-Entwicklungen |
| Cincinnati (Ohio) |
1901 |
The Blymyer Iron Works Co. |
William H. Blymyer wird wieder Präsident und errichtet erneut die "Blymyer Mfg. Co." |
| Detroit (Michigan) |
1901 |
Detroit Automatic Scale Company |
Eintragung. Sie umfaßt die Firmen Computing Scale Company, Dayton Moneyweight Scale Company and Detroit Automatic Scale Company |
| Detroit (Michigan) |
1901 |
Ford Motor Company |
Henry Ford gründet mit elf weiteren Investoren und 28.000 US-Dollar Kapitaleinlage die "Ford Motor Company". Bei einer Ausstellung fährt Ford in einem neuentwickelten Auto einen neuen Geschwindigkeitsrekord, als er die Strecke von einer Meile auf dem Eis des St.-Clair-Sees innerhalb von 39,4 Sekunden zurücklegt. Überzeugt von diesem Erfolg nimmt der bekannte Rennfahrer Barney Oldfield das Auto mit quer durch das Land und macht die Marke Ford zu einem Begriff in den USA. Dieses neue Automodell wird von Oldfield 999, nach der damals schnellsten Rennlokomotive, getauft. Henry Ford ist auch einer der ersten Geldgeber für das Indianapolis-500-Rennen. |
| Detroit (Michigan) |
1901 |
Ford, Henry |
Henry Ford gründet mit elf weiteren Investoren und 28.000 US-Dollar Kapitaleinlage die "Ford Motor Company". Bei einer Ausstellung fährt Ford in einem neuentwickelten Auto einen neuen Geschwindigkeitsrekord, als er die Strecke von einer Meile auf dem Eis des St.-Clair-Sees innerhalb von 39,4 Sekunden zurücklegt. Überzeugt von diesem Erfolg nimmt der bekannte Rennfahrer Barney Oldfield das Auto mit quer durch das Land und macht die Marke Ford zu einem Begriff in den USA. Dieses neue Automodell wird von Oldfield 999, nach der damals schnellsten Rennlokomotive, getauft. Henry Ford ist auch einer der ersten Geldgeber für das Indianapolis-500-Rennen. |
| Detroit (Michigan) |
1901 |
Packard |
Das Automobilwerk von James Packard wird von Henry Bourne, einem wohlhabenden Geschäftsmann aus Detroit, aufgekauft |
| Indianapolis (Ind.) |
1901 |
Hetherington & Berner |
Tod von Frederick Berner |
| Kenosha (Wisc.) |
1901 |
Rambler |
Gründung einer Automobilfabrik durch Thomas B. Jeffery |
| Milwaukee (WI) |
1901 |
B. V. Nordberg Manufacturing Co. |
Bau einer neuen Fabrik (20 acre) auf einem um 1890 gekauften Grundstück an den Gleisen der Milwaukee Railroad, an der Ecke Oklahoma Avenue und Chicago Road. Der Frühjahrsregen behindert die Bauarbeiten sehr. Maschinenwerkstatt, Montagehalle, Krafthaus, Modellschuppen und Büro werden im selben Jahr fertig. Alle Maschinen erhalten Einzelantrieb durch Gleichstrommotoren. |
| Mount Vernon (Posey, Ind.) |
1901 |
Keck-Gonnerman Company |
Eingetragen unter der Firma "Keck-Gonnerman Company"; das Kapital beträgt 201.000 Dollar. Die Unternehmensleitung besteht aus: John Keck, Präsident; William Gonnerman, Vizepräsident; Louis Keck, Sekretär und Finanzleiter. John Keck ist für Ein- und Verkauf zuständig, Mr. Gonnerman für die Fertigung und Louis H. Keck für Finanzen und allgemeine Verwaltung. |
| Oshkosh (Wisc.) |
1901 |
Carlton Foster & Co. |
Tod von Carlton Foster |
| Plainfield (Hendricks, Indiana) |
1901 |
Indiana Reform School for Boys |
Änderung der Bezeichnung in "Indiana Boys' School" |
| Quincy (Ill.) |
1901 |
The Gardner Governor Company |
Umzug von der 5th/Ohio Street zur South Front Street |
| Racine (Wisconsin) |
1901 |
J. I. Case Threshing Machine Company |
Vergebene Fabriknummern für Dampfmaschinen: 9046 - 10007 (962 gebaute Einheiten) |
| Two Rivers (Wis.) |
frühe 1900er |
Kahlenberg Brothers |
John L. Kahlenberg wird Telhaber. |
| White Pigeon (Michigan) |
Jan. 1901 |
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Engine No. 362 pulling a westbound freight had been delayed several hours by drifts on the prairie north of here, and engineer Frank Bock, of Elkhart, had just pulled on to the mainline at a Y-junction. The junction was considered one of the most dangerous on the line and had been the scene of a number of costly wrecks and had claimed three lives. Bock?s plan was to back his train off the main line on to a siding to allow a snowplow train out of Elkhart to pass. The brakeman, Earl Allison, was supposed to have walked ahead to flag the expected train. Instead, he rode on the engine until it stopped and got off to walk ahead from there. He was securing a red lantern on the engine as the two trains came together. Engine No. 431 was eastbound, pushing a snowplow and pulling a string of freight cars. The snowplow was shaped similar to a box car with a broad shovel in front. In the incredible seconds following the impact, the snowplow wedged under Bock?s engine and acted as a ramp to send the 60-ton mass of machinery climbing up to settle almost squarely atop of engine No. 431. Brock?s fireman, A. E. Stauffer, leaped from the cab just before the impact, spraining his ankle. Bock rode the engine to the top then jumped to the ground, breaking two ribs as he landed. Engine 431 in its ascent left its tender on top of the splintered snowplow. Pinned in the wreckage was the body of Louis Stears, conductor of the eastbound train who had been riding on the snowplow. |
| Youngstown (Ohio) |
1901 |
National Steel Company |
Umwandlung in die Ohio Works der "Carnegie Steel Company", die zur "U.S. Steel Corporation" gehört. |
| Painesville (USA) |
21.01.1901 |
Coe & Wilkes |
Tod von Frederick Wilkes in Jacksonville, Florida, wo er den Winter verbringen wollte |
| Rock Island (Illinois) |
05.03.1901 |
Rock Island Mfg. Co. |
Patent für ein Gasbügeleisen |
| Lansing (Michigan) |
09.03.1901 |
Olds Motor Works |
Die neue Fabrik in Detroit wird durch ein Feuer zerstört, und damit auch alle Automobil-Prototypen, mit Ausnahme des von Olds favorisierten Leichten, das ein Mann allein herausschieben konnte. |
| Piqua (Ohio) |
30.03.1901 |
The F. Gray Company |
Tod von Francis Gray nach mehrmonatiger Krankheit |
| Lansing (Michigan) |
nach dem Brand 1901 |
Olds Motor Works |
Olds bittet Henry Leland, die Motoren für sein leichtes Automobil zu bauen. Dieser ist bekannt für seine Präzisionsarbeit und seinen Austauschbau. Ferner bittet Olds die Brüder John und Horace Dodge, die Kraftübertragung zu bauen. |
| Chicago (Ill.) |
Mai 1901 |
Allis-Chalmers Co. |
Gründung zur Übernahme einer Anzahl von Maschinenfabriken. Gründer sind: John F. Charlton, Henry S. Wardner und Stuart Lyman |
| Lansing (Michigan) |
1901 |
Olds Motor Works |
Im ersten Jahr werden bereits 425 Autos gebaut |
| Milwaukee (WI) |
Mai 1901 |
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co. |
Gründung eines Gemeinschaftsunternehmens durch "Edward P. Allis" und "Fraser & Chalmers" zum Bau von Bergwerksausrüstungen. Edwin Reynolds, Superintendent bei Allis, ist die treibende Kraft hierbei und wird Chefingenieur der neuen Firma. |
| Milwaukee (WI) |
Mai 1901 |
Edw. P. Allis & Co., Reliance Works |
Gründung eines Gemeinschaftsunternehmens "Allis-Chalmers Co." durch Zusammenschluß mit "Gates Iron Works" und "Fraser & Chalmers Co." zum Bau von Bergwerksausrüstungen. Edwin Reynolds ist die treibende Kraft hierbei. |
| Milwaukee (WI) |
Mai 1901 |
Reynolds, Edwin |
Gründung eines Gemeinschaftsunternehmens "Allis-Chalmers Co." durch Zusammenschluß mit "Gates Iron Works" und "Fraser & Chalmers Co." zum Bau von Bergwerksausrüstungen. Edwin Reynolds ist die treibende Kraft hierbei. |
| Milwaukee (WI) |
Mai 1901 |
Reynolds, Edwin |
Gründung eines Gemeinschaftsunternehmens durch "Edward P. Allis" und "Fraser & Chalmers" zum Bau von Bergwerksausrüstungen. Edwin Reynolds, Superintendent bei Allis, ist die treibende Kraft hierbei und wird Chefingenieur der neuen Firma. |
| Cass County (Indiana) |
25.06.1901 |
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Engineer JOHN F. BUTLER was at the throttle of the big 182 when she pulled out of Peru last night drawing behind her two sections, one from Buffalo and the other from Toledo, bound for St. Louis. The west bound limited, one of the fastest trains of the system, considted of three baggage and express cars, three coaches, three sleepers and the private car of Superintendent W. M. COTTER, of the Iron Mountain railway. Last night it was more than an hour late, and BUTLER kept his fireman busy heaving coal from the time they left Peru.
There is a straight stretch of track between here and Peru, and No. 3 was booming along at a sixty mile rate, when the sharp curve near Cass was sighted, and BUTLER slowed down a trifle. The next moment there was a jolt, and the big engine left the rails and shot off into the black ditch, dragging with it the cars full of sleeping passengers. The locomotive buried itself in the soft dirt, and the rest of the train, except a Pullman and a private car, crashed on top of it. 13 dead, Injured Number Forty-Four. |
| Manistee (Michigan) |
Juli 1901 |
Manistee Iron Works Co. |
Das ursprüngliche Gebäude wird durch Feuer zerstört |
| Chicago (Ill.) |
02.07.1901 |
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Eleven children, one woman and a motorman were seriously injured tonight in a street car collision at Lakeside. The car, which was crowded with children who had been spending the day at a Sunday School picnic, while running at a high rate of speed, dashed into another car that had been struck by lightning and was standing on the tracks waiting for the wrecking crew. The passengers were thrown in every direction, and for a time it was thought a number had been killed, but when the wreckage had been cleared away it was found that all but twelve and the motorman had escaped serious injury. The motorman is so badly hurt it is believed he can not recover. The children suffer from broken limbs and severe cuts from falling glass. There were over fifty passengers on the car that was struck by lightning, but beyond a severe shock none was hurt. |
| Nottingham (Ohio) |
09.07.1901 |
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One of the worst wrecks on the Lake Shore Railroad in years occurred at 2:30 o?clock this morning in the center of Nottingham, ten miles east of Cleveland. The southwestern limited on the Big Four from St. Louis, Cincinnati and other western cities, and which goes into the Lake Shore tracks at Cleveland, was ditches through collision with a portion of a freight train. Just what caused the wreck is not definitely known, but it is thought a part of a freight train that had broken in two had rolled onto the passenger track. No passengers were hurt. When the front end of the engine plowed into the ground of the gully, it became disconnected from the coaches that went over the embankment and swirled sideways, so that it pointed in the other direction. The mail car crashed into the tender, surrounding it completely. The engineer met his death by being pinioned under his engine. McCullen, the mail clerk was crushed between the side of the car and the coal tender. He was found with his hear forced down between his knees. Two mail clerks, when they awoke to their condition, were able to extricate themselves from the wreck without assistance. At least one person is believed to be buried under the wreck. Two Nottingham doctors responded to the call for assistance. The roadbed and the two tracks were torn up for quite a distance, and the embankment will have to be repaired before the track can be relaid. The Lake Shore track is blocked east, and all trains are being sent over the Nickel Plate. The passengers of the wrecked train were taken to Cleveland over the Nickel Plate, and wrecking trains are at work on the Lake Short. |
| Vinton (Ohio) |
16.07.1901 |
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In a collision this afternoon, between the Hockling Valley pay train and a freight at Vinton one man was killed and four were injured, including Paymaster L. Lerch. The trains came together head on and both engines were badly wrecked. |
| Menomonie (Wisconsin) |
12.08.1901 |
Knapp, Stout & Co. |
Ende der Produktion |
| Chicago (Ill.) |
Sept. 1901 |
Marine Iron Works |
Die Fabrik an der 2036-44 Dominick Street wird durch Feuer zerstört. Der Schaden beträgt 55.000 Dollar. |
| Chicago (Ill.) |
29.09.1901 |
Fermi, Enrico |
Geburt von Enrico Fermi in Rom |
| Union Grove (Wisconsin) |
05.10.1901 |
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EVAN EVANS, a conductor on a way freight on the Milwaukee road, running between Milwaukee and Freeport, Ill., was run over and killed this morning at Union Grove station. Evans had left his caboose to go up ahead to confer with the engineer. While running over the swaying freight cars the conductor slipped and fell. His head struck the rail and the wheels severed his right leg and one of his arms. Evans died shortly after the train had been brought to a standstill and members of the crew had picked up the injured man.
Evansâ?? home was in Milwaukee, and he had recently returned from a visit to his parents in Wales. A few days ago he had been assigned a run on the Milwaukee and Freeport freight and this was his first trip. He was conscious when the trainmen picked him up and he fully realized the extent of his injuries, for when his comrades spoke of sidetracking the train and making a quick run to a station where medical assistance could be secured, he assured them that such a course was useless, for his injuries would prove fatal and all that remained was for them to make his last moments as easy as possible.
Just before the injured man expired he asked the train crew to send word to his parents in Wales that his last thoughts were of them.
Evans was about 35 years of age and had made his home in Milwaukee for many years. He resided at 3014 Mount Vernon avenue in that city. |
| Detroit (Michigan) |
10.10.1901 |
Detroit Automobile Company |
Ford erringt einen Sieg gegen Alexander Winton, einen bekannten Rennfahrer, in seinem Quadricycle. Dennoch ist die "Detroit Automobile Company" kurze Zeit später bankrott. |
| Detroit (Michigan) |
10.10.1901 |
Ford, Henry |
Ford erringt einen Sieg gegen Alexander Winton, einen bekannten Rennfahrer, in seinem Quadricycle. Dennoch ist die "Detroit Automobile Company" kurze Zeit später bankrott. |
| Brazil (Indiana) |
25.10.1901 |
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The west-bound Vandalia passenger struck JOHN and GEORGE JOHNSON at this city last evening, instantly killing both of them. The train was about forty-five minutes late and was running at a rate of fifty miles an hour when the boys were struck. The two boys had been loitering around the corner of Alabama street near the county jail all day long and at the time they were killed were walking east on the main track of the Vandalia railroad. Engineer OSTERMILLER said that the two boys were walking toward his engine with their heads down. He blew the whistle, and the raised their heads and stepped off the track to the south onto a side track, but, seeing a freight train approaching from the west on that track, they started to recross the main track, when the engine struck them. The bodies were hurled a distance of thirty yards each on opposite sides of the track. Engineer OSTERMILLER at once brought his train to a stop and the bodies were picked up. Both were crushed badly. The younger brother had every bone in his body broken and a large hole in his head. The other boy's head was crushed into a shapeless mass. The boys were the sons of MRS. MARGARET JOHNSON, of Donaldsonville, and were nineteen and seventeen years of age respectively. |
| Port Hope (USA) |
10.11.1901 |
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Gesunken in Port Huron Michigan |
| Seneca (Lenawee, Mich.) |
27.11.1901 |
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As the result of a head-on collision on the Wabash Railroad one mile from Seneca, Mich., at 6:45 o'clock this evening, 100 passengers, most of whom were immigrants, lost their lives. The list of the injured will probably reach 50.
There were 141 passengers on Train No. 13, including 20 first-class passengers from Detroit. On No. 4 there were about 30 Chicago and St. Louis passengers bound through to New York and other eastern points. Train No. 13 consisted of a baggage car and two day coaches filled with immigrants bound from New York to Western points, and two Pullmans.
The immigrants were transferred from train No. 13 this afternoon in Detroit and were packed into the day coaches like sardines. Wabash officials in Detroit estimate that the greater loss of life occurred in these coaches, which were light. Meagre advices state that the baggage car and coach next to it were smashed into splinters and afterward caught fire, creating a holocause in which the dying found a fiery death. The third coach was telescoped as well as part of the next car, which was a Pullman.
The twenty Detroit passengers, it is said, with but one or two exceptions, occupied seats in the Pullman car, and it is not thought that the list of killed and wounded will include many of them. No. 4 consisted of a baggage car and a combination coach and sleeper. Most of the passengers were in the Pullman. The officials here believe that the loss of life on No. 4 will be heavy. |
| Chicago (Ill.) |
05.12.1901 |
Disney, Walter Elias |
Geburt von Walter Elias Disney in Chicago als Sohn eines Bauunternehmers kanadischer Geburt. Seine Mutter stammt aus Ohio. Er wächst mit seinen Eltern, seiner Schwester und drei Brüdern auf einer Farm in Missouri auf. Alle Kinder, auch das jüngste, müssen auf der Farm helfen, doch er interessiert sich schon immer für das Zeichnen. |
| Kinsman (Trumbull, Ohio) |
13.12.1901 |
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Two children, a boy and a girl, placed an obstruction on the tracks of the Jamestown and Franklin Branch of the Lake Shore Road at 10 o'clock this morning near Kinsman, about thirty miles south of Ashtabula. A northbound engine and caboose, running at the rate of thirty-five miles an hour, struck it just after turning a curve. The engineer, on seeing the tie ahead, applied the emergency brake and reversed his engine, but was too near to stop in time. The tie was carried several car lengths before it cleared the track.
An examination proved that the tie had been securely braced on the south side with an iron switch staff, and, had the train been going in the opposite direction, the results would probably have been serious.
The train crew looked about for the perpetrators of the outrage, and found the children hidden nearby. It is said that they gave their names as RUBY PROBST, aged fifteen, and HUGH PROBST, aged thirteen. They could give no reason for the deed save that they wanted to see a wreck. They said that there home was at Greenville, Penn., and that they had been visiting at Jamestown. |
| Perryville (Illinois) |
15.12.1901 |
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Failure on the part of a conductor to obey orders is supposed to have been the cause of a head-end collision on the Illinois Central between Irene and Perryville early this morning. The two trains were the east bound passenger train and a through freight train from Chicago going west. As a result, eight people are dead or missing and 11 injured.
The trains met in a slight bend in the track, both running at full speed. An oil tank car in the freight train exploded, throwing burning oil over the wreck and in an instant the entire mass of wreckage was in flames. Every coach of the passenger train and all of the freight cars except on tank car and a freight car were burned. The bodies of the dead were burned in the wreck. The survivors made desperate efforts to recover the injured who were pinned in the wreck, but the flames drove them back at every point.
The smoking, express and baggage cars were piled on the locomotives, penning in the occupants of the smoker. Only three of the half dozen in that car escaped. The others were penned in and if not instantly killed were roasted to death, and their bodies, with those of the engine crews were entirely consumed. |
| Advance (Indiana) |
16.12.1901 |
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Jessie Earl, a 13-year-old girl of Advance, a small station west of Crawfordsville, perhaps saved the lives of many people Monday night by flagging the east-bound passenger train on the Chicago & Southwestern railroad.
Jesse was on her way home from school, having a mile to walk along the railroad. When she had walked half the distance she came to a trestle which was on fire.
Before she could find any one to give the alarm she heard the whistle of the east-bound passenger train, which was coming down the grade at full speed.
Dropping her basket, the little one rushed down the track and by frantic waving of her apron attracted the attention of the engineer, who brought the train to a stop. The crew found that the burning trestle would have succumbed had the train rushed upon it.
The crew and passengers almost smothered the little one with congratulations for her brave act and gave her many mementoes as rewards for saving the train from plunging into the creek, 30 feet below. |
| Chicago (Ill.) |
30.12.1901 |
Griffin Wheel Foundry Company |
Der Sohn von Thomas F. Griffin, Patrick, hat finanzielle Probleme, und deshalb kauft sein Bruder seinen Anteil an der "Boston Car Wheel Company". Umbenennung in "Griffin Wheel Company-Boston" |
| Battle Creek (Mich.) |
1902 |
Advance Thresher Company Inc. |
Advance Thresher und Minneapolis Threshing Maschine Co. kaufen die Fabrik von John Abell in Toronto, Ontario, und firmieren in "America Abell Engine and Thresher Co. Limited" |
| Battle Creek (Mich.) |
1902 |
Advance Thresher Company Inc. |
Die Firma verkaufte mehr als 12.000 Dampfzugmaschinen innerhalb von 23 Jahren. Sie baute solche mit Einfach- und Verbundzylindern, bewegliche Dampfmaschinen, solche auf Kufen, Dreschmaschinen und Göpel. |
| Battle Creek (Mich.) |
1902 |
Nichols & Shepard Co. |
Ab 1902 werden die berühmten "Red River"-Dreschmaschinen gebaut |
| Chicago (Ill.) |
1902 |
Griffin Wheel Foundry Company |
Bau einer neuen Gießerei zur Herstellung von Bremsklötzen |
| Chicago (Ill.) |
1902 |
Marine Iron Works |
Die Gesellschaft nimmt Besitz von zwei moderenen Industriegebäuden mit 26.000 square feet Grundfläche und der besten Maschinenausstattung überhaupt. Die neue Fabrik hat Produktionsmöglichkeiten für Schiffsmaschinen von 25 bis 1500 PS und einem Gewicht von bis zu 70.000 Pfund. |
| Chicago (Ill.) |
1902 |
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Inbetriebnahme des Strowger-Wähleramts in Chicago mit 8000 Anschlüssen |
| Cleveland (Ohio) |
1902 |
Peerless |
Louis P. Mooers entwirft die Peerless-Baureihe |
| Detroit (Michigan) |
1902 |
Cadillac |
Beginn des Automobilbaues |
| Detroit (Michigan) |
1902 |
Cadillac |
Gründung unter dem Namen "Henry Ford Company". Nachdem Henry Ford wenige Monate später kündigte, wurde sein Nachfolger Henry Leland, der dem Werk den Namen des Stadtgründers von Detroit, Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, gab. |
| Detroit (Michigan) |
1902 |
Cadillac |
Henry Ford kündigt wenige Monate später als Chefingenieur bei Cadillac |
| Detroit (Michigan) |
1902 |
Cadillac |
Henry Leland wird Nachfolger von Henry Ford als Chefingenieur |
| Detroit (Michigan) |
1902 |
Detroit Shipbuilding Company |
Der Maschinenbaubetrieb errichtet eine neue Gießerei und ein neues Speichergebäude für zusammen $75,000. |
| Detroit (Michigan) |
1902 |
Ford, Henry |
Henry Ford kündigt wenige Monate später als Chefingenieur bei Cadillac |
| Detroit (Michigan) |
1902 |
King |
King gründet mit Hilfe des ehemaligen Detroiter Oldsmobile-Angestellten Jonathan Dexon Maxwell die Northern Manufacturing Company |
| Detroit (Michigan) |
1902 |
Leland, Henry |
Henry Leland wird Nachfolger von Henry Ford als Chefingenieur |
| Hamilton (Ohio) |
1902 |
Hooven, Owens & Rentschler Co. |
Fertigstellung der neuen Fabrik |
| Indianapolis (Ind.) |
1902 |
Atlas Engine Works |
Die Firma hat 1.500 Beschäftigte, ein enormes Gebäude, und die Ausstattung schließt nicht nur "jedes arbeits- und kostensparende Mittel ein, das bei der Herstellung von Maschinen und Kesseln eingesetzt werden kann, sondern umfaßt auch sehr vollkommene Einrichtungen für die Gesundheit und Sicherheit der Beschäftigten." |
| Indianapolis (Ind.) |
1902 |
Nordyke & Marmon Company |
Beginn des Automobilbaues |
| Kokomo (Indiana) |
1902 |
Apperson |
Beginn des PKW-Baues |
| Kokomo (Indiana) |
1902 |
Apperson |
Gründung, ins Leben gerufen von den Brüdern Emer und Edgar Apperson nach Auflösung der Fa. Haynes-Apperson |
| Kokomo (Indiana) |
1902 |
Haynes-Apperson |
Die Gebrüder Apperson machen sich selbständig |
| Lansing (Michigan) |
1902 |
Olds Motor Works |
3299 Autos im zweiten Produktionsjahr |
| Lorain (USA) |
1902 |
Lorain Steel Co. |
Übernahme durch die "National Tube Company" |
| Madison (Wisconsin) |
1902 |
Madison-Kipp Corporation |
"Madison-Kipp" zieht von Rochelle, Illinois, nach Madison in eine 6.000 Quadratfuß große Fabrik in der Waubesa Street. Die frühen Jahre sind schwierig. Das Hauptprodukt sind automatische Schmieranlagen für Dampfzylinder. |
| Marion (Ohio) |
1902-1911 |
Marion Steam Shovel Company |
Die "Marion Steam Shovel Co." liefert zwischen 1902 und 1911 112 Dampfbagger zum Bau des Panamakanals. Sie übertreffen die Produkte der Konkurrenten. |
| Milwaukee (WI) |
1902 |
Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Company |
John I. Beggs Präsident als Nachfolger von Cromwell. |
| Milwaukee (WI) |
1902-03 |
Reynolds, Edwin |
Edwin Reynolds wird Präsident der American Society of Mechanical Engineers (bis 1903) |
| Moline (Ill.) |
1902 |
Deere & Company |
Heinrich Lanz lernt bei einer Reise nach Amerika bzw. beim Besuch der Firma John Deere den Sohn des 1886 verstorbenen Firmengründers, Charles Deere, kennen. |
| Moline (Ill.) |
1902 |
Deere, Charles |
Heinrich Lanz lernt bei einer Reise nach Amerika bzw. beim Besuch der Firma John Deere, den Sohn des 1886 verstorbenen Firmengründers, Charles Deere, kennen. |
| Oshkosh (Wisc.) |
1902 |
Molle Typewriter Company |
Der in Sturegon Bay, Wisc., ansässige Gold- und Silberwarenhändler und Uhrmacher John, E. Molle wird von Schreibmaschinen-Besitzern auf die Idee gebracht, sie bei Molle reparieren zu lassen. |
| Oshkosh (Wisc.) |
1902 |
Molle Typewriter Company |
John, E. Molle beginn um 1902, eine Schreibmaschine nach eigenen Ideen zu konstruieren |
| Peoria (Ill.) |
1902 |
Avery Manufacturing Machinery Co. |
Cyrus Avery verläßt die aktive Geschäftsleitung und zieht nach Galesburg. |
| Peoria (Ill.) |
1902 |
Avery Manufacturing Machinery Co. |
Erwerbung der "Hannah Wagon Co." |
| Racine (Wisconsin) |
1902 |
J. I. Case Threshing Machine Company |
Vergebene Fabriknummern für Dampfmaschinen: 10008 - 11581 (1574 gebaute Einheiten) |
| Rochelle (Illinois) |
1902 |
Madison-Kipp Corporation |
"Madison-Kipp" zieht von Rochelle, Illinois, nach Madison in eine 6.000 Quadratfuß große Fabrik in der Waubesa Street. Die frühen Jahre sind schwierig. Das Hauptprodukt sind automatische Schmieranlagen für Dampfzylinder. |
| South Bend (Indiana) |
1902 |
Studebaker Brothers Manufacturing Company |
Beginn des Automobilbaues, nachdem Studebaker von anderen Unternehmen gefragt wurde, ob er nicht Rahmen für Kraftfahrzeuge liefern könne |
| Sturgeon Bay (USA) |
1902 |
Molle Typewriter Company |
Der in Sturegon Bay, Wisc., ansässige Gold- und Silberwarenhändler und Uhrmacher John, E. Molle wird von Schreibmaschinen-Besitzern auf die Idee gebracht, sie bei Molle reparieren zu lassen. |
| Mahoning (Ohio) |
12.02.1902 |
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Train No. 10 of the Erie Railroad after leaving Cleveland at 1 P.M. to-day for New York was wrecked between Mahoning and Phalanx, Ohio. The whole train left the tracks and ran on for twenty car lengths, finally toppling over in a ditch. Twenty-one persons are reported injured, but it is believed there were not fatalities. As the train was made up in this city most of the injured are probably residents of Cleveland.
There were a buffet car, two sleepers, chair car, coach, and baggage and express cars. The cause of the wreck is said to have been spreading rails. Most of the injured were in the coach next to the last, that last being the private car of Joseph Ramsay, President of the Wabash Railroad. |
| Litchfield (Montgomery, Ill.) |
16.02.1902 |
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A wreck occurred on the Illinois Central five miles north of this city at 6:35 Sunday morning, in which Fireman BURNS and Brakeman McINTYRE were instantly killed and five were injured.
The cause of the accident was that the engine of the Diamond Special, Chicago to St. Louis, was injured, so they were losing time and were only running about ten miles an hour when they were run into from the rear by a fast freight. The engine of the freight was completely buried in the rear of the Pullman. Fireman BURNS and Brakeman McINTYRE of the freight, who were killed, were thrown from the train or jumped, and were found under a carload of baled hay. About nine cars, loaded with baled hay and provisions, were ditched and thrown for a great distance on both sides of the track. |
| Indianapolis (Ind.) |
03.1902 |
Atlas Engine Works |
Das Kapital wird um 1 Million Dollar zur Erweiterung der Gebäude erhöht. |
| Sag Bridge (USA) |
28.03.1902 |
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Two men were killed and seven persons injured, one of them fatally, in a head-on collision at Sag Bridge today between two cars of the Joliet and Chicago Electric Railroad.
The dead are:
JOHN MAU, a motorman, of Joliet.
GEORGE BARRETT, of Lockport, an electrician in the employ of the Economic Light and Power Company.
G. H. HURLEY, of Joliet, a conductor.
The latter died from his injuries.
The injured are:
H. McLAUGHLIN, a motorman, of Joliet.
JOHN FLAVIN, of Lockport.
JOHN RINN, a workman, of Lockport.
JOE WOLFF, a laborer, Joliet.
WILLIAM MURPHY, workman, Lockport.
SAMUEL SPENCE, quarryman, Lockport.
The injured were brought to St. Joseph's Hospital here. SPENCE is in a critical condition, and the others will probably recover.
The wreck was the result of a head-on collision between two cars going at a rapid rate of speed. A dense fog prevented the motormen from seeing ahead. The wreck occurred near Sag Bridge, about twenty miles from Joliet. The cars came together with terrific force, and were piled in a chaotic state. The scene of the accident is the very spot where a terrible wreck occurred on the Chicago and Alton road twenty-nine years ago, when over a score were killed. |
| Indianapolis (Ind.) |
30./31.03.1902 |
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Miss Katie Cofer, a school teacher of Indianapolis, was run down and killed by a Big Four passenger train while walking along the track to her school. A heavy wind was blowing and she did not hear the engineer's warning. |
| Lebanon (Illinois) |
02.04.1902 |
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A rear-end collision occurred on the Ohio and Mississippi railroad at the Bennett coal mine, near Lebanon, yesterday. A train going east was switching cars at the mine when an extra working train running backward crashed into the caboose of the other train, almost demolishing it, also the caboose and nine flat cars on the extra. The following is a list of the injured, some of whom may die: Dick Howelon, Washington, Ind., both hips hurt; Ed Bartholomew, Clay City, Ind., head cut, also hurt in legs and back; J. Dougherty, Olney, Ill., leg hurt; Neil Dougherty, Olney, Ill, hurt above ankle; George Wheatland, Wheatland, Ind., head and face cut; Charles May, Flora, Ill., brakeman on extra, hurt on leg; Harry Smith, conductor of the extra, leg and hand hurt; Ed Hanover, Aurora, Ind., foreman of section men, knee crushed. Twenty-four section men were in the caboose of the extra when they came together. It seemed a miracle that all were not killed. |
| Cleveland (Ohio) |
09.04.1902 |
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Two men were killed and three injured in a wreck on the Big Four Railroad in the suburbs last night. The wreck was caused by a bad washout.
The Big Four fast mail No. 2 from Indianapolis passed the bridge at 9 30 o'clock. It was dark and the rain fell in torrents, making it impossible for the engineer and firemen to see further than 10 feet ahead. A sinking of the train was felt by the employes (sic) in the mail and baggage cars and simultaneously there was a crash
The engine and three cars were hurled into a gully, the engine tearing loose from the next car and turning over, killing fireman E. J. MCNALLY and engineer JAMES MCGRATH.
The injured are Conductor Murphy, ankle sprained; Mail Clerk Edmunds, both legs badly injured, Baggage Master Ca__, right leg injured. |
| Alma (Wisconsin) |
29.05.1902 |
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Two Work Trains Come Together With Fatal Results -- List of Dead and Injured. (By Associated Press.) St. Paul, Minn., May 30 -- A La Crosse, Wis., special to The Dispatch says: Chief Engineer PURDY, who was injured in the Alma wreck yesterday, died at 9 o'clock this morning. Superintendent BESLER, of Chicago, was removed to his home in Chicago today. His injuries are not serious. Engineer BRECKENRIDGE went with him. One of his feet was badly crushed. He will be able to be out in a short time. DR. HOEGH, of Minneapolis, came down late in the night to consult with the other surgeon in regard to Superintendent CUNNINGHAM. It was found necessary to cut off his leg below the knee. His condition is considerably worse this morning. General Manager DELANO came up from Chicago this morning to take back the remains of Consulting Engineer BLAKE. In a head-end collision Thursday between two work trains on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy road, near Alma, Wis., the consulting engineer of the system was killed and four of the high officials were injured were injured, probably fatally. The dead: E. J. BLAKE, consulting engineer, Chicago. Injured: D. C. CUNNINGHAM, La Crosse, superintendent northern division, one leg cut off. S. D. PURDY, chief division engineer northern division, La Crosse, both legs cut off. W. L. BRECKENRIDGE, Chicago, chief engineer Burlington system, seriously injured.
J. B. BESLER, general superintendent, injured slightly. The party at the time of the accident was inspecting the workings of the Lidgerwood unloader. The officials were on the front of the car which was next to the engine when the other work work[sic] train coming round a curve, crashed into the officials train. |
| Alpena (Michigan) |
08.06.1902 |
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An excursion train on the Detroit & Mackinaw Railroad which left here at 7:15 o'clock for Saginaw, consisting of an engine and twelve coaches and carrying over 500 people , was wrecked at Black River, while running forty miles an hour. One man was instantly killed, three were probably fatally injured and nearly fifty others received injuries of various degrees of severity, ranging from bruises and cuts to broken limbs.
When the train reached Black River, the tender jumped the track. Engineer HOPPER instantly set the air brakes and reversed his engine. The sudden stop threw the first three coaches of the train off the track and into the ditch. The first car was thrown half around and the next two coaches plowed through it and cut it in two.
The three wrecked coaches were piled up in a heap and 200 feet of the track was torn up.
A relief train brought eight surgeons from Alpena. All the injured were brought back to this city. |
| Elgin (Illinois) |
01.07.1902 |
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One of the large inter-urban trolley cars running between Elgin and Aurora plunged through the bridge crossing the Fox river at St. Charles today, carrying its load of 30 passengers into the river. The bridge collapsed from the weight of the car. No one was killed, but all were more or less hurt or suffered from the shock. Seriously injured:
MRS. WILLIAM H. HENCH, Dundee; head bruised and injured internally
MRS. CHARLES J. SMITH, Chicago; injured internally
MRS. HOPKINS, Muscatine, Iowa; bruised
MRS. JOHNSON, St. Charles; back hurt
MRS. GRANGER, Geneva; bruised and severely shocked.
The bridge had been considered unsafe for a month, and the authorities were contemplating soon replacing it. |
| Locust Grove (Indiana) |
04.07.1902 |
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There was a disastrous wreck on the Cincinnati, Richmond & Muncie railroad at Locust Grove, a few miles south of Richmond, in the evening. An excursion train carrying Lutherans to a picnic collided with a freight train. The dead:
AUGUST KAMP, JR., a passenger on the excursion train, caught and fatally crushed, dying in twenty minutes.
The injured:
CHARLES WETHYMER, a passenger, one arm broken and cut and bruised.
Two or three others were slightly hurt. Kamp was 37 years old and employed at the Starr piano works. His wife and son were on the train with him. He was standing on the platform when the crash came. The property loss is considerable. Both engines were damaged. One passenger coach was telescoped and the freight engine and three freight cars caught fire. The cars were loaded with wheat. The wreck was due to failure to observe orders. The fault is said to lie with the freight crew. |
| Trebeins (USA) |
24.07.1902 |
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Engineer WILLIAM CLARK of Xenia, under his engine, burned to a crisp; his fireman, PATRICK DWYER of Cincinnati, head crushed, right arm broken and both legs cut off; two railway mail clerks, M.M. PETERS of Cincinnati and E.F. MCKEOWN of Greenfield, Ind., killed and ten passengers injured, some of them dangerously, is the awful story of the wrecking of the Pennsylvania limited train No. 2 from St. Louis to New York at 10:30 o'clock Thursday night at Trebein's Station, a short distance from Xenia.
The train was flying eastward at highest speed, when the engine struck a loaded coal car, which in the darkness had escaped from the siding in Xenia and had run off onto the main track and down a steep grade. The engine struck it going at full speed and was turned over with Engineer CLARK underneath. The postal car, combination car and day coach, impelled by the heavy sleepers behind, piled over the engine. Two Pullmans were laid across the track at right angles. A gas tank under one of the cars exploded, setting fire to the wreck. The postal car, the coaches and two sleepers were consumed by the flames. At that point the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton and Pan Handle railroads are parallel and both were torn up for a distance of fifty yards, blocking traffic. |
| Elgin (Illinois) |
04.08.1902 |
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Rushing recklessly down a steep hill at the rate of 50 miles an hour, a crowded street car on the Dundee and Carpentersville line ran into an open switch at the baseball park at 4:45 oâ??clock Sunday afternoon and collided with three empty cars standing on the siding, telescoping two. Every one of the 15 passengers in the car were more or less seriously injured, and in two cases the wounds were so severe that amputations were necessary. The passengers and motorman were imprisoned nearly an hour in the wreck before they could be extricated. |
| Fort Wayne (Ind.) |
08.08.1902 |
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Charles Groves, 18 years of age, a boilermaker's helper in the Pennsylvania shops, was painfully injured at 10 o'clock Friday morning. While driving a rivet a piece of the steel flew with fearful force, imbedding itself so deeply in Groves' right thigh that Dr. Stemen, who probed for the fragment, has as yet been unable to locate it. A vein was severed and the wound bled profusely. The injury promises to be quite a serious affair. Groves lives at 438 Lasselle street. |
| Chicago (Ill.) |
12.08.1902 |
International Harvester Company |
Bildung der Firma durch den Zusammenschluß der Firmen "McCormick Harvesting Machine Company", "Deering Harvester Company", "Plano Harvester Co.", "Milwaukee Harvester Co." und "Warder, Bushnell & Glessner Co." |
| Chicago (Ill.) |
12.08.1902 |
McCormick Works |
Bildung der "International Harvester" durch den Zusammenschluß der Firmen "McCormick Harvesting Machine Company", "Deering Harvester Company", "Plano Harvester Co.", "Milwaukee Harvester Co." und "Warder, Bushnell & Glessner Co." |
| Milwaukee (WI) |
12.08.1902 |
Milwaukee Harvester Company |
Zusammenschluß mit den Firmen "McCormick Harvesting Machine Company", "Deering Harvester Company", "Plano Harvester Co." und "Warder, Bushnell & Glessner Co." zu "International Harvester Co." |
| Hammond (Indiana) |
18.08.1902 |
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Carrying 300 excursionists on their homeward journey a Monon passenger train crashed into a heavy Erie freight early yesterday morning near Hammond, Ind., killing one man, probably fatally injuring his brother, and wounding three others.
All the excursionists escaped.
So great was the force of the impact the passengers, most of whom had been asleep, were thrown into a panic. Women screamed and fainted, and it is said the men fought each other in their endeavor to escape.
Demolishing the caboose, the engine turned diagonally across the rails and struck a Monon freight train which was standing on an adjoining track. To add to the excitement, the wreckage caught fire, entailing great loss to the two railroads, and then while rescuers were at work the wrecked engine exploded, increasing the panic, and many more narrowly escaped injury.
FARRIS, GEORGE, 21 years old, Cave City, Ky.; employed by Latrobe Steel company, Melrose, Ill., was killed.
The injured were: FARRIS, DANIEL E., 28 years old, Millet, Mich.; telegraph operator on the Erie railway, ribs broken and injured internally, taken to St. Margaret's hospital, probably will die.
KLINE, F. E., Indianapolis, Monon engineer; foot crushed and body injured, taken to St. Margaret's hospital.
LEWIS, FRANK, Indianapolis, Monon fireman; leg broken and injured internally; taken to Hammond hospital.
MARSHALL, SAMUEL R., Cincinnati, brakeman on Erie road; cut above head, arms and legs curshed[sic]; taken to St. Margaret's hospital. |
| Fenton (Illinois) |
20.08.1902 |
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A cloudburst near Fenton, 20 miles southwest of Sterling, destroyed the corn crop. Two miles of track on the Mendota branch of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad were washed out. A freight train ran into the washout and was ditched. GEORGE WELLS, fireman, and FRANK MURRAY, engineer, both of Fulton, Ill., were killed. One of the cars was loaded with horses, which were killed and maimed. The loss to the farmers is estimated at $150,000. |
| Georgetown (Floyd, Colorado) |
24.08.1902 |
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In a disastrous freight wreck on the Southern railroad near Georgetown, ten miles west of New Albany early to-day Engineer "RED" DUVAL, Fireman B. COX, and Brakeman ROSS, of one train, were killed outright and Engineer HARRY GOODALL and Fireman GEORGE MEYERS, of the other train, were probably fatally hurt. Fourteen box cars loaded with wheat together with two locomotives were tumbled over a trestle to a ravine forty feet below and were demolished. All the traffic on the Southern railway between Louisville and St. Louis has been blocked all day. Two sections of the through freight were coming east and the first section in charge of Conductor WALTER ALVIS had stopped at Duncan's to switch, leaving a â??cutâ? of cars on the main track. There is a heavy grade at this point and by some means the cars broke away and rolled down the track, gaining momentum at each revolution of the wheels. Just as the runaway cars were approaching the trestle, the second section, drawn by two moguls, came thundering over the hill and the crash occurred a moment later. The cars piled on the locomotive and all went down in the ravine in a heap. Both DUVAL and COX went down with their locomotives. ROSS was on one of the runaway cars and was crushed beneath it. Engineer GOODALL and Fireman MYERS in charge of the other locomotive jumped and saved their lives, although they may yet die. Conductor LEWIS and Brakeman JOHN BURNS, of the second section jumped and escaped serious injury. DUVAL'S body was taken to his home in Louisville and that of ROSS was sent to Milltown, Ind., his home. COX'S remains were sent to Princeton, where his relatives reside. DUVAL had been married but a few days ago. The loss to the railroad company will amount to about $75,000. |
| Humboldt (Illinois) |
29.08.1902 |
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One man as killed and another was injured in a rear-end collision between two east-bound special stock trains on the Chicago and Northwestern three miles east of Humboldt. The first section, a double-decker, was running not more than twenty miles an hour when it was struck by the engine of the second train. Conductor ROE HARLAN of the head train jumped and his head was crushed. The caboose was hurled thirty feet. Six stock men on the leading train were slightly injured. Engineer E. C. NORRIS of the second train jumped and his arm was broken. The fireman escaped. The dead conductor is blamed for not having red lights displayed on the rear of his caboose. |
| Niles (Ohio) |
01.09.1902 |
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Several people were injured in a wreck on the Pennsylvania and Mahoning, Valley electric line at Niles The special Warren Youngstown car was making its last trip when it crashed into the rear of a regular which had stopped suddenly Miss Grace Clark of Warren sustained a broken thigh and severe cuts on the body and is also internally injured Others injured are Mat Collihan of Niles wrist broken, George Wingard of Niles hand crushed and side bruised Uhl Ward of Warren cut and bruised on body, John Cartwright of Niles severely bruised on body. |
| Leesburg (Highland, Ohio) |
19.09.1902 |
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The Eastbound express No. 2, with eight cars, on the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railroad was wrecked last night by running into an open switch at Leesburg, 33 miles from Chillicothe, two persons being killed and two seriously and forty slightly injured.
After running into the open switch the train bumped into the rear end of a freight train standing on the siding.
The engine was dashed to pieces and turned over on its side, killing the engineer and fireman. The baggage car was lifted from the trucks and thrown over the tender and engine. The smoker was lifted from the truck but remained in an upright position. The next car, known as the ladies' car, was turned upside down. The injured and wounded were brought to this city. The dead are Phillip Roe, engineer, of Chillicothe, and Charles Studor, fireman, also of Chillicothe. The seriously injured are E. L. Stuck, mail clerk, of Loveland, Ohio, and Mrs. Sellars of Wellston, Ohio. |
| Flint (Ohio) |
20.10.1902 |
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The Big-Four Twentieth Century flier was wrecked at Flint, twenty miles north of this city on the Cleveland Division, about noon, by running into an open switch, and the entire train left the track except the last two coaches. The train runs from New York to St. Louis, and makes few stops. Engineer Ryder of Cleveland was fatally injured. The slightly injured from cuts and bruises were Will Burns, Brooklyn, N. Y., agent for the Empire Theatre, and Harry Minton, Fair Haven, N. J. |
| Washington (Indiana) |
14.11.1902 |
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The Royal Blue Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern train, St. Louis to New York, was wrecked twenty miles east of Washington, Ind., this morning. Several people were injured, one of them, a tramp, fatally.
The flyer was running sixty miles an hour and struck a freight train head on. Both engines were smashed. The engineers tied down their whistles before they jumped. |
| Avon (Indiana) |
28.11.1902 |
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Passenger train No. 43, the St. Louis flyer on the Big Four road was wrecked at 1:30 o'clock this morning on a high embankment, a half mile west of Avon, Hendricks County, just across the line from Merion County, and six miles east of Danville. Three passengers were seriously injured and a dozen or more were slightly hurt, but none fatally.
After the accident a new train was made up and the run to St. Louis was resumed. The train was running at a high rate of speed, thirty-five miles beyond the scene of the first wreck, when it ran into an open switch at Carbon. The engineer saw the danger, but was running too fast to stop. The front trucks of the engine left the tracks and another delay was caused. Nobody was hurt in the second wreck and little damage was done.
The train was running at high speed when the first accident occurred and struck a broken rail. The engine and two mail cars passed over it safely, but the other cars left the track.
The New York sleeper on the rear end rolled over twice and down the embankment of twenty-five feet, landing bottom side up. It contained three passengers, the porter and the conductor. The sleeper next to it was from Cleveland. In it were eleven passengers. This car turned completely over, but remained at the top of the embankment. The imprisoned passengers got out by breaking one of the windows and all escaped with slight injuries.
The next sleeper broke down at the forward end and stood across the track. No one in this car was hurt. The two forward cars next to the mail cars, left the track, but did not turn over. |
| Milwaukee (WI) |
09.12.1902 |
Milwaukee Solvay Coke Co. |
Armin Schlesinger gründet aus den Schlesinger-Anteilen die "Milwaukee Solvay Coke Company" als die "Milwaukee Coke and Gas Company" |
| Edison (Ohio) |
26.12.1902 |
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The east bound Cincinnati and eastern express on the Big Four was derailed at the crossing of the Toledo and Ohio Central Railroad here, while running at a high rate of speed to-day. The accident resulted from a misunderstanding of signals the passenger train going off the track at a derailing switch. One of the two engines attached to the train was totally wrecked. Engineer STUMP and Brakemen REED and LAMPKIN all received slight injuries. No passengers were hurt. |
| Auburn (Indiana) |
1903 |
Auburn Automobile Company |
Beginn des Automobilbaues |
| Chicago (Ill.) |
1903 |
Allis-Chalmers Co. |
Escher-Wyss eine Wasserturbinen-Lizenz an Allis-Chalmers nach dem Bau der Niagara-Turbinen |
| Chicago (Ill.) |
1903 |
Griffin Wheel Foundry Company |
Die "Boston Car Wheel Company" wird mit der "Griffin Wheel Company" für $290.000 vereinigt |
| Chicago (Ill.) |
1903 |
Griffin Wheel Foundry Company |
George Francis Griffin, der einzige Sohn von Thomas A. Griffin, tritt nach seinem Abschluß an der Yale-Universität in das Unternehmen ein |
| Chicago (Ill.) |
1903 |
Western Electric Company of America |
Baubeginn der Hawthorne Works |
| Cleveland (Ohio) |
1903 |
Peerless |
Ein 80-PS-Rennwagen nimmt am Gordon-Bennett-Rennen teil |
| Dayton (Ohio) |
1903 |
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Inbetriebnahme des Strowger-Wähleramts in Dayton (Ohio) mit 6000 Anschlüssen |
| Detroit (Michigan) |
1903 |
Detroit Waterworks |
Ecorse wird dem Wasserversorgungssystem hinzugefügt. |
| Detroit (Michigan) |
1903 |
Packard |
Verlegung der Produktionsanlagen nach Detroit |
| Evansville (USA) |
1903 |
A. S. Baker Company |
Ende der Präsidentschaft von Almeron Eager |
| Findlay (Ohio) |
1903 |
National Lime & Stone Company |
Gründung |
| Flint (Michigan) |
1903 |
Buick Motor Company |
Beginn des Automobilbaues |
| Flint (Michigan) |
1903 |
Buick Motor Company |
Gründung |
| Flint (Michigan) |
1903 |
Dort |
Beginn des Automobilbaues |
| Grand Rapids (Michigan) |
1903 |
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Inbetriebnahme des Strowger-Wähleramts in Grand Rapids mit 5000 Anschlüssen |
| Hamilton (Ohio) |
1903 |
Hooven, Owens & Rentschler Co. |
Hans Holzwarth arbeitet bis 1908 bei "Hooven, Owens, Rentschler & Co." in Hamilton, Ohio, USA. Für das Unternehmen entwickelt er zunächst eine als Hamilton-Holzwarth-Turbine bekannt gewordene Dampfturbine |
| Hamilton (Ohio) |
1903/04 |
Hooven, Owens & Rentschler Co. |
Hans Holzwarth entwickelt während seiner Zeit bei "Hooven, Owens, Rentschler & Co." (von 1903 bis 1908) eine als Hamilton-Holzwarth-Turbine bekannt gewordene Dampfturbine. Sie ist eine achsiale, vielstufige Druckturbine mit (im Gegensatz zur Rateau- und zur Zoelly-Turbine:) voller Beaufschlagung. Die Zahl der Druckstufen entspricht der Zahl der Einzel-Turbinen. Jedes Laufrad arbeitet in eine besonderen Kammer. Die Expansion und Druckverminderung findet nur in den Leitschaufen statt. |
| Hawthorne (Chicago) |
1903 |
Western Electric Company of America |
Baubeginn der Hawthorne Works |
| Lansing (Michigan) |
1903 |
Olds Motor Works |
Es werden 4.000 "Oldsmobiles" hergestellt. |
| Newark (Ohio) |
1903 |
The Scheidler Machine Works Company |
Reinhard Scheidler wird bei der Explosion einer Maschine auf seinem Fabrikhof getötet. Als Ursache für das Versagen der Feuerbüchse die Verwendung eines Bügelankers (crown bar) an der Feuerbuchsdecke anstelle von Stehbolzen vermutet wird. Damit erlöscht der Lebensgeist des Werks. |
| Racine (Wisconsin) |
1903 |
J. I. Case Threshing Machine Company |
Vergebene Fabriknummern für Dampfmaschinen: 11582 - 13486 (1905 gebaute Einheiten) |
| Water Works Park (Detroit) |
1903 |
Detroit Waterworks |
Ecorse wird dem Wasserversorgungssystem hinzugefügt. |
| Evansville (USA) |
1903 |
A. S. Baker Company |
Allen S. Baker wird Präsident |
| Ada (Ohio) |
08.01.1903 |
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Three men are dead and 14 or more other persons were injured, one fatally, as the result of a collision between two trains on the Pennsylvania system on the main street of the city at 5 o'clock this evening. Train No. 35, westbount for Fort Wayne, started out of the station, but at the Main street crossing was compelled to stop on account of some accident to the air brake. A flagman was sent back to notify No. 19, a fast train going in the same direction and which was several minutes late. On account of a driving snowstorm the engineer of No. 19 was unable to see the signal in time to slacken his speed, and his engine crashed into the rear coach of No. 35 while running at the rate of 40 miles an hour.
No. 35 consisted of two coaches, the rear one being a combination baggage and passenger car, with another passenger car in front. Both were telescoped, and scarcely a passenger escaped injury of some sort. The engineer and fireman of No. 19 also were slightly injured, but not enough to prevent them from rendering immediate assistance to those who were in distress. The engine of No. 19 was almost demolished, but the cars behind it were not damaged in the least and none of the passengers were bruised. |
| Alton (Illinois) |
13.01.1903 |
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Passenger Train No 48, on the Burlington Road was ditched five miles northeast of Alton in the afternoon engineer FRANK HORN of Bordentown was crushed to death.
GL Mitchell, a mail clerk of Rock Island and E. W. Berry a mail clerk of Winchester, Ill, Charles Pollard, baggage man, and conductor, A. H. Pollard of Rock Island were injured though not fatally. All passengers escaped injury.
Conductor Pollard walked three miles through the snow to notify officials of the wreck. |
| Cairo (Ill.) |
28.01.1903 |
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The Chicago fast passenger train of the Illinois central met on the St. Louis train in a rear-end collision near Cairo (Ill.). Harry Bruckner, of chicago, fireman of the Chicago train, and Charles Bryant, a flagman, were severly injured. Mel B. Willard, engineer of the Chicago train, escaped with slight injuries. A dense fog prevented Willard from seeing the St. Louis train in time to stop. Passengers in the regular coaches were not hurt. |
| Lafox (USA) |
28.01.1903 |
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Four persons were killed, four seriously injured and eight slightly injured in a rear-end collision between stock trains on the Chicago and Northwestern railway near La Fox, Ill.
The trains came together in a dense fog, the engine of the rear train crashing into the caboose ahead without warning to the fated passengers. The latter were for the most part stockmen in charge of stock on the way to Chicago and the east. |
| Pulaski (Pulaski, Ill.) |
28.01.1903 |
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On the Illinois Central railroad near Pulaski early today the Chicago fast train crashed into the rear end of St. Louis train No. 203. Both of the trains were late on account of a dense fog, and the Chicago train was running at the rate of 60 miles an hour, while the St. Louis train was making only 30 miles an hour.
The last car of the St. Louis train was the private car of the late JUDGE J. FENTRESS and family, of Chicago. JUDGE FENTRESS, who died in Chicago last Monday, was the head counsel of the Illinois Central, and his body was in the car en route to Bolivar, Tenn., for burial. The real half of the car was demolished and the coffin broken up. The family of the judge were badly shaken up. Three of the trainmen were injured but none of the passengers were seriously hurt. |
| Springfield (Ohio) |
31.01.1903 |
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Twelve persons were injured in a street car accident last night, two of whom, Mrs. Addie Wheeler and Mrs. Bailey, are in a serious condition. A Big Four passenger train struck a street car at 7:45 o'clock at the Yellow Springs street crossing. The car was filled with people and drove it 50 feet past the crossing. It is said the accident was due to the motorman losing control of his car. Manager Miller of the street railway company refused to make a statement. |
| Ohio (USA) |
01.03.1903 |
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Beitritt zu den USA |
| Crestline (Ohio) |
27.04.1903 |
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In a Pennsylvania wreck here this morning WILLIAM SIMS, aged 20, a brakeman, was instantly killed, being buried under a car of pig iron. Conductor Curt Moore, of Alliance, was terribly cut about the head, and Flagman Henry File, of Pittsburg, was seriously crushed. It is thought his back is broken.
SIMS came to Crestline from the country last week, and was just returning from his first trip. The wreck occurred almost within sight of his own home. |
| Charleston (Ill.) |
20.05.1903 |
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Passenger train number six on the Clover Leaf road was wrecked at 1:00 a. m. Three cars were overturned, containing 43 passengers. Eight were seriously injured but none fatally. Among the injured are:
Miss Vera Belmont of Cleveland, Ohio; Mrs. O. B. Clark, Toledo, Ohio; Mrs. J. J. Harmon, Ottawa, Ohio |
| Dayton (Ohio) |
02.06.1903 |
Barney & Smith Manufacturing Co. |
W. T. Irwin wird auf der Aktionärsversammlung zum Direktor ernannt und bildet den Nachfolger von Casimir L. Werk. |
| Walhonding (Coshocton, Ohio) |
03.06.1903 |
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An east bound work train on the Walhonding Valley railroad was wrecked this morning near the village of Walhonding. As a result the locomotive and three cars are in the Walhonding river, the locomotive completely submerged.
Fortunately there were no fatalities, although two Italian workmen were slightly injured.
As near as can be learned, the tender of the engine left the track about 100 yards from the bridge across the Walhonding, bridge No. 17. The engineer and fireman, seeing the danger, made a perilous leap for safety. The train crashed ahead, although the engineer had applied the brakes, and when the bridge was reached, the smash-up occurred.
The engine crashed through the bridge and dived like a huge monster into the waters of the river, the depth of the water being sufficient to cover it. On top of it came three cars loaded with gravel.
The fate of the engineer and fireman had they been aboard their cab is horrible to contemplate.
Two other cars that were derailed are left standing on the embankment at the water's edge. One span of the bridge is entirely gone.
The Italians that were hurt received their injuries as the train crashed into the timbers of the bridge. How serious the injuries are is not known.
Traffic is at a stand-still and probably will remain so for several days until the bridge can be rebuilt and the locomotive and cars rescued from their watery resting place.
The accident was the worst that has ever occurred on the road, and the loss of not a single life, is extremely fortunate. |
| Newark (Ohio) |
10.06.1903 |
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Henry Dininger of 69 Buena Vista street, a fireman on the B. & O. was 8 o'clock Wednesday morning, by the soft plug of the engine he was firing, blowing out.
His face was terribly scalded, as was his right arm between the wrist and elbow. The injured man was taken to a hospital in Zanesville, until Wednesday evening, when he was taken home on No. 47. |
| Akron (Ohio) |
11.06.1903 |
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Hiram Sikes, a B & O. brakeman, was hit by a passenger train and killed near Akron Tuesday night. |
| Detroit (Michigan) |
16.06.1903 |
Ford Motor Company |
Henry Ford gründet die Ford Motor Company in Detroit. |
| Detroit (Michigan) |
16.06.1903 |
Ford, Henry |
Henry Ford gründet die Ford Motor Company in Detroit. |
| Milwaukee (WI) |
Sommer 1903 |
Harley-Davidson |
Bau des ersten Motorrades. Es ist mehr ein Fahrrad mit einem Motörchen; nach der Legende ist der Vergaser aus einer Tomatenbüchse gefertigt |
| Detroit (Michigan) |
24.06.1903 |
Ford Motor Company |
Gründung nach mehreren vergeblichen Anläufen Henry Fords, ein eigenes Automobilunternehmen zu gründen; Anfangskaptial: 28.000 Dollar. (auch 16. Juni genannt) |
| Detroit (Michigan) |
24.06.1903 |
Ford, Henry |
Gründung nach mehreren vergeblichen Anläufen Henry Fords, ein eigenes Automobilunternehmen zu gründen; Anfangskaptial: 28.000 Dollar. (auch 16. Juni genannt) |
| Milwaukee (WI) |
27.06.1903 |
Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Company |
Die von der "Milwaukee & Muskego Lakes Traction" begonnene Linie von der W. Water and Grand (Plankinton and Wisconsin) über Reed (S.2nd), Greenfield, alte Beloit Road, 26th Ave. (31st), Burnham und George (Becher) nach Hales Corners wird durch die MLH&T Co. in Betrieb genommen |
| Alhambra (Illinois) |
17.07.1903 |
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Two boys averted a terrible wreck with the probable loss of dozens of lives by flagging the early morning express on the Illinois Central before it ran on the bridge across Silver Creek, which had been partially burned away, three miles north of Alhambra.
The boys JOHN and WILLIAM BILF, twelve and fourteen years old, respectively, who live on a farm near the creek, were on their way to a neighborâ??s when they saw smoke issuing from the bridge some little distance from them. About middle way out they discovered that forty feet of the structure had been burned away and the bridge was still in flames. They knew that the fast express would be along in a few minutes, and if it were allowed to run on the bridge it would surely go down in midstream, with great loss of life. It must be stopped, they both knew it, and they set about their important task.
They had no flag, but that trifle was soon mended. John tore up his shirt and tied it to a staff. Then together they ran to the track to meet the train. About half a mile from the bridge they heard the oncoming train, so, taking their position in the middle of the track they began to wave the flag as the train came in view.
The engineer was quick to perceive the signal and threw on the brakes stopping the train within a few yards of the bridge. The engineer, conductor, and many of the passengers thanked the boys for their heroism. The two boys are members of a family of thirteen children.
It is supposed that the fire was caused by coals from the firepan of a passing engine. |
| Detroit (Michigan) |
23.07.1903 |
Ford Motor Company |
Der erste Serien-Ford A mit einem 1668-ccm-Zwei-Zylinder-Motor mit acht US-PS Leistung wird verkauft. |
| Durand (Michigan) |
07.08.1903 |
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While the first section of WALLACE Brothers' circus train was standing in the Grand Trunk Railway yards here early to-day the second section, running at fifteen-mile-an-hour rate, crashed into it, killing twenty-three persons and injuring more than a dozen.
The engineer of the moving train says the collision was caused by the failure of the air brakes to work. The Superintendent of the road, however, declares they were not applied.
The circus travels in two trains of about thirty-five cars each. After last night's exhibition at Charlotte the two trains left for Lapeer over the Grand Trunk Road, the second section leaving a half hour after the first.
It was 3:45 o'clock when the first section pulled into the west end of the Grand Trunk yards here. A red light was hung on the rear car to stop the second section.
Engineer PROBST of Battle Creek, who was running the engine of the rear train, says he saw this light and applied the air brake. To his horror it refused to work. He reversed his engine, but the momentum of the heavy train behind was too great, and with a crash that aroused all of the town near the yards, the two trains met.
Three cars of the stationary first section were telescoped, and the engine and five cars were demolished. The rear car of the section was a caboose, in which the trainmen were sleeping, and the next two were filled with sleeping circus employees. The greatest loss of life was in the caboose. |
| Norwich (Ohio) |
23.09.1903 |
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In a freight wreck at Norwich, on the Baltimore and Ohio, fifteen miles east of Zanesville to-day, two oil tank cars collided and exploded. There was a terrific report, and a sheet of flame rose 100 feet into the air and spread on all sides. Four houses at the side of the track caught fire and were consumed in a few minutes. The occupants had narrow escapes and lost everything.
All trains are detoured over the Pan Handle around the wreck. Wreckers cannot work on the burning cars, and must wait for the fire to burn itself out.
At a late hour to-night a column of flame fifty feet high was shooting upward from the manhole of one of the wrecked oil cars. The loss is not heavy. |
| Cincinnati (Ohio) |
01.10.1903 |
Ahrens-Fox Manufacturing Company |
Die Direktoren der "American" and "International" schlagen vor, die beiden Gesellschaften zusammenzuschließen, und die Vereinigung wird 1904 vollendet. Die neue Gesellschaft wird "American-LaFrance Fire Engine Company" getauft, und die Hauptverwaltung ist im ehemaligen LaFrance-Werk in Elmira, NY. |
| Sault Sainte Marie (USA) |
25.10.1903 |
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Durch Feuer beschädigt in Soo, zur Rettung versenkt |
| Indianapolis (Ind.) |
31.10.1903 |
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Zusammenstoß eines Sonderzugs mit einem rangierenden, zurücksetzenden Kohlezug in der Nähe der 18. Straße. Vier der 15 Wagen entgleisen. Der erste Wagen wird stark zerstört, und der zweite Wagen stürzt nach links vom Bahndamm. 15 Tote, 5 Schwer- und ca. 44 Leichtverletzte. Der Reisezug der "Big Four Railroad" (Central Pacific Railroad) ist mit der Fußballmannschaft und Anhängern der "Purdue Boilermakers" der University of Purdue besetzt (964 Reisende) und hätte um 10.00 Uhr in der Union Station ankommen sollen. Der zehn Minuten später folgende zweite Sonderzug kann rechtzeitig angehalten werden. Der Unfallzug fuhr zwar mit überhöhter Geschwindigkeit, dennoch wird das Lokpersonal entlastet |
| Mackinaw (Illinois) |
19.11.1903 |
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Thirty-one [oder: 16?] men were killed and at least fifteen injured in a head-on collision between a freight train and a work train on the Big Four Railroad between Mackinaw and Tremont this afternoon. Bodies of twenty-six of the victims have been taken from the wreck, which is piled thirty feet high on the tracks. Five bodies yet remain buried under the debris.
The collision occurred in a deep cut at the beginning of a sharp curve, neither train being visible to the crew of the other until they were within fifty feet of each other. The engineers set the brakes, sounded the whistles and leaped from their cabs, the two trains striking with such force that the sound was heard for miles.
The boiler of the work train exploded, throwing heavy iron bars 200 feet. Conductor JOHN W. JUDGE, of Indianapolis, who had charge of the freight train, received orders at Urbana to wait at Mackinaw for the work train, which was due there at 2:40 P.M., but failed to stop. The engineer of the work train, GEORGE BECKER, had also received orders to pass the freight at Mackinaw, and was on the way to that station. |
