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A Century Late
Monday, October 18, 1926
ForeignAs printed 100 years ago on page 1 of:Seward Daily GatewaySeward, Alaska

HUNDREDS CHINESE KILLED, EXPLOSION

TRANSPORT CATCHES ON FIRE WHILE ANCHORED IN RIVER

Context - explained by ACL:

Dispatches received by the Toho News Agency report that about 1200 Chinese soldiers perished by fire, explosions and drowning when a troopship took fire at Kuikiang, Kiangsi province. The steamer Kuangyung, carrying 1500 troops of Marshal Chuan Fangs forces and a full cargo of munitions, caught fire while anchored in the Yangtse river, and the munitions exploded before the troops could be taken off in small boats.

The printed page, with the story outlined
[The story on the printed page. Seward Daily Gateway, Seward, Alaska, October 18, 1926, page 1]

SHANGHAI, Oct. 18. (AP)—Approximately 1200 Chinese soldiers perished by fire explosions and drowning when a troopship took fire at Kuikiang Kiangsi province, according to dispatches received today by the Toho News Agency here. The steamer Kuangyung transporting 1500 troops of Marshal Chuan Fangs forces and a full cargo of munitions caught fire while anchored in the Yangtse river. · Before the troops could be taken off in small boats, the munitions exploded, killing many and spreading the flames throughout the ship.

Reproduced unchanged from Seward Daily Gateway, October 18, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.

Yesterday's paper

September 30, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:New Britain Herald, Daily Kennebec Journal, Evening Star, Watauga Democrat, The Alaska Daily Empire, The Sauk Centre Herald, The Carbon County News, The Lambertville Record, The Bismarck Tribune, and Seward Daily Gateway.

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October 18, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:The Bismarck Tribune, The Washington Times, Imperial Valley Press, Seward Daily Gateway, and Evening Star.

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Monday, October 18, 1926 Price: 2 Cents
Notice to Readers: Every story as printed 100 years ago: nothing added, nothing rewritten, our notes marked. They didn't know how it ends.
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ForeignAs printed 100 years ago on page 1 of:Seward Daily GatewaySeward, Alaska

HUNDREDS CHINESE KILLED, EXPLOSION

TRANSPORT CATCHES ON FIRE WHILE ANCHORED IN RIVER

Context - explained by ACL:

Dispatches received by the Toho News Agency report that about 1200 Chinese soldiers perished by fire, explosions and drowning when a troopship took fire at Kuikiang, Kiangsi province. The steamer Kuangyung, carrying 1500 troops of Marshal Chuan Fangs forces and a full cargo of munitions, caught fire while anchored in the Yangtse river, and the munitions exploded before the troops could be taken off in small boats.

The printed page, with the story outlined
[The story on the printed page. Seward Daily Gateway, Seward, Alaska, October 18, 1926, page 1]

SHANGHAI, Oct. 18. (AP)—Approximately 1200 Chinese soldiers perished by fire explosions and drowning when a troopship took fire at Kuikiang Kiangsi province, according to dispatches received today by the Toho News Agency here. The steamer Kuangyung transporting 1500 troops of Marshal Chuan Fangs forces and a full cargo of munitions caught fire while anchored in the Yangtse river. · Before the troops could be taken off in small boats, the munitions exploded, killing many and spreading the flames throughout the ship.

Reproduced unchanged from Seward Daily Gateway, October 18, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.

Reproduced unchanged from Seward Daily Gateway, October 18, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.

Yesterday's paper

September 30, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:New Britain Herald, Daily Kennebec Journal, Evening Star, Watauga Democrat, The Alaska Daily Empire, The Sauk Centre Herald, The Carbon County News, The Lambertville Record, The Bismarck Tribune, and Seward Daily Gateway.

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Today's paper

October 18, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:The Bismarck Tribune, The Washington Times, Imperial Valley Press, Seward Daily Gateway, and Evening Star.

A Century Late
Monday, October 18, 1926 Price: 2 Cents
Notice to Readers: Every story as printed 100 years ago: nothing added, nothing rewritten, our notes marked. They didn't know how it ends.
You do.
ForeignAs printed 100 years ago on page 1 of:Seward Daily GatewaySeward, Alaska

HUNDREDS CHINESE KILLED, EXPLOSION

TRANSPORT CATCHES ON FIRE WHILE ANCHORED IN RIVER

Context - explained by ACL:

Dispatches received by the Toho News Agency report that about 1200 Chinese soldiers perished by fire, explosions and drowning when a troopship took fire at Kuikiang, Kiangsi province. The steamer Kuangyung, carrying 1500 troops of Marshal Chuan Fangs forces and a full cargo of munitions, caught fire while anchored in the Yangtse river, and the munitions exploded before the troops could be taken off in small boats.

The printed page, with the story outlined
[The story on the printed page. Seward Daily Gateway, Seward, Alaska, October 18, 1926, page 1]

SHANGHAI, Oct. 18. (AP)—Approximately 1200 Chinese soldiers perished by fire explosions and drowning when a troopship took fire at Kuikiang Kiangsi province, according to dispatches received today by the Toho News Agency here. The steamer Kuangyung transporting 1500 troops of Marshal Chuan Fangs forces and a full cargo of munitions caught fire while anchored in the Yangtse river. · Before the troops could be taken off in small boats, the munitions exploded, killing many and spreading the flames throughout the ship.

Reproduced unchanged from Seward Daily Gateway, October 18, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.

Reproduced unchanged from Seward Daily Gateway, October 18, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.

Yesterday's paper

September 30, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:New Britain Herald, Daily Kennebec Journal, Evening Star, Watauga Democrat, The Alaska Daily Empire, The Sauk Centre Herald, The Carbon County News, The Lambertville Record, The Bismarck Tribune, and Seward Daily Gateway.

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Today's paper

October 18, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:The Bismarck Tribune, The Washington Times, Imperial Valley Press, Seward Daily Gateway, and Evening Star.

A Century Late
Monday, October 18, 1926 Price: 2 Cents
Notice to Readers: Every story as printed 100 years ago: nothing added, nothing rewritten, our notes marked. They didn't know how it ends.
You do.
ForeignAs printed 100 years ago on page 1 of:Seward Daily GatewaySeward, Alaska

HUNDREDS CHINESE KILLED, EXPLOSION

TRANSPORT CATCHES ON FIRE WHILE ANCHORED IN RIVER

Context - explained by ACL:

Dispatches received by the Toho News Agency report that about 1200 Chinese soldiers perished by fire, explosions and drowning when a troopship took fire at Kuikiang, Kiangsi province. The steamer Kuangyung, carrying 1500 troops of Marshal Chuan Fangs forces and a full cargo of munitions, caught fire while anchored in the Yangtse river, and the munitions exploded before the troops could be taken off in small boats.

The printed page, with the story outlined
[The story on the printed page. Seward Daily Gateway, Seward, Alaska, October 18, 1926, page 1]

SHANGHAI, Oct. 18. (AP)—Approximately 1200 Chinese soldiers perished by fire explosions and drowning when a troopship took fire at Kuikiang Kiangsi province, according to dispatches received today by the Toho News Agency here. The steamer Kuangyung transporting 1500 troops of Marshal Chuan Fangs forces and a full cargo of munitions caught fire while anchored in the Yangtse river. · Before the troops could be taken off in small boats, the munitions exploded, killing many and spreading the flames throughout the ship.

Reproduced unchanged from Seward Daily Gateway, October 18, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.

Reproduced unchanged from Seward Daily Gateway, October 18, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.

Yesterday's paper

September 30, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:New Britain Herald, Daily Kennebec Journal, Evening Star, Watauga Democrat, The Alaska Daily Empire, The Sauk Centre Herald, The Carbon County News, The Lambertville Record, The Bismarck Tribune, and Seward Daily Gateway.

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Today's paper

October 18, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:The Bismarck Tribune, The Washington Times, Imperial Valley Press, Seward Daily Gateway, and Evening Star.

A Century Late
Monday, October 18, 1926 Price: 2 Cents
Notice to Readers: Every story as printed 100 years ago: nothing added, nothing rewritten, our notes marked. They didn't know how it ends.
You do.
ForeignAs printed 100 years ago on page 1 of:Seward Daily GatewaySeward, Alaska

HUNDREDS CHINESE KILLED, EXPLOSION

TRANSPORT CATCHES ON FIRE WHILE ANCHORED IN RIVER

Context - explained by ACL:

Dispatches received by the Toho News Agency report that about 1200 Chinese soldiers perished by fire, explosions and drowning when a troopship took fire at Kuikiang, Kiangsi province. The steamer Kuangyung, carrying 1500 troops of Marshal Chuan Fangs forces and a full cargo of munitions, caught fire while anchored in the Yangtse river, and the munitions exploded before the troops could be taken off in small boats.

The printed page, with the story outlined
[The story on the printed page. Seward Daily Gateway, Seward, Alaska, October 18, 1926, page 1]

SHANGHAI, Oct. 18. (AP)—Approximately 1200 Chinese soldiers perished by fire explosions and drowning when a troopship took fire at Kuikiang Kiangsi province, according to dispatches received today by the Toho News Agency here. The steamer Kuangyung transporting 1500 troops of Marshal Chuan Fangs forces and a full cargo of munitions caught fire while anchored in the Yangtse river. · Before the troops could be taken off in small boats, the munitions exploded, killing many and spreading the flames throughout the ship.

Reproduced unchanged from Seward Daily Gateway, October 18, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.

Reproduced unchanged from Seward Daily Gateway, October 18, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.

Yesterday's paper

September 30, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:New Britain Herald, Daily Kennebec Journal, Evening Star, Watauga Democrat, The Alaska Daily Empire, The Sauk Centre Herald, The Carbon County News, The Lambertville Record, The Bismarck Tribune, and Seward Daily Gateway.

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Today's paper

October 18, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:The Bismarck Tribune, The Washington Times, Imperial Valley Press, Seward Daily Gateway, and Evening Star.