Search Strategies & Selected Articles

The links below provide access to a sampling of articles from historic newspapers that can be found in Chronicling America. You can explore the topic of the "Russell Sage dynamite attack" further using the following search strategies:

Use the following terms in combination, proximity, or as a phrase:
attack, bomb, bomber, bomb thrower, crank, dynamite, Henry Norcross, lunatic, madman, maniac, Russell Sage, Thomas F. Byrnes, William Laidlaw
Be aware that the names of the people involved are often abbreviated in the newspapers, such as:
R. Sage and W. R. Laidlaw.
It is important to use a specific date range if looking for articles for particular event in order to narrow your results. To narrow your results for this topic, search between December 4 - 12, 1891.

Selected Articles from Chronicling America

"TERRIBLE DEED OF A MADMAN"
Indianapolis Journal (Indianapolis, IN), December 05, 1891, Page 1, Image 1, col. 2.
"INJURED"
Pittsburg Dispatch (Pittsburgh, PA), December 05, 1891, Page 1, Image 1, col. 3.
"WHO WAS HE?"
The Evening World (New York, NY), December 05, 1891, EXTRA 2 O'CLOCK, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1.
"WITH NITRO-GLYCERIN"
The Sun (New York, NY), December 05, 1891, Page 1, Image 1, col. 5.
"A DYNAMITE CRANK"
Los Angeles Herald (Los Angeles, CA), December 05, 1891, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1.
"AS A HUMAN SHIELD"
The Evening World (New York, NY), December 09, 1891, SPORTING EXTRA, Page 3, Image 3, col. 4.
"THE MANIAC"
Abilene Weekly Reflector (Abilene, KS), December 10, 1891, Page 1, Image 1, col. 4.
"MURDEROUS MANIAC"
Wood County Reporter (Wisconsin Rapids, WI), December 10, 1891, Page 3, Image 3, col. 3.
"A LUNATIC'S BOMB"
The Bolivar Bulletin (Bolivar, TN), December 11, 1891, Page 1, Image 1, col. 2.
"A MODEST DEMAND"
The Caldwell Tribune (Caldwell, ID), December 12, 1891, Page 6, Image 6, col. 1.
"THE BOMB THROWER"
The Evening Bulletin (Maysville, KY), December 12, 1891, Page 4, Image 4, col. 1.
"NORCROSS'S HEAD"
The Evening World (New York, NY), December 12, 1891, LAST EDITION, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1.
"WAS THE HEAD OF HER SON"
The Indianapolis Journal (Indianapolis, IN), December 16, 1891, Page 3, Image 3, col. 4.
"NORCROSS' PARENTS"
Daily Tobacco Leaf-Chronicle (Clarksville, TN), December 16, 1891, Page 1, Image 1, col. 5.
"THE SAGE DYNAMITER"
The Lola Register (Lola, KS), December 18, 1891, Page 3, Image 3, col. 4.
"SAGE ON THE SAND"
The Evening World (New York, NY), March 11, 1892, BROOKLYN SPORTING EXTRA, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1.
"Sage May Have to Pay"
The Washington Bee (Washington, DC), June 04, 1892, Page 1, Image 1, col. 6.
"LAIDLAW SUIT DISMISSED"
New-York Tribune (New York, NY), June 07, 1893, Page 12, Image 12, col. 1.
"Laidlaw's Damage Suit Against Sage"
The Roanoke Times (Roanoke, VA), November 19, 1893, Page 4, Image 4, col. 3.
"HE SAVED LAIDLAW"
The Evening World (New York, NY), March 29, 1894, LAST EDITION., Page 1, Image 1, col. 1.
"LAIDLAW-SAGE CASE"
Bismarck Weekly Tribune (Bismarck, ND), June 21, 1895, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1.
"RUSSELL SAGE IS CALLED"
Los Angeles Herald (Los Angeles, CA), July 23, 1906, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1.
"AGED FINANCIER DIES SUDDENLY"
The Sea Coast Echo (Bay Saint Louis, MS), July 28, 1906, Pge 1, Image 1, col. 4.
"VICTIM OF BOMB, WHO SAVED SAGE, DIES OF INJURIES"
The Evening World (New York, NY), August 08, 1911, Final Edition, Page 14, Image 14, col. 2.
"SAGE'S 'SHIELD' DEAD"
The Sun (New York, NY), August 09, 1911, Page 3, Image 3, col. 6.

Russell Sage Dynamite Attack: Topics in Chronicling America

Search Strategies & Selected Articles

Selected Articles from Chronicling America