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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1916
Page
9
The annual dinner will be held at Young's Hotel tonight. President M Butterfield celebrates his tenth anniversary as president of the college. Governor McCall, the board of trustees, and the faculty will be guests of the Alumni Club.
Sir Robert Borden led the firefighting effort as a blaze and heavy smoke swept through a parliamentary chamber. The explosion ruptured the roof and a column of fire roared upward while ministers and gallery visitors faced peril and several escapes were made via a fire net.
London reports Yussef Izzedin crown prince of Turkey died following a confrontation with Enver Pasha over a plot to overthrow the Sultan and open the Dardanelles to the Allies. German agents aided the investigation and possibilities of assassination or forced death are discussed.
Chief Tremblay with a company of firemen one steamer and a motor hose wagon left Montreal for Ottawa at 11 o clock tonight on a Grand Trunk railway special train.
Ottawa reports a fire in a great building where war related closures blocked exits. Smoke filled halls minutes after ignition, trapping Mme. Baray of Montreal and Mme. Morin of Beauce in the speaker's suite, likely causing their deaths.
The Duke of Connaught Governor General of Canada watched the blaze from Rideau Hall as flames destroyed the parliament building. His aides, wounded officers, drove into the city but could not aid. the cornerstone was laid in 1860 by then Prince of Wales Edward VII.
At midnight both the Commons and Senate chambers burned away while the great clock boomed the hour. Flames swept the tower as the parliamentary library at the rear likely sustains damage but may be saved.
Sir Robert Barden announced that the House of Commons will meet Friday at 3 o clock. The location will be announced later and may be at the Russell Theatre or the Board of Railway Commissioners offices. The premier said adjournment decisions had not been considered.
German sources report the Turkish Caucasus campaign failed with heavy fighting near Erzerum ten miles south. Turks reportedly retreated after stubborn resistance. Trebizond received 5000 wounded and several severely wounded officers. The article notes the Turkish setback amid broader wartime dispatches.
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