Boston Fire of 1872 Remains Fresh in Memory Thirty Four Years On
An old Boston patrolman recalls the 1872 fire at the Lincoln Street box timing the anniversary 34 years later. The blaze destroyed 776 buildings, killed 11, and caused $75 million in damage. Chief Damrell and many firefighters perished. the city rebuilt with fireproof structures and modern systems, yet warns no building is truly fireproof and large stores remain vulnerable to devastating blazes.
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Summer Street
Lincoln Street
Boston
Damrell
Douglas
W. L. Douglas
W.L. Douglas
Brockton, Mass
Washington St
Washington Street
Cor
Hanover Street
Cor. Lincoln
Court Street
Cor. Howard
Father of executed man found dead in rope tragedy
In Johnstown Pennsylvania Jacob Hauser the elder was found hanging from a tree in his back yard days after his son Jacob Hauser Jr. was hanged for the murder of his wife and mother in law. The tragedy adds another grim note to a case already in the public eye.
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Johnstown
Jacob Hauser
Jacob Hauser, Jr
Red Cross Lane Reports Turnover From Boston Branch
Gardiner M. Lane, treasurer of the Massachusetts Red Cross, announced $89 250 raised at a cost of $450, dedicated to victims in Japan Italy San Francisco and Vesuvius refugees. The report notes $14 212 183 for Japan and $66 567 07 for San Francisco, with a small balance and expenses. Recounts filed for local elections will begin Monday at Faneuil Hall with election board staff.
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Gardiner M. Lane
Massachusetts
National Red Cross Society
Japan
California
South America
Italy
Vesuvius
San Francisco
William Cary Sanger
United States
New York
Red Cross Society
O’connell
Sanger
O'Connell
Bradford
The
Red Cross
Thomas A. Leavitt
John F. Cusick
Faneuil Hall
Election Board
Alderman Draper Charges Forged Signatures in Nomination
Alderman Charles M. Draper protests to the election commissioners that his Republican opponent Seales has papers with forged or incorrectly affixed signatures in Wards 18 and 21. A hearing by the ballot law commission, including Judge Bolster, is set for Monday at 9 a.m.
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Charles M. Draper
Board of Aldermen
Election Commissioners
Seales
Ballot Law Commission
Election Board
Bolster
Kentucky bars Mutual Life from Kentucky business
Louisville November 9 In a statement Commissioner Prewitt revokes the license of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York to operate in Kentucky. He denounces the current management for attempting to elect administration trustees as oppressive dictatorial and unlawful and says such a company should not be allowed to insure Kentuckians.
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Louisville
Mutual Life Insurance Company of
New York
Kentucky
Prewitt
Senate Chair Rift Over 1907 Massachusetts Senate
Massachusetts Senate race centers on who will chair the 1907 body as lawmakers weigh overtime bill politics. Rumors name Bullock Feiker Taft Chapple and other figures, with nine Republican and twelve Democratic Senators plotting to block opponents of labor reform from the presidency.
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William J. Bullock
New Bedford
William H. Feiker
Northampton
Senate
Arthur M. Taft
Worcester
Governor Guild
Taft
William D. Chapple
Salem
Beverly
United Shoe Machinery Company
Chapple
Bullock
Feiker
Cox
Senator Buttrick
Buttrick
W. J
Lonergan Accepts Curley Challenge to Debates
John P. Lonergan, candidate for alderman in Wards 12 and 17, accepts James M. Curley’s debate challenge. He accuses Curley of unfair tactics, cites a ward meeting, and proposes to debate next week in Vine Street wardroom with police protection and expense considerations.
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John P. Lonergan
James M. Curley
Alderman Curley
Sir
Vine Street
Theodore A. Glynn
Board of Election Commissioners
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Washington Sires
Wenwe
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Hanover
Portland
Lane
Alderman Draper
Baltimore
Chicago
Wellington A. Hardy
Hinckley Bldg
Water St
Lonergan
Curley
Stamp Books
W.l.douglas
S George McAnaul
Pickering Pt
Brockton
Mass
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