Firemen battle oil blaze at Norton building Broad and Franklin
Firefighters fought all day at the Norton building on Broad Street near Franklin Street, pouring water as flames leaped from 25,000 gallons of oil and varnish. Loss likely around 250000 with insured totals varying. Mayor Hart owned the property. varnish firm and printing companies carried notable but incomplete coverage. A.E. Martelle Co and Brooks Bonnelle Co each held significant insurance, as crews evacuated and carried 100 clerks to safety.
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Norton
Broad
Franklin Streets
Hart
A.E. Martelle & Co
Brooks, Bonnelle & Co
Broad Street
Joseph Dolan
Injuries From Building Flood Damage Hit Fort Hill Area
Eight workers faced injuries as a heavy mass of cement and iron slipped free, injuring a man at Fort Hill square and a ladderman later treated by Dr E Groll. Flooding damaged basements at 66 Batterymarch street and nearby firms like James Donovan & Co, Bass Radcliffe & Gretton, and Joseph Burnett Company. Water filled basements meters deep. estimates of loss at Burne Varnish Co. uncertain but likely around 10000 dollars.
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Fort Hill Square
Frank Wheeler
E. Groll
Nicholson
Burne Varnish Company
Batterymarch Street
James Donovan & Co
Broad Street
Bass, Radcliffe & Gretton
E. L. Patch Company
Joseph Burnett Company
India
Franklin Streets
Safeguard Plan Boasts No-Cost Customer Protection
An old established house touts a modern payment plan that avoids leases commissions interest stamps extra charges and collectors. It claims to save customers from losing positions by simply charging goods and trusting payment later with a full receipt if payment isn’t possible. It challenges rivals to copy the approach.
Sunk coal schooner Haynes saved by relief crew
Schooner Douglass Haynes of Bath Maine with 28 tons of coal sank between Shovelful and Pollock Rip shoals near Vineyard Haven as Captain Blaisdell and four crew fought exposure. They clung to rigging until rescued by Luther T Garretson's crew and landed in Vineyard Haven this afternoon, cared for at Seamen's Bethel.
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Vineyard Haven
Douglass Haynes
Bath
Blaisdell
Port Johnson
Hallowell
Luther T. Garretson
Captain Saunders
Boston
Brunswick
Garretson
Bethel
Schooners collide off Highland Light in dark voyage
In Vineyard Haven on November 12 at 6 30 p m the two schooners Lizzie D Small and Mark Pendleton collided five miles southwest of Highland Light. Both were towed to port by Herman Winter with the Pendleton later adrift after hawser broke. Crew transferred to lightship and Seminole. men bound for Boston. The Pendleton was seen near Pollock Rip but did not sink, instead careened and drifted off the lightship.
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Vineyard Haven
Lizzie D. Small
Mark Pendleton
Highland Light
Small
Pendleton
Herman Winter
Pollock Rip
Boston
Chatham
Craft Made Collector to Succeed Sapp in Kentucky
The White House conference with the President Senator Deboe Representative Boering and Commissioner Yerkes resolved the Kentucky internal revenue collectorship. Craft was chosen after a brief but spirited contest over the vacancy caused by C E Sapp’s resignation in Louisville. Deboe initially opposed but withdrew and endorsed Craft.
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Washington
Kentucky
Internal Revenue
White House
Deboe
Boering
Yerkes
C. E. Sapp
Louisville
Craft
Debace
Sapp
Mr. Craft
Charges Against Allen At Ward 10 Meeting
The Hon. Charles H. Innes accuses Isaac B. Allen, custodian of janitors, of threatening to discharge a janitor if he did not stop supporting a colored Ward 10 councilman. Allen denies the threat, while the meeting favored the ward's colored candidate.
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Charles H. Innes
Ward 10
Hart
Isaac B. Allen
Quincy House
Buckingham Street
William H. Seymour
Mr. Allen
Seymour
Innes
Allen
Alen
Democratic Socialists Nominate Municipal Election Candidates
In last night caucuses the Democratic Socialists drew 10 votes for municipal offices while 1200 were cast for Governor. Nominations include Aldermen for districts 1 to 11 and Common Council members for wards 1 through 25, listing multiple candidates per ward.
President to Recommend Statehood for Oklahoma New Mexico and Arizona
Washington November 12 President will probably urge in his coming message that Oklahoma New Mexico and Arizona be admitted as states He believes they meet the requirements for statehood Governor Murphy of Arizona and Delegate Flynn have urged or pressed the claims Roosevelt opposes trusts when they oppress extort dishonesty.
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Washington
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Arizona
Murphy
Flynn
Roosevelt
Royal Banner for Garter Installation Created in London
The royal banner for King Edward’s installation as sovereign of the Order of the Garter was completed at the Royal School of Art Needlework in South Kensington. Designed by G. W. Eve, it features velvet, cloth of gold, and gold and silver embroidery, praised as a peak in regal heraldry.
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Edward
Order of the Garter
Royal School of Art
South Kensington
London
G. W. Eve
Brown Found Guilty of Robbery in Superior Court
Edward Brown, a young colored man, was tried in the Superior Court on three counts of robbery. He was found guilty on all counts. The first count charged robbing Miss Frances Pratt of a purse with 3.85. The second named Mary LeFavor as victim with a bag and 7.50 plus papers stolen. Selma McVey reported a leather bag worth 198 taken.
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Edward Brown
Superior Criminal Court
Frances Pratt
Mary l LeFavor
Selma McVey
Murphy Varnish seeks Boston quarters after Newark fire
Franklin Murphy, governor elect of New Jersey, sent a representative to Boston today to secure new offices for the burned-out Murphy Varnish Company. A full stock of goods was prepared at the Newark factory this afternoon and will be shipped to Boston. The Boston house is expected to open for business by Saturday.
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New York
The
Murphy Varnish Company
Newark
N. J
Franklin Murphy
New Jersey
Boston
Boston Fog Delays City as Lights Burn Brightly
A heavy London style fog draped Boston yesterday forcing many businesses to operate under artificial light. The weather bureau links the haze to smoke from a Broad Street fire and a stubbornly slow breeze, with mist rolling in from the ocean and residents braving gas and electric lights.
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Boston
London
Edward VII
Weather Bureau
Broad Street
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