20 LIVES LOST ON STEAMER ELLA
A Halifax despatch reports the Norwegian steamer Ella owned by Black Diamond Line lost off Belle Isle during a three day Newfoundland gale. All hands perished. about 20 crew survived 36 hours lashed to rigging before rescue. The wreck, with cargo, is total.
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Halifax
N. S
Newfoundland
Louisburg
C. B
Ella
Black Diamond Line Company
Belle Isle
Montreal
St. John’s
N. F
Sunderland
Titania Wreck Near Cape Race Claims One Life
The bark Titania en route Liverpool to St. John’s Newfoundland was wrecked in dense fog near Cape Race. One man died while attempting to reach safety as crew sought shelter. The incident occurred yesterday morning and details remain scant.
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ST. John’s
N. F
Liverpool
Cape Race
Freighter Frieda Returns to Cuxhaven After Storm
German bark Frieda under Captain Falk, departed Hamburg Nov 10 for Sandy Hook, forced to return due to weather. She drifted ashore at Kratz nap near Cuxhaven. Five tugs aiding to refloat her as of Nov 17.
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Cuxhaven
Frieda
Falk
Hamburg
Sandy Hook
Kratznap
Small schooner Christie Campbell sinks at Grand Narrows
The British schooner Christie Campbell of 566 tons, en route from Georgetown to Sydney with produce, struck the Grand Narrows bridge in the Halifax area on a Saturday evening and sank in five minutes. Five crew escaped to the bridge, losing all belongings. Vessel and cargo valued at 2900 dollars.
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Halifax
N. S
Christie Campbell
Georgetown
Sydney
Grand Narrows Bridge
Two Babies Die in Fire in Watertown
Two young children Jennie Kendall five and Francis Kendall four died in a Watertown house fire at 5:30 PM. Their mother Mrs. Kendall and a friend attempted rescues as flames and smoke trapped them. Fireman Clark suffered a serious hand injury from an axe. The blaze caused about 1500 dollars in damage.
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Watertown
Jennie
Francis Kendall
Mrs. Kendall
Marama
Cook Street
Kerdalls
Newton
Clark
Runaway Injury Hits Jamaica Plain Brewer
Rudolph F. Haffenreffer, prominent Jamaica Plain brewer, was slightly bruised when his carriage was struck by panic-stricken horses near Park and Eliot streets. The pair bolted after an automobile, the carriage overturned, and Haffenreffer was thrown to the road with minor injuries.
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Rudolph F. Haffenreffer
Jamaica Plain
Park and
Eliot Streets
Wheeler Answers His Accusers in Civil Service Storm
Congressman Naphen and lawyers weigh warrants against B T Wheeler superintendent of streets for allegedly issuing appointments from the civil service list without notifying appointees. Wheeler defends legality, cites five day limit conflicts, and describes substitute system abuses and attempts to curb collusion in the Sanitary Division.
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Naphen
McHugh
Norris
B. T. Wheeler
Stevens
Wheeler
Civil Service
Post
Fairfax Street
Ashmont
Fitzgerald
Henry F. Naphen
John }. Fitzgerald
Civil Service Commissioners
Civil Service Commission
Andrew J. Bailey
Supreme Common Sense
John Snow
Peter Smith
Snow
Smith
State House
Bernard McGee
McGee
Mcsee
McGeehey
Hutchinson Plans to Re-Elect Hart With Women Voters
A Hutchinson led plan aims to reelect Mayor Hart by mobilizing women through the Public School Association. The strategy hinges on house to house canvasses and social events to bring out Republican voters, including men, and counter dissatisfaction over Ward 21 frauds and Wheeler methods.
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President Hutchinson
Republican City Committee
Thomas N. Hart
Women
Public School Association
Republican Party
Hutchinson
Hart
Wheeler
Citizens
Lightning photographs herald new scientific era
Professor Edward C. Pickering of Harvard Observatory says a rare lightning spectrum photograph, taken July 21, 191, could revolutionize chemical and physical theories of matter. He notes two epoch making discoveries from the image, suggesting hydrogen may be composite. the image shows the first spectrum of lightning.
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Edward C. Pickering
Harvard Astronomical Observatory
Warvard Observatory
Pickering
Harvard Observatory
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