Men Buried Alive As Brooklyn Water Conduit Bursts
A sand bank collapse while workers laid a new conduit at Pine street and Liberty avenue caused the old line to burst. Several laborers were buried and at least four dead, with others missing. Gas mains broke, Woodhaven dark, churches held candlelight services as Brooklyn faced a water famine with limited supply and ongoing search efforts.
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Brooklyn
Pine Street
Liberty Avenue
Long Island Water Supply Company
Ridgewood
John Bauer
Hugh Murphy
Michael Smith
Ernest Tullis
Bauer
Paulo Gandino
Closs Street
Hempstead Ponds
Woodhaven
Yale Victory Signals by Sky Balloons at Springfield
The Boston Post used blue balloons and bombs to announce Yale leading Harvard at Springfield in 1891. A timed sky bulletin flashed Yale wins first half and later Yale leads ten to nothing as bombs illuminated the city. The letter from Boston Post accompanies the balloons.
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City Hall
Yale
Harvard
Boston
Boston Post
Springfield
Massachusetts
New Haven
Bliss
McClung
Night
Blucber
Post
New Post
Crimson
Crimson Star
Thanksgiving auction of an old Sideboard and Yale victory parade
Readable fragments describe an auction pitch for a sideboard with oak wood and French plate mirror, catalog notes, and a 1892 catalogue offer. The piece then shifts to a vivid account of Yale beating Harvard in a football game, with Post bulletins featuring blue balloons, sky signals, and a Providence aeronaut, detailing the crowd's reactions and the Post's balloon factory spectacle in Springfield.
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Rhode Island
Banquo
Washington Street
List of Building and Facility Terms from An Old Catalog
A compact catalog-like list naming various building elements and facilities such as paper and pulp mills cotton and woollen mills railway stations and platforms school house basements water closets and cellars stables terraces and related items.
Fire and Water Proof New England Paving CQ
Fire and Water Proof at New England Paving CQ office located at 19 Pearl Street Boston.
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New England
Pearl St
Man Jumped From Brooklyn Bridge Drowns In East River
New York November 22 a stranger in longshoreman garb leaped from the center span of the Brooklyn bridge into the East River and drowned. Peddler James Ross, thinking the man joked, watched as he jumped feet first, surfaced briefly, then vanished. A card read Nora Davis 314 Court street but no such person could be found. Later Mary McCarey identified the victim as her husband Francis McCarey 38 out of work and drinking recently. The death is ruled self-inflicted.
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New York
Brooklyn
James Ross
Ross
Nora Davis
Court Street
Mary McCarey
Brooklyn Bridge
Francis McCarey
McCarey
Steve Brodie
Fire in Sharon street tenement causes heavy losses
Springfield reports a fire at 2:30 A.M. in a Sharon street tenement, causing about 5000 dollars in damage. Owner Simon Brin, who runs Turkish baths in the building, claims 3600 dollars loss with 2200 dollars insured. A defective flue is suspected as the fire’s cause. Milk for babes is advertised with Mellin’s Food claims alongside an ad for a New Home Sewing Machine at Tremont.
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Springfield
Sharon Street
Simon Brin
Thanksgiving Supplies Price List at Local Market
New Leghorn Citron 2Qc lb, Bunch Table Raisins 17c lb, Choice Comb Honey Lic W, Fresh Pork by strip 8c lb, Thanksgiving Turkeys priced before buying. Quality bargain on record.
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L. M
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THE
SKY
Cambridge
Aecronaut
James K. Allen
Providence
R. I
Montpelier
Professor Allen
Bulletin
Kent
Heffelfinger
Masten & Wells
Hawley Street
Allen
Oak Hall
North Street
G. W. Simmons & CO
Alaska
O. AdJenkins & Co
Washington St
Common Council
Democratic City Committee
John H. McDonough
Edward F. Reilly
Thomas F. Delhanty
King's
Continental Brewery
Longwood Avenue
Kexbury
Magaines
East River
Mellin
Tremont
Sidney S. Kelly
Haines
Sohmer
C.s.norris & Co
Tremont Street
Salvation Oil
R. Hollings & CO
Adams House
Life Inn. Co
Nat’l Life Ins, CO
J. Ty Phelps
State Agis
Dev
Cuan Net Na Etna Hunt
OST
Conerald
Globe Penncd Saevaretanheetts
Palle
Ganal ST
EF. L. Rich
Hampden Street
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