Devastating Chicago Fire of 1874 Engulfs Milwaukee south side
A vast blaze sweeps east from East Water and Detroit, consuming vast factories and wholesale houses. Flames leap across Milwaukee southern districts, destroying freight yards, hotels, and hundreds of dwellings. Firefighters fight back as wind shifts, with four life-saving crew deaths reported and the Light Horse Squadron deployed. By midnight the southern section is in ruins and the fire remains active.
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Chicago
Wersel & Wikes
Light Horse
Fairchild Speaks in Williams Rally at West Newton
West Newton on Oct 28 saw ex-Secretary C. S. Fairchild star the Williams rally at City Hall. Large crowd packed the hall as Fairchild and George F Williams spoke on currency and tariff, contrasting Democratic and Republican records.
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West Newton
Williams
C. S. Fairchild
City Hall
George Fred Williams
Fairchild
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Farechild
Cleveland
Congress
Boston Club Guests Pack Whittier Mansion for Elegant Luncheon
An elite gathering at General Whittier’s Boston mansion hosts guests from leading clubs including Colonial Cambridge and University Club of New York. Judge Endicott presides with Field Lowell and Olney among attendees. a reception and luncheon follow in a festive, informal mood.
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Boston
Colonial Club of
Cambridge
University Club of
New York
William C. Endicott
Justice Field
Lowell
Alfred Hemenway
Richard Olney
H. M. Higginson
R. M. Morse
C. 8S. Hamlin, C. B. Southard, W. S. Otis, Benjamin Tenney, Nathan Matthews, Jr
J. H. Harris
Robert G. Shaw
Lauristen
Scaife
Bartley D. Warren
Winslow Warren
Marcus Morton
Arthur Lord
R. D. Sears
Reginald Foster
Charles F. Sprague
W. E. Parke
J. F. Wheelwright
Thomas W. Proctor
Arthur D. McClennen
William V. Kellen
General Whittier
Governor Fuller Family Attends Peabody Wedding
Governor and Mrs. L K Fuller of Brattleboro Virginia with twenty five guests arrived at Parkers overnight. They depart by special train at 11 to attend the wedding of Governor Fuller’s nephew J Gray Estey to Miss Martha Poor at noon in Peabody.
Mayor of Lemberg poisoned amid cholera fears
London dispatch reports the Mayor of Lemberg Galicia poisoned. The crime is attributed to opponents angered by strict cholera precautions ordered by the Mayor to prevent entry or spread of the disease.
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London
Vienna
Lemberg
Galicia
Milwaukee fire devastates lower third ward and many factories
A blaze that began at 5 30 p m on East Water street raced through Milwaukee’s wholesale district, crossing Broadway and Milwaukee street toward the lake. It destroyed three hundred cottages and caused two deaths, as gasworks and explosions rattled the city and dynamite was used to halt the fire.
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Milwaukee
Union Oil Company
East Water Street
Milwaukee River
Huron Street
Foley
Lake Michigan
F. Dohmen &C
L. F. Hodges
Board of Trade
Ninth
Cedar _ streets
An Alam
House of Correction
Estimates of Biggest Losses In Fire at Gas and Electric Works
Leading insurance men estimate half the losses are covered by insurance and list major claims. Gas and electric light works about 1 125 600 dollars. Bubb & Kipp furniture 300 000 dollars. J E Patton & Co oils and paints 250 000 dollars. J P Kissinger wholesale.
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MriwarKkex
Gas and Electric Light Works
Bubb & Kipp
J.E. Patton & Co
J. P. Kissinger
Reflection in Chicago From Milwaukee Fire
The reflected glow from the Milwaukee fire lit the Chicago night sky on Oct 28. From the Auditorium tower observers saw red glare in the northwest, flames leaping upward and dipping as the fire burned. Red clouds hung over the city and drifted across the lake.
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Chicago
Milwaukee
Democratic Rally Draws Brookline Crowd at Town Hall
An enthusiastic campaign meeting filled Brookline Town Hall last night as about eight hundred people heard a stirring address by Dr. William Everett of Quincy. The gathering was presided over by Mr. Charles T. Duncklee.
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Brookline
William Everett
Quincy
Charles T. Duncklee
Baptist Social Union Festival at Tremont Temple
The twenty eighth annual ladies festival of the Baptist Social Union will be held in Tremont Temple on Tuesday nex'.
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the Baptist Social Union
Tremont Temple
Cantabrigia Christening Party for New Cambridge Club
The Cantabrigia ladies club in Cambridge held a christening party at the Colonial Club on Quincy Street. Hundreds of Cambridge and Boston women, with a few men, attended speeches by godmothers and godfathers including Col. Higginson and Mrs. Lacey Stone, while Governor Russell and others sent messages. Officers announced: Estelle M. H. Merrill president, D. M. Edgerly vice president, C. R. Moore treasurer, Helen Wright secretary, Leons Masters clerk, A. L. Heyward librarian.
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Women’s Club of
Cambridge
Cantabrigia
Colonial Club
Quincy Street
Harvard
Boston
E. M. Hi. Merrill
Women of
Alive Women’s Club
Dana Street
Cambridge Club
Lacey Stone
President Capen
Tufts College
Miss Heywood
D. N. Beach
C. W. Biddle
Margaret E. Clarke
Maude Hoffman
Carrie A.wood
Fadette Ladies
F. W. Wardwell
Charles Cushman
Leroy Brown
S. Gage
E. J. Wardwell
Estelle M. H. Merrill
D. M. Edgerly
C. R. Moore
Helen Wright
Leons Masters
A. L. Heyward
Ship Roumania wrecked off Portuguese coast in deadly storm
The Roumania carrying fifty five passengers, a sixty seven man crew, and valuable cargo wrecked near Peniche Portugal after a week of fog and heavy seas. Half a dozen lifeboats capsized. many passengers and crew drowned. Those aboard waited through the storm before attempting land. Captain Young believed among the last to leave. two women survived.
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Ation
First Pagge
Eet
Glasgow
Peniche
Portugal
Atlantic Ocean
Tagus
Captain Young
Roumania
Wuway
Louvre steamer wreck near Finisterre leaves 17 dead
The steamer Louvre bound for Bayonne wrecked at Peumarch Finisterre last night. Seventeen people are reported drowned with no further details available.
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London
Louvre
Bayonne
Peumarch
Finisterre
Boston-Bound British Crown Damaged No Casualties
London reports the steamship British Crown bound for Boston had stern damage after a collision with Autocrat near Gravesend. Autocrat sustained port-side impact. damage to British Crown unknown. Other vessels, Northumbria and Estremadura schooner, involved near Souter Point. Estrema dura possibly sunk after abandonment. Gerona ashore at Freswick with passengers and crew saved.
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London
British Crown
Boston
Gravesend
Autocrat
Tyne
Northumbria
Estremadura
Souter Point
Gerona
Freswick
Duncansby Head
Scotland
Stettin
Mercurius
Norma
Christiania
Stratsraad Riddervold
Gimnaes
Queenstown
Cunarder
Etruria
New York
Brow Head
Liverpool
Robbery on Court Street Leads to Court Action
Charles S Dudley was robbed of $8 by W D Carron on Court Street near Washington as a crowd pursued. Carron was arrested minutes later and held in $500 bail for sentencing on Oct 20 in Municipal Court. Police delayed reporting the incident, prompting criticism of headquarters news practices.
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Charles S. Dudley
Court Street
Washington
W.D. Carron
Carron
Boston and Albany tourist sleeping car schedule change
The Boston and Albany Railroad announces a revised tourist sleeping car for Chicago leaving Boston at 6 p.m. each Thursday, arriving in Chicago by 9 p.m. the next day. The route uses Boston & Albany, New York Central and Hudson River, to Buffalo, then via Lake Shore and Michigan Southern or Michigan Central railroads between Buffalo and Chicago. Second class tickets valid aboard these cars.
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Republican Party
United States
Congress
Cooper Union of New York
Cleveland
Lake Michigan
Che
Democratic Party
Chicago
Boston & Albany
Boston
New York Central
Hudson River
Buffalo
Lake Shore
Michigan Southern
Michigan Central
McNary Indorsed At Dudley Street Meeting In Boston
Democrats rally for Senator McNary as rivals charge McEttrick protests aim to split the party and elect a Republican. Speakers including O'Neil Donovan Flynn defend unity while McNary hails his labor record amid cheers at Old Spellman Hall and a crowded Ward 13 gathering.
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Dudley Street Opera House
McNary
Joseph H. O’neil
E. J. Donovan
Flynn
McEttrick
Democratic Party
Congress
McClellan
Senator McEttrick
River
Michael J. McEttrick
Board of Police
Old Spellman Hall
South Boston
Tenth
W. S. McNary
Ward 13
E. J. Leary
John Merrill
Peter H. Corcoran
E. J. Flynn
Wreck on the Reading Near Birdsboro Injures Two Crews
A Reading Railroad collision between a coal-utility freight and a shifting engine near Birdsboro Pennsylvania injures engineer Eli Miller and fireman Henry Kingel. A second freight train collided into the wreck causing extensive damage and debris. The incident marks one of the era’s worst Reading Road disasters.
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Readine
Penn
Philadelphia & Reading
Birdsboro
Eli Miller
Henry Kingel
Reading Road
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Milwaukee Street
Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Western
Milwaukee Mirror Works
B. Leidersdorf
Gugler Lithograph Company
Roundy, Beckham & Co
Chester & Co
J. Wellmore & Co
Milwaukee Char Company
Northwestern Freight House
Weisel & Vilter
Loepfer & Sons
Baylay & Sons
Inbusch Bros
Ferneller & Bro
Delaware & Quentin Tool Shop
Milwaukee Bag Company
A. J. Hilbert & Co
Chicago & Northwestern
East Water
Detroit Street
University Club
Fairchild Speaks
Mr. Fairchild
Custom House
City of New York
William F. Warren
Ll.d
Dwight M. Clapp
Frank D. Allen
Jacob Sleeper
Richard D. Sears
Darwin E. Ware
Theodore Russell
Edgar J. Sherman
Arnold A. Rand
Henry D. Williams
James M. Peirce
Warren F. Kellogg
Charles Sprague
F. M. Briggs
Richard Sewall
Edmund M. Parker
Thomas P. Beal
Thomas H. Russell
Wilbur B. Parker
H. Lincoln Chase
J. R. Chadwick
Frederick C. Shattuck
Douglas P. Burnie
R. H. Fitz
William L. Richardson
Henry P. Bowditch
Edward Wigglesworth
Daniel H. Fuller
George R. Blodgett
Francis B. Sears
Godfrey Morse
Samuel Johnson
William Endicott
Joseph C. Stedman
Stephen M. Crosby
Henry L. Higginson
R. M. Field
Samuel L. Abbot
Charles T. Gallagher
Herbert C. Clapp
M.D
Henry Lyon
Harry M. Aldrich
Samuel N. Aldrich
Herbert S. Underwood
Colonel Henry Walker
Edwin N. Hill
H. Eugene Bolles
J. Lewis Stackpole
Charles C. Jackson
Phillips Brooks
Henry Parkman
Henry Sandham
Henry K. Braley
Charles W. Galloupe
Henry F. Jenks
Henry C. Marcy
Otis Kimball
William C. Winslow
Herbert A. Chase
Edwin B. Harvey
M. D
Walbridge A. Field
William B. Stevens
Joel Goldthwaite
Henry Lowell Mason
Lauriston L. Scaife
Charles H. Allen
T. S. Edmands
Frederic Amory
John L. Nichols
William M. Paul
Royal Robbins
Charles Head
Charles M. Green
William Watson
Henry A. Wyman
Philip Stanley Abbott
Francis E. Abbott
Charles Warren
R. Clipson Sturgis
George S. Hale
L. C. Southard
G. Frederick Haynes
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr
F. B. Packard
George L. Osgood, Jr
Hamilton Osgood
Edwin D. Mead
William M. Richards
Robert C. Heaton
Andrew G. Webster
Dr. Lindsay
James W. Ricker
George H. Monks
Benjamin C. Dean
William Power Wilson
Alexander Power Browne
Francis S. Hesseltine
Charles F. Kittredge
William A. Dunn
Francis W. Kittredge
Charles M. Gay
Arthur B. Denny
Charles P. Searle
Edward Ginn
Leonard F. Cutter
George A
Governor
Fuller
Wheeler & Go.’S
Surance
DR. Everett
Baptist Social Union
Mrs. Russell
Mrs. Merrill
Col. Higginson
Lucy Stone
A. A. Williams
Lynn
Mass
Hood
Johnston Line
Fastnet Rock
Johnston
Montreal
Lord O’neill
Baltimore
Dublin
Boston & Albany Railroad Company
Eastern Storage CO
Chelsea
Geo. Buck
Gensnestad
el al Sead
McKttrick
Reading
W. P. B. Brooks & CO
Hanover St
J. R. Hill & Co
Concord
Warness
Eureki
James R. Hill & CO
Federal Street
Hancock Building
Congress Street
Trust
Kinport
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