Fire Rips Ottawa Hull area destroying thousands of homes
Ottawa Ont April 28 heavy fire swept five square miles of territory destroying more than 2 000 buildings. 7 000 people were left homeless with estimated losses around 17 million dollars insured about half. Fire originated in a dirty chimney and gale drove flames across lumber piles mills and riverfront districts.
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Ont
Hull
Alough
Ontreal
Ork
Dalhousie
Main
Itawa
Ottawa River
Haudiere Falls
Main Street
Enre Street
Eddy’s Woodard
Bridge Street
Eddy Paper Mill
Mackay Milling Comany
Victoria Island
Victoria
Chaudhro Islands
Ottawa Electric Company
Mes
Victoria and
Chaudiere
Acific
Union Station
Chantere Flats
Chesterville
Mechanicville
Himburg
St. Mary’s
Richmond Road
Buing Martin & Warner
Skead
Missouri
Weington Street
Incendiary Fire Near Ottawa Rifle Range Suspected
Ottawa April 30 militia fought a blaze set in bush near the Dominion rifle range three miles east of the city. Fire fed on dry growth and was brought under control after a severe effort. Officials fear an attempt to damage military facilities amid rising incendiary activity. Citizens blame Fenian or Boer sympathizers as police augmentation is ordered.
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Dominion
Ottawa
Ont
Ominion
Eiget
A Sugar Bush Memory of Springtime Snows and Nutting
In a rural reminiscence Rosa C. Bichorn recalls childhood rambles despite a late snowstorm. The piece follows springtime plantings, chestnut and beech walks, nutting adventures with Jammie, and maple sugar days with sap, buckets, and syrup on snow.
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Acre
Oddities in Trees From Redwood Giants to Alphabet Oak
A survey of remarkable trees in America notes the California redwood as the Living Giant standing 310 feet tall with a massive trunk. It describes Old Sequoia, a charred stump, and a Tacoma cedar repurposed as a church tower. An Alphabet Tree on the Hudson banks bears nine letters of the alphabet carved by nature, while Washington’s Revolutionary-era grounds sit nearby.
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America
California
Yosemite Valley
Redwood
Tacoma
Wash
New Jersey
Hudson
Fort Lee
Washington
J. B. Cor
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Khas
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Solon
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Jammie
Miss Wipple
Squire Ruben
Sarah
Maria Stone
Maple Grove
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Baby's
Bradfield Regulator Co
Atlanta Ga
Mosher
Metropolitan National Bank
Chicago
Continental National Bank
Deseret National Bank
Salt Lake City
Utah
People's National Bank
Rock Island
Julowa National Bank
Ottumwa
Iowa
Montgomery Ward & CO
Nelson Morris & CO
Beer and Pork Packers
Rosenbauf Bros. & CO
Union Stock Yards
Clay, Robinson
Werner
Webster’s Dictionary
Asia
Europe
Noah Webster
U.S. Naval
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Akron
Ohio
Dillon, Montana
Burlington
Denver
Omaha
Kansas City
St. Louis
Ogden
S. W. Temple St
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B. R. Watson
R. F. Nesey
Trav, Pass. & Freight Agt
Ely
Warren St
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Axa Scientific Press
Market ST
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