Fire Alarm Box Locations and Signal Descriptions
A list of fire alarm box positions with cross streets across Long Branch area including Franklin Second Avenues South Bath Second Avenues Second and Brighton Avenues Cedar Avenue N Y L B R R Takanassee Lake Ocean Avenue Lyddy Cottages Park Elberon Avenues Elberon Hotel Elberon Station Park Norwood Hollywood Westwood Brighton Avenues Guire s Feed Store Bath Avenue Prospect Street Morris Avenue Prospect Street Long Branch Station Broadway Third Westwood Morris Norwood Ocean Avenue Broadway Edwards Lumber Morrell Broadway Morrell Street Broadway Norwood Avenue Grand Buttonwood Avenues Branchport Ave Cloughly Nicholl Co s Lumber Yard Washington Lafayette Streets Branchport Avenue Bennett s Store Joline Edwards Avenues Sixth Avenue Halberton Street Sea View Avenue Liberty Street Patten Port au Peck Pleasure Bay Patten Avenue Riddle Street West Street Columbia Avenue North Long Branch Oliver Byron Engine House Sea View Avenue Fay Street First Avenue Laird Street Liberty Street Hamilton Avenue Signals 1 Tap Open Circuit 2 Taps at 12 o clock Test 2 Taps Following Box Number Second Alarm 3 Taps Fire Extinguished 7 Taps General Alarm
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin and
Second Avenues
South Bath
Second
Brighton Avenues
Cedar Avenue
N. Y
Takanassee Lake
Ocean Avenue
Elberon
Park and Elberon Avenues
Elberon Hotel
Elberon Station
Park and
Norwood Avenues
Hollywood Avenue
Norwood Avenue
Westwood
Guire’s
Brighton Avenue
Bath Avenue
Prospect Street
Morris Avenue
Long Branch
N.Y
Third
Westwood Avenues
Fifth Avenue
Slocum Place
Morris and
Campbell Avenue
Broadway
Second Avenue
Third Avenue
Edwards Lumber and Coal Co
Morrell Street
Grand
Buttonwood Avenues
Branchport Ave
Cloughly, Nicholl &Co
Washington and
Lafayette Streets
Branchport Avenue
Bennett’s
Joline and
Edwards Avenues
Sixth Avenue
Halberton Street
Sea View Avenue
Liberty Street
Patten
Port-au-Peck
Pleasure Bay
Patten Avenue
Riddle Street
West Street
Columbia Avenue
Oliver Byron
Fay Street
First Avenue
Laird Street
Hamilton Avenue
Roosevelt Fund Claim Rebutted by Sheldon Correspondence
New York Dec. 22. Publicized letters between Theodore Roosevelt and George R Sheldon show Odell rather than Roosevelt sought campaign money in 1904. They allege Bliss called on Harriman to raise about 200000 dollars for Edwards Carriman’s bid, with Harriman Webster and Bliss now deceased. Odell declined to confirm or deny the new version.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheldon
Harriman
Odell
Roosevelt
Newburg
Rush to Confess Buying of Votes in Lee County
Five newly elected Lee county officials admit to buying votes under Judge Sheen. Names include County Clerk Mads Sheriff Robinson State's Attorney Stages and Revenue Commissioners Willis and Stuart. A former official cites distributing 15000 for Republicans with a merchant linked to Democrats. Grand jury recessed for three weeks to allow voluntary confessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Sheen
Bristol
Lee County
Mads
Robinson
Willis
Stuart
Skeer
Mountain Peak Tumbles Near Telluride Colorado
Telluride Colorado December 22 thousands of tons of earth and rock toppled from the summit of Lizard peak in the San Juan region near the Denver and Rio Grande railway. The 14100 foot peak shed about 10000 feet of its top in a shocking fall that shook the country for miles with no known fatalities or serious injuries. The slide is blamed on heavy snows with prospectors wintering nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Telluride
Colo
Lizard's Mountain
Denver and Rio Grande
San Juan
Mount Massive
Colorado
Paris Bank Messenger Slain in Daylight Robbery
Four bandits stopped a bank messenger in a crowded Paris thoroughfare and shot him when he refused to surrender a satchel containing 60,000. They seized the satchel and fled in a waiting automobile as thousands witnessed the shocking daylight murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Civil War Veteran Colonel Taylor Marries Daughter of Foe
Colonel Auren Halstead Taylor aged eighty one, a Civil War veteran and noted horseman, wed Miss Henrietta Clark of Charleston, S C., at his Central Valley home New York. The bride is the daughter of one of his wartime foes. Weather forecast unsettled with rain likely tomorrow night and variable winds. Market notices covering butter eggs cheese and meat prices follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foe
Newburg
N. Y
Auren Halstead Taylor
Central Valley
Henrietta Clark
Charleston
8. C
McDonald Found Guilty of Nonsupport in Common Law Case
Charles Thomas Jules McDonald of New York was convicted by Judge Demarest in Hackensack on nonsupport and desertion. Flora Johnson alleged a 1899 marriage in Australia, but lacked a certificate. witnesses included McDonald’s second wife and her son. The judge upheld common law marriage as binding, with appeal noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hackensack
N. J
Charles Thomas Jules McDonald
New York
Demarest
Flora Johnson
McDonald
Australia
Coytesville
Gerald
Juler
Linda Juler
Miss Johnson
Woman School Board Member Wins Court Victory in New Jersey
In Hackensack New Jersey on December 22 Mary Livesey a Moonachie school board member saw her case tied to a fellow official. William K Love son of Moonachie janitresses was convicted of attempting to vote twice in the August 26 school election. The trial tied the mayor and board members to the case with testimony from Livesey and her brother James. Judge Demarest found that handing a ballot to the teller was enough for conviction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hackensack
N. J
Mary Livesey
Moonachie Board of Education
Plackensack
William KE. Love
Moonachie
Love
Meyor
Robert J.craig
Board of Education
Miss Livesey
Craig
Irion
James
Demarest
Gas Victims Get Verdict
In Bound Brook New Jersey Dee 22 two verdicts totaling 1700 were awarded to Mr and Mrs Andrew Sturmas who sued Public Service Corporation for 5000 each claiming gas leak exposure in their home on June 10 1910. The jury found damages of 1200 for Mrs Sturmas and 500 for Mr Sturmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bound Brook
Dee
Andrew Sturmas
Public Gan Company
Public Service Corporation
Sturmas
Robbers Seize $1000 In Jewels In Broad Street Show Window
Newark police search for a lone thief after he smashed the jewelry shop window on Broad street and fled with $1000 worth of gold watches. Detectives and plainclothes officers comb the area for the daring robber as headquarters for Wilson are announced in Washington with plans to meet allies from New Jersey as the national committee convenes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
N. J
Broad Street
Wilson
Washington
W. T. MeCombs
Woodrow Wilson
New York City
New Willard Hotel
New Jersey
Goldberg
Amateur smugglers fall to anonymous letters at New York port
The New York World reports that about a quarter of amateur smugglers are betrayed by anonymous letters to customs officers. Discharged servants, dressmakers, jewelers, and even friends provide tips, with luxury and extravagance driving most cases. A woman claiming $500 in duties was charged $850, showing honesty saves money and trouble at the docks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port of New York
United States
New York
New York World
Distorted French History in a Russian Textbook
A Chicago Record-Herald note cites a Russian textbook edited by Dlovalski that misstates Louis XVI as peaceful and dies of a hemorrhage. It claims Louis XVII, Napoleon, and Tsarist support thwart Napoleon, exiling him to St Helena where he dies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Napoleon
Dlovalski
Louis XVI
Paris
Louis XVII
Napoleon Bonaparte
Russias
St. Helena
Chicago Record- Herald
Pinchpenny Declines to Break Up Your Collection
Mr Pinchpenny responds to a caller by offering to keep the collection rather than break it up, quoting affirming acceptance of the items and a generous remark about the holder’s collection.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Beecham’s
Beecham
Richard R. Hughes
West Long Branch
West End
Iver-Johnson
Hartford, Tribune
National
Fay
Red Bank Bicycle Exchange
East Front St
Opp
Globe Hotel
Red Bank,n. J
A. Giambrone & Vincelli Co
Atlantic
Hammar
Exchange St
Long Branch, N. J
Virginia
Colorado Peak
Sadie
Pennsylvania
Hennery
Hackensack Court
The
Daily Record
Red Bank
Times
R. F. Wilbur
Jeweler
L Red Bank N. J
H. Goldberg
Cookman Avenue
Asbury Park, N. J
Opposite Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co
OUR
M. Slocum
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