Fire in Boston Harbor Devastates Piers and Grain Elevator
A July 8 harborfront blaze in Boston destroyed four piers three warehouses and a grain elevator holding 80 000 bushels of grain plus many freight cars. Railroads including Boston and Albany suffer about 1 000 000 in losses. Daniel Sullivan missing, presumed dead. Several vessels narrowly escaped. firefighting concentrated from multiple departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Harpor
Boston & Albany Railroad
Daniel Sullivan
Cunard Line
Leyland Line
Devonian
Liverpool
Belmont
Yarmouth
N. S
Paul Palmer
O. H. Brown
Palmers
Grand Junction Docks
Boston & Albany Railroad Company
Lewis Street
Massachusetts Coal Company
Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad
Pier 1
Pier
Leylande
Chelsea
Winthrop
Revere
Lynn
New York Central
Hudson River
Double Aero Flights May Feature US Appearances
Farman and Delagrange may tour America this summer using their same long-range machines. A Western syndicate from St. Louis seeks a visit, and the Aeronautic Society of New York has nearly closed a contract with Delagrange. A conference will align St. Louis interests with the joint society for exhibitions in New York and the West. The gathering heard Glenn Curtiss recount the June Bug flight at Hammondsport, with observers predicting American aeronauts soon rivaling French progress in heavier-than-air travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farman
Delagrange
New York
Western
St. Louis
America
Aeronautic Society
Lee S. Purridge
Airship Flights Over Town At Palisades Park
Charles Oliver Jones plans aerial visits over Manhattan with his dirigible Boomerang. He has moved from Hammondsport to a large land tract offered by Palisades Amusement Park. He aims to launch trips around The Times tower, then return to the park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan
Charles Oliver Jones
Jones
Hammondsport
N.Y
Palisades Amusement Park
Palisades Aas
Palisades Park
Times Tower
Balloon Boston Lands After Forest Drag In Massachusetts
Special to the New York Times reports a balloon voyage from North Adams to Hubbardston ended in a meadow after a perilous 96 minute trek covering about 90 miles. Pilot Alan Hawley and passenger Frank Comins described a porous balloon with ballast being jettisoned to stay aloft and a five mile stretch skimming the treetops near Templeton before landing in a meadow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Gardner
Mass
Boston
Alan R. Hawley
Frank B. Comins
E. G. Standbridge
Hubbardston
North Adams
Hawley
Templeton
Death in Tenement Fire Claims One Woman
A four story double flat at 319 East Hightieth Street burned after noon yesterday leaving one woman dead. Firemen and citizens rescued a bed ridden woman and two children, while a rope rescue saved a girl dangling from a top floor window. The home and contents suffered an estimated $30,000 loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Hightieth Street
Mary Smith
Benjamin Lewis
John O’brien
Patrol No. 4
Dougherty
John O'Connor
East Hightfieth Street
Henry Berlinger
First Avenue
Patrick Hayes
East Eightieth Street
Frank Casser
Thorny
Kaufman Brothers
Jane Conners
Louis Wetzel
Elizabeth McNamara
Truck 13
O’brien
McCready
Coyle
George Thorn
Boys Score Two Drowning Rescues in Gravesend Bay
Three fourteen year old Bath Beach boys rescue a seven year old girl and a drowning man in Gravesend Bay. Jack Thompson, Castmeder, and Berenson Avenue’s Kehoe dive to save Loretta Farley after her wings slip. Later they save Leon Grossbaum who sinks after slipping in a bay hole. Grossbaum, revived, remains critically ill at home with a doctor attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Beach
Gravesend Bay
Jack Thompson
Alderman Thompson
Twentieth Ward
Yt Bay
Castmeder
Bay Thirteenth Street
Berenson
Kehoe
Thompscon
Leon Grossbaum
Benson Avenue
Grossbaum
Young Kehoe
Wireless stock fraud arrests linked to Marconi schemes
Detectives closed down Robinson and Robinson on Wall Street for suspected grand larceny in Marconi Wireless stock deals. Louis Robinson, held at Tombs Court on $1000 bail, was named as an accessory before the fact. London reports disavow the firm and suspect connections to Monroe and Monroe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robinson & Robinson
SO Wall Street
Marconi Wireless Telegraph
McConnell
Nelson
Wall Street
Louis Robinson
Monroe & Monroe
Marconi Wireless
Robinson
Breen
Tombs Court
Scotland Yard
London
New York
Real
Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company
Police halt planned bout at Whirlwind Athletic Club
Inspector Thompson and Capt. Carson led five detectives to raid the Whirlwind Athletic Club at 116th Street and Lenox Avenue last night. Former welterweight Joe Walcott and Jack Robinson of Chicago were billed for a six round wind up that police prohibited. About 700 spectators left after receiving rain checks valid for the club’s next entertainment. No arrests were made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inspector Thompson
Capt. Carson
Whirlwind Athletic Club
116Th Street
Lenox Avenue
Joe Walcott
Jack Robinson
Chicago
Metropolitan Steamship unveils The Aerogram on Yale and Harvard
The Metropolitan Steamship Company announced a new wireless daily newspaper named The Aerogram. It will be published each evening on the turbine steamers Yale and Harvard operating between this port and Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolitan Line
Metropolitan Steamship Company
Wireless
Aerogram
Yale
Harvard
Boston
Peary Sets Course to Reach North Pole on Roosevelt
Commander Robert E Peary U S N sails from Oyster Bay aboard the Roosevelt toward Sydney and the arctic venture to plant Old Glory at the pole He expects to reach the pole next winter with a three year expedition base near Cape Sheridan Mrs Peary and family accompany him to Sydney and plan to return with the ship later The expedition includes the collier Erik carrying coal for Arctic use and return voyage officials predict news of triumph may reach New York between Ang and Sept 15 1909
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Peary
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Sydney
Cape Breton
Arctic
North Pole
Peary
New York
Etah
Greenland
Erik
Ang.lo
Cape Sheridan
Haseen
West Hot Wave Continues Amid Dry Air and Cooler Temps
The Weather Bureau predicted cooler conditions and a fair day with some temperature reservations. A new heat wave was forming in the Northwest as eight deaths occurred in Manhattan and the Bronx with five in Brooklyn. Prostrations were fewer due to lower humidity and the dry air that accompanied cooler weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Bureau
Manhattan
Bronx
Brooklyn
Mount Sinai Complaint Turned Down in Albany Meeting
A State Board of Charities committee, chaired by Dr. Stephen Smith and including Commissioners Floyd and Balldwin, found the Mount Sinai Hospital charge of discrimination in city funding unfounded after reviewing a complaint by Mount Sinai Superintendent. The panel was assisted by William R. Stewart Potboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Sinai
Albany
State Board of Charities
Mount Sinai Hospital
New York City
City Department of Charities
New York
Stephen Smith
Floyd and
Balldwin
William R. Stewart Potboard
Gould vs Gould motion off calendar in divorce case
On yesterday's motion calendar in the Supreme Court Special Term Part I presided by Justice Erlanger, Gould vs Gould was marked off the calendar as neither side responded. Counsel for Mrs Frank J Gould described the motion to vacate an order for the examination of witnesses before trial as trivial in the divorce action Mrs Gould has begun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Justice Erlanger
Gould
Yesterday's Fires List Of Property Losses And Victims
A record of fire incidents with multiple locations including Lenox Avenue 12:15, 75 12 Lenox Ave H Moser and 114th Street S Reda. Large losses noted at Mary Smith 12:19 80th Street with $20,000, and other trifling amounts across Manhattan including 3rd Avenue 114th Street, Avenue B, 96th Street, and W 60th Street. Company names and unnamed residents appear with assorted amounts and notes of trifling losses.
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A.M. Loss
Lenox
H. Moser
J. Stolle
Brook
Avenue B
Molly
Mary Smith
11Th St
Max
Brown _& Lang
Ostiro
Robbins and Cypress
L. Schmidt
Bailey
Amsterdam
St. _ Nicholas
S. Diamond
W. Bidgen
Sarah. Adler
Bleecker St
K. Nickel
155Th St
River Av
George Borris
110Th St
Vesey St
D. A. Doyle
William Shribner
Ss. Albert
Westchester
Aus
N. Y
Sam Perlberg
Shed
96Th St
P. Grimer
Broadway
Columbia’ Typewriter Ribbon Company
Droege Faces New Charges and Disbarments Rise
The Bar Association filed further charges against Magistrate Otto H. Droege for overstepping authority in Blackwell Island probation releases, with hearings delayed due to his ill health. Also disbarments pursued against Boland for bribery of an assistant clerk, and Rockmore and Hutson faced suspensions and reprimands for serious misconduct and improper debt collection letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Mitchel
EF. Y. Gallaher
Commissioners of Accounts
McClellan
Otto H.droege
Bar Association
Blackwell's Island
Droege
B. Stanchfield
Frank A.ick
Boland
Jefferson Market Court
The
Herbert Mase
Mase
Henry W. Leonard
Supreme Court of
New Jersey
Leonard
David W. Rockmore
Rockmore
Frank A. Hutson
Nassau Street
Kidnapping Clue Ties Francesca Aligno to Black Hand
Police under Lieut. Petrosino report a lead linking three year old Francesca Aligno’s disappearance to the Black Hand gang. Detectives say several gang leaders are in custody and more arrests are expected as they locate the East Side headquarters between Eleventh and Thirteenth Streets near the East River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francesca /igno
Ju2
First Avenue
Black Hand
Lieut. Petrosino
New York
Lieut
Petrosino
Jvieutenant
Francesca Aligno
Black Iland Gang
East Side
Eleventh and
Thirteenth Streets
East River
Young Hirschberg Arrested Outside Hotel Manhattan
Henry Hirschberg son of Justice Hirschberg of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Brooklyn was arrested at nine last night outside Hotel Manhattan for talking loudly and not moving when told. Police testified he appeared intoxicated. Magistrate Kernochan discharged him after the hotel clerk and porter arrangements were noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Hirschberg
Justice Hirschberg
Appellate Division
Supreme Court of
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Marshall
East’ Fifty-first Street
Kernochan
Hirschberg
Broker Alexander Shoots Self in Dexter Vacation
Richard Alexander a New York broker on a vacation in Dexter opened fire and died after two bullets to the head. He had been grieving over his wife's death. Alexander served as Treasurer and board member of the Real Estate Board of Brokers and was secretary of the Kingsbridge Association at Marble Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Alexander
New York
Dexter
Real Estate Board of Brokers
Broadway
Marble Hill
Kingsbridge
Kingsbridge Association
Architects Protest New Prison Award Methods
New York architects protest the method used to award designs for the $2,000,000 state prison on the Rockland Orange border, arguing it favored political appointees and nonarchitects. They threaten appeals to the legislature to adopt federal style competitions with a panel of national experts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tate Prison
Rockland
Orange Counties
Sing Sing
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
New State Prison
American Institute of Architects
Gov. Hughes
W. H. Armstrong
Legislative Finance Committee
Armstrong
Albany
New York City
William J. Beardsley
Poughkeepsie
Carrere & Hastings
New New York Public Library
Arnold W. Brunner
Cleveland Post Office
William M. Aiken
Ns Ache
Washington
Heins & la Farge
St. John the Divine
Badd, Cook & Willard
Carnegie
Cass & Gilbert
New
Custom House
Hunt & Yiunt
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Sixty-ninth Regiment Armory
Cram, Goodhue & Ferguson
Fifth Avenue
Mr. Carrere
Franklin B. Ware
Cornelius V. Collins
Charles F. Howard
Buffalo
Samuel J. Barrows
Thomas W. Hynes
Brooklyn
Elisha M. Johnson
J. B. Ransora
New York State
Grand Jury Bets Inquiry Probes Race Track Betting
Kings County Grand Jury subpoenas more than forty witnesses in a probe of betting at race tracks. Officials and a deputy sheriff connected to Monday's arrest over four dollar bets on a horse are to testify. The panel examines alleged violations of the anti betting law with possible track officials conniving and bookmakers paying for gambling privileges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kings County Grand Jury
Sheepshead Bay
Hobley
Harvard Monkey Professor Trains Bronx Primate Quartet
Melvin Haggerty, Harvard educated, studies monkey psychology in the Bronx Zoo. He keeps four ring tailed Mundagasan monkeys in a private room and has two Harvard trained high brow monkeys named Percy and Rupert. The Musketeers Porthos Athos and Aramis escaped their cage damaging items and attacking D Artagnan before keeper Riley intervened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Maggerty
Harvard
Bronx
Zoo
Monkey House
Haggerty
Porthos
Athos
Aramis
D’artagnan
Madagascar
D'Artagnan
Mr. Haggerty
Porthes
Percy
Rupert
Baltimore
Hadegun
Riley
Official statement on khaki contracts in Philippines
An official statement from Oyster Bay on khaki cloth explains that U S Army uniforms purchases are handled by the Quartermaster General with approval by the Assistant Secretary of War and not shown to the Secretary of War except on appeal. It notes a Manila procurement order prompted by a recommendation and says Taft urged rescission for future purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
Tropics
Taft
Erier
Building Trade Revival Across Manhattan and Brooklyn Sides
Secretary Samuel B. Donnelly of the Arbitration Board of the Building Trades reports renewed activity in building across both Manhattan and Brooklyn shores. He notes the rise boosts wages and circulation, predicting better overall conditions. He adds that there is a revival of building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan
East River
Brooklyn
Samuel B. Donnelly
Arbitration Board of the Building Trades
Donnelly
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Boston Harbor
East Boston
Farman and Delagrange
Aeronaut Jones
Palisade Park
Walcott Box
Grand Central Station
Mrs. Peary
Commander Peary
Bar Harbor
Vichy
Zoolak Plain
Deuggists
Justice
Hotel
Broker
State Board of Seven
Grand Jury Betting Inquiry
Nia
California
Viisrani
North-Western
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Portland
Overland Limited
R. M. Johnson
Watch
Bronx Zoo
Houston St
28Th St
Dey St
36Th St
14Th St
Fifth Ave
Fulton St
City Hall
Priestley
Arnheim
Gtat
Saad Llg
Pat Nas
Mr Wese
Gramercy
North River
Flatiron
Chinatown
Bowery
North Beach
Hudson
West Point
Aerial Gardens
New Amsterdam Theatre
Henry W. ‘Savage
Lustige Witwe
iennescOperettas
Carle
Th. Hiway
Bismary
Jardin DE Paris
F. Ziegfeld
N.Y. Theatre
Follies
Gen’ L
Kniickerbocke Ee
Herald SQ
Daly
Cirss
Ses Hite
Astor Coolest Theatree
Wei Wat
Brammerstein
Daily Mats
Gertrude Hoffmann
Alhambe
Four Huntings
Fields
Ward
Lilian Shaw
Countess Rossi
Fred Paull
Ward & Clare Co
Others
Arcani and
Miss Francis
Wm. H. Reynolds
SUN
Luna Park
Harlem
Luna
Atlantic Av
Steeple Chase
Coney Island
Sat. & Sun
Merry Widow
South Beach
St Clair Bros
Tra Gtaten Island
Deze
de Renzo &Labue
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