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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1903
Page
2
Drought grips Glen Falls and surrounding towns, with near hail haytime delay and soaring hay prices. Forest fires threaten Adirondack camps and lodges from Plattsburg to Long Lake as crews battle dense smoke and embers across Oswegatchie and St. Lawrence regions.
Smoke from forest fires blanketed areas around Fulton Chain and Nehasane with reporters noting fires working toward Mick's Lake and Dr. Webb's preserve. Warden Becca and men at work endeavored to contain the blazes as air remained still and authorities summoned help from Franklin and Otsego counties.
In June, authorities shut down several manufactories around Cassadka Lake to cut off enemy supply routes. The actionaims to bolster defenses near Ei Ron and Herkigner as punitive measures against incursions and to support military operations against the flu-like contagion.
Reports from Aroostook County describe fires destroying fourte en miles of the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad and days of destruction near Sherman Crystal and German. Fires spread rapidly under a hot breeze threatening towns and mills, with several buildings burned and residents evacuated as crews battle spreading flames.
Ellsworth dispatch reports wildfires spreading through Hancock County with major burns in Castine where a Boston resident’s cottage and a neighbor’s stable were destroyed. Large tracts owned by Whitcomb Haynes Company at Ellsworth Falls burned, and Mariaville hosts another major blaze. Fire crews race to control the Green Lake area near government policy and the US Wreck Hatchery, though not yet endangered.
Reports from Quebec province describe widespread fires threatening towns and forests. The Inter Colonial Railway uses Grand Trunk tracks, while Astor and Perestdale are reported destroyed and Bulstrode damaged by breaks in wires and collapsed ties.
Wide spread brush and forest fires sweep through St John district and surrounding villages. Musquash and Piccadilly suffer heavy losses with hundreds homeless. Dunn Brothers pork plant and Knight sawmill destroyed. hundreds of buildings and timber lands ruined. foggy air limits visibility along the coast while Three Rivers and Shawinigan Falls report fires and evacuations.
Extensive fires rage across Nova Scotia causing hundreds of thousands of dollars in timber losses. May rainfall was the lightest on record. A forest fire last night cut the road between Hubbards Cove and Chester and burned the railway contractors camp at Kiaist River, forcing Italian workers to flee toward Hubbards Cove.
Boston reports a dense smoky haze as forest fires burn across New England. Forty seven days without meaningful rain, thousands of acres and several buildings destroyed, with Tully and other coastal areas affected and 200 men battling the lines.
Special to The New York Limes reports widespread forest fires scorching 4000 acres near Ripton and spreading through Danby Essex County and Walling areas. Houses and mills threatened. Milford Wilton Lyndeborough and Littleton evacuated as firefighters battle flames and bridges burn on Mount Lafayette and Mount Stickney. News describes dense smoke, ash, and a yellow sky in Springfield and Newport with follow up of fires near Meredith and Cole Brook.
Dense smoke from New England and New York forest fires blanketed the city and surrounding region. Winds were light from the northeast. visibility dropped, odors of resin filled streets, and transport schedules faced delays as tugboats and ferries ran cautiously. Officials warned the haze could persist without heavy rain or stronger winds.
The article recalls past New York City yellow days dating to 1781 1881 and 1804 with forest fire smoke and ash drifting across the region and even reaching mid Atlantic ships during the Chicago fire era. It notes volcanic Kishatso ashes in 1888 and how smoke travels vast distances.
Fire in Brentwood area moves to east ward along Lake Ronkonkoma destroying two buildings and threatening more as crews work to save structures. In Eastport, forests blaze between Amityville and Gentport amid two month drought with smoke shrouding skies and wildlife losses reported.
Reports from Red Bank Mount Holly Belvidere Jamesburg Vineland detail widespread forest fires in June across Pine Brook Colt’s Neck Eatontown Ridgeway Branch Lakehurst Lakewood Warren County and Richland areas. Drought conditions fuel rapid spread with smoke obscuring sun and farmers organizing firefighting efforts.
A large forest fire burns in the Dover mountains producing a spreading smoke cloud. No buildings are reported to be in danger at this time.
New York reports say Keene Valley cottages were deemed uninhabitable as fires raged near Moonmark Mountain. Frederick H. Comstock of 36 Wall Street learned that his nearby estate and Dr. Charles Laight had to evacuate early this morning. Other affected properties include the homes of Wilis L Ogden and Charles Notman, with reports of twenty miles of timberlands burned from a blaze near New Russia.
A peat fire in Train's Meadow near Jackson Avenue Queens Borough has burned for three days. Dry conditions dried rushes and boggy ground ignited from decayed stalks, with flames several inches underground and smoke billowing above the sunken lots.
Fog signals along the Westchester shore and the Sound will sound at night as if fog covered the water rather than smoke, a Mount Vernon report states dated June 4.
Wealthy American fishermen camping near Lake Edwards flee for their lives as forest fires sweep the Quebec region between Lake St. John and Quebec. A party from Harrisburg, led by Judge A B Task, escapes by train with many close calls. Quebec City fire crews work nonstop. Black Lake and Ouiatchouan Falls pulp plants burn, with a $44,000 loss. The Trappists monastery near Lake St. John is said to be in danger.
Police Capt Dooley and detectives arrested Joseph Farrell William Kramer William Harvey and William West at 45 Broadway Williamsburg on charges of aiding poolrooms by relaying race results and horse forms to 73 subscribers across Brooklyn Manhattan and the Bronx The raid shut down telephones and racing sheets found there and the group faces penalties under Penal Code Section 351 Bail was set and arraignment planned at Lee Avenue Court Brooklyn.
Chicago June 4 a suit in the United States Circuit Court claims rights to the Letters of Judge Toney to His Son. Plaintiff Judge Sterling B. Toney of Louisville Kentucky seeks an injunction and profits details against William T Hughes of Colorado and Callahan Co Chicago publishers for reproducing the notes. The letters were written during the Judge’s tenure and copied into a 1901 contract law study that circulated with Hughes on Contracts.
A flywheel broke free in the engine room of the New York Glucose Works at Shady Side New Jersey injuring oiler Michael Coler who was rushed to Hoboken Hospital. Steam filled the plant as 800 workers fled through windows and fire escapes. The plant will close the rest of the week for repairs.
A list of overnight fires from 12:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m. shows numerous addresses with damages ranging from slight to heavy. Notable losses include Union Trolley repair, Consolidated Gas Company, and private residences in East Sixty to Ninety-third Street areas, with damages up to $1,500 and several trifling or unknown losses.
Clyde Dance, arrested as J. Smith, was freed in Jefferson Market Court after allegedly throwing a beer stein at singer Maud Lillian Berri during The Sultan of Sulu. Frank Moulan, the lead actor and Berri’s husband, chose not to press charges.
The New York Times topped all New York morning papers in dry goods advertising for May 1903, leading the field ahead of rival papers. The record lists The Times as the premier advertiser in this category for the month.
Ada Mason a 24 year old actress leaped from a second floor window of John Moses hotel injuring herself and knocking down bootblack Daniel Nofis. She shouted she was disgusted with life and was taken to Flower Hospital where doctors described her as an alcoholism victim. Charles Schumacher denied living at 110 East Fifty seventh Street. She had been staying at the hotel for two days.
Two men described as Ibert C Richards and Frank Richards were arrested for vagrancy outside the Yale Lab in West Forty-fourth Street. A police detective identified them as persistent beggars. a man posing as a brother and a well dressed stranger claimed to aid them, then one was discharged after magistrate review. The Charity Organization Society lists their real names as Frank R Bishop and Albert B Bishop.
Coroner Brown halted the inquest into James Irving’s May 10 death after discovering at least one juror was not a citizen. Samuel Hoffman a tailor at 109 West Twenty-fifth Street said he had filed first papers but knew he could not serve. He reported to the clerk that he was not a citizen, but was told it was too late and he would still have to sit. The clerk then noted the issue at recess, and the jury was dismissed when the court reconvened.
A North Alabama Kyle Lumber mill burnt, tall loss near fifty thousand dollars. Atlantic Window Glass plant in Magnolia New Jersey destroyed, five buildings and two hundred workers affected. In Ottawa Ontario a sash and door factory printing plant and several shops burned, total loss about forty thousand dollars.
Henry Tatnall receiver for the Asphalt Company of America filed in U S Court a report on the sale of the company's assets. Assets turned over to General Asphalt Company as signee of the nominal purchaser. All claims liquidated and $89,577.96 to be divided pro rata among holders of gold certificates who did not deposit with the reorganization committee.
James McCreery and Co offers ladies gloves for summer in suede lisle at 50c per pair, silk elbow length at 5c per pair, and a full stock of fabric gloves and mitts including lace silk open mesh and novelty weaves. Located on Twenty third Street.
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