Lucania Grounds In Mud Then Clears At Ambrose Channel
The liner Lucania ran aground in the Ambrose Channel on a foggy morning near Liverpool Street. A tugboat line freed the vessel after a tense wait as tide rose and the bow faced the mud bank. Austrian painter Philip A. Laszlo, en route to paint President Roosevelt, and his wife accompanied the ship. The late Robert Floyd’s cremated ashes were scattered at sea from the Lucania, honoring his long association with Cunard. W. E. Scarritt reported gathering proxies for Stuyvesant Fish in the Fish-Harriman railroad fight. Passengers included Montagu Parker and others. Annie D. Rose of Liverpool was met ashore for a wedding with a parson sought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Philip A. Laszlo
London
Roosevelt
Arthur Lee
Washington
Wife
Venice
Robert Floyd
Cunard
Gener
Lucania
Capt. Warr
Montagu
Lady Parker
C. M. Alexander
J. G. Ellis
Walter Cotchett
Cotchett
James Winglis
Will Hammerstein
Jam Ee: Newey
Auwhenhi
Sting Ratt
D. Seymour
William H. Webster
Annie D. Rose
William Arthur
Yaleck Company
Hartford
Conn
Newtown Firemen Seek District Attorney Help
A Newtown relief effort asks Queens County District Attorney Ira G. Dartin and the Grand Jury to address neglect of thirteen volunteer fire companies now in the Second Ward Queens. Complaints cite worn hoses poor engine feed and insufficient funding for repairs with some units using the same hose for over a decade. Wandowenwock Engine No 1 recently funded a new boiler at $1000 and the district spans 27 square miles including Glendale Evergreen Ridgewood Heights Middle Village and Elmhurst among other neighborhoods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queens County
Newtown
Borough of
Queens
Ira G. Dartin
Wandowenwock Engine Company No. 1
Glendale
Evergreen
Ridgewood Heights
Middle Village
Newton
Maspeth
Elmhurst
Winfield
Corona
Woodside
Laurel Hill
Deserter Confesses and Marries in Chicago Pact
Ernest L. Daw son, a deserting soldier from 1904, surrenders at Mishawaka Ind after marrying Bernice Hodges Dawson. He served a cavalry stint in the Philippines and desertion followed low pay to support his mother in Bryan Ohio. A light War Department sentence is sought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ernest L. Dawson
Fort Sheridan
Mishawaka
Ind
Bernice Hodges Dawson
Dawson
Philippines
America
Bryan
Ohio
Miss Hodges
Fort Oglethorpe
War Department
Indiana
Passing of St. Mary's Episcopal Church in New York
The St. Mary's Church on Lawrence Street near 129th Street will be replaced by a brick and stone edifice on the same site. The 1828 frame church, its long line of rectors, and notable vestry names including Hamilton and Stuyvesant are recalled as the congregation prepares for the last sermon in the old building tonight. Services will move to Speyer School during construction with a 9 o'clock service at St. Paul's Chapel, Columbia University, under the courtesy of university trustees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
Lawrence Street
129Th Street
Broadway
William Richmond
J. Cooke Richmond
T. McClure Peters
J. P. Peters
St. Michael's Church
Ninety-ninth Street
Amsterdam Avenue
Dr. Peters
St. Mary’s Church
Alexander Hamilton
Lorillards
Jays
de Peysters
Stuyvesants
Nicholas
Fish
Lawrences
Speyer School
St. Paul’s Chapel
Columbia University
Msterdam Avenue
117Th Street
Sale of Kentucky Records and Frontier Names in Auction
Three manuscript volumes of Kentucky land entry and pre emption records go to auction, listing early settlers and frontier leaders. Notable names include Daniel Boone Simon Kenton John Floyd Logan Shelby and Lincoln ancestors, with the third volume detailing the first land court in the West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Kentucky
Alleghany Mountains
Daniel Boone
Simon Kenton
John Floyd
Louisville
Boone
Miss Calloway
Benjamin Logan
Logan’s
Major McBride
Blue Lick
Robert Patterson
Lexington
Isaac Shelby
Col
John Todd
Lieut. Miller
Abram Lincoln
Green River
Stockades
First Land Court
West
Policeman Ends Life After Facing Trial for Saloon Incident
Herbert I Laws a Staten Island policeman famed as a model after twelve years service shot himself after learning he would face a formal trial for being in a saloon. He had a long record with no complaints until the recent incident at a funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert I. Laws
Staten Island
Dorp Station
Laws
Prospect
New Dorp
Aleep
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Lugania
Cunarder
Ambrose Channel
Ner
ST. Mary’s
Episcopal Church
Sale OF Kentucky Records
B. Altman & CO
34Th Street
35Th Street
5Th Avenue
Kazak Bugs
Mery
Paris
Marquisette
Newt Park
The
American Art Association
East 23d Street
Madison Square
South
Stern Brothers
Alexandre
Lupin
Mousquetaires
Alexandre Suede Mousquetaires
West Twenty-third Street
Mem Jock
Stern ‘Brothers
Copenhagen
Norfolk
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