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Newspaper

New York Tribune

Location

New York, New York, United States of America

Date

Apr 13, 1908

Page

17

Flames Sweep Chelsea In Massive City Conflagration

A major fire in Chelsea, Massachusetts destroys churches, factories and densely built blocks. Marines and militia guard evacuees while residents flee with possessions as flames threaten the waterfront and Chelsea Square. Dozens of buildings burn, two bodies are found, and aid pours in from neighboring towns and Boston.

Wood Charlestown Navy Yard 105Th B Navy Yard Beck Hill Swift Navy Yard Wabash Liberty Boston & Maine Railroad Boston Blacking Company West 3d Street Rosenfelt Brothers Maple Street Chaplin & Soden Car Company Works Everett Avenue J. A. Spencer Boston Everett Lyon Waverhill Wakefield Salem Malden Cambridge Winthrop Revere Bers Broadway Waterfront Chase Square Fitz Public Library Frost Hospital Children’s Hospital Fitz Masonic Temple Odd Fellows Chelsea Square Chelsea Bridge Maverick Shawiant Avenue Congress Tidewater Oil Company Marginal Wighland Portsmouth N. BH Chelsea 6Th Library and Bellingham Streets Chelsea Creek Wordsworth Street Boston Fire Department East Boston Standard Oil Company Essex Street Magee Furnace Company Austin & Young Biscuit Company McGrath Essex and Highland Streets No. 12 Watts Street North Grove Street Boston & Albany Division New York Central Railroad 6Th Infantry Sth Infantry Sth Corps Coast Artillery Charles S&s. Hill Whithrop Commonwealth State Board of Chiarity Draper Salvation Army Associated Charities Hameless Orlock Chelsexu Charlestown Mystic River United States Naval and Marine Hospital State Soldiers’ Home Fits Union Park Schouls

Boston Fire Losses Through History

Boston has suffered major blazes across centuries with severe property damage. Notable events include 1872 when November 9 fires destroyed over 800 buildings across 50 acres, costing more than 70 million dollars, the Chicago fire of 1871, the Baltimore blaze of 1904 with 45 million in losses, and the 1906 San Francisco quake fire totaling 400 million and 395 deaths.

Boston Chicago Baltimore San Francisco

Governor faces uphill fight over anti gambling bills

The piece notes rising public anger in Niagara and Orleans counties over anti gambling legislation and predicts a potential GOP rebuke at the polls. It cites Senator Owen Cassidy as a target of party critics for voting against the bills, with counties like Schuyler, Chemung, Tompkins, and Tioga pivotal in shaping outcomes as voters rally behind the Governor’s position.

Niagara Orleans Owen Cassidy Cassidy Schuyler Chemung Tompkins Tioga Byram L. Winters Tioga County Tompkins County

Recount of Buffalo mayor election to start today

The recount of Mayor McClellan's 190 election results begins today before Justice Lambert in Buffalo. A special jury, drawn from 100, will review all ballots amid anticipated delays from technical objections and ongoing legal battles led by William R Hearst and the Attorney General.

McClellan William R. Hearst Justice Lambert Supreme Court Buffalo Board of Canvassers Hearst Court of Appeals Mayer Jackson Eugene Lamb Richards Board of Elections Justice Gaynor Brooklyn Mr. Hearst

Mass meeting denounces Wilcox over anti-gambling vote

In Auburn New York April 12 a church gathering of several hundred denounced State Senator Benjamin M Wilcox for voting against anti racetrack gambling bills. Speakers included Rev E J Rosengrant and Judge George Underwood with resolutions calling him to reconsider and offering support to Governor Hughes and bill supporters.

Auburn N. Y First Methodist Episcopal Church Benjamin M. Wilcox First Church E. J. Rosengrant Hughes Wilcox Rosengrant B C. Mead George Underwood A. C. Thompson George Black Stewart Allen M. Dulles Auburn Theological Seminary

Massachusetts for Taft at Republican convention

Sen ator Lodge and Congressman Gardner express satisfaction at the harmony in Boston as Taft gains Massachusetts support. Crane allies claim no resolutions of preference will be adopted while Crane is backed for re election on the national committee with twelve district conventions and forty eight delegates yet to be chosen.

Tribune Boston Senator Lodge Gardner Washington Crane Massachusetts Taft National Committee

Indignation Meeting Denounces Senator Wemple

In Schenectady New York on April 12 nearly two thousand people gathered at the Van Cuyler Opera House to protest the Senate action on anti racetrack gambling bills. Senator Wemple was denounced for his stance and declined an invitation to attend the meeting.

Schenectady N. Y van Cuyler Opera House Senate Wempl

Taft Returns to Washington After Westward Absence

Secretary Taft arrived in Washington today after about ten days in the West delivering speeches. He plans to stay in the capital until Saturday then travel to New York City to address the Sphinx Club.

Washington Taft West New York City Sphinx Club

No Attempt To Block Election Albany April 12

Albany reports that no effort was made to stop the May 12 special election for the 47th Senate District in Niagara and Orleans counties. Secretary of State Whaten issued notices after the special term adjourned confirming voters may elect a senator to replace Stanislaus P Franchet. The proclamation directs the May 12 election for a State Senate seat.

Albany Supreme Court Justice Betts Niagara-Orleans State Senate Stanislaus P. Franchet John S. Whaten Niagara Orleans Lew Stanislaus P. Franchot Senate Tuesaday

Taft to Speak at Mission Meeting at Carnegie Hall

The Board of Foreign Missions of the Reformed Church announces a layman's missionary mass meeting for church men with Secretary Taft as speaker at Carnegie Hall on Monday evening April 2. A preceding men's missionary meeting will be held at Marble Collegiate Church at 3 p m.

Board of Foreign Missions of the Reformed Church Taft Carnegie Hall Marble Collegiate Church

Lancashire Spinners abandon Delta land purchase plan

The Lancashire cotton spinners have dropped the scheme to buy cotton estates in the Mississippi delta. Legal impediments against aliens holding real estate halted the project after the association appointed a committee to form a U S company to control a cotton plantation following a British delegation visit last year.

Manchester Lancashire Cotton Spinners Mississippi Delta Cotton Spinners Association United States

Double Tragedy Ends A Hungarian Romance.

A Hungarian romance ends when Billa Wasch fatally wounds his fiancée Julia Szillegzi at 255 East 3d Street and then shoots himself in a rear yard. He pressed for marriage after learning she had money. a quarrel led to the shooting. Detectives questioned witnesses. the woman was taken to Bellevue Hospital in critical condition.

Boston Elevated Railway East Boston Essex United States Shurtleff Grammar School Shurtleff Street City Tall Square Park Washington Streets First Baptist Church St. Luke’s Episcopal Parish Veteran Piremen’s Association First Unitarian Church Hawthorne Street City Hall Billa Waseh East 3d Street Julia Szillegzi Wasch Jd Street Waseh Gorman Harburger Bellevue Hospital

Ex Army Officer Arrested In Check Forgery Case

Clarence Eustaphieve 30, claiming to be J C Eggieston and Arthur W Copp, was arrested at Millis Hotel No 1 Bleecker St for passing a $20 forged hotel check on Hotel Astor. A former US Army lieutenant, he alleged links to Buffalo families and forged checks he cashed via associates. He studied at Cornell and graduated NY Military Academy.

Clarence Eustaphieve Millis Hotel Bleecker Street W. C. Muschenheim Hotel Astor Gegan 23D Infantry United States Army Mills Hotel J. C. Eggieston Buffalo Eustaphieve Muschenheim Arthur W. Copp Watertown J. E. Johnson Brozzel Hotel 27Th Street Fifth Avenue Clinton

Will Need Negro Vote

James L. Mayson, candidate for the Legislature in the 35th District, released sworn affidavits from Georgians alleging Congressman Lon Livingston urged voters to defeat the negro disfranchisement bill. The speech at Fairburn reportedly occurred after he checked for reporters, stating in eight years they would need his aid to oppose the negro and the “poor white trash” label.

Tribune Atlanta James L. Mayson Lon Livingston Livingston Fairburn Tom Wersen

Playful Kitten Ties Up City Transit Routes

A gray kitten disrupted traffic on 39th Street and the Lexington Avenue lines for about half an hour last evening. It darted between streetcar tracks, blocked both directions, and caused power cuts as motormen halted cars. A boy captured the kitten and handed it to a woman who took custody. A tow crew and a wrecking wagon were summoned as the incident unfolded.

Lexington Avenue S&th Street Lexington Avenue Tracks

Negro bishop criticizes Roosevelt Taft over Brownsville incident

Bishop Alexander Walters of the African Church diocese of New York reads a letter opposing Taft's nomination and Roosevelt, accusing the Brownsville affair of discrediting the colored race. The mass meeting near Morris Brown College discussed education, with few political references, as attendees heard calls for equal rights and justice. The note also mentions the Japanese emperor's thirty residences.

Alexander Walters African Church Diocese of New York Roosevelt Taft Brownsville Morris Brown College Bishops Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Street Lanes Avenue

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