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Newspaper

New York Tribune

Location

New York, New York, United States of America

Date

Aug 06, 1908

Page

8

Heat After Fatal Toll and Sudden Storm Across City

Heat claimed seven lives and left thirty six in greater New York as a swift southwest storm cut heat and humidity. The front cooled rapidly, dropping seven degrees in twenty minutes, darkening Upper Bay and tossing ships. Deaths listed include multiple Brooklyn Manhattan and Long Island cases with heat prostration across hospitals and streets.

New York Upper Bay Battery Park Whitehall Street James S. Clarkson Treasury Department Timmins Sandy Hook Manhattan Connecticut Flushing Tompkins Avenues Williamsborg Williamsburg Frank Jewel Southold Long Island Donlon John South 4 Street Brooklyn Berry North Kent Delano Giovanni 35Th St Brooklin Beiswetter August G Grand Avenue Long Island City Mathias Oneveout Gerry Street Benjamin Westth Street Welkaernitz Edwart Starr Street Walsh Thomas Newtown Creek

Severe storms hit Upstate Chautauqua Lake area

A violent storm battered the Chau tauque Lake region near Jamestown on Aug 6 driving a gasoline launch ashore with a dozen youths and women aboard. All were rescued but many walked miles to Bemus Point, some collapsing at a hotel. a passenger train derailed in the turmoil.

Jamestown N. Y Chautauque Lake Region Bemus Point Stenen Teang Siéeen Chautauqua & Lake

Lightning Strikes Buildings Along Lake at Interlaken

A violent electric storm swept Interlaken last evening with gale force winds toppling grain crops including corn oats and barley and blowing down many apples pears and peaches. Temperatures exceeded 90 degrees with high humidity.

Interlaken

Connecticut Storm Pummels Northern Counties

A sweeping series of thunderstorms hit Northern Connecticut for twenty hours since midnight. The Hartford fire department battled fires caused by lightning at Immaculate Conception Church and elsewhere as towns including Willimantic Windsor Locks New Britain Putnam Jewett City suffered damage. No fatalities reported though several people were shocked. Rockville faced daylong communication blackout. Ten distinct downpours intensified the destruction.

the Tribune Hartford Conn Connecticut Immaculate Conception Willimantic Windsor Locks New Britain Putnam Jewett City Rockville

Lightning Strike Kills Woman in Green Island Home

During a severe afternoon storm Mrs. Thomas McCabe of Green Island was killed when lightning struck her house. Her husband found her body on the kitchen floor upon returning home.

Troy, N Thomas McCabe Green Island

Lightning Strikes Gas Holder in Springfield

Lightning this afternoon struck a Springfield Gas Light Company gas holder containing 240000 cubic feet of gas. The holder exploded and the adjacent building was consumed by fire. Debris broke the boiler house roof. One man was injured.

Springfield Mass Springfield Gaslight Company

Sweethearts Wed After 40 Years in Kingston

George Faulkner aged 62 and Mrs. Sarah E. Seymour aged 61, both of Schuyler Neb, were married in Kingston on Monday night completing a long romance that began in Ulster County. They had been engaged in youth, separated by a quarrel, each married others, later widowed, then reconnected and wed after returning east. Mrs. Faulkner's former husband was a cousin of Governor Horatio Seymour.

Kingston N. Y George Faulkner Sarah E. Seymour Schuyler, Neb Ulster County Faulkner Seymour United States Schuyler Neb Hudson River Kingston Point Kingston Point Park Cummings

Mystery Murder Case Baffles Chicago Police

A dismembered boy's body is found in Mud Lake near the stockyards. The legs with a C initial, a decapitated torso, and a battered suitcase containing a boy's cap and suspenders are recovered as investigators seek the killer in this baffling case.

Chicago

Tammany Boat Stopped For Missing Life Preservers

The motor boat Tammany with James J. Hagan aboard was stopped at the Narrows by Surveyor Clarkson and Deputy Surveyor Coners for lacking life preservers and belts. Hagan promised to obtain equipment and review the law, and the vessel was allowed to proceed. Inspectors reported 298 craft checked this season with 15 violations found.

Tammany James J. Hagan Public Works The Narrows Clarkson Coners Hagan Corners

Dinner for Charles H Murray Highlights Civic Ties to Newsroom Return

About 50 former associates of Charles H Murray gathered at the Waldorf Astoria East Room to toast his resignation as private secretary to Controller Metz. Murray sails for London to edit the Paris edition of The London Mail, replacing a $5000 salary with $25 in editorial work as colleagues praise his service.

Charles H. Murray Metz Waldorf-Astoria Murray London Lord Northcliffe Paris London Mail Finance Department Patrick F. Keenan Jeremiah T. Mahoney Thomas M. Mulry George W. J. Angell James Bartol Rudolph Block Samuel Brock Mortimer J. Brown John F. Gouldsbury Paul Prout Charles Hervey John J. Hobbs Joseph Johnson Joseph P. Kenny Louis F. la Roche John Leahy Paul Loeser George A Logan John H

Gas fixtures removed from Eberhard cell

Sheriff Bruester had gas fixtures removed from Gus Eberhard’s jail cell in Hackensack as he awaits trial on a murder charge. Eberhard had threatened suicide if indicted. he is guarded around the clock.

Teleeraph Tribune Hackensack Bruester Gus Eberhard Ottilie Eberhard Eberhard

Pirates chase ends with island hideout found

A gang of river pirates who robbed a dozen yachts along Kill von Kull and New York and Newark bays were chased in a rowboat by Detective Sergeant BE M. Griffin of Bayonne. They headed to Buckwheat Island near Elizabeth, where they had headquarters. Shots were exchanged and the gang escaped. several stolen yacht articles were recovered on the island.

Kill von Kull New York Newark Bays BE. M. Griffin Bayonne Buckwheat Island Elizabeth Griff

Denham Cast Out By First Church Of Disciples

The joint board of the First Church of the Disciples in West 56th street withdraws confidence and recalls credentials for Rev. Dr. Benjamin Q. Denham amid a divorce suit and reports of his conduct with Emma K. Hall. He preaches in Missouri where the Hall case proceeds, with detectives tracing travels and sworn statements. Charlies M. Weeks filed papers to take testimony in Mineola as part of the proceedings.

Benjamin Q. Denham First Church of the Disciples of Christ West 56Th Street Florida Emma K. Hall Hall Denham Missouri Church Francis M. Applegate Benjamin Denham New York E. Bartolo Hall Supreme Court Nassau County Pleasant Hill Missouri Jesse James Charlies M. Weeks Montague Street Brooklyn Mineola E. Bartel Hall, Jr Red Spring Glen Cove Mabel Kirk Mrs. Hall

Bread Line March Ends In Police Station

Seventeen homeless men forming a Bread Line in East Side charity get bread coffee and soup from St. Rita Home volunteers. Police break up the line after complaints. seventeen men are charged with disorderly conduct and fined one dollar each in night court.

Donovan Coney Upper East Side East 1St Street Lantry St. Rita East 52d Street Ina Harrie

Boy Shot by Revolver While Cleaning It

George Vayda, six, of 46 Broadway Bayonne was shot in the abdomen and likely fatally wounded yesterday by his brother Andrew, fifteen, who was cleaning a revolver he believed unloaded. The injured child was taken to City Hospital.

George Vayda Broadway Bayonne Andrew City Hospital

Timber Fire Destroys Part of Arthur Brisbane Estate

A fire at Allaire in Asbury Park New Jersey burned about 300 acres of Arthur Brisbane's estate today. Believed started by sparks from a Pennsylvania Railroad engine, the blaze overwhelmed 65 firefighters until heavy rain finally stopped it. Estimated damage runs to many thousands.

Arthur Brisbane Asbury Park N. J Allaire

Rev Dr Mann Surfaces as Possible Bishop Candidate

The Rev Dr Alexander Mann long rector of Grace Church Orange and now of Trinity Church Boston is named as a probable successor to the late Bishop Satterlee of Washington. He had been a leading Newark candidate after Bishop Starkey’s death and often chosen by lay delegates but lacked clerical majority. A fall special convention was held and Mann asked friends not to vote for him. Edwin Lines of New Haven was selected.

Orange Alexander Mann Grace Church Trinity Church Boston Henry Y. Satterlee Washington Mann Newark Thomas A. Starkey Edwin&. Lines New Haven

Klaws Defend Ticket Office From Magistrate Criticism

Marc Klaw rebukes Magistrate Corrigan over remarks on ticket speculators. He, with Abe Erlanger, says they have never profited from speculative sales at their theatre, condemning the notion as falsehood and noting the magistrate’s hastily drawn conclusions amid season start tensions.

Corrigan Marc Klaw West Side Court New York Theatre Klaw & Erlanger Abe” Erlanger Klaw

Jury to Decide Veracity In Real Estate Fraud Case

Justice Greenbaum overruns Mrs. Isabella M. Loring demurrer in a Philadelphia Supreme Court action by Felix Isman for 15000 alleging false representations about property at 104 West 334th Street near a proposed railroad terminal. The case centers on alleged disclosures by Loring or her agent about a 70000 offer, later claimed as 55000, and will go to a jury to determine truth of the representations.

Isabella M. Loring Felix Isman Philadelphia West 334 Street Justice Greenbaum Supreme Court Isman

Man Survives Funeral Ahead of Odd Mixup

John Lawler was found alive in St Peter's Hospital Brooklyn just as funeral preparations were made. His nephew, unaware of the mix up, had arranged the service for Patrick Lawler who died there, while Lawler himself recovered and was not related to the deceased.

John Lawler St Peter’s Hospital Brooklyn Lawler Fifth Avenues Lewhler Manhattan Patrick Lawler John St. Peter's Hospital

Two Brooklyn Girls Run Away After Parental Anger

Two Brooklyn teens Jennie Harrison seventeen and Mary Healey sixteen vanish from home after parental scolding over male attention. Jennie, living with policeman father Abraham at 318 Nostrand Ave, was last seen after a Tuesday night dispute. Mary, at 174 Sands St, left Saturday after collecting pay from lawyer Harrison at 220 Broadway. she left a note promising not to return.

Brooklyn Jennie Harrison Abraham Nostrand Avenue Miss Harrison Manhattan

Citys Newest Bridge

Twenty five years after the first Brooklyn bridge engineers answered the traffic problem four new bridges have surpassed the pioneer structure. The Manhattan Bridge is the newest and largest by capacity and rises higher than its rivals with towers 825 feet tall and 12 500 tons of steel in the cables.

Brooklyn East River Manhattan Bridge Canal Street Manhattan Nassau Street Williamsburg Bridge Brooklyn Bridge Williamsburg Towers New York Williamsburg George E. Mayo

Punish Bermel for contempt of court

Queens District Attorney Darrin will seek punishment for former Borough President Joseph Bermel for contempt of court after he fled to Europe instead of complying with a subpoena to testify before the grand jury. The move would occur at the opening of the next county court term.

Darrin Queens County Joseph Bermel Bermel Europe Bermel Goodby McKennes Mr. Darrin

Claims filed against state over Oswego River power use

Interes ts using hydraulic power on the Oswego River at Fulton Otsego County filed against the state claims totaling 1 943 940 The state has appropriated water for a new barge canal The claimants include Volney Paper Company Hunter Arms Company F A Gage F B Dills B W Bennett and Charles M Allen

Albany Oswego Fulton Otsego County Fulton Light, Heat and Power Company State Court of Claims Volney Paper Company The Hunter Arms Company F. A. Gage F. B. Dills B. W. Bennett Charles M. Allen

Mrs Sutherland admits shooting husband in Niagara Street

Buffalo Aug 56 Mrs Alexander Sutherland confessed to fatally shooting her husband after reports of repeated quarrels and jealousy. She said she intended to kill herself and, during a struggle, shot him by mistake. A first degree murder charge was filed and three boarders along with her daughter Lillian are held as witnesses.

Buffalo Alexander Sutherland Niagara Street

Guillote withdraws from race for city court judge

New Orleans August 5 L V Guillote who was indicted for embezzlement yesterday withdrew his Democratic candidacy for city court judge today. He also resigned as register of conveyances of Orleans Parish yesterday where the embezzlement is alleged to have occurred.

New Orleans L. V. Guillote Guillote Orleans Parish

Atlantic City Man Falls From Hotel Window

James Longe, sixty five, of Chester Pennsylvania, fell from a hotel window in Atlantic City today, fracturing his skull and dying. The incident occurred during the afternoon, authorities reported no other injuries.

Tribune Atlantic City N. J James Longe Chester Penn

Hayes Praise Firemen Parade At Pocasset Club Outing

Nicholas Hayes is celebrated by two thousand Fire Commissioner followers in a Pocasset Club outing from East 11th Street to Witzel’s Point View Grove. The event features bands, a photo, luncheon, sports between married and single men, and a raucous return in Little Italy with lanterns and bombs.

Pocasset Club Hayes Harlem Pocasset Witzel Point View Grove College Point East 11Th Street Commissioner Hayes Little Tim”) Sullivan John P. Cohalan Daniel F Percy E. Nagle Little Tim New York Cepheus 108Th Street Pier Mark Levy East River the Grove Tammany Jake” Salomon Italy

White Plains Murder Suspect Arrested in Waterbury

George Buono of White Plains arrested here for murder and returned to New York. He used the alias Vincent Orlando and is charged in the killing of Giuseppe Depuzzi of White Plains on April. He is reportedly wanted in two other states for similar offenses.

Tribune Waterbury Conn George Buono White Plains New York State Joseph Fertitta White

Servant Mary O'Brien Estate Probate in Newark

The will of Mary O'Brien, a longtime servant, was admitted to probate in Newark. Her about $10,000 estate bequeaths mainly to religious and charitable institutions including Seton Hall College St Michael's Hospital Little Sisters of the Poor Catholic Protector House of the Good Shepherd St Patrick's Parochial School and a $1 for requiem masses.

Mary O'Brien Newark Seton Hall College St. Michael's Hospital Little Sisters of the Poor Catholic Protectory House of the Good Shepherd St. Patrick's New Rectory St. Patrick's Parochial School

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