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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1908
Page
101
The piece revisits one of America's worst fires, Peshtigo 1871, describing a vast blaze that engulfed the town, driven by a burning timber surge, flames, and a desperate river escape. It notes losses of life and property, survivor ordeals, and comparisons to Hinckley 1894.
The piece surveys bans on whistling from Berlin to London and Mecca, noting police crackdowns and long standing taboos. It cites Bismarck, Macnamara, and Johnson anecdotes, plus cross cultural views from Scotland to Australia, India, Africa, and Arabia, framing whistling as a social defier against decorum.
An engineer fights a blaze on a train pressed against a canal as flames gutter along the tracks. Two workers perish in the inferno while a prairie fire near Pottawatomie, Kansas, rages, forcing hundreds to fight with furrows, dirt, and branches to smother it. The report notes forest-fire losses and causes across regions, urging stronger safeguards.
Visitors include E G Rabeock F J Lancaster Loomis from Edgemere and a party from Brooklyn led by W Skiddy plus guests from Stamford New York Reston Pittsburg Syracuse St Louis and others. Labor Day motor boat regatta will be held under Terre Club auspices on a two and a half mile triangular course.
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