Panic at Thompson Street Show Sparks Fire Panic
A fire during a moving picture show at 180 Thompson Street caused a stampede as patrons fled after a spark set the operator's box ablaze. Front exit access was clear, but rear exits were blocked by wire, trapping some guests until aided by others and fire crews arriving from Mercer Street station. Damage estimated at 500 dollars.
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Thompson Street
Tucker Athletic Club
Mme. Rossi
Rosario Calderone
Avenue A
Farman
No. 178
Julia Fellini
John
Edna
Daniel Keenan
Mercer Street
Athletic Club
Bridge Commissioner Awards Foundation Contract Despite Disputes
Bridge Commissioner Stevenson awarded the foundation contract for the municipal and subway terminal building at the Brooklyn Bridge to J. H. Gray Co. for 697000, after the Building Superintendent Murphy and his examiners rejected the plans for eight tons per square foot on sand. The decision follows a chain of legal and administrative disputes, with potential litigation and costly bedrock alternatives looming over transit relief.
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Edward S. Murphy
Bridge Department
Brooklyn Bridge
Stevenson
J. H. Gray Company
J. C. Rodgers
Gaffney & Steers
Murphy
Corporation Counsel's Office
Sterling
Mr. Sterling
City Record
New York
Brooklyn
MecKim, Mead & White
Genuine Belgian 1900-franc notes pass tests, says Treasury experts
Treasury money experts confirm that counterfeit Belgian 1900-franc notes are genuine after tests by Secret Service Chief Wilkie. Notes were sent to the National Bank of Belgium for scrutiny and are believed to be authentic, with distinct numbers and authentic watermark.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Treasury Department
Wilkie
Secret Service
National Bank of Belgium
Belgium
National Bank
New York
Skyscraper Church Planned for Pittsburg Faith Center
Trustees of the First United Evangelical Protestant German Church of Pittsburg announce plans for a fourteen story combined church and office building on downtown site. The cathedral style front will rise seven stories above a central church, with offices surrounding it. Total project cost about $1,500,000.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
First
United Evangelical Protestant German Church
Wild eagle battles cat near Madison Avenue shop
Abraham Pfeffer, assistant to butcher Joseph Solomon of 1424 Madison Avenue, captured a grown gray eagle fighting a cat over meat in Solomon’s rear yard. The bird escaped at East 164th Street station, resisted capture, and was finally restrained by officers and a doorman with a berry crate. Pfeffer was bitten in the struggle.
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Abraham Pfeffer
Joseph Solomon
Madison Avenue
Iis
Pfeffer
Solomon
164Th Street
Belice
Maher
McKenna
Donohue
Hugh Armstrong
Civil Service Revision Approved by Governor in New York
Governor Hughes approves with changes a Civil Service Commission plan revising classifications in state and county service. The action adds 309 to competitive class and two to exempt, affects ten elected state officer positions, and shifts 148 positions to competitive. Numerous offices in Secretary of State Controller State Treasurer and Attorney General See.
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Albany
Hughes
State Civil Service Commission
Forest, Fish and Game Commission
State Superintendent of Elections
Civil Service Commission
Secretary of State
Controller's
Controller's Office
Attorney General
Governor's Office
Secretary of State’s Office
New York
Kings Counties
New York County
District Attorney’s Office
Court of General Sessions
Sheriff's Office
Register’s
Kings County
Guardian
Earthquakes Ravage Calabria and Messina in Devastating 1908 Strike
Rome reports a massive quake striking Calabria and Sicily with two thirds of Messina destroyed and thousands killed. Catania inundated by tidal surges. railways and telegraphs collapsed. Italian government and Red Cross deployed troops, engineers, and relief camps as leaders and clergy aided survivors amid ongoing aftershocks and fires.
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Cosenza
Catanzaro
Reggio di Calabria
Calabria
Italy
Messina
Sicily
Catania
Washington
Montebello
Taft to Visit Isthmus Gatun Dam Site in Panama
President elect Taft plans a one week stay on the Isthmus of Panama with six civil engineers and will work with Colonel Goethals at Culebra. He aims to assess Gatun dam foundations and press ahead with canal work while ironing out administration tangles. After Panama he will attend a Taft Citizens' Club dinner in Cincinnati on February 19 and then speak in Philadelphia on February 22. Atlanta officials facilitated the visit with a South. attendees plan and a public dinner with regional representation.
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Augusta
Taft
Panama
Goethals
Culebra
Gatun Dam
New Orleans
Cincinnati
Taft Citizens’ Club
Philadelphia
Frank H. Hitchcock
Washington
Ballinger
Seattle
Atlanta
Mr. Taft
South
Asa G. Candler
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
David Woodward
Walter G. Cooper
Charles E. Caverly
Ten Die In Cave-In At Ensley Blast Furnace Plant
Two bodies recovered and eight more believed buried in a massive Ensley trench collapse at the blast furnace plant. Several laborers and two foremen injured as dangerous gas hinders recovery efforts. The cave-in occurred without warning during night work.
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Birmingham
Ala
Ensley
Fleet Passes Aden Bound for Suez
The sixteen American Atlantic battleship fleet led by Rear Admiral Sperry passed Aden today on its march to Suez. The fleet departed Colombo, Ceylon, on December 20.
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Aden
Sperry
Suez
Colomba
Ceylon
Tom Longboat Weds Lauretta Maracle in Toronto
Archbishop Sweatman lifts opposition as runner Tom Longboat marries Lauretta Maracle at the Church of Ascension. Rev Creegan conducts the ceremony with Longboat in a tuxedo coat. A Massey Hall reception follows with gifts including a $500 check from Hugh Graham.
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the Tribune
Toronto
Flanagan
Lauretta Maracle
Elsie Claus
Albany
Longboat
Massey Hall
Hugh Graham
Montreal
New York
Shrubb
Veteran resident Deborah Silliman dies at 108 in Maston Conn
Deborah Staples Silliman of Maston Connecticut dies at home at age 108. Born February 21 180 in Greenfield Fairfield she lived through much of 19th century and into the modern era. HAAN'S RESTAURANT advertises New Year Eve celebration with special music at Park Row Building.
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Maston
Conn
Deborah Staples Silliman
Silliman
Greenfield
Fairfield
Taft Plans Aransas Pass to Eagle Pass Railroad
Charles P. Taft of Cincinnati becomes chief stockholder in a new company to build a railroad from the Gulf coast port of Aransas Pass Texas to Eagle Pass on the upper Rio Grande. The 250 mile line would cross Taft’s 1600 acre ranch near Aransas Pass and his 200 acre ranch fifteen miles west. Knights Key Handsomest and Florida train services resume to Jacksonville and Miami. Seaboard Air Line Ry. confirms schedules.
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Tribune
Seaguard
Florida
Jacksonville
St. Augustine
Palm Miami
Knights Key
Atlanta
Ham
Seaboard Air Line Ry
Edway
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