Fire and Bowling Lava From Mont Pelee Turmoil
Advices from St Pierre Martinique two towns away detail the Mont Pelee eruption and lava floods that devastated the town, killing many residents and burying the harbor in smoke and ash. Survivors were rescued by a French cruiser after battling heat and fumes. The nightmare extended across Le Carbet and Le Precheur with lava, steam, and falling debris.
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France
Martinique
St. Pierre
Mont Pelee
Blanche
le Precheeur
Destruction On St Pierre Island Causes Massive Refugee Crisis
Paris reports from Port of France describe five thousand refugees fleeing Le Deuch and Le Precheur as provisions are sent in. Survivors evacuated by French cruiser include many grievously burned and nine dying en route to hospital. St Pierre wreckage features mutilated corpses and widespread ruin.
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Ernnty
St. Pierre
Java
Suchet
Port of Frances
Panier
Paris
Port of
le Temps
St. Vierre
Chamber of Deputies
West Indies Volcanic Distress Shrinks St Vincent Area
Reports from St Vincent indicate widespread distress due to the volcano with about five hundred lives believed lost. Fort Durance in Martinique is reputedly threatened as tension runs high across the West Indies.
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St. Thomas
Danish
West Taies
Island
St. Vincent
Fort Durance
Martinique
West Indies
Transformation of Seabrook Beach Seabrook Beach project underway
Transformation of Seabrook Beach from barren desert to a resort proceeds under architect Frank M. Rhusdell. Sand hills will be leveled, depressions filled, and the tract laid out with a graceful curved breakwater along 600 feet of frontage. Six streets Park Franklin Euclid Whittier Byron and Seabrook will be built with two parks. An ocean-side block on Park Street has sold and cottages are expected to start within sixty days with a sixty worker Italian crew.
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Seabrook Beach
Frank M. Rhusdell
Park
Frankin
Euclid
Whittier
Byron
Seabrook
Park Street
Baseball Scores From Yesterday's National and American Leagues
National League games in Chicago, Brooklyn 3 at Chicago, St Louis 5 New York 4 at St Louis, Pittsburgh 10 at Cincinnati. American League Detroit 10 Chicago 3 in ten innings at Detroit.
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Chicago
Brooklyn
Louis
New York
St. Innati O
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Detroit
Queen Wilhelmina Recovery Steady In The Hague
The May 11 bulletin on Queen Wilhelmina's health reports daily updates reduced to one daily notice and anticipates cessation soon. Marked improvement continues. Local social notes include visits by Mrs. Leon G. Young, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bradbury, Mrs. Harry Adlington, and other residents in town.
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The
Hague
Wilhelmina
Fred Bradbury
Harry Adlington
South Berwick
Charlies Trafton
Henry Pierce
Dover
Fred Abrams
Maiden
Mass
Daniel Mase
Equipment Arrives for Freeman Point Paper Plant Work
Daily arrivals of plant equipment continue at Freeman Point. On Saturday evening a large stationary engine and boiler arrived by Boston and Maine freight car, billed to contractor Fosburgh.
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Freeman’s Point
Boston and Maine
Fosburgh
New Hampshire National Guard Encampment Orders 1902
General orders detail assembling the First Brigade for a five day camp at Concord starting June 16 1902. Transportation logistics for troops horses and baggage are outlined with rail and overland movement. Commanding officers must warn troops report morning updates, and ensure seven days duty readiness with specific staff allocations and payroll timelines.
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Avajar George M. Follett
Troy
Belgade
Silas H. Wallace
Charles 2
Davis
George M. Pollett
Saturdi
Charles W. Stoward
Silas R. Wallace
Charles B. Davis
Cavalry
Sient
Henry H. Jewell
Second Infantry
Charles W. Howard
O'Elock P. Om
Charles L. Mason
George DD. Waldron
George M. Follet
State Camp Ground
Signal and Hospital Corps
Lovelock Alo
Felows
Portsmouth
Dover
Somersworth
Rochester
Concord
Milford
Nashua Junction
Porter's Statue Site Debate Prompts City Vote
Boston Globe notes the fierce debate over Fitz John Porter statue placement in the city. Haven Park poses legal and emotional questions due to park restrictions, while Church Hill offers riverfront visibility but distance from center. Decision rests with a council committee led by Mayor Pender, with expectations of mixed public approval.
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Miller
Boston Globe
Fitz John Porter
Theron
Haven Park
Jorter
Church Hill
St. John's Episcopal Church
Pender
Church services and confirmations greet second Ascension Sunday
Sunday activities across churches highlight confirmations at St Johns and Christ Church conducted by Bishop Niles. Unitarian, Universalist, and Methodist services mark anniversaries and league talks while a group of immigrants boarded a train to Boston.
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Sophie Goodwin
Middle Street Baptist Church
George BE. Leighton
Universalist Church
Annie Robbins
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Court Street Christian Church
W. W. W. Niles
St. John’s
Christ Church
Epworth Jengnue
Methodist Church
Arthur M. Lang
Thomas Whiteside
Christchurch
Niles
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Colle
MES Butter and Tea Store
Congress ST
Boston
Fitchburg
Leominster
Everett Cliston Nachan
Lloncestear
Newburyport
Wnrorthempton
Wheatfeld
Webarn
Henry Peyser
Ffaz
Enlax
Children’s Dept
A.P. Wendell&z& CO
Market Square
Island of
Kingston
British West Indies
Waltibou
Richmond
Unis
Fort du France
Ened
Baseball
Kittery
Leon G. Young
Manchester
Keene
Elmwood
Hillsborough
Littleton
Woodsville
Lebanon
Claremont
Reguar
Newport
Laconia
Franklin Falls
Tolles
C. W. Howard
I. P. Miller
Edward Young
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Unitarian Church
Alfred Gooding
Gooding
Universalist Young People’s Union
Emma Smart
Sea of Galilee
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