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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1932
Page
9
Film actress Jeanette MacDonald left by plane for Philadelphia after word that her sister Elsie MacDonald, 35, a widow, is seriously ill with peritonitis in a local hospital. The note ends with a literary line about bearing our own destiny.
A afternoon fire on the Coney Island promenade destroyed 50 bungalows and houses, 6 bath houses, 200 cars, the Pergola, and major sections of the boardwalk. About 26 000 bathers were present. 5 000 lost clothing and personal belongings. Some 200 injured, 46 firemen treated, 160 civilians assisted. Damage estimated at 2.5 million with 1.6 million insured. Thousands homeless, relief efforts organized.
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