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Carlton Street Packed With Humanity Last Night and War Extras Create Furore.The war news stirred Winnipeg to its-depths yesterday, and ifot since the days of the Boer war has such. escHe-| men't and anxiety prerased in this city, i The war was the one topic of convr-j satioh everywhere, and. in its *eager-! ness to obtain fresh nfews ,the public ! swarmed to the Free Press office ’ and I kept a battery of telephone operators ! working at top speed all day to supply | information. •The extent-to which the Free, .Press is established in the minds of ‘Winnipeg people as the dispenser of reliable and up-to-the-minute news was again thoroughly demonstrated. It received instant recognition as the great agency for war news,, and was the one place in the city where the crowd gathered in thousands. At 9 o’clock last night Carl Lon. street in front of the Free Press was packed with humanity, and much of the remaining space between Portage avenue and Ellice avenue was occupied by automobiles., .Crowd Cheer,'t Despatch.The. same conditions prevailed on a slightly lesser- scale throughout the entire day, when-fresh bulletins were posted at intervals of every few minutes. During the afternoon the crowd in its feverish excitement broke into cheers and. clapped hand s. when-it was' unofficially announced that Britain had seised the “Kronprincessin Cecile” carrying $11,000,000- in gold. There was-a similar demonstration in the. evening when it was announced that the British naval reserve had been. Called out.Rush for Free Press Extras.At 3 o’clock in the afternoon, when the Free Press, extra began to roll off the press, there was a stampede to the rear of -the. office for newspapers,, and the. newsboys were almost swept off their feet with the eager ...rush to secure copies. Most .of them 'sold out their first supply at once and returned for more, then rushed breathless down the main streets..-- Automobile drivers threw on ..the brakes to buy ah extra; arms were outstretched froni the'windows of street cars, and in a few-min-ucea a very large proportion of the pedestrians were walking along engrossed in the' sensational war news. More enterprising news. vendors, with great armfuls qf papers, went into the residential streets and electrified the populace with '■their cries. Everybody bought.-'-'--'People Eager for News.So eager were'the people of Winnipeg for. war neivs that over 20,000 extras” were sold in the course of two or three hours. The great volume of late news describing the momentous incidents since. Saturday .was read from the first page to the last. The news -created a. sensation, and . there was continuous speculation and surmise as to. what extent Great- Britain would be involved.With the news of the declaration of war by Germany orlt;. Saturday- it was realized that a general European conflict could not be averted. This news was received and. bulletined by ,-tlie Free Press at 5 o’clock, and from that: time' until long after midnight/.a great crowd watched the. Free Press bul-, ietins. Early on Sunday, -morning'-.the crowd began to. gather again,- and swelled in: numbers until the street was filled across... Numbered - among those who watched the bulletins were scores of Europeans^.- and--iin no - place was the Free Press extra/ read with such interest as in the officesof the foreign consulates.Crim 11 inri i1peturtCowaby1S1Icethegrctheonwakin1ch£toaIce!tinlt;firsspebusIceW-Ubojopesci»thr•posIce!we]hisoptpeoweiAthespcterlt;thebet;eding
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Winnipeg Free Press
Winnipeg, Manitoba, CA
Mon, Aug 03, 1914
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