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Newspaper

Weekly Wisconsin

Location

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

May 13, 1885

Page

8

Death Amid Flames Burns Brooklyn Tenement Fire Toll

A devastating fire at 55 Atlantic Avenue Brooklyn on Tuesday morning followed a building collapse and boiler overload in a soap factory. Thirteen bodies were recovered with twenty one reported missing, and the blaze caused about 300000 dollars in losses. Additional notices recount seven deaths in a First Avenue double brick tenement, and various large lumber yard fires across Illinois and Wisconsin with heavy losses and insurance details.

Brookuys N. Y Atlantic Avenue Brooklyn State Street New Yeas First Avenue yWney Kirmmen Chicago Curiaco South Water Street Martin Mulvey Chaves Bird Mulvey Great Lumber District Thirty-fifth Thirty-ninth Streets Iron Street Ullman Street Laurel Chicago Lamber Company Bigelow Bros G. W. Hinkley &Co Hinkley Adams, Hastings & Co Patrick Galvin T. W. Thomas’ Agency Scrantos Lackawanna Iron and Coal Company Green Bay Wis C. E. Crane Louis Cohen H. J. Huntington Frank Smith Podrapan Lodge Dr. Crane Wansat Andrew Warren, Jr West Wausau Portsmouth N. H Hampton Beach Sea View House Atlantic House Ocean House Slkhorn L. D. Mohr Walworth Geneva Jamestown C. T Richarn Snorz Capt Phelan Rossa J.B. Martin Macan Ill Manning Bangor Covey Arkansas City Caldwell Jamis $. Anderson Holton Minn Sterling National Treasury Sacnamanta Cal Margaret E. Crocker E. B. Crocker Art Tur Lemont Torr James Cogan Pasco Station Cogan City of Rio Janeiro Huantupa River Linyun Woo Sung Shanghai Ocean Steamship Company Orestes Petersburg North Carolina Surry County Tunes Marraew McArferty Boston Massachusetts Butler Ireland College of the Holy Cross Worcester Lowell Twenty-fifth Garrison Park Avenue New York Catharine van Auken Mary E. Garrison William R. Garrison Oliver Garrison Commodore Melville C. Day Oliver

Gettysburg visit review of the field of battle

Special correspondence from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, May 4 describes two days of commemorations led by Union and Confederate veterans, the president and cabinet, and Rev. Col. John B. Bachelder guiding veterans along the battle line. The piece notes Wisconsin soldiers and officials, battlefield monuments, and efforts to honor fallen comrades while reflecting on the war’s meaning. The article concludes with remarks on the town and its memory of Civil War struggles.

Wisconsin Gettysburg Wadsworth Reynolds Waterloo Potomac Lincoln Everett Cemetery Ridge Culp’s Hill Round Top Army of the Potomac United States John B. Bachelder Stannard Gen. Hunt Messrs. Cleveland Hendricks Gen. Rosecrans Co. Vilag Bragg Col. West Waukesha Libby Denver Washington Court-House Indiana T. W. Hakur

Consumption Cure Promises and Medical Newsletter

An old physician offers a free distribution of a vegetable remedy claimed to cure consumption bronchitis and nervous debility, with instructions in multiple languages. Also notes the sale of the old warship Niagara for 12300 dollars and its service history, plus various ads and notices including lightning death at BerReR Springs and a 20 to 50 cent remedy for pain.

East India W. A. Noyes Power's Rochester N.Y Boston Mass Henry Steers Navy Yard Tse Voutaic Bett Co Marshall Mich Berrer Springs Edward Wood Eau Claire Babe

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