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THE BOSTON GLOBE THURSDAY, DECEMBKR 6. 1906. row a HHrW I ACC fY? dPAA Aaa mm ALLEY STREET RUINS OF THE P. J. HARNEY SHOE CO FACTORY.

VIEW ON COMMERCIAL STREET JUST BEFORE THE BUILDINGS COLLAPSED. fire escapes and scrambled down the ladders, ull getting out safely. Lynn the boilers which exploded were not subject to state inspection." The state police department began its Investigation of the explosion as soon as word was received of Its nature. Boiler Inspectors ateNell and Ferguson. I with Building Inspectors Cheney and i Sheehan, were sent at once to Lynn with orders to make a thorough inspection with a view to placing the cause for the accident.

Probable Cause of Explosion. State Building Inspector A. J. Cheney, who began an Investigation as soon as possible after the explosion, this 1 "SSsfiSiT ri jj Buried, But Rescued Alive. On the third floor was John Gannon, john H.

Tlbbsrts, Daniel Haggerty and Henry I McGuIre. When the walla bulged out and the floors went down McGuIre was thrown in a corner, and on top of nlm fell a large number of shoe racks. These were lifted off by his companions and all escaped through the burning stairways, they were singed and each had holes burned In his clothes. Soon the flames had enpulfed the factories of Tufts Krlendman and the New York shoe company, also the box factory of John Owens, all four-story wooden buildings fronting on Alley st and filling the space between Alley and Commercial sts, the Boston Maine tracks and the creamery of H. P.

Hood Sons. These buildings, with their contents, were totally destroyed. The fire caught in the Hood buildings and thousands of quarts of milk were lost and the building damaged to the extent of $10,000. It has recently been built. Many of the horses were out, but those in the stables were removed to places of safety.

The Globe LATEST 7:30 O'CLOCK NEARLY A HOLOCAUST JN LYNN Continued Prom tin- Plrst Piiiff. 3, fell from ladder, afterward overcome by smoke. All taken to Lynn hospital and will recover. afternoon expressed the opinion that a defective seam in the boiler at the Har- ney factory caused the explosion. As In the case of the disaster at the I Grover shoe factory at Brockton, early last year, such a defect could have been discovered only after a most thorough places to the east of the fire were handicapped in getting to their offices and places of employment.

Previous to 7 a rp the trains ran as scheduled cr nearly so. The Are was heyond tho control of the ftremen when they anlved, and as the east wind, which was strong, swept the Aames across the tracks, all traffic on the Boston Maine railroad there was discontinued. Tho last train to leave Boston for Lynr and way stations left the North 'jtation at 7 a in. It was crowded with passengers, some of whom were employed in the shoe factories which were destroyed. The train was stopped before West Lynr was reached and the passengers alighted and walked into West I ynn and Lynn to their places or employment.

Many whose business necessitated their traveling beyond resorted to the trolley cars. As early as 7:30 this morning the Boston Maine officials realized that some means must be adopted to care for the heavy traflic which was congesting the union station, and special trains were made up for those desiring to go to Salem and other stations. These trains were not sent over the regular main line, but were sent out over the western division by way of Wakefield and Peabody to Salem. Scores of travelers eagerly sought this way of reaching their destinations, some changing to electric cars for Swampscott or Lynn at the end of the line. The superintendents of the various divisions had their hands full for several inspection.

SAW BOILER GO UP. Lynn Man Declares Parts Were 1 nrown iou reet in Mir ana ocaiy LYNN HOSPITAL AND EXTENSION, WHERE SOME OF THE FIRE VICTIMS WERE SENT. and back and the hospital authorities think may have inhaled flames. Saw Building Collapse. George Tirle was walking on the tracks of the Boston, Revere Beach Lynn railroad when he received a blow on the back from a piece of flying brick.

Fortunately he escaped with only slight injuries. He rushed to the building and said that he saw half of the Harney building collapse, and he also saw a number of Armenians, who were In the lasting department, rush for the fire escapes to get out of the burning When Luther Wait, station agent of the narrow gage depot in West Lvnr. heard the explosion ne iookeu out at the Harney factory and saw that a portion of the side nearest to Commercial st had been blown out making a hole fully 30 feet wide. A few minutes later several persons who were in the factory and who had been cut. bruised and burned were brought Into the depot where they were made as comfortable as possible until the arrival of the ambulances.

He saw a number of young women making their escape from the upper stories of the Harney building on the fire escapes and he believes that they all got out without injury. Few Operatives in Building. Asst Supt Fred Wlnchell of the Harney factory was at his desk in the office when the explosion occurred. He says positively that he does not believe there were more than operatives In the building at the time, as the majority of the help are not in the habit Of getting there much before 7:15. and there are about U00 employed at the prtsent time.

When the boiler exploded It sounded like a cannon, he says, and the concussion knocked him off his feet. He is positive that none of the factory employes was killed. Patrolman Frank Swain was at the depot, and saw the boiler sro through the roof, he says, and then the Are broke out. Sergt Thorne and patrolman Arthur Flannagan were in the vicinity, and rushed Into the Tufts Friedman factory and brought two Hebrews, employes of the Harney concern, who had sought safety in there. The clothing of these men was afire and they were frantic with fright when rescued by the officers and Sent to the hospital.

Tie-Up of Passenger Traffic. A number of the freight cars belonging to the railroad, standing in the freight yard near the buildings were considerably damaged before they could be hauled out of the way by the shifting locomotives. The complete blocking of the Boston Maine eastern division caused great Inconvenience to thousands of peoples. At the busiest hours of the day, wllh thousands endeavoring to reach their t- ill 1 1 mmmmsm i i 1 1 i I XV III I L- '0 I lli III! IS 1 tered Over Railroad Tracks. H.

W. Robinson, a citizen of Lynn, said: "The like of the fire I never before saw. The noise of the explosion shook all buildings. "I saw parts of the boiler go into the air fully 150 feet. Parts of the roofs of sheds also went skyward.

Fragments of the boiler could be seen on both the Boston Maine and narrow gage railroad tracks." "When I got my train I saw that J. larmy's shoe factory building was flat on the ground. In fac' almost with the explosion the building became wrecked. from the eastern to tho western division, over the tracks. It Is not expected that any trains will be run to Boston over the eastern division until this afternoon.

URGE STRUCTURES BURNED i i joLsr-i i i in rni i i i i i I i I 1 "III x-T I III 1 1 I It was some three or five minutes after BROCKTON PROMPT TO HELP Sympathy for Lynn Disaster Causes an Offer of Assistance From Grover Relief Committee. BROCKTON, Dec 6 When news of the Lynn factory disaster reached here this morning a thrill of horror and sympathy hours, planning relief for the anxious passengers, and the information bureau was besieged with curious persons, all anxious to And out the cause of the tie-up. No information could be obtained as to the probable time that traffic would be renewed, aa the dispatchers and other officials were as much in the dark as anybody. Emergency brakemen and con- .3 I. 1 1 1 I I III I 1 vrKHFli II I II 1 II I I.

11 I I I SH -ai mm it i .1 if i i di i i swept through the city. I i 9 I I i I i I I Mtn uuccoio yvc.e lo oaiem anu outer Kx-Alderman Walter Rapp of the patoU, however, and It was thought funJ board com. that by noon trains would be running municaUd with ex-Alderman Frederick the noise of the explosion before the flame could be seen. When I left Hood Co building had caught fire, but the firemen had six or seven streams on It. The three alarms that were sounded came in very rapid succession.

"As I had to be in Boston, before 9 o'clock, I had to take my usual train, and so didn't wait to see much more, but three tenement houses had been set afire, and there was a great rush on the part of women and children to the streets. "Orders were given by the police and firemen not even to make an attempt to save valuables from these houses. On the train a man named Fred G. P. J.

Harney Shoe Co. Tufts Friedman Shoe Co. H. P. Hood Creamery.

Boston Maine West Lynn railroad station. New York shoe company. John H. Owens' box factory. R.

Y. Russell box factory and vacant building. I I I I I I --II I JMrta I I A i la II ae usual ovci me eastern uivision. is en i i i i i i nt i ii i i i K. Studley of the stitchers' union, and West Lynn Station Goes.

Across the track of the railroad the flames leaped, licking up two freight cars and the West Lynn station. In a very few moments after It first caught this building was burned to the ground. Flying sparks set fire to the dwellings facing on Charles st and backing against the railroad property and here the fireman made their stand. It looked at this time as if the Are would sweep through West Lynn with the high norttieust wind blowing and the sparks flying to the roofs of all the buildings In the vicinity. The light snow falling soon turned to rain and this did much in retarding the spread of the lire.

The Urst building on Charles st to catch was the four-story wooden structure owned by Y. Russell and used as a paper box factory. This was Quickly consumed, as was another of the same size, also Russell's, 100 by and vacant. The grocery store and house of Morris Bearkyr went next, and then the residences of Richard Johnson, Thomas Pressy, David Johnson, Parker Harris, Isaac Sandler, David Lisk and Mrs Esther Pleasant. These were all small cottages, and, with the contents, were entirely consumed, the occupants "saving nothing but the wearing apparel they had on when leaving.

It was here that the fire was got mnler control about 10, after thret of the hardest hours fighting the firemen ever had. Several times the leather factory of Jacobs Jacobson and the shoe t'iii 1 i'i-y Of, Ma Wiirti.ley caught, but One official said that It was purely a a member of the board, and plans were piunieumuim maiad juM wnen tramc i put in operation for affording reiiet wuuiu oe rcsumeu. tie was 01 tne opin- I mm this city it needed Mr Studley had a conference with ion that it all depended upon Just how k. ni on, I. i George W.

Alden, general secretary of relief committee, and Mayor Bradford was authorized to telegraph the mayor of Lynn thai the Grover committee stands ready to do everything possible to assist in the work of relief badly the rails were warped in the vicinity of the Are at the West Lynn station, which was consumed. The surface cars of the Boston Northern railway rmwHil onriu thio mi 1' from this city. Lamson told a party of us that the engineer of the P. J. Harney building had probably sustained very serious Injury.

This man said they got the engineer out of the debris and rushed I him to the hospital. He spoke to the -x 7 nl I I I vx 1 A SH i II I to Pres alter M. Steele of the Brockton its utmost capacity. These cars, which 'joint shoe counciCthe head organization pass within four or Ave minutes' walk of the 15,000 union shoe workers, left of the heart of the Are, were Jammed immediately for Lynn as soon as ho full of men, wo men and ch lldren al- i learned of the disaster with the purpose most beforo thev enmr. a mil I of 8l'tlinK tne ground and ascertain-most oeiore iney had come to a full i in)? assistance might be rendered stop at Lynn, and hundreds of people by the Brockton shoemakers.

He stated who visit Boston dally waited In the I that if found necessary he would at once call a meeting of the council to take places of business In Boston, all the trains were held up. From Maine, New Hampshire and points In this stato trains were stopped all the way fiom West Lynn to near Salem. No trains came out from Boston until arrangements were made to transfer passengerr and then the latter had to walk about one mile. Kxtra trains on the narrow were started as rapidly as possible, and In this way thousands reached Boston. The he start -d wlth'p 100 feet of the narrow gage depot, but spread In the opposite direction.

Men and women hung to the steps of tra'ns going from this city, thf crowds belr.g so large. action for setting in motion steps ior rain and snow for an opportunity to climb aboard the cars. The officials of the Boston Northern were taken wholly by surprise, but they offered what relief they could. Additional cars were ordered from other LYNN. Per Through a holler explosion in the factory of the P.

J. Harney shoe company. Alley St. shortly before 7 this morning, followed by a tire that completely destroyed six factories and nine dwellings, with the West l.ytvi depot of the Hoston Maine railroad. loss of about $600.

(HH was entailed. Had the better exploited 10 minutes Inter ft terrible accident would have been the result. AH the employes were not at work, many of them being near the factory when the front wall was blown out. There were about 50 Inside, however, 40 of them being girls. All escape) with the possible exception uf Wagner.

4 ii iii reiiet irom tne local snoe unions. The first news of the disaster spread through the city like wildAre and caused general comment, bringing vividly to mind the boiler explosion at tho i ii ui Mm the tire? -n them. i mv i H. is. urover Ac Co factory on the morn a v.

i luvtui i 'ii ill- i i i 1 1 1 1 DISTRICT BURNED IN WEST it in ntrnc.ot.iN i i-k i divisions of the road and extra motor- illg Qf March SO, 19(6, which blotted out ED LINES TO WHICH THE ARROW POINTS. men 1U11UU1.1U13 weio pressed into lives, unu nurneu me plant to tho nociors in the ambulance and complained of a terrible pain In the groin." Mr Robinson also said that the West Lynn depot was badly burned, and that lines of hose were across the tracks, which by the heat spread and were all out of shepe. Daniel Keliiher. another resident of Lynn, got Into the narrow gage depot at 9 o'clock. He said there were two or three shoe factories ablaze when he left the city.

The P. J. Harney factory, he said, was almost flat. Just one wall standing Six streams of water were being put against the wall, tho water falling into the debris, where the thickest flame seemed to be. He said that he counted six houses afire and heard that three or four men were fatally hurt He said that almost every doctor of West Lynn was at the Are.

He also saw two ambularces leaving the scne of the explosion and going post haste to the hospital. He urouml. service. Force of Explosion Felt in Dorchester FIRE ON THE CRETAN. After 7:30 little attempt was made to run the trolley cars on scheduled time, but they were run as often as possible.

The force of the explosion In Lynn was felt In Dorchester, the resldent-i au. KJuu JC Lvery car that went out of Lynn car ried between 90 and luu passengers and supposing there had been some un- Coast Flames Extinguished soine or tnem ch rrien cv more usually heavy blast In the neighbor mccn nrrtumi hood. Houses were shaken and lata sleepers were aroused suddenly. Loss to Boston Maine. It was fet.red at one time that the thousands of cars stored in the West Lynn freight yards of the would be consumed, hut a switching locomd-tlve happened to be on that side of the Are and succeeded in pulling the cars out of the way.

The loss to the Boston Maine, through the destruction of the station and cars.jvlll amount to about 500 uninsured. The telegraph and signal wires of the road were destroyed, the poles being burned and thrown across the tracks. It was not until nearly 11 that trains went through. Kven then some windows were broken by the heat, but the trains were compelled to go slowly on account of the possible damage to the roadbed. The Boston, Revere Beach Lynn railroad handled a large amount of the overflow traflic, and every train coming Into this city after 8am was packed.

Jiei Cretan of the Boston Hill steamship oonipuny urrlved hs with fire In the miscellaneous STENSLAND'S CASHIER. Sentenced After Pleading Guilty to Taking Funds of Milwaukee-Av Bank to Help "Beauty Doctor." CHICAGO. Dec 6 Haghart Gregerson, formerly exchange teller of the MiIw.hi-kee-av state bank, of which Paul Stenseland was president, today pleaded guilty to embezzlement of the funds of the bank, and was given an Indeterminate sentence In tho penitentiary. Gre-gerson Is the third official of the bank to be sent to prison. HS said In court today that he had taken the money for the purpose of helping a young woman bulla up a business as a "beauty BANKS RESTRICTING ISSUE.

The ferry boats Jammed full of people, who maintained excellent order. The train leaving Lynn about 7:30 was tin. f. I 1 Removing the Injured. The occupants of the houses on Charles st were left homeless and were taken in by neighbors, many throwing their doors open and Insisting that advantage be taken of their hospitality.

At one time, it looked as If the department would have to ask Hoston for ass, stance, but a favorable change came and the local tire department fought out alone, with the assistance of tne engines from Swampscott and Nahant With the fire In progress the police were busy removing the Injured to the Lynn hospital. With the exception of the two firemen the Injured got their hurts and burns In the Harney and Tufts Friedman factories. Several of tnose injured left the Harney factory and In the confusion and excitement went Into the Tufts Friedman establishment. Before they could recover their presenoe of mind they were surrounded by flames and had to fight their way out. IteenhhTIg the sidewalks the men were taken to the boston Maine depot and tliis was turned Into a temporary hospital until the flames caught the structure Here Drs Stone and Harris attend didn know how many were in the ambulances Mr Keliiher said that Hood Co Vil Jilt; 111 I umvw i Vmic.

ill'! Hit-limn wi.t ,1 Ha Ihn ffforti Of 1 James B. Forgan Says They Have Outstanding Only 62' 2 Percent of Authorized Amount. CHICAGO. Dec 6 An elastic currency issued by national banks at a low rate of interest, which will ebb and How as n.a uHll wmm not crowded, but that leaving at 7:45 was well Piled, and later trains were Jammed. Many passengers waited over a train at West Lynn to see the blaze, which scorched the West Lynn station of the Boston, Revere Beach Lynn Cretan reached tiiU city th Fled by Fire Escapes.

The men nnd girls fled down the fire escapes and through flaming stairways, tilt succeeded In reu hlng the street and places of safety. It was one of the worst tires in the history of the city and one of the hardest to itVht The hutdtngs imed fi all woou-en and the 1 i wind blew sparks an burning embers In all directions. All trains on lie eastern division of the Ponton Maine were delayed from the time the Are broke out until nearly noon. were stalled all the way from l.vnn to Salem on the Inward t'acks and from the Saugus river to near Chelsea on the outward of isscngers were compelled to change cars, taking the narrow gage trains to Boston. At MSM the tire was under control and th oene was being viewed by of persons, while men dug In the still warm ruins on the strength of rumors that bodies might be buried beneath the debris.

Boilers Fired. Then Explosion. It was shortly before 7 that ihe ex the demands of commerce require, was I I i i mm i tn the rauroau nadly and burned telegraoh poles within lo feet of it. The easterly advocated by J. B.

Forgan. president of oetpnia iiremwia of the crew and extinguished nv in a few hours, ine say the damage done was viiiu aione saved at. ihe draft into the 1 msw imun, an nuuirss Aames at that point was very strong, before the Bank Clerks' association last ao miles an hour, and great tongues night. Aame luo or IH feet long were blown Jhu ba8'8 or. t'8 issue will be i.

we uiuwn uis ucd balance of the national factory might not be totally destroyed, yet on one side of it the flames were high. Mr Keliiher also said that there was terrible sulfering on the part of women and children who stood in, the street some only half clad. A Boston Are department district chief said that at 8:30 he received a telephone from Commissioner Wells, who said that up to that time no word had been received here for aid. The Boston Maine people notified Commissioner Wtlls that a train was at the disposal of the Boston fire department and would be in waiting at the terminal, if there came a call for aid from Boston. The last time the Boston Are department went to Lynn was about 13 years ago.

At that time the engines went over the road. I ha nl. i 1 vi. ort-a fr- sTVkMMll i banks' bonded reserve Towed Into Stage Harbor i I anded MUTUAL LIFE IS SUING. Company Wants Damages From Its Former Agent in London and a British Company.

LONDON, Dec 6 The hearing of the suit of the Mutual life Insurance company of New York against the North British and Mercantile Insurance company and D. C. Haideman, former London manager of the Mutual, began here today before Justice Sir Charles Swin-fen Eady. The plaintiffs ask for an Injunction and damages, alleging that while Mr Haideman was still In their employ, la-suggested to the North British company i i. vinevard VINKVARP HAVEN.

PfJjH MnhaWK. 1 i. ii, I rn 'ii. ntlnf (ireit I LUUlflinil. and reported that the Dopfl, which was pulled shoal yesterday, we to l.aibor today by the ,1 h.te Partially Covered by Insurance.

The loss of the P. J. Harney company, estimated by James Lennox, Is "0. with an insurance of about JIjO.cOO; Owens Jao.OoO, insurance Tufts A Friedman J150.000. Insurance New York shoe company insurance BL P.

Hood $10,000. fully Insured; R. Y. Russell Jls.fOO. Insurance $10,000.

The loss 0,1 the cottages burned and their contents is placed at about with $700C insurance. It was by far the worst tire Lynn has experienced in years. It started in a nest of wood buildings and the wind seemed favorable to spreading the flamts toward the factories on Commercial st and through the residential section of West Lynn. Terrible would have been the results had the explosion taken place a half-hour after the factory started, as about 600 were employed in the Harney establishment alone and about 2U00 In the factories burned. What caused the explosion engineer Dunning says he does not know.

There was not too much pressure, according to the gage, he says, and he is at a total loss to explain the accident. He has had years of experience. State Police Begins Inquiry. The boiler which blew up this morning was not subject to the Inspection of the sta'e police As the boiler was Insured It was subject to the Inspection of the company holding the risk, and had been regularly Inspected, according to the returns made to the state police. Deputy Neal of the state police said this morning: 'This explosion, following the similar one at Brockton a year ago, emphasises the need of a tborougii Inspection of tvery boiler by this department.

The insurance companies do not have to pay for the loss of life. It is notable that both Bruva'-ou aud Gresham. The the bark ntine were landd nr Fire headquarters indirectly heard that at 8:30 this morning there were at least a score of pieces of apparatus at i the fire, coming from Swampscott, Revere, Salem and Chelsea. The Lynn Are department up to a year ago comprised only six steamers and as many trucks. Recently an aerial ladder i Lteut Carden stated that plosion tank place W.

R. Dunning, the engineer at the Harney factory, had reached the boiler room some time before, and started the fires and was all prepared to turn the power on when the disastsr came. Pieces of the holler were blown through the front of the building, demolishing the structure, and a heavy timber fell across Dunning. pnnlrg him. Many persons were on the way to work and In the vicinity of the factory when the catastrophe occurred.

Pieces Of the boiler and building flew around them and some were slightly injured. Edward Tufts ran to box and pulled la the alarm and the fire department re aponded. A second, third and general rtscued the entire cr- ihe commluee investigating this matter found the 0000 banks had outstanding only 62 percent of the amount they are authorized to issue. They therefore have a standing reserve of S7V4 percent. The committee plan allows for the issuance of JJ percent low-rate currency and percent high tax currency.

Shaw's Report Pleased London. LONDON, Dec 6 Operators on the stock exchange were favorably Impressed by the report of the secretary of the treasury, Mr Shaw, and accepted It e.8 proof that something will be done to relieve the Ananclal situation or prevent excessive monetary strit gen-cy. American securities were favorably affected. The high-priced issues showed a rise of 1 pol it over parity before noon. Hearing on "Elastic" Currency.

WASHINGTON, Dec 6 The house committee on banking ard currency will bold hearings on electric currency beginning Dec 11. Poor Stuff. "But do you think," asked the visitor In the Maine town, "that prohibition really prevents?" "Well." replied the wise native, know it vrevents a poor fellow from the best uf whisky, but It doesn't prevent poor whisky from getting the best of aim." Philadelphia Men on the narrow gage station threw snovelluls of snow and palls of dirty water, scooped up from the gutters, on the roofs and side of the building. This was ail the water they could get, as the flremen were squirting all their feeblo streams into the blaze, which was roaring for scores of feet in linear tront on either side of the spots the streams struck. The drenching rainfall also helped to save the narrow gage station, though It evaporated immediately un striking the hot shingles.

SALEM TRAFFIC CONGESTION For Two Hours Passengers Waited in Station for Trains, Which Finally Went by Western Division. SALEM. Nov 6 Owing to the blockade of tracks of the Boston Maine railroad at West Lynn, caused by the Are and ruins, no train on the eastern division has arrived in this city from Boston sir.ee a m. No trains from this city to Boston on the eastern division have been run since 7:30 a m. The traffic congestion In this city and eastward began to ease by a m.

when trains were run over the western division by the way of Peabody and WakeiteW. All grains from Portland, Portsmouth, Newbiiruert aud Gloucester switched Ih it later In tie ay 0 ed to the wounded and dispatched them to the hospital in the ambulance. Tells of Saving Lives. Kdward Tuits, who pulled in the alarm and is employed in the Tufts Friedman factory states that he and John Dougherty, also an employe, were standing in front of the Harney factory Men the explosion took place. "We were thrown down." he saya "and bricks, pieces of iron and wood were living about.

We saw the building shake and the front come out. Running to the rear we heard the cries of Dunning, Joseph Weir, employed In the Harney r.eath a heavy timber with other stuff piled on top. Dougherty grab'oed the timber aud lifted It up. I tore Dunning away. Reaching the front of the building again, we discovered a Jewish girl pinn.d tiem-ath timbers.

We succeeded In getting her out and the police took her to the hospital. Jostph Weir, employed in the Harney factory, was brought out of the fire bruised and bleeding. He was assisted 10 escape by Walter Mahoney, who rushed to the place as soon as the explosion occurred. Fireman Gidnev was on a ladder on ih Tufts Friedman building when miureti. A burst of flame aod hot air from a window threw him 10 the ground, in ua injured about the arms was placed in commission.

Point life saving ere ai'; acne In their boat, ana revenue cutter Greshsm srn "COMMUTERS" DELAYED. The Mohawk and a scneme to cran.sier ine iiritisn policyholders of the Mutual to the North Uri't-ish, and that on the day of the termination of his engagement with the Mutual hs sent out a circular to all the British policyholders Inviting them to surrender their policies In the Mutual and transfer them to the North British The plaintiffs also contend that Mr Haideman wrongfully used Information which he obtained as London manager for the Mutual. Ex-Atty Gen Flnlay, in presenting the plaintlfl a case, said it was admitted that there had been the gravest abuses In the management of the Mutual, but the suggestion made by Mr Haideman of failure to take the most stringent steoe to end these abuses was absolutely unfounded Bishop Parker Makes Address. I-ast night Bishop Parker of New Hampshire was the guest of the Men's club of Trinity church. His subject was "Rural church Work in New UUI1CU wi i.

1 1 towed her Ri w.u5 In such bad VB. alarms were sent la end then came the apparatus from Swampacott and Na-hant. The Harney factory, a four-story t.i.t not to ha V.resh PflTdSI Flames Swept Across tne Tracks at West Lynn, and Stopped All Traffic. Commuters living on the line of the eastern division of the Boston Maine railroad in West Lynn, Lynn and all points east of that city suffered much Inconvenience this morning as a result i of the conflagration. The train service on that division was greatly crippled and persons whose aeas is iwcaied iu ttoatoa and otawr iiianin'i, wr.i" ut.ii.,.

harbor, wttn structure, was a mass of flames when the department arrived, so soon had the hlase spread. On the top floor were about girls, stitchers and cleaners. I They felt the floor sag under them when 1 Fie exploatoii came and they were 1 s.uwke. The guia ran to uic 4 I rj Is believed hero that a le abandoned alter area, rrt.