tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071717094764910852024-03-13T20:33:04.938-07:001880's Hamilton1880s Hamiltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13253455167112693975noreply@blogger.comBlogger226125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-307171709476491085.post-89875388793523651362023-07-27T10:05:00.002-07:002023-07-27T10:05:19.539-07:001887 - Boating Accident<p> <b style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">1887 – Boating Accident – 6 Drowned</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">“ ‘A Body found on the Beach! Four Persons Drowned! A whole family gone!’ Such were the words which were passed from mouth to mouth yesterday morning.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;"> “Six Persons Drowned : Terrible End of a Queen’s Birthday Boating Party.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;"> Hamilton Weekly Times May 25 1887<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;"> It was an alarming telephone message received by both the Hamilton Police and the news room of the Hamilton Times during the morning after the Queen’s Birthday celebrations of 1887:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;"> “The information was that the body of a woman, apparently 35 or 40 years old, well-dressed and wearing costly jewellery, had been found upon the Beach by Mr. J. Corey. The report was not long unconfirmed, for in a few minutes, a message was received that a whole family was lost, father, mother and three children being drowned. “<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;"> The TIMES reporter on duty learned that the body found was that of Mrs. Thompson, boat builder, 368 Hughson street north, and he immediately started off for that address:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;"> “There was no one in the house, but after considerable knocking an old gentleman came out from the next house south and with apparent alarm asked, ‘Do you want Mr. Thompson? Do you know anything of him?’ <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;"> The reporter tried to ascertain as much information as possible:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;"> “In reply to a question the old gentleman stated that Mr. Thompson had his wife and children out for a row on the Queen’s Birthday and had not returned. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;"> “An old lady then came from the same house and said, ‘No, he didn’t come back and I’m afraid they are all drowned. Oh, my poor John, my only son John.’ <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;"> The old gentleman stated that he was the father of John H. Thompson and that the old lady was John’s mother.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;"> Old Mrs. Thompson stated that there were six in the group - her son, with his wife, his wife’s sister, Miss Vincent, his daughter Edith, aged 5, his daughter Jessie, aged between 3 and 4, and his baby boy, under 2 years of age. All had gone out in Mr. Thompson’s boat with the intention of spending the day at the Beach. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;"> The man from the Times then started off for the Beach to further investigate :<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;"> “At John Dynes’ the statement was made that boating party arrived there early in the afternoon and stayed there until it was growing dark. There were in the party, Mr. & Mrs. Dynes thought, only five people – two children, one of them in arms – but Sammy Dynes said he had played with two little girls and had got a lunch for them. They started away from there between 7 and 8 o’clock, and Mr. Dynes thought, rowed towards the Beach.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;"> As the Dynes family was being interviewed the Chief of Police and Detective Campbell drove up. They were told to go over to the residence of well-known Beach fisherman Mr. Corey:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;"> “In a skiff, drawn up on land in the shade of an elevated water tank lay the body of Mrs. Thompson. In the corpse could seen the traces of a fine-looking woman. She was dressed in maroon and black coloured dress and wore a gold ring, gold watch and chain and gold ornaments. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;"> “Mr. J, Corey had started out from his house at about 4 o’clock in the morning, and is his custom after a gale, to look for driftwood. He was rowing slowly along, close to the shore in front of his own premises, when, in a clump of willows, he saw the body. It was floating upon the surface of the water and looked almost too life-like to be that of a dead woman. He took it in his boat and hauled it to the place where it would be sheltered from the sun.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;"> Corey then notified Mr. Hughes, who sent word to the police. At first no one could recognize who the dead woman was. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;"> Upon the arrival of members of the Dynes family, that mystery was soon solved:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;"> “Sammy Dynes thought it looked like Mrs. Thompson. ‘If it is her,’ he said, ‘ she will have a peach stone ornament upon her watch chain.’ The watch was taken from her pocket, and the peach ornament was there. Upon the left hand of the unfortunate woman was a cut as if done by being thrown against a branch of a tree or some sharp thing upon the shore. From her nose there oozed a drop of blood and at her mouth was froth like that which generally follows drowning. The body was carefully covered up to await the undertaker. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;"> It was decided to take the body to the Ocean House:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">“Mrs. Hughes was met on the road. She had in her hand a lady’s straw hat of a peculiar tint, and a satchel. Both were soaked with water. She said that her nephew had found the boat upon the beach in rear of Mr. R. M. Wanzer’s house. Thither the party went and found a row boat about 18 or 20 feet long, tied up to a breakwater. It was half full of sand and was stamped ‘J. H. Thompson, boat builder, 368 Hughson street north, Hamilton, Canada; in several places.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;"> Two men said had seen the Thompson group out on the bay as they left the Dynes’ place shortly after seven o’clock :<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;"> “The party then appeared to be making for home. The supposition is that they got a couple of miles out when the wind came up and a gale from the northwest began to blow. Mr. Thompson was an expert boatman, but with a heavy wind, two women and three little children in the boat, it is likely he could do nothing. The wind blew so fiercely that it broke a door in Mr. Dynes’ house, and in the face of such a wind few men could row a load of frightened women and children. He may have tried to turn his boat so as to return home, or the wind may have turned it broadside to the waves, but the probabilities are that it filled and went down, and thus six souls passed away.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;"> A search was made along the shore for other bodies, but none could be found :<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;"> “Those who have lived along the Beach for years and have seen many drownings say there is nothing strange in the fact that Mrs. Thompson’s body floated while the oysters sank. Preparations for the work of dragging for the bodies was commenced as soon as the body of Mrs. Thompson was brought by the undertaker to this city.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;"> Thomson was a man of about 40 years of age. Miss Vincent, his sister-in-law, had been visiting her family in Hamilton only a short time. She came from near Bracebridge, in Muskoka, her post office address being Uffington, Muskoka, she was quite a young woman.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;"> Soon an oar, a seat and a child’s hat were washed ashore. However the search for the rest of the remains of the drowning victims proved to be much harder.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></b><b style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">1887 – Boating Accident – 6 Drowned</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">“ ‘A Body found on the Beach! Four Persons Drowned! A whole family gone!’ Such were the words which were passed from mouth to mouth yesterday morning.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;"> “Six Persons Drowned : Terrible End of a Queen’s Birthday Boating Party.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;"> Hamilton Weekly Times May 25 1887<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;"> It was an alarming telephone message received by both the Hamilton Police and the news room of the Hamilton Times during the morning after the Queen’s Birthday celebrations of 1887:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;"> “The information was that the body of a woman, apparently 35 or 40 years old, well-dressed and wearing costly jewellery, had been found upon the Beach by Mr. J. Corey. The report was not long unconfirmed, for in a few minutes, a message was received that a whole family was lost, father, mother and three children being drowned. “<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;"> The TIMES reporter on duty learned that the body found was that of Mrs. Thompson, boat builder, 368 Hughson street north, and he immediately started off for that address:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;"> “There was no one in the house, but after considerable knocking an old gentleman came out from the next house south and with apparent alarm asked, ‘Do you want Mr. Thompson? Do you know anything of him?’ <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;"> The reporter tried to ascertain as much information as possible:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;"> “In reply to a question the old gentleman stated that Mr. Thompson had his wife and children out for a row on the Queen’s Birthday and had not returned. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;"> “An old lady then came from the same house and said, ‘No, he didn’t come back and I’m afraid they are all drowned. Oh, my poor John, my only son John.’ <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;"> The old gentleman stated that he was the father of John H. Thompson and that the old lady was John’s mother.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;"> Old Mrs. Thompson stated that there were six in the group - her son, with his wife, his wife’s sister, Miss Vincent, his daughter Edith, aged 5, his daughter Jessie, aged between 3 and 4, and his baby boy, under 2 years of age. All had gone out in Mr. Thompson’s boat with the intention of spending the day at the Beach. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;"> The man from the Times then started off for the Beach to further investigate :<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;"> “At John Dynes’ the statement was made that boating party arrived there early in the afternoon and stayed there until it was growing dark. There were in the party, Mr. & Mrs. Dynes thought, only five people – two children, one of them in arms – but Sammy Dynes said he had played with two little girls and had got a lunch for them. They started away from there between 7 and 8 o’clock, and Mr. Dynes thought, rowed towards the Beach.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;"> As the Dynes family was being interviewed the Chief of Police and Detective Campbell drove up. They were told to go over to the residence of well-known Beach fisherman Mr. Corey:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;"> “In a skiff, drawn up on land in the shade of an elevated water tank lay the body of Mrs. Thompson. In the corpse could seen the traces of a fine-looking woman. She was dressed in maroon and black coloured dress and wore a gold ring, gold watch and chain and gold ornaments. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;"> “Mr. J, Corey had started out from his house at about 4 o’clock in the morning, and is his custom after a gale, to look for driftwood. He was rowing slowly along, close to the shore in front of his own premises, when, in a clump of willows, he saw the body. It was floating upon the surface of the water and looked almost too life-like to be that of a dead woman. He took it in his boat and hauled it to the place where it would be sheltered from the sun.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;"> Corey then notified Mr. Hughes, who sent word to the police. At first no one could recognize who the dead woman was. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;"> Upon the arrival of members of the Dynes family, that mystery was soon solved:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;"> “Sammy Dynes thought it looked like Mrs. Thompson. ‘If it is her,’ he said, ‘ she will have a peach stone ornament upon her watch chain.’ The watch was taken from her pocket, and the peach ornament was there. Upon the left hand of the unfortunate woman was a cut as if done by being thrown against a branch of a tree or some sharp thing upon the shore. From her nose there oozed a drop of blood and at her mouth was froth like that which generally follows drowning. The body was carefully covered up to await the undertaker. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;"> It was decided to take the body to the Ocean House:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">“Mrs. Hughes was met on the road. She had in her hand a lady’s straw hat of a peculiar tint, and a satchel. Both were soaked with water. She said that her nephew had found the boat upon the beach in rear of Mr. R. M. Wanzer’s house. Thither the party went and found a row boat about 18 or 20 feet long, tied up to a breakwater. It was half full of sand and was stamped ‘J. H. Thompson, boat builder, 368 Hughson street north, Hamilton, Canada; in several places.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;"> Two men said had seen the Thompson group out on the bay as they left the Dynes’ place shortly after seven o’clock :<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;"> “The party then appeared to be making for home. The supposition is that they got a couple of miles out when the wind came up and a gale from the northwest began to blow. Mr. Thompson was an expert boatman, but with a heavy wind, two women and three little children in the boat, it is likely he could do nothing. The wind blew so fiercely that it broke a door in Mr. Dynes’ house, and in the face of such a wind few men could row a load of frightened women and children. He may have tried to turn his boat so as to return home, or the wind may have turned it broadside to the waves, but the probabilities are that it filled and went down, and thus six souls passed away.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;"> A search was made along the shore for other bodies, but none could be found :<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;"> “Those who have lived along the Beach for years and have seen many drownings say there is nothing strange in the fact that Mrs. Thompson’s body floated while the oysters sank. Preparations for the work of dragging for the bodies was commenced as soon as the body of Mrs. Thompson was brought by the undertaker to this city.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;"> Thomson was a man of about 40 years of age. Miss Vincent, his sister-in-law, had been visiting her family in Hamilton only a short time. She came from near Bracebridge, in Muskoka, her post office address being Uffington, Muskoka, she was quite a young woman.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;"> Soon an oar, a seat and a child’s hat were washed ashore. However the search for the rest of the remains of the drowning victims proved to be much harder.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></b></p>1880s Hamiltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13253455167112693975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-307171709476491085.post-75186258432881074822022-04-08T05:58:00.004-07:002023-08-02T12:23:40.586-07:001886 - Major Storm<p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt3xsh9EA5R0Oz3lAmQsPMhM7r6GzmjJH3K24Mql2bajgl4lmi7l5FZRNHFNyI7auJ-aIh-xhOpmi3Rk-nUebmlKcOym98LzjYKhNnf3KGwTekh9oSPs0HYOkzL5d72SV42TCHPK9eTLusr3wHhLuA6H1ZHsekpJUiWC0fV5UhFA4X-9KiScM5MOJkcw/s806/!-1-1a1876WaterfrontWesttoEast4.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="806" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt3xsh9EA5R0Oz3lAmQsPMhM7r6GzmjJH3K24Mql2bajgl4lmi7l5FZRNHFNyI7auJ-aIh-xhOpmi3Rk-nUebmlKcOym98LzjYKhNnf3KGwTekh9oSPs0HYOkzL5d72SV42TCHPK9eTLusr3wHhLuA6H1ZHsekpJUiWC0fV5UhFA4X-9KiScM5MOJkcw/s320/!-1-1a1876WaterfrontWesttoEast4.png" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><b><br /></b></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><b>When a storm is brewing and extremely high winds are predicted to blow in from the notheast, that is when Hamilton residents brace for problems.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Such was the case on April 1, 1886 when a combined wind and snow storm, of significant proportions, reached Hamilton during the morning hours of the day. </b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><b>The Times coverage of the effects of the storm carried over two days. The first day's coverage was rather hastily pit together by a Times reporter who gathered in as much information as could be obtained before the afternoon edition of the paper had to be assembled.</b></span></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">The reporter did produce a lengthy column using reports that he had received about the effect of the storm in various parts of the city. This coverage was added to by his own gathering of information, obtained when he walked through the wind and snow to the waterfront to assess the damage that the storm was causing.</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">The following day the Times was able to give full details of the effects of the storm with an emphasis on what happened on the Beach Strip.</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">The Weekly Times of April 8, 1886 reprinted the two columns together. </span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">That report, in full follows:</span></b></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“The most
destructive storm that has raged in this neighborhood for many years began to
blow before seven o’clock this morning. The wind was then from the northeast,
and it began to freshen and bring a little snow. All morning it increased in
strength and before noon had damaged or destroyed almost everybody abutting the
bay. The water rose several feet above the ordinary highwater mark and the
howling wind beat it into great raging seas that overwhelmed with relentless
force everything in their way. The muddy churned into foam under the lash of
the wind and the rush of the seas at every dock along the bay, was a
magnificent and terrible sight. A person uptown could have no idea of the
tremendous force of the gale. Down at the bay, where it had swept the full
length of Lake Ontario and broken only by the Beach, its real strength was
felt. The wind there was violent enough to throw a man down and what was snow
uptown was down there fierce, biting hail cutting the cheeks like flying
pebbles.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Around the Docks<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">RAILWAY
DOCKS AND SIDINGS GONE.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“The
Grand Trunk docks suffered severely and all the way above the elevator not a
plank on it is left on the dock. The huge seas ripped off the planks fastened
by six-inch spikes as though they were shingles. Lumber in piles along the
docks and on flat cars flew about like straws. The old wharf at the west end of
the yard was nothing but a row of spiles and a few straw timbers after the
storm had worked it an hour or two. The siding nearest to it was undermined by
the encroaching waters and the track fell into the bay. The Toronto branch
track, which is at the water’s edge going out of the city to the junction was
also washed out at one point and the trains going west went slowly and
carefully till they had passed the exposed part of the line as far as the
canal. Chief Engineer Hobson faced the storm all morning at this point, and
everything was in readiness to repair any damage the storm might do to the main
line, which so far has escaped injury.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>A FLYING ROOF<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“About
9 o’clock a large section of the roof of Walton’s big ice house at the foot of
Strachan street was torn off and sailed away towards the railway track. As it
fell it knocked down about twenty feet of the fence and smashed through the
side of a new freight car just out of the shop. Beside the wrecked car stood a
horse car containing the valuable trotting horse Rifleman, owned by Frank
Martin, of Toronto, and bound for Philadelphia. Rifleman’s car was uninjured.
The roof of the ice house was torn off for about sixty feet, and about twenty
feet of the north end disappeared before the gale, which continued to rip off
planks and shingles all day.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>A WRECKED BOAT HOUSE<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“Lake
Thompson’s boat house at the foot of the big ice house was also badly wrecked,
and his loss will amount up to several hundreds dollars. The walk by which the
boathouse is reached was washed away shortly after the storm rose, and his last
addition to the house, built a couple of years ago, was carried off and broken
into fragments. About a dozen rowboats and canoes were fished out by friendly
hands and hauled ashore badly damaged. As many more were dashed to pieces
against the railway wharf.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>BATIEN’S AND MARTIN’S<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“Massie’s
boathouse lost the front landing, but otherwise is not damaged, as it is in a
sheltered position. At Bastien’s there is a great scene of wreck and disorder.
The big standing keel yacht Idler lay at the west side of the wharf during the
night, and when the storm arose she tugged and strained at her fastenings and
dashed at the dock until she tore it down and continued pounding until she
stove a hole in her hull and sank. The waves rushing in under the floor of the
big boathouse ripped it off completely, but most of the boats were got out on
the dock, which, with the Leander Rowing Club house at the head, is expected to
withstand the storm. The first boat house after passing the shop where the
boats are built was badly wrecked by 10 o’clock, and communication with the big
boat house was cut off. In the first house were stored a number of new boats
which were got out amid much danger and carried ashore. The Nautilus Rowing
Club’s quarters at the further end of this building were reached and all the
oars and one boat got out. Though the floor is gone, the building is thought to
be able to stand the gale. The lapstreak four-oared boats and two old shells
could not be got out, but are not likely to be damaged. All the oars and sculls
belonging to the club were removed, and the new shells are safe in the big boat
house.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>STEAMERS AND SCHOONERS<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“The
steamer St. Magnus is lying snugly at her dock in the shipyard, though the
water is higher than ever before known. The pier belonging to Zealand’s dock
where the steamer Lake Michigan was tied up, disappeared before the waves, and
the Lake Michigan drifted about a hundred feet to the west, where she is now
hard aground. Unless she is got off before the water goes down, it will be a
job of very great difficulty to get her afloat again. At Browne’s wharf, the
schooner E.H. Rutherford is lying unhurt, but the North Star and the Undine
lying at McIlwraith’s did not escape. The North Star was made fast to the dock
and the other schooner to her. The Star broke away and tore out three spiles to
which her lines were attached. Then she pounded against the Rutherford until
she carried away jibboom and the bowsprit as far as the knight heads. The
Undine tore herself against the stone work of the crib where the facing was
worn off. About 100 feet of the roof of one of Mr. McIlwraith’s coal sheds were
blown away, but the dock is little damaged. The propellor Canada, lying at the
same dock, was not hurt, but her stern is very close to the wharf, and her
rudder in danger.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>THE GULNAIR ASHORE<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“The
schooner Gulnair broke from her fastenings at Myles’ dock and went ashore a
hundred feet away. She is held by her big anchor, and while the wind holds in
the present direction will not suffer any damage.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“The
schooner Ella Murton, at Murton & Reid’s wharf, is pounding against the
uncovered spiles, and is the wind shifts will be stove in and sunk.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>COAL WHARVES SUFFER<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“Murton
& Reid’s wharf, at the foot of John street, being the most easterly of the
city docks, received the first shock and suffered the greatest damage. ‘I saw
$1,500 worth of dock disappear before the waves in half an hour,’ said Mr.
Murton to a Times reporter this morning. Great planks and heavy timbers are
piled up in the slip, grinding and tearing everything to pieces. The water is
up in one of the coal sheds flooding the floors two feet deep, and but for the
piling that protects it to the east there would not be a vestige of a dock
remaining. Myles’ wharf is less damaged, but the roadway to the coal sheds was
washed away and the wagons reached the shed only be knocking out the side and
going in by way of Murton’s. All along the bay shore is ruin and desolation.
Every slip is filled with floating timbers and planks, which threaten the
destruction of the docks that remain.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>IN THE EAST END<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“Very
little damage has resulted from the storm in the eastern portion of the city.
Fences have suffered pretty severely and gates have been blown off their
hinges, but that is about the extent of the damage.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“At
Victoria Avenue School a few of the classes of the younger scholars were
dismissed during the forenoon, owing to the cold and discomfort of the rooms.
At West Avenue School, the scholars were able to stay it out until noon, but
were told to stay at home in the afternoon, if they desired, should the storm
not abate.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“At
the corner of West avenue and Cannon street, a large picket fence was blown
into the middle of the street.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>IN THE WEST END<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“Several
casualties are reported. The roof of Mr. Joseph Faulkner’s house, corner of
Napier and Pearl streets, was lifted off by the wind, but fortunately none of the
inmates of the house were injured. The premises are three stories high and
pretty old.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“The
chimney of Mrs. Thos. Gillespy’s residence, No. 139 York street, was blown
down. Several boards, carried by the gale from a neighboring lumber yard,
lodged on the roof.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“The
fence at the corner of Queen and Napier street has succumbed to the blast.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“A
number of shutters in Sharpe’s block, York street, were torn from their
fastenings and fell with a crash.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“A
small portion of Dundurn fence is down, and the willow trees in the park have
suffered.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>AT THE BEACH<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“Residents
at the Hamilton Beach say that there never was such a storm for years. The
waves of old Ontario are rolling fully as high as the lighthouse at the end of
the piers, and at times the latter on both sides of the canal are completely
covered with water. Considerable property has been destroyed along the Beach,
as the inhabitants had taken no precautions, not having been advised of the
approach of the gale. The N. & N.W. Railway track has been washed away on
both sides of the swing bridge, and the morning train from the north managed to
cross the bridge, but has to remain on this side, owing to the washout. The
passengers, about fifty in number, spent several hours at the Lakeside Hotel
and Ocean House, awaiting the arrival of a special train from Hamilton to bring
them on their journey. They were obliged to walk up to Dynes’ crossing to
embark on the special car.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>NOTES<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“The
bridge over the Desjardins Canal appeared so shaky this morning that people
driving into town were diffident in crossing it.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“Wild
ducks and geese by thousands have sought shelter in Dundas marsh. The gulls are
perfectly at home.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“The
Valley Inn cellar is flooded, and the barrels are swimming around on the
surface.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“Boathouses
on the bay shore near the Desjardins Canal suffered severely.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“Fences
were torn down on Burlington Heights. <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“Many
of the telephone wires are down, and the Chief of the Fire Department has
considerable trouble with his system.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“The
Great Northwestern Telegraph Company have had their repairers out all day
mending breaks in the city. The damage outside is also considerable.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“A
number of shade trees in various sections of the city have been completely
ruined.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“A big
ventilator on the roof of the Alexandra Arcade caused a good deal of anxiety to
passers-by on James street this morning until it was blown over on the next
roof and secured there.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>(From Wednesday’s DAILY TIMES.)<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“The
great storm subsided last evening and time was given today to the sufferers to
look over the damage to their property. The wind still holds from the
northeast, but abated very much during the night, and today, though there is
still a heavy sea on Lake Ontario, the storm has spent its fury. About nine
inches of heavy snow fell during yesterday and last night, and today the
traffic in Hamilton, including that of the street cars, was on runners. The
snow gave promise of disappearing in twenty-four hours, and the roads will be
almost impassable.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>At the Beach<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“Great
damage was done at the Beach, the Northwestern Railway Company being the chief
sufferer. The train from the north due in Hamilton at 11:45 yesterday morning
reached the Ocean House, when the engineer discovered that the track ahead of
him was gone before the assaults of the fierce waves. The train backed up and
crossed the bridge only to find that the track was washed away on the north
side of the canal. The bridge was recrossed and the train pulled up on the high
bank in front of the Ocean House. Raging waters were in front and behind and on
all sides. The train had about 50 passengers, who had to content themselves at
the Lakeside House, looked after by Mr. John McNeil. Conductor Darche walked
down in the mud and water to the Beach Post Office and telephoned to Hamilton
that the train was unable to move in either direction. A special train was made
up and sent to the Beach, but could only get within about a mile of the delayed
train. Two teams, all that could be raised on the Beach, were utilized to
remove the passengers and their baggage from the regular train to the relief.
Mr. W.J. Grant, city agent of the Northwestern, had an involuntary bath while
engaged in furthering the transfer of the delayed passengers. He and Mr.
Webster, whose team was drawing a load of baggage over the gap, sank into a
gully made by the waters crossing the Beach and got chilled but unhurt.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>The Transfer Was
Completed.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">about half-past eight, and the relief train
started for Hamilton. Progress was so and cautious, and before the end of the
Beach was reached two stops were made to allow the section men who came down
with the relief train to strengthen so suspicious-looking places in the roadbed.
The train reached Hamilton about five hours behind time, but the passengers
were glad to get here at all. There is little or none of the road left from
John Dynes’ hotel to the Ocean House, a distance of<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>OVER
A MILE AND A HALF<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Mr.
Grant says that it will be two or three days before regular traffic across the
Beach may be resumed. For the present, Northwestern trains for the north go
from the King street station to the Grand Trunk and then by that road as far as
Burlington. This will continue to be done until a large force of trackmen now
at work on the Beach have that work finished.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>A HOUSE IN DANGER<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“A
house belonging to Mr. J.B. Bishop, which stands on the lake shore road below
the Beach, narrowly escaped destruction, though it had been expected all day to
be demolished by the waves. The veranda was carried off and the house
undermined in part, but it still stands. The house was unoccupied. On the same
road, the sea washed out a gully about twenty feet wide, and Mr. David Fitch
estimated the cost of repairing the damage at about $200.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>SCHOOL CLOSED<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“The
school east of the Beach was closed early yesterday morning when a stream began
to make its way across the road and threatening to cut off the children from
reaching their homes. The stream rose very rapidly, but the larger children
carried the little ones across and very soon the water of the lake was pouring
into the bay.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>BREACHES ON THE BEACH<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“At
several places on the Beach, breaches were made so that the lake and the bay
were joined by channels four and six feet deep. A little distance south of John
Dynes’ the whole beach for a hundred yards was two or three feet under water.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>76 MILES AN HOUR<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“Old
sailors and fishermen put the velocity of the wind at from 60 to 75 miles an
hour. The force of the seas was tremendous, and the waves rose at the end of
the road beside Fitch’s until one sea knocked down John Dynes’ ball room and
Mort. Corey’s ice house, not leaving a pound of ice.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>AT THE WATERWORKS<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“The
filtering basins of the Waterworks are on the lake shore just where the Beach
joins the main land. The old basin, about 1,500 feet in length, suffered somewhat
from the furious assaults of the waves. About the middle a small breach was
made in the sand, and towards the northern end the sea carried away about 75
feet of the bank and fence surrounding the basin. The sand, however, poured in
quickly and filled up the breach made by the waves.</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span><p></p>1880s Hamiltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13253455167112693975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-307171709476491085.post-66439942307046112212022-04-04T09:22:00.002-07:002022-04-04T09:23:56.051-07:001884 - Natural Gas at Mount Albion<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5UGn4IVZ9dbi4X_-vQqzWZThz60n2DrNdypXmFwN86wR0UjXt7hgzDC0B_tiJWFiK2V1ojdG7xESQ6JuFsI-E7ye22pZBh-4Rd9jaaWr5pKMpGcc2EQOObk2jwiTY8D_E3jWfbskzV6Wx5xlikCXal26TgExOdK3qY4HiAjRMyN1IWHE-XitC78NTtQ/s624/!-1-1a1884AlbionNaturalGasStory.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="624" data-original-width="452" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5UGn4IVZ9dbi4X_-vQqzWZThz60n2DrNdypXmFwN86wR0UjXt7hgzDC0B_tiJWFiK2V1ojdG7xESQ6JuFsI-E7ye22pZBh-4Rd9jaaWr5pKMpGcc2EQOObk2jwiTY8D_E3jWfbskzV6Wx5xlikCXal26TgExOdK3qY4HiAjRMyN1IWHE-XitC78NTtQ/s320/!-1-1a1884AlbionNaturalGasStory.jpg" width="232" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>In the late winter of 1884, news was carried in the March 20 issue of the Weekly Times that a company had been formed to investigate the viability of tapping into natural ga veins in the Hamilton area, particularly at Mount Albion.</b></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><b>The full column follows :</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="text-indent: 36pt;">“There
are very few people residing in the county of Wentworth, or in fact in this
section of the Province, who have not heard and talked of the wonderful gas
which emanates from fissures in the rock, springs, etc., in the vicinity of the
Albion Mills, in the township of Saltfleet. To use a vulgar expression, ‘it is
as old as the hills,’ and some of our fathers and mothers, when they were
children, were taught of its existence in the pages of the old Maver reader
which was then in use in the public schools. It is there spoken of as ‘jets of natural
gas issuing from thew rocks and ground a few miles from Burlington Bay.’ In
bygone years, the section contiguous to the Albion Mills has frequented
interested the public. The old flouring mills at one time were brilliantly
lighted up with the gas brought in from the rock nearby, and now, although many
of the burners have fallen inti disuse, there is little doubt but the vapor
still exists in large quantities as ever in the vicinity. Some forty years ago,
a pleasure resort was established in this locality, and hundreds of
Hamiltonians every week during the summer season drove out to see the beautiful
scenery thereabouts and partake of the water from the springs. Many a visitor
to Albion Mills had wondered how it was that some enterprising men had not formed
a company for the purpose of utilizing this flow of natural gas, and on several
occasions have such corporations been talked of in the past. At last, the
enterprise has been taken hold of and acharter for the incorporation of ‘The
Emerson Natural Gas Light and Fuel Company of Hamilton’ has been applied for to
the Lieutenant-Governor-in-Council. The original directors and stockholders of
the company are : Messrs. Edward O. Emerson, Titusville, Pa.; J.G. Haymaker,
Angelica, N.Y.; Thomas Hunt, Angelica, N.Y.; R.R. Waddell, Hamilton and Simon
James, Barton. The purposes of the company are to acquire lands, sink wells,
and construct machinery for obtaining the gas, and to lay down pipes for its
conveyance to Hamilton or elsewhere in the Province. The county of Wentworth,
of course, will be the principal base of operations, and attention will be
given to the development of gas in the section referred to above, and all will
admit that the field is an encouraging one for operations. The present capital
stock, as taken up, amounts to $75,000. The company intend sinking wells in the
neighborhood of Sulphur Springs, and near Mount Albion (about five miles), and
the operations will be commenced as soon as possible after the opening of
spring, when experts will examine the strata and sink test wells. The gas which
has been heretofore been used there is superficial; the company will bore deep
– 1,5000 feet or so – and more than one well will be sunk. Times readers are
probably aware that gas veins are somewhat similar to the petroleum veins, they
abound in certain rocks. If the company have the good fortune to strike gas at
first, they will go on boring; if not, another well be sunk, and so on until success
or failure</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="text-indent: 36pt;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="text-indent: 36pt;">results. The United States
gentlemen who have investigated the matter are sanguine that the venture will
be successful.</span></b></span></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>“The
principles on which the company will be worked are : In the event of gas being
discovered in satisfactory quantity, it will be conducted through mains to a
receiving tank in the city, from whence it will be distributed by pipes to the
citizens who may wish it. An effort will be made to introduce it for heating
purposes, such as is so common in some of the cities of the States. It is said
that at Bradford, Pa., it is almost universally used for heating, lighting and
generating steam.”</b></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><span style="font-size: large;"></span><p></p>1880s Hamiltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13253455167112693975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-307171709476491085.post-36341596538529878812022-04-03T08:29:00.001-07:002022-04-03T08:29:03.772-07:001884 - Emancipation Day Celebrations in Hamilton<p><b><span style="font-size: large;"> From the Weekly Times, August 7 1884 :</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“The
colored citizens, as they deserved, have been favoured with splendid weather
for their annual demonstration, on the occasion of the fifty-first anniversary
of the emancipation of the slaves in the British Empire.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“Early
in the morning, the brethren were astir to make arrangements for those coming
from a distance. Mount Brydges Lodge, No. 1, 855, G.U.O.O.F., under whose
auspices the demonstration was held, appointed a reception committee to meet
the various trains as they arrived in the city, and escort the delegates to the
lodge room. <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“The
procession started from the Gore shortly after 11 o’clock , proceeding up James
to Hunter and down John and around to King, and along King on the way to the
Palace<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“After
the procession reached the grounds, the company scattered and passed away the
time in various ways until the games, baseball and speechifying began. <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><b><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></b></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“The
celebration of Emancipation Day yesterday was an unqualified success. The day
was, so far as the weather was concerned, most delightful, and the colored
people appeared to enter most heartily into the spirit of the occasion. Everyone
commented on the orderly and respectful appearance they presented, and it is
questionable if there is any other order <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>in the city who could have honored their
anniversary in a more creditable manner. The games were carried out in
first-class style, and the baseball match between the Victorias and the
Dauntless was very interesting, although the latter had very little practice,
their play was very good. Within the Palace, a platform was erected on the west
end.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>In the Evening<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“The
procession, headed by the Union Coronet Band, at 7:30 left the Gore for the
Palace, which was brilliantly illuminated with gas. After some time had been
spent promenading and listening to the music of the band, a grand review and
drill of the members of Mount Brydges Lodge of Oddfellows and of the members of
the House of Ruth. Few were aware of the ladies following so closely on their
heels. To the music of the band, they marched and countermarched in double and
single file, and went through the various maneuvers most creditably. <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“Dancing
to the music of Vint’s string band was ten commenced. That everything was
carried out with proper decorum and in first-rate style, it is only necessary
to say that Prof. Jesse Gant, the renowned disciple of Terpsichore along with
others have much reason to congratulate themselves upon the splendid and
orderly manner in which everything passed off. The Times congratulates them and
the whole of the colored population upon the grand success of their celebration
<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Notes<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“Quite
a number of whites took part in the dancing at the Palace.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“George
Wright, the oratorical wood-sawyer, harangued the crowd several times during
the afternoon. He was standing in a buggy and occasionally, as he was
particularly warming up to his subject, some mischief lovers at the horse’s
head would make the animal step up, and George invariably stood upon his head
for a second or two on the seat. It was great fun – at least many of the
spectators thought so. Wright is the colored man who has been soliciting orders
for wood-sawing in our streets lately.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“There
as not a drop of beer or intoxicating drink sold on the ground. Nobody under
the influence of liquor was seen at the picnic.”</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>1880s Hamiltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13253455167112693975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-307171709476491085.post-8248645605757649832022-04-03T08:24:00.003-07:002022-04-03T08:32:03.473-07:001884 - Salvation Army Activities<p><span style="font-size: large;"><b>A not-usual day in the early history of the Salvation Army in Hamilton:</b></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>From the Weekly Times August 7 1884</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>“Again
on Sunday, from seven in the morning till eleven at night, did the
Salvationists hold their out and indoor services, and seemingly they were not
then wearied, as one might hear them in groups on the streets passing home singing
their much-loved songs. It is a notable circumstance that there is always
something new at the Army meetings to ‘keep the pots a-boiling’ and yesterday
was no exception to this rule. It occurred thus wise : Captain ‘The Winning
One’ dilated extensively upon the part of Matthew x, which calls upon
Christians to confess their Christianity before men. She poi8nted out in a
quiet earnest manner that it was the duty, privilege and joy of a Christian to
speak of the Master he was serving, and if he failed to do so, why ‘God will
thrash you,’ interposed ”the Merry One.’ In answer to this call, many of the
audience who are members of various churches arose and gave their
experience<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>of a religious life. Good
singing interposed between these speeches, and all was going happily , but
unfortunately for the Army’s peace, there was a little quiet, old Methodist man
present, and he seemed determined to test the Salvationists’ mettle, for at the
end of his address, he, in a pointed manner, expressed regret that there were
‘so many renegade<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Methodists upon the
platform. ‘If you scratch a Turk, you will find a Tartar was here striking
illustrated, for Methodism is the heart and soul of the army, and a thrill of
indignation at the word ‘renegade’ ran through the soldiers. Up they sprung,
and vigorously hurled back the word ‘renegade’ into the old man’s face, at the
same time stating that if there had been scope for earnest Christian work in
the churches, they would not have left them. The audience was evidently
tickled, and the old man sat perfectly still and smiled grimly upon the
commotion he had created. Eventually, all the ruffled feathers were quietly
smoothed down by the soft and earnest addresses of three ‘Ones.’<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>“In
the evening, the subject was again taken up by an old and well-known Churchman
of forty-seven years’ Christian experience. He gave many excellent reasons why
he preferred the Army method of introducing plain gospel truths to the masses
of people, but decidedly the best soldier’s address and song were given by
Sergeant Barrett. During the whole of the time he was upon his feet, the large
audience was profoundly attentive. The public meetings had been so interesting
that 10 o’clock was reached before one was aware of it. The prayer meeting was
then commenced and continued till 11. During this time, persons came forward
and, after prayer, professed Christianity. The singing of ‘Till the power Jesus
Promised Should Come Down’ ‘The Merry One was remarkably effective. ‘Praise God
From Whom all Blessings Flow terminated one of the best meetings ever held in
the barracks. </b></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><span style="font-size: large;"></span><p></p>1880s Hamiltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13253455167112693975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-307171709476491085.post-67746064993928747742022-02-08T13:50:00.006-08:002022-02-08T13:58:24.412-08:001884 - Baby Deserted<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:AllowPNG/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF/> <w:LidThemeOther>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> <w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/> <w:EnableOpenTypeKerning/> <w:DontFlipMirrorIndents/> <w:OverrideTableStyleHps/> </w:Compatibility> <m:mathPr> <m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/> <m:brkBin m:val="before"/> <m:brkBinSub m:val="--"/> <m:smallFrac m:val="off"/> <m:dispDef/> <m:lMargin m:val="0"/> <m:rMargin m:val="0"/> <m:defJc m:val="centerGroup"/> <m:wrapIndent m:val="1440"/> <m:intLim m:val="subSup"/> <m:naryLim m:val="undOvr"/> </m:mathPr></w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="true"
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“Child Desertion : A Newborn Babe Found at the
Door of the Home of the Friendless”<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hamilton
Weekly Times<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>February 25, 1884.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“The
weather Friday was anything but pleasant for young or old, and the man or woman
who would expose a new born infant to such a storm is certainly devoid of
humanity. But such an outrage occurred. A boy baby, a few hours old, was
forsaken by its cruel mother, and laid on the steps of the Home of the
Friendless, corner of Duke and Caroline streets. A man who said he was passing
and heard the infant cry summoned the matron of the institution who took charge
of the waif. The child was in a small basket, wrapped up in a shawl. The
incident was communicated to the police, who are looking for the heartless
mother.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiL6kS-vYimxQI6jRWhdBCJCV2_DJs7_mQiOIvnUm_-iMxjqzt6kwC04L_sTdRbO_HWJf3eHEqVVt1m2NMYbDe8hItUviJ1JeDkzDgIuGeLmZWA7clboPNTYIRJWw352QBny6S9oqt5yRDm9qDRxdQB0a6BJT9Y-_dDmXGMObB5v0d3bG5EG9J56H9_dg=s2955" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1833" data-original-width="2955" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiL6kS-vYimxQI6jRWhdBCJCV2_DJs7_mQiOIvnUm_-iMxjqzt6kwC04L_sTdRbO_HWJf3eHEqVVt1m2NMYbDe8hItUviJ1JeDkzDgIuGeLmZWA7clboPNTYIRJWw352QBny6S9oqt5yRDm9qDRxdQB0a6BJT9Y-_dDmXGMObB5v0d3bG5EG9J56H9_dg=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br />1880s Hamiltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13253455167112693975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-307171709476491085.post-59744149110352496142022-01-19T09:38:00.001-08:002022-02-07T08:35:05.253-08:00Railway Disaster at the Junction - 1889 Part Two<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:AllowPNG/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF/> <w:LidThemeOther>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> <w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/> <w:EnableOpenTypeKerning/> <w:DontFlipMirrorIndents/> <w:OverrideTableStyleHps/> </w:Compatibility> <m:mathPr> <m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/> <m:brkBin m:val="before"/> <m:brkBinSub m:val="--"/> <m:smallFrac m:val="off"/> <m:dispDef/> <m:lMargin m:val="0"/> <m:rMargin m:val="0"/> <m:defJc m:val="centerGroup"/> <m:wrapIndent m:val="1440"/> <m:intLim m:val="subSup"/> <m:naryLim m:val="undOvr"/> </m:mathPr></w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="true"
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</span></b><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">The third day’s coverage from the Spectator relating to the follow up to the major Grand Trunk Railway accident of April 29, 1889 :</span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.5in;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">“</span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">Yesterday morning there was considerable agitation apparent among the railway authorities here. General Manager Hickson had arrived from Montreal in his official car to ascertain why so many people had been killed on the southern division lately. He arrived on the 9:20 train from Toronto, and the fine, large engine Princess was attached to his car to take it out to the scene of the accident. Mr. Armstrong appeared with an immense armful of maps and plans, and the general manager, accompanied by Joseph Hobson (chief engineer), W. W. Pope (of the solicitor’s office), Joseph Wallace (chief clerk), and Samuel Barker (superintendent of the Northern and Northwestern division), started for the scene of the wreck and spent an hour there looking over the ground. Then they returned and examined the debris which is piled on cars in the yard. Mr. Hickson was seen by a reporter after his examination was concluded and asked if he had decided what caused the accident. “I have seen all that is to be seen in connection with the accident,” he said, “but I really can’t undertake to express any opinions while the matter is in the hands of the coroner. I would be glad to afford the Spectator any information, but it would not be right for me to express an opinion until the jury has given its verdict. I may say that when the inquest is over, a rigid investigation will be made, independent of that, by me in the interests of the company.”</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: large; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“I understand you are also going out to St. George this afternoon,” said the reporter. “Will the investigation which you propose to make cover both disasters?”</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: large; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“I think I will go over to St. George before I return, but that has already been investigated.”</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: large; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“As a result of this disaster at the cut will any change be made in the road at that point with a view to taking off part of the sharp curve at the foot of the grade?”</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: large; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“No, I don’t see that there is any necessity for it. The fact that there was an accident there does not prove that the spot is dangerous. The track has been the same there since it was built, and no accident ever happened at that particular spot before.”</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: large; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“It has been generally considered dangerous though. I understand Senator Sanford wrote to you some years ago pointing out the fact, and suggesting it be altered to lessen the curve?”</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: large; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Mr. Hickson smiled : “You know how that sort of thing is. If you were to see the number of letters I get in a year offering gratuitous advice you would appreciate the fact that running a railroad is something like running a newspaper.”</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: large; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>It is said, Mr. Hickson, that the locomotives used on the Grand Trunk fast trains are not of sufficiently good class for the purpose, and that to this fact the recent accidents are attributable?”</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: large; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“All nonsense. The engines we use on our fast trains are as good as any on the continent. In fact, they are the best that can be got. The engine on the limited express was built in Kingston on the best model, and has only been in use six years.”</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: large; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">SOME MORE PROBABLE VICTIMS</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: large; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The railroad authorities have been having the contents of the unclaimed baggage saved from the wreck investigated, with a view to ascertaining who the dead folk are. This morning they obtained the following list : H. Levy, Chicago; Mrs. Smith (no address); Capt. Butler, Cook county insane asylum, near Chicago; F. Randall Orr, Omaha, Neb. Also another piece of baggage belonging to a lady, in which the owner’s name does not appear.</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: large; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">ANOTHER BODY IDENTIFIED</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: large; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><b>Colvin, 550 Warren avenue, Chicago, arrived here<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>this morning in search of the body of Morgan R. Scullin, of 781 West Lake street, Chicago. Mr. Colvin examined the burnt remains and identified a body as that of Mr. Scullin by a fragment of the coat and waistcoat. The body was the one thought to be that of Mr. Curnick yesterday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mr. Colvin left for Chicago with the remains this afternoon. </b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: large; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">A BROKEN WHEEL</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: large; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><b>Mr. Hall, locomotive superintendent, has discovered that in addition to one axle of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the engine truck being broken, the outside, or north wheel in front, had five pieces broken off it, and the fragments were found and brought in front the wreck this afternoon. The pilot of the engine was buried seven feet down in the sand. It is now thought that the accident was caused by the front outside wheel breaking and taking the guide rail instead of the proper one.</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: large; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">TWO TORONTO MEN AMONG THE VICTIMS</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">Toronto</span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"> Globe</span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">Charles Fraser, who was mentioned in yesterday’s Globe as a probable victim of the awful accident of Sunday morning at the Y, is well known in this city, having been a resident here for some years. That he is among the killed is now certain, his brother Andrew having yesterday identified a watch chain found in the debris as that of his brother, and, still further, Mr. Stiff, G. T. R. superintendent, telegraphed last evening that the pass on which Fraser was checked at Windsor on the ill-fated train. There are circumstances attending the death of poor Charles Fraser of a most melancholy character, plunging, as it does, a wife and living relatives in unutterable grief. Six months ago, he left the city for Omaha, laving his wife in Toronto until such time as he was in a position to send for her. He succeeded in getting a good position in the Union express company, of his adopted city, and three weeks ago, in great hopes of a prosperous future, took steps to remove his family there. His furniture was shipped ten days ago, and his wife meanwhile remained with friends until her husband should arrive for her. He wrote Mrs. Fraser that he would in Toronto at latest on Sunday or Monday, but the stated time came to find him amongst the twenty so frightfully and tragically killed. The poor young widow is left with two children, and her grief at the loss of a husband, whose life was devoted to her interests, may well be imagined. The deceased was a brother of Mrs. Ramsay, of Grange avenue, who is now in Omaha, where she went two weeks ago. He was a prominent member of the Gaelic society, always taking a keen interest in everything pertaining to the maintenance of Scottish sentiment, and his death, of which there is no doubt, will be lamented by a large circle of friends.</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: large; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Another Toronto man was also a victim of the disaster, at least circumstances point strongly to that conclusion. George Duthie left this city some twenty years ago for Kansas City, where he has continuously remained ever since. Last week he wrote to his parents, who live at 263 Adelaide street west, that he would leave Kansas with his wife on Friday for Toronto to pay them a short visit. He did leave as stated, but up to a late hour last night, he had not arrived. His brother went over to Hamilton yesterday to try and find some trace of the missing ones among the ruins. He found two ticket stubs bearing the Kansas station stamp, the numbers being forty and forty-one, thus leaving no doubt, when the other circumstances are taken into consideration, that the unfortunate couple perished with the others. This is another touching incident of the deplorable accident. The unfortunate man did not see his aged father and mother for twenty years, and no doubt the son was as rejoiced at the prospect of meeting them as they were to again see a son from whom they had been so long separated. He was a man of about 40 years of age, of medium height and dark complexion. </b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: large; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">THE INQUEST</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: large; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The adjourned inquest into the cause of the recent railway disaster at the junction was resumed last evening at No. 3 police station, before Dr. A. Woolverton. There was a large attendance of auditors. Joseph Hickson, general manager of the Grand Trunk railway, was present accompanied by John Bell, Q. C., solicitor for the road; Samuel Barker, superintendent of the Northern and Northwestern division; Jos. Hobson, chief engineer; James McLerie, freight agent; John Proctor, director; C. K. Domville, locomotive superintendent; Joseph Wallace, chief clerk; and Mr. Larmour. A shorthand writer was present on behalf of the Grand Trunk to report the evidence taken by the coroner.</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: large; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>On opening the inquest, the coroner said that Mr. Hickson would like to address a few remarks to the jury.</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: large; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Mr. Hickson came forward and said : I only desire to express the regret of the directors and the sorrow of myself and the other officials of the Grand Trunk at the sad calamity that happened near your city on Sunday morning. It is a matter of deep sorrow to myself and the officers of the railway, and I desire to say that any assistance the jury may wish from the officers of the company will be cheerfully put before you. We desire a full investigation of the circumstances.</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: large; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Mr. Littlehales, before the taking of evidence commenced, said that as none of the jury had any experience in examining witnesses, he would ask the coroner to have the crown attorney present.</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: large; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>C. R. Smith, another juror, said it might be necessary to have a counsel and also experts. He moved that the coroner request the attorney-general to grant financial aid for the purpose of paying the expense of such assistance.</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: large; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The motion was put and carried unanimously.</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: large; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Dr. Woolverton said he would have the recommendation conveyed to the attorney-general. He thought it would be impossible to have Mr. Crerar present at that session.</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: large; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Wm. Galbreaith, night station-master at London, was the first witness. He said : Have occupied that position for one year. The train arrived there in two portions from Sarnia and Detroit, and was amalgamated there. It was composed of two baggage cars, a smoker, two first-class coaches, a sleeper, a first-class coach and three sleepers in that order. It was about an average train. It was due to leave London at 4:45, but left that morning ten minutes late. An unusual number of passengers got off at London. The train was examined there and a fresh engine put on.</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: large; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Thomas McHattie, locomotive fireman at London, was sworn : Have been in that position at London one month, and before that was at Palmerston. Am responsible for seeing that any necessary repairs are made and that all engines go out in good order. Was not present when the engine of the limited express went out, but saw the engine the day before. It came in two days before. Two drivers and two engines run this train, and during the two days one of the drivers was laid off and the other did double service. Did not examine engine 738 personally. It is one of the largest and strongest engines on the road and is comparatively new, having been overhauled recently. New wheels were put under the engine truck on March 6, 1889. The express engines are given special care and examined by the driver every time he comes in from a trip. When the driver finds that repairs are necessary it is witness’ duty to see that they are carried out. The car examiners test the engine wheels as well as the cars. So far as reports showed, engine 738 was in perfect running order. A train of ten cars should take two men not less than five minutes to tap the wheels. It could not be done in a proper manner in three minutes, he thought. </b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: large; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Capt. Wm. Hall, Toronto, sworn, said : Was a passenger on the train from Detroit, and occupied a berth in the sleeper until the train reached Harrisburg, when he was aroused by the tapping of the car wheels by the examiners. Got up then, and the berth was shut up and he took his seat. The speed from Dundas down was about twenty-five miles an hour. Was in the fifth car from the engine, and thought the car was well-filled. First indication of anything being wrong was a kind of “shock concussion,” as if the train had struck something. Then the car went ahead. There was no noise of breaking glass or timber, and the engine did not whistle. Then the car jumped the track, bumped about and stopped. From the time of the concussion, the car ran two or three lengths. Got off on the north side of the track, east of the switch, and observed the passengers coming out of the car ahead, which had its end knocked in. Saw the ladies stepping out over the timbers as cool and unconcerned as possible. Heard no noise or screaming anywhere. Looked for the enginemen, and could not find the engine for a while, as it was buried under timbers. Met the fireman walking past the engine, and some one said to look out, as the boiler might explode. Witness suggested that some one should go back and flag any oncoming train. Thought no one was specially hurt. Then started with Mr. Dixon to telegraph to Hamilton, but the conductor went instead. About that moment, the flames, which he hadn’t noticed before, broke through the roof of a car that had been telescoped. The flame was fully ten feet wide when it shot up into his view. It originated in the mass of wood next to the engine, but did not catch fire from the engine. The fire got a draft from somewhere and spread very rapidly. Witness ran down to the telegraph office and saw a train coming up on the Toronto track.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Went on from there to Hamilton thinking no one was hurt, and that the accident was not serious. The track, he said, was moved laterally two or three inches in a southerly direction. It was two or three minutes from the time of the accident that the conductor reached the telegraph office. Could not see the smoker after the accident. Three cars were jumbled up together, and the fire originated in the heap. Heard no one say that there was anyone under the wreck. Did not see any appliances there to put out the fire, and did not notice any efforts made to put it out. The fire was too large to be put out by ordinary appliances. On cross-examination witness said he was formerly bridge inspector on the Grand Trunk, but now owns vessels on the upper lakes.</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: large; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>David Walker, of the Walker house, Toronto, said he was on his way home from Chicago, and was riding on the last car on the train, the sleeper Montpelier. The car was very full with people going to the Washington centennial. Went to sleep before the Detroit river was reached and awoke in Paris. On coming near the scene of the accident was standing at the door of the car talking with the brakeman, and on looking at his watch saw that it was 6:50. Immediately afterwards felt a concussion, and was thrown against the door, and then thrown backwards. Felt as though the car was off the track and then the train stopped suddenly. When he got off he saw the engine lying on the north side of the track and water rushing down the embankment from the broken tank. Helped to carry out three wounded who were underneath the smoking car. Looked underneath the car again and didn’t see anyone, but another man was looking in from the side and neither could see anything. Looked under another car with cane chairs, but could see no one else. Subsequently met the engine men and the baggage man, and the latter told him that several persons from the smoker had been dumped into the baggage car. Saw the flames commence to shoot up a short time afterwards and went through the cars waking up the people. The flames spread very rapidly and as soon as they reached a car would rush through it like a funnel. Uncoupled the last two cars and with the help of several men ran them back. Then witness went to the right side of the track and saw a dead body lying there. In a few minutes an engine arrived from Hamilton and the men called on the passengers that could to come on board. Witness asked if they had brought out any doctors and they said no, being Sunday morning they could not get an answer to their telephone messages. There was a heap of debris over the locomotive, which he thought was the remains of the tank. Did not hear any screams or groans under the wreck. The cars were on fire when the first auxiliary came up, but the cars had not all caught fire when the second auxiliary came, about eight o’clock. Thought the train was not running more than twenty-five miles an hour for some time before the accident.</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: large; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>James Dargie, the man who tried the wheels at Harrisburg, said it was his duty to examine the wheels and brakes of all trains that came in there. The wheel-tappers begin at the rear of the train and tap every wheel except the drivers, one man going on each side of the train. Remember tapping the wheels of the limited express on Sunday morning. It is timed to arrive there at 6:23. Examined all the wheels on the south side of the train, including the front wheels of the engine. Thought it took him five or six minutes to do it. Found no defect in any of the wheels. Occasionally do find defects, and always take the car off and replace it. The train stops there on purpose to be examined.</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: large; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Alexander Dargie, brother of the last witness, said he tapped the other side of the train and found it all right.</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: large; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Alexander Douglas, London, said he was a yardsman there and made up all trains. Made up the limited express with ten cars.</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: large; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The inquest then adjourned until Friday evening at 7:30. The jury will go out to have another look at the locality this afternoon.</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: large; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 4;"> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">NOTES</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: large; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Mrs. McLeod, of Toronto, looked over the watches in the superintendent’s office, but found none she could identify.</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: large; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Mr. Dougherty, the traveller for J. M. Williams & Co., has been heard from. His wife received a telegram from Wiarton saying he is all right.</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: large; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Yesterday Chief McKinnon received a letter from William Long, of New York, inquiring about Henry Pringle, a young man from Chicago, who is supposed to have been killed. He had about $150 in gold in his possession.</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: large; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>David Booth, of Toronto, who was supposed to have been one of the victims, has been heard from. He is safe in Chicago, not having started for home.</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: large; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The fact that more watches than there are victims were found in the wreck has been explained by the fact that one of the passengers was an agent for the Waterbury watch company and had several time keepers in his hand baggage.</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: large; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The public may as well understand that William Burrwell, who lives near the scene of the recent accident, did not charge anybody a dollar for keeping a horse on the day of the accident; neither did any horse remain in his yard all day without food.</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: large; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>General Manager Hickson went out to St. George to see the wounded who still remained there, and subsequently visited the wounded from the junction at the hospital here. There are six wounded still at St. George : Mr. and Mrs. Marshall; W. Benedict, Belleville; Dr. Le Quesne, Cleveland; Miss Andrews, Belleville; and Thomas N. Doutney, temperance lecturer.</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: large; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Eugene P. Newhall, formerly of the SPECTATOR staff, and now of Omaha, arrived in the city yesterday in search of his brother-in-law, C. J. Fraser, of Toronto. Mr. Newhall traced the missing man as far as Detroit, and when he arrived here he found that Fraser’s watch had been found in the debris and identified by a Toronto relative, so that there is no doubt whatever that Fraser was one of the victims. </b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">“The Railway Horror”</span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: large; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Spectator.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>May 2, 1889</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">The week’s WEEKLY SPECTATOR, published this morning, contains a graphic description of the terrible railway accident at the junction cut, list of the killed and injured, identification of the bodies, inquest to date, etc. May be had at SPECTATOR counting room, in wrappers, ready for mailing, 4 cents per copy. Also for sale at the bookstores.”</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-size: large; mso-tab-count: 1;"><b> </b></span></span></div>1880s Hamiltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13253455167112693975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-307171709476491085.post-80149879569614628342022-01-04T08:44:00.001-08:002022-01-04T08:46:06.044-08:00Powder Mills Explosion - 1884 (Part 2)<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>“Daniel
Dougherty, killed by the explosion of the Hamilton Powder Mills, was the only
one of the five whose death was not instantaneous. When he was found after the
explosion, he said to those who would have shielded his eyes from the glare of
the sunlight: ‘Don’t cover up my eyes, boys, I’ll never see another one.’<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Like
to the forest primeval that stood near the village of Grand Pre.</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16pt;"><b><span> </span><span> </span>So were the
willows and pine trees, silent and tall in the valley.</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>There
in this valley of darkness toiled men on for a pittance,<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>Standing
forever and waiting the stroke that there is no escaping.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Fearing
yet never expecting the crash of that terrible thunder<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Leading
a wretched existence for children and dear wife and home.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 126pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>*<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>*<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>* <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>While
the city’s streets were crowded and the people bought and sold,<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>And
joined the eager throng before the god of millions, gold,<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Rolling
down the mountain side to the busy street<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Came
boom of guns announcing tale of battle and defeat.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Away
in that dismal valley the dead and dying lay<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Shattered
and blistered and withered – so noble and yet but clay.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>A
battlefield indeed it was, where capital’s grasping hand<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Crushed
life and hope and brightness out of all that little band.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The
carrion crow in hundreds flapped every wing o’er head,<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Where
stalwart, brave Dan Dougherty would soon be with the dead.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>His
bruised and burned and blackened face turned upward to the sky,<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>And
his seared eyes appealing to the weeping friends nearby,<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>He
told them that his death was near, his race was almost run,<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>‘Don’t
cover up my face, boys, I’ll never see another sun.’<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span> <span> An inquest into the Cumminsvill tragedy was called as soon as possible. The testimony was recounted in detail the Hamilton newspapers. Much of it was highly technical as to the nature of the operations of the powder mils, but it was all devastating to the company's regard for the safety of its employees:</span></span><br /></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>"One
witness – Robert Curran<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>“ – Worked
one and a half years in the crackers, and up to five minutes before the
explosion had been running at the usual speed; had run even faster; knew one of
the journals in the crackers to heat some time ago; drew the attention of the
boss to it, and got instructions to keep it oiled and he thought it would take
no harm; ; do not know that the shakers had been rubbed that day; would just as
soon work in dry powder as green; the general instructions were to keep
everything in good order.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>“Edwards
Corlett, superintendent of the work, said – I always gave orders to shut down
the mills when danger threatened and to let me know; there was no particular
time to oil; left it to the men’s judgment; thought them capable of oiling when
necessary; Dent did not draw my attention in any particular to the machinery
being out of repair; the whole mill was dangerous, but the crackers most so;
was in the crackers nearly all the forenoon and saw nothing wrong with the
machinery; had been 29 years in those mills and thought them as safe as the
general run of mills<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>
</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>“Amos
Barnes, black boss, recalled. Thought the crackers were not in good repair; he
always felt timid in them"<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 21.3333px;"><b>There was little doubt as to how the jury would rule on the matter:</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>“At
the close of the inquest questions were submitted by the coroner to the jury,
to which they returned the following answers:<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>First
– That the crackers were the first building to explode, causing the death of Wm.
Hetherington, Harry Tibble and Wm. Murray.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>Second
– That the explosion was caused by friction on the heated journals.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>Third
– We believe the machinery was not in a safe state of repair, considering the
nature of the work.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>Fourth
– We believe that they were manufacturing at too great a rate of speed
consistent with safety.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>Fifth
– We believe the press ignited from the crackers and was the second building to
explode, causing the death of Geo. Matthews, Dan. Dougherty, and seriously
wounding Albert Culp, and we believe that the machinery in the press was in a
good state of repair.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>Sixth –
and, in conclusion, it is our opinion that the company are to blame in the
matter.”<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>In an editorial, the Weekly Times also was very critical of how the Hamilton Powder Company was operated:</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>“The
verdict of the coroner’s which inquired into the cause of the death of the five
men who were killed in the explosion of the Cumminsville powder mills recites
the facts without exaggeration or extenuation. The death of the workmen was due
to the recklessness of the Powder Company, which caused the mills to be worked
beyond their capacity, allowing the journals to heat. The danger was pointed
out by one of the workmen now deceased, and it must have been obvious to all
the men accustomed to the business. The Company took and fearful has been the
penalty. The families of the men who have been killed are said to be in a
destitute condition, and an appeal has been made for aid. They doubtless have a
valid claim for damages against the Company, but matters of that kind are not,
as a rule, speedily settled, and in the meantime, the public should not
withhold the charity that is urgently required. <o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>
</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>“The
facts with regard to the Cumminsville explosion seem to show that something is
needed to restrain ‘soulless corporations’ from taking fearful risks. Not only
were the mills run much faster than usual on material 70 per cent more
dangerous than green powder, but the machinery was in bad repair, and the
superintendent did not consider it his business to see that it was at least
oiled up."<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 21.3333px;"><b>The only doctor who served the inhabitants of Cumminsville wrote the following letter to the Times:</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>“To
the Editor of the Times;<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><b> SIR, - Relative to the condition of the
bereaved families of the victims from this disaster, I wish to say a few words
and place the facts before the public. The names of those killed were : Wm.
Murray, George Mathers, William Heatherington, Henry Tibble and Daniel
Dougherty. <o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>“Wm.
Murray leaves a widow and seven small children. They do not own the house they
live in and have no means of support. George Mathers leaves a widow and five
small children, They own no house and have no means of support. Wm. Heatherington
leaves a widow aged mother and two sisters. He was their chief support. Henry
Tibble leaves a widow and three small children, They have no means of support. She
has been only eighteen months in the country, and her relatives in England
depend on the parish. Daniel Dougherty leaves a widow, an aged mother-in-law
and seven small children, the eldest being a girl of twelve years. They have no
means of support. Albert Culp, the only survivor, and whom I am attending, has
a wife and three small children. He is in a precarious state, and, should he
live, will be unable to work in the coming winter.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>“This
makes, in all, thirty-four persons, nearly all of whom are in a destitute
condition – twenty-one being small children, with the probability of their
number being added to shortly. The inhabitants of this small village cannot
offer those people help to any great extent, as they are people who require all
they have for their own families, many of the men having been working in the
powder mills, and who are now out of employment, with the likelihood of
remaining so for some time to come.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>“Prior
to this awful calamity these people, although poor, were industrious, sober,
Christian people. Should anything be given to these poor people, however small,
it will indeed be considered a great boon, and such offerings will certainly be
well made use of. Should any person see fit to contribute offerings to help
them live over the coming winter, they can address letters to them containing
the amounts.</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 21.3333px; text-indent: 36pt;"><b>An outdoor entertainment was organized to raise funds for the immediate aid of the families of the deceased:</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><b>“Pursuant
to announcement, the promenade concert and display of fireworks took place at
Mr. George Thomas Tuckett’s grounds, corner of King and Queen streets, and,
considering the miserable weather, was very largely attended. The full band of
the Thirteenth Battalion was present and played one of their best programmes.
Prof. Hand & Co. (who never do anything by halves) set off a display of
fireworks which would have done them credit under any circumstances, and
notwithstanding the general dampness which prevailed, the pyrotechnics were
brilliant and beautiful. A large number of balloons were sent up during the
evening. The Virginia Jubilee Singers sang several selections, which greatly
pleased the people.</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>“Altogether
the entertainment gave the utmost satisfaction, and something like $250 was
realized, which will at once be applied to the relief of the sufferers by the
recent powder mills explosion. After the concert, all who took place were
entertained at supper by Mr. Tuckett."<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>The day after the concert and fireworks display, the funds raised were ready to be delivered:</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>“On
Tuesday afternoon, Mr. George T. Tuckett informed a Times representative that
$226 was realized at the concert and fireworks exhibition at his grounds on the
preceding evening. This is very good, when the weather which prevailed on
Monday night is taken into consideration.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>“Tomorrow,
Mayor Mason, Mr. Tuckett and Mr. Breay (Prof. Hand’s partner) will drive to
Cumminsville and distribute the money amongst the needy. Mr. Tuckett says that
he has received several sums in aid of the sufferers from those who could not
attend the concert, and others who wish to contribute now have the opportunity.
Donations will be accepted by any of the gentlemen named above. <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><b> </b></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><b> </b></o:p></span></p><br /><p></p><p></p>1880s Hamiltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13253455167112693975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-307171709476491085.post-43181039687760787512018-09-03T05:53:00.001-07:002018-09-03T05:53:47.666-07:001883-12-27 Police Commision<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“A meeting of the Police
Commissioners was held this morning, at which all three Commissioners were
present.”</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Hamilton Times.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>December 27, 1883. Had three members</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">The Hamilton Police
Commission in the 1880s had three members : the mayor of the city, the Police
Magistrate, and the senior judge of the Wentworth County Court.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">The Commissioners met
monthly on a regular basis, and would, on occasion, have extra meeting should
circumstances warrant.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">The meeting of the Hamilton
Police commission in December 1883 was held on the day after Christmas that
year, December 26, 1883:</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“There were two applications
for cab permits. They were made by William Dryden and Alex. Bain on behalf of
their sons, both of whom were underage. The commissioners refused to grant a permit
to either, as they can see no reason for making an exception to the provision
of the bylaw.”<sup>1</sup></span></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><sup><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">1 </span></sup><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>“Police Commissioners : Charges Against<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Detective Officers Investigated ”</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Hamilton Spectator.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>December 27, 1883.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Unusually, the commissioners
were faced with accusations of misconduct placed against two members of the
force</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“The statement that
Detective Doyle received $50 from a private individual was investigated. The
information<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>was conveyed to the Commissioners
by the Chief of Police, who learned of it through Mr. R.R. Waddell, who was the
legal advisor Malcolm, from whom the money, or note, was said to have come. The
Chief submitted to the Commissioners a letter he had written to Mr. Waddell,
asking that gentleman to formulate a specific charge against Doyle, and Mr.
Waddell’s reply, in which he refused to comply with the request, stating that
he had no charge to make and that he was not a public prosecutor. Mr. Waddell
said that he had given Doyle a note for $50 for certain services to be rendered
by the officer, and that he (Waddell), believing it to be a dereliction of duty
on the part of any police officer to receive money from those whose cases they
are working on, had communicated the fact to the Chief. It was further stated
that Detective Doyle had destroyed the note.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“Detective Doyle was heard
in reference to the matter. He admitted that he had received from Mr. Malcolm a
rough draft of a note for $50. He had at first refused to accept money from Mr.
Malcolm, who pressed the note on him. Malcolm wanted him to give information
concerning the movements of his wife, who was living apart from him. After
receiving the note, he had torn it up.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“The Judge said he thought
the affair called for an investigation, and it was decided to defer it until
the next meeting, when witnesses will be brought and the whole case gone into.”<sup>1</sup></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">The second charge had also
been placed against a member of the detective force, and it involved an
interaction with a newspaper reporter, working for the Hamilton Tribune:</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“Charges brought against
Detective McKenzie by W.P. Robinson, reporter of the Tribune newspaper, were
investigated. The charges were that McKenzie had insulted Mr. Robinson in No. 1
Police Station, and threatened to eject him from the station, and had assaulted
him. The Commissioners made a full investigation of the charges. They requested
the representatives of the press to withdraw, and discussed the evidence with
closed doors. The result of the secret consultation was that the charge of
using insulting language was dismissed, and it was decided that the assault
charge should be carried to another tribunal.”<sup>1</sup></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">As there had been a rash of
burglaries, some with violence involved in Hamilton recently, the Wentworth
County Judge made a statement about the situation, referring specifically to an
incident at the toll gate, near the Desjardins canal between the bay and the
Dundas marsh:</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“The Judge brought to the notice
of the Board the great number of burglaries that had recently been committed in
and near the city. He referred especially to the recent robbery near the toll
gate, and said he thought the police of the city should have taken that matter
in hand, as the gate was virtually in the city, and the crime had been
committed by ruffians from the city.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“The chief said the police
were now working up the case.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Finally, Chief A.D. Stewart
brought up a matter which he felt very strongly about:</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“Chief Stewart made an
appeal to the Commissioners in favor of allowing the police to be armed at
night. There are at present over seventy professional thieves and burglars in
Hamilton who practiced their nefarious business at night, and usually they were
armed. It was not fair to expect a constable to cope with one or two burglars,
when he was armed only with his baton and they had revolvers. He averred that
Hamilton was the only city in Canada whose police went unarmed at night.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“The Judge thought it was
unfair to the force. For their own protection as well as for the better
protection of the public, it would be well to allow the men on night duty to
carry revolvers. They were discreet men, who knew the use of firearms, and
could be trusted.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“The Magistrate did not
approve of the carrying of firearms by the police force. </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“The Chief was asked to
prepare an estimate of the cost of pistols, and submit it at the next meeting.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“The Board then adjourned.”<sup>1</sup></span></b></span></div>
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<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike>1880s Hamiltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13253455167112693975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-307171709476491085.post-68674110272332980392018-09-02T07:46:00.005-07:002019-10-03T13:55:27.750-07:001883-12-26Election Meeting<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“A meeting of the electors
of No. 3 ward, called by the Labor Political association, was held last evening
at Blaisdall’s cottage, on the corner of Locke and Pine. The little room in
which it was held was crowded.”</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Hamilton Spectator. December
26, 1883.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">With Christmas day, 1883
just passed, the attention of many Hamilltonians was directed intensely on
matters related to the soon to take place election for Hamilton aldermen and
mayor.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Some political events were large
scale, others smaller. A smaller event in terms of space to hold ratepayers and
candidates was held on December 26, 1883 : </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“The meeting was called to
order at 8 o’clock sharp, and Mr. Geo. Collis took the chair. He explained the
object of the meeting in a few brief remarks, and said the Labor-Political
association was composed of wage-workers who were quite independent of party
lines, and who were determined to have a voice in civic affairs, and see that
legislation was always for the good of the country.”<sup>1</sup></span></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><sup><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">1 </span></sup><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">”The
Municipal Battle : Ward Meetings in Nos. 1 and 3 Last Night : The Candidates
Air Themselves on the Free Library Question, the Ward Appropriation plan, Street
Pavements, Etc.”</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Hamilton Spectator<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>December 26, 1883.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">One of the two aldermanic incumbents,
Alderman VanAllen was the first speaker. He lauded his own, and council’s
successes during the past term, while voicing his decided opposition to a
movement to establish a free public library in Hamilton:</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“Ald. VanAllen was then
called upon to address the electors. He did so dwelling upon the time he had
been in the city, and on the fact that in the early days, he had been a working
man himself, and for the past fifteen years an employer. He referred at length
to the many improvements made in No. 3 ward during the past three years, for
which time he had been one of the representatives of No. 3 ward in the city
council., and to the fact that he had warmly supported the new bylaws on wood,
coal, etc. In expressing himself on the free bylaw, he said he was proud of the
fact that he was one of those who helped vote it down. If the bylaw had passed
its second reading and had been submitted to the people, it would have entailed
<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>a cost to the city of $700, and that was
one of the principal reasons of his opposing it. The statute was such that the
people might be called to pay about $8,000 a year to keep it up, and he thought
if the bylaw was passed, it would be one of the worst things for Hamilton that
had ever happened. He also explained that Mr. F. C. Bruce was not present to
address them because of the sickness of one of his children.”<sup>1</sup></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">The following speech was
from prominent lawyer, seeking election to Hamilton council :</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>“Mr. J. V. Teetzel was next called upon. He
opened with a brilliant, rhetorical effort upon Ald. VanAllen’s speech, and
said it was all very well for that gentleman to say he actively supported the
new coal, wood and other bylaws, but the chief credit was due to the workingmen
of the city, who had promulgated them, and, by their efforts, had carried them
into effect. He expressed himself as being in favor of a free public library,
public parks, independence of the Northern and Northwestern railway, and public
baths. He also said he was opposed to bonuses being given and exemptions from
taxation allowed, and thought that money given as a bonus to any industrial monopoly
might be better employed in effecting permanent improvements in the city.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">The next candidadte to speak
needed no introduction to those gathered. George Elias Tuckett was one of
Hamilton’s richest and most prominent citizens, having already had a distinguished
career as a local municipal legislator :</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>“Mr. George E. Tuckett said that if the reforms
clamored for so anxiously just now had been wanted before, the people could
have got them, for you can only legislate up to the wishes of the people. He
expressed himself strongly in favor of progressive local government, and
thought it wrong to keep the Crystal palace gates closed at any time, unless
perhaps when the fair was going on. He wanted to be able to go in there
whenever he chose to do so. He thought<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>the electors of each ward<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>should
meet frequently and consult as to what was best for the interests of the ward,
and tell their representatives in the council what was wanted. <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>If it wasn’t done, they could turn their man
out. It was unfair to hold one meeting a year, and then blame the old
representatives high and low for their work. No man could be expected to have
sufficient intelligence to legislate capably for the whole ward.”<sup>1</sup></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>There was
one more speaker before the proceedings were closed, a speaker who experienced
some heckling and intense questioning from those assembled, as had most other
speakers:</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“Mr. Mills made a brief
address. The speakers were frequently interrupted by those present, who asked
questions as to what they would do in this or that matter, and the chairman was
forced several times to call the meeting to order. One man present was greatly
trouble over the fact that there was neither sidewalk no water main on the east
end of Herkimer street. He said the residents of that portion of the street had
petitioned for both these, and because one man objected, the request was
refused.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“At the conclusion of the
meeting, a vote of thanks was tendered to the chairman, who made a suitable response,
and the meeting adjourned.”<sup>1</sup></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">As the eighteenth anniversary
of Confederation approached, a first-term Hamilton aldermen proposed that on
July 1, 1885, the Gore Park fountain be turned on and the gates opened allowing
everyone access to the park during evenings for the rest of the summer months.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">The transformation of the
huge unoccupied downtown property, triangular in shape, known as the Gore had
happened twenty-five years previously. It had been intended that a
complimentary sized and shaped property would be added to the Gore to make
sufficient space for a town square.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">The Gore had become Gore
Park with attractive fountains big and small placed in it. However, the water
in the fountain was often, even mainly, not turned on and the park, surrounded
by a fence, had it entrance gate only opened to the public on special
occasions.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Such a major change being
considered, the Spectator felt it appropriate to “interview” the Gore Park
Fountain for its views, views which were published in the form of a poem:</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>“Dear Spectator ;</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">As
your paper is voted best channel for news,</span></b></span></div>
<br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px 48px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">I
have asked your reporter to publish my views.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Your
readers have clamored to know of the reason</span></b></span></div>
<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Why
I don’t choose to squirt, when it’s out of season;</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">I
propose to enlighten the public at large</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">And
show them how utterly senseless this charge:</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">They’ve
long-forgotten the ways of the Good Queen Anne days</span></b></span></div>
<br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px 48px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Urging
blame, when I’ve merited nothing but praise.</span></b></span></div>
<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">A
fact worth noting of those who should know;</span></b></span></div>
<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">I am
not of this age, its inventions and show;</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">I
belong to the times of economy rare,</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">When
pure water was saved with the greatest of care,</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">When
washing was only done one day in seven,</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">As
the waste of the gift might bring vengeance from heaven;</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">For
tho’ free as the air, and with oceans to spare</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Then
many believed <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>they must use it with care.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">I am
not quite at home, as just hinted before,</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">With
the new-fangled actions as seen round the Gore;</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Wooden
streets, patent sweepers, electric connection</span></b></span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px 48px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">For
speaking and lighting; they all throw reflection</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">On
our forefathers’ days, when they toiled and they strained</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">And
tho’ hard was their lot – yet they stoutly maintained </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">That
‘twere certainly best for the good of the rest</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">That
inventors should hang as of Satan possessed</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">I
must stoutly protest with supreme indignation</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Against
opening the Gore, and each new innovation</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Why
should anyone dare to make common the spot</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">That
by lock, fence and custom is not</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">For
mechanics who toil; nor their wives who endure,</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Nor
their children much needing the air that is pure ?</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Tho’
the new alderman’s views I don’t care to abuse,</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">I
will speak for myself – I will squirt when I choose.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">So
please let me hear of no more agitation</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">For
modern ideas or new desecration; </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Let
me squirt only once a year, that is all I should try,</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Just
for Canada’s sake, on the first of July.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">But
on evenings – oh no; or on hot summer days –</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">I
will stiffen my neck against all such displays;</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">I’ll
economy ply, for the lake might turn dry,</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">In
spouting its water in waste to the sky.”<sup>1</sup></span></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><sup><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">1 </span></sup><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">“The
Gore Fountain Speaks”</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Hamilton Spectator<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>July 30, 1885.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">With the month of May almost
over, the advertisement section in the Spectator of May 28, 1883 had a distinct
summer flavor.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">From the accompanying portion
of that day’s newspaper, looking first at the right column from the top down,
the following can be seen:</span></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">1.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">Ad
for D. Dewey, ice dealer. Business was located on George street, between Bay
and Caroline streets. The ad claimed that “entire supply harvested this years.”
</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">2.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">Ad
for a sale of fine silks at Knox, Morgan & Co. store “We keep in stock a
full range of Colors and beg to remind City trade of the advantages of buying
these goods here.</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">3.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">Ad
for W.W. Walton, wholesale and retail dairy, 10 Vine street. Ice was
prominently mentioned plus a series of dairy products for sale – ‘Milk, Cream,
Butter, Cheese, Buttermilk, and everything in the dairy line. Production of
cream was a specialty : ‘Our Cream for Family Use, Ice Cream and for Butter
making is separated from the milk as soon as milked, by the very best Danish
and German separators and thus given our customers beautiful, thick, fresh
Cream immediately after milking.’ And finally, ‘We were the first to introduce
the Centrifugal Creaming System in Canada, and one of the first in the world.’</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Looking
next to the left, top of the columns :</span></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">1.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">Ad
for the third in a series of fund-raising concerts given by the popular 13<sup>th</sup>
Battalion Band, plus guest vocalists. Money raised to be used to purchase new uniforms
for the band. Concert at the Drill Shed on James North. Single admission 25
cents.</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">2.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">Ad
for the ‘First Grand Moonlight Excursion to the Beach, Ocean House. The Ocean
House and its near neighbor, the New York Roller Rink, on the Hamilton Beach
strip, near the Burlington canal were popular destinations for Hamiltonians. A special
way to get to them in May, 1883 was via a side-wheel paddle steamer, the
Canadian. The schedule for the Moonlight Excursion involved, leaving the James
Street Wharf at 7:45 p.m., sharp as the proprietors of the Canadian insisted on
keeping rigorously to advertised departure and return times. Both while going
to the Beach and while returning, passengers on the Canadian were entertained
by the full Independent Band. 20 cents would buy a ticket for the excursion; an
extra 15 cents would pay for admission, if desired to the rink where famous
trick cyclists, Westbrook & Hacker, were going to give an exhibition of
their skills. The Canadian was to return from the Beach, leaving there at 10:30</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">3.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">Ad
for the Bay View Pleasure Park, located at the far west end of Hamilton, not
far from the Valley Inn. George Midwinter proprietor of <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Bay View Pleasure Park, boasted that the
roller skating rink at his park was the ‘largest in Ontario.’ The park could
readily be reached from Hamilton with departures every half hour by two small
passenger steamers, the Shamrock and the Lillie The Bay View Band provided
music for the people in the park generally, while the Bay View Quadrille band
provided music for dancing.</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">4.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">Small
ad for the Lakeside house, on the Beach strip “thoroughly renovated and refurbished.
Bar, Bowling alleys and restaurant in connection.</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">5.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">Finally,
small ad for the Wellington Street Swimming Baths, on the east side of
Wellington, north of King street : ‘now open every day. Water warmed by steam
pipes. Ladies’ bath opens June 2<sup>nd</sup>.’</span></span></b></div>
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<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike>1880s Hamiltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13253455167112693975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-307171709476491085.post-86921460521267065152018-07-24T06:54:00.004-07:002022-01-18T13:18:33.073-08:001918-10-21Theater Owners Protest<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">It was not just the churches
in Hamilton that were closed by the Hamilton Board of Health, that same piece
of legislation also ordered doors of Hamilton’s many theaters shut tight. The Spanish
Influenza epidemic was spreading exponentially in mid-October. </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">In response, Hamilton
Medical Health Officer, backed by members of the Hamilton Board of Health,
ordered closing of places where the influenza might logically be expected to be
spread indiscriminately. </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">While many other communities,
including Toronto, did not go so far as closing movie and vaudeville theaters
because of the epidemic, Hamilton’s theaters were ordered to close. Ambrose J.
Small, owner of Hamilton’s Grand Opera, was also president of the Canadian
Theater Managers’ Association, and in the latter capacity, he wrote the
following letter of protest, calling the theater ban in Hamilton unjust and
unwise:</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>“Editor Herald, - In connection with the
temporary embargo which has been placed on the Grand Opera house and the other
theaters of the city of Hamilton, I respectfully submit that all citizens in
your community should be treated alike and no distinction made as between
places of amusement and any other place of business or quarter of the city
where the public are wont to congregate or assemble for any purpose whatsoever,
as no logic or reason can be found in endeavoring to abate the epidemic in one
place if it is to be encouraged in any other. The Grand and the other principal
theaters of your city are thoroughly well-ventilated and infinitely less
dangerous to the general public than departmental stores, market places, office
buildings, elevators and street cars that are jammed to the point of
suffocation during rush hours.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“I fully appreciate the
sincerity which undoubtedly moved the board of health to take the action in
question, but nevertheless feel that they cannot be fully aware of the very
serious consequences to the managers of the theaters and those in their employ,
and to the members of the various companies booked for engagements at Hamilton
in the immediate future. The business has been brought to a complete
standstill, all employees are thrown out of work, and the incoming attractions
are forced to lay off and lose every dollar expended on salaries to their
performers, customs duties on their scenic productions and advertising material
that had to be paid before they could enter Canada at all, together with the
hundred and one other items of expensive incidental to the transportation and
movement of theatrical companies from point to point in the province of
Ontario.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“It is, unfortunately, a
fact that those employed in the theatrical calling, are not, as a class, saving
people, and I can assure you that in the case of theater employees in Hamilton,
the loss of income due to your closing order is going to be an exceedingly
serious matter in very many cases. I am informed that several have already
expressed themselves to the effect that they will be forced to go to other
cities in search of work, and the disruption of the local theatrical business
that will certainly follow, unless the order is very soon rescinded, will mean
a financial loss to both managers and employees which it will be quite possible
to estimate.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“I would not press this
seemingly selfish point of view if I was not thoroughly convinced that the
opinion of the chief officer of the Ontario provincial board of health, Dr. J.
W. S. McCullough, who expressed himself as not considering the closing of such
places as theaters necessary, is founded upon sound judgment. I respectfully
refer you to Dr. McCullough’s published statement in the Toronto Mail and
Empire of Tuesday, October 8, in column three on page five, and I also quote
you the following from an editorial in the Toronto Daily News of Saturday, Oct.
12 : ‘We do not believe that the range or severity of the influenza epidemic is
sufficient to justify the closing of either the schools or other places of
public resort. Those who are suffering from the disease are at home. Why compel
thousands of young people to expose themselves unnecessarily to infection by
remaining in close touch with the patients?’</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“If thought desirable by the
board of health, the management of the Grand Opera House would be altogether
willing, as a matter of more abundant caution, to fumigate the theater under
the direction of the board, at such intervals as they might think proper. By
keeping the theaters open, well-heated places of amusement are furnished to
hundreds of people who otherwise will be forced to spend their time in lodgings
and other places where they will be much more liable to contract colds and
influenza than they would in the comfortable surroundings of the theater. Those
who attend theaters are very rarely face to face, and the danger of infection
is by no means as great as in places where large numbers of people are meeting
face to face. The long, continued wet weather appears to be over, and with it,
we may reasonably expect better health conditions.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“In conclusion, the
theatrical season is a very limited one, not more than nine months of the year
at most, and the earlier portion of it (September, October and November) are the
only months in which the managers of theaters are at least fairly sure of some
profit and a reasonable rate of interest on their investments. After that
period, the Christmas shopping season begins in earnest to the great detriment of
the business in theaters, the three weeks immediately preceding the holidays
being invariably the dullest of the entire year; and once the Christmas and New
Year festivities are over, it is but a short space of time until the Lenten
season is ushered in, and with its advent, the theater is always due another
protracted period of depression.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“I sincerely trust that your
board of health will see their way clear to rescind the closing order and
respectfully submit that in many parts of the United States, where the type of
influenza is much more aggravated than in Canada, all theaters have been
allowed to remain open, with only this restriction : that the members of the
audiences are warned that they must use their pocket handkerchiefs <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>when sneezing or coughing, under a penalty of
ejection from the theater.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Yours very truly,</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>AMBROSE J.
SMALL, </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>Canadian Theater Managers’ Association.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Tuesday,
October 21, 1885<sup>1</sup></span></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><sup><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">1</span></sup><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">“Letters
to the Editor : Closing of Theatres”</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Herald.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>October 23, 1918</span></b></span></div>
<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span>1880s Hamiltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13253455167112693975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-307171709476491085.post-22516918185447966662018-07-23T06:51:00.003-07:002018-07-23T06:51:51.112-07:001885-06-16oo Circ Wars
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">In June 1885, the management
leaders of the Hamilton Spectator wanted to in no uncertain terms assert the
Spectator’s dominance in the City’s newspaper.</span></b></span></div>
<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Besides the competition
between the Spectator and its main rival, the Hamilton Times, there also recently
had been a third daily newspaper in Hamilton, the Tribune. Despite investing in
the latest equipment for newspaper production and building a substantial office
and plant for the paper on James Street North, the Tribune proved to be short-lived.
The Spectator purchased the main assets of the Tribune, and in June 1885, the
name, Daily Spectator and Tribune was used on the editorial page and on the
front page.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Several months earlier, the
Spectator had challenged the Times as to which paper had the highest
circulation numbers. By June 16, 1885, the Times had not responded, so the
challenge was repeated, after being fine-tuned :</span></b></span></div>
<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">The local newspapers of
Hamilton in 1885, the Spectator and the Times were keen competitors. Ever out
to trump bigger circulation numbers, more copies sold and more advertising revenues
being garnered than the Times, the Spectator rolled out a challenge on June 16,
1885.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">In that day’s Spectator, on
the editorial page, the Spectator laid out, in detail, the complete nature of
their message to the Times:</span></b></span></div>
<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“The matter of newspaper
circulation concerns you. The greater the circulation of the newspapers in
which you advertise, the greater the return for the money invested in
advertising. </span></b></span></div>
<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“The following proposition
was first printed in the Spectator of Wednesday, August 6. It has appeared in
the Spectator every day since. The Times has not dared to accept it, or any
part of it.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“The Times and Spectator to
nominate each a prominent advertiser; then to nominate a third. The committee
to examine into the circulation of both papers. </span></b></span></div>
<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“The Spectator agrees to put
up money as follows;</span></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">1.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">A
hundred dollars that the circulation of the Spectator is not less than that of
the Times.</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">2.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">A
hundred dollars that the circulation of the Spectator exceeds that of the
Times.</span></span></b></div>
<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">3.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">A
hundred dollars that the Spectator’s circulation exceeds that of the Times by
one thousand copies daily.</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">4.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">A
hundred dollars that the Spectator’s circulation exceeds the Times’ circulation
by two thousand daily.</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">5.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">A
hundred dollars that the Spectator’s circulation exceeds that of the Times by
three thousand daily, and</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">6.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">A
hundred dollars that the circulation of the Spectator is double that of the
Times.</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“The Times to put up an
equal amount of money, and the loser’s money to be paid over to any charity
indicated by the winner. The circulation of both papers, as found by the
investigating committee, to be published in both papers, first under the
editorial head, in brevier type, on the day following that on which the
committee makes report.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">‘NO DEADHEADS</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“No free papers to be
included in the count.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“The Times has not dared to
submit to the test, and</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“MARK THIS :</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“The Times WILL NOT, in future,
DARE NOT submit to the test.”<sup>1</sup></span></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">1 </span></sup><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">“To
Advertisers : The Spectator’s Circulation is Double That of the Times ”</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Hamilton Spectator<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>June 16, 1885.</span></b></span></div>
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<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike>1880s Hamiltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13253455167112693975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-307171709476491085.post-82455439963126381512018-07-07T09:28:00.001-07:002018-07-07T09:28:28.742-07:001885-07-01Holiday Baseball
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Full evidence of the grip that baseball had on
Hamiltonians in 1885 was the schedule of the Canadian Baseball League. Hamilton
was the only city in the league to have two franchises, the Clippers and the
Primroses. On the national holiday, the Primroses played the Clippers at the
Dundurn ball grounds in the morning. In the afternoon, the Clippers played an
exhibition game against the Cass from Detroit also at the Dundurn yard, while
the Primroses had to quickly travel to Guelph to play an afternoon game with
that city’s Maple Leafs team. There was also an afternoon game involving the
Torontos playing in London against the Londons.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>In 1885,
the local newspapers were generally only a pages long, with only one page
reserved for Hamilton local news items. As evidence of the interest of Hamilton
residents on the baseball news of the day, the Spectator on July 2, 1885
devoted nearly have of that one page to sporting news, mostly baseball.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Following is that coverage
as regards baseball in full, including full box scores. </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>THE CLIPPER-PRIMROSE MATCH</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“This match created much
interest among the admirers of the game. The fact that the Woods brothers were
to be the battery for the Primroses led many to suppose that the Clippers were
to be beaten, and almost everybody thought it quite possible that that result
might be attained. There were five thousand spectators, and the Primroses had
the sympathy of the crowd. People who had refused to applaud the Wood brothers
cheered them vociferously yesterday. It was evident that the crowd wanted to
see the Primroses win. Little Richardson, too, when he stepped to the front was
received with applause. The game was a good one. There was little choice
between the batteries. Both catchers caught well – Moore perfectly. Pete Wood
pitched out more men than Chamberlain did, but eight hits were made off Wood,
but two off Chamberlain. This fact is partially accounted for by the relative
batting strength of the teams. As it was right there that the Clippers had the
advantage; they out-batted the Primroses by a very heavy majority. And the
Primroses assisted the Clippers’ batting by making errors rather too profusely.
The very newest of the men in either team did not show to good advantage.
Except Richardson and he is hardly a new man in Hamilton. He was the only man
of the team who got to third base. It might be mentioned that only two reached
second base, and only four arrived safely at first. The game was characterized
by good sharp play, and it was quite evident that both teams played to win.
Everybody was thoroughly satisfied that they had seen a capital game, and all
Hamilton people are prepared to state, openly, that there two particularly
clever ball teams in this neighborhood. Crowfoot umpired and did it well.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The scorer has this to say:</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Clippers<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>A.B.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>R.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>B.H.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>T.B.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>P.O.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>A.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>E. Rainey, 3b<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>4<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>0<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>0<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>0<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>4<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>4<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>1</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Andrus, ss<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>4<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>1<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>2<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>2<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>1<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>2<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>0
</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Moore, c.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>3<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>1<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>1<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>1<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>8<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>1<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>0</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Chamberlain, p.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>4<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>0<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>0<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>0<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>0<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>9<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>2</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Crogan, lf.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>4<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>1<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>1<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>2<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>3<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>0<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>0 <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Stapleton, lb.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>4<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>1<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>2<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>2<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>13<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>0<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>0 </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">McGra, 2b.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>3<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>0<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>0<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>0<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>1<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>2<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>0</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Wilson, rf.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>3<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>0<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>0<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>0<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>1<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>2<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>0</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Hoyt, cf.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>4<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>0<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>1<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>1<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>1<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>0<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>0</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">_____________________________________________</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Totals<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>83<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>4<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>3<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>9<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>27 18<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>3</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Primroses<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>A.B.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>R.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>B.H.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>T.B.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>P.O.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Bierbau,2b<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>4<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>0<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>0<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>0<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>1<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>0<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>0</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Richardson, ss<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>4<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>0<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>1<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>1<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>2<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>0<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>0
</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Wilson, lf.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>4<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>0<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>0<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>0<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>1<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>0<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>0</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">P. Wood, p.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>3<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>0<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>0<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>0<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>1<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>11<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>7</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">J. Wood, cf.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>4<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>1<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>1<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>2<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>3<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>0<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>0 <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Jones, 1b, lf.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>4<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>0<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>0<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>0<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>2<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>0<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>1 <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Kirkland, 3b.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>3<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>0<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>0<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>0<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>2<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>0<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>1 <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">F. Wood, c.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>2<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>0<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>0<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>0<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>1<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>2<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>0</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Hoyt, cf.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>4<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>0<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>1<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>1<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>10<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>0<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>0</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Barnfather, rf.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>3<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>0<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>1<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>0<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>0<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>0<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>0</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">_____________________________________________</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Totals<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>29<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>0<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>2<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>3<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>24 13<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>13</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Clippers ………… 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 *<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>4 </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Primroses ………… 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>4</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Runs Earned – None</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">First base on errors – Clippers 8, Primroses 1</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">First base on called balls – Clippers 4, Primroses 1</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">First base on Fielder’s choice – Clippers 1, Primroses 0</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Reached first base – Clippers, 17, Primroses 4</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Total called balls – On Chamberlain, 58, on Wood 83</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Struck out – Clippers 8, Chamberlain, Crogan 2, Wilson 2,
Hoyt 2; Primroses7, Bierbau, Wilson, 3, j. Wood, Kirkland, F. Wood.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Total strikes called – Off Chamberlain, 47; off P.Wood
42.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Left on base – Clippers 9, Primroses 3</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Two base bit – Crogan</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Double play – J. Wood to Richardson</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Passed balls – Moore, 0, F. Wood, 1</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Wild pitches – Chamberlain 1, P. Wood 1</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Umpire – Crowfoot, Toronto.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Time of game – One hour and 35 minutes.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Attendance – 5,000</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>THE
CLIPPER-CAS GAME</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>“The
Clippers have had their revenge. A little while ago, they sent a crippled team
to Detroit without a catcher, and the Cass club played the Detroit league team
and several other big teams against them, and crushed the poor Clippers 12 to
1. Yesterday, the Cass club sent one or two Cass men, the big slugger of the
crack Indianapolis league team, and a lot of professional players over here to
repeat the performance. But they didn’t. Rooney, a new man, pitched for the
Clippers. He is a fat, good-natured sort of fellow, does his work easily and,
does not seem, from the reporters’ box to be much of a pitcher. But, all the
same, he makes them pound wind in an eminently satisfactory manner, and the
hits made off him by the aggregation of sluggers opposed to him were few and
far between. It must be that he deceived the reporter. He certainly deceived a
large number of heavy batters. The Cass men were overmatched – the Clippers had
a catcher – and the Clippers pulled away ahead of them. The seven foot slugger
from Indianapolis finally knocked the ball away over the trees and back of the
right field crowd. It had been agreed before the game that two bags only should
be made of a hit in that crowd; but the tall fellow ran home. Then there were
some expostulations. Finally, the Clippers grew generous and gave him the home
run. Another man followed with another ball in the same direction, and made
three bags. Then there was more expostulation ; but the umpire said that as the
rule had been broken, it must stay broken. These performances and some errors
judiciously placed by the Clippers, shot the Cass people up to 6 runs, but they
staid there – just two behind the Clippers. The game on the whole was not a
very brilliant display of ball; but the crow was invigorating. The attendance
was probably the largest ever seen at a ball game in Hamilton. Listen to the
score:</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Clippers<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>A.B.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>R.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>B.H.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>T.B.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>P.O.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>A.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>E. Rainey, 3b<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>5<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>2<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>3<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>3<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>2<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>2<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>0</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Andrus, ss<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>4<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>0<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>1<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>1<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>1<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>2<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>7
</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Moore, c.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>4<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>2<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>3<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>3<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>11<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>5<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>1</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Crogan, lf.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>4<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>0<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>0<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>0<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>1<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>0<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>0</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Stapleton, 1b<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>3<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>0<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>2<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>3<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>8<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>0<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>1 <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">McGra, 2b.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>4<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>1<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>2<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>2<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>3<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>4<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>1 </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Myers,cf.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>4<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>1<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>1<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>1<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>1<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>0<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>0</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Rooney, p.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>3<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>0<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>2<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>3<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>0 11<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>7</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Hoyt, cf.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>4<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>2<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>1<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>1<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>0<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>0<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>1</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">_____________________________________________</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Totals<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>36<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>8<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>15<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>17<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>27 24<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>12</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Cass<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>A.B.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>R.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>B.H.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>T.B.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>P.O.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Buckenberger,2b<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>1<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>0<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>0<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>0<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>4<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>3<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>1</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Poorman, lf.&
p.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>4<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>0<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>0<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>0<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>1<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>3<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>3 </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Walker, c.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>3<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>0<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>0<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>0<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>6<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>6<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>5</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Thompson, 1b.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>4<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>2<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>4<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>9<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>9<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>2<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>1</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Rouseau, 3b.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>4<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>2<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>1<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>1<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>2<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>0<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>0
<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Robinson, ss.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>4<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>2<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>1<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>3<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>0<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>0<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>0 <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Lawrence.p & lf.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>4<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>0<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>0<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>0<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>1<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>2<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>2 <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Leadley, cf.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>4<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>0<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>0<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>0<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>1<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>2<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>0</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Williams, rf.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>3<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>0<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>0<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>0<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>0 <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>0<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>0</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">_____________________________________________</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Totals<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>30<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>6<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>6<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>13<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>24 16<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>15</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Clippers ………… 2 2 0 0 3 1 0 0 *<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>8 </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Primroses ……<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>0
1 0 0 0 0 3 0 2<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>6</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Runs Earned – Clippers 0, Cass 1</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">First base on errors – Clippers 3, Cass 7</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">First base on called balls – Clippers 2, Cass 5</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">First base on Fielder’s choice – Clippers 2, Cass 1</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Reached first base – Clippers, 20, Cass 14</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Total called balls – On Rooney, 39, on Lawrence 22, on
Poorman 40</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Struck out – Clippers 5, Crogan, Stapleton. McGra, Myers,
Hoyt; Cass 11, Buckenburger, Poorman, Rousseau 2, Robinson 2, Leadley 3,
Williams, Lawrence.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Total strikes called – Off Rooney, 49; off Lawrence11,
off Poorman 20.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Left on base – Clippers 6, Cass 2</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Two bas<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Two base hits – Stapleton, Rooney.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Three base hit – Robinson.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Home run - Thompson</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Double play – Andrus to Stapleton, Poorman to Thompson to
Walker</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Passed balls – Moore, 0,<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>Walker, 2</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Wild pitches – Rooney 2, Lawrence 1, Poorman 2</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Umpire – Crowfoot, Toronto.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Time of game – One hour and 50 minutes.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>MAPLE
LEAFS v. PRIMROSES</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>“Guelph,
July 1 – The game here today between the Maple Leafs and the Primroses resulted
in favor of the Leafs, much to the surprise of Guelph. The Primroses were
strengthened, while The Maple Leafs had to put in the veteran Billy Smith to
pitch. It was the first professional game he pitched since the old professional
Maple Leafs and Tecumsehs were rival on the ball field. He received and ovation
from the spectators as he stepped into the box. The Primroses presented Young
and O’Neil as their battery as the Wood brothers, who played in the morning
game against the Clippers, were not on the field this afternoon. Barnfather
relieved O’Neil after the first inning, and caught the rest of the game. Both
side batted freely. The following is the score by innings :</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Maple Leafs ………… 0 3 1 0 0 1
1 0<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>2<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>8 </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Primroses ……<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>5</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>NOTES</span></b></span></div>
<br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“Poor old London!</span></b></span></div>
<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“Yesterday was London’s
Knight off.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“Richardson has forgotten
how to run.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“Stapleton was struck four
times by the ball while at bat yesterday.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“The Maple Leafs have some
idea of joining the Canadian league.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“Two games and a long ride
to Guelph was too much for the Primroses yesterday.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“The blue suits of the
Primroses were better filled yesterday morning than ever before.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“News comes of a terrible
accident at Guelph. The Maple Leafs have won a game.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“The Torontos are the most
fatigued men in the league today. Nineteen times around the bases – Phew!</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“Were they really men – ball
playing men paid for playing ball – that let another lot of fellows make
nineteen runs yesterday?”<sup>1</sup></span></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">1</span></sup><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">“The
World of Sport : Items of Interest to the Noble Fraternity : How It Was
Observed By Hamilton People : Notable Ball Games ”</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Hamilton Spectator<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>July 02, 1885.</span></b></span></div>
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</span><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />1880s Hamiltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13253455167112693975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-307171709476491085.post-605584150725213182018-07-01T02:46:00.003-07:002018-07-01T02:46:26.578-07:001885-07-01 Holiday
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“Canada’s eighteenth
national holiday has come and gone, , and it leaves a memory of a cool and
pleasant day, of flying flags, of music from many bands, of fire crackers and
flaring fireworks, of dust, of ice cream, of soda water, cigars and – beer.”</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Hamilton Spectator<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>July 02, 1885.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">The first of July, 1885 was
a national holiday in Canada. In Hamilton, all shops, factories, and stores, in
fact nearly everything was closed for the day.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">One of the very few that workers
that did not have the day off was a Spectator reporter, who had the assignment
of capturing the events of the holiday in Hamilton. He was busy from the break
of day until well after sunset:</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“Both early morning and late
at night the streets were thronged with people, hurrying to the various
attractions in and around the city, hustling to catch the excursion trains and
boats for Buffalo, Toronto and elsewhere. But through the middle of the day,
the streets were almost deserted. The weather could not have been finer. The
sun was shining from a cloud-flecked sky, but a delightfully cool breeze blew
through the day and prevented nature’s self-feeder from making things
uncomfortably warm. There were happy faces everywhere, and it is safe to
presume that the eighteenth anniversary of confederation was thoroughly enjoyed
by Canada’s loyal subjects.”<sup>1</sup></span></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">1 </span></sup><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>“Our National Holiday : How It Was Observed By
Hamilton People : The Big I.P.B.S. Demonstration at Dundurn, House of
Providence Picnic, and Other Holiday Attractions”</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Hamilton Spectator<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>July 02, 1885.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">The biggest of many
attractions in Hamilton, on July 1, 1885 was at Dundurn park where the Irish
Protestant Benevolent Society leased the grounds for the day, and provided all
sorts of events within, tempting one and all to pay admission at the gate to enter:</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“It was a successful event. This
society’s demonstrations always are. They make their arrangements carefully and
generously, provide excellent attractions, and spare neither pains nor expense
to secure the enjoyment and comfort of their patrons. It is a way they have and
a way that has made the Hamilton people feel , and know that when the I.P.B.S.
undertake to do anything, they do it with all their might, and that in every
instance, they can be depended upon to make that particular part of the day’s
entertainment which they have under their care, an overwhelming success. It was
so yesterday.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">To induce ticket buyers to
head for Dundurn, a procession containing a band and some uniformed marchers gathered
in the city’s core:</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“At 1:30 p.m., the
Thirteenth band and two uniformed societies, the Royal Scarlet Knights and the
knights of Sherwood Forest, formed in procession at the gore and marched to the
grounds. They took a large crowd with them, and thousands more filed in through
the afternoon.”<sup>1</sup></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Dundurn Park itself was always
an attraction, particularly in the summertime, and it was an animated, jolly
place on July 1, 1885:</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>“Dundurn was looking as pretty as it well
could, and it was crowded with a jostling mass of promiscuous humanity,
plentifully sprinkling with white and colored summer dresses, that contrasted
well with the more sober garb of the male portion of the audience.”<sup>1</sup></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Hamilton was baseball mad in
1885, and the managers of the demonstration scheduled two games at Dundurn’s
ball grounds, one in the morning, and one in the afternoon, to induce the
baseball ‘cranks’ to pay the fee to get into the grounds. The grandstand beside
the baseball field, only constructed that spring, would be well-filled for both
games. </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“The morning game was
between the two Hamilton franchises in the professional Canadian Baseball
League, the Clippers and the Primroses. The number of people estimated to watch
the game was about 5,000. Of especial interest were the three Wood brothers,
top level professional baseball players from Buffalo, New York. The brothers
had recently left the Clippers, saying that their contract had been broken
because the Clippers’ manager had not played all three at the same time in a
game, despite them being promised that they would always be on the field
together. The Wood brothers had simply decided to break their contract with the
Clippers and signed up with the other Hamilton team, the Primroses.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">While the morning game was
well-attended, the afternoon game attracted more than twice as many, believed
to be the largest attendance at a game ever before in Hamilton’s sporting
history. Not only was the grandstand completely full, fans circled the field
and had to be restrained from getting into the field of play itself. A ball
which landed in the outfield crowd was an automatic double, while any ball hit
over and beyond the crowd was a home run.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">However, as the game was in
progress, several other things were happening at Dundurn:</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“While the match was in
progress, the uniformed societies (each body 23 strong) gave an exhibition
drill, and won frequent applause for the excellent manner in which they went
through the difficult evolutions they were called upon to perform.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“The Thirteenth band was in
the park all day, and furnished the exquisite music that Hamilton people have
been taught to expect from it. Melody was also provided during the afternoon
and evening by the Lomas family of juvenile musicians. The Thirteenth string
band played at the dancing platform for scores of people who tripped the light
fantastic until their feet ached”<sup>1</sup></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">In a series of brief descriptions,
which appeared under the heading, Notes, the Spectator reporter wrote:</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>“The
grounds were very orderly. There were no disturbances and no inebriates.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>“The
children from the boys’ and girls’ homes were on the grounds during the
afternoon.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>“The blind
gentleman with the violin and extraordinary vocal powers reaped a harvest of
pennies.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>“Mr. J. H.
Eager and Mr. Robert Irwin attended to the ticket selling. They did it well,
and appeared to be able to keep Barnum’s lightning pasteboard dispenser
hustling to keep up with them.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>“ The street
car service to the park was excellent, and plenty of accommodation was
provided. Mr. M.C. Dickson, the superintendent, looked after it in person, and
patrons of the line feel grateful to him for the thoroughly efficient manner in
which he did it.”<sup>1</sup></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">By late afternoon, most of
the huge crowd which had been in Dundurn Park started to leave, and for a very
brief time, there were few people left in the beauty spot:</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“Ball match and games at an
end, the spectators filed out , for the afternoon was getting unsatisfactorily
near 6 o’clock, and thoughts of edibles to dispose of were disturbing the
sight-seers. But the grounds were not empty long for the people had scarcely
gone out before they commenced to return again. The band and the plumed knights
marched up again in the evening. By 6:30 o’clock the grandstand and the grounds
were once more filled to overflowing.”<sup>1</sup></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">The evening experience at
Dundurn was made memorable for many on July 1, 1885 as outdoor electric lights,
still a novelty at the time, were turned on, until the time came to turn then
off again:</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“The electric lights were in
full blast, though they were put out while the fireworks were being set off. The
fireworks were all arranged to face the grandstand, and people who chose that
vantage point to sit in, had an excellent view of the magnificent display. Mr.
J. Pain, of London, England, who was running the exhibition of colored pieces,
seems to understand how to do sort of thing pretty well. The effects were novel
and ingenious and the colors artistically blended. The bombardment of
Alexandria was about the most elaborate set piece of the evening, and brought
prolonged applause from the people, whose upturned faces looked very peculiar
from the effects of the variegated lights. At 10 o’clock, God Save the Queen
sounded from the band, which signified that it was time for all to skip.”<sup>1</sup></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">There were other attractions
for Hamiltonians to choose from on July 1, 1885. </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">At Bayview park at the far
west end of Hamilton bay, an immense crowd, who were mainly taken there by the
steamer Lillie, enjoyed picnicking, roller skating and outdoor dancing. At
Ainslie park, along the line of the Hamilton and Dundas street railway, the
Sons of Temperance held a picnic. At the Ocean House, the hotel at the beach
strip near the canal, roller skating was a prime indoor attraction, while
outdoors, picnic parties on the sand were held and numerous fishermen could be
seen trying their luck from shore or out on the waters of lake or bay. Finally,
there was the then new Lansdowne Park, on the shoreline of Hamilton bay at the
foot of Wentworth street north, where another temperance picnic was held
attended by about 600.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">However, Dundurn was the
place to be for thousands upon thousands of citizens, and it proved to be as
popular with all who went there at some time during the day:</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“The demonstration was more
largely patronized than the average demonstration is, and this is due to the
fact that the committee did not provide a multiplicity of attractions,
dispensed with speech-making and a long list of games, and had the attractions
they had, the best they could procure. The total attendance was considerably
over 12,000.”<sup>1</sup></span></b></span></div>
<i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span>1880s Hamiltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13253455167112693975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-307171709476491085.post-2829814981767793322018-05-23T10:50:00.000-07:002018-05-23T10:51:50.131-07:001885-06-25 Wall Shooting (Part 2)<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;">J<b>ames Wall was the most important prisoner to appear in Hamilton's Police Court on June 25, 1885, just two days after the shooting incident :</b></span></span><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b> “The preliminary trial of
James Wall, for shooting at Rosa Zoeller with intent to kill, took place at the
police court yesterday. Mr. Carscallen appeared for the prisoner, and entered a
plea of not guilty. Mr. Crerar, county crown attorney, appeared for the
prosecution.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>“Rosa Zoeller testified : ‘Live
at 109 James street north with my husband. Was out for a drive with my husband
until 4 o’clock Monday last. I then went to Mrs. Mason’s on Peter street, and
Mrs. Mason and Mr. Davis went for a drive with me. I returned shortly after 8
o’clock and was waiting for my mother-in-law. Wall came out of my house. He
came over to me and said, ‘You have been out with Davis.’ I said no, and he
pulled a revolver from his pocket and said, ‘You are gone.’ He raised the revolver
and pointed at my head . I Stretched out my hand to take the revolver. My hand
touched his arm and the revolver went off. He then drew the revolver back and
held, but I managed to get it. Before I got the revolver, I saw him shake it. I
threw it on the sidewalk and called out for someone to take care of it. Wall
took hold of the horse after that, and said I had better clear out or he would
have my life. There was a crowd around when he said thes. I said to a policeman
present : ‘For God’s sake, take hold of him.’</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>“Cross-examined by Mr.
Carscallen : I had been driving with my husband and had been out from 12:30
o’clock. It was about 8:30 when the shooting occurred. The horse was standing
in front of my house. After leaving my husband at home, I drove up to Peter
street. Mrs. Mason and Mr. Davis drove with me over to Bayview and then we
returned to my house, by way of the Beach. I was sitting in the buggy in front
of my own house when I first saw Wall. I was sitting alone in the buggy waiting
for my mother-in-law to drive her home. Wall came up and said, ‘you have been
driving with Davis.’ I said no, and he immediately raised a revolver and said,
‘you are a goner.’ The prisoner<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>raised
the revolver and I touched his arm. The revolver immediately discharged. I
touched him with my right hand. I was sitting squarely in the buggy and the
lines were over the dashboard. Only one shot was fired. No one was nearby.</b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>“James Dwyer sworn “ ‘I was
at my door on James street on Monday night; saw my buggy at Zoeller’s door. I
heard a report like that of a firecracker, then Mrs. Zoeller who was in the
buggy screamed and the horse started to run away. I went over and caught the horse.
A policeman had already seized it. Wall also had hold of the horse, by the
bridle. Heard Wall say, ‘You had better leave town.’ Mrs. Zoeller called out
for someone to take hold of him.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>“Maud Evans sworn : Saw Wall
come out of Mrs. Zoeller’s house, go up to the buggy and say something in a low
voice. Mrs. Zoeller said no. I then saw Wall point a revolver. Mrs. Zoeller
shouted and caught at Wall’s arm. The revolver went off. Mrs. Zoeller caught
the revolver but Wall held it and tried to shake it from her. Mrs. Zoeller got
the revolver and thew it on the sidewalk saying, ‘For God’s sake, take it.’</b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>“Cross –examined by Mr.
Carscallen : there was only one shot fired; I saw the flash under the buggy as
it left the revolver. My sister was standing beside me from the time Mrs.
Zoeller pushed Wall’s hand away till II saw the flash, about two seconds.</b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>“Constable Walsh sworn : ‘I
heard the shot and a scream immediately afterward; saw the horse running away
and ran up and caught it; a man came up to the other side of the horse’s head
as I caught it; Mrs. Zoeller was in the buggy; the prisoner came up to the
buggy and said, ‘You had better leave the city before tomorrow.’ He shook his
fist at her, cursing at her the same time. I went around to arrest Wall for
making use of profane language. Mrs. Zoeller called out <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>to me to take him. He started to run away, and
I followed and caught him. He turned around and struck at me, but I held him
off. I asked him who fired the shot and he said it was none of my business. I
asked him was it the woman in the buggy, and who she was. He said he did not
know who she was nor who fired the shot. I took him into a store and looked for
a revolver but he had none. He said his pocket was on fire and that a cigar had
burned it. I examined his leg and found a flesh wound evidently caused by a
revolver. I asked him what had caused it, and he said, ‘It’s none of your
business, find out.’</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>Cross-examined – When he
pulled out his posket, the bottom part was on fire. His leg was also bleeding.
The wound on his leg was three or four inches long. There was a hole in his
trousers below the bullet mark in his leg, apparently made by the bullet
passing out. There was no other hole in his trousers.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>“O. C. Evans testified that
he found the revolver and gave it to Detective Campbell. He heard the woman
shout but did not hear the report of the shot. Detective Campbell mentioned the
revolver and said he got it from Evans.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>“The prisoner was committed
for trial at the next assize, bail not being applied for.”</b></span></div>
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Jimmy Wall, the Prisoner, Committed for Trial at the Next Assize”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "quot"; font-size: 18.66px; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Hamilton Spectator<span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> </span>June 25, 1885.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Gunfire on James Street was
rarely heard in the 1880s. However, on June 22, 1885, violence manifested by an
obsessive rejected suitor caused pandemonium. </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Jimmy Wall was widely known
as a jig dancer, but also as an odd character. Rosa Voeller was the woman he
was obsessed with.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Here is the story of the
incident that was the culmination of months of trouble:</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>“”A slenderly-built, waxen-faced young woman,
of prepossessing appearance, was sitting in a buggy on James street north about
half past eight last night, when a man rushed out from a laundry at No. 109,
pointed a revolver at her, exclaiming, ‘Now, young lady,</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>You’re a Goner !’</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">and fired. Passersby were horrified at hearing a shot
immediately followed by a woman’s piercing screams and cries of ‘For God’s
sake, take it away,’ and soon a crowd obstructed the street.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>“The first
shot having failed to effect any injury, the diminutive shooter stepped closer
to the woman and attempted to fire another shot. The weapon would not work, and
the determined fellow shook it to cause it to fire. The woman made a dash for
the revolver, and</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>GRAPPLED
WITH THE MAN</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">and an exciting struggle ensued, during which the weapon
went off and the bullet entered the young fellow’s thigh. Grasping<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>the pistol, the almost fainting woman threw
it from her with all her remaining strength, screaming, ‘Somebody</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>FOR
GOD’S CATCH IT.’</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">and almost fell from her seat. The horse was at this time
plunging violently and the shootist made a jump for the bridle and clung to the
horse. Turning to the woman, he shouted ‘you’d better leave town or</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>I’LL
HAVE YOUR LIFE</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">tomorrow. ‘ Mr. Dwyer, the owner of the rig, sprang to
the aid of the woman and assisted her into the house, while constable Walsh
took charge of her assailant, but not till after he had made strong resistance
and tried to escape.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“The lady is Mrs. Rose Zoeller, whose husband is an
invalid, and the man who caused her death was James Wall, better known as Jimmy
Wall, the dancer. He is a hatter by trade.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>THE
WOMAN’S STORY</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Mrs.
Zoeller says she was acquainted with Wall before her marriage five years ago.
When he heard of her approaching nuptials he told her she would have no peace
after she was married, and ever since, in various ways, he has done his best to
make his prophesy materialize. He at one time boarded for a short period with
the Zoellers<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>and took advantage of his
position to annoy the lady of the house. The neighbors have received a number
of badly-spelled and ill-constructed letters, filled with scurrilous language
calculated to injure Mrs. Zoeller in their eyes, and insinuating that while Mr.
Zoeller<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>was flat on his back, ill with
consumption, his wife was altogether too pleasant to Mr. Wall, who was
described as the ‘whited-haired boy’ of the family. These charming epistles,
some of which have fallen into Mrs. Zoeller’s possession, are alleged to be the
work of Mr. Wall himself. ‘I tried to keep what Wall was doing annoying me away
from my husband,’ said Mrs. Zoeller, ‘but one day he threatened me in front of
my sick husband, and I had to complain of him.’</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“The lady says she had been
driving during the afternoon with her husband, and after that with some
friends. Returning home, before taking the big rig back to the stable, Wall,
who was in the house,, visiting her husband, rushed out and attacked her as
already stated. She was unhurt, but suffered a terrible shock to her nervous
system. She seemed most troubled, however, by the probable effect of the affair
upon her invalid husband. She seemed afraid that he would succumb under the
excitement of the affair.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“The revolver was recovered
where it was thrown from the rig by Mrs. Zoeller and handed to Constable
Campbell.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“After arresting Wall,
constable Walsh remarked that the shot might have been a bad one to which Wall
replied ‘I wish I had shot myself through the gizzard.’ Wall was perfectly
sober but very much excited when arrested.’ ”<sup>1</sup></span></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><sup><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">1 </span></sup><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">“Wicked
Jimmy Wall : A Little Jig Dancer Tries the Shoot Act – Upon a Young Lady – He
Fires Twice and Only Manages to Shoot Himself in the Leg”<sup></sup></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Hamilton Spectator<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>June 23, 1885.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>It was just another issue of
the Spectator , June 22, 1885, but the sports section (1/3 of the one page
devoted to local items) contained three interesting items, which would have
caught the attention of local baseball fanatics.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>First, the hotly-anticipated
first visit of the season by the team from Toronto to play the Clippers at
Dundurn park, turned out to be less than satisfying for the Hamilton supporters
:</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>SAURDAY’S FRACTIONAL GAME</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“Saturday, at Dundurn, for
the first time since the revival of baseball in Hamilton, a game was
interrupted by rain. The Torontos and Clippers had met for their first contest.
The Clippers, weakened by the secession of three of their strongest players,
and handicapped by the necessity of playing the remaining men out of position,
could not have been expected to play a strong game. They had no catcher, and
Chamberlin was compelled to pitch easy little ones that the Torontos batted
freely. When the rain came on and the game was stopped, the score stood 5 to 1
in favor of the Torontos. The result gives much encouragement to the Toronto
team and its backers, and will assist the baseball boom that has taken passion
of that city. As the Clippers lost nothing – the game being no game – it is
perhaps just as well that the play turned out as it did. As it was, the
Torontos had the best of it. Had the game gone on to a finish ---------------“ <sup>1</sup></span></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><sup><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">1 </span></sup><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">“The
World of Sport : Items of Interest to the Noble Fraternity : A Game of Less
Than Five Innings Between the Clippers and Torontos – No Game at London –
Miscellaneous Notes”</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>Hamilton Spectator<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>June 22, 1885.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>The first season of the
newly-organized Canadian Baseball League had five franchises, each filled with
professional or semi-pro players. Hamilton had two franchises in the league,
the Clippers and the Primroses. Then there was the Maple Leaf tem from Guelph,
the Torontos and the Londons. Each city had sports writers as competitive with
each other in their columns as the teams were on the field. The sports writers
in London and Hamilton were constantly bickering with each other :</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>HOME RUNS</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“ ‘<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Our esteemed local contemporary and the Hamilton Spectator have got
into a jangle as to what constitutes a home run, but finally they have agreed
that a home run is an earned run. We don’t like to interfere with such eminent
authorities, but we take the liberty of remarking that a home run is not
necessarily an earned run.’</i></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>London Advertiser.</b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“One of the eminent
authorities is much amused. If the Advertiser be right, then a two base hit is
not necessarily a hit upon which two bases are made. If a batter makes a hit
that is good for three bases, and gets home on a fielding error, it is not a
home run, although he has not stopped running. To make it a little plainer. If
a batter gets his first on called balls and a fielder picks up the ball and
throws it over the fence, and the base runner shoots right along and scores, it
is not a home run. A home run can only be made by batting the ball to such a
distance that it cannot be returned in time to put the runner out. These
explanations are quite unnecessary in this part of the country, and the
Spectator prints them simply with a view of elevating the standard of baseball
knowledge in the Advertiser office.”<sup>1</sup></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>The final baseball item in
that June 22, 1885 Spectator concerned a contract dispute between the
management of the Clipper and three of its players, all three of whom were
brothers. Peter, Fred and Jeff Wood were Americans from the city of Buffalo,
New York. All were excellent players, with Pete even having played some in the
major leagues.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>THE CLIPPER QUARREL</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>“The rupture between the
Wood brothers and the Clipper management seems to be complete. The Woods have a
document, signed by the manager, which they claim, constitutes a release. The
gist of the document is this : The manager agrees to play the Wood brothers as
pitcher, catcher and first base during the season, and a clause is added to the
effect that if this arrangement be broken by the management, the document shall
immediately become a release.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>“On Friday the manager
decided that Jeff Wood would not play in the game with the Torontos. This, the
Woods claim, is a violation of the agreement, and constitutes the document a
release. Manager Stroud claims that an agreement to play a player in a certain
position, ‘during the season,’ does not mean that that player shall play that
position in every game; but only that he shall play that certain position when
he does play. He holds that the document is no release. It is likely that the
question will have to be decided by the executive committee of the league. It
is unfortunate that this quarrel occurred just when it did. But it is not
surprising. There has been a good deal of grumbling on both sides for some
time, and an open rupture could not long be deferred. As usual in disputes of
this nature, there is a great deal to be said on both sides. The Woods want
what they consider to be written in the bond, and the manager very naturally is
of opinion that he ought to have something to say about the management of his
team.”</b></span></span></div>
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<br />1880s Hamiltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13253455167112693975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-307171709476491085.post-7839366319972349782018-04-14T16:56:00.004-07:002018-04-14T16:56:47.871-07:001885-06-13Fearman Fire
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“Saturday was a busy day for
the Hamilton fire department – the busiest day it has had for a good many
years. Fate, chance, fortune, luck, whatever you like to call it, made
arrangements to celebrate the day that the boys had mapped out for a sort of
holiday, by the fiercest fire that has raged here for a long while.”</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Hamilton Spectator. <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>June 15, 1885.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Saturday June 13, 1885 had
been a day much anticipated by members of the Hamilton Police force and members
of the Thirteenth Battalion. </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">One year previously a picnic
organized by both organizations had been planned, but adverse weather had kept
the attendance very low, and money was lost.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">The police and the bandsmen
were determined to try again to organize a picnic which would pay off debts from
the previous picnic, and hopefully raise substantial money to pay for new
instruments for the band, and new acquisitions for the police library.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">The day of the picnic was
hot but dry and things looked good for attendance at Dundurn. A pro baseball
game was scheduled, numerous band concerts throughout the day and a full
schedule of athletic events was planned, including a tug-of-war between the
police and fire departments.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">However, the best laid plans
were negated by something the firemen at Dundurn could not ignore: </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“It was while the department
was at Dundurn that an alarm came from box 27, corner of King and Wellington
streets, at 2:40 o’clock. A telephone message was sent to Dundurn and the
department started for the spot. The Bay street hose wagon was the first to
arrive. It got there fifteen minutes after the alarm was rung. The other
wagons, hose, reel, truck and steam fire engine arrived a few minutes
afterwards. When the department got there the</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>FIRE WAS FIECRELY BURNING</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">in the rear of 172 and 174 King street east, premises
owned by Ald. Doran and occupied by A. Swayzie as a flour and feed store, and
by Thomas Stern as a butcher and green grocer’s shop. The rooms above Stern’s
butcher shop were lived in by William Snaith. The fire started in the stables
in the rear. How? Nobody knows. A spark from a passing engine, a match, a
cigar, the work of an incendiary. All are possible. It started anyhow. The
stables were of pine, dry as tinder and filled with inflammable material. The
flames had gained good headway before they were discovered. The alarm was rung,
and people in the immediately vicinity put in their spare time carting out
household goods and stuff from the stables. The stables spread down either side
of the yard. In one of them was the horse and some hay and straw. The horse was
tied. It broke loose from the stall,</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>DASHED
THROUGH THE FLAMES</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">and was saved A sleigh, a wagon, one set of single
harness and a set of double harnesses were burned. The flames could not be
controlled. They had spread up to the houses before the department arrived, and
did a good deal of damage before they could be subdued. But after the firmen
got there, it was not long before they got the best of it. Both stables are
totally wrecked. The rear portion of the houses is badly burned, and the stock
in both stores is in bad shape. Mr. Swayzie carried $1,700 on his furniture,
stock and the contents of his stables, and he expects that his loss will reach
this figure. Mr. Stern had no insurance on his stock. Mr. Snaith had none on
his furniture. Both stock and furniture are almost</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>ENTIRELY
BURNED</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">and Mr. Stern’s loss is all the harder to bear, because
only a week or so since, he laid out $100 in fixing his little shop up.” <sup>1</sup></span></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">1</span></sup><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"> “Gone
Up in Smoke”</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Hamilton Spectator<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>June 15, 1885.</span></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></sup><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">It had been hard work for
the Hamilton firemen to knock down the blaze, but when it was effectively out,
they had to go work once again:</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“The wind was blowing a gale
from the sou’west and it carried sparks, smoke and cinders high in the air,
where they fluttered and fell. About 3:30, the flames were got under control,
the steam engine was being hauled back to the central station, and the boys
were making ready to go when a breathless messenger came with the information
that Fearman’s pork factory on Rebecca street was in flames. The steam engine
was sent for and the department hustled around to the place as fast as they
could. Mr. Fearman’s establishment was on Rebecca street, between Ferguson
avenue and Wellington street.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>IT
COVERED EIGHT LOTS,</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">110 feet deep. It comprised three buildings, A, B, and C
departments. A was the one of red brick nearest to Wellington street, and was
used principally for rendering lard. In the southwest corner of it was the
‘cooler’ or ice house, beneath which an immense amount of meat was in pickle in
large pickling vats. Department C, the building at the west, was the principal
storehouse. There was another immense cooler in this place, in which thousands
of tons of ice were packed, and meat and lard was packed and hanging on the
ground and upper floor all around it. In the central building was the office
and a small room used for retailing goods in the wintertime, and three large
smoke houses. The rest of the place was utilized for cutting up meat and the wall
and rafters were covered with meat in casings.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>THE
FIRE STARTED</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">at the southwest corner of the roof of this building. Mr.
Frank Fearman, who runs the office at the factory, had been over at the fire on
King street. He stayed there until it was nearly out, and came back to see if
all was right at the factory, the direction of the wind making him fear that
sparks might set the roof on fire. He walked around and got up through a window
on the roof and made the discovery that his fears were correct. The roof was on
fire. Men in Brennen’s lumber yard adjoining had seen the flames and were
trying to put it out with buckets of water. But this was useless. A spark had
evidently got in through a window in the garret, and had set fire to some paper
bags lying immediately inside. The flames spread</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>ALONG
THE DRY RAFTERS</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">and had burned a hole through the roof before the men in
Brennen’s yard discovered them. Instead of giving the alarm in the office, they
tried to douse it out by pouring on buckets of water. When Mr. Fearman
discovered how things were, he rushed back to the office and telephoned to the
house, the retail store on Macnab street and the telephone office.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“In the meantime, the flames
had made immense headway. They swept down the roof, gathering volume with every
foot, and, in a very few minutes, the whole upper part of the building was on
fire.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>Young Mr. Fearman and all the men in the building got upstairs endeavoring
to save the stock. They stuck to it until the smoke drove them out. An immense
crowd gathered quickly, and a number of them</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>VOLUNTEERED
THEIR AID</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">and helped to get the stuff away from the flames. A good
deal was got out in pretty good condition. It consisted mainly of lard in tubs,
and hams and bacon in casings. With every moment, the fire grew stronger. The
heavy wind fanned the flames, and the most strenuous efforts of the firemen
could not check the advance. The people across the road and for several blocks
around, felt that the fire would not be particularly slow about stretching the
street. They moved their household furniture out. Rebecca, King William,
Wellington and Wilson streets were loaded with goods. Wilson street was so
thickly covered that it was almost impassable, and a horse and buggy could not
get down King William street from the railway track to Wellington. Several
times the roofs of the houses on Rebecca street, across the road</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>FROM
FEARMAN’S FACTORY</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">got on fire, and one stream of water was kept playing on
them all the time, going from roof to roof. It was difficult work to keep the
fire from spreading from the flying sparks and cinders. But the work was
well-done and happily it was confined to the factory. The immediate locality is
full of small houses, most of them old and dry, and if the fire had once got
its grip in there, the result would have been decidedly disastrous. The roof of
the Canada Clock company’s building on Kelly street ignited from a blazing
brand, but a little water speedily discouraged the ambitious aspirant.
Altogether the roofs of fifty houses in that locality must have started to
burn, prompt doses of water making them take it out in starting</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>“While the
upper portion of the factory was in flames, and effort was made to save stuff
on the ground floors. People turned in and worked hard. They succeeded in
getting a good deal out of the way, but it was all more or less damaged by fire
and water. The stuff was taken into a yard across the road, and piled there until
teams could come and take it away. About an hour after the fire had started,
the walls of department B fell in, floors and everything coming down with a
mighty crash. The smoke houses alone were left. Some 5,000 pieces of meat were
in these, but it is all damaged and of little or no use. The fire was blazing
fiercely here and in department A. In both of these departments, there was a
good deal of valuable plant, including four iron tanks</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>FOR
RENDERING LARD,</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">and machinery for cutting up the meat. The plant
altogether values at about $20,000, and from present prospects, it will not be
fit for much beyond old iron. Department A was used principally for rendering
lard, though a good deal of meat was stowed there. There were, in all, about
800 tierces of meat, each holding about 300 pounds. A good deal of this was
destroyed. There were also between 4,000 and 5,000 ham, some 500 of which were
saved, though some of these are more or less damaged. Through the building were
some 200 pickling tanks. A number of these were under the ‘cooler’ in the east
section of the building. It was thought at first that these would be saved, but
the flames got underneath, and, with the water, probably made the contents of
the vats of little value. After the central part of the building had gone in
and the east section was seen to be</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>A
MASS OF FLAMES,</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">the attention of the firemen was directed principally to
save the west section, used as a storehouse. As before stated, there is an
immense ‘cooler’.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>In this department. In
the upper story there, between 1,500 and 2,000 tubs of lard were stored, and on
the ground floor some 10,000 sides of bacon and other meats, the estimated
value of which is $70,000. A great deal of the lard is melted and useless. The
exact condition of the meat stored on the ground floor has not yet been
ascertained, but it is probable that there is some damage to it. The walls of
this building are left standing, but the roof is completely gone, as is also
the roof of the east portion of the building. In these latter portions, parts
of the walls still stand, but they are unsafe and liable to fall at any moment.
The firemen worked with a will, and on towards evening had the flames pretty
well under control, though it was</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>AFTER
MIDNIGHT</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">before any of them left, and nearly 2 o’clock before they
all left. The chief put on a gang of relief men who kept the water playing on
the smouldering ruins the rest of the night. Every inch of hose in the
department was in use, and hose from several large factories was pressed into
service. Several times, the line that stretched across the street caught on
fire through bits of burning wood falling on it, and when the chief discovered
this, he had the line soused with water every few minutes to keep it in shape.
A couple of hydrants burst, and a hose burnt once. The water pressure was good.
The stand pipe was put on at the reservoir, and</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>GOOD
STRONG STREAMS</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">were obtainable all the time. The steam fire engine did
splendid service. It was stationed on King William street, and two lines of
hose stretched from it.”<sup>1</sup></span></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></sup><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">The
Fearman’s factory fire attracted a lot of attention:</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“While the fire was at its
height, the greatest confusion and excitement reigned for blocks around. The
streets were thronged with people. Now and then a shout would come that
someone’s house was on fire, and the vast crowd would surge down the street,
only to come back after a moment’s absence. This was repeated a dozen times
through the afternoon. In Brennen’s lumber yard, men were busily engaged piling
lumber on Grand Trunk railway wagons and carting it out of the way. So great
was the excitement that the men didn’t seem to care whether they were hit or
not. A board was tossed down from the top of a pile.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>IT CAUGHT A MAN</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">in the small of the back and felled him to the ground. At
any other time, he would have imagined himself hurt, but he was too busy to
consider a little thing like that just then. He picked himself up and went on
with his work. A good deal of damage was done to household furniture in the
streets. Men and wagons dashed over it, crockery was sashed and sections of
chairs, beds and bedding lay everywhere.”<sup>1</sup></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Hamilton firemen, as usual, were
fully up to the task they faced with the Fearman’s fire:</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>“The
firemen worked like heroes, and yesterday they were all more or less played out
after their severe exertions. Faces and hands</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>BLISTERED
AND BLACKENED</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">with the heat, singed hair and eyebrows and bruises from
falling timbers are a few of the things they carry around as mementoes of their
work. Poor George Brewster, foreman of the central station, was badly hurt. He
was standing on a lean-to at the back of the central section of the building
directing a stream of water through a window, when the frail structure came
down with a crash. Brewster sprained both his ankles severely, and was badly
bruised around the body. He was unable to stand and had to be carried to his
home.”<sup>1</sup></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">The owner of the factory,
one of the biggest of its type in Canada at the time, was approached :</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“Mr. Fearman was seen by a
Spectator reporter yesterday. He was unable to give exact figures, but
estimated that his total loss at between $150,000 and $200,000, about $100,000
of which is covered by insurance.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The
loss is principally on stock and machinery. Fortunately, the books are saved.
Mr. Frank Fearman had presence of mind to lock them in the fire proof safe,
which appears to be all right. Mr. Fearman said : ‘I have just finished making
improvements in the building and additions to my plant which cost me $4,000. I
had some new rendering tanks at the station. It was very lucky that I did not
bring them up before and have them placed in position.’</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“ ‘Will you rebuild your
factory on the old site?’</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“ ‘I cannot say. Inducements
are being held out to be to go to other places, and whether we will remove to
Toronto, go to the States or remain in Hamilton we have not yet decided. We
will start again tomorrow morning as well as we can, and for the present have
engaged Simpson, Stuart & Co.’s old warehouse. Necessarily we cannot begin
to fill orders as we did before, and</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>A BIG PORTION OF THE LOSS</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">will be in the stoppage to business. People turned out
bravely to help to get the stock out. To them my most heartfelt thanks are due.
Men came to me Saturday and gave me their hands and their sympathy, and that
was worth more to me than money.’ ”<sup>1</sup></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The
Spectator concluded its coverage of the fire with the following notes:</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>“There
were a number of nails of salt-peter in the building. It is strange that none
of them exploded.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>“Thomas
Chappell, Mr. Fearman’s foreman, was almost suffocated while helping to take
stock out of the burning building.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>“A new
mill for grinding bones had just been put in the factory, though it was not set
up. It cost $230, and is now worth just what it will fetch as old iron.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>“It is but
fair to Chief Aitchison to say that he would not allow the department to take
part in the picnic Saturday, until the market, fire and police committee
instructed him to do so.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>“Charles
Peebles, a young lad residing at 113 Hunter street east, met with a rather
serious accident at the fire. A roof in falling struck him, inflicting a deep
scalp wound and bruising his head and body. Dr. Bingham attended him, and he is
now recovering.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>“It is a
wonder that the firemen managed to confine the flames as they did. The high
wind blew burning brands blocks away, and cinders made the streets black. It
was only the greatest care that prevented the sweep of the score of frame
cottages north and northeast of the factory.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“C. J. Bird, 82 John street
south, had a small fire in his house Saturday. The children were playing with
matches in an upstairs bedroom, and the clothes on fire. Mr. William Hill,
employed in his brother’s grocery next door, rushed in and put it out.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“C. H. Dempster, 13
Catharina street, called out the department at 4 o’clock yesterday morning.
Some blazing soot had fallen down the chimney and the fire board had ignited.
He got it out without any difficulty and before the department got there.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“A small frame house in the
rear of coal oil Johnny’s house on King William street was set on fire three
times Saturday while the big fire was in progress. Straw was piled up in a
corner and ignited. P. C. Strongman discovered it each time and put it out. The
people in the house had vacated.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“It is said that there was
insufficient police protection through the night and that a great many hams and
sides of bacon were stolen by people in the neighborhood. The police arrested
several alleged offenders in this respect yesterday. Common stealing is bad
enough, but stealing under these circumstances is the very quintessence of
dishonesty.”<sup>1</sup></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">As for the picnic at Dundurn,
the fires not only drew the firemen away, they also drew a huge number of
citizens to watch the excitement, keeping attendance low. The policemen and
bandsmen lost money again.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">In the Canadian Baseball
League, during the 1885 season, the rivalry between the City of London and the
City of Hamilton was not confined to how the game was played by the pro players
of each of the teams.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">There were accusations back
and forth between the sports reporters in the London and Hamilton newspapers
regarding how the home fans in each city behaved themselves.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Case in point was the
following written in the London Free Press :</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“ The correspondent of the
Spectator with the Clippers should learn to tell the truth, which he doesn’t do
when he says that :</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">‘The crowd (at the recent
match) favored the Londons and hooted the Clippers’ good plays.’ The club is
not responsible for the exclamations of the youthful hoodlums who sneak into
the grounds. – London Free Press.”</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Of course, the Spectator
reporter would not let such an insult pass without a response. In the Spectator
coverage of a recent London-Primrose game, the Spectator young man wrote:</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“Now there was a tuneful
delegation of Londoners here on Saturday. They were well-dressed and did not
seem, on the surface of them, to be hoodlums. They cheered the good plays of
the Londons in the orthodox style, and with more than usual lustiness. But when
the Primroses made a good play, these London gentlemen, with much sonorousness
and unction, remarked, ‘Boo-oo-oo! Boo-oo-oo !’ And this same thing, in London,
probably misled the Spectator’s correspondent. In Hamilton, it is customary to
applaud both sides in the same manner, by the clapping of hands, cheering, thumping
of walking sticks, and things like that. In London, it seems, a distinction is
made, just as a difference is found in the uniforms of the teams. The London
players are applauded in the usual style, and the foreigners, by way of giving
them extra encouragement, are treated to extraordinary applause that is found
in London, ‘Boo-oo-oo’ An inexperienced person, not accustomed to that
invigorating style of applause, might easily fall into the error that the
Spectator’s correspondent was guilty of, and mistake the Boo business for
lowdown, hoodlum hooting. In London, it was formerly the habit to encourage
visiting players by pelting them with stones and things, but that style
necessitated too much exertion on the part of the applauders, who have now
adopted the more elegant and equally effective Boo.”<sup>1</sup></span></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><sup><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">1 </span></sup><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">“The
World of Sport : Items of Interest to the Noble Fraternity”</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Hamilton Spectator<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>June 15, 1885.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">As part of the Spectator
sporting correspondent’s detailed account as to how the game was played, how
the scoring unfolded, he said:</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">““That the Londons are good
players cannot be doubted, and that they are able to play good ball under
surprising circumstances is a guarantee that they have lots of sand. For they
played well, Saturday, and they must have been violently surprised at the
conduct of the audience. Their good plays were applauded, there was no hooting,
no gang of hoodlums threw sand or tried to trip them with bats as they ran
bases, no crowd of boys gathered about their fielders to prevent them taking
flies. These things must have astonished people accustomed to London audiences,
and the additional astonishments of a first-class ground, and an elegant stand,
must have tried their nerves sorely. But they stood it all and played a strong
game. There was some excellent play on both sides, and the scoring of runs was
managed in such a manner as to make the game quite enjoyable.”<sup>1</sup></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Other than Police Chief A.
D. Stewart, there was no man on the Hamilton police force who garnered more
attention from the Hamilton press than Constable Peter Ferris.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">By 1885, Peter Ferris, of
Irish heritage, had been a Hamilton policeman for about thirty years, having the
honor of wearing Badge Number 1. After being a part of the security team hired
by the Great Western Railway company to control the navies hired to build the
line through the Hamilton area during the early 1850s, Peter became a member of
the Hamilton police force.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Renowned for never backing
down from physically engaging with those he wanted to arrest, Peter Ferris was also
a colorful presence on the streets of Hamilton and in the Hamilton police court.
</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">On June 11, 1885, yet another
article focusing on Peter Ferris appeared in the Spectator, this one not
related to his police work:</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>“Peter Ferris, philosopher and policeman,
patriarch and majestic in mien and manner, has a dog. He keeps it chained in
the back yard at his house. People who have seen the dog describe it as a bully
sort of young fellow, and it is quite evident from the dog’s appearance that
when he undertakes to do anything, he does it with a here-II-stick-or-die air
about him that is very convincing. Albeit, when he has no particular business
on hand, he is as quiet and serene and peaceful as the little lambs that gambol
gleefully in the grassy meadows; and the murmur of his voice is seldom heard at
dreary or any other midnight’s witching hour. But yesterday morning, Mr. Ferris
received a postal card, inscribed as follows:</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“ ‘HAMILTON, June 10. Peter
Ferris – Dear Sir: You would confer a great benefit on your neighbors if you
would keep your dog quiet in the sleeping hours of the night. Hoping you will
take the hint, </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Yours,</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>A Lover of
Quietness.’</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“Mr. Ferris objects to
receiving pseudonymous postal cards. And he shrewdly guesses the reason for
this. The neighbors all say the dog is quiet. But Mr. Ferris keeps in his back
yard, along with the dog and chain, and various other things, an apple tree.
The fruit on it is of a particularly fine quality. The youngsters love to steal
it. Putting two and two together, Mr. Ferris concludes that the card emanated
from some young man whose ambition is to steal apples, and who will be suddenly
choked off <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>in his attempt by the
energetic bulldog. He has been on the police force too long to be fooled by any
postal card.”<sup>1</sup></span></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">1<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></sup><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">““Peter Ferris’ Dog”</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Hamilton Spectator<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>June 11, 1885.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">In 1885, Dundurn Castle was
still a private residence, but the grounds, known only as Dundurn, <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>around it, were leased out annually for public
events. The Lessee would in turn would hire out use of the property for events
such as society picnics.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Usually the events were
peaceful, and people would pay an entrance fee to watch a baseball game, hear a
band concert, do some dancing on a big outdoor platform set up for that purpose
or many other activities.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">However, on June 8, 1885,
Dundurn was leased for the day by members of the cigar-makers’ union. Hamilton
at the time had several cigar factories, and the union had gone on strike
against all of them at once. Some of the factories hired replacement workers in
order to carry on operations.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">As the Spectator coverage of
the June 8, 1885 event began, the wisdom of hiring out the grounds to a labor
union during a tense time proved to be unwise :</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">““The cigar-makers’ picnic
held at Dundurn yesterday was the most disorderly and disgraceful affair of the
kind that has been held in Hamilton for years. It was numerously attended by
members of the various labor organizations who sympathize with the striking
cigar-makers’ union, and too many of these allowed their enthusiasm to get the
better of their discretion.”<sup>1</sup></span></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">1 </span></sup><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">““A
Disorderly Picnic”</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Hamilton Spectator<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>June 9, 1885.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">There was a baseball game
scheduled to be played that afternoon between the two Hamilton teams in the Canadian
Baseball League, the Primroses and the Clippers.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The
situation was reasonably orderly at Dundurn until after the game was finished then
degenerated :</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>“Young
men, who are ordinarily sober and respectable and well-behaved, were to be seen
and heard toward evening, in every part of the ground, in various stages of
intoxication and misbehaving themselves in a variety of ways. Several small
fights occurred during the afternoon, and in the evening some serious
encounters took place.”<sup>1</sup></span></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></sup><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">There
had been a new grandstand built for baseball fans to watch the games at Dundurn
and under the stands, a bar had been set up. That was where an outbreak of
violence took place :</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>“From what can be learned of this lamentable
affair, it would seem that John Dillon, a moulder, is chiefly to blame for it.
He was sufficiently under the influence to be quarrelsome, and had had words
with several persons during the afternoon. He and Robert Tindill, the well
known baseball player, were standing together near the bar, in the rear of the grandstand,
when, according to a bystander, Dillon wantonly and without provocation
addressed Tindill in grossly insulting language. Tindill resnted the insult,
and words were quickly followed by blows. Dillon was knocked down; but,
springing to his feet, he drew his pock-knife and made a thrust at Tindill. The
blade passed through Tindill’s cheek, inflicting a painful wound. A young man
named Thomas Wood, in attempting to separate the combatants, was also stabbed
by Dillon. His nose was pierced through and he got a gash in the right side of
his face near the mouth. Another young man, named Penfold, who attempted to
quell the row, was also stabbed by Dillon in the hand, and still a fourth party
whose name could not be learned, had a taste of the knife. Before any further
trouble was done, Detective Campbell and Constable Limin stopped the melee by
arresting Dillon. He was quickly taken off the grounds and conveyed to the
police cells, and the wounded men were taken home. None of the wounds inflicted
by Dillon are dangerous, but those received by Tindill and Wood will probably
prove troublesome.”<sup>1</sup></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">The police then sent in
reinforcements to try to main order<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>but situation
had got out of hand :</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“In the evening, fourteen
police officers were on the grounds, but in spite of their presence, there was
a good deal of fighting, the combatants being separated on the approach of an
officer. Only two arrests were made for disorderly conduct – Charles O’Brien
and John T. Sullivan.</span></b></span></div>
<br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“A few non-union
cigar-makers foolishly attended the picnic, and inflamed the passions of the
union by their presence. They were chased , and at least two of them – John Minkler,
an employee of Reid and Goering, and Emile Smith – were badly beaten. Smith
managed to escape from his assailants, but Minkler was less fortunate. He was
found between 7 and 8 o’clock by Chief Stewart and a constable lying insensible
alongside the road, near the toll-gate, literally bathed in blood, his face and
head cut and swollen, and his body covered with bruises. The poor fellow was resuscitated
and carried to his boarding house. He could give little information as to his
assailants, but was certain that union cigar-makers were among them.”<sup>1</sup></span></b></span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">As usual, there the day’s
entertainments including a concert and a place for dancing but:</span></b></span></div>
<br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“The Independent band gave
an excellent concert in the pavilion in the evening and Nelligan’s string band
furnished music for dancing; but the concert did not appear to be appreciated,
and the dancing platform was not well-patronized.”<sup>1</sup></span></b></span></div>
<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">In the aftermath, it was
decided that Dundurn would not be automatically leased to whomever applied but
that the manager would be expected to ensure that only respectable
organizations would be allowed to lease the park. </span></b></span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>“Mrs. Caroline Smith is a colored woman who
keeps a second-hand store at 95 King street east. Just a week ago, a man about
45 years of age, W. H. Sawyer, by name, representing himself to be a member of
the Georgia minstrel troupe, presented himself at Mrs. Smith’s and asked to be
taken in as a boarder.”</span></b><sup></sup></span></div>
<br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Hamilton Spectator. June 8,
1885.</span></b></span></div>
<br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Mrs. Caroline Smith and her
husband were well known in Hamilton in June 1885, so when the story appeared in
the Spectator that something untoward had happened to them, it was read with
interest.</span></b></span></div>
<br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">W. H. Sawyer was stylishly-dressed
in a well-cut suit, with shiny jewelry and carrying a gold-headed cane, and so
the Smiths agreed to take him on as a boarder.</span></b></span></div>
<br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">However, just a few days
later, Mrs. Smith discovered that most of the $600 in cash which she had just
received after taking out a mortgage on their property was gone.: </span></b></span></div>
<br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“Sawyer had also
disappeared, jewelry, gold-headed cane and all, and did not show up again. Mrs.
Smith reported her loss to the police and sent telegrams with a description of
the supposed thief to Niagara Falls, Buffalo and Windsor. </span></b></span></div>
<br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“Sawyer is a short, stout
man, of a brown, rather than black, complexion and well-dressed. Nothing has
been heard of him since the money was stolen. The money was in three $50 and
seventeen $20 bills.”<sup>1</sup></span></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><sup><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">1 </span></sup><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>“A Good Haul : How Mrs. Caroline Smith Had Her
Money Stolen”</span></span></b></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Hamilton Spectator<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>June 8, 1885.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Readers of the Spectator
were very concerned about the matter, but were somewhat relieved when seeing a
sentence that he quickly added to the already-written story, just before the late
edition of the paper went to press:</span></b></span></div>
<br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">““A telegram received by the
chief of police from Buffalo Saturday afternoon states that sawyer had been
arrested there.”<sup>1</sup></span></b></span></div>
<br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">There was much gossip about
exactly what had happened and the paper which appeared on Monday provided all
the answers :</span></b></span></div>
<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>“Vincent Smith and his wife Caroline carry on
a second-hand business in a quiet was at 95 King street west. They are both
elderly, and both honest, inoffensive persons – apparently a quiet,
steady-going couple, who have been living in harmony and working hard to lay a
little stock of money to keep them comfortably in the fast-approaching days of
old age, when they could work no more.</span></b></span></div>
<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“Both are colored,
especially Caroline. Caroline seemed to be a woman whose nature whose nature
would afford but a sterile soil at the best for amatory passion to blossom in
it. But every woman has to have her romance someone. Most frequently it occurs
in early youth. Sometimes it comes later. When love comes late, it takes root
deeply. In Caroline’s case, it took root deeply.</span></b></span></div>
<br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“A week or ten days ago
occurred an event big with fate for the Smith household. This was the
appearance of a stranger who came to Mrs. Smith and asked to be admitted into
the family as a boarder.</span></b></span></div>
<br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“The stranger’s name was W.
H. Sawyer. Mr. Sawyer was a most stylish-looking colored gentleman – dressed in
a suit of the latest cut, resplendent with jewelry, and sporting a gold-headed
cane. He had been a member of the Georgia minstrel company which delighted the habitués
of Tuck’s dime museum early in the season</span></b></span></div>
<br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“Mrs. Smith was delighted to
receive as a boarder such a distinguished gentleman, and it was arranged that
he should sojourn with the Smiths. He came, and like an easy, well-bred man of
the world, speedily made himself at home, and ingratiated himself with his host
and hostess. </span></b></span></div>
<br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“His friendship with the
open-hearted Caroline especially bloomed very rapidly. Their relations grew even
to be so confidential that Mrs. Smith informed her new friend thoroughly as to
some details of family affairs, and Sawyer became aware that the estimable pair
owned a little property, and learned further that they were thinking of
improving and extending their premises. To do this, it was necessary to
mortgage the property, and the confidence that was placed in Sawyer’s judgement
and business tact by Mr. and Mrs. Smith was shown by his accompanying them to
the office where the mortgage was drawn and assisting in that legal ceremony.
The sum raised by the mortgage was $600.</span></b></span></div>
<br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“Last Friday night, only two
or three days after the money was received, Mrs. Smith appeared at the police
headquarters, nearly beside herself with excitement and grief, with the story
that Sawyer had robbed her of $494 cash and had gone away, she knew not where.</span></b></span></div>
<br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“A description of Sawyer was
sent to several central points, and on Saturday afternoon, word was received
that he had been arrested in Buffalo. The same night, Detective Reid went to
Buffalo to fetch the supposed thief back, and he took Mrs. Smith along to
identify the prisoner.</span></b></span></div>
<br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“But a surprise awaited him.
The prisoner was charged with having stolen; but he stoutly maintained his innocence
on the charge of theft, and declared that Mrs. Smith had entrusted him with the
money as one of the preliminary arrangements for an elopement. To prove this he
asserted that he had in his possession a number of tender missives addressed to
him by the susceptible Caroline.</span></b></span></div>
<br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“Mrs. Smith did not deny the
soft impeachment; in fact, she admitted that in an hour of weakness she had
lent a too willing ear to the tales of her gay and flattering deceiver and had
promised to elope with him.</span></b></span></div>
<br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“But she wanted her money
back. Sawyer’s soul was touched by her pitful appeals; he offered to
compromise; and, after a good deal of parleying, a compromise was effected.</span></b></span></div>
<br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“Mrs. Smith received $300,
and out of the balance he paid the two lawyers whom he had engaged to defend
him.</span></b></span></div>
<br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“In company with detective Reid,
Mrs. Smith returned home last evening – a sadder, but considerably more
experienced, if not wiser woman than she was ere the warm springtide of passion
burst upon the winter of her days.”<sup>1</sup></span></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><sup><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">1 </span></sup><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">“A
Highly Colored Romance : In Which It Appears That June Roses ‘mid Winter’s
Snows”</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Hamilton Spectator<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>June 9, 1885.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>Hot weather had arrived in
Hamilton for the first weekend in June 1885. From the Friday night until the
following Sunday evening, there was more than enough action, weather-related or
not, to keep local newsmen busy.</b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>For regular readers of the
Hamilton Spectator, the issues of that paper on Saturday June 6 and Monday June
8, 1885 had many items of interest to peruse. </b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>At the time, every issue of
the Spectator kept the local news to page 3, and every page 3 included a column
called the Diurnal Epitome in which one sentence items were piled into in rapid
succession.</b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>Fully headlined as “The
Diurnal Epitome : What Goeth On In and About the City : Items of Local News
Gathered by Spectator Reporters, and Presented in Attractive Form for the
Interested Reader”, it was usually the first on the page to be read.</b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>Portions of the Diurnal
Epitome for Saturday June 6, 1885 follow :</b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>“There was not a prisoner in
the cells at the No. 3 police station at midnight – not even a drunk or
vagrant.</b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>“Fred Blackmore, a laborer,
swallowed some ammonia by mistake Thursday, and was taken to the hospital. He
suffered a good deal, but is better now. </b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>“The Hamilton lawn tennis
club gave a reception yesterday afternoon on the cricket ground. It was
well-attended, and in every respect successful.</b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>“Edward Lavis was around
yesterday exhibiting the first open air mushrooms of the season. He had a lot
of about a dozen, large, firm and full-flavored, a rare sight at this time of
year. </b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>“Dixon & Morton’s
delivery horse ran into a street car at the corner of King and James streets
yesterday. The wagon was smashed, the horse had one of its legs cut, and Mr.
Dixon, who was driving, was thrown out and slightly injured. </b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>“The Royal Templars of
Temperance are getting up a gorgeous gold-mounted uniform.</b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>“Thomas Reed, a patient in
the city hospital, suffering from lung disease, got away at 4 o’clock yesterday
morning and the hospital people have not been able to get any trace of him
since.</b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>“A dealer doing business on
the corner of Wellington and Cannon streets last night sent a telephone message
from the Meriden Britannia works for the police patrol wagon. The wagon and a
couple of men went down in all speed. They were told by the dealer that he only
wanted to scare his wife.</b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>“Sergeant Smith, W. J.
Field, Robert Chisholm and Mr. Rae, head turnkey of the jail, are mentioned as
the possible successor to the late governor, Captain Henery. It is also said
that the sheriff will recommend the government<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>to appoint his brother-in-law, Mr. D. A. Macnab, who was formerly
deputy-sheriff.</b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“There is a long-felt want
in Hamilton. It is a policeman with a big club to hang around the steps leading
to the James street mountain and keep the roughs that infest that locality in
order. The little house halfway up is utilized for sleeping in by some of the
gang. It is unsafe to go there after nightfall, and measures should be taken to
preserve order in this pleasant part of the city.”<sup>1</sup></span></b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><sup><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">1 </span></sup><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">“The
Diurnal Epitome : What Goeth On In And About the City”</span></span></b></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>Hamilton Spectator<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>June 6, 1885.</b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>There was great interest in
the coverage of the big funeral for John Henerey, who died, aged 49, at his
residence at the jail on Barton street where he was in charge of the
institution, given the title Governor Henerey</b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>Before taking the position
at the jail, John Henerey has ser4ved as Hamilton’s Chief of Police :</b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br /></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>“The funeral of the late Captain John Henery,
governor of the county jail, took place from his residence at the jail
yesterday. Deceased was a member of the Strict Observance lodge, 27, G.R.C. and
of Hamilton lodge, 49, Ancient Order of United Workmen. The members of these
orders met at their respective halls and proceeded to the residence where Rev.
D. H. conducted the funeral service of the Presbyterian church.</span></b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>“Mr. W. C. Morton, W.M. of
the Lodge of Strict Observance, read the Masonic burial service, assisted by
Mr. O. Hillman, past master.</b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>“The order of the cortege
was :</b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>City police department, 30
members, marshalled by Chief Stewart, mounted</b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>Hamilton Lodge, A.O.U.W.,
Mr. Wodehouse, marshal,</b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>Lodge of Strict Observance,
A. F. and A.M.</b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Cab containing officiating clergymen,</span></b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The hearse,</span></b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Cab conveying pallbearers,</span></b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Members of the county council in cabs,</span></b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Friends of the deceased in
conveyances.</span></b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“The cortege, which was a
very long one, was marshaled by Mr. C. R. Smith. It proceeded from Barton to
King street on Catharine, thence up King to James, down James to York, and up
York to the cemetery.”<sup>2</sup></span></b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><sup><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">2</span></sup><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">“The
Late Captain Henery : Funeral of the Late Governor of the County Jail”</span></span></b></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>Hamilton Spectator<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>June 6, 1885.</b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>On a happier note, there was
news of the accomplishments of a former Hamiltonian young woman, sister of
Herbert Gardiner,<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>then editor of the
Spectator’s rival daily newspaper, the Hamilton Times :</b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>“Miss Ella Gardiner, youngest daughter of Rev.
James Gardiner, D.C.L. and sister of H. F. Gardiner, M.A., editor of the
Hamilton Times, has passed her final examination for the degree of B. A. at
Toronto university. She took honors in English, Ethnology, French, German and
Italian, standing first, in English, Ethnology and Italian. </span></b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>“Miss Gardiner’s university
career has been a brilliant one, and the Spectator has heretofore had much
pleasure<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>in making mention of her great
success at the examinations. She was formerly a student at the Hamilton
collegiate institute, a circumstance that permits all Hamilton to share in the
feeling of gratification that her success brings to her friends and to hope for
that brilliant future for the lady to which her accomplishments so fully
entitle her.</b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“The fact that Miss Gardiner
is the first lady graduate of Toronto university gives additional interest to
her graduation.”<sup>3</sup></span></b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><sup><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">3 </span></sup><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">“Miss
Ella Gardiner, B. A.”</span></span></b></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>Hamilton Spectator<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>June 6, 1885.</b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>Virtually all of the
advertisements in the Spectator of 1885, involved the use only of prose, with
no illustrations, such as the following :</b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>“J. J. Millman, 76 King street west (successor
to Millman & Eckerson) is undoubtedly making the finest photographs ever
produced in Hamilton and equal to the best in America. Mr. Millman uses
instanteous plates, the best that can be obtained, and even the most restless
child has not time to move while being photographed.</span></b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“Every person should
remember that the prices of Millman’s photos are the same as others and the
work superior.”<sup>4</sup></span></b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><sup><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">4 </span></sup><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">“Undoubtedly
the Finest.”</span></span></b></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>Hamilton Spectator<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>June 6, 1885.</b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>There was no prolonged rest
for the Spectator reporters, particularly on the weekend. Soon after the
appearance of the Saturday June 6, 1885 on the streets, the reporters were
spread out over the city. Sunday was also not a day of rest for reporters as a
newspaper had to be prepared for Monday, June 8.</b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>As usual, readers would
probably have started their perusal of the Spectator with a glimpse through the
Diurnal Epitome items :</b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>“The new street sweeper has arrived. It looks
as if it ought to do its work well. It will be put in operation as speedily as
possible.</span></b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>“A lad named Mars fell from
a swing at Ainslie Wood yesterday afternoon and received some pretty severe
bruises about his body.</b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>“The hot spell yesterday
sent sweltering citizens in droves to the water. The Beach, Bayview and
Lansdowne park were liberally patronized, and the bay was dotted with yachts,
luggers and smaller boats all day. It was cool on the water, and a steady
sou’westerly breeze made sailing good.</b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>“Col. And Prof. C. Astronomical Johnson
lectured in Toronto on Friday night, and told his audience that he had
constructed an air machine that would make a passage across the Atlantic in 4
days 10 hours 3 minutes and 1 ¼ seconds.</span></b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>“The Bayview band and a
portion of the Independent gave a concert<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>at the corner of King and James streets this afternoon. The playing was
not for the championship.</b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>“The hailstones that fell
yesterday afternoon were remarkably large. One, picked up on James street
south, measured nearly four inches in circumference, and many were at large as
ordinary-sized walnuts.</b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>“The rain yesterday caused a
cave-in in the gravel path in front of the court house. A circular hole,
several feet in diameter, sank. There was a cave-in at the same spot a couple
of weeks ago. There was probably a well there at one time, which was not
properly filled up. The matter will be attended to now.</b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>“Friday night, some boys
entered Mrs. Broderick’s grocery store, corner of John and Barton streets, by
opening one of the windows. They secured three dozen bottles of ale and had
them on the sidewalk when they saw Constable Fuller approaching and decamped,
leaving the booty behind them. They also secured a jar of brandy. </b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“William Dillon, coachman
for Henry McLaren, was summoned before the police magistrate Saturday morning
on a charge of driving through a funeral procession. He did not appear when
called. Constable Limin testified that the defendant drove a coach through the
funeral procession of the late Captain Henerey, Friday afternoon. A fine of $2
or ten days in jail was imposed.”<sup>5</sup></span></b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><sup><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">5 </span></sup><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">“The
Diurnal Epitome : What Goeth On In And About the City”</span></span></b></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>Hamilton Spectator <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>June 8, 1885.</b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><sup><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></sup><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">The
hot late spring weather meant that the Hamilton Bay was the focus of many
wishing to escape the heat, but there was potential danger on the water as
well:</span></span></b></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>“Several boats were on the bay yesterday
afternoon when the squall came. One of them – a small lugger with five young
men of the city in it – was struck and capsized three hundred yards out from
Browne’s wharf. </span></b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>“Fortunately all the young
men were swimmers and also sober, and they clung to the boat until they were
taken off by the crew of the sailboat Neptune, which put out from Browne’s
wharf. They were in the water about twenty minutes, and were pretty well
exhausted when rescued. </b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“Daniel Philipps especially
distinguished himself in rescuing the party, and after they were safely on
board the Neptune, he swam about for some time recovering their stray articles
of clothing.”<sup>6</sup></span></b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><sup><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">6 </span></sup><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">“Upset
in the Bay”</span></span></b></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>Hamilton Spectator<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>June 8, 1885.</b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>Hamilton was baseball-mad in
the summer of 1885, having not one but two franchise in the Canadian Baseball
League, a minor professional league which included the Hamilton Clippers, the
Hamilton Primroses, as well as teams in Guelph, London and Toronto </b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>Both the Clippers and the
Primroses played that early June weekend and both games were covered extensively:</b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br /></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>THE MAPLE LEAF – CLIPPER GAME</span></b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>“Good weather, good grounds,
good attendance, and two good nines – all the conditions were favorable for a
good game of ball at Dundurn, Saturday and a good game of ball was had.</b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>“The Maple Leafs came up
smiling, after three consecutive defeats, and took another one with perfect
grace and well-bred equanimity. Dixon pitched , and it was not his fault that
his team came out second best. </b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>“The Clippers scored one in
each of the first three innings, and one in the fifth – making four to the
Leafs’ one made in the second. The game went along that way. In the eighth
inning of the Leafs, there was some exciting play. The Leafs had the bases
filled – two of them on called balls and one on a shortstop error – and nobody
out. Maddock was at third, Purvis at second and Atkinson at first. Taylor
struck out, leaving the bases still full. Jimmy Hewer struck a little one to
Pete Wood, who cut Maddock off in his prime at home plate. Hewer taking first
on a fielder’s choice, and the bases were again full with two men out. The
excitement was high. One could have not heard a Salvation army procession.
Dyson put up a high fly that dropped into Pete Wood’s hands, and the fullness
of the bases amounted to nothing, the score still remaining 4 to 1 in the
Clippers’ favor.</b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>“The Clippers did nothing in
their half of the ninth inning, and the crowd began to move to the gate when
the Leafs went to bat, satisfied that the game was over. But it wasn’t.</b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>“The Leafs had got Pete
Wood’s range, as it were, and began pounding him so lively that three of them
skipped over the home plate before the Clippers knew where they were.</b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>“ ‘How’s the score?’
demanded Pete Wood. ‘A tie,’ cheerfully responded the scorer. Off went Pete’s
cap and trouble commenced.</b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>“There was no scoring in
that inning. During the melee Purvis was at third. Atkinson sent a long fly to
Myers away out at right. Myers took it nicely, and sent the ball to home,
rather wide of the home plate on the first base side. If Purvis had run in sharply,
the chances are that he would have scored and won the game for the Leafs. But
he didn’t. </b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>“In the Clipper half of the
tenth inning, McGra, who had sprained an ankle in the previous inning, and now
limped painfully, brought in two runs with a big hit, and the Clippers’
sympathizers breathed a trifle easier.</b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>“But for the Leafs, Jimmy
Hewer started off with atwo bagger. In this inning Pete Wood did some capital
play. Twice the ball was struck to him, and twice did he Monaco the
baserunners, making them hug their bags, and allowing himself just sufficient
time to get the ball to first before the striker reached that bag. It was well
and cooly done.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>McGra closed the inning
by sharply fielding a ball that he had to run nearly to first base to secure.
Pat was the hero of the hour.</b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>“The game was most
interesting, and at times intensely exciting. There was little heavy hitting,
but there was plenty of brilliant fielding and cool headwork, and just errors
enough to give it variety.</b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>“By innings –</b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Clippers ………….1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2</span></b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Maple Leafs…….0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0</span></b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Time of game – 2 hours</span></b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Attendance, 1,200.</span></b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>THE PRIMROSE-LONDON GAME</span></b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>“Those little fellows, the
Prims, went to London Saturday to see what sort of stuff the much-talked of
London baseball club was made of. They found that there are no slouches in
London, but a team composed of ball player – nine of them – who can play ball
with the best clubs in Canada. </b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>“Of course, the Prims won
the match, but they had to work for it, every man of them, from first to last.
The Londons played a sharp game on the field, but not quite sharp enough,
making some costly errors. At the bat, they were weak, not being able to hit
Young at all effectually.</b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>“The Prims played their
steady reliable fielding game, as may be judged from the fact there were only
two fielding errors made, one by Wilson and one by Mickey Jones, his first this
season out of 35 chances in four league games. </b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“Knight, the Prims hit very
hard, and piled up a goodly score of base hit. The game produced some fine
double plays which made it very interesting.</span></b>
<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
</span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>By innings – </span></b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Primroses …………………………..0 0 2 1 0 12 0 * - 6</span></b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Londons ……………………………...0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 – 3</span></b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Time of game, 1 hour, 45 minutes</span></b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Attendance, 900.</span></b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>NOTES</span></b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>“Primroses are fashionable
buttonhole bouquets in Hamilton today.</b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>“The Primroses own the town.</b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>“Pfann plays a pfine game in
the pfield.</b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>“The boys in blue don’t look
big, but they play that way</b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>“The game called baseball
seems to be understood, to some extent, in the place called Hamilton.</b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>“”Chamberlain was the
ladies’ favorite in the Clipper game. Charley Maddock was jealous of him..</b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>“There won’t be any
monkeying this afternoon at Dundurn, when the Primroses and Clippers wrestle
for the league in the league race. </b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>“You need not be astonished
if you see the Primroses coming down from Dundurn in hacks this evening, with
brooms displayed.</b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>Baseball in Canada has now
reached a high degree of excellence, and the league teams make games that are
exceedingly interesting for the Spectator.</b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>“Charley Maddock tore around
the St. Nicholas hotel, as if his name was spelled mad ox. His temper was
ruffled by recent baseball events. </b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>“The more Hamilton people
see of the Guelph ball players the better they like them. The Maple Leafs are a
fine, gentlemanly lot of men, and they know how to play baseball too. </b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>“The Primroses are entitled
to very great credit. They are all Hamilton boys, and have got together a
rattling nine without the heavy financial backing enjoyed by some other clubs
in the league.</b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>“The Clippers and Primroses
still stand even in the lead for the championship, with three won games each.
The Maple Leafs are third with one game won; the Londons fourth with an
unbroken goose, and the Torontos are to be heard from.</b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>“The most exited man at
Dundurn on Saturday was the man who put up $15 to $2 on the Clippers. When the
Leafs tied the Clippers in the ninth inning, the man who had backed the home
team went behind the grandstand and lay down.</b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“Baseball has become
fashionable in Hamilton as well as popular. The ladies’ side of the grandstand
at Dundurn was crowded on Saturday afternoon, and many handsome toilets were
displayed. Not a few of the ladies had never seen a ball game before, and they
voted it ‘ever so much nicer than cricket.’”<sup>7</sup></span></b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><sup><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">7 </span></sup><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">“Hamilton
Wins Again : The Clippers and the Primroses Lead the League”</span></span></b></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>Hamilton Spectator<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>June 8, 1885.</b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>Sunday afternoons in
Hamilton in 1885 was a time when the local corps of the Salvation conducted
open air services on the Market Square, followed by services indoors at their
barracks:</b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>“Notwithstanding the very hot weather, the
services all yesterday were conducted with more than exuberant fervor and
crowds of people were present at the three meetings on the market square;
though here the little English captain complained bitterly of ‘Canada’s
broiling hot sun.’</span></b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>“In the barracks during the
day, several sensations occurred, arising, as usual, from the presence of
visiting female officers. Capt. Miss Lee, an American officer from Rochester,
wielded the scepter, and did so with unusual eclat. She called for a
‘hallelujah sing-song’ that is, demanding that each soldier give his or her
experience in the verse of a hymn, which had to be sung. Some of these pieces
were very well given. Miss Lee has a remarkably clear, loud, ringing voice, and
her singing and addresses told well; but the decided impression was made by a
cadet, Miss Coombs, of Oakville. This officer displayed most remarkable power
and a wonderful flow of words. She will doubtless make a distinct mark as an
army orator. </b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>“Another officer, Miss
Bowman, also spoke well and produced a decided effect by her supplications
during a very fervent prayer meeting, during which five persons professed
conversions. Capt. Dyer stood aside during all these proceedings, but his
quiet, earnest exhortations during the holiness meeting, made such an
impression that erring soldiers were drawn from their seats to penitent form. </b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>“There is now every
probability that the new barracks will be immediately proceeded with.</b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Amor.”<sup>8</sup></span></b></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"></span><b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><sup><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">8 </span></sup><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">““Salvation
Army”</span></span></b></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
</span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>Hamilton Spectator<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>June 8, 1885.</b></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>The Hamilton Police
Department covered the city with regular foot patrols, usually consisting of
one constable who had to deal, at first, with miscreants by himself. Such was
the case when Constable Cruickshanks was patrolling Stuart street near the
railroad station :</b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>“Two brothers, John and William Collins, were
behaving themselves unseemly on Stuart street, Saturday evening and Constable
Cruickshank undertook to arrest them. They resisted , and a hard struggle took
place.</span></b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>“Both the Collins are
powerful men, John being a iron moulder and William, a blacksmith, and they
fought desperately. They got Cruickshank down on the road and pounded him, and
sat on him and rolled over him.</b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>“But Cruickshank is a plucky
young fellow, and as sturdy as he is stout-hearted. He caught<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>on to John Collins and never let go until
constables Nixon and Robinson arrived on the scene.</b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>“William got away when he
saw reinforcements arriving, but was shortly afterwards arrested in his own
house, Queen street. A man named Craig was also arrested<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>for interfering with the police.</b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>“Cruickshank was
considerably bruised and shaken up, but is not much the worse for his struggle.
</b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“Many absorbers of mixed
drinks have suffered far more than he from their little encounters with John
Collines.”<sup>9</sup></span></b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><sup><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">9 “</span></sup><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">“Cruickshank
Held On”</span></span></b></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>Hamilton Spectator<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>June 8, 1885.</b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>Finally, much interest would
have been manifested in a story which would also have caused much gossiping
among those Hamiltonians titillated with the story involving an elderly black
woman, and a man much younger than her:</b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>“Mrs. Caroline Smith is a colored woman who
keeps a second-hand store at 95 King street east. Just a week ago, a man about
45 years of age, W. H. Sawyer, by name, representing himself to be a member of
the Georgia minstrel troupe, presented himself at Mrs. Smith’s and asked to be
taken in as a boarder. Sawyer was stylish – all style, Mrs. Smith says, wearing
showy jewelry and sporting a gold-headed cane. He was ,of course, accommodated.</span></b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>“A few days afterwards, Mrs.
Smith drew $600 from the Bank of Commerce. She paid some bills and took the
balance home. Sawyer, she says, was the only person about the house who knew
she had it. Friday morning she had $552; in the afternoon, she only had $58.
The remaining $494 was gone.</b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>“Between 2 and 3 o’clock,
Sawyer also disappeared, jewelry, gold-headed cane and all, and did not show up
again. Mrs. Smith reported her loss to the police and sent telegrams with a
description of the supposed thief to Niagara Falls, Buffalo and Windsor. </b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b>“Sawyer is a short, stout
man, of a brown, rather than black, complexion and well-dressed. Nothing has
been heard of him since the money was stolen. The money was in three $50 and
seventeen $20 bills. </b></span></div>
<b></b><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“A telegram received by the
chief of police from Buffalo Saturday afternoon states that sawyer had been
arrested there.”<sup>9</sup></span></b></span></div>
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