august211913

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Aqueduct fire (LOC)

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  • pennylrichardsca (now at ipernity) said:
    In August 1913, three men were killed and 62 others trapped in a tunnel in Harlem, part of the Catskill Aqueduct, when a fire started in a blacksmith's shop at the head of the shaft. It was especially dangerous because 900 pounds of dynamite were stored in the tunnel. There was no light, no fresh air, and a lot of smoke, but eventually the trapped men were rescued.
  • Anne (LOC P&P) said:
    pennylrichards: Thanks for the additional information. We'll include the event and date next time we update the record.

Thaw at Coaticook (LOC)

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  • Retired at last said:
    Date in reverse, near lower edge, appears to read 8/21/13
  • aware health said:
    Coaticook, Quebec -- site of his extradition trial: query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9404E2DB123FE6...
  • Wystan said:
    In 1950, in a special issue reviewing the history of the first half of the 20th century, LIFE magazine devoted several pages to the sensational scandals that surrounded the trials of Millionaire Harry K. Thaw for the murder of Architect Stanford White. He escaped from an asylum for the criminally insane in August, 1913, and fled across the border from New York State to Quebec, but was extradited and sent back to the asylum, only to be released two years later.