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VOLUME 8. July 15, 1910 NuMBER 28 
July 16—July 22 
SUN FULL TIDE 
Rises Sets rae P. M. 
16 Sa. 4 21 ties) 6 25 6. 47 
17 Su 421 7 18 Welt: 7 37 
18 M. 4 22 7 18 8 08 8 22 
19 Tu. 4 23 TENT. 8 55 9 10 
20 W. 4 24 7 16 9 40 9 47 
21 Th. 4 25 7 AS 10 23 10 35 
22 Fr. 426 7 14 |11 05 11 22 
THe Manchester Board o! Asses- 
sors will probably complete the fig- 
ures of fixing the tax rate for the 
year by the middle of next week. 
Last year the rate was $9.40 per 
thousand. It will probably.be under 
this figure this year. The Assessors 
of Brookline have announeed the rate 
of taxation in the town as $12.50 on 
the thousand, an increase of $2.00 
over last year. 
Senator Lodge may or may not 
have had Manchester in mind when 
he addressed the Town meeting in 
Nahant last week, but it is signifi- 
eant that upon his motion an amend- 
ment to the Nahant by-laws was 
adopted for a warrant committee of 
nine members to consider all articles 
for the annual warrant and report to 
the citizens previous to the meeting. 
This would be similar to Manchey 
ter’s appropriation committee. 
Work done at your residence if 
desired anywhere from Manchester 
to Pride’s Crossing. J. Vasconcel- 
los, barber, Central square, Manches- 
ter. Tel. 143-13. 
MORSE STABLE DESTROYED 
Hundreds Hurry to Spectacular Fire Which Burns Horses on Malt Hill, 
Beverly Farms 
Flames flaring skyward Monday 
night out of the woods on Malt Hill, 
Beverly Farms, toward the close of 
the dinner hour, drew hundreds of 
persons from all along the North 
Shore in automobiles, carriages and 
on foot, to a most spectacular fire 
which destroyed the stable at the 
home oceupied by Mrs. Samuel T. 
Morse of Boston and her daughter, 
Miss Frances Morse. Three horses 
were burned to death, the coachman 
being away and the stable locked. 
By the time Miss Morse had noti- 
fied the fire department at Beverly 
Farms, an alarm was turned in from 
Manchester by some person who 
was hurrying to the scene. 
Poth departments responded with- 
in an incredibly short time and much 
praise is due the firemen and those 
who volunteered their help in saving 
the house and assisting the women, 
who reside there alone with two 
nurses and servants to attend Mrs. 
Morse, 84 years old, an invalid. 
While the fire was raging up 
through the woods surrounding both 
house and stable, sparks were seen 
dropping on the housetop. Men ear- 
ried a line of hose to the roof and 
saved the home. 
In the meantime many men came 
from homes nearby to the assistance 
of the women, and Mrs. Morse was 
taken in an automobile to stay with 
friends until after the danger was 
past when she was brought home. 
Major Henry Lee Higginson, Wil- 
lam Hooper, and George H. Lyman 
did much toward directing the 
household and making it easier for 
the firemen and those who were help- 
ing and encouraging the women. 
Persons from far and near saw the 
flames and at once realized the im- 
portance and danger. Quick to re- 
spond at a time of need, dinners 
were left uneaten, and regardless of 
attire, every one who could, went to 
the fire. The roadways were lined 
with pedestrians. Many drove; 
some went on horseback and _ bi- 
eyeles, and glaring headlights of mo- 
tor after motor bordered the road 
and drives close to the belching en- 
gine which was pumping the water 
up the long hill and drive to the 
roaring and crackling blaze in the 
woods on the hilltop. 
The fire did not last for long; the 
stable was filled with hay and the 
blaze had a start on the fire fighters. 
It is to the great credit of the men 
that the house was saved. For situat- 
ed in the center of a thick wood on a 
hill, it was no easy matter to reach 
the burning building especially in the 
fast falling darkness. Yet this may 
have been an advantage, for it kept 
many of the sightseers from reaching 
the scene until most of the work was 
done. 
Many were lost in the woods and 
had to wait for a sight of a chance 
match to light a part of their way 
back to the road. Over rocks and 
stumps and through brush and into 
trees, climped women, children and 
men toward the dying flames above. 
Weird were the forms and shadows 
of the men, their faces lighted by an 
occasional angry flash of fire, as the 
embers crackled and erunehed in the 
smouldering pit. It was very late be- 
fore all was quiet and every one was 
satisfied to go home except those de- 
tailed to watch through the night. 
Mrs. Samuel T. Morse and her 
family wish to express their appre- 
ciation and gratitude to the fireman, 
policemen, and to all ot!ers who 
gave assistance at the fire at Malt 
Hill on the evening of July 10th. 
They feel that their prompt and ef- 
ficient help prevented a much more 
extensive disaster. 
Miss Sterling’s Recital. 
Fostered by leaders in Magnolia 
society, Margaret Talmon Sterling 
offered a most successful early sea- 
son song recital at Library Hall, 
Magnolia, this afternoon at 4 0’clock. 
Assisted by Jacob Weibley, baritone, 
and Walter Keisewetter at the piano. 
Miss Sterling appeared to advantage 
before au appreciative audience from 
the cottages and the Oceanside. The 
patronesses were Mrs. A. Forbes Co- 
nant, Boston; Mrs. F. 8. Chick, Bos- 
ton; Mrs. Harrison K. Caner, Phila- 
delphia; Mrs. Eugene Gray Foster 
New York; Mrs. Clement Houghton, 
Boston; Mrs. Claude Kilpatrick; St. 
Louis; Mrs. Charles E. Phenix, Mag- 
nolia; Mrs. Arthur Parker, Boston, 
Mrs. Jerome Remick, Detroit; Mrs. 
Frederick K. Sterns, Detroit; Mrs. 
Benjamin Tenney, Boston; Mrs. Wil 
liam B. Wheelock. Indianapolis; Mrs. 
David Percy Williams, Indianapolis, 
Mrs. Addis M. Whitney, Boston; 
Mrs. J. Warrington Walker, Detroit, 
and Mrs. Walter Yates, Boston. The 
recital was under the direetion of 
Mrs. Antonia Sawyer of New York. 
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