The Great Fire in Boston. View of the conflagration in Devonshire Street, looking south toward Beebe & Co.'s buildings on Winthrop Square by Hyde, John N.

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New York: Pickets are out early at the General Electric office building in midtown Manhattan 10/27. At least 140,000 workers from 13 unions walked off their jobs at G.E. plants throughout the nation at midnight in a contract dispute that could idle 90% of the company's production capability.

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The Great Fire in Boston. View of the conflagration in Devonshire Street, looking south toward Beebe & Co.'s buildings on Winthrop Square

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