9388. H. R. Report No. 3388. RELIEF OF WORKMEN EMPLOYED ON POVERTY ISLAND LIGHT-HOUSE.
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9388. H. R. Report No. 3388. RELIEF OF WORKMEN EMPLOYED ON POVERTY ISLAND LIGHT-HOUSE.
9388. H. R. Report No. 3388. RELIEF OF WORKMEN EMPLOYED ON POVERTY ISLAND LIGHT-HOUSE. September 1, 1888. 2p. On October 25, 1873 there occurred on Poverty Island, Lake Michigan, a fire which damaged the sleeping and dining rooms, stores and provisions in the quarters of the construction workers who were employed constructing the light-house there. The fire began while workers were at work on the light-house, and though they attempted to control the blaze, they could not. This bill requests reimbursement for the losses sustained by the workers, who labored through the night to keep the fire from spreading to other public buildings on the site, at the loss of their own belongings. $14.