Historical Newspaper Articles

This is a collection historical newspaper articles that have been digitized. They represent topics on the history of Thomas Lincoln Handy, his companies and T.L. Handy High School.

Handy Box Factory Destroyed by Fire Tuesday Afternoon

Wednesday, May 02, 1923 | Source The Bay City Times Tribune | Topic(s):  Box Factory

Bay City, Mich., May 1. — Fanned by a high north wind, a fire which broke out in the north filing room of the main mill of the Handy Box factory on Henry street, south, about 3:20 o’clock Tuesday afternoon destroyed the main mill, a small saw mill and practically destroyed the sawdust bin, besides in the neighborhood of $50,000...

Two Factories at Bay City Burn

Friday, June 25, 1909 | Source Detroit Free Press | Topic(s):  Box Factory

Bay City, Mich., July 24 — Two of Handy Brothers‘ three box factories together with $10,000 worth of lumber, one residence and eight cars belonging to the Michigan Central ad Grand Trunk railways were destroyed by fire tonight entailing a total loss of about $86,000. Two persons. both spectators, were injured. Arthur Canberry, seated with two other men in a...

Bay City’s Great Fire

Monday, July 25, 1904 | Source The Times Herald | Topic(s):  Box Factory

Bay City, Mich., July 24th — Fire which started on the river front in the Handy Bros. Manufacturing Co.’s lumber yard caused $80,000 loss. Handy Bros. had about 6,000,000 feet of pine lumber ready for their factories, over 5,000,000 feet of which was destroyed. The fire spread rapidly from the river front to the Michigan Central railroad tracks. The West...