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Wallace Broad took over the helm of the Beacon in 1914, after the departure of R. E. Armstrong for Saint John. For a brief interim the press was not in working order, and the newspaper was not available to report on one of the biggest events to hit St. Andrews, the burning of the Algonquin Hotel in April of that year. It would have been interesting to see the local reaction to this event. From a subsequent remark by Broad when the Press got back up and running, it would seem that the first thing the CPR did was to cancel twice daily train service. This was understandable on the railway company's part, but it could not have gone down well with the locals. What, said Broad, is the Town an adjunct to the Hotel? During his tenure Broad's Beacon continued to press the winter port issue, though with no more success thatn did Armstrong in the past. It covered the rise of the new Algonquin, the one we see today; the construction of the Algonquin Casino and residence. It oversaw the death of Sir William Van Horne; the darkness that fell over the Town during the war years including the closing of Kennedy's for the winter for the first time in its existence, but also the joyous Armistice celebrations of 1918. It covered the agitation for a water supply very ably, and included in its pages many long literary and historical essays for those with tastes other than in simply news. Mr. Broad died in 1934.