Relief Hospital Deluge of Fire Victims In Chelsea
Unidentified two year old boy with measles and many others arrive at Boston Relief Hospital after Chelsea fire. A woman seeks her grandson Harry Corbett as staff search records. Dozens, including a 14 year old with leg fractures and a 90 year old for senility, fill beds and hallways as families await word and attend to injuries.
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Chelsea
Boston
Franklin Auto
Harry Corbett
Beacon Street
Harry
Henry Corbett
Leo Bonugli
Boston & Albany
Curtis Street
Lettia Busted
Fannie Berkman
Franklin
John G
Murphy
Division Street
Sam Jkensen
Elm Street
Henry Bayer
Concord Savings Bank
Sarah Rennie
Maverick Street
Lillian N. Rennie
Phena Rosenberg
Israel Goldberg
Billerica Street
Chestnut Street
Goldberg
Miss Rosenberg
Meridian Street Bridge
Elizabeth Badaracco
Unity Street
Joseph Smiddy
Lamson Street
Doors of Chelsea High School Open Shelter Homeless After Fire
Chelsea police and citizens opened doors of Chelsea High School on Crescent avenue to shelter hundreds of women and children displaced by the fire. Beds for 200 women and children were arranged, with volunteers collecting food as auto drives brought aid. Local residents from Boston and nearby towns arrived with bundles and expresses wagons, while residents described losses and searched for relatives.
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Chelsea High School
James Mahoney
Police Department
Crescent Avenue
Mahoney
Boston
Chelsea
East Everett
Everett
Charlestown
Atwood & McManus
Somerville Mayor Calls Relief Meeting for Chelsea Fire Victims
Mayor Grimmons of Somerville urges residents to gather at City Hall at 8 on Monday to discuss relief for Chelsea fire sufferers and will personally accept contributions to a relief fund. The report chronicles families displaced, missing children, destroyed homes, and scenes of distress along Fort Street and Powder Horn Hill as aid efforts mobilize.
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Grimmons
Somerville
City Hall
Chelsea
Samuel
Henry Burett
Sixth Street
Powder Horn Hill
Crescent St
Catherine O'Donnell
Miss Fitzgermald
Cottage Street
Ike Shuman
Sam Smith
172
Ash Street
East Fiverett Station
Boston Officers Aid Chelsea Police Force
Chief Caspar G. Shannon of Chelsea asked for Boston police aid. Lieutenant T. J. Murphy sent 25 patrolmen two sergeants six inspectors from multiple divisions to Chelsea. Second Company Coast Artillery notified to report at the armory and proceeded to Chelsea.
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Caspar G. Shannon
Chelsea
Boston
T. J. Murphy
Watts
Murphy
Stebbins
First Coast Artillery
New York trip for premium horsehair trimming goods
The speaker describes visiting New York to acquire a line of trimmings including French hair cloth woven from South American horsehair at 28 hairs to the inch and Belgian lined canvas. The pieces are guaranteed by Goddard & Co. to contain no cotton or jute and be used in all coats to ensure a front that stands up.
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New York
Goddard & Co
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Boston Relief Hospital
Chelsea Police Department
Post
Annie E. Sellin
Broadway
Charley
Philippines
Leslie K. Pitman
Highland Street
JL. Dorris
Poplar Street
Thomas Wise
Saran Green
Maurice Green
Pedler
Green
Walnut Street
Abraham Cohen
Levis
Smith & Gilbert
Norwich
Conn
Ofi S.&G.’S
Styles
Washington Street
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