Bonfire Injury Leaves Quincy Widow Burned
Mrs Laura Jones widow of John Jones of 28 Pleasant Street Quincy is in danger after clothing flames at a bonfire lit her clothes. William Taylor sewer department employee saved her by wrapping a blanket around her before a doctor arrived at City Hospital. She is 76 and was watching the bonfire when wind swept flames to her garments.
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Laura Jones
John Jones
Pleasant Street
Quincy
City Hospital
William Taylor
Sewer Department
Southampton Street to Be Paved With Granite Blocks
Mayor Fitz gerald announced at a South station conference with New Haven road leaders that Southampton street from Northampton street to Andrew square will be paved with granite block pavement. New Haven road will contribute 10000 toward the paving and also help fund Rogers avenue Roxbury. Total cost is about 9000 with 2590 covered by the railway.
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Fitzgerald
Southampton Street
Northampton Street
Andrew Square
Mellen
Byrnes
New Haven Road
South Station
Boston
Roxbury
Cambridge
West End
Northampton
Southampton Streets
New Haven
Rogers Avenue
Miss Harriet Goodnow Dies at the Vendome
Miss Harriet Elvira Goodnow a wealthy Sterling summer resident with apartments at the Vendome died of pneumonia there yesterday at age 66 She was the last of the Goodnow family of Sterling.
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Harriet Elvira Goodnow
Sterling
Vendome
Goodnow
Miss Goodnow
Finance Commission asks Greene to remove acting health commissioner
The Finance Commission, in a communication to the Mayor yesterday, chided him for retaining Acting Health Commissioner P. Robert Greene in office for the third time in six months.
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Finance Commission
P. Robert Greene
City Health Commissioner Appointment Controversy
The Civil Service Commission says six months have passed since its initial recommendation and that Acting Health Commissioner Greene is no longer merely temporary. The commission warns against appointing anyone with political ties to run the health department. Mayor Fitzgerald counters, noting he offered the job to several men who declined and praises Greene as a bright, capable public servant working tirelessly.
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Greene
Fitzgerald
Civil Service Commission
Two Men Die As Derrick Crashes At Boston Power Plant Site
In South Boston a heavy derrick fell during construction of a Boston Elevated Company power station killing George Percy and Fortuanata Rea. Crushed and bleeding, both men died after being taken to City and Carney hospitals. An investigation will probe possible fault in weight limits and support wires.
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Boston Elevated Company
First Street
South Boston
George Percy
Spring Street
Medford
Fortuanata Rea
Liverpool Street
East Boston
Percy
Carney Hospital
Bea
City Hospital
Post
Two Men Ask Lowell for Licenses to Wed Girl
In Lowell on April 12 a city clerk refused two separate marriage license requests naming Helen Madeline Houston of Northampton Maine as the bride to be. Police later detained Miss Houston after discovery she is 16 despite claiming 19. She said Dr. John A. Houston, superintendent of the Northampton Asylum for the Insane, is her uncle. she also cited another Portland Maine uncle.
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Lowell
Helen Madeline Houston
Northampton
Miss Houston
John A. Houston
Northampton Asylum
Portland
Fugitive Benjamin Horowitz Arrested in New York
Detectives Gleason and Sullivan arrested a 24 year old wood carver who identified himself as Benjamin Horowitz. He is charged as a fugitive from Boston on a robbery complaint filed by Louis Minsky of Moniello, Massachusetts.
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New York
Gleason and Sullivan
Benjamin Horowitz
Boston
Louis Minsky
Moniello
Mass
Hearing Charges Against Life Saver Lieutenant
The second hearing on charges of inefficiency misconduct and neglect of duty against Captain Franklin B Hamilton in command of the City Point life saving station was held yesterday afternoon at the post office building. Witnesses heard included Charles W Lodwell Daniel B Mac Carthy John F Stout Thomas H Mac Corre Charles J Chance Benjamin Weston and J B Dorothy. Cross examination was conducted by ex Congressman O Connell who made the charges.
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Franklin B. Hamilton
City Point Life Saving Station
Post Office
Charles W. Lodwell
Daniel B. MacCarthy
John F. Stout
Thomas H. MacCorre
Charles J. Chance
Benjamin Weston
J. B. Dorothy
O’connell
Aged Man Struck by Auto In Medford Injury Report
Michael Hurley a 79 year old man is in serious condition at Malden Hospital after being struck yesterday afternoon on Fellsway West Medford by an automobile owned and driven by William Arnold of 680 Main Street Wakefield. The incident is under police investigation.
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Michael Hurley
Malden Hospital
William Arnold
Main Street
Wakefield
Fellsway West Boulevard
Medford
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