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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Apr 15, 1908

Page

4

Post Information Bureau Reuniting Scattered Chelsea Families

The Post Information Bureau, created to reunite Chelsea fire victims, had its busiest day with many inquiries and numerous reunifications. Dozens of families, including two dogs, were found, while hundreds remain missing. A poignant case is Firel Wyman, a 10 year old boy separated from family, who fled German soil for America and survived a train ride and sea voyage before the fire forced new fears in Chelsea.

Post Information Bureau Chelsea New York Post Firel Wyman America Europe

Post Chronicle Chelsea Fire Missing List and Recoveries

A Post Information Bureau update shares rescues and relocations from the Chelsea fire, detailing families found safe at new addresses and listing a long roster of missing persons. It urges readers to contact the paper with any locating information and provides several names, former addresses, and recovered family groupings across Chelsea, Revere, Everett, and nearby towns.

Stop Sloppy Look. Rengo Diet Endorsed in Ad

An advertisement denounces women with excess fat and promotes Rengo as a cure, claiming heavy women are mocked and urging readers to regain natural weight, strength, and health. It lists Detroit addresses for the product and mentions Boston druggists and multiple stores.

Rengo Rengo Co Detroit Mich Boston Jaynes Drug Co Henry Siegel Co Washington Essex Sta

Missing Persons in Chelsea and Everett Area Urged to Contact Post

A long list of residents and families from Chelsea Everett Malden and nearby towns are urged to communicate current addresses to the Post or to designated contacts. The notice names individuals by last name with former addresses and requests responses to aid in locating relatives and friends during the fire emergency period. It includes Mrs Tenney Miss Hannah Murphy Miss Harriet L Oliver Alphonso Parker and others with scattered former Chelsea addresses and new contact points across Boston Somerville East Boston Roxbury Arlington and Dorchester.

Larasay James Cottage Street Hawthorne Street Marcella Street Roxbury Riley Bernard Central Avenue Chelsea The Post Dorchester Street South Boston Sanborn Hotel Savoy Fallen Street Tel Back Bay Scully Kitty Bow Street Welch Union Street Charlestown Sellin Annie E Tremont House Simmons Samuel Everett Avenue Pleasant Street Boston Spencer E. E Washington Avenue Raymond Waldo Syde Louis N New Boston Street Woburn Mass Wylie Charles Arthur Emmons K. Wylie High Street Malden Moran Amanda Broadway Walter W. Wright Maryland Street Dorchester Carr Katie Fourth Street Mary Rogers Cambridge Street East Cambridge Connolly Fifth Street M. van Tassel Dacia Street Edstrom William Humber William C Willow Street M. V. O’connell Quincey Street Jordan Miss Rose Arlington Street Maurice M. Markow Washington Street Pipply Ida Bellingham Street H. T. Bond Crescent Row Winchester Richardson Misa Albie J Watts Street Stoneham Austin Thomas Guilfoyle Clark Avenue Baretta Phoebe Marie Matthews Street John Enos Coggeshall Street New Bedford Battis Zeb Battattis Charlton Depot A. Battis Maple Street Burke John Maverick Street Cambridgeport Alice G. Fay William Burke George Buck Carruthers Shurtleff Street F. A. Tibbetts Olive Street Carson Genevieve Beatrice Alfred Disnard North Street Hingham Deares Minnie Ellsworth Street C. H. Deares Rockland Street Darius Poplar Street William F. Howland West Hanover Thomas Wise Dryden Field George A West Eagle Street Carney Gleason Hancock Small Shurtleff Weymouth Harrison Walnut Street Paul Epstein Portland Street Jewell Lucina S. J. Howe Linden Ave Knowles Benjamin Franklin Mary Shaw H. Swett Bessie McKinley South Ferry Street Everett Leach Martin Susan Otto Brookline Lee Frank Hattie Campbell Blackwood Street F. D. McCulloch Lovell Street West Somerville McArdle Michael Edward McArdle Randall Street Taunton Michael Post Bureau Gerrish Avenue McGovern McGowan Annie Nashua N. H Annie McGowan Lynn Street L. A. Fisher Madden Murphy Hannah T. Hahesy Falcon Street Mast Boston Hahesy Oliver Harriet L Chestnut Street E. W. Foster & Co J. W Division Street Robert W. Maxwell Holyoke Street Chelsea Bridge Lawrence J. Hayes Paris Street Sheldon Edith C. H. Douglass Convent Avenue New York City Miss Sheldon Pearl Street Smith Joseph A. F. Walls Florence Street Somerville Stewart Robert Robert Donnelly Chadwick Street Tenney J. J. Freeman Travis Harry G Grove Street George A. McNicol White Charles L A. J. Struthers Felton Street Cliftondale Saugus Bellingham Hill Williams Wilbert E. J. Kelly Russell Street Arlington Wilson A. W Alice Claire Michigan Avenue Barnes Walter C Glen Ridge N. J F. N. Hollingsworth Water Street Dr. Fenwick Bender J. P Gray Fred G. C. German Saratoga Street Hauf Ellen Hauf Knight Sarah E Chester Avenue Grace Tobin Montvale Avenue Leightizer Congress Street Chelsea High School J. H. Gerhardt South Nada Essex Street J. Co. German East

St Rose Church to be rebuilt quickly after disaster

Father Thomas F. Cusack and St Rose Parish plan immediate rebuilding after a devastating fire. Masses will be held Sunday at 8 and 10 o clock at three locations including the school, Scenic Theatre, and the old rectory veranda. Donations and relief efforts flow from archdiocese priests and local donors, with about 180000 in losses and 100000 insured.

St. Rose Parish Thomas F. Cusack P. R Spencer Avenue Second Street Crescent Avenue Broadway School House Chelsea Square Father Cusack John A. Horgan Blue Hill Avenue Roxbury Horgan St. Vincent de Paul Conference James Hayes C. S S. R Mission Church Pilate James M. Prendergast St. Rose's Hudson Chelsea

Street car service resumes in Chelsea after fire

After the large fire, Boston Elevated line workers began reopening Chelsea routes. By 5 PM yesterday all city lines were in operation except the Everett avenue line to Everett. Service via the East Boston tunnel and Meridian street bridge resumed at noon, though access to the burnt district remains restricted.

Chelsea Boston City Everett Avenue Everett East Boston Tunnel Meridian Street Bridge

Benefit for Chelsea at Roslindale Theatre

The Star Moving Picture Theatre of Roslindale will present a special matinee Thursday at 3 30 p m with all box office receipts donated to Chelsea fire sufferers. Tickets are 10 cents.

Star Moving Picture Theatre Roslindale Chelsea

Chelsea Seeks Funds and Supplies for Reconstruction

Mayor John E Beck says Chelsea needs all money and supplies possible after city buildings were destroyed. Insurance covers losses. rebuilding will take a year or more. Contributions go to City Treasurer Thomas B Frost and relief committee chair William McClintock at the high school on Crescent avenue. Those needing aid should apply at the relief committee HQ in the high school building.

John E. Beck Chelsea Post Thomas B. Frost Crescent Avenue William McClintock Relief Committee

Judge Halts Fire Victims Fraud Trial Indefinitely

Judge Dodge in federal court suspended the indictment of Hyman Goldsmith and Samuel Seelenfreund for using the mails in a defraud scheme after fire losses. Goldsmith and Seelenfreund report personal devastation including missing daughters and a severely burned wife. Other defendants included William I. Alkon, Henry Barish, Harris A. Alkon, and Thomas C. Scottron, with six business witnesses testifying about credit shipments. The trial resumes today as families cope with ruin from the Chelsea fire and Passover begins.

Hyman Goldsmith Samuel Seelenfreund Chelsea Dodge United States District Court Greenhood Goldsmith Seelenfreund William I. Alkon Cambridge Henry Barish Roxbury Harris A. Alkon Everett Thomas C. Scottron American Crayon Company Waltham Massachusetts New York Vermont

Two forlorn dogs found amid ruins

Kenneth DPD Swan of 21 Carruth street Dorchester found a black spaniel amid smoking ruins near Bellingham street and sheltered it at home. Another dog named Halmberg, from 8 Shurtleff street, wandered Chel sea and is at Talbot’s 45 Melrose street for now.

Chelsea Kenneth Dpd. Swan Carruth Street Dorchester Bellingham Street Mr. Swan Halmberg Shurtleff Street Talbot’s Melrose Street Boston

Fire victims aided by East Boston photo exhibit

Thomas A. Luke head of the Post photography department leases the Empire Theatre in Central square East Boston for a week. Magnificent enlarged pictures from original negatives taken during the Chelsea fire will be shown. All receipts will be donated to fire victims. Councilman Sorenson of Ward 2 assists, offering services in charge of the dramatic display.

Chelsea Thomas A. Luke The Post Empire Theatre Central Square Boston Luke Sorenson Ward 2

Red Clover Extract Ad Claims Targeted Remedies

An old advert promotes Pure Red Clover Extract for ailments including constipation rheumatism cancer eczema salt rheum headache and blood diseases. It emphasizes the product is not a patent medicine and positions it as a natural remedy.

D. Needham’s Sons Needham’s Sons Lakeside Building Chicago Til

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