Four-Alarm Fire Hits Cambridge North End Tenement
A six story storage building and mattress factory at Richmond and North streets in Cambridge burned, forcing 12 Western avenue families from their homes. Fire spread from a fourth floor picking machine. one woman and two workers were injured, several others treated for smoke. Loss around 50 000 with insurance coverage reported.
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North End
Cambridge
T Salem
John Holman & Co
Richmond
North Streets
Charlestown
North
Nellie Skelliher
Lynch
Hanover Street
Lillian Willard
Kelliher
John Adriol
Ladder 1
Totten
Walls Fall On Nine Firemen In Salem Warehouse Collapse
Fire at the Underwriters' Salvage Company storage warehouse at Lathrop street buries nine men, seven injured, two escape. S. John Reed trapped but rescued. George Wright in critical condition. Building owned by Boston and Maine railroad. loss about 20000 with 10000 worth of cotton saved from the steamer Manhattan destroyed earlier at Portland.
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Salem
Underwriters’ Salvage Company
Lathrop Street
S. John Reed
George Wright
Charles Arnold
Albert K. Woodbury
James Buckley
George Hutchins
William Annable
Boston and Maine Railroad
Reed
Arnold
Salem Hospital
Wright
Manhattan
Portland
Variety of coats and fabrics in fall wardrobe sale
A catalog of coats and dress fabrics features Serges broadcloths taffetas panamas mohair mixtures lace coats over taffeta peau de soie tussah pongee white serge black satin chiffon veiling plaid back blends tweed and checks. Styles include dress street motor steamer elderly and maternity coats with prices from 19.75 to 45.00. New gray tweed auto coats 35.00 and paisley mohair lined garments 25.00 to 37.50 are listed.
Fashionable Misses Coats Start At Seven Fifty
Misses coats offered in 60 styles ranging from 7.50 to 50.00 with fabrics including homespuns serges mixtures broadcloths panamas worsteds and raincoats in rubberized silk and cloth plus imported gabardines. Styles cover dress street motor Prince Chap blouse Junior models with plaited sides and belted variants with contrasting trim.
Coats for Girls and Boys Range Wide Styles and Fabrics
A display of children and teens coats offering 5.00 to 18.50 with 60 styles in varied fabrics including Serges, checks, homespuns, cheviots, paca cloth, pongees, worsteds, and cloth of gold. Also raincoats in single and double textures, cravenettes and rubberized fabrics, plus boyish and dress coats with belts collars and moire silk details.
Rescues in Cambridge as Tenement Blaze Drives Families Out
Fire at a Cambridge Western avenue tenement displaces twelve families after a rear blaze at 308 Western avenue. Miss Bennett carries her invalid mother from 306 to 308 as Patrolman Mullen evacuates children from Samuel Cohen’s family. Incendiary origin suspected. five buildings evacuated. losses around $4000.
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Western Avenue
Cambridge
R. Abrahamson
Elizabeth Bennett
Fred Bennett
Mullen
Samuel Cohen
Abrahamson
David O. Smith
Bernard Cooper
Lt. Harris
S. Rosenberg
Samuel Lutervitch
M. Bornstein
N. Sagamond
Frank Dutchey
William Goldstein
T. H. Armstrong
Tremont Street
A. J. Bennett
Four Alarm Fire Ends With Rescue At Mattress Factory
A mattress factory burst into flames triggering a four alarm blaze. Policeman rescues Miss Kelliher as firemen were injured battling the flames and evacuating workers. Strong teams from the city responded swiftly to prevent spread.
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Kelliher
Gas Tanks In Danger In Charlestown Blaze At Raymond Skate Co
Fire alarmed late yesterday afternoon gutted the Raymond Skate Company building a four story wooden plant at 7 Sherman Street Charlestown. The first floor housed Bunker Hill laundry and boiler room fire led to evacuations as eleven escaped. Nearby firms Booth & Lord Melich & Byfield and skate makers burned with several tenement houses briefly threatened. Adjacent Charlestown Gas Light Company tank sparks were doused. Loss estimated around 25000 dollars.
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Raymond Skate Company
Sherman Street
Charlestown
Bunker Hill
Daniel McCarthy
Booth & Lord
Wood Workers
Melich & Byfield
Furniture Manufacturers
Father John's Medicine Promises $25000 Charity Prize
A notice offers $25,000 to any charity proving Father John's Medicine is not true. Originating with Father John O'Brien of Lowell Massachusetts, the remedy was named by grateful parishioners half a century ago. It is claimed to strengthen the body and cure colds and throat and lung troubles.
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Father John
John O’brien
Lowell
Mass
Fire Guts Malden Home. Police Probe Incendiary Cause
The Malden residence of Harry Cooperstock at 851 Cross Street was partially gutted by a late night fire causing about 2000 dollars in damage. With no adults home, police suspect arson and will investigate. Mary 14 and Sophia 2 were found safe at a relative's home after the blaze.
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Malden
Harry Cooperstock
Cross Street
Cooperstock
Dora
Mary
Sophia
Shore Resort for Civic Service House Opens West Gloucester Grounds
The Civic Service House announces a summer vacation site in West Gloucester near Beverly, with 2388 feet of shore front. Donors include Mrs. Quincy Shaw and Frank A. Day. Meyer Bloomfield announced the BCY PULSI tion at a dinner, and the grounds will be ready by June.
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Quincy Shaw
Frank A. Day
Civic Service House
West Gloucester
Women Seek City Waste Incinerator At Hearing
City Hall heard debate on a $300000 appropriation for a large garbage incinerator. Advocates included the Women’s Municipal League led by Miss Katherine Tyng, while opponents cited nuisance concerns from many improvement associations and local leaders.
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United Improvement Association
Boston
Women's Municipal League
New York
Women’s Municipal League
Katherine Tyng
Madison T. Thurber
Guy C. Emerson
M. R. Rounon
Thomas
Arthur Suddell
Special
L. B. Nutting
M. T. Councilman
Randolph Burrage
William H. Gleason
Germantown Improvement Association
David Scannell
Harvard Improvement Association
William J. Walton
Meeting House Hill Improvement Association
Charles J. Leonard
Reunion of Roxbury church draws 1500 attendees
The Church of Our Lady of Lourdes in Roxbury held a reunion at Intercolonial Hall last night. About 1500 parishioners attended the event, with a reception for Pastor Rev. George A. Lyons followed by whist and dancing.
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Church of Our Lady of Lourdes
Roxbury
George A. Lyons
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