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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1905
Page
12
Authorities press a maniacal firebug theory after a 750 blaze at the Boston and Maine freight sheds. Plainclothes detectives and state police cordon the North End and Charlestown while Inspector Smith probes hay sheds for clues. Meanwhile a tailors ad promotes superior yet affordable garments.
On Patriots Day a string of fires was logged from 3:23 a.m. through 4:40 p.m. including dwellings at 267 Centre Street and 6 Adams Street with losses of 500 and 200 dollars respectively. Multiple brush, grass, and rubbish fires occurred at Astoria Street Oakview Terrace Dorchester Park Morton Street Dorchester Park and Charlestown with various times noted.
Firemen across Dorchester Roxbury West Roxbury and Jamaica Plain had a record breaking day extinguishing brush fires. Horses labored under exhaustion from long runs on hilly roads. A Brighton roof fire followed nests of brown tail moths. One suspected arson case involved a freight car near Mason Street where rubbish burned. police probe whether firebugs or youths were responsible.
Our stock of Black Suits has been augmented to meet the higher seasonal demand. Prices range from ten to twenty five dollars.
It is believed four people died after a gas buoy exploded on the government steamer Scout yesterday. Fred Mullen was killed instantly while Captain W. Allison died from injuries. Crewmen Coueur and Millard were reported missing, seen aboard just before the blast and blown into pieces. Portions of one body were recovered on the wharf.
The steamship Minnesota of the Great Northern's Seattle Oriental leet reached Seattle on return from the Orient, breaking all transpacific records. Time from Yokohama was 13 days 21 hours and 5 minutes. Among her passengers were Russian officers and their wives sent home on parole from Shanghai after Port Arthur’s capture.
Exeter New Hampshire April 19 Announcement said C W McAlpine and Dr D H McAlpine of New York city graduates of Phillips Exeter Academy will donate a new athletic field for the school costing $15,000.
Samantha offers another humorous tale featuring Josiah Allen and his wife in the upcoming Post issue, promising light entertainment and the usual country humor.
West Side butchers in New York agreed to a further rise of 1 to 2 cents per pound after a mass meeting. Pack ers had already added a half-cent last week, bringing total increases to 3 cents in three weeks. Attendees declined to draft denouncements or price schedules, but agreed to raise prices for self protection.
New York April 19 Recorder Goff named a commission to determine the mental condition of Gessler Rosseau the man found guilty of sending an explosive contrivance to the Cunard steamship Umbria in May 1903 Rosseau awaits sentence in the Tombs after his conviction three weeks ago
A simple border arrangement yields an artistic painted plate effect. The items are described as pretty ornaments suitable for summer cottages, dens, libraries, and similar spaces.
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