Fire kills, dozens rescued in West End tenement blaze
Incendiary fire raged through the first to attic levels at 24 Billerica Street West End yesterday afternoon. Firemen and Ladder 1 saved three floors of residents including Delia Whalen who was severely burned and rushed to Relief Hospital. Breinstein and others aided in raises and alarms as crews battled the flames. losses estimated at $1000 with little damage to rooms.
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Billerica Street
West End
Delia Whalen
Breinstein
Billerica
No. 24
Box 412
Sarah Feine
Murphy
Lee
Tinloff
Ladder 1
Captain Shallow
Ladder
Tintoff
Wen
Jie
Beling Delia Whalen
Relief Hospital
Amy Finkleman
Purify the Home to Ward Off Disease
To keep a healthy house, thoroughly cleanse the cellar and closets, sinks and drains, and all damp corners and hidden cracks where germs may breed. Focus on nooks behind plumbing and every tight space where contamination could start.
Fleet of fishing vessels and new liners tied to Atlantic routes
At the wharf yesterday several schooners and sloops arrived with haddock and cod, signaling a well supplied market. Allan Line plans four ships to France with a subsidy of 100000 for 18 trips, and 133383 for 24. The Barnacoa and Amerika type liners are launched or refitted, while the Owl sails to the West Indies after repairs. The Tonawanda docks for a sick crewman with smallpox, and the Argentina reaches Yarmouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T Wharf
Hattie F. Knowlton
Lucy B
Sarah
Allan Line of Steamers
Dominion Government
Canada
France
Mystic Pier
Glasgow
Shipping News Focuses on Arrivals and Tugs in Atlantic Trade
Arrived steamers Caledonian and Tonawanda with mdse and passengers to multiple consignors across St. Croix, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and more. Various vessels sail or tow barges under northwest wind. listings include Channel schooners and tugs with barges bound for Portland, Philadelphia, and Boston amid April observations.
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Caledonian
Tranter
Manchester
Ndse
Fred’k Leyland & Co
St. Croix
Thompson
St. John
N. B
Mdse
Marion
Portland
Merriam
Cumberland
Warrington
Baltimore
Joshua Lovett
Baker
New York
Paterson
Stroudsburg
W. Morse
Hersey
Guttenburg
N. J
Forest Belle
J. H. Rutter
Thomas L. Parker
Shawanese
Ryder
Perth Amboy
Bangor
Seattle
Black Diamond
Howes
Port Johnson
Marguerite
Geyer
Rockland
Tordenskjold
Louisburg
C. B
Savage
C. C. Co
Boxer
Philadelphia
Buck Ridge
Epirates
Margaret Haskell
Anna M. Hudson
Norfolk
J. M. Morales
Corbin
Thomaston
Highland Light
Boston
Chatham
Paoli
Eureka
Wind Northwest
Fresh
Mystery firebug eludes police in Charlestown and North End
A young man about five three, slender with light hair and a black derby fled the Eastern Drug Company warehouse fire on Fulton street. Police and fire marshal crews, aided by detectives, surround suspected sites but cannot identify or capture the elusive arsonist who has set fires at 20 freight yards and sheds, prompting a statewide search and heightened alarm.
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North End
Charlestown
Eastern Drug Company
Fulton Street
Crowley
Ballet Girl Recovers After Fall From Stage
A chorus girl from the Humpty Dumpty company fell into the orchestra pit at Colonial Theatre in New Bedford when a shoe heel flew off during a ballet. She was taken home for rest and is expected to appear next night.
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Humpty Dumpty
Colonial Theatre
New Bedford
Thomas Lothian
Peculiar dictionary joke aside G O Taylor whiskies advertised
A humorous line about a man borrowing a dictionary ends with an ad for G O Taylor Old Bourbon and G O Taylor Pure Rye whiskies. The copy urges readers to note the proprietors' firm name on the label and cork, and to buy sealed bottles from licensed dealers who prescribe them.
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G. O. Taylor
Worcester Trio Capture Makers of Bogus Coin
Worcester officers captured Leper Berkovitz Morris Levenson and Joseph Berkovitz in a Harrison street house with an elaborate setup for producing counterfeit silver plated half dollars. Police seized 160 coins and a 2 cent to 3 cent cost per coin. The gang, active at night, produced near genuine coins weighing about two thirds of real half dollars.
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Worcester
Leper Berkovitz
Morris Levenson
Joseph Berkovitz
O’day
Harrison Street
Boston Elevated Railway Company
United States Sub-Treasury
St. Paul's Church
Joseph E. Murphy
United States Secret Service
Secret Service Department
New England
Forest Fire Devours Cape Cod Pastureland
A massive blaze near West Barnstable road, two miles west of Hyannis, scorched more than 6500 acres of forest meadow and pasture. Heavy northeast wind fanned the flames as residents and nearly every town worker fought the fire. A wind shift toward the southeast extended the fire two miles toward Barnstable before sunset.
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Hyannis
Barnstable Road
Barnstable
Fire destroys dwelling store barn and cattle in Chelsea
The buildings of Charles A. Jones in Chelsea were burned tonight including a dwelling house stable sheds and a grocery store with three horses and three cows. Loss estimated between 5000 and 6000.
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Augusta
Charles A. Jones
Chelsea
Prisoner Escapes From Cochituate Lockup
John McNamara of Newton escaped from the Cochituate town lockup by wrenching bars and forcing the outer door. He was arrested Saturday night on a minor charge and was due before Judge Mulligan in Natick. A card reading There is no place like home was left behind in the empty cell.
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Cochituate
Curtin
John McNamara
Newton
McNamara
Mulligan
Natick
Policeman Marries Librarian in Orient Heights Union
Patrolman Patrick J. McAuliffe of the West End police secretly wed Miss Mooney a librarian at the West End Public Library Orient Heights last night.
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Patrick J. McAuliffe
West End
Cambridge Street
Cupid
McAuliffe
Miss Mooney
Public Library
Orient Heights
Boy Rescued After Fall Into Old Mill Pond
Five year old James McLaughlin slipped from the sand piles into the old mill pond. Dr Bufford and John Houseman rescued him. He was unconscious on shore but revived after persistent effort.
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Mill Pond
Dorchester
James McLaughlin
Dr. Bufford
John Houseman
Jealous man kills man and wounds wife in Maine
In East Waterford Howard Hilton, about 60, shot and killed George Young, 45, then stabbed his wife multiple times leaving her near death. Hilton then shot himself in the chest with buckshot in the backyard. Mrs Hilton may recover.
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Portland
Howard Hilton
East Waterford
George Young
Melrose Vocalist Elena Kirmes to Study Abroad
Melrose singer Elena Kirmes, daughter of Assistant City Clerk Victor C. Kirmes, will depart May 13 for Naples to join friend Elvira Severoni and study with other young artists. She debuted as Eleonora in Verdi Trovatore at Bellini Theatre last April and has since drawn large audiences in the United States.
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Melrose
Elena Kirmes
Naples
Elvira Severoni
Kirmes
Victor C. Kirmes
Geraldine Farrar
Severoni
Miss Kirmes
Eleonora
Trovatore
Bellini
Thomas Kerr Dies by Own Action in Adams
Thomas Kerr a 50 year old former spinner, committed death by his own action in his Adams cellar this afternoon by cutting his throat with a razor. He had been despondent due to poor health.
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Adams
Thomas Kerr
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Abraham Krinsky
Joseph Siegel
Annie Douglass
Cecilia Feine
Fippeicen
Ias
Joseph Sigel
Amy
Henry
Allan Line
United Fruit Company
Owl
Hartford
Morgan Iron Works
New London
West Indies
Bridgeport
Jeffrey
Charles L. Jeffrey
Harrington, King & Co
Commercial Street
Border Street
John M. Brooks
Providence
R. L
Hamburg-American Line
Ham
Standard Oil Company
Bombay
Gallup’s Island
Yarmouth
Shipping News
Black Derby
Worcester Trio
Cape Cod
Macnee
Christ Company
Maine
Wmn
Radway
Radway & CO
Radway Square
New York City
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