Insurance in Boston to Soar Amid San Francisco Losses
Boston insurance officials foresee higher rates after the San Francisco fire. Statements from John C. Paige Company, A. M. Bullard, Liver pool and London, Arkwright Mutual, and others indicate insurers face large payouts, with rises in congested districts likely and some companies may exit. Osborne Howes observes the Boston Board of Underwriters preparing to meet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William R. Gray
John C. Paige Company
San Francisco
Alfred M. Bullard
A. M. Bullard
Frisco
Boston Board of Fire Underwriters
Post Receives Inquiries From Victims Relatives
Uncertainty about many New Englanders in San Francisco after the earthquake grew with time. The Boston Post lists anxious inquiries from relatives and friends, naming individuals and their addresses awaiting word or news from those in San Francisco.
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POST
San Francisco
Boston Post
Hub People Tell Their Experiences From San Francisco Earthquake
Boston residents receive letters from San Francisco survivors describing harrowing scenes and suffering, mixed with lighter anecdotes amid the quake and fires. One note recalls visiting a friend's home where four daughters and two sons waited for their father to return safely.
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Boston
San Francisco
Beon
Horrors Terse in San Francisco Earthquake Tale
A Denver commercial traveler recounts in a Boston–received letter the San Francisco quake of 5:18 PM, its fires, collapsing hotels, and fear. He notes 20 years to recover, ongoing aftershocks, no water, rising screams, and mass panic with vivid, non-graphic details.
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Boston
James H. Norton
Denver
Col
Lick House
San Francisco
O Sullivan of Lowell honored at banquet amid political talk
Humphrey O Sullivan of O Sullivan Bros rubber heel makers was feted at a Lowell banquet attended by about 500 with Boston politicians. Toasts praised liberty and industry while speculating on congressional or lieutenant governor runs. O Sullivan thanked guests and pledged to remember the occasion.
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Lowell
Humphrey O'Sullivan
O’sullivan
Congress
John H. Harrington
Boston
Josiah Quincy
James Donovan
W. T. A. Fitzgerald
Joseph T. O’connell
Reuben Rush
A. Shuman
G. W. Simonds
Commonwealth
James B. Casey
O'Sullivan
John F. Fitzgerald
Nathaniel C. Fowler, Jr
John A. McKenna
John C. Burke
Dorchester Man Describes San Francisco Earthquake Night
Francisco earthquake described by Dorchester resident Francisco E. H. Barker from Sacramento. He notes the 5:15 a.m. quake, hotel damage at the Lick House, falling plaster, frightened women, and a massive fire sparked by ruptured water mains. Firefighters used dynamite ineffectively to block flames as streets sank and supplies dwindled.
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Palace Hotel
Lick House
Pompeii
Hotel
Maryland
E. H. Barker
Dorchester
San Francisco
Sacramento
Cal
Mutual Life Premiums Jump in Early 1906
A special despatch reports the Truesdale committee findings on Mutual Life Insurance Company. Premium receipts for new business in the first three months of 1906 reach 969,179.53 under present managers versus 2218.39 under McCurdy. Agent commissions drop from 1,644,465 to 641,649, with committee expenses totaling 100,000.
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New York
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Truesdale Committee
McCurdy
Mrs Hutton fears sister and family perished
Malden April 26 Mrs James Hutton of 2 Bowdoin street fears her sister Mrs D F Riordon of Linden street San Francisco and her family perished after their house was demolished in the earthquake They have not been heard from since the disaster and she uses all means to locate them.
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Percy L. Henderson
Harbor and Land Commission of California
Point Lobos Avenue
Patrick Connolly
King Terrace
Roxbury
Henry J. Burns
Veteran National Guard of California
Seventeenth Street
San Francisco
A. C. Morton
Wardwell
Saco
Herman S. Hoyt
California Camera Club
Market Street
Boston
Manchester
N. H
E.i L. Genge
Appleton Street
Maine
James Kelley
Hayes Street
Margaret Kelley
Windsor Street
Cambridge
David
Annie O’connor
Donahue
Twenty-fifth Street
Cal
Hannah O'Connor
Charles A. Musehardt
Fourteenth Street
Annie Bell
East Third Street
South Boston
Frank H. Batchelder
Turk Street
Hugh J. McLaughlin
Hawthorne Street
Chelsea
W. Arntzen
Grove Street
Berkeley
N. M. Duffy
John Heiss
Golden Gate Avenue
I. N. Lord
Lamartine Street
Jamaica Plain
Joseph Hayes
Mission Street
Hayes
Milton A. Kent
Blue Hill Avenue
Dorchester
William Irwin
Capp Street
John M. Irwin
Portland
William Flynn
Priceta Avenue
Margaret Flynn
Medford Street
Charlestown
A. W. Caro
Albert Riedinger
St. Kathryn
Dover Street
Edward C. Jones
Vallejo Street
Henry
Stratton
Hancock Street
Holler
Richard G
William A. Flynn
Precita Avenue
Malden
James Hutton
Bowdoin Street
D. F. Riardon
Linden Street
Reardon
D. F. Riordon
Martina
Riordan
Police Banquet Planned After Annual Parade
The Station 10 police will host a banquet and concert at Roxbury Crossing Station following the police parade. Captain Hanley, Lieutenants Fessen den and Lowell, and the sergeants lead the event.
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Roxbury Crossing
Hanley
Fessenden
Lowell
Missouri Wins First Prize in All Round Shooting
The Kearsarge and the Missouri returned to Guantanamo Cuba from the target range. The Kentucky stayed to pick up the targets. The Missouri captured the first prize for best all round shooting.
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Guantanamo
Cuba
Kearsarge
Missouri
Kentucky
Dr Williams Pink Pills claim cure for bad blood and stomach ills
A Washington Pennsylvania man recounts relief from stomach pains dizziness and skin eruptions after using Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People He credits the treatment with clearing his blood and eradicating pimples boils and stomach trouble He urges others with similar ailments to try the pills and notes price and availability from the Dr Williams Medicine Company Schenectady NY
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T. E. Robertson
Addison Street
Washington
Dr. Williams
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American Fire Insurance Company
Philadelphia
George A. Eastman
Liverpool and
London & Globe Insurance
R. W. Toppan
The
Arkwright Mutual Fire Insurance Company
New England
F. E. Robinson
Boston Manufacturers
Mutual Fire Associa
Frank Noyes
Mutual Protective Fire Insurance Company
Omaha
RELEF
Boston Fasco
Cudahy Packing Company
Washington St
Glasgow Woolen Mills
Washington , St
WM. C. Gregor
WM. GC. Grecor
Bromfield St
Philo Hay Spec, Co
Newark
N.J
Hunt, Washington
Eliot
Rathskeller
NEW American House
Celero
Celero Drug Co
Mass
Oxford Lewis Jones & Son Undertakers
Lagrange Street
Grant
Bertha
William J. Grant
Franklin Avenue
West Newton
Herbert C. Hall
Berkeley Street
Sheldon—Buchner
West Park Street
Rex Donald Sheldon
Mary Irene Buchner
J, Newman & Sons Corp'n
Tremont St
E. WH. Barker
Francisco
Mutual Life
Carmore
Carpenter-Morton Co
Sudbury St
Tebrignio
Ingraham
David J. Ingraham
Artificia
Winter Street
Tilo
White Dental Parlors
Washington I I
Olli
United States
Edison
Bendan Square Phonograph Company Cor. Green and Chardon
Uritar
Washington St. Puritan Dental Rooms
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