Boston People in Peril Details Surviver Accounts from San Francisco Event
Boston area residents recount perilous experiences during the California quake and fires. Mrs. Cora Te Alden of Cambridge describes a bedbound shock, a firelit Oakland, fissures in the ground, and her safe return after leaving Oakland then Oakland. Former Dorchester resident and Santa Clara Street real estate agent lost all and survived with family outdoors.
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Greater Boston
San Francisco
Cora Te Alden
Western Avenue
Cambridge
California
Oakland
Weaver
Chicago
South Station
Castle Street
Dorchester
Santa Clara Street
San Jose
Cal
Cambridge residents affected by San Francisco quake
Up to date only one former Cambridge resident near San Francisco has been reported injured. Moses Joel of 10 Watson Street Cambridge lies in critical condition at Charity Hospital Kansas City. Others escaped. David C. Ritchie and Mrs. Ritchie were safe after fleeing the St Francis Hotel fire. Moses Joel, 36, is their relative and may be the man in hospital. Miss Helen A. Wright Roxbury woman also safe in Los Angeles after attending a Santa Barbara wedding.
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Cambridge
San Francisco
Cal
Moses Joel
Watson Street
Charity Hospital
Kansas City
Fred Ritchie
David C. Ritchie
Lamb & Ritchie
Mary Phillips
John Philips
Helen A. Wright
Cantabrigia Club
California
Roxbury
Santa Barbara
Los Angeles
Miss Wright
Thomas H. Emerson
Emerson
Wellington
Benjamin B. Wiggin
Marchiehead
Stella Israel
Post Street
Jennie Carroll
Broadway
Somerville
George P. Carroll
Point Sobas Avenue
Henry Carroll
Patrick King
San Mateo
John J. Sullivan
G Street
Boston
Daniel Kernegan
Woburn
Eben S. Morse
Winnegance
William H. Clifford
Howard Street
Katherine Moore
Plain Street
Randolph
Margaret
Franklin Street
Brookline Relief Fund for San Francisco Sufferers Grows
The Brookline general relief fund for San Francisco sufferers exceeds 11 000 dollars and may reach 23 000 with a few days. A benefit concert by the Brookline Band will be held in the Town Hall to aid the appeal.
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Brookline
San Francisco
Sonia
Town Hall
Son Harry Writes From Ruins After Fire
Mrs. T Goeltz of 492 Tremont street learns her son Harry is alive but penniless. In a letter dated April 20 from the ruins of a wealthy neighborhood, he describes ambulances taking the wounded to Oakland, a dead dog at his feet, a killed horse beneath a telegraph pole, a wrecked automobile nearby, and growing numb to death as he longs to see a live person.
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T. Goeltz
Tremont Street
Harry
Oakland
Carload of Supplies Sent to Aid San Francisco Sufferers
Massachusetts Association for the Relief of California dispatches another carload of apparel and relief goods, while two previous shipments reach the West. Chicago rail lines offer free transport for donations to San Francisco via authorized committees. The Boston group plans more merchandise shipments as funds and money needs focus in Oakland.
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San Francisco
Massachusetts Association For the Relief of
California
Boston & Albany Railroad
Boston & Line
Charles A. King
Chicago & Alton Railroad
General Freight Department
Chicago
Kidder, Peabody
Executive Committee
Oakland
Jacob Furth
Eben S. Draper
State Committee
Governor appoints women to relief auxiliary committee
Governor Guild appoints Mrs. Roger Wolcott as chair and four women to the women relief auxiliary committee. The appointees include Mrs. Jacob H. Hecht for Jewish charities, Mrs. Francis J. Keany for Catholic charities, Mrs. Katharine Lente Stevenson of W C T U, and Miss Helen A. Whittier of the Federation of Women's Clubs.
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Governor Guild
Massachusetts Relief Association For California
State House
Roger Wolcott
Jacob H. Hecht
Francis J. Keany
Catholic Charities
Katharine Lente Stevenson
Helen A. Whittier
Federation of Women’s Clubs
Earthquake Shocks Felt Daily in Los Angeles Since April 18
A telephone message received today reports that earthquake shocks have been felt daily in Los Angeles since the April 18 disaster, but no additional damage has occurred.
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Los Angeles
Cal
The
Evening Express
Red Cross Sufferers Fund Subscriptions Acknowledged
Gardiner M. Lane Massachusetts Red Cross treasurer reports subscriptions for San Francisco sufferers. Totals include $20,862.45 previously acknowledged and gifts from Miss Mary Lee Ware $500 Mr and Mrs John H Storer and Thomas I Livermore $100 each Berkshire division $1800 Loving Service Circle of Kin gs Daughters and Some Kinder turers $5 each Wellesley College members $7 Henry Parkman $50 Church of the regime Boston $106.49 Miss L P Loring $10.
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Gardiner M. Lane
Massachusetts
The
Red Cross Society
San Francisco
Mary Lee Ware
John H. Storer
Berkshire
American National Red Cross
Loving Service Circle
King’s Daughters
Wellesley Cologne
Henry Parkman
Church of the Regime
Boston
L. P. Loring
Misprint in Relief Fund List Changes Donor Name
A San Francisco relief fund list yesterday misnamed contributor John L. Whiting & Co as John L. Whitney & Son Co. The correct donation amount due to John L. Whiting & Son Co. remains to be recorded.
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San Francisco Relief Fund
John L. Whiting & 2G Co
John L. Whitney & Son Co
John L. Whiting & Son Co
Anxious at Fate of Many in Greater Boston
A list of anxious relatives in Greater Boston awaiting word from kin in San Francisco includes Mrs. Thomas Murphy and sister in Cambridge, Chester French, Samuel Crozier families, Robert McPeake, and others. The piece notes scattered appeals, telegrams, and a search for missing residents amid cities and San Mateo.
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Greater Boston
San Francisco
Thomas Murphy
Turk Street
C. J. Sullivan
Palermo Street
Cambridge
Chester R. French
A. EH. Howard Lumber Company
M. C. French
Henshaw Terrace
West Newton
Samuel Crozier
Hayes Street
M. G. Bradford
Hyannis
Robert McPeake
Silver Street
Helen McDonald
Lake Street
Somerville
Arthur M. Gardiner
Bush Street
Marie Louise Gardiner
Concord Square
Anthony Peet
California Street
Needham
New Englanders Learn of San Francisco Relatives’ Safety
Boston Post reports numerous messages from San Francisco area relatives conveying safety updates. Names include Alva Rich of the Palace Hotel and Ernest Hersam of the University of California, with others from Roxbury Somerville Brockton Gloucester and South Boston confirming relatives’ wellbeing or damaged homes.
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Boston Post
San Francisco
Alva Rich
Palace Hotel
Oakland
Ernest Hersam
University of California
Isaac F. Hersam
Stoneham
Norman
Franklin Nourse
Lawrence Manufacturing Company
Lowell
Franklin Street
Boston
George Turrell
M. R. Pennis
Water Street
Gloucester
Somerville
Brockton
M. J. Matson
Minnie Matson
Berkeley
Cal
K. Coffey
Newman Street
Post
D. A. Twigg
Palo Alto
Castelluci’s American Band Concert For Frisco Sufferers
Castelluci’s American Band will give a concert for the benefit of the Frisco sufferers in East Weymouth Sunday from 2 to 4 p m. St Pierno first cornettist Creatore’s Band will also play.
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Castelluci
Frisco
Destruction hits city Baptist churches and barracks opened
A despatch reports all houses of worship for First Covenant Swedish Negro and Chinese Baptist churches destroyed. Emmanuel is wrecked and unsafe. Hamilton Square Church is severely damaged but remains the only usable Baptist church. Three fourths of First Church members lose everything. Baptist HQ at 1975 Post Street opens as barracks for all arrivals.
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First
Covenant
Emmanuel
Hamilton Square
Hamilton Square Church
Post Street
Metropolitan District Dental Society appoints aid fund committee
The Metropolitan District Dental Society names a committee of John F Dowsley R R Andrews LL D Shepard George F E Mitchell and Charles C Patten to raise a fund for aiding suffering colleagues in California.
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The
Metropolitan District Dental Society
John F. Dowsley
R. R. Andrews
Ll. D. Shepard
George FE. Mitchell
Charles C. Patten
California
Miss Susan Elliott Burned in New York Hotel Blaze
Susan G. Elliott of Clinton Connecticut was severely burned in her room at the Hotel Martha Washington when her dressing gown caught fire from an alcohol lamp. Doctors fear she will die from the injuries.
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New York
Susan G. Elliott
Clinton, Conn
Martha Washington
Spain to impose strict measures for May Day protests
Madrid April 27. The government orders provincial authorities to use severe steps to maintain order May 1 during labor demonstrations. Bilbao Valencia Barcelona and Valladolid named as primary socialist headquarters targets.
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Madrid
Bilbao
Valencia
Barcelona
Valladolid
Battleship Missouri wins first prize for shooting
In Guantanamo Cuba on April 27 the USS Kearsarge and the USS Missouri returned from the target range while the Kentucky stayed to pick up targets. The Missouri earned the first prize for the best all round shooting.
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Guantanamo
Cuba
Kearsarge
Missouri
Kentucky
Directors Elected for Boston & Montana Copper Company
Butte, April 27. At a stockholders meeting the following directors were elected for the Boston & Montana Consolidated Copper & Silver Mining Company: Sidney Chase Boston James Phillips Jr Boston John Bryan Butte Daniel D. Hennessy New York A B Grafius New York.
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Butte
Mont
a_ stockholders
Boston & Montana, Consolidated Copper & Silver Sfining Company
Sidney Chase
Boston
James Phillips, Jr
John Bryan
Daniel D. Hennessy
New York
A. B. Grafius
King Peter Injures Ankle in Ride Near Belgrade
Belgrade Servia April 27 King Peter fell from a horse during a morning ride and injured his ankle. The incident occurred while he was outdoors, with reports noting the accident without further injury to the king.
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Belgrade
Servia
Peter
Won't Play Unless You Coax Me New
A list of song titles including Keep on the Sunny Side In a Hammock Built for Two Belle of the Ball Poppies Fare Thee Well Anna belle Daddy's Little Girl Glorianna Waltz Troubadour My Hindoo Man Cheyenne Earl and the Girl.
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New
Harris
Annabelle
Cheyenne
Earl and the Girl
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Pearl and the Pumpkin
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Father John
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