Four Drowned as Navy Tug Capsizes Off Cape Ann
The navy tug Nezinscot capsized in heavy seas near Cape Ann during tow to Charlestown. Captain Ned Evans, Mrs Evans, and several crew members survived using wreckage and lifeboats. four sailors drowned, with ten saved. Rescue efforts involved tugs Sioux Swana and cutter Androscoggin as authorities redirected ships from Portsmouth to the scene.
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Navy
Cape Ann
Portsmouth
M. Mitchell Davis
Charlestown Navy Yard
Captain Evans
George H. Pratt
FA Underdown
A. Belfiia
F. R. Bitter
W. H. Fitzgerald
Harry Evans
Evans
Ipswich Bay
Halibut Point
Dr. Trotter
Anthony Belfric
Bitter
Mrs. Evans
Harry
Tillotson
Underdown
Pratt
Fitzgerald
Tony Belfric
Dolliver’s Neck
Belfric
Cap Ned
Lewis Wharf
Boston
Boston Towboat Company
Crest Avenue
Revere Street
Winthrop
Admiral Bowles
Fore River Shipbuilding Company
Fore River Bridge
Charles E. White
Nezinscot
Norfolk
Richman Street
C. L. Taylor
North Carolina
Wisconsin
Leroy Edwards
Providence
Daniels Street
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Trotter
Naval Hospital
Franklin, N. C
Willard
DeWitt C. Ivins
Morgan Towing Company
New York
Neafie & Levy
Philadelphia
Sioux
Swana
Charlestown
Androscoggin
Portland
Davis
Potomac
Provincetown
Rockport
Police Seek Heiresses Cornelia and Irene Farber Missing
Police in New York issued a general alarm for Cornelia and Irene Farber sisters aged 21 and 19 described as heiresses to substantial fortunes. They left their home on August 1 for Narragansett Pier then disappeared after being traced to New York.
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New York
Cornelia
Irene Farber
Boston
Narragansett Pier
Four Year Old Marguerita Cosmanio Burned in Somerville
Four year old Marguerita Cosmanio of 42 Vine Street Somerville lies in critical condition at Somerville Hospital after a fire caused by playing with matches at 8 Tyler Court. Her clothing was burned off except for part of one stocking. She was visiting another family at Tyler Court when the accident occurred.
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Marguerita Cosmanio
Vine Street
Somerville
Somerville Hospital
Tyler Court
Mass war games plan largest in U S history
Massachusetts hosts a week long war maneuvers starting Saturday with 9000 invading troops landing in Plymouth County and 7000 Massachusetts militia defending Boston. General Leonard Wood oversees as umpire and a Taft visit may review troops. Bread water and cartridges contracts linked to Brockton Abington and Bridgewater.
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Massachusetts
Leonard Wood
Department of the East
Boston
Plymouth County
Taft
Beverly
District of Columbia
Tenth United States Cavalry
Mansfield
Brockton
Abington
Baron de Bode
Washington
Plans for War Game Simulated Invasion of Boston
Major General Bliss leads the Red army with unit from New York New Jersey Connecticut and District of Columbia National Guard opposed by Brigadier General Pew Jr. of the Massachusetts militia Blue force. Wood notes the fleet defending Boston is presumed destroyed leaving forts along New England coast exposed to unguarded landings and inland pursuit towards Boston.
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Boston
Wood
War Department
War College
Washington
Tasker H. Bliss
Massachusetts
New York
New Jersey
Connecticut
District of Columbia
William A. Pew, Jr
Essex County
Army of Defence
New England
Boston Brokers Robbed of Thousands in Bond Larceny
Walter Althouse was arrested on larceny charges for taking Abana Water Works bonds worth $1000 each from broker Charles Towers at 176 Federal Street. Bail set at $3000. Towers alleged collateral was sold to satisfy a debt before the note came due.
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Adams
Exchange
Walter Althouse
Althouse
Harris and Robinson
Abana
Charles Towers
Federal Street
Boston
Towers
Heinze Not Alone in Copper Stock Mortgage Scam
Boston broker Persch faces grand jury questions over larceny from F. A. Heinze as investigators link a wider scheme involving hypothecated copper stocks. The probe targets a ring manipulating securities across several cities with Persch named amid multiple transfers and checks totaling tens of thousands of dollars.
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New York
Boston
Donald L. Perseh
F. Augustus Heinze
Persch
J. M. Everett
Cram, Milliken & Co
Everett
Eclipse Oil Company
Henry F. Risborough
Philadelphia
Mr. Risborough
Charles Katz
Brooklyn
Heinze
Carnegie Trust Company
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Thomas ER. Evans
Thomas Z.evans
Charles E White Snip
Hur
Lele
Gibson
Warner
Mien
Shoe Department
Satin
Gen. Wood
Grand Review In
W. L. Clark
D. W. Sweeney
G. Nassauer
Louis Meyer
Helene H. Persch
Clark
M. M. Joyce
Windsor Trust Company
Nott
John F. Sherwood
Sherwood
Heinze Group
Iul.l
Greater
Ricay
Essex St
Elm &T
Cor. Hanover
Dorchester Ave
Washington St
Columbus Ave
Box
Bow St
Hyde Park Ave
Forest Hills
Green St
Jamaica Plain
de Rita
Great Ceylon Tea Co
Eim St
Great Ceylon Tea Company
Hanover Streets
Riker-Jaynes
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