Mayor Fitzgerald vows to close all fire traps in city
The Boston mayor pledged to shut down dangerous lodgings after the Arcadia lodging house fire killed many and injured dozens. Officials from the Board of Health and Building Department restricted guest capacity, prompting midnight bed refusals and a citywide cleanup drive. Investigations by the district attorney, state police, medical examiner, and others focus on possible criminal negligence and the fire's start near the spiral stairs and roof.
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Washington Street
Boston
Everett
Francis X. Mahoney
Board of Health
Fitzgerald
Suffolk County Grand Jury
Pelletier
Jophanus Whitney
Leary
Lyons Joseph G. Lyons
The
Arcadia
William Walsh
Arthur Glynn
John McIntyre
Grand Jury
House Register
Timothy Leary
Dr. Leary
M. H. Gulesian
J. G. Lyons
King
Galesian
Boston City Hospital
Sullivan
Sullivans
William Sullivan
Board of Health and Building Commissioner
J. M. Lyons
Joseph Lyons
William H. Lyons
Grand jury probes Arcadia lodging house fire scene
District Attorney Pelletier says the grand jury inspected the Arcadia lodging house at 1202 Washington Street after touring the investigation scene. They visited the fire site and two other lodging houses to study the premises with care.
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Pelletier
Grand Jury
Arcadia
Washington Street
Grand jury probes lodging houses fire hazards and deaths
Investigating party including Fire Commissioner Charles Cole and Deputy Chief Peter McDonough examined fire origin, stairways, egress, and fire signals. They toured morgue to hear Dr Leary on 28 deaths, then visited Union Lodging House and 120 Eliot Street Homestead to assess ventilation, rubbish storage, and safety. Next week further testimony planned.
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Charles Cole
John T. Byron
Peter McDonough
Ainsley Armstrong
John E. Driscoll
Dedham Street
Arthur G. Eogerett
Mahoney and
O'Brien
James Dennessy
Elwin Hauver
Police
Abraham Webber
Leary
Union Lodging House
Washington Street
Cherry Street
Eliot Street
Edmund Holland Will Shows Estate of 3000
New York reports actor Edmund Mil ton Holland died November 24 in Cleveland after a stage career spanning six decades. His will dated June 13, 1890, filed today in the Surrogate's Court, leaves the entire $2000 estate to his widow Mrs Mary E Holland of New York. He also left a son and a daughter.
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New York
Edmund Milton Holland
Cleveland
Injured at City Hospital as People Seek Relief from Smoke
A hospital list shows numerous residents treated for burns cuts abrasions and smoke inhalation after a smoke incident. Names include Charles Hermann James Kelley Martin Joyce Spurgeon Laffin and many others with addresses across Roxbury South Boston South Fitchburg Providence and Chicago. Many occupants confessed they had no homes and most lacked clothing.
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Charles Hermann
Springfield Street
City
James Kelley
Martin Joyce
City Hospital
Ahearn
John
Vine Street
South
Boston
Greenough
William
Harris
Frank
South Market Street
Chicago
Hickey
Fayette Street
Kelley
Kantz
George
Lyons
Bernard D
Duncan Street
Roxbury
Magee
Bernard W
Loveheed Street
Manning
Rossen Street
South Boston
McCarthy
McEachern
Charles
McKenna
Daniel
Meade
White
Michael
James
Lexington
Mickle
I Street
Moore
Murphy
Thomas
Nyad
O’gara
Not Enough Laws Says Dr Mahoney on Lodging Houses
Dr Francis X Mahoney chairman of the Board of Health said the board only handles lodging house sanitation and inspectors check often. He noted a burned lodging house showed some dirt and lodgers in street clothes prompting action. He argued higher air space and fireproof laws are needed and urged enactment of proper lodging house laws after the tragedy.
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Health Board
Arcadia
Board of Health
Building Board
Francis X. Mahoney
Post
Lyons
Donian
Cole
Boston lodging house fire deaths across years
Record lists individual cases of persons trapped in lodging house fires over the last fifty years in Boston. Entries reference multiple sites including Shaw mut avenue near Pleasant street 261 North street Fleet Street Han cock street Willard street and Washington street Arcadia House with totals implied across 1875 to 1913.
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North Street
Hotel Royal
Court Street
Fleet
Hancock Street
Hanover Setcee
Willard Street
Bree Tie
Arcadia House
Washington Street
Five Years for Swindler Hirshman Sentenced
Judge Hale in the United States District Court yesterday sentenced Joseph L. Hirshman to five years in Greenfield jail for using the mails to defraud. Hirshman pleaded guilty to obtaining food on credit from merchants nationwide and disposing of goods without paying. He operated in Brockton Worcester Boston and other cities under various aliases.
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Hale
United States District Court
Joseph L. Hirshman
Greenfield
Hirshman
Brockton
Worcester
Boston
Rebels Seize Large Part of Northern Mexico
Villa travels from Juarez toward Chihuahua passing Ahumada and Montezuma as 5000 rebels join en route. Combined force of 7000 aims to seize the state capital and set up temporary Constitutionalist military headquarters.
Villa advances on Mexico City with 20000 men aims for Christmas
Rebel forces depart Juarez on four trails leaving 1700 guards at the border. Villa promises to march toward Zacatecas then Mexico City, expecting to surround the capital by Christmas as federal strongholds in Nuevo Leon retreat. Mercado flees after sending a peace commission, while cannons and telegraph are restored along the route.
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Juarez
Ahumada
Villa
Montezuma
Chihuahua
Zacatecas
Salvador Mercado
Mercado
Ferdrico Maye
Huerta
Nuevo Leon
Orozco
Salazar
United States
Monterey
Mexico City
End Near in Mexico as Huerta Regime Wavers
Washington reports officials see progress toward solution as Huerta weakens. U.S. agents note Mexican federal troops lack pay, undermining loyalty, while revolutionary forces gain ground and northern estate owners flee, cutting Huerta revenue. Navy keeps marines aboard Pensacola awaiting ashore space.
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Washington
United States
Mexico
Huerta
State Department
Fatal register of burned lodgings at Arcadia Hotel
Following is the list of names with the rooms occupied at the Arcadia Hotel on the night of the fire. The register was seized by the district attorney yesterday.
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Arcadia
Occupants of Fifth Floor Banks Listing and Recap
The page lists room occupants on the fifth floor banks with prices and room numbers, including names such as Segeman, Healy, Bernhardt, Oveda, Ellsworth, Lyons, Regan, Charles, Maxwell, Glenn, and many others across rooms 201 to 579. A recapitulation notes 155 registered persons, 15 others in the house, totaling 170. The item ends with a teaser about “More fun with the Van Loons” and a four color full-page feature next Sunday.
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Segeman
A. Healy
Bernhardt
Oveda
Twomey
Ellsworth
Lyons
Regan
Charles
Maxwell
Glenn
Craig
James McKee
Gibson
van Loons
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Boston Hospital
Fred D. Seymour
Albert W. Seymour
Shawntt Avenue
Doyle
Thomas A. Anderson
Connors
Carter
Bradley
James J. Driscoll
Emmett Street
South Post
Driscoll
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Jersey City
Newark
Lyonses
Eliot
Commercial
Pleasant Streets
Joseph G. Lyons
Brookline
Edmund Holland
Spurgeon Laffin
Rockland Street
Brady
Buckley
Clark
Cohan
Bernard
Crocker
Theodore
Dolan
Duncan
Shock
Dunnigan
Forbes
Thomas H
St. John
Moses
Cornelius E
Ward
Walsh
Dr.mahoney
Boston Hotel and Lodging House
Mut Avenue
Pleasant
Patterson
Bodenchard
Farmer
Dowling
Meehan
Drake
Beecher
Donovan
Woods
Clifford
Jackson
McGlynn
McIintosh
Lane
McGoldrick
Bennett
Matthews
Devine
Anderson
Hall
Manley
Ryan
Delleger
Williams
Harley
Griffin
Hanley
Halt
Harrington
Smith
Carr
Seymour
Tobin
Wall
Kitzes
Johnson
Garrett
Joyce
Howard
Kerrigan
Wilson
Snow
St. John, Colored
Green
Mason
O’brien
Gately
Carrigan
Burke
Wareham
Shaw
McGee
Mitchell
Mahoney
Doherty
Welch
Bird
Armstrong
Braham
Katz
McGrane
Kuntz
O’hearn
Holden
Bateman
Peter Glynn
Dover Street Mission
Coyle
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