Exploding Brookline Gas Incident Quenched by Occupant
A Roxbury residence on Fort Avenue near Cedar Street experienced a small gas explosion after a plug blew from a cellar pipe. Charles Duckering, a resident, jammed a soap bar on a stick into the pipe and stopped the leak, preventing fire. The house, owned by J W Bleller and occupied by Duckering and Edward Cole, had recently been entered by Brookline Gas Company workers.
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Roxbury
Brookline Gas Company
Fort Avenue
Cedar Street
Charles Duckering
J. W. Bleller
Edward Cole
Burglars Loot Back Bay Apartment of $1000 in Silver
A Break at 94 St Botolph Street, Appleton Brownell Suite 1, yields solid silver ware valued around $1000. Entry through back door. burglars used keys via a note left for a caller who never arrived. No clues. police suspect professional flat workers.
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St. Botolph Street
Brownell
Division 16
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Peculiar Death In Middletown Household
A 9 year old in Middletown died in a bizarre accident when carrying a lamp downstairs. The lamp shattered and glass injured his throat, leading to his death this morning.
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Bartword
Sad Fire Toll in a Blind Preacher's Home and More
A Boston Post item recounts the death of a blind preacher Rev. B. B. Bowen's wife in a house fire at 61 Beach Street, with details of the couple's life, finances, and his loss. It also notes Mrs. Randall dying after a brutal assault at Indiana Street, a large Chelsea woman found dead at noon, a birth in Police Station No. 6, and a shoplifter Kate Dudley captured at Houghton & Dutton's.
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B. B. Bowen
Beach Street
John Mellor
New York
Post
Mr. Rowant
Lagrange Street
Lynn
M. R. Bissom
Columbus
Boston
Marblehead
Geneva
N. Y
Indiana Street
John Mackie
City Hospital
Brown
Station 26
Brockton
Washington Street
Davis Street
Kate Dudley
Houghton & Dutton
Knox
House of Correction
Disti tution Case in Lynn at Four Room Home
A destitute couple in Lynn at 4 River Street, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Webber, lack fuel and employment after the Grand View Hotel fire. Mrs. Webber, bedridden with rheumatism, cannot pay a doctor or rent. overseers of the poor will provide relief as the husband seeks work.
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Lynn
River Street
Joseph Webber
Grand View Hotel
Asa T. Newhall
Joe
Man Struck By Express Train Near Highland Station
Patrick Toomey age 35 of West Roxbury was hit by the inbound 6:30 express on the Dedham branch near Highland station. Both legs broken and severe scalp wounds. He is at City Hospital in critical condition.
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Hyde Park Avenue
Mt. Hoprete
West Roxbury
Dedham
Old Colony
Highland Station
City Hospital
Leon’s Sarsaparilla and Nerve Tonic Promises Quick Recovery
An 19th century advertisement extols two remedies in one preparation to soothe nerves and cure disease, claiming doubled work efficiency and halved recovery time. It emphasizes irritation relief and disease attack as the secret behind rapid results and usefulness.
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Leon
Langner Jury Deliberations Extend As Verdict Fears Rise
Dedham December reports the Langner murder case jury has not returned by nightfall and a verdict is unlikely before tomorrow morning. A second degree murder verdict is the defense’s hope though acquittal seems unlikely. Judge Sherman instructed on evidence and the need for a unanimous, proven chain of facts.
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Langner
Momain
Sherman
Agner
Sudden Death of Catherine V. Cummings in South Boston
Miss Catherine V. Cummings, a New Bedford native and Boston Bolt Company bookkeeper, was found dead in her room at the Hallett lodginghouse in South Boston. Police and a physician suspected heart disease. an autopsy was planned. The case drew her mourning mother to tears and a late-night inquiry by relatives from New Bedford.
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Miss Cummings
Katie
City Hospital
Draper
New Bedford
Boston Bolt Company
Purchase Street
Hallett
Mr. Hallett
Katie Cummings
Third Street
Boston
Prendergast Jury Proceedings Slow Amid Venireman Bias
Chicago judge presides as Eugene Prendergast trial enters second day with 100 South Side veniremen. State uses seven peremptories, defense four, several jurors sworn, others delayed by prejudiced potential jurors and courtroom interruptions. The case threads past references to Guiteau comparative questions.
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Venireman
Prendergast
Guiteau
Brentano
Chicago
Ning Whet
Sugar laden brig ashore near Nashewena Island
Captain Clinton Davis reports a Nova Scotia brig with sugar and molasses from the West Indies for Boston ran aground on Nashewena Island during a Tuesday night snow storm. The vessel struck middle ground, leaked, and the crew came ashore. Davis believes she will float again with no major damage.
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Clinton Davis
Nashewena
Nashewena Island
Nova Scotia
West Indies
Boston
Davis
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Catherine V. Cummings
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