Fire destroys touring car after leak on pier
A six passenger touring car owned by L. G. Rowding of Somerville was destroyed by fire on Pier 5 of the Commonwealth docks in South Boston yesterday forenoon. Chauffeur Hollis T. Hunnewell said gasoline dripped from a leaky tank igniting the blaze which firemen prevented from spreading, with Hunnewell escaping unharmed. The vehicle was valued at 3150.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. G. Rowding
Lexington Avenue
Somerville
Commonwealth Docks
South Boston
Hollis T. Hunnewell
Tremont Street
South End
Box 166
Cambridge Unemployed Seek Help From Mayor
About 150 unemployed men in Cambridge asked Mayor Good for aid in finding work. Roughly half entered City Hall for a conference while others waited in corridors after city departments laid off nearly 150 workers last week. The mayor said the city has borrowed all available funds and urged the water department to raise Fresh Pond’s grade to increase reservoir capacity immediately rather than wait for summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Good
Water Department
Fish dealer Elmer Prior dies after four days illness
Elmer E. Prior prominent Boston fish dealer dies at 52 following a four day pneumonia illness at his Wollaston home 862 Beale street. Funeral set for 2 30 pm tomorrow with fish dealers delegation expected. flags at port and fish firms lowered in mourning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer E. Prior
Boston
Beale Street
Wollaston
Prior
P. H. Prior & Co
Faneuil Hall Market
Tug and coal dock burned at Machiasport coast
During a gale on December 14 a fire destroyed the tug Samuel B. Jones and spread to the Bulson coal dock where a large quantity of coal burned. The schooner Seguin was driven from winter moorings onto the beach and water front properties suffered damage from wind and high water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Machiasport
Samuel B. Jones
Bulson
Seguin
Officer Thrown From Runaway Prison Van
Assistant Probation Officer Tyzzer of Malden Court was hurt when a prison van horses bolted in Medford square. He was driving prisoners to Fast Cambridge Court when the runaway occurred near Park and Salem streets, stopping in front of the Medford police station after a nearly mile dash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyzzer
Malden Court
Medford Square
Cambridge Court
Park
Salem Streets
Medford
Fighting Sea Safety Treaty Ratification Debate
In Washington the Senate debate over ratifying the London safety at sea treaty continued as Senator Cummins leads the opposition in Lafollette’s absence. Critics fault a clause they say lets foreign governments regulate passenger ship regulations for U S ports. Debate on open sessions features Cummins Kenyon Borah Sutherland Stone Lodge and Root.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
London
Senate
Cummins
Lafollette
Kenyon
Borah
Sutherland
Stone
Lodge
Root
Joliet Convicts Form Benefit Association
Convicts at Joliet penitentiary start a plan to raise a fund for the families of inmates serving terms, initiating a relief effort as part of the prison program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joliet Convicts Form Benefit Association
Chicago
Joliet Penitentiary
Objection to New York Central merger in Ohio hearing
In Cleveland Ohio on December 14 judges heard arguments over a petition by General Investment Co of Maine seeking an injunction to block the Lake Shore Railroad merger with the New York Central Railway. The issue concerns whether Lake Shore directors may vote at the December 22 meeting pending Judge F E Stevens decision. The Sherman Act challenge was among the grounds. The court reserved its ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland, O
Lake Shore Railroad Company
New York Central Railway Company
F. E. Stevens
Common Pleas Court
General Investment Company of Maine
William H McGarvey Dies in Vienna Founder of Austrian Petroleum
Private Vienna messages report the death of William H McGarvey founder and president of the Austrian Petroleum Company. He died on his birthday after coming from Canada 35 years ago and building a Galician oil fortune. His daughter married Count Eberhard von Zeppelin, nephew of Count Zeppelin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berne
Switzerland
London
Vienna
William H. McGarvey
Austrian Petroleum Company
McGarvey
Austria
Canada
Count Eberhard von Zeppelin
Count Zeppelin
Man Sues Over Flagpole Accident In Hanover Street
Walter A. Roberts of Quincy files a $50,000 suit claiming a flagpole fell from a building at Hanover and Portland streets and crushed his foot requiring amputation. He names trustees Howard Stockton Alfred Bowditch and Inger Bowditch of Real Estate Associates as defendants alleging negligence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter A. Roberts
Quincy
Howard Stockton
Alfred Bowditch
Ingersoll Bowditch
Stockton
Messrs. Bowditch
Trustesa
Real Estate Associates
Hanover and
Portland Streets
Roberts
Hanover Street
Highway Workers to Get $3 a Day Pay Increase
Mayor Curley announced a uniform $3 per day increase for pavement workers in the public works highway division. Most employees already earn $8 daily, so only a few will be affected by the order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pavera
Public Works Department
Curley
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lennon
Thomas F. Lennon
Winthrop
Fitchburg
Brockton
Beverly Hyde Park
Lynn Worcester
The
Live Store
Providence
Bath
Silk
Hawley Streets
Raymond
Hunnewell
Pier 5
Yester
Ings
Navy
Oxford
Cardinal
Beacon Bath
Adeg
Army of 150
Mayor Good
Union ST
America
Val
Baldera Bros., Furriers
West St
Maine
William H. M’garvey
Ind. Bk’fst
Royal Doulton
Acker
Chee
Royal
Dresden
Nymphenburg
Munich
Jordan Marsh Company
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!