MANY ACCIDENTS How Boston and Suburbs Suffered Saturday Night
A wave of accidents hits Boston and suburbs Saturday evening. Mattie Field dies from a kerosene lamp fire in South Boston. Patrick Welch falls from a wagon in Dock Square. Augustus Hall is knocked unconscious by a horse in Charlestown. Bernard Coyle suffers a brain concussion in Dorchester.
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Boston
Mattie J. Field
Broadway
City Hospital
Patrick Welch
American Express Company
Dock Square
North Grove Street
Augustus Hall
High Street
Charlestown
Eastern Steam Laundry
Nox
Albany Street
Hall
Bernard S. Coyle
Dorchester, Avenue
Savin Hill Avenue
Pleasant Street
Dorchester
David Barney
David Quash
Albion Street
David
Barney
Quash
Stephen Sullivan
Boston & Maine
Massachusetts General Hospital
West Newton
Kate Cardwell
Shannon
Newton
John McKenna
Boston &Lowell
Winter Hill
Somerville Hospital
Waltham
William A. Pine
Fitchburg
Pine
Crescent
Newark
N. J
William Fry
Cambridge
Charity Under Socialism Explored by Rev J G Brooks
The Rev J Graham Brooks of Brockton lectured at Equity Hall on charity under socialism. He outlined six French revolutionary principles and urged right to labor, local control of charity, and distinguishing the able from the pauper. Applause greeted his remarks and he praised Boston Associated Charities. A further meeting is planned for next Sunday.
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J. Graham Brooks
Brockton
Equity Hall
France
Italy
Belgium
Switzerland
Associated Charities of
Boston
Vessel Loss After Gulf Leak Near Rio Grande
The steamer Frank G. Fowler bound from Tampa to Vera Cruz sprang a leak in the Gulf and was beached near the Rio Grande mouth. The ship will be a total loss, but the crew were saved.
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Galveston
Texas
Frank G. Fowler
Tampa
Vera Cruz
Gulf
Rio Grande River
Chelsea Officers Nab Pickpocket After Property Heist
At about 2 30 yesterday afternoon in Chelsea Officers Tucker and Anderson saw William H Carey search an intoxicated man. They detained Carey and found a watch and chain believed stolen. John Barry later identified the items as his property.
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Tucker and Anderson
Second Street
Chelsea
William H. Carey
Carey
John Barry
Spinners Protest Wilson Tariff Clause Hit Fine Cotton Mills
Fall River textile workers at Globe Yarn Mills Sanford Spinning Company Mills and King Phillip Mills plan a formal protest against a tariff clause affecting fine cotton goods production.
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Fall River
Globe Yarn Mills
Sanford Spinning Company Mills
King Phillip Mills
Patrick McCarthy Attempts Suicide at Charlestown Home
In a drunken act yesterday at 60 Howard Street Charlestown Patrick McCarthy cut his throat with a knife. He inflicted only a slight wound which was dressed at Station 15 by Dr Duff. He was then locked up for drunkenness.
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Patrick McCarthy
Howard Street
Charlestown
Station 15
Duff
McCarthy
Boston plans water front fire boats to cut fire loss
City engineers propose floating stations along the harbor to push 12 two inch streams via 400 foot hoses, using two fire boats to supplement land engines. The system would cover key streets from Water to High and Canal to Causeway, with lines tested at about ten thousand dollars.
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Jackson
New York & New England
Summer Street
Cleveland
Detroit
Boston
Murphy
Ing
Rowe
State Street
Milk Street
Washington Street
Essex Street
Chauncy
Hawley
Congress
Blackstone
Kneeland Street
Albany Street
Canal
Causeway
Blackstone Street
Dock Square
Helen Gould Hosts Street Urchins at Gould Country Homes
New York social circles report Miss Helen Gould, daughter of the late magnate, will host about twenty five Points youths during Christmas at Lyndhurst and Woody Crest. The program includes a Christmas tree, presents, and festive hospitality arranged with help from Rev. Dr. Van De Water and Mrs. Whitney.
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New York
Helen Gould
Lyndhurst
Gould Country Home
Woody Crest
Gould Country
Tarrytown
George R. van de Water
St. Andrew's Protestant Episcopal Church
Whitney
City Mission
Misses Turner
Miss Gould
Presbyterian Hospital
Irvington
Palm Gardens
Hudson
Holiday cheer at Woody Crest with Gould work friends
Camden cousins and Miss Gould supporters decorated the Christmas tree at Woody Crest. The day featured children exploring the grounds and play rooms, with stories read after supper before they retired for the night.
Christmas festival for the poor in Waltham planned
The Emmet Literary Association in Waltham will host a Christmas festival at Park Theatre for 500 poor children with dinner at 1 pm and a minstrel show an hour later. Each child will receive a present as merchants and individuals donate clothing and items. The First Methodist Society will hold an Asbury Temple event the same day, charging twenty potatoes for admission to raise food for the needy.
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Waltham
Emmet Literary Association
Park Theatre
First Methodist Society
Asbury Temple
Music for a Cause at Music Hall to aid Boston unemployed
Christmas day performances at Music Hall feature a wide talent lineup including Ladies' Schubert Quartet Ida Florence Harry Berrill Park Mandolin Club Howe's Orchestra and Miss Kitty Bingham. Proceeds go to the Boston unemployed fund with Mayor Matthews as treasurer. Afternoon show at 2 and evening show at 8 with tickets on sale at Music Hall box office and local hotels.
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Music Hall
Boston
Matthews
Schubert Quartet
Ida Florence
Harry Berrill
Park Mandolin and Guitar Club
Fred Dixon
The
Bostonians
Howe
Ed Kelly
Kitty Bingham
Pete Griffin
Arthur Wilson
Bootblack Whistler
J. Homer Eaton
Walter M. Wilson
Alice Sully
the Hunchback
Little Maud Williams
Castellat
Hall
Charlotte C. Johnston
Daring New York Cab Robbery Feeds Christmas Fear
James W. French, a wealthy piano maker of Fifth Avenue, was robbed of 300 dollars and a catseye diamond scarfpin as he rode in a hansom in the Tenderloin district. The thief seized French and escaped while the cab doors hid the crime amid holiday crowds and street noise. French, who lives in Brooklyn, recovered enough to describe the incident and suspect a drugging.
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James W. French
Fifth Avenue
French
William Moulds
John Shorten
Shorten
Milligan’s
Thirty-third Street
Broadway
Repper
Thirtieth Street
Sergeant Lane
Clinton Avenue
Brooklyn
True Daughters Fight Fire Saving Fathers
Two separate fires in Kingston New York and New Brunswick New Jersey feature daughters risking life to save their fathers. Ida Roornbach died from burns after shielding her father John Roornbach as flames spread. her mother and a housekeeper escaped. Alice Kennedy, Santa Claus participant, suffered severe burns while pulling her father James Kennedy from a blazing costume, with the dancer/daughter severely injured and father burned but alive.
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Kingston
N. Y
Ida V. Roornbach
Great Barrington High School
John C. Roornbach
Miss Roornbach
Miss Roorabach
New Brunswick
N. J
Alice Kennedy
Middlesex County
James J. Kennedy
George's Road
Kennedy
Santa Claus
George's Road Baptist Church
Mr. Kennedy
Dr. Hoagland
Franklin Park
Miss Kennedy
Liquor raid erupts in Gibbs Court kitchen barroom
Officer John J. Green and Patrolman Mullen raided Mrs. Frank Mahan's kitchen barroom at 8 Gibbs Court. Eight to ten men resisted. Decker hurled a tea kettle, tackled Green, and bit his leg. Mullen suffered a wrist cut. both officers treated by Dr. Duff. Decker jailed for resisting and assaulting an officer. Mrs. Mahan's husband is serving a six months term for unlicensed liquor selling.
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John J. Green
Mullen
Frank Mahan
Gibbs Court
Decker
Green
Main Street
Sunshine Sold To Huff In New York For Blue Fishing
Captain James Bowie sells the 3 ton Sunshine built in Essex in 1806 to Huff of New York for blue fishing. The Clara Cameron disaster and Captain West’s heroism are recalled with sympathy at T wharf. The City of Malden repairs and Hesperus heads to Simpson's dry dock. Crandall sails to Victoria to oversee a 2000 ton railway installation. The Atlantic works issues a 1880 calendar.
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James Bowie
Sunshine
Huff
New York
Essex
Provincetown
Clara Cameron
West
T Wharf
Tim” West
Captain West
City of
Malden
Winnisimmet Company
Hesperus
Simpson's
J. Ll. Crandall
H. I. Crandall & Son
East Boston Marine Railway Builders
Victoria
B. C
Atlantic Works
East Boston
Border Street
Mrs Mary F Taff Funeral in Charlestown
The funeral for Mrs Mary F Taff widow of Thomas Taff was held yesterday afternoon from 48 Monument Square. Services at St Mary's Church on Warren Street were led by Rev Philip J Gormley with Catholic rites. At Mt Calvary cemetery the last rites were given by Rev James Supple. pallbearers included Richard Powers Patrick Coyle Benjamin O'Neil and Patrick Burke.
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Mary F. Taff
Thomas Taff
Monument Square
St. Mary’s Church
Warren Street
Philip J. Gormley
Mt. Calvary
James Supple
St. Francis de Sales
Charles M. Dacy
Richard Powers
Patrick Coyle
Benjamin O'Neil
Patrick Burke
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Suburbs
Miss Cardwell
Socialistic Charity
Gould
Music For
Wansbanse
Wilson Peos
Haners
of New York
Tenderloin
Ruskin
U. S
United States
Jackson Park
Midway Plaisance
Boston Post
Daily Post
Sunday Post
the Post
Boston, Mass
True Daughters
Bunker Hill
A. G. van Nostrand
Bunker Hill Breweries
Mass
Epps
Mao
Civil Service Gazette
James Epps & Co., Ltd
Homeopathic Chemists
London
England
I AM
Pearl St
Edward Miller &Co
Meriden, Conn
Haverhill
Bernard Copping
Congregational Church of
Groveland
William Balch
Ebenezer Duthh
J. Perry
Laka
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