Tragic electrocution of McGrady as wire wrapped neck
William J. McGrady a 23 year old in Lynn died after an insulated electric wire wound around his neck while he joked with friends. A street short circuit raised voltage to 3000 volts and the bulb tied to the wire caused fatal shocks. Fire and police investigated the cellar scene at 106 Woodman street with several youths knocked unconscious by the electric cord.
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Lynn
William J. McGrady
Woodman Street
McGrady
City
Frank Moody
Moody
Edward McGrady
Abbot Street
Daniel Lannon
Francis Mahoney
Albert Reardon
James Gallagher
Galagher
Fire engine runs into tenement doorway during alarm
In Cambridge at 9 25 yesterday morning Engine 7 driver Henry J O'Brien swerved left to avoid a man and crashed into 245 Charles street doorway. One horse had to be killed. O'Brien was thrown and lay unconscious in the doorway clinging to a horse bridle. Continued on Page 12-Sixth Column.
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Henry J. O’brien
Cambridge
Charles Street
Sixth Street
O’brien
Cambridge Driver Recalls Fire Escape Crash
Driver O'Brien of Cambridge describes a crash when, en route to a fire, a man darted into Charles Street causing the coach to swerve. His left leg and side were injured and he was thrown about 12 feet as the carriage toppled into a doorway. He is married with several children and has served about a year.
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O’brien
York Street
Cambridge
Main Street
Sixth
Charles Streets
Sixth Street
Charles Street
Sister Theresa, Longtime St. John's Hospital Sister, Dies
Lowell reports Sister Theresa died yesterday morning in the refectory from heart disease. She spent four years with the Sisters of Charity and forty years at St. John's Hospital.
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Lowell
Theresa
Sisters of Charity
St. John's Hospital
Hoxsey Sets New Height Record in Los Angeles
Arch Hoxsey of the Wright team powered to a world altitude record over Los Angeles driving his barograph to 11 474 feet amid a 40 mile per hour gale. The feat surpasses Legagneux and Paulhan marks set in Pau and January respectively and occurred as a large crowd watched at the field.
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Los Angeles
Calepec
Arch Hoxsey
Wright
Legagneux
Pau
France
Louis Paulhan
Hoxsey
Hubert Tatham
Heroic Flight Over Venice Seashore by Hoxsey
Hoxsey soared at 1 PM and reached great height at 2 45 with barograph though Venice seashore, 20 miles from the field. He spiraled down in thrilling glides as thousands watched. Crowd cheered, hoisted him from the biplane, paraded him past the grandstand, and hailed the intrepid flyer.
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Hicksey
Venice
Hoxsey
Maids Tear Up John D Rockefeller Christmas Aprons
In Cleveland on December 26 a gift of 30 cent gingham aprons from John D Rockefeller to maids Hortense and Mary at Forest Hill ends in them tearing the sleeves and aprons in anger. The scraps are swept up by another servant.
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Cleveland
Ohio
John D. Rockefeller
Hortense
Mary
Forest Hill
John DD Rockefeller
Fall kills balloonist during ascent in Havana
Frederick Brown a Buffalo New York circus performer died after his balloon Boston struck a building projection and he fell about 100 feet to the ground during an ascent attempt in Havana on December 26.
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Havana
Frederick Brown
Buffalo
N. Y
Boston
Death during Christmas gift giving at Plaza Hotel
Arthur H. Hearn of the dry goods firm James A. Hearn & Son died in his Plaza Hotel apartment on Christmas Day after distributing gifts to his parents and relatives. He was stricken with apoplexy before medical aid could arrive. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. George A. Hearn.
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New York
Plaza Hotel
Arthur H. Hearn
James A. Hearn & Son
Two Boston A Y M C A members drown in Charles River ice
Lella Call 18 and Earl W Peterson of the Boston Y M C A skated onto an ice hole in the Charles River Basin at 6 pm and sank. Residents heard cries and rushed to help but both drowned, with reports noting their struggle before loss of movement. Additional rescues by Dr. Hartung and Park Policemen are mentioned for other unnamed victims.
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Lella S. Call
Reedsdale Street
Alliston
Earl W. Peterson
Boston
Deaconess Training School
Boston Y. M. C. A
Charles River
Bay State Road
Juror White Leaves Asylum for Christmas Visit
Willis A. White, juror in the Chester Jordan murder trial, left Bloomingdale Asylum in Worcester for a brief Christmas visit with his family. He thanked doctors and said he hopes to return home soon for good.
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Maynard
Willis A. White
Chester Jordan
Bloomingdale Asylum
Worcester
White
Jordan
Hackenschmidt wins two straight fauis from Roller after great exhibi
Hackenschmidt delivers two straight wins over Roller in a dramatic exhibition. Perelli is defeated as St. Yves and Svanberg race a hippodrome. Johnson and Kaufman look set to meet abroad while Papke loses in Australia on a foul. Savage breaks a wrist in Newark. Crowd blames Sailor Burke. A A to recommend football rule changes. Moran and Nelson in a clash observed. Quill loses to Boha on points. Hockey basketball and polo results reported.
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Hackenschmidt
Perelli
St. Yves- Svanberg
Johnson
Kaufman
Papke
Australia
Savage
Newark
Sailor Burke
Rene
A. A
Moran
Nelson
Quill
Boha
Bodies recovered after accident by police detail
The bodies of Miss Call and Peterson were recovered within an hour after the accident by a detail of police from Station 16 and the Metropolitan Park police.
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Miss Call
Peterson
Metropolitan Park Police
Robber Flashes Revolver in Westminster Hotel Theft
Night clerk Jerome Carey woke to a masked intruder under his nose demanding the office safe. The thief retrieved about $45 before two scrub women entered, prompting a retreat. the suspect fled, leaving his black whiskers on Trinity Place.
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Jerome Carey
Westminster
Carey
Trinity Place
Assyrian Cashier Held as Daring Hotel Robber
George Ellis age 20 of 197 Harrison Avenue, formerly a hotel cafe cashier, was detained at Back police station on a charge of the daring holdup man. Special Officers Murphy and Redmond linked circumstantial clues to Ellis, with a fur lined coat and false whiskers as key details. He faced further questioning as police traced the robbery plan and room 94 connection.
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George Ellis
Harrison Avenue
John Murphy
David Redmond
Division 16
O'arey
Nght Shearns
Canhouse Jerome
John
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Escares
Ahem Phe
Urs Signatore
Charles
Fred Butler
William Riley
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Hartung
John Kelly
Park
Sullivan
Scott and
McCloud
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Thompson’s Spa
Beas
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Burtley College
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