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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 04, 1907

Page

9

Melrose Contractor to Lead Isthmian Canal Dredging

John H. Gerrish treasurer of the Eastern Dredging Company of Boston will head dredging operations at Panama alongside Chief Contractor Oliver. A veteran of Boston Harbor projects, Gerrish, 58, resides at 10 Tarwell Street Melrose and vows swift ground work with no delays. He cites eight children as a joke about merit.

Melrose John H. Gerrish Eastern Dredging Company of Boston Oliver Panama Garrish Ift Boston Harbor New York Charles River Basin Harbor East Boston Gerrish Tarwell Street

Fire at North Street Tenement Threatens Dozens

State police may be called to probe a suspected incendiary blaze at the double storefront tenement at 187 and 189 North Street just before midnight Saturday. The fire trapped over twenty residents and caused multiple narrow escapes from suffocation as it started on the first floor in D. Hershman’s store. Michel Nozzo his wife and two relatives are named among those affected.

North Street D. Hershman Michel Nozzo Mary Salve

Two Young Men Escape Fire After Smoke Fills Upward Rooms

James Lanze lived on the top floor as smoke filled the rooms. The two young men staggered down the stairs and, nearly overcome, forced their way through a neighboring apartment to a fire escape where they reached safety.

James Lanze

Market Opens With Ample Fish Supply At T Wharf

Dealers at T wharf face a bustling start as seven trips deliver 441000 pounds of mixed fresh fish including 266000 haddock 83000 cod 43000 hake and 50000 cash. The Boston from Yar mouth NS brought 91 passengers and freight, while Numidian departed for Glasgow with a full cargo. Calv in Austin replaces Governor Cobb on Portland runs and City of Macon docks at Lewis wharf with 8000 bales of cotton and other freight.

T Wharf Boston Long Wharf Yarmouth N. S Glasgow Calvin Austin Uuion St. John N B Thompson Portland Eastern Steamship Company Governor Cobb City of Macon Lewis Wharf Savannah

Shipping News Miniature Almanac

Peel ore sets, length of day one, moonrise at 11 33 p m. High water at 3 15 a m and 3 30 p m.

Mariners report multiple steamers sailing to ports and towings

Steamers Boston MacKenzie Yarmouth and others sail with merchandise and passengers to Nantucket Baltimore Philadelphia New York and Portland. Windwest steamers Numidian Katahdin Gloxinia sail to Glasgow Charleston Halifax and beyond with barges and tugs noted. Chatham ships pass south and east as tug outfits prepare to work Onondaga near Shovelful Lightship.

Boston MacKenzie Yarmouth N. S J. F. Masters Nantucket Nickerson Baltimore Norfolk A. M. Graham Tuscan New Thacher Philadelye Frank P. Wingames Whitney Grove New York G. W. Apsey Windwest Numidian Glasgow Rapello Hamburg Newport News Katahdin Charleston S. C Jacksonville Savage C. C. Co Scranton Hoboken Chenango Shickshinney Lykens Cymru Philadelphia Portsmouth N. H Gypsum King Plymouth Halifax Gloxinia River Tyne Ir. c Baker Palmer Henry W. Cramp Mt. Hope Chatham North Star Portland Charles F. Mayer Triton Guttenburg Neponset Storm King Mercury Orion Salvor Onondaga Manhattan

Protest Restriction on Gardner-Dillingham Bill In Chelsea

A meeting of the Chelsea Young Men's Hebrew Association discussed the Gardner-Dillingham immigration bill and denounced it as un American. David A. Laurie chaired the session. a committee with Laurie and T. Wolper was chosen to travel to Washington to seek audience with the President.

Chelsea Young Men’s Hebrew Association David A. Laurie T. Wolper Washington

Severe Northeast Storm Wrecks Oswego Breakwater

Oswego New York reports the season's fiercest storm with a 52 mph northeast gale and a 34 degree drop in 12 hours. About 200 feet of the outer breakwater, rebuilt with Congressional funds, washed away leaving damage along the harbor.

Oswego N. Y Congress

Foreclosure Sale of Boston Brighton Mortgage Assets

By power of sale under a 1895 mortgage from Charles W. Sanderson to John T. Sanderson, assigned to The Faneuil Hall National Bank, the properties in Boston formerly Brighton will be auctioned on February 15 at 2:30 PM. The description covers two parcels on Waverly Street and Beacon Street Market Street area totaling about 935,870 square feet, with prior deeds and a 2000 dollar deposit required. Taxes and assessments unpaid may affect sale.

Charles W. Sanderson John T. Sanderson Suffolk Faneuil Hall National Bank of Boston Boston Brighton Waverly Street Richardson James IF. Nolan Nolan Corporation Murphy King Wood Winship George B. Parrott Middlesex South District Beacon Street Market Street Faneuil Street James M. Janey Sanderson Faneuil Hall National Bank

Mortgagee's Sale of Boston Real Estate in Roxbury District

Public auction to sell two parcels on the corner of Magazine Street and Norfolk Avenue Boston for breach of mortgage with Cornelius Highland as mortgagee. Sale set for February 23, 1907 at 11 a.m. at premises, subject to taxes liens and encumbrances. includes 3526 and 4945 square feet parcels with specified boundaries and plan by C H W Wood dated Sept 8 1897. Purchaser to pay $200 cash at sale.

Cornelius Highland Gottlieb F. Burkhardt Magazine Street Norfolk Avenue Boston County of Suffolk Commonwealth of Massachusetts Roxbury Ellen Connell Smith Et al Weld Connell Highland C. H.W. Wood Suffolk Ee Commonwealth OF Massachusetts Samuel Pickering Deer Isle Maine Emery W. Pickering Hancock Warren Institution For Savings Boston Five Cents Savings Bank Provident Institution For Savings Institution For Savings Suffolk Savings Bank Newburyport Boston Post John W. McKim Esquire Elijah George Register

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