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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1918
Page
2
Two Cambridge firefighters from the Dane Hall scene were injured when a ladder they climbed collapsed. They were taken to Cambridge Municipal Hospital. Authorities investigated a possible German plot linked to the blaze.
A collision or fall left several people on the ground with unclear injuries. It was not determined at press time how seriously anyone was hurt.
Fire at Dane Hall part of Harvard College Yard destroys the cadet school office and many records while 120 cadets finish final exams. Sailors from Naval Radio School rescue 30 000 rounds of ammunition and assist firefighters amid snow and dangerous conditions.
Fire plugs froze delaying firefighters at a midnight blaze in the residence of Martin Dor man on Eutaw Place near Druid Hill Park. The flames damaged twelve valuable residences, with total losses around 125000 and residents, including women and children, made ill by exposure.
Lake Division Red Cross reports aid reaching more than 1500 families of enlisted men with homes in Ohio Indiana and Kentucky. James L. Fieser bases estimates on partial reports in hand.
Director of civilian relief of the Lake division, American Red Cross, Cleveland. Approximately 500 cases needing relief have been reported to chapters by J. Martin Telleen, Red Cross field director at Camp Sherman, and 450 cases by Kirkwood Mitchell, field director at Camp Zachary Taylor.
New York plans seedings for vacant lots citywide. Officials aim to use abandoned parcels for urban greenery under a new program led by city leaders and the mayor.
The board decides to shut off most cluster lights along Massachusetts Avenue in the town center. Only four cluster lights and the town clock lights will remain on from 11 p.m. each night due to police protection concerns.
Henry C Hanley of Bel Fast Maine reports feeling much better after taking Dr True’s Elixir. The ad promotes the product as a family laxative and worm expeller that tones the stomach and cures worm symptoms in children and adults with a low price and wide use.
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