Dover Victims Continued From Page One
A gruesome scene unfolds as bodies lie twisted and burned in a cellar ruin on a vast farm hill. Sightseers crowd the site while many women show visible sorrow with wet handkerchiefs. The undertaker’s card lists victims including Mary McClintock and Jenta Rei of Dover among others from Great Falls, Rochester, Biddeford, Farmington and surrounding towns.
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Macem Wricut
Great Falls
Mary McClintock
Dover
Lizzin Larvig
Salmon Falls
Marrha Canney
Jenta Rei
Mary Coatey
Lazzir Pickeering
Strafford
Kater Haitry
Mary Focnraine
Kath Durrer
William Wrrotthwell
Lazzin Evvis
Biddeford
Frank Notter
Rochester
William Cuessey
Durham
Listin Jones
Farmington
Henry KroMpatt
Willliam Fires
Rostin Dionne
William Twomsky
Owen Malley
Caries Linsey
Rank Rank
Samuel Johnson
Michael Casry
Frank ScricGens
Frank Page
Saran Hutrcars
Saran Swett
Mars
Roperts
Unknown Man Laid To Rest In Potter’s Field
The burial ends a quiet, impressive scene as Driscoll Undertaker A. N. ard and Keeper keep to the chapel steps. Albert Ashley assisted. Dr. Daniels coroner supervised, and Dr. Newcombe examined the bodies. The field in the vale will bear the marker Unknown. The search lasted about an hour before the remains were laid to rest.
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Potter’s
Driscoll
A. N.ard
Result of search names identified in Dover cellars deaths
Special to the Post lists the identified bodies found in debris and their distinguishing marks in a Dover New Hampshire cellar tragedy. Names include Mrs. Roberts William Chesley Frank Nutter Lizzie Ellis Mary McClintock Ann Carr Billy Twombly Frank Page William J. Files Caroline Rait and others, with many unknowns and undistinguishable sexes. The sequence notes spots, rings, braids, corsets, and a pipe embedded in a chest as identifiers.
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Dover
N. H
Frank Page
William J. Files
Caroline Rait
Names of Inmates at Dover Asylum Revealed
Special to the Post from Dover N H lists the patients in the asylum as recalled from Keeper Driscoll’s memoranda. Names include Nora Quindle Milton Mills N H Appre Overs Great Falls Sarah McCuin…
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Dover
N.H
Driscoll
Nora Quindle
Milton Mills
N. H
Appre Overs
Great Falls
Sarah McCuintock
Ann McDermott
Julia Sullivan
Fannie Squattery
May Wixson
Lee
Laura Evars
Rochester
Mary Mavoney
Mary Notter
Farmington
Caroline Bart
Any Cars
Firefighters Save Three From Blaze Among Forty Four Patients
Forty four patients faced danger as three escaped or were rescued by firefighters. Names listed include Ruth Sanborn James Daily and Francois Dansaure. Local authorities report quick action prevented greater loss.
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Ruth Sanborn
James Daily
Francois Danseaure
Watchman Gave Alarm as Dover Asylum Fire Spreads
Dover February fire tale describes watchman Wilber Chesley spotting flames at about 10 PM and alerting Keeper Driscoll. Rescue efforts saved Ruth Sanborn from a second story window as inmates fled and the building burned, with escape stories of Big Frank and James Daley amid harsh conditions and fearless work by staff and inmates alike.
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James Daley
Ruth Sanborn
Frank Slack
Asylum
Dover
First Sign of a Tire Seen Since December
A fragment notes arrival on December 17 and the speaker’s remark that this is the first sign of a tire seen since then, suggesting ongoing shortages or delays affecting everyday supplies. The line conveys frustration and persistence amid uncertain conditions.
Blaze Seen For Miles Attracts Aid In Fire At Doorn Asylum
Willian T Wentworth recalls arriving with ten men in a sleigh to help at the Doorn asylum fire. He describes joining the effort after seeing the sky glow, the roof collapse, and the building needing water poured through a roof hole. He says the engine saved other structures and notes a prior deadly fire at the same institution in 1881 with 13 inmates burned.
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Doorn
N. H
Willian T. Wentworth
Black Creek
John Varney
Driscoll
Horror of It A Blind Inmate Nearly Escapes Fire
Dover reports a horrific fire in a basement where Mrs. Roberts, an elderly inmate, was chained to a bedstead and burned. Her daughter Mrs. Hale of Great Falls witnessed the scene as coroner’s jury probes. Frank Libby, a blind inmate, escaped briefly but perished nearby in the snow.
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Dover
Mrs. Roberts
Mrs. Hale
Great Fails
Frank Libby
Nydia
Pompeii
Driscoll’s Tale Of Fire Saver In Venturous Rescue
William Driscoll recounts a fierce fire in a dormitory where a flaming woman charged him. He and Chesley and staff battled heat, opened rooms, moved clothing to the barn, and saved six buildings. He retrieved funds from a safe, while others kept watch at windows and fed water to the blaze. Stafford County credits the superintendent’s brave conduct.
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Bert Chesley
Stafford County
Commissioners Talk Have Little to Do Mercy for Demerrit Services
Superintendent Demerrit notified county commissioners of a deadly building fire. Winthrop S. Meserve Dwight Edgerly and F. P. Reeve arrived early and assisted. a male resident climbed a wall to break a window bars and carry a woman to safety amid raging flames. A second woman perished as the furnace engulfed the room. Demerrit himself was seen below attempting to rescue a woman who sank back into the blaze. The scene was described as horrific and unspeakable.
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Chesley
Dover
N. H
Demerrit
Winthrop
Meserve
Dwight P. Edgerly
F. P. Reeve
Demerit Named Farm Superintendent After Fire Inquiry
Charles E. Demerit was appointed to oversee the farm a little over a year ago. Investigators gathered facts, exhumed remains, and heard praise from commissioners. Edgerly noted fire-safety talks, but debt hindered improvements despite claims the county house was the best in the state.
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Dover
N. H
Charles E. Demerit
Emerrit
Edgerly
Post
How an Inmate of the Almshouse Saved a Life
A Feb 10 report from Dovrr details an inmate at Almshouse who performed a life saving act. The incident involved quick action under difficult conditions, reflecting on care practices and the resilience of residents.
Local youth from Massachusetts linked to farming work
Young Stack, a native of Massachusetts, hurried to the farm house to join in the work with a ladder. His father, mother, and two sisters reside in Lowell.
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Lum
Stack
Massachusetts
Lowell
Dover hero frees prisoners to save barn blaze
In Dover on February 10 a prisoner named James Perkins urged the escape attempt from a basement jailhouse at the alms house. He refused to stay chained as a fire broke out, climbed to the barn roof with water, and helped prevent total destruction. All five inmates in the correction section remain on probation.
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Dover
Demerrit
James Perkins
Perkins
Correction” Department
Inquest Begun in Dover After Pauper Fire Tragedy
Coroner J. H. Daniels empanelled a jury at 9 AM to hear testimony after the digging out of bodies in the Dover NH pauper fire. Jurors Henry Walker Rochester J D Roberts Rollinsford and W Mather Dover will reconvene tomorrow morning to hear accounts from Demerrit Driscoll Chesley and Wentworth.
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Daniels
Dover
N. H
J. H. Daniels
Henry F. Walker
Rochester
J. D. Roberts
Rollinsford
W. Mather
Messrs
Demerrit
Driscoll
Chesley
W. T. Wentworth
Conflict of Authority at Strafford County Farm
A year of turmoil at Strafford County Farm follows the removal of Superintendent Demerit and the rise of William Driscoll, a Democrat, as head. Politics allegedly influenced management, connections, and the fire that swept the asylum before patients could flee, with Driscoll barely escaping with his family amid accused mismanagement.
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Dover
N. H
Strafford County Farm
Demerit
William Driscoll
Demerrit
Driscoll
Big Franks Story Says Fire Set by Mrs Fontaine
Francois Dansaure known as Big Frank tells a Post reporter through an interpreter that Mrs Fontaine stood by the door with a pipe and snitches in her hand as flames broke out just after lights went out. He recalls seeing smoke and flames, escaping through a window, and aiding another inmate before fleeing in his shirt.
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Chesley
Post
Wilbert Chesley
Phiyel Kaga
Mr. Demerrit
Asy
Dover
N. H
The
Francois Danseaure
Big Frank
Krank
Frank
Henry C DeMille Dies in New Jersey at New York Dramatist
Henry C DeMille renowned American dramatist died in Pompton New Jersey. Early in life he taught at a boys school and wrote The B O W C which won instant popularity. He gained fame with The Dodge Club in Harper's Magazine and later co produced The Main Line with stage luminaries at Lyceum Theatre. He joined Belasco and Mackaye as instructor and reader before solo works The Lost Paradise and other plays achieved success.
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Henry C. DeMille
Harper’s Magazine
Dodge Club
Mr. DeMille
Steele Mackaye
Daniel Frohman
David Belasco
Lyceum Theatre
School of Acting
Mr. Belasco
Somerset Ball Celebrated by Local Associates in Bethesda Hall
The third annual Somerset Associates ball filled Bethesda Hall with palm décor and a formal concert from eight to nine. Joseph J. Norton led the grand march with Miss Susie Norton, followed by F. J. O Malley and Miss Lizzie Lyons and 100 couples. Supper by Seiler after midnight preceded renewed dancing. Aides directed the floor, and many aldermen, representatives, councilmen, and notable residents attended, including Michael J. Field and J. J. McNamara among others.
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Somerset Associates
Bethesda Hall
Joseph J. Norton
Susie Norton
F. J. O’malley
Lizzie Lyons
Seiler
P. J. Carroll
D. S. Coughlan
Maggie Sanders
W.P. Hickey
Katie King
B. J. Healey
Ella Breen
D. J. Gleason
Nellie Tierney
D. J. Driscoll
Fannie O’ Neil
John Baldwin
Annie Shea
Thomas Carr
Maggie Murphy
T. F. O’connell
Alice Holland
T. F. Mackin
Barbara McDonald
Robert Daley
Minnie Donovan
W. A. Kennedy
Nellie Donovan
Charles Boland
Nora Tobin
W. J. Higgins
Mollie McFarland
J. J. McNamara
Alice Leahy
E. J. McCarthy
Beatrice Scanlan
J. A. Murphy
Ann
Big Monster Athletic Meeting At Mechanics Hall Tonight
Tonight’s programme promises the grandest city athletic meeting hosted by the Boston Athletic Association. Harvard names Merrill Bingham Brewer and Garcelon in key events including Yale vs Harvard and Amherst vs Dartmouth team races. Open heats, sprint trials hundred yard hurdles and a mile race fill the card with prominent clubs and notable heats.
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Mechanics’ Hall
Boston Athletic Association
Yale
Harvard
Merrill
Bingham
Brewer
Garcelon
Cornish
J. J. McLaughlin
Frank Rowe
Amherst
Dartmouth
W. H. Allison
M. A.C
Elmer White
A.C
M. F. Sweeney
Worcesters Vs. Sutedolks
Rum in the South Seas Petition Reds Firearms Ban
The Evangelical Alliance of Boston asks the general government for cooperation to prevent importing intoxicating liquor and firearms into the New Hebrides from the United States. The group says such traffic undermines Christian work in the islands.
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Evangelical Alliance of
Boston and Vicinity
Crescent Boat Club Meeting Notice Drafted
A brief note indicates a club meeting possibly in March at Cassy Connelly with other members. The Crescent Boat Club remains under the N. EB. Ave committee guidance and planning.
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Crescent
N. EB
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Boston Post
Wicvreys
Georeider
iCeor Jstarrs
aDaor
Strafford County Insane Asylum
Wilber S. Chessley
Poorhouse General
Miss Fontaine
Joe Garland
Si Perkins
Allen Twombly
Josh Smith
Poorhouse
French Frank
Ephraim Ham
Rochester, Six Miles Away, and Was There Locked Up. Www. T. Pramsmith
Washington
Frank Stack
Seavey
Frank Morrison
Jim Daley
Woman’s Department
W. Wheeler & Co
Aoa
Hanover St
Boston
American House
Startling Story
Dovrr
Huntingdon
Hood
Mr. Houpt
Hood’s
Fana
Tures
Harrison Houpt
Saxton, Pa
West Chester Park and Westlandave
Westland Avenue
F. W. Lincoln
Tremont
American Girls’ College
Marsovan
Constantinople
United States
Dr. Herrick
Henry G. Demille
New York
Pompton
N. J
Somerset
RUM
South Seas
Crescent Sparring Meeting
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