Life Boats With Frozen Bodies Drift Ashore at Block Island
Report of a wreck near Block Island describes 43 bodies recovered by dusk and survivors cared for in local cottages. The Joy Line steamer Kentucky and the Sneed and Elsie vessels aided rescue efforts as the coast faced a grim scene of immersion and exposure.
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Block Island
Scott Wrecking Company
New London
Conn
Lighthouse Board
Joy Line
Kentucky
Fall River
Et Oe 3
Elsie
Samuel Lacanne
David Fox
Bridgton
N. J
Harry Eckles
NewLondon
Pitts
Congress Street
Inquiries For Friends on Larchmont Passengers List
Boston agents raced to answer anxious inquiries about the ill fated Larchmont. Captain Mece Ver reported a night collision off Watch Hill with several survivors landed at Block Island and along the mainland. A partial Boston passenger list included Miss Jennie Zukerman Miss Belle Shane Mrs A Edlestien William Hadley Robert Perkins and others.
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Larchmont
Long Island Sound
B. D. Pitts
Boston
Joy Steamship Company
Mece Ver
Watch Hill
Block Island
Pitts
Jennie Zukerman
Anderson Street
Belle Shane
A. Edlestien
Anderson Place
M. Levine
Chestnut Street
Chelsea
Isaac Cohen
Congress Street
Charles Hadley
Willow Park
Roxbury
William Hadley
William
Max Cohen
West End
McVey
Captain Frank Haley Resides In Everett Amid Sea Tragedy
Captain Frank Staley, master of the ill fated schooner Harry Knowlton, is 58 and a lifelong seaman. His Everett home at 214 Springvale Avenue is with daughter Mrs George McLane after his wife’s death. The crew’s fate remained unclear as of yesterday afternoon with a reporter learning David Simpson said the crew were safe at Watch Hill Rhode Island.
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Frank Staley
Harry Knowlton
St. John’s
N. F
George McLane
Boston
Springvale Avenue
Everett
Post
David Simpson
Watch Hill
R. 1
Mclane
Larchmont Hoodoo Ship Noted for Repeated Mishaps
The Larchmont earned a reputation as a hoodoo vessel after a string of chaotic incidents from 1902 to 1906. It collided with the Admiral Farragut in Boston, burned in the Sound with 200 passengers safe, ran aground off Prudence Island and Narragansett Bay, and narrowly avoided disaster with the D. J. Melanson. A 1906 fire alarm. Also linked to the mysterious murder of engineer John A. Hart aboard a Pratt Astral Oil tug, with no clue to the killer.
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Boston Harbor
Admiral Farragut
Boston
New York
Prudence Island
Narragansett Bay
Warwick Light
D. J. Melanson
Larchmont
John A. Hart
Pratt Astral Oil Company
Hart
Vixen
Henry H. Rogers
Providence
Milliken Named Among Larchmont Victims
Scores of friends of W. Stanley Milliken Brown University graduate and former South Bay Union teacher on Harrison Avenue learned last night his name was listed among the Larchmont disaster victims. He did space writing.
Milliken Dies in Tragic Sea Crash After Bay Union Play
Milliken, a 27 year old English instructor turned writer, perished in a maritime disaster while set to depart for New York after a day at the Transcript office. He had coached South Bay Union students in a Stevenson inspired Treasure Island play and planned to attend their Monday performance. His parents live in Providence and he had stayed at 150 West Newton Street.
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Boston
Washington Street
James Bard
Centre Street
Dorchester
Robert H. Perkins
New York
Edith
Tie
Providence
Congress Street
Ing
Transcript
Cosmopolitan
Burton Kline
Milliken
South Bay Union
Stevenson
Treasure Island
Harvard
Mansfield High School
West Newton Street
Friends Lose Hope After Telegraph From Providence
A telegraphic despatch from J. Levin of Providence informs friends that he has heard nothing from two young women missing since leaving Boston. Mrs. Zuckerman and Miss Shane had been in Boston only a short time before the message ended their last hopes.
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No. 16
Jennie Zuckerman
Bertha Shane
Anderson Street
New York
Providence
Larchmont
J. Levin
Livingstone Street
Governor Higgins Dies After Peaceful Illness in New York
Former New York Governor Frank W. Higgins died at his Olean home at 8 40 PM after a brief unconscious period. Present were his wife Mrs Higgins and children Josephine and Higgin a son T Higgins in Redlands California. Higgins had long suffered heart trouble and despite medical warning he attended the inauguration of his successor in Albany. The end is believed to have been hastened by that effort.
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Albany
Boylston Lodge K of P Holds Second Annual Concert
The Boylston Council K of P held its second annual concert and ball at Paul Revere Hall last night. Max Clugg chaired the reception committee, Israel Arnold served as chief marshal, and H S Balkan was chief of aids as knights and ladies attended in large numbers.
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Boylston Lodge
K. of P
Paul Revere ‘Hall
Max Clugg
Israel Arnold
H. S. Balkan
Dinner's Coming I Smell It Sugar Ad Claim
An old style advertisement touts Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a cure for indigestion and stomach woes. It promises rapid digestion and restored appetite, claiming the product acts like an artificial stomach and offers a free sample by mail from the F A Stuart Co Marshall Michigan.
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Stuart
F. A. Stuart Co
Stuart Bldg
Marshall, Mich
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Willow Place
Halgreen
Heelgreen
Moses Barenholtz
Auburn Street
M. Michaelson
Cross Street
Thomas A. Luke
R. I
THE
Knowlton
Frank Gorang
Frank T. Haley
Harry Loach
Gulius Royerson
Charles Johnson
Robert Waycott
Edwin Nicholson
Connecticut
Greenpo
Rhode
Mrs. Zuckerman
Miss Shane
Captain Frank Haley
Beecham
V. Stanley Milliken
Larchmonn
Carters
Munyon
DR. King
R. King
King Dental
Cor. Avon
Veau
S Utes
Bridgewater
Hot Springs
Arkansas
U. S
Bureau of Information
Gov. Higgins
Boylston Council, K. OF P
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