New England Division War Narratives Continue Daily
The Post presents a series of first person World War accounts by members of New England's division. Readers are promised continued installments in the Daily and Sunday Post.
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Valor and endurance of Roxbury Lt Hanly in World War I drives
A veteran recounts heroism of officers and men in Chemin des Dames Verdun and St Mihiel. Lieutenant Hanly of Roxbury led assaults, drew fire to save his men, and earned his reputation as a fearless leader. The account details close combat, bayonet fights, and the heavy casualties endured before homecoming.
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Patrick D. M’gullian
101St Infantry
Green St
Jamaica Plain
Verdun
Chemin Des Dames
St. Mihiel I
Joe McConnell
Dorchester
Freddy Evans
Charlestown
McConnell
Hanly
St. Mihiel
Fritz
Bowie
Bandits' Day Short Lived in Philadelphia Robbery
Frank Moran a flashily dressed Connecticut man, robbed a grocery store cashier of $1000 and fled in a motor truck. Police pursued for half an hour before Moran was captured and sent to the penitentiary for a 10 year term.
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Philadelphia
Frank Moran
Connecticut
Morair
Pilot flies inside walls of the Grand Canyon
Lieut Charles S V Rugh of the Gulf to the Pacific aero squadron completed a risky flight inside the Grand Canyon of Arizona. He said the day was calm and no dangerous air currents were encountered and noted there were no emergency landing places in the canyon.
Increase in Casualties Reported Across Nation
An expanded list shows almost 400 more names in casualty releases. The total names for the day reach 2729 nationwide with non fatal cases. The men listed are those slightly wounded or with undetermined injuries.
New England Lists Honor Roll and Wounded Totals
New England lists 188 on the honor roll an increase of 83 from yesterday. The wounded list shows 1291 slightly wounded and 1437 with undetermined degree.
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New England
New England Boys on Casualty List
A long casualty list names numerous service members from New England and nearby states. Included are Lt. Fred G. Winters of Portland Maine and Lt. William H. Ward of Cambridge with other officers, sergeants, corporals, and privates listed with home addresses across Massachusetts New Hampshire Connecticut Vermont Maine and Rhode Island.
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NEW England Boys
Casualty
Fred G. Winters
Portland
William H. Ward
Sherman St
Cambridge
Frederick O’'Connelin
Mechanic St
Holliston
Harold E. Pledger
Stevens Ave
John R. Russell
Broadway
Chelsea
Fred H. Beardslee
Thomaston
Conn
Edward Earley
Gardner
Lawrence. Corp
Charles Balch
Topsfield
Corp
Forest E. Thomas
Everett St
Middleboro
Pugler William Barry
Athens St
Salvatore Fontana
Hlanover St
Boston
Gust Limperis
Cheever
Lowell
Stanley FF. Sperkawaya
Ellsworth St
Worcester
Richard J. Tarbell
Norton St
Dorchester
Roland T. Turner
Renast
William J. Hunt
and St
Central Falls
R. I
James D. O'Connell
Easthampton
Stanley J. Plumstead
East Haddam
Samuel Salvini
Prospect St
Chester
Charles S. Carpenter
Highland Ave
Moulton
Peter S. Connolly
Maverick St
North Ave
Rockland
Carl S. Gove
Hunt St
Brockton
Hustin A. Karlson
Redington St
Waterville
Anthony J. Lucas
Boston Ave
Edward Rising Millen
Faxon St
Edward Robin
Beech St
Fall River
Joseph Vool
Revere
Thomas M. Collier
Spindale Ave
Westfield
Clarence L. Forbes
Lyndon Centre
Sullivan Forte
Scovill St
Waterbury
William J. Newman
Boylston St
Brookline
John Powers
Redfield St
New Haven
William John Steele
Oliver St
Tony Sbardinella
Portland St
Middletown
Raffaele Viglione
Barnum Ave
Bridgeport
James J. Warren
Bowker St
Theodore W. Warren
Academy Hill Rd
Brighton
Blanchard H. Brown
Brackett St
Manuel ©. Correia
Windsor St
New Bedford
Andrew Gilbert
Chelsea St
Edward J. McKay
North Jay
Clyde E. Oakes
Foxcroft
Joseph Pardo
Forestville
Earl B. Shaw
Lowell St
Somerville
Stanley Valacer
Millville
Rocco Vitale
Church St
Keene
N. H
Herbert H. Collins
West Rocky Hill
Arthur Gagnon
Mitchell St
Manchester
Vitale Gazzola
Plymouth St
George I. Lombard
Massachusetts Ave
Arlington
Benjamin R. Norton
Joseph R Nutile
Grand Ave
Patrick Shannon
Hanover St
Clarence B. Stensrud
Lothrop
Beverly
Raymond J. Griffin
Cook St
Lynn
Joseph Laporte
Stanton St
Peter Laurine
St. Paul St
Alphonse Lupine
Piedmont St
Methuen
James F. Fitzgerald
Russell St
Middleton
Telesphore Melanson
Daniel St
Fitchburg
Percy W. Muzzey
Central St
Windsor
Luigi Taurone
Sumner St
William A. Wattes
Green St
Clinton
Raymond D. Booth
Tower Ave
St. Louis Edler Cyr
Concord St
Roster of names and addresses listed across many New England towns
A long OCR text lists numerous given names with addresses in towns from Chelsea to Newport and beyond, including Pt. Israel Alper Port Arthur F. Brosseau and many others in Massachusetts Maine Vermont Connecticut Rhode Island New Hampshire and New Brunswick. The fragment ends with an advertisement for Adamson's Balsam for rasping coughs.
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Israel Alper
State St
Bridgeport
Conn
Arthur F. Brosseau
Chestnut St
Chelsea
Morris Griffiths
Poultney
Frank McClusky
Button St
New Haven
Stephen Musante
Elm St
Holyoke
William Cyril Smith
Oakwood St
Horace A. Stacey
Bartlett St
Beverly
James M
Man testifies chicken theft tied to illness
Victor Mfussy testified in Central Court that he took one dead chicken from Feoston Tavern where he worked to make broth for his stomach. He said the boss was not present to discuss it, and officers later confronted him. Proprietor Archie Sfurl reported items missing for weeks. Special Officer Manning encountered Mfussy with an unusual bulge under his coat.
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Victor Mfussy
Central Court
Feoston Tavern
Manning
Mussy
Archie Sfurlburt
Also Mentioned on This Page
Stories of the
102D Field Hospital
Minard
Minard’s Liniment Manufacturing Co
Framingham, Mass
Grand Canyon
N. E
John J. Riley
Parker Hill St
Roxbury
Louis E. Wyman
Pittsfield
John B. Minor
New Britain
Hammond Barnes
Huntington St
Alfred J. Fortier
West Farmington
John F. Petrofsky
Norfolk St
Joseph E. Sullivan
Linden St
Percival Warner
Main St
Hubbardston
James F. Cutter
Wetaven St
Lawrence
John Rogalski
Hanover
Walter F. Slaughter
Springfield St
Arthur F. Wheelock
South Boston
Willard L. Rust
School St
Edwin L. Carlson
E. Main St
Thomas Darragh
Joseph Frechette
Pawtucket
R. IL
Raymond Ss. Orff
Abbott Village
Thomas F. Quinn
Howard Ave
Wasyl Worochook
Broad St
Seymour
Edward A. Coulombe
Second St
Turners Falls
Ralph Estabrooks
Newbury
Alexander Munro
Somerville. Corp
Rauel C. Stratton
Wethersfield Ave
Hartford
Andrew Arone
Mason St
Bristol
R. I. Corp
Lester A. Barker
Madison Ave
James Leroy Rigney
Nashua
Alise A. Bergeron
Berlen
William Brone Bergers
Carmelo Circo
la Fayette St
Patrick J. Conroy
Cedar St
Tony Deritta
Alaska
George W. Lashua
Templeton
Preston S. McLain
Salisbury
Bernard Mark Natteford
Norwalk
Charles A. Raymond
Shelburne
Matthew G. Raymond
Sheridan St
Jamiaca Plain
Peters A. Weremay
Bullfinch St
Providence
Patrick J. Collins
Adams St
Newton
Luigi A. Conz
Fifth St
Northampton
George A. Courtemanche
Palm St
Edward M. Reed
Dunbar St
Keene, N
Peter Sankus
Railroad Ave
Jean T. Welly
Poole St
Bedford
Edwin N. Annis
West Burke
Stephen Lapanski
Dexter St
Stephen Brenzkowski
Lyons St
John J. Crowe
Fisk Ave
Wilfred L. Emond
Sixth St
Leominster
Curtis E. Harvey
East Burke
Albert J. Ravinski
Jesse A. Sevigny
Dover
Samuel Siegel
Washington St
Norwood
Patrick S. Sudbay
Gloucester
Albert Tompkins
Francisco
Barboza
Mulberry St
Wilton Cottle
Solon
Godfrey Bailey
Lothian Rd
Warren B. Barrows
la Grange Terrace
John F. Kremates
Summit Ave
Wendel Mattison
South Shaftsbury
Joseph S. Sullivan
Maple St
Peter Taraskewich
Liberty St
Ansonia
Eugene R. Sullivan
Gulf St
Milford
William P. O'Brien
Third St
Walter M. Ramsdell
Howard St
Nantucket
William H. Relvea
Nicholas Stamatelos
Manhattan St
Stamford
George L. Stevens
Clinton Pl
South Framingham
Leo A. Santia
Egypt
Pleasant Foint
James Wagga
Wentzell
Joseph G. Chapman
Common
Hector Cote
Canobreak Heights
Wilhelm Harold Carlson
Wal- Lut Ave
Verne L. Eldridge
Peter Gardiner
Pierce St
Westerly
James S. Kennedy
Woodbine
Edward Martin
Charles St
North Abington
William H. Metevier
Centredale
R. T
Owen J. Powers
Bridgetown
John B. Prunier
Forest St
Bridgewater
Stanley Sadoski
Scitico
Daniel J. Waugh
Butt St
Newton Upper Falls
Joseph P. Halligan
Dealavan Ave
East Port Chester
James W. McGuirk
W. Cedar St
Antonio Marello
Acorn St
James H. Muse
Beckler
Eugene Poissiant
River St
North Adams
Orville R. Rector
Ivanston Ave
Amil Simmington
Bindsville
Fred Tessier
Humboldt Ave
R. 1
Ronan Wandalowski
Edward F. O’brien
Rosette St
Lawrence L. Lewis
Huntington Ave
William RB
Marco
Dale c
Rochdale
Adamson
Edet
Boss
Capeskin Media and Fabric
Tremont ST
New York
Fifth Avenue
London
Regent Street
HE Simmons
San Francisco, Cal
Newark
N.J
Montreal
Canada
Simmons
Vsten
Fin- Simmons
Kenosha, Wisconsin
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