Great War Munitions Plant in North Woburn Blown Up
Reported blast at the New England Manufacturing Company munitions plant in North Woburn leaves total loss and one injured. German charges against Britain prompt action as Berlin seeks proofs from Washington.
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Acre
Boston
Post Publishing Co
North Woburn
Trinitrotuluol
New England Manufacturing Company
Washington
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Great Britain
Lansing
Count von Bernstorff
Great Explosion Shocks 30 Miles Off Smashed Windows
A massive blast sends shockwaves 30 miles away as windows shattered ten miles away and thousands panic amid a widespread emergency. Authorities urge calm while assessing the cause and potential casualties. Early reports indicate a powerful event with far reaching effects on nearby communities.
Explosion at New England Mfg Plant Kills and Injures Many
A massive blast at the New England Manufacturing Company plant in North Woburn destroyed the trinitrotoluene building and damaged eight other structures. About 100 workers were inside when the explosion occurred at 1 am. 15 men were present in the main building and Frank Cornett of Roxbury was hospitalized with back injuries and cuts.
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New England Manufacturing Company
North Woburn
Frank Cornett
Roxbury
Woburn Hospital
Cornett
Memoranda Sent to Ambassador Gerard in Berlin
Memoranda delivered to United States Ambassador Gerard in Berlin about two weeks ago, arrival in the mails awaited by Washington officials. Continued on Page 6 Second Col.
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United States
Gerard
Berlin
Washington
Gunmen Strikes Auburndale Home and Flee to Boston
Two gunmen forced their way into Miss Helen M Crane’s Auburndale home on Maple Street late last night assaulting and choking Miss Crane and Miss Anna Farrington. The women were left dying after a robbery. The gunmen, described as young Negros, were captured an hour later in Boston after a long Back Bay chase and taken to the Back Bay station. Miss Jane Crane is a sister of actor William H Crane.
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Helen M. Crane
Maple Street
Auburndale
Miss Crane
Anna H. Farrington
Boston
Jane
William H. Crane
Confessed Robbers Named in Nocturnal Home Invasion
Albert Saunders and Frank Sidney, ages 25 and 39, confessed to a bold robbery and attempted murder at Auburndale home. Miss Farrington woke to intruders as Miss Crane lay bound. One assailant bound the other. A revolver was pressed to Miss Crane’s chin demanding location of valuables.
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Northampton Street
South End
Frank Sidney
Farrington Street
Roxbury
Miss Crane
Miss Farrington
Auburndale
Germans Are Thrown Back In Verdun Drive
German forces reportedly checked at Verdun yet expanded their lines to about 100 miles as fighting rages. A separate assault near Champagne captured Navarin Farm, advanced about a mile of French trenches, seized around 1000 prisoners and several machine guns.
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Verdun
Champagne
London
French War Office
Navarin
Verdun Battle Report Claims German Offense Halted
The French war office reports halted German offensive at Verdun and a counterattack that forced back German columns. German contingents at Fort Douaumont were cut off and surrounded, while fighting continues violently on Verdun’s wings with prolonged artillery duels.
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French War Office
Verdun
Fort Douaumont
Jilted Man Fights For Loan Repayment In Court
Angus Gillis sues Antoinette Donahue Carper seeking return of more than $400 loaned to buy a house and for repairs. He testified he loaned the money with plans to marry, but she later married another man, Carper, after a trip to Youngstown in 1915.
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Gus
Fox
Equity Merit
Suffolk County Superior Court
Antoinette Donahue Carper
Angus Gillis
Gillis
Gil Lis Claims Affectionate Letters Continued to End
The fragment notes Gil Lis asserting he had received the same affectionate letters almost up to the end, but the text cuts off before detailing who sent them or the context of the correspondence. The available lines suggest a family or personal relationship theme.
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Gillis
Ministers and wives poisoned at dinner in San Francisco
More than 40 guests, all Methodist ministers and their wives, fell seriously ill after a banquet at the Howard Street Methodist Church on Feb 22. The first official report of the incident was filed today with the Methodist Ministers' Association.
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San Francisco
Howard Street
Methodist Ministers’ Association
Deerfield Anniversary: 1704 Indian Attack Recorded
Fragmentary clipping notes Deerfield Mass attack by Indians in 1704 and mentions Gioachino Rossini born 1798 with St Oswald's Day noted amid miscellaneous date fragments and temperature cues.
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Deerfield
Mass
Gioachino Antonio Rossini
Ital
Systemwide blackout halts Boston Elevated trains
A short circuit at the South Boston power station disabled the Boston Elevated system last night. Two employees were severely burned at the switchboard, subway and elevated trains stalled for over 15 minutes, and cars ran without power for six minutes as power was restored. Robert McNeil suffered facial and hand burns and was sent to City Hospital on the dangerous list. Burke, an oiler, was treated at the station and returned home.
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Boston Elevated Railway
South Boston
First Street
Robert McNeil
Burke
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