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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1910
Page
20
More than a score of people were injured in an explosion at the Place Viger station of the Canadian Pacific railway in Montreal's east end shortly before midnight. Many victims were badly mangled and the death toll was feared heavy. The accident occurred shortly before midnight.
An 11:30 departure at Quebec station ended in a massive blast that buried many on the platform. Ambulances rushed to the scene as rescuers worked amid rumors of an attack, later deemed a gas plant explosion aboard the Quebec train.
A midnight blaze in Wakefield wiped out the Harvard knitting mills on Albion Street, a three story wooden woolen goods plant. Loss is about 15000 dollars, leaving hundreds jobless and deals a heavy blow to local industry.
Ten division superintendents of the Boston Elevated distributed 75000 among 3500 blue uniform workers. Each man with satisfactory records received twenty or twenty five dollars, while 10 to 20 percent below six months service earned guidance but no money. Total allocations varied by location, with nearly 20000 to Sullivan Square and 13090 to Grove Hall.
The Somerville School Board voted 9 to 4 to abolish grammar school graduation exercises while keeping high school graduations. The board noted the final decision reflects opinion, with 743 parents asked for views. 288 returned responses show 172 favor abolishing graduations and 110 oppose change. On cost, 101 call it expensive and 172 disagree.
A survey lists farm value at 8.7 billion with an 11 percent rise from 1908 and notes higher living costs. It cites record beef sales, rising alien population, import growth and export decline, major laws on census, income tax votes, and tariff. Peary’s pole claim, Cook’s challenged reach, Messina earthquake, Turkish reforms, and global strikes are summarized along with aviation feats and notable deaths.
In East Cambridge Probate Court a ranchman asserting he is Daniel Blake Russell says Exhibit 55 shows a photo of Dan Russell from his Melrose escape but that tintype was not a copy of his own original and he now recalls the original tintype melted in Boston last summer. Needing the tintype for evidence, Attorney William C. Russell’s client demanded its production yesterday, a promise he had not kept.
On the witness stand Russell recalls hunting the original tintype all night and explains it melted in heat after being left in a bag at Mr Sheldon’s office. He debates whether Exhibit 55 is his picture while noting a cap with ear flaps from the tintype taken in 1885. The hearing adjourns for Monday morning.
The will of Robert B. Wason of Cambridge revealed $1,000,000 in taxable property, while assessed taxes last year totaled only $40,000. Inspectors say Cambridge undervalued many estates, and the Wason holdings may push the tax rate from 21 to 20.65 mills, yielding about $35,000 more revenue.
Ernest H. Bly and Fred M. Champion were struck by an outward bound elevated car near Sheafe street Maplewood. Bly was thrown under the wagon and may have internal injuries. Champion was thrown into a snowbank with bruises. The wagon and horse were severely damaged.
In a humorous scene Torchy toils over a tough knowledge exam while Mr. Mallory persuades Baron Kazechky to discuss steel. The baron resists football talk as Mallory hails him as Americas greatest quarterback and presses a deal with the Corrugated Trust amid a lively gathering.
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