Fireman Rescued After 27 Hours Buried in Ruins
New York reports fireman Seyferts pulled from debris at 1 45 this morning after 27 hours buried. He was weak with a badly injured right leg. Rescue efforts paused as a timber rapped, revealing John Seuferts alive and able to speak. A Catholic priest heard his confession and gave absolution as danger of walls collapsing persisted. Rescue workers, including Fire Commissioner Langtry, tended to him and continued careful removal of debris. Campbell's status remained unknown, eight to ten feet away, with Lennon also buried.
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Seyferts
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John Seuferts
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Father Smith
Fire Department
Langtry
Seufert
Campbell
Lennon
Thomas Lennon
Rescue Efforts Renewed After Buried Man Delivers Call
A buried man relays he is alive and asks to be rescued quickly as firemen work through debris. Three men were trapped between floors as the building partially collapsed. one, Thomas Lennon, died, Campbell presumed dead. An ambulance assisted with a stomach pump and hot coffee, while rescuers planned further extraction. Father Rafferty of St James Church was noted at the scene.
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Seuferts
Beeuwkesk
Hudson Street’ Hospital
Seyferts
Father Rafferty
St. James’ Church
Woman Mourns as Manicurist Killed in Quarrel
Mrs. Tena Weidman a manicurist with an establishment at Hotel Endicott on Eighty first street and Columbus avenue was shot and killed at her apartments in 80 West Eighty second street during a quarrel in which three other persons were probably fatally wounded.
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New York
Tena Weidman
Tragedy In New York Woman Slain by Lover Aide Dead
Mrs Weidman 36 shot twice and stabbed in the neck while Pauline Rates 25 a manicure assistant living with her lies dying after gunfire and a razor attack. Florist George Fallon Eighty first Street Colum bus Avenue wounded and may die. Fred Braman identified as fourth man and injured but to recover. Fallon charged with murder as police seek motive.
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Fallon
Fred Braman
No. 261 West One Hundred and Fifty-third Street
Miss Rates
Weidman
Still No Word From the Ponce Sails Delayed Vessel
New York report says the steamship Ponce from New York & Porto Rico Steamship Co. is a week overdue after departing Porto Rico on December 26. Three revenue cutters search the seas under Treasury orders. owners suspect temporary disablement of the vessel.
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Ponce
New York & Porto Rico Steamship Company
Pronce
Porto Rico
United States Treasury Department
Revenue
Medford Boy Killed Crossing Train Near Hillside Station
Five-year-old Ernest McPhereson, son of Mr and Mrs Henry L McPhereson of Norton avenue, was struck and killed by an outward-bound Boston and Maine Southern Division express near Hillside station in Medford. Witnesses say he was attempting to cross the tracks when he was struck this afternoon.
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Medford
Hillside Medford
Ernest McPhereson
Henry L. McPhereson
Norton Avenue
Southern Division
Boston & Maine
Hillside
Expresa
Burglars Kill Providence Bleachery Watchman
Samuel Slater, 17 years night watchman at Glenlyon dye works Sayles bleachery, was shot and killed at 1 30 a m by two burglars found in the finishing room. They escaped. Slater, of Saylesville, leaves a widow and two daughters.
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Providence
Samuel Slater
Glenlyon
Sayles
Exhume of Two Fernalds Ordered in New Hampshire
County Solicitor Abbott ordered the disinterment of Elmer E. Fernald and his son Elmer Fernald, buried in Jackson New Hampshire after the elder Fernald died from a fire caused by his pipe while asleep. The shock killed the father and the mother died of grief days later. The deaths occurred about three weeks ago and New Hampshire residents have fueled rumors of foul play as authorities begin the investigation.
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Abbott
Elmer E. Fernald
Elmer
Everett
Mass
Fernald
New Hampshire
Deaths in Everett Linked to December Fire Tragedy
Everett police report no New Hampshire inquiry into the Fernald deaths. Elmer Fernald died from burns and his father from apoplexy after a December fire caused by ashes from his pipe. Fernald's wife and father were ill then. Mrs. Fernald died soon after, likely from shock.
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New Hampshire
Elmer FE
Fernald
Young Veep
Unseasonable January Warmth Stuns Boston Officials
Weather Dispenser Smith reports a rare midwinter warmth with temperatures near 58 degrees, breaking 1885 and 1876 records for January 7. Crowds ignore winter gear, ice cream and cold drinks fly off menus, and a mix of outfits appears around Milk and Washington streets as citizens react to the unusual day.
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Thompson
Milk Street
Washington Street
Boston Area Weather Outlook Weathers Cloudy Rain Likely
Forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for cloudy skies with light rain possible and cooler temperatures Tuesday. Wednesday trends to partly to generally cloudy conditions with no significant precipitation.
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Boston
Arrest of alleged murderer Vizzo in Malden shoe shop
Patrick V. Vizzo, wanted for the murder of Antonio D'Ascanio in the New Haven yard at South Framingham, was arrested at 2 a.m. in the shoe shop of John Pasgai after Boston police traced him from Station 1.
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Malden
Patrick V. Vizzo
Antonio D’ascanio
New Haven
South Framingham
John Pasgai
Boston
Deported Daughter's Father Fights US Deportation
Charles Zartarian pledges endless efforts after nearly two years of court battles to save Miriam Zartarian from forced return to a homeland she has no ties to. He plans to petition Congress and the President following the Supreme Court ruling against them.
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Charles Zartarian
Miriam Zartarian
United States Supreme Court
Congress
Colored ministers challenge speech on segregation in Boston
At a Baptist Social Union meeting in Boston two colored clergymen Rev. Benjamin Farris and Rev. M A N Shaw rose to refute professor S C Mitchell of Richmond College who defended segregation. Mitchell asserted 25 million Southerners support racial separation while Farris and Shaw attacked the premise, sparking lively exchanges and deep excitement among listeners.
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Benjamin Farris
M. A. N. Shaw
Baptist Social Union
Mitchell
South
Virginia
New Twelfth Baptist Church
Shaw
Farris
Boston Schoolboys Petition Board for More Beans
Boston English High Schoolboys asked the school board to raise bean rations at lunch counters. The petition was presented as the board allocated 15000 from its surplus for repairs. The meeting in 1907 elected Storrow as chairman and Brock as treasurer and set biweekly meetings.
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James J. Storrow
George E. Brock
W. S. Kenney
Ellis
Storrow
Philip Davis
Civic Service House
North End
Richard F. Quirk
Police Department
Dorchester
Savin Hill
Girl Without a Country Miriam Zartarian Fails to Enter U S
Immigrant family faces a devastating setback as Miriam Zartarian, born in Harpoot Turkey and now barred by U S immigration due to trachoma, loses court battles from district to Supreme Court. Her father Charles, an Armenian immigrant, laments separation from his ill wife and daughter.
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Girt
Barréa
Trachoma
Miriam Zartarian
United States Supreme Court
Justice Day
Miriam
Nolan
Edward Everett Hale
Boston
United States District Court
Massachusetts
Zartarian
Post
Washington Street
Harpoot
Asiatic Turkey
Leg Cut Off to Free Him in Rail Yard Accident
Charles Fisher a 41 year old freight conductor for the New York New Haven Hartford railroad lay trapped under an engine in local yards for four hours. One leg was amputated but both legs remained pinned until a wrecking crew jacked the engine free. Associated text notes Sanford's Ginger as a tonic for nerves digestion and cold extremities.
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New York
Charles Fisher
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Guests Jumped In Nets
At William Tell house a perilous escape occurred as guests fled a dangerous scene. Fire officials controlled the situation while occupants evacuated to safety amid crowded rooms and rising tension.
Fire at tenement causes panicked escape and injuries
A deadly fire trapped residents as flames threatened to gut a building. George, 65, suffocated in a cellar before leaping from a window. Mrs Victor Hyde and Victor Hyde suffered bruises and shock. Ethel Wilson was dazed and bruised. Firemen Ben L. Davis and others aided victims during the blaze.
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George
Victor Hyde
Ethel Wilson
Death in Hotel Fire at William Tell House
One man died from smoke asphyxiation in a hotel fire at the William Tell House. Forty others were forced into a panic in the dining room. some were rescued or treated for smoke inhalation as firefighters contained the blaze.
Fire kills boiler tender as two women jump from rear window
In the William Tell House at 28 Somerset Street flames trapped residents last evening. Firemen recovered the body of the boiler tender in the cellar as two women and one man leaped from a second story rear window and others fled smoke filled corridors. Damage estimated at $5000. Police aided crowd control.
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City Sports Theatrical Company
William Tell
Somerset Street
Bulfinch Street
Charles Logan
Fox
Victor Hyde
Ethel Wilson
Mr. Hyde
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