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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1907
Page
3
Mrs. Sarah F. Brown was assaulted as two men broke into her second floor flat at 637 Harrison Avenue around 4 PM. They fled with about 100 dollars in cash and jewelry as she pursued one thief down Dedham Street and the other toward Albany Street before disappearing on Washington Street. Police hold a description and seek the suspects.
An unknown man of about 60 with black hair and mustache, French extraction, 170 pounds and medium height was found dead in the yard of 8 Osgood Street by Nicholas Dwyer. Police notified, body taken to Medical Examiner Thomas Durrell in Somerville for identification.
Channing S. Bullard of Cambridge, Harvard graduate and son of Willard A. Bullard, died while working as an ordinary laborer for the Pennsylvania railroad in a tunnel under the East River. He succumbed to the effects of compressed air after long exposure, joining many subway workers in that fate.
A 28 year old Boston native and Harvard Medical School graduate, Bullard, who had wandered the country and worked as a life insurance solicitor, died after one day in a tunnel. He collapsed after leaving the compressed air shaft and died from brain concussion or the bends.
Officials refuse to release names of injured passengers after the Washington Junction crash. Six passengers rode the car. three reported injuries and were sent home by carriage. Service on elevated lines was halted until shortly after 10 PM with alternate routings before through service was restored.
A high speed derailment on the elevated near Washington street left 75 passengers trapped in the smoker car while guards kept them inside. Fire and police aided by tower operators worked to free ten trapped men as power was cut and the line shut down for hours.
A Boston train narrowly avoided catastrophe when a rear car derailed after a high speed curve. The smoker toppled onto a tower, then swung back and stopped. 85 passengers were aboard the four-car train from Beach Street to Dudley Street. Motorman reportedly failed to see the rear car’s derailment and shut off power after the pullback.
Under Superintendent Snow the wrecking train arrived quickly and 50 men cleared debris from the car. Washington street was closed east side to prevent injuries from falling timbers as no trains ran along the Atlantic avenue circuit. Workers spent the night placing a new truck under the car after it left the track and struck the tower. Sparks from the third rail caused minor burns among onlookers.
Eye witnesses recount a wreck beneath an elevated structure as a Knights of Columbus troupe member and another man from The Wonderful Land of Man recounted thunderbolt like noises sparks and a near derailment. A confectionery patron described the car and signals tower crash and aid efforts with a woman fainting.
A special recess committee on insurance submitted a report to the Legislature detailing reforms. It suggests savings banks insurance, over the counter policy access, a new mortality table, annual dividend distribution, and a standard form of policy. It also commends Insurance Commissioner Cutting and forbids political contributions from insurance companies.
Citizens group presses for lower rates and better service as the State House hearing on a five cent toll seeks to reduce a ten cent three minute call. Residents from Jamaica Plain Cambridge Quincy and West Roxbury push for equitable rates and expanded service while the New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. defends current pricing and scope.
Crowds pack Morris Murch and Butler at 97 and 99 Summer Street for the annual furniture clearance. They offer unsold fall stock marked down to make room for spring patterns, a rare yearly opportunity for fine furniture at low prices.
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