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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1916
Page
7
A major blaze in Bergen, Norway destroys about a third of the city. No fatalities reported, but 2000 residents are homeless. Damage is estimated at 15 million dollars. The fire灾 occurred early last night, impacting Trondheim nearby seaport economy.
A massive fire in Bergen devastates the business portion of the city including hotels banks and newspaper offices. Firefighting efforts fail to stem the blaze and several storage houses with country provisions burn. No lives were reported lost though 2000 people lost homes as authorities detonated structures to halt spread.
Bergen, a historic Norwegian port 10 miles northwest of Christiania, handles a large share of foreign trade through its bay and fleets of vessels from northern fisheries. The timber town has burned before in 1702 and 1855, with fire-safeguards in open streets, while landmarks include the National Museum public library Cathedral and a marine biological station.
A cantilever bridge across Boston Harbor from Adams square to Maverick square East Boston is proposed in a bill by Representative Thomas J. Giblin. The project would cost about 5 million dollars and aim to relieve traffic between Boston and East Boston and connect Boston with Beverly Salem Gloucester and the north shore.
Advertises Hakka Cream Surest as safe and pleasant for grippe colds with 200 doses priced at 50 cents. Mentions Druggiste or Hakka Chemical Co located at Grove Hall Station in Boston Massachusetts.
St Paul fans protest the Phillies handling of shortstop Jack Martin's move to Milwaukee. They were told he would be returned if not kept by Moran, and now seek a firm commitment. Officials say a deal with Milwaukee may be the best outcome possible.
Mary Burns four years old died after her clothes caught fire at home on Plymouth Street Cambridge while her mother attended church. The child and her sister Dorothy, six, had climbed to a pantry shelf to play with matches and Mary was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital where she died in the afternoon.
Two men passing by heard the girl scream and rushed to help. J Fitzgerald of 13 Secker Street leaped the fence and carried the girl from the flames with burned arms while John Keohane of Bristol Street wrapped his overcoat around her and moved her to the adjacent drug store run by A W Combs.
Donald Evans, poet and new member of the Society for Promoting Christian Thought in Philadelphia, says he will enter the Episcopal ministry to oppose Billy Sunday type revivalism. He praises Sunday personally but condemns sensational methods as dangerous and urges dignified preaching.
Members of the Margaret Sanger Defence League adopted resolutions backing Mrs Margaret Sanger in her birth control advocacy. The resolutions urged repeal of the criminal law and were sent to Mrs Sanger and the judge assigned to her New York trial set for tomorrow.
Margaret Sanger, a maternity nurse and reformer, faces a federal trial in New York for alleged use of the mails to advocate birth control. She argues the law binds women in bondage, citing global support and her aim to advance poor women's emancipation. The case follows her 1914 birth control activities and a year abroad gathering material for her defense.
David Foley head of economics at English High School told the Common Cause Society that socialism is the first cousin to anarchism while speaking on The Catholic Church and the Labor Problem.
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