Three Killed In Acetylene Explosion At Curtis Farm
A blast in the Curtis home cellar during an acetylene gas test killed three people and left several others seriously burned. Curtis saved two sleeping children by tossing them through a shattered window before perishing in the flames. The cause remains under investigation as debris fire spread across the farm in Granite State.
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Concord Hospital
Curtis
Pearl Chase
Alice Flanders
Agent Ifill
Ikely Curtis
Hill
Curtis Boy
Granite State
Curtis Farm
Albert Westthacher
Edna Frost
Laura Sargent
Doran Sargent
Adeline Chase
Hooksett
Knight
Concord
Seymour
Little Falls
M. Y
New Jersey
Seymour Farm Explosion Tragedy Claims Several Lives
Neighbors aided a dying Seymour girl and rescued Hill and Arthur Curtis Jr as a blaze engulfed a farm. Curtis family residents and boarders perished or were severely burned. Sheriff and physicians aided victims. a Knight baby also died. Investigators probe a acetylene lamp blast blamed on carbide and water reaction.
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Seymour
Hill
Arthur Curtés, Jr
Sanders
B. L. Freeman
Sunnycook
Agnes Knight
War cabinet talk centers on Weeks Edwards in line for favor
A friend of former Massachusetts Senator Weeks argues he could become Secretary of the Navy or War. General Edwards is favored and likely to be returned to the administration’s good graces. Congress debates promotions and retirements, with bids to revive lieutenant general ranks for Bullard Liggett and March.
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Massachusetts
John Weeks
Navy
Senate
Harding
Wood
Weeks
Edwards
Todge
Baker
Bullard
Liggett
March
Congress
General Liggett
Wilson
Washburn
Burrell
Warner
Mr. Fuller
Rushes Up to Ex Sheriff Then Tries to Kill Him
An unidentified man pushed toward former Mingo County sheriff G. T. Blankenship in Bluefield and fired. Blankenship deflected the shot, striking the assailant's arm. the gun discharged but the former officer was unharmed aside from a facial cut from the barrel.
A F L In Move To Fight Its Foes
The article describes A F L opposition to anti union actions including wage cuts anti-strike laws compulsory arbitration and labor injunctions. It notes labor will expose pretenses of profiteering opponents and proposes vigorous action and a possible offensive in response to publicity efforts.
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A. F. OF L
Trade Unichm
Washburns Defense of Deposits as Lawyer Emerges
Former state official Robert M. Washburn releases a detailed statement defending his role in securing deposits for Mattapan National Bank and two other banks. He says he acted as a lawyer and earned customary fees, not as a broker, and asserts ministers of ethics while naming political opponents as implicated.
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Robert M. Washburn
Washburn
Mattapan National Bank
Burrell
Mattapan National
Fuller
Sanders
Landers
Muller
William R. Landers
Tie
Fred J. Burrell
Boston
Calvin Coolidge
Elmer L. Curtiss
R. M. Washburn
State Street
Mass
Trust Company
Fire destroys historic church and stained glass memorials
A large wooden church built in 1868 burned completely after 9 pm as flames spread from a rear chapel through the main auditorium. Firemen faced extreme heat and roof explosions while a ladderman was injured. the altar, communion set, and World War I tablet were atop the lost items.
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Washington Street
Sexton Outhet
Ile
Henry Sullivan
Sullivan
Silas Whitman Anthony
Anthony
Frederick S. Wardwell Dies at 61 in Stamford
Frederick S. Wardwell of Stamford Conn an engineer and contractor died in a local hospital from pneumonia He was born in Bucksport Me sixty one years ago Wardwell built the street railway system at Duluth docks at Coney Island and in this state including metal plants
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F. S. Wardwell
Stamford
Conn
Frederick S. Wardwell
Bucksport
Atreat
Duluth
Minn
Coney Island
Landmark Burned At Gardner Homestead In New England
The old Gardner homestead on Gardner's Neck road in South Swansea was destroyed by fire early this morning despite efforts to save the building. The Colonial antiques inside were completely lost.
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Swansea
Gardner
Gardner's Neck Road
New England
Fall River
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Charleston
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