Deaths and Injuries From Autos Reported by Police Chief
In a governor's annual report Police Commissioner O'Meara notes 45 people killed and 852 injured by autos. He cites no fatal accident caused by street congestion. First five districts show nine deaths. Roxbury Dudley district records ten. Dorchester seven. East Boston six.
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O'Meara
North Station
Roxbury
Charles Street
Columbus Avenue
Harbor Front
Dudley Street
Dorchester
Boston
Fatal vehicle deaths rise with 45 in 1915 report
The report details 45 auto related deaths including 40 in streets and five in motor cars, with 22 in private passenger cars and 18 in trucks. Roadway deaths split mostly among ages 10 to 16 and 60 to 75, and prosecutions for automobile law rose to 4172 in 1915 from 3829 in 1914. Totals show 88,762 arrests in 1915, down from 89,205, with drunkenness arrests at 67,811 and non residents at 44.18 percent.
Malden Fires Prompt State Inquiry Into Origins
Chief George H. Butler of the Malden fire department will request the State police investigate two fires that hit Malden last night. One, at a factory corner Essex and Ferry streets owned by Klayman Bros. & Co., caused about 15000 in damage and was deemed suspicious. The other fire at 252 Cross street, Samuel Track home, involved four separate blazes with about 1000 loss.
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George H. Butler
Malden
Essex and
Ferry Streets
Klayman Bros. & Co
Butler
Samuel Track
Cross Street
Dirt Streetitis Blamed For Grips And Pneumonia
George P. Gallup, president of the Pil grim Publicity Association, calls grip and similar diseases “Dirtystreetitis” and says the four streets are to blame. He urges cleaning streets to reduce dust and germs.
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George P. Gallup
Pilgrim Publicity Association
Mr. Gallup
Free Pew Fund Created in Brookline Church
Mrs Sarah R E M Guild of Brookline by will filed in Dedham Court leaves seven shares of Brookline Trust Co stock to provide free pews for First Parish Unitarian Church Brookline parishioners. Income may also fund other pastor approved church needs.
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Sarah RE. M. Guild
Brookline
Dedham Court
Brookline Trust Company
First Parish Unitarian Church
Quincy Plans For New Schoolhouses In City Build
Quincy city government must draft new plans for two new schoolhouses costing over 200000 dollars. Original plans were condemned by the State police due to missing proper exits, requiring replacement plans approved by the council and authorities.
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Quincy
Portrait Completed in 6 Hours Wins Attention
A 19 year old artist, John Ferris Connah, painted a finished portrait in just over six hours from a bare canvas. The work highlighted opening day at the Art League of Boston on Boylston Street drawing crowded gallery attention alongside other exhibits. He is the son of teacher Douglas John Connah at the New School of Art.
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John Ferris Connah
Art League of Boston
Boylston Street
Galleres
Douglass John Connah
New School of Art
Embargo Debate at Economic Club Dinner
Dr. Morton Prince urged a U S embargo on arms and war supplies before the Economic Club at Brockton as professors Hart and Crothers listened. He said several bills target embargo measures and warned the public misreads the threat to relations with England and allies.
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Dr. Prince
United States
America
Germany
Brockton
Morton Prince
Economic Club
Albert Bushnell Hart
Samuel N. Crothers
Prince
Congress
England
Petition seeks legislative inquiry of Tremont Trust and other banks
A petition filed with the House clerk requests a legislative inquiry into the Tremont Trust Company and other trust firms. Petitioners are Thomas J. Giblin and Frank Smith. Other bills propose city borrowing, railway leases, a grade crossing commission, and electrification of the New Haven line.
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Tremont Trust Company
House of Reppresentatives
Thomas J. Giblin
Frank Smith
Fall River
Kay
Bay State Street Railway Company
New Bedford
Union Street Railway
Hathaway
Quincy
Bates
New Haven
Boston Terminal
Hyde Park
Fire drives families out of Watertown tenement
A three family house at 42 William Street Watertown was set ablaze shortly after midnight when an overheated oil stove sparked a fire in the attic room of the tenement occupied by Mr and Mrs James Klayman. Families fled in nightclothes as flames drove them to the street.
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William Street
Watertown
James Klayman
Attic Fire Awakens Tenant Women Escapes Smoke
Mrs Klayman woke in the attic room to dense smoke as her husband was away. She escaped into the hall and alerted the other tenants, arousing them to evacuate.
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Mrs. Klayman
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