Six Killed and Dozens Injured in Park Avenue Explosion
A massive blast at a Park Avenue tunnel shaft near East 41st Street collapsed sections of Murray Hill Hotel and Grand Union, injuring about 100. officials arrested contractor Ira A. Shaler and others as possible homicide suspects. Debris wrecked multiple buildings, with hospitals and fire units scrambling to treat victims as authorities probe the blast’s cause and scale of damage.
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Nelson
B. C
Murray Hill
Canada
British Columbia Gold Fields Company, Limited
Madison Avenue
Park Avenue
East Forty-first Street
Rapid Transit
Manhattan
Grand Central
Grand Central Station
N. Y
N. H. & H. Railroad
A. T. Turner
Shepard
Vanderbilt Avenue
Forty-second Street
Jerome
Ira A. Shaler
John Bracken
Martin McGrath
William Barclay Parsons
Rapid Transit Commission
Shaler
Grand Union Hotel
Manhattan Hospital
Onty-First Street
Grand Central Tunnel
George F. Ross
Rth
Syghey
Hook and Ladder Company 7
Twenty-eighth Street
Donohue
Ross
Thirty-eighth Street
Forty-first Street
Hamilton Jones
West Sixtyninth Street
Cafe An
Fortyfirst Street
Grand Union
Fortieth Street
James P. Shea
Springfield
Mass
James McKenzie
Boston
Shea
J. Jefferson Stanton
Orange
A. E. Sheedy
St. Anes’s
East Fortythird Street
Smith
Robinson
Andrew Murray
Murray
Jerome Court Clash Over Explosion Suspects
In New York on January 27 a clash erupted in court between District Attorney Jerome and Coroner Goldenkranz over the tun nel explosion case. After a patrolman affidavit, the coroner empanelled a jury and discharged the three prisoners Shaler Bracken and McGrath despite Jerome objections.
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New York
Jerome
Goroner Golddenkranz
Shaler
Bracken
McGrath
Mgr. Jerome
Goldenkranz
Democrats Reject Democratic Bills in State House Clash
Democrats in the Legislature form a five member committee to draft a nonpartisan platform based on Josiah Quincy’s ideas. They plan to abandon party labels on measures and support nonpartisan legislation, citing recent liberal laws as examples of cross party support.
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Josiah Quincy
Beacon Hill
State House
Quincy
Roads
Marblehead
McNary
Boston
Dean
Wakefield
Colthurst
House
Brookline
Henry Cabot Lodge
Representative Dean
Beatty
Tom’ Pedrick
Dean of
Post
Rpublicans
Dean of Wakefield
Schofield
Executive Council
Boston Harbor
Boston Common Council
Kilroy Held for Murder in Bridget Kilroy Case
Kilroy, oldest son of Michael Kilroy, held without bail for the murder of his wife Bridget Kilroy on Marion Street. Four youngest children taken by St. Vincent Society. Frank Kilroy testified at trial. Children found at Mrs. James A. Quinn’s house. who spent the day with a neighbor. All children healthy and expected to be adopted.
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Kilroy
Bridget
Marion Street
St. Vincent Society
Frank Kilroy
Michael Kilroy
Marer
Society
James A. Quinn
Michael J. Kilroy
St. Vincent de Paul Society
Milbank to Wed Miss Robbins in Emmanuel Church
New York society figure Albert G Milbank attends a pre wedding dinner for Miss Marjorie Robbins daughter of Royal E Robbins of Commonwealth avenue. The wedding is set for high noon at Emmanuel Church with Rev Dr Huntington of Grace Church officiating.
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Albert G. Milbank
New York
Marjorie Robbins
Royal E. Robbins
Commonwealth Avenue
Somerset
Boston
Dr. Huntington
Grace Church
Madelaine Stuart
Explosion Injury At Shanty Prompts Hospital Stay
Moses Ephs, a power man in charge of the shanty, was burned and shocked after a candle lit a fire near 18 boxes of dynamite cartridges. He alerted others, tried to douse the blaze, then the explosion occurred. He is under guard at Flower Hospital this evening.
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New York
Moses “Phs
Flower Hospital
Ephs
Coroner's inquest leads to high bail amid frayed tensions
Magistrate ordered the men to be rearrested and held without bail initially. Jerome protested as the coroner raised bail to ten thousand dollars each. A melee erupted with John Murray struck by a coroner's clerk and then beaten by district attorney detectives. The parties arrested themselves, but later charges were dropped for the moment.
Mayor Low to ask about explosives handling by subcontractors
Mayor Low announced he would write to Alexander E. Orr president of the Rapid Transit Commission and other commissioners requesting that General Contractor John B. McDonald determine from subcontractors how explosives are stored and handled. He warned familiarity may breed contempt and contractor carelessness could have led to the accident.
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New York
Low
Alexander E. Orr
The
Rapid Transit Commission
John B. McDonald
Whist Club hosts trophy event on Tremnet Street
Last night at the American Whist Club on Tremnet Street a trophy event named the cow-5 trophy featured four teams. American led with plus 8, followed by Bogton Duplicate and Newton at plus 3, Mas sachusetts with minus 2, and Prospect at minus 1.
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American
Bogton
Newton
Masachusetts
Pyings
Prospect
Milnus
Blizzard worsens in Sault Ste Marie with ferry suspension
The Jan 27 blizzard in Sault Ste Marie Michigan worsened after noon with heavy drifting and widespread train delays. For the first time this winter the car ferries cannot cross the Straits of Mackinaw, halting the Mackinac passage.
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Sault Str. Marie
Mich
Straits of Mackinaw
Smallpox traced to steamer Anglian outbreak
In Parliament Walter Long said cases traced to the Anglian from Boston. London port medical officers will inspect all vessels from Boston and New York where smallpox prevalence was reported.
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London
House of Commons
Walter Long
Anglian
Boston
New York
Waterworks deficit blamed on Ex-superintendent Reis
The Weymouth waterworks funds deficit was reported at 6,164.64 dollars at a special meeting. Ex-superintendent Reis, now confined in the state prison, was cited as responsible for the deficit.
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Weymouth
Reis
Dr Lachlan Tyler Dead at 27 From Appendicitis
New York on January 27 reports Dr Lachlan Tyler son of John Tyler the 10th president and brother to William and Mary College president died of appendicitis.
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New York
Lachlan Tyler
John Tyler
United States
William and Mary College
Gerrish Gifts 400 Books to Harvard Union
J. B. Gerrish, aged 71, presented Harvard Union with a gift of 400 books. The collection includes works by Chaucer Scott Dryden Ben Jonson Swift and Milton. The donation expands the library’s literary holdings and honors the donor.
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J. B. Gerrish
Harvard Union
Chaucer, Scott, Dryden
Ben Jonson
Swift
Milton
North Pole expedition survivor dies in Huntington
Henry James Derbyshire, aged 70, the last English survivor who joined Captain Hall on early North Pole expeditions, died in Huntington West Virginia. He was widely known for his polar explorations.
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Halimax
John Croft
Minacke Lake
Lunenburg County
Saco. ME
York County
Supreme Court
Huntington
W. VA
Henry James Derbyshire
Captain Hall
North Pole
New York
Edward Kern
Paul G. Theland
Clave Anenty
Pope Meets Former New York Officials in Audience
In Rome on January 27 the Pope received Eugene A. Philbin former district attorney of New York County and John M. Farley auxiliary bishop of New York in audience.
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Rome
Eugene A. Philbin
New York County
John M. Farley
Newark
Military Ball in South Boston Draws 200 Couples
Bethesda Hall hosted the Major M. J. O'Connor No. 4 Legion of Spanish War Veterans third annual military ball. Grand march led by Major George F. H. Murray and Mrs. Murray, with 200 couples participating. Thomas F. Sullivan directed the tour, assisted by James A. Cully.
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Bethesda Hall
Boston
M. J. O’connor
George F. H. Murray
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Iselin
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Thomas B. O'Brien
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York
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American Whisters
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