Electric car near-miss at Revere crossing prompts safety push
The Post reports a near catastrophe at the Winthrop Avenue crossing of the Eastern railroad in Revere. A 9:37 Boston Lynn electric car struck gates, halted on the steam track as an express from Portland approached. Passengers fled. knots of onlookers watched. Rail officials promise investigation and safety upgrades, noting the crossing remains hazardous and frogs are to be installed system-wide.
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Th Eastern Railroad
Revere
Boston & Lyr, Street Railway
Beachmon
Steal
Portland
Cando
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Ralph Jack
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Electric Road
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C. E. Forster
Forster
Chelsea
Mr. Forster
Somerville Break Enters McNamara Store on Dane Street
Thieves broke into grocery and provision shop of Thomas F McNamara on Dane street between 1 and 2 am. They escaped with 17 dollars in cash and cigars and tobacco valued at 7 dollars after entering by a window and unlocking a panel door. They stayed for lunch and drank tonic before slipping out the window.
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Somerville
Thomas F. McNamara
Dane Street
Malden Man Augustus H Hillers Dies Suddenly at Armory
Augustus H Hillers of Malden died suddenly last evening at the armory while with the Boston Lancers. A corporal of the Boston Lancers, he had eight years with the Malden fire department and captained the sak and ladder truck No 1 for one year. He was 40, born in Boston, and left a son and adopted child. A carriage painter by trade, he worked for A B Palmer, Malden carriage manufacturer.
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Malden
Armory
Boston Lancers
Boson
Boston Lairs
Boston
Rade
A. B. Palmer
Lightning Strikes TTLEBORO Workers in Industry Accidents
Four persons escaped serious injury when two belts fell at a TTLEBORO workplace on July 3. Miss Hattie McDonald a bookkeeper Fred Wetherell of C J Wetherell & Co bank street Fred Lawton and Lawrence F Lannigan were nearby when the first bolt struck a tall elm at the market corner and felled those within a yard or two. The second bolt crippled telephone service and destroyed twenty three machines.
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Ttleboro
Hattie McDonald
Fred Wetherell
C.J. Wetherell & Co
Bankstreet
Fred Lawton
Lawrence F. Lannigan
Wetherell
Cant Kill Feeney Narrow Escape in South Framingham
James Feeney of Saxonville, an employee of Gregory Shaw Co., narrowly escaped death when struck by the Albany express westbound as it passed South Framingham at 7 51. The pilot threw him onto the platform, he rose and walked to the baggage room. Doctors treated him for cuts to his face and head, and he was taken to Framingham Hospital.
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South Framingham
James Feeney
Saxonville
Gregory, Shaw & Co
Albany Express
Framingham Hospital
Prendergast Found Not Insane in Harrison Murder
Chicago July 3. Jury verdict holds Patrick Eugene Prendergast sane and responsible for Carter Harrison’s murder. If no legal delay, the assassin will be hanged July 18.
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Chicago
Louisville’s Big Fire Destroys Stratton & Terstegge Warehouse
In Louisville Kentucky last night a fire gutted the Stratton and Terstegge warehouse. The building stored stoves and tinsmiths’ furnishings. Loss is estimated at 110000 with 78600 covered by insurance.
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Louisville
Stratton & Terstegge
Taunton Fire Damages Drill Works in July Blaze
A Taunton blaze destroyed part of a combined brick and wooden building housing the Taunton Twist Drill Company and Hewitt Shoe Company. Loss is estimated between 2000 and 5000 dollars with heavy damage to the drill works.
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Taunton
Taunton Twist Drill Company
Hewitt Shoe Company
Senate Approves Tariff Bill With Free Wool
The Senate passed the tariff measure amid debates on wool duties and the free list. Key votes saw Sherman push 30 percent ad valorem on wool, Hoar supporting protections, and discussions on income tax exemptions for presidents and judges. Aug 1 effective date set with further adjustments on leather, sawed boards and barbed wire.
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Yeas
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Allen
Hill
Irby
Kyle
Mills
Peffer
Million WER May Be Called Out to Help the Boycott
In Chicago the chance of a great strike is framed as a million men ready to leave work to back the boycott. United Labor forces, with Debs leading, pledge support. most national labor groups back the American Railway Union. Debs questions the court injunction while urging nonviolence. Rock Island cabmen express sympathy.
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American Railway Union
Debs
United States
Phelan
Cincinnati
Rock Island
Isle of Pageantry Heralds East Boston Fourth Celebration
East Boston prepares a grand Fourth of July revival after eleven years without the grotesque parade. A living pictures and freaks procession will march from Central Square at six, winding along Meridian London Sumner Lewis Webster Belmont Maverick White Marion Lexington Brooks Saratoga and Moore streets before returning for a marshal review.
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Orient Heights
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Border Street
Robbins’s Wharf
Saratoga Street
Porter Street
The
Meridian Street
London
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Lewis Street
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Putnam Square
Trenton Street
Marion
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Bennington
Princeton Street
Strikes and Fires Halt Rail Traffic Across Midwest
Strikes and firemen at Port Huron have shut engines of the Chicago and Grand Trunk, paralyzing Lake traffic. Troops ordered to Raton New Mexico and Trinidad Colorado have not replied. No grain market in Chicago and St Louis. Troops guard the Eastern Illinois yard at Danville. Thirty two Western roads notify Pennsylvania they will not receive freight.
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Chicago & Grand Trunk Railway
Raton
N. M
Trinidad
Col
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St. Louis
Illinois
Danville
Pennsylvania
All but One National Labor Unions Pledge to Support Rail Strike
CHICAGO July 3 The American Railway Union hosts committees from many trades to gain credentials for possible strikes. Officials say a general strike could mobilize over a million workers when ordered. Debs denounces sensational reports inciting violence and urges restraint while unions hold back. Outsiders seek newsboy boycotts to block objectionable papers.
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American Railway Union
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Stanacers
Debs
Union
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