One Hundred and No Bodies Recovered in River Disaster
North River fatalities list grows with every hour as rescue teams work along Hoboken and Jersey City docks. Surviving crews from the Saale and related ships are being cared for, with tugboat captains under investigation for alleged refusals to rescue.
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New York
North River
Hoboken
Jersey City
York
Saale
O'Donnell
Hoffman’s
North German
Lloyd Line
Germany
Rescue and Fire Victims of Bremen and Main Disaster
Rescue efforts continued as the Bremen and Main lay burning in harbor waters. Firefighting crews report about 100 barrels of oil and numerous cotton bales removed from the Bremen hold while life boats hang intact but evaded salvage. Captain Wolcott recounted narrowly escaping as the Main approached, aiding imprisoned sailors through Bremen port holes. Unclaimed dead to be buried in a public funeral, with authorities pursuing suspected looters and arresting several tugboat captains under surveillance.
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Hoboken
Valencia Boat Club
Converse
Hudson County
New Jersey
Hoffman
Mary Cordess
Bremen
Weehawken
Jersey Flats
Dwyer
Saale
North German Lloyd Company
Germany
Schwab
Lloyd Line
Cunard
Wolcott
Wreckisi
Sc. P Merritt
Helfer
Hoboken Health Board
Moeler
North German
Lloyd Steamship Company
Fagan
Hoboken Fire Claims Dozen Lives In Tenement Blaze
A Hoboken fire swept a crowded three story tenement at 127 to 131 Adams Street this morning, killing twelve and leaving many missing. The building housed about twenty five families with two apartments per floor, and burned tinder dry as residents cried for missing loved ones.
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New York
Adamis Street
Fire Aboard Helene Off Thames Sudden Blaze From Naphtha
A German ship Helene from New York caught fire in her main hold while discharging naphtha at the Thames speres. Three crew members are missing and three others are severely burned with the blaze spreading through the hold.
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London
Helene
New_York
Thames Speres
Gendine
Death by Suicide Shocks Malden Community
Reports say the death of a well known Malden youth is linked to a self inflicted poisoning. The tragedy is attributed to heartbreak and emotional distress affecting the town’s social circle and families.
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Ckleness
Malden
Cambridge 12th Washington Anniversary Observed Quietly
Cuban visitors see American patriotism unfold in Cambridge as they mark Washingtons command anniversary with brass bands fireworks and decorations. The Burnside ferry delivered 117 teachers 67 women aboard then sailed to New York while authorities defend locals against extortion claims and report on captain's misconduct and crew discipline.
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Mbp Eee
Cambridge
Washington
New England
Burnside
Navy Yard
Twentieth Century Club of
Charles, Weil
Edith
Samuel M. Crothers
Boston
School Committee Chooses Fenway Land Site for Normal School
The committee met to decide between two proposed sites for a new normal school. The majority recommends the Fenway Land Company site at Hemenway Bryant and Fenway streets, while the Gainsboro Batavia Hemenway option is rejected for cost and land concerns. Critics allege possible deal framing. votes show strong opposition to the chosen site.
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Normal School
Fenway Land Company
Hemenway
Fenway and
Bryant
Gainsboro
Batavia
Anderson
Roxbury Way
Aldrich
Kenny
Allen
Baldwin
Bulger
Burrill
Calderwood
Campbell
Coolidge
Courtney
Fifield
Nichols
Strange
Abraham
Berridge
Cushing
Davisof
Keller
McDonough
Merritt
Allivan
Brett
McDonald
Why He Struck the Captain
Alexis B. Frye, Cuba superintendent of public instruction, told a Post reporter two motives for striking Captain McHarg. He said self defense was first, second to improve conditions for the teachers aboard the transport at Matanzas where 40 women teachers had arrived ill with seasickness. Frye described approaching the women and the captain’s handling of the situation. He recounted seating the teachers at Mytro facilities and the ensuing dispute.
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Eureen
Cesar
Carey
Vere
Frye
Post
Cuba
McHarg
Alexis B
Esterday
Sedgwick
Maensas
Matanzas
Bedgwick
Mytro O
School board urges $1 million city appropriation for schools
The school committee, following Governor Crane's veto of a bill to fund new schoolhouses, unanimously asks the City Council to provide no less than $1,000,000 to pay for lands already taken, complete and furnish buildings under construction, and expand urgently needed accommodations. The superintendent appointment and two vacancies on the school supervisors board were not discussed.
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Normal School
Crane
George H. Martin
Sarah L. Arnold
Astor Provokes Talk With Pall Mall Gazette Paragraph
The Pall Mall Gazette reports Captain Sir Berkeley Milne was uninvited from Mr. Astor’s concert last Thursday. Milne, a distinguished naval officer and former commander of the Osborne, may pursue action over the implied slight.
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London
William Waldorf Astor
Pall Mall
Berkeley Milne
Naval and
Piccadilly
Astor
Milne
Osborne
Es Astor
Cinilne
Mitine
Hon A R Dickey Dead in Halifax Dominion Memoir
Hon A R Dickey dies in Halifax after a long tenure as interim justice in the Dominion of Space government. The report notes his service and the suddenness of the afternoon passing.
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Halifax
A. Dickey
Dominion of Space
Albany Debate Over Lease and Ice Bill Reports
The Albany session hears no vote on the Boston and Albany lease while debate on the 6-cent ice bill advances. The joint judiciary panel reports the Borofsky ice bill unanimously, favoring penalties for ice dealers refusing 6-cent sales. Senate moves to engross tobacco Sunday sale rules, adjournment set for 1:30 am Thursday.
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Borofsky
Joint Committee On Judiciary
Senate
Dorchester Tragedy Involving Heavy Wagon Causes Manslaughter Charge
Three year old Viola McPherson of 23 Faulkner Street Dorchester died after a heavily loaded oats wagon struck her on Adams Street near Field's Corner. Thomas Forrest 19 and John Crowley intoxicated were held on manslaughter charges. the team owner is Forrest's father a Quincy grain dealer. Witnesses say bystanders urged the men to stop but they tried to drive away once the injury occurred. L. Nackersey helped restrain the horse until police arrived for arrest and the Thursday hearing was scheduled.
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Nellie
Fisher
Cordis Street
Charlestown
Thas
Malden
Hidridge Waltz
Auburn Street
Vaughan's
Miss Fisher
Viola
Daniel V. McPherson
Faulkner Street
Dorchester
Thomas Forrest
John Crowley
Forrest
Crowley
Quincy
Neponset Avenue
Adams Street
Dorchester Avenue
Field's Corner
Mary Forrestall
L. Nackersey
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