Quincy Forest Fire Threatens Quincy Point Area
A forest fire in Weymouth woods started by youths with fireworks spread quickly through the underbrush near Newcomb square. Five hours of fighting involved hundreds of men and boys with shovels, rakes, and hoes to control the blaze and prevent spread to the Quincy Point area. A rekindled blaze later required 1000 feet of hose to drown it.
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Quincy
Weymouth
Newcomb Square
Quincy Point
Box 173
Policeman Attacked During Arrest at East Dedham Corner
Reserve Officer T M Kelliher of East Dedham station was attacked by a large crowd at Harrison avenue and East Newton streets while arresting Mary Dunn for drunkenness. Patrolman Norman Garland arrived and likely prevented severe injuries.
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T. M. Kelliher
Dedham Street
Harrison Avenue
East Newton Streets
Mary Dunn
Norman Garland
Kelliher
Whales Foiled By Sunlight Sailors Off Boston Harbor
Captain Crowley aboard the British bark Sunlight shot at a large school of whales in Massachusetts Bay near Boston. About a score of leviathans, many around 50 feet, swam near the vessel but none were killed. The crew enjoyed the heat relief and the unusual hunt held just off the lightship.
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Captain Crowley
Sunlight
San Domingo
Massachusetts Bay
Boston
Post
Crowley
Who Left the Wig Behind in City Hall Mystery
Police at City Hall Avenue Station investigate a clothing mystery after finding women garments and a man's white shirt sleeve in the doorway of 155 Franklin Street at 11 15 Wednesday night. The items include a blonde wig a white petticoat lace a yellow silk skirt corsets and pearl earrings. Captain Sullivan suggests a young man may have masqueraded as a woman earlier in the evening.
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City Hall Avenue
Franklin Street
Sullivan
Suit for Alienation of Affections Filed in Cambridge
A $15,000 suit against George L. Gray a Plymouth businessman has been filed in Cambridge. Gray says he knows none of the prosecuting parties. he was surprised after Deputy Sheriff J L Collingwood acted for Cornelius J Wilson of Newton in the alienation case.
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Plymouth
George L. Gray
Cambridge
Mr. Gray
J. L. Collingwood
Cornelius J. Wilson
Newton
Rhode Island Society of the Cincinnati Adopts Ship monument Resolutions
Resolutions opposing the destruction of the old warship Constitution were adopted urging Navy Secretary to retain the vessel as a Narragansett Bay monument. Asa Bird Gardiner was elected president with George W. Olney as vice president and Charles L. F. Robinson as secretary, General Hazzard Stevens as treasurer.
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Newport
R. I
Constellation
Pierce Receives Salary Increase as Town Police Chief
Superintendent of Police William H. Pierce gets a $500 raise effective July 1 from Police Commissioner Stephen O'Meara, bringing his annual pay to $5000 the maximum allowed by law for a police superintendent.
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William H. Pierce
Stephen O'Meara
Roxbury man injured after fall from streetcar
Timothy McCarthy aged 58 of 180 Hampden Street Roxbury is at City Hospital with a fractured skull after falling from an out ward bound Neponset car in front of 168 Hampden Street yesterday. He was taken to hospital for treatment.
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Timothy McCarthy
Hampden Street
Roxbury
McCarthy
Irish Clubs Celebrate Independence Day in Dorchester
Irish societies in Neponset Dorchester joined in a Independence Day program at Kelleher's Hall featuring Ancient Order of Hibernians Clan Na Gael Irish National Foresters and Massachusetts Catholic Order of Foresters. Morning sports included a Division of AOH vs Foresters football game won by AOH and a tug of war where Alley Larkin O'Brien Club defeated Catholic Foresters. An afternoon literary and musical program drew several hundred attendees.
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Ancient Order of Hibernians
Clan Na Gael
Irish National Foresters
Massachusetts
Foresters
Kelleher
Order of Hibernians
Alley
Larkin and
O’brien
Order of Foresters
Elevator tragedy claims laborer at Filene building site
Antonio Santosuis 30 of 21 Moon Street North End was fatally crushed by an elevator in the Filene building at Washington and Summer. Employed as a laborer, he was on the fourth floor with a partner who left before 7 am. The partner returned to find Santosuis dead, his head caught between the elevator and the wall.
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Antonio Santosuis
Moon Street
Filene
Washington and
Summer Streets
Santosuis
Memphis Pleasure Steamer Mattie Couch Capsizes
Memphis Boat Turns Turtle as Mattie Couch, a pleasure steamer between Memphis and the Arkansas shore, capsizes mid stream while outbound with numerous passengers. No drownings reported though several people had thrilling rescues.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mattie Couch
Arkansas
Mississippi River
Timber split in grand stand at Quincy near collapse
A beam in the reviewing stand at Quincy split and caused a sag of several inches. An official’s warning averted a collapse that could have harmed thousands. Hundreds of guests were ordered out, though they did not know the danger at the time.
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Quincy
Premier Borden Is Royally Welcomed In London
Canadian premier Robert L. Borden and his ministers arrived in London with Lord Strathcona receiving a cordial welcome from many Canadians. The group included J. D. Hazen Minister of Marine C J Poberty Minister of Justice and Ju P Pelletier postmaster general.
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London
Robert L. Borden
J. D. Hazen
C. J. Poberty
Ju P. Pelletier
Lord Strathcona
Worcester Youth Injured in Common Race Collision
William Barrett aged 18 of 22 Edgeworth Street Worcester received treatment at Relief Hospital yesterday for a deep cut on his left arm after colliding with an iron post during a running race at the Common.
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William Barrett
Edgeworth Street
Worcester
Relief Hospital
Barrett
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Kuppenheimer
Emedy
Fexcello
Summer Street
School OF Whales
Pierce
Neponset
Dorchester
Man
Borden
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