Firemen Narrow Escape as Roof Collapses in Charlestown
Three Charlestown firemen barely escaped injury when a burning varnish factory roof at Arlington Avenue and Alford Street collapsed. The men Lieutenant Toomey, Ladderman Kelly, and Hoseman Griffin escaped unharmed as two varnish tanks exploded from the heat. Property damage estimated around $20,000.
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Charlestown
Burbank & Ryder
Arlington Avenue
Alford Street
Toomey
Chemical’9
Kelly
Griffin
Record Heat Wave Sparks Storm Across Boston Area
The city sweltered for a sixth day with a 90 degree plus heat as a storm drove rain along the Charles River. Lightning struck Cambridge University Flat and local homes, hail damaged hothouses in Everett, and chimney collapses were noted in several neighborhoods. Two deaths occurred in Lynn from heat, with numerous prostrations reported citywide.
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Charles River
Somerville
Charlestown
Malden
Everett
Mercury
Boston
Three Deaths and 33 Prostrations Reported in Boston Area
A list of deaths and prostrations shows numerous residents from Lynn Chelsea Charlestown Medford Malden and Boston area overcome or died at various locations including Relief Hospital City Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital. Names include Nellie A Maloney Joanna S Dobson Joseph Holland Mary Moore and many others with ages from 11 to 70 and addresses across the city. The report notes victims at stations streets and hospitals with several in Charlestown and East Boston.
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Kathrine Travers
Loring Street
South Boston
Court House
Pemberton Square
District Attorney's Office
District Attorney’s Office
Hew Psychopathic Hospital
Brookline
Albany
Atlantic City
Bismarck
Buffalo
Charleston
Chicago
Denver
Des Moines
Eastport
Galveston
Hatteras
Helena
Jacksonville
Kansas City
Montreal
Nantucket
New Orleans
New York
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Portland
Ore
San Francisco
San Diego
St. Louis
St. Paul
Nellie A. Maloney
Lynn
Joanna S. Dobson
Joseph Holland
Athens Street
South
Boston
James P. Hassett
Ash Street
Worcester
South Station
Relief Hospital
Marion Adams
Cary Avenue
Chelsea
Washington Street
William Griffith
Webster Avenue
Cambridge
Atlantic Avenue
Daniel Lynch
Joiner Street
Charlestown
Chelsea Street
Mary Moore
Thatcher Street
North End
Devonshire Street
John Hogan
Third Street
Medford
Board of Trade
Thomas Flynn
Paris Street
East Boston
Wood Island Park
Louis Jackson
Granville Avenue
Malden
Pleasant Street
John McDonald
Roxbury
Ferry Street
Alice Kirshaw
Summer Street
City Hospital
Joseph Simonds
Commercial Street
Harrison Avenue
Hugh O’brien
Clara Kennedy
Whitinsville
Notable Fatalities and Hospital Admits Reported Across Boston Area
A list of residents including Alice Slodidin Mary Whetters Nicholas Ritchie Catherine Travers William Coleman and James Boyd are reported as overcome at home or on city streets with accompanying hospital admissions at City Hospital Roxbury Crossing Malden Malden Hospital and the Back Bay yards. Incidents include a striking Boston Elevated conductor Elbridge Cook after a mass striker meeting in Malden square and multiple location references across South Boston Roxbury Chelsea Malden and Brookline.
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Alice Slodidin
Lowell Street
Relief Hospital
Mary Whetters
Ninth Street
South Boston
City Hospital
Nicholas Ritchie
Cambridge Street
Atherton Street
Roxbury City Hospital
Catherine Travers
Loring Street
Court House
New Psychopathic Hospital
Brookline
William Coleman
Fort Avenue
Roxbury
Roxbury Crossing City Hospital
Charles L. Rourke
Holland Street
Massachusetts Avenue
Huntington Avenue
James Boyd
West Newton Street
Carmel Street
Chelsea
Frost Hospital
Elbridge Cook
Mt. Vernon Street
Malden
Boston
Malden Square
Medford
Malden Hospital
Eldridge Cook
Elmer Caverly
Worcester Street
Back Bay City Yards
Placing Fault for Collision Newport July 8
Friction grows between New England Navigation officials and navy officers over the collision between the Fall River liner Commonwealth and battleship New Hampshire. Captain Appleby of the Commonwealth says the New Hampshire veered from her course with her stern in the steamer lane while he remained on his own path.
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Newport
New England Navigation Company
Navy
Fall River
Commonwealth
New Hampshire
Appleby
Rear Admiral Winslow Accepts Responsibility For New Hampshire Incident
Rear Admiral Winslow of the Atlantic fleet division said he alone was responsible for the New Hampshire s position when struck by the Commonwealth yesterday morning. He credited Captain Oliver for following orders and noted the ship was placed to allow space for merchant traffic. Naval Constructor Baxter estimated temporary repairs would let the ship steam to New York for permanent work at about 15000 dollars in roughly two weeks.
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Winslow
Atlantic Fleet
New Hampshire
Commonwealth
Oliver
Baxter
Boston Navy Yard
New York Navy Yard
Prohibition Party Faces Shakeup Before National Convention
Atlantic City July 8 A heated Prohibition party meeting of the national committee ended with a resignation and a challenge over a status dispute. Minister Robert Ellwood urged Haven to be declared absent while Stewart pressed for proof. The chair declared Haven's seat vacant as leaders pressed on to set convention plans.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Prohibition Party
George J. Haven
New Jersey
Robert A. Ellwood
Board Walk
Haven
Stewart
Illinois
H.P. Harris
Missouri
Mr. Stewart
Mr. Eliwood
Jones
Haven's
Businessman Drowns on Tide Flat in Plymouth Harbor
Nehemijah Holmes a Plymouth Cordage Company treasurer and brother of the late Gideon F. Holmes drowned on a clam flat in the inner harbor. He attempted to swim to his dory which had been carried away by the tide and went under. An Edes factory employee saw the boat drifting and police search for the body.
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Plymouth
Nehemijah Holmes
Gideon F. Holmes
Plymouth Cordage Company
Mr. Holmes
Francis C. Holmes
Cordage Company
Edes
Swamp-Root Kidney Health Claim Appeals to Women Readers
Thousands of women with kidney and bladder trouble are urged to try Swamp-Root, a remedy for kidney liver and bladder issues. The ad claims back pain, nervousness and fatigue improve, offers a free sample from Dr Kilmer and Co and notes bottles are available at drug stores.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Probing Rubber Horrors Reaches Amazon Mission
The United States State Department sends Captain Stuart Fuller to Iquitos Peru to investigate native rubber gatherers and expose Congo rubber industry abuses, as Acting Secretary Huntington Wilson receives word of his arrival at a remote Amazon outpost.
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Washington
Congo
Peru
State Department
Amazon
Huntington Wilson
Stuart Fuller
Department
Iquitos
State Department Reveals Rubber Concession Abuses Abroad
State Department reports describe brutal conditions beneath the equator similar to Congo outrages. Natives along the upper Putayumo River in Peru are said to be forced to collect rubber by a British corporation. British officials disclosed the charges and Peru pledged to end the abuses through formal decrees.
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State Department
Equator
Congo
Africa
Putuyamo
Peru
Three Months For Hitting Conductors In Boston Court
Judge J. D. Fallon in the South Boston Court sentenced Coleman Conroy a teamster to three months in the House of Correction yesterday for assaulting a strike breaking conductor John Marion an ex prize fighter. Conroy pleaded guilty claiming self defense. In a Cambridge collision two women fainted one taken to hospital. A Waltham car derailment caused minor damage to two trains along River Street.
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J. D. Fallon
South Boston
Coleman Conroy
House of Correction
Conroy
John Marion
Central Square
Cambridge
Waltham
River Street
Tonopah Fire Causes Up To 350000 Losses
Tonopah Nev July 8 city officials complete fire loss estimate for two blocks including Tonopah Daily Bonanza plant owned by W W Booth with 33000 uninsured damage. Booth listed as the heaviest individual loser.
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Tonopah
Nev
W. W. Booth
Bonanza
Booth
Thrown Into the Trench In Dorchester Carriage Plunges
Owen Charles of the Gentlemen's Driving Club of Dorchester his wife and daughter Mary were thrown from their carriage into a seven foot trench on Washington Street near Mt Bowdoin Street. Mrs Charles is seriously injured and unconscious. The horse broke through guards and fell in pulling the carriage into the trench. Passersby aided, ambulance took Mrs Charles home for serious internal injuries. Mr Charles and Mary suffered cuts and bruises but no broken bones. A derrick from a Boston Elevated Company wrecking car finally lifted the horse from the trench.
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Owen Charles
Gentlemen’s Driving Club
Dorchester
Mary Charles
Washington Street
Mt. Bowdoin Street
Mrs. Charles
Mr. Charles
Charles
Boston Elevated Company
Murder Mystery Baffles Police in Bronx Child Death
In New York on July 8 officials struggled to identify the man who killed 12 year old Julia Connors in a Bronx vacant apartment. Three men were detained but released after coroner review. Giovanni Greci, initially named by Florence Molz, was discharged along with other suspects as stories changed. The coroner continues to seek reliable information from Molz the Children's Society holding her for questioning.
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New York
Julia Connors
Bronx
Giovanni Greci
Florence Molz
Julia
Molz
Florence
Children’s Society
Crystalis Promises Hair Growth in Prime Cure Pitch
Crestoy Laboratories promotes Crystalis as a universal hair treatment promising growth for bald spots thinning hair and scalp troubles. Prominent claims include inch to two inch growth in several users with testimonials from numerous U S cities and an offer of a free coupon for home trial.
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Crestoy Laboratories
G St
Binghamton
N. Y
Europe
Paris
Brussels
America
Kelly
Memphis
Free Coupon Promotes Cure Claims for Hair Growth
An advertisement offers a free coupon from Cresio Laboratories at 86 G Bt Binghamton NY promising to prove hair removal of dandruff and itching, regrowth of hair and restoration of natural color without cost. It includes a request for name address and PIN of the coupon.
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Mr. Morse
Boston
Mr. Boyd
Chicago
Mr. Maurer
Cleveland
Crystalis
Cresto Laboratories
G St
Binghamton, N. Y
Cresio Laboratories
Poat
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