Cameron Wins Ten Mile Race at Old Home Week
Fred S. Cameron, Boston Marathon winner and Canada’s ten mile champion, led a large field in Amherst New Hampshire July 12 finishing in 50 minutes 4 seconds. Hackett of Brookline Mass Athletic Club placed second a half lap behind, with Horne of Everett third. Other starters included Cooke Robertson and Demir from the Brookline club and Dorchester, Mass.
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Amherst
Fred Sg. Cameron
Canada
Hackett
Brookline
Mass
No Warrant For Leary In Fatal Shooting
Judge Bragg of Charlestown Municipal Court refused to issue a warrant for Patrolman Dennis Leary on the charge of manslaughter in the death of William F. Deegan. The officer was deemed justified in shooting during the attempted resistance to arrest. Captain Yeaton was ordered to seek the warrant, with seven witnesses including Deegan’s companions testifying to corroborate Leary’s account.
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Bragg
Charlestown
Dennis Leary
William F. Deegan
Yeaton
Deegan
John J. Anderson
Johnson
Leary
Orders To Close Two Saloons By Excise Commission
Two saloons were ordered closed for liquor license violations. Thomas P. and James H. O'Hagan must shut their Charlestown saloon at 719 Chelsea Street for three months after selling to a minor. H. B. Scanlan & Co. faces suspension until Friday morning for selling to an intoxicated man.
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Excise Commission
Thomas P
James H. O'Hagan
Chelsea Street
Charlestown
H. B. Scanlan & Co
Siegel Employees Enjoy Nantasket Outing
Siegel Company sales staff including Miss S A Wallace and William J Schwarz plus R Perry and H M Hollanders joined a Nantasket outing. They sailed in the ocean breeze, dined at Palm Gardens, rode roller coasters and bumper cars, enjoyed popcorn and fireworks, ending with the 9 40 boat home.
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S. A. Wallace
William J. Schwarz
R. Perry
Henry Siegel Company
Nantasket
H. M. Hollander
Palm Gardens
Para&On Park
Rowe’s Wharf
Death at Plum Island Aviator Faces Despair and Suicide
Pfitzner a famed engineer turned aviator faced mounting accidents at the Plum Island field. After a near fatal Fourth of July plunge and a later suspected suicide attempt, colleagues recalled his genius in engine design and successful aviation work with Burgess and Herring-Curtis.
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Plum Island
Mr. Burgess
Endurance
Hammondsport
Herring-Curtis Company
Curtiss
Rheims
Marblehead
Burgess
Herring
Curtis
Pfitzner
Bob Hillard
W. Starling-Burgess Company
Rolls Killed in English Channel Aviator Meet
Charles Rolls famed English aviator, famed for crossing the Channel, dies at Bournemouth aviation meet when his Wright machine somersaults during a prize flight. He crashes beside the grandstand, crushed beneath the wreck. Rolls, 34, had earlier visited the United States, led Rolls-Royce, and pursued aviation and automobile interests.
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Charles Stewart Rolls
Bournemouth
England
France
Wright
Rolls
America
United States
Grand Central Palace
New York
Rolls-Royce
Bor
Aviation costs twelve lives in three years
A timeline of aircraft fatalities lists 1909 to 1910 incidents, naming aviators such as Thomas E. Selfridge, Lefebvre, Ena Rossi, Louis F. Ferber, Antonio Fernandez, Leon Delagrange, Herber Leblon, Chauvette Michelin, Eugene Speyer, Robl, Charles Wachter, C. S. Rolls, and A L Pfitzner. It notes R. deaux-Hlarritz prize context and Pfitzner's death by his own action after failed mastery, including his Aero Club roles and cross-channel attempt.
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Lefebvre
Wright
Juvisy-sur- Orge
France
Rossi
Ena
Rome
Ferber
Louis F
Boulogne
Fernandez
Antonio
Nice
Delagrange
Leon
Bordeaux
Leblon
Herber
San Sebastian
Spain
Michelin
Chauvette
Lyons
Speyer
Eugene
San Francisco
Robl
Stettin
Germany
Wachter
Charles
Rheims
Rolls
C. S
Bournemouth
England
Pfitzner
A. L
Marblehead
Monoplane Wrecked In Bridge Crash At Bridgeport
Gustave Whitehead, a local aviator, narrowly escaped serious injury when his monoplane crashed into a bridge after a failed ascent in Bridgeport. He was hurled out and rendered unconscious but survived. the aircraft was wrecked.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Gustave Whitehead
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Tremont Street
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