Guild Plea for Tunnel Road Editorial Supports Electric Line
Ex Governor Curtis Guild Jr urges Massachusetts to back a Boston and Eastern electric railroad with a harbor tunnel. He blames the Railroad Commission for serving railroads and calls for legislative power to protect the public and curb Morgan interests shaping opposition. The piece urges the next legislature to empower the commission as public defenders.
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Boston & Eastern Electric
Curtis Guild, Jr
Commercial Bulletin
Railroad Commission
Guild
Morgan
New England
New York
New Boston and Eastern Railroad
Boston
Commonwealth
Massachusetts
Oe Ig
Crippen case and Lusitania search dominate Boston meeting
Rumors of Crippen and Miss Leneve swirl as Scotland Yard officials label tips false and police probe the Lusitania voyage for clues. The inquest into the dismembered body is postponed, while Boston leaders convene a relief meeting with pledges from major firms and a plan to fund Canadian fire relief.
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Crippen
Leneve
Scotland Yard
Froest
Miss Leneve
America
London
Epidemics Feared After Fire In Campbellton Town
Smallpox and diphtheria threaten a fire-ravaged Campbellton with 1500 to 2000 homeless under tents. One smallpox case and several diphtheria cases are reported. Sanitation must be organized within 48 hours to avert an outbreak. authorities seek armed help and government action. Theft of belongings from the homeless is under investigation after sailors from the Tuddal were briefly detained.
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Railroad Commission
Railro Commission
Commonwealth
Massachusetts
Campbellton
N. B
Tragic canoe capsize claims two lives on Somerville river
O'Brien and Burgin led rescue efforts as two in the party drowned and two survived after a canoe toppled near Weston bridge. Regan and Miss Higgins were retrieved from the river, while Miss Tracy and Mr. Gilmore were saved with minor injuries. Police and volunteers aided, and communities gathered as officials secured the victims. Miss Higgins, daughter of Mrs. Patrick Green, had warned against river trips.
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O'Brien
Theottom
Miss Higgins
Burgin
Norumbega
Metropolitan Police
O’brien
Regan
Metropolitan Police Station
Miss Tracy
Dwyer
Gilmore
James Tracy
Waltham Watch Company
Mr. Gilmore
Mr. Regan
Weston Bridge
Patrick Green
May Higgins
Thomas Higgins
Somerville
Green
Post
Young's
Joseph Hackett
William Hackett
Waltham
Cambridge Swimmer Drowns in Charles River
Daniel Shea, 28, of 11 Elmer Street Cambridge, drowned after cramping while swimming with friends near the foot of De Wolfe Street. He disappeared about 10 p.m. as companions watched, a search failed until diver Dave Lynch found the body with oarsman Gerry Faulkner aiding.
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Charles
de Wolfe Street
Cambridge
Daniel Shea
Elmer Street
Shea
Brighton
Gerry Faulkner
Dave’’ Lynch
Faulkner
Dorchester Bachelors Pool Five Dollars For Relief Fund
Dorchester Bachelors Club members on Nantasket outing contributed to a relief fund led by president George A. Nelson who added five dollars and one cent after others pledged. Francis R. Newcomb and Arthur Gibson matched Nelson’s dollar, Harold G. Lawin and Alfred A. Gorman contributed nothing. A girl named Anna Cummings added one cent, bringing the total to 5.01 dollars to be forwarded to the Mayor for relief.
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Dorchester
Woman Victim Drowns After Leaky Boat Capsizes at Barrington Bridge
Mrs Elizabeth Link of Abbeville South Carolina died when a leaky fishing boat toppled as she tried to reach the Central bridge abutment for refuge. Her sister’s brother in law Albert Budd helped rescue her but she died after hours of medical effort. Mrs Link, 80, wife of Fred C Link, was visiting when the accident occurred on the Barrington River.
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Mrs. Link
East Boston Citizens Demand New Tunnel
An indignation meeting of the East Boston Improvement Association was held in the Old South building after the news that the Boston & Eastern railway might use the East Boston tunnel. A committee was named to appeal to Mayor Fitzgerald and to attend the railroad commissioners hearing on August 20. Members: George S. Webster, B. Frederick Bates, Frank C. Wood, Thomas J. Giblin, R. W. Pigeon.
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Boston
New Brunswick
St. John
The
Boston Post
George J. Raymond
Eugene N. Foss
A. Shuman
Federal Trust Company
Mayor Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald, Hubbard & Co
Jerome Jones
Bernard J. Rothwell
Chamber of Commerce
Campbellton
East Boston Improvement Association
Old South
Boston & Eastern Railway
East Boston
Fitzgerald
George S. Webster
B. Frederick Bates
Frank C. Wood
Thomas J. Giblin
R. W. Pigeon
Fire Aboard Whitney Flares Far Out in Vineyard Sound
The Whitney caught fire off the Vineyard, drifting to Middle Ground shoals. Crew battled flames for hours with steam, water, and flooding, aided by the revenue cutter Acushnet. Fire persisted in holds with hides and sisal as cargo. Whitney towed to harbor and beached for final extinguishment assessments.
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Whitney
Middle Ground
Vineyard Sound
Hart
Harron
Middle Bank
Vineyard Haven
Woods Hole
Acushnet
Boston
Johnson
Crowell
New York
Metropolitan
Herman Winter
Extra L cars for Sea Park at South Boston
The Boston Elevated Railway plans to run many more L cars to Sea Park in anticipation of large crowds to Marine Park if warm weather continues. Last Sunday's record traffic on the peninsula prompted orders for extra trips on all major South Boston lines to accommodate a potential surge tomorrow.
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The
Boston Elevated Railway Company
South Boston
Marine Park
Peninsula
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Ethel Clare le Neave
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William Jardine
Charles B. Raymond
John B. Patterson
E. C. Greenwood
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C. W. McDonald
A. C. Chisholm
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James H. Dunne
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William A. Porter
Raymond
Boston Relief Committee
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the Post
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Edison Zonophone
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North Market Street
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Hayres Street
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Jamaica Plain
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Armstrong Street
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Chelsea
Jeanie R. Law
Spencer Avenue
New Calvary
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Brookline
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Mary
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Linden Place
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Purdy
South End
Addie
Sophie Louise Purdy
Harrison Avenue
Trainor
Mary M
Joseph Trainor
Belmont Street
Sacred Heart Church
Mount Auburn
White
William
Edward
Mary White
Chelsea Street
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