Magazine explosion wipes out village and injures many
A massive blast at a magazine near river street killed Grady Richards and Flynn and members of the Stanley Express staff, exploded a ton of powder, and ignited a second blast from the Du Pont Powder Company. Rescuers rushed to scenes where clergy, doctors, and police set up temporary hospitals as villagers faced widespread devastation and mutilated bodies. The disaster left scores injured or dead, with shock waves heard miles away and buildings destroyed.
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Grady
Richards
Flynn
Belanger
Goodwin
Stanley Express Company
Cartridge Company
James B. Sullivan
Charles Moore
Jean Roleau
The
du Pont Powder Company
United States Cartridge Company
American Powder Company
Garland
Acton
O’connor
Lowell
Carroll
Riggs
John Riggs
Berlanger
Billerica Street
Josephine Petruse
Sullivan, Moore and Roleau
Express Company
William
Gilbert McDermott
George McDermott
Houlligan
Eddie McDermott
Eddie Rogers
River Street
William Gal
Vital Life Fluid promised to cure all diseases
A charity style appeal by Dr. C Sargent Ferris offers free samples of a so called Vital Life Fluid that allegedly cures every ailment and restores health. The ad promises dramatic results and invites readers to write for treatment at 6025 Strawn Building Cleveland Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Sargent Ferris
Strawn Bldg
Cleveland
Ohio
Life-Saving Crew Honored by Sloop Masters
A letter to the editor from Andrew Roberts Captain George W. Gibbons and Edward Perkins thanks the City Point life-saving crew for rescuing a sloop caught in a Sunday squall. The crew towed the boat to her moorings after signaling for help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steys
City Point
Andrew Roberts
George W. Gibbons
Edward Perkins
Marvelous Escapes as Family Survives Acton Street Explosion
July 2 report details Napoleon Guyotte’s three sons narrowly escaping a yard accident when a team crashed into the house, killing the horse and injuring the mother who was ironing. The home burned. the boys saved their mother and a one year old child in a cradle survived amid debris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell
Napoleon Guyotte
Acton Street
Guyotte
St. John's Hospital
Elsie Marrat
Mrs. Marrat
Kidney-Wort Tablets touted as cure for kidney trouble
An old letter extols Dr. Pettingill's Kidney-Wort Tablets as a reliable remedy for kidney and bladder distress. It claims alcohol is the main cause of most kidney disease, while the tablet contains no alcohol and restores sleep appetite and strength after short use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pettingill
Phsicians
East Parsonsfield
Sai
Dr. Pettingill
Mrs
Mary Clark
My Little Girl Cured of Consumption by Koch Lung Cure
Mrs Frances M Hill of Allston Mass describes her daughter’s decline from consumption. After nine months of Koch Lung Cure treatment at 361 Boylston Street Boston the child is reportedly entirely cured in two months. The testimonial urges others with consumption to seek the treatment.
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Boylston, Street
Boston
Frances M. Hill
Reedsdale St
Allston
Mass
Miracle survival in wreck blazes through debris cradle fall
After a building collapse a mother found her baby buried beneath rubble. She freed the infant who appeared dead but was alive with only minor cuts. Dr. Carrol called the escape miraculous as no bruises appeared. Neighbors aided for about half an hour as plaster and glass were cleared.
Sacred Heart Church Damaged in Lowell Fire
July 2 Lowell reports severe damage to Sacred Heart Church on Moore street with several thousand dollars in losses. All stained glass on one side blown out and large stucco pieces from the ceiling fallen. The crowd gathers to prayers for the dead and injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell
Sacred Heart
Moore Street
Constipation Cured by Iron Ox Tablets
Advertises Iron Ox Tablets as a tonic laxative that builds up the system to cure constipation. Claims purgatives are harmful, promises natural bowel function with gradual effects, and lists price and mail order details from The Iron Ox Remedy Co. in Detroit Michigan.
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Nature
Iron-Ox Remedy Co
Detroit
Mich
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J&l
Loway
Robert
Perruse
Victoria Perruse
Earth
H. B. McConnell
Boylston St
Chemic-Electro Institute
Sightsberg
True
Knapp
Turday
Washington ST
King Safe
King Dental
Washington
Avon
Oxford
Sacred Heart Church
Genesee Pure Food Co
le Roi
Kelly
Stone Bridge
Edward Burges
J. S. Waterman & Sons
Dudley Street
Roxbury
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