Lowell Explosion Devastates Mills Killing and Injuring Many
Report on the Lowell disaster describes damage from an explosion at a magazine used by the American Powder Company and United States Cartridge Company. Officials, victims, and survivors face investigation, lawsuits, and urgent relief as the death toll rises.
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American Powder Company
Thompson
United States Cartridge Company
Cartridge Company
Goodwin
Almeda Belanger
Post
Belanger
Offi
Almeda Berlanger
Deportation Threats in South Africa Policy Debate
In Parliament Chamberlain defends South Africa administration amid calls for deporting irreconcilable Boers. He notes Boers push development and local farming groups, with potential use of strong power to deport troublemakers. Separately, Tewksbury officials report 10 tents shipped to shelter homeless, with 40 people to be fed while homes are arranged.
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Cer
Fred Rhoades
General Whitney
Robert J. Casey
Blaisdell
Tewksbury
Goodwin
Clarendon Goodwin
Londorn
House of Commons
Colonial Office
Lord Milner
Markham
Chamberlain
Lowell
Dalton
State Sends Tents to Lowell Sufferers
Lowell relief officials await supplies after a July 30 explosion left residents without shelter. The state dispatches tents and aid to shelter those affected as authorities assess damage and safety.
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STATE
Lowell
Relief funds surge for Lowell South Lowell explosion victims
Relief funds opened today for sufferers from the South Lowell explosion reach Fully 2000 promised during the day. The Lowell community responds generously with a rapid outpouring, with lists kept open for several weeks as committees prepare to distribute aid to penniless victims.
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Lowell
South Lowell
Lawyer files $10,000 suit over dog attack at Nahant
Boston attorney John D. Leary sues Senator Henry Q Lodge for $10,000 damages claiming his Irish setter Grover was savagely attacked by the Senator's bulldog during a Shore Road encounter while Leary, Grover, and friends were near the Senator's Nahant home after a Nahant celebration.
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New York
John D. Leary
Broadway
Boston
Henry Qabot Lodge
Grover
Teddy
Leary
Nahant
George Cabot Lodge
Young Lodge
Highest of Railroads Ferrocarril Peru Lifts to World Peak
The Ferrocarril grtral del Peru is the world's highest railway. In eight hours passengers travel from tropical lowlands to eternal snows at an altitude close to Mont Blanc. It cost 45,600,000 dollars to build, including a tunnel draining a river to reuse its dry bed for the tracks.
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Mont Blanc
Europe
Sanford’s Ginger Advertisement Claims Healthful Qualities
Made from the Genuine Sanford's Ginger touts quickening circulation and fatigue relief. It promises to warm extremities, aid digestion, quiet nerves, and induce sleep, labeling itself the standard for purity after thirty years. Sold by druggists and grocers. caution about substitutes.
Woman Adrift for Two Days Rescued Off Maine Coast
Mrs. Carter of Monroe's Island formerly Miss Clara Pease of Bangor was adrift in a dory for over two days after her oar broke. Blown 75 miles out to sea in a Monday gale, she was rescued by the Hazel Oneta 30 miles east of Mt. Desert Rock and carried to Long Island where she revived. She had consumed large amounts of salt water and was near exhaustion but expected to recover.
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Rockland
Vinal Haven
Carter
Monroe’s Island
Clara Pease
Bangor
Hazel Oneta
William Walenson
Gloucester
Mt. Desert Rock
Long Island
Boston saloon passengers sail on Commonwealth to Liverpool
A large group of Bostonians were among the 119 saloon passengers aboard the steamship Commonwealth bound for Liverpool. The list includes Mr and Mrs H A Alpin, Mr and Mrs George C Brooks, Miss M F Brooks, Mr and Mrs J F Burns, Mr and Mrs S M Child, Henry O Cushman, Miss M Elizabeth Flavin, Mrs W Elizabeth J Gleason, Mr George N Gleason, Miss C J Loveland, Master C Raymond Loveland, Timothy McGillicuddy, H C O'Brien, O J Oliver, Miss A B Orton, Dr C B Porter, Miss Hortense S Porter, Dan Stern, Mrs E J Webber, W H Wellington, W W Willey, Dr W F Winchester.
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Liverpool
Commonwealth of the Dominion Line
H. A. Alpin
George C. Brooks
M. F. Brooks
J. F. Burns
S. M. Child
Henry O. Cushman
M. Elizabeth Flavin
W Elizabeth J. Gleason
George N. Gleason
C. J. Loveland
C. Raymond Loveland
Timothy McGillicuddy
H. C. O’brien
O. J. Oliver
A. B. Orton
C. B. Porter
Hortense S. Porter
Dan Stern
E. J. Webber
W. H. Wellington
W. W. Willey
W. F. Winchester
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Grady
American Cartridge Company
John E. Grady
Lowell Police
Denton Road
James
Louis FE. Richandis
The
River Street
Charles Moore
Stanley Express Company
William Galloway
St. John's Hospital
Emily Galloway
St. Joan's Hospital
Lawrence Street
Patrick J Spencer
Lodge
George Flynn
Ploye
Artridge CO Missing
Rochambeau
Concord River
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