Fire damages and insurance cover for French loss
A report notes a table of the relay and considerable hay stored on the upper floor, increasing the overall loss. French's loss is fully covered by insurance, mitigating the financial impact.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1892
Page
8
Dedham Burial Row Over Late Mr Dewing Third Wife
In Dedham a dispute over the grave of Mrs. Benjamin H. Dewing, the third wife of the late businessman, has drawn attention. His will, reportedly unsatisfactory to some children of former wives, prompted objections as preparations for her vault began beside his own. Police watched the newly dug grave, but no trouble occurred. The body arrived in Dedham and was taken to the cemetery with undertakers, amid warnings of possible conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dedham
Benjamin H. Dewing
Mr. Dewing
George FE. Morse
Lonesome Graveyard
Smith
Higgins
Fires at Germanicus Livery Stable Causes Panic and Roof Collapse
In Washington at Germania and Windsor, a roof collapse at French's Livery Stable triggers panic. One man narrowly escapes as a woman jumps from a third story window and is hurt. Accounts vary whether a lantern was knocked over or a lighted match ignited the blaze, with losses around $50,000, partly insured.
Fire destroys stable and damages two hotels in Washington St area
Early morning blaze Livery and sale stable 1154 Washington street erupts into a three story inferno. Guests at the Germania scramble stairs injuring one, while Windsor boarding house tenants flee in panic. Roof collapses at 2:30, 40 horses and carriages saved, total stable loss about 25000. Germania loss about 40000 with limited insurance. J F O Hara rescued with leg wound. several firemen injured. child in Germania survives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hotel Germania
Germania
Hotel Windsor
Washington Street
Dover
Hurd
J.F. O’ Hara
D. J. Hicks
C. A. Richardson
G. L. McGurn
Henry Nolte
McGurn
Robert Emmett branch formed in St James parish meeting
A Wells Memorial Hall gathering elected officers for the Robert Emmett branch of the I N F led by Edward J Ahern as president and Michael Maynes as a speaker. Dominick Toy and Maynes spoke on the Irish cause. A large number joined and a follow up meeting was set for next Wednesday to plan a public demonstration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. James’s Parish
Wells Memorial Hall
Edward J. Ahern
M. P. O’connor
T. P. McNamara
Edmund Grimes
Joseph P. Quigley
Dominick Toy
Michael Maynes
John Boyle O’reilly
Robert Emmett
Spirited Yacht Race at Dorchester Bay Ends in Thriller
The 144th Massachusetts Yacht Club race sailed seven and a half miles in Dorchester Bay with windward wash and a beam home. In the jib and mainsail class J F Brown's Alpha defeats Exile owned by J F Small in a close finish. Magpie wins sixth class. Manoil and Scamp tie in seventh, with Florrie close behind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Yacht Club
Dorchester Bay
Old Harbor
J. F. Brown
Alpha
Herreshoff
Exile
J. F. Small
H. G. Otis
Magpie
Henry Faxon
Manoil
C. H. Nute
Scamp
Florrie
Besarick
Another Boy Drowned Near Revere Park
William H. Tuohy aged 14 of 9 Howard Avenue Malden drowned while bathing between Linden and Franklin Park Revere around six o'clock. Local rescue efforts followed but he was found dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Tuohy
Howard Avenue
Malden
Linden
Franklin Park
Revere
Balloon gift orders land by decoration day over Boston
A Post balloon sweep delivered many gift orders to readers as it toured the city then reached Rowley. Joseph P Boyce Company of 165 Milk Street confirmed a delivery of 100 Irwin's 10 cent Perfectos cigars to Charles H Dowling of 33 Auburn Street Boston on Monday after he found the Post mailing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rowley
Joseph P. Boyce Company
Milk Street
Charles H. Dowling
Auburn Street
Boston
Irwin
Portland Steamers Expand Coast Travel Ahead of Summer Rush
With warmer weather, the Portland line plans early summer departures to Maine coast. The first trip of the season is Sunday, and increased patronage is expected as improvements to service enhance comfort and efficiency for travelers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Portland
Harper's Weekly and periodical notes on 1900s topics
The June 15 Harper’s Weekly focuses on the national Republican convention in Minneapolis, fire and flood damage in Pennsylvania oil regions, Kansas storms, and new features like The Round Table for juveniles and The Patient Fly-Fisher. It notes progress in women’s suffrage discourse, the Two Tales weekly short stories, Cloak Review jokes on fashion costs, and June Education with industrial training in public schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Harper’s Weekly
Pennsylvania
Kansas
Round Table
Harper’s
Chicago Graphic
Times
Ferris
Relay Rage for Suburban Mail by Cyclists
Postmasters Van Cott and Hart promote a bicycle relay from Boston to New York to prove the cycle is vital for military and mail service. Riders will traverse 126 miles to Hartford and onward, with daylight starts near 3 a.m. Crowds will greet the scorcher cyclists in Hartford Springfield Worcester and Boston corridor. The Post will publish a full account tomorrow with bulletins on progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New
New York
Westchester
Rye
Geo. F. Smith
Stamford
Frank Lees
Fy Ford Seeley
Columbia Club
J. B. Perry
Norwalk Wheel Club
Ford Seeley
J. Raymond
Ramblers Wheelmen
New Haven Bicycle Club
Rovers Clab
New Haven
Rovers Club
Harry
Wallingford
Meriden
Yreriden Wheel Club
Berlin
Meriden Wheel Club
Harding
Hartford Wheel Club
Ae Columbia Yas Ee . A. Francis Columbia Cycle Club
Fred Layman
E.R. Faxon Columbia Cycle Club
Fidel Busbee
Fae Montgomery Windsor Locke
Norwalk
Bridgeport
Milford
North Haven
Hartford
Escoes
Windsor
Warehouse Point
Springfield
Palmer
Warren
Bend
Si Bay
Worcester
Northboro
Framingham
I Asa
Bett
Livermore Bay
Newton Lower Falls
Boston
Hoyland Smith
Corder
van Cott
Hart
Chicago
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Henry Judge
George F. Smith
Frank Ives
Georges. McDonald
Charles Stellback
Harry Evalend
Newdip
Spencer
Leicester
The
Post
Unicycle inventor展开 proposal from Jackson professor
Arcaco June 15 Professor Charles Bartholomew of Jackson Michigan has developed a unicycle with a single eight foot diameter wheel and seven foot rims. The rider sits under the axle and uses pedals like a bicycle to propel and brakes to stop. The machine claims speeds over a mile per minute on level ground and up to seventy miles per hour with improvements. He has received a $100 weekly offer to demonstrate at a major US exposition track.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arcaco
Charles Bartholomew
Jackson
Mich
Bartholomew
United States
Weavers Resume Work at Thorndike Mill
Palmer June 15 The strike of weavers in No 2 mill at Thorndike ends as a mill notice states work will begin this morning and nonappearances will be treated as voluntary quits. The dispute stemmed from a cut in pay from 30 to 27 cents per cut on one grade, now raised to 28 cents while other grades stay the same.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palmer
Thorndike
Explosion at Chicopee Gas Company injures two
An explosion at 8 40 p m leveled the boiler and purifying houses of the Chicopee Gas Company in Curcores. Patrick Linnehan, stunned, crawled to close the pipe to the receiving tank preventing a larger disaster. Thomas Begley was badly burned while being rescued as flames spread. firefighters quickly contained the blaze with losses not exceeding 5000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curcores
Chicopee Gas Company
Patrick Linnehan
Thomas Begley
Old State House as Boston transport hub under Palmer
No. 8 Old State House in Boston, under Mr. L. H. Palmer, became a popular transportation headquarters. Tickets for Shore Line express trains or the Colonial express between Boston and Washington could always be secured there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old State House
L. H. Palmer
Boston
Shore Line
Washington
Booming Ned Glines Seen as Likely Republican Nominee
In the Eighth district friends push ex Senator Ned Glines as the strongest candidate for Congress citing his business ties and Somerville support. They favor Grines as a capable vote getter to carry Somerville, doubt Wharton and health concerns curb McCall, and press for Glines nolens volens. Other districts show limited opposition with O Neil’s fate uncertain and Donovan, Flynn, Sullivan tepid prospects while Harry Atwood appears set in the Tenth against Senator McNary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ned Glines
Congress
Somerville
Glines
Grines
Joseph H. O’neil
Edward J. Donovan
Flynn
Sullivan
Harry Atwood
Senator McNary
South
Boston
Observatory Annex Plans New Harvard Building
During summer a new 80 by 60 foot three story brick observatory annex will be built at Harvard to store and protect over 30 000 photographic negatives and spectra from Cambridge sky observations. Completion is set for November 1 with rooms for computation and preservation in a fireproof facility funded by generous university supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard Observatory
South Pole
Cambridge
Observatory
Ten eyecare commandments from Dr Fox lecture
Franklin Institute speaker Dr L Webster Fox presents ten eyesight care rules. Avoid abrupt light changes and stimulants, rest tired eyes by distant focus, maintain overall health, bathe eyes with cold water twice daily under 40, avoid self selecting spectacles, limit reading by artificial light for older adults, after 50 bathe eyes with hot water then cold, and note cataract can now be removed with little danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Institute
Philadelphia
L. Webster Fox
Ste. Rose Cyclone Levels School and Town
Ste. Rose Quebec was struck by a cyclone that collapsed a schoolhouse killing three children and injuring several others. Homes barns and a creamery were destroyed. a bridge was flooded and the village suffered extensive property damage estimated at 75000 dollars with further destruction reported in nearby St. Therese where a schoolhouse collapsed, causing additional deaths and injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ste. Rose
Que
Montreal
Stanislaus Daubien
Ernestine Ouimet
Edouard Ouimet
Edouard Gascon
Emelie Cadeaux
John Thomas
Alpheus Kimpton
Albert Garth
St. Therese
White Squadron to patrol area around Cape Ann for Gloucester celebration
Gloucester officials report Assistant Secretary James R. Soley indicates the White Squadron will likely maneuver near Cape Ann during the 250th anniversary events and that the request to name a new ship Gloucester will be given due consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guloucester
James R. Soley
Cape Ann
Gloucester
Inquest Finds No Whistle Before Fatal Railroad Death
Justice Howard of West Roxbury Municipal Court reports on the May 26 death of Alexander Jansen struck by a locomotive at Forest Hills station on the Providence division of the Old Colony railroad. The engineer did not whistle, though the bell rang as the deceased attempted to reach a plank walk near the station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Howard
West Roxbury
Goggin Wins Ballon Coupon Prize in Rowley Mass
The latest lucky finder of a Post balloon coupon is Mr. S A Goggin of Rowley Mass who has received a pair of fine shoes from Jameson and Knowles Company at No 15 Winter Street Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. A. Goggin
Rowley
Mass
Jameson & Knowles Company
Winter Street
Boston
Cavalry Reunion Planned by First Massachusetts Cavalry
Troop G of the First Massachusetts Cavalry will hold its annual reunion and dinner at the Parker House on Friday with a noon business meeting followed by a dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Massachusetts Cavalry
Parker House
Bunker Hill anniversary trip for Boston newsboys planned
The Post plans a first Bunker Hill party for Boston newsboys to climb the tower and view the skyline, adding their names to the 0,000 visitors on record. The event echoes the site’s 1825 cornerstone and 1843 completion, with a nod to history and a staged “Battle of Bunker Hill” theme for the youths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Webster
Bunker Hill
Lafayette
Boston
Charlestown
Aarty
The Girl Was the Man
Fraulein Voelker boxed Lt Heydiker after a quarrel with her escort in the public square. The officer had her arrested for assault, but she was acquitted in a crowded courtroom to loud applause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayeyer
Fraulein Lise Woelker
Herr Heyl
Heydiiker
Fraulein Voelker
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ance
Ble
George E. French
Chicopee
Congress Politics
O'Neil
Ste. Rose, Que
Caisse
James Pyle
New Yorks
A Frelay
Lace
New York Recorder
A. D. Peck
Aero
Cap
Newsies
King George
Commissariat
Melrose
Nelson Jefts
Charles Holt
Charles Jefts
Myrtle Street
Winthrop Place
Holt
Jefts
Bangor
Ailsa
Kingston
Wood
E. H. Harriman
Avacheon
Hayti
Jacmel
Port de Paix
Harriman
Henr Lord
London
Suspender
Ascot
High Commissioner
Stuart
Lady Hermit
Vivian
Broad Corrie
Hammer and Tongs
Hupsey
Arthur Taylor
Eli Brusett
Lowell
Manchesters
Bradley
Manchester
Garry
Guinasso
Behring Sea Arbitrators
Lord Hannen
S High Court of Justice
John
D. Thompson
Dominion of Canada
Great Britain
Progressive Marblehead
Marblehead
East Cambridge
William B. Underwood
House of Correction
Co. H. Graves & Sons
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