Waterfront blaze ravages East Boston warehouses and lobster houses
The great fire swept the East Boston waterfront near 402 Border street with flames leaping from the towboat shed and threatening the Snow box factory. Firefighters battled through the night, saving several homes while destroying the McQuestion stable and major lobster houses. Lieutenant Clougherty was injured, and the blaze caused extensive property losses with delays due to ferry shortages.
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Border Street
Snow Box
Atlantic Avenue
Boston
Meridian Street
Falcon Street
White Street
East Eagle
West Eagle Streets
East Eagle Street
Me- Question Company
McQuestion
Duncan
Grady
John Clark
McGrath
McDonough
Fall of Three Feet Kills Rafferty of Roxbury
Patrick Rafferty aged 34 of 1225 Tremont Street Roxbury died after a three foot fall from a platform on a building at 254 Tremont Street South End. He was found unconscious and died en route to City Hospital. Medical Examiner Leary will perform an autopsy to determine the cause of death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick Rafferty
Tremont Street
Roxbury
Rafferty
South End
City Hospital
Leary
Bootblack Strike Assault Fined in Police Court
Angelo Trovic of Endicott street North End appeared in the Police Court yesterday charged with assault with an umbrella on George M. Pike proprietor of the shoe shine store at 5 School street during riots linked to the boot blacks strike. Judge Parmenter found Trovic guilty and imposed a fine of $2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angelo Trovic
Endicott Street
North End
George M. Pike
Shoe Shine
School Street
Parmenter
Trovic
Rose Cantata Highlights Dorchester Parish Fete
The three day garden fete of St. Pauls parish Dorchester closed last night at the parish house grounds Woodward Park avenue. A feature was the rose cantata and an open air vaudeville concert directed by Miss Alice M Sheehan and Miss Helen J Sheehan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul’s Church
St. Paul's Parish
Dorchester
Woodward Park Avenue
Alice M. Sheehan
Helen J. Sheehan
Cambridge Boy Injured by Stranger Kick
An 11 year old Cambridge boy, John Gukes, was brought to Cambridge Relief Hospital with back injuries after a stranger kicked him as he left a Boston movie house. Police were notified and launched an investigation. Doctors said his wounds were serious but that he would recover.
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Border Street
Clougherty
Duncan Brass Foundry
George F. Moore
Engine 7
East Boston Relief Hospital
McQuestion
John Gukes
Cambridge
Cambridge Relief Hospital
Boston
Ogden
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Crepe de Chine
Gilchristco
Washington and
Winter Sts
W. H. Nickerson & Co
T. W. Brooks Company, Incorporated
McQuesten Wharf
Chelsea
Revere
Chelsea Houses
Florence Murray
Xaverian Brothers
George McCarthy
McCarthy
Winthrop
Catherine A. Fitzgibbons
Joseph Fitzgibbons
St. Mary's Church
Brookline
A. C. Small
City Ferries and Family
A. F. Alberts
Metropolitan Park Police
Nancy Strong
East Boston
Beacon Hill
Noble
Fraser
Tomorrow's Post
John Hancock Elma
Barrett, Nephews & Co
Staten Island
West St
Oxford
Ual Express
Greater
Houghton & Dutton’s
Hamburg
Navy
Taru
Mercer- 29
Severiers
Leathwall
Serge Balmacaan
Smallwares
John Engl
Tée
Warner
Arcade
Cutie
OIC
National Biscuit Co
Kirkman’s
Borax
Blade's
Santa Clara
York State
Harvard
Peebiortemie Ee DR Hood
Atwood
Victor
Quaker Oats
California
Eureka
Sunkist
Sunkist Nevel
Wbabo Scenee
Eetees Oye
New England
Hood
Yrosn
At &Tc
Seersucker
Lawn
Milward
Dietz
Jardinieres
Mentin
Castile
Wilson
Norfolk
Tromen
Trail of the Olympian
Pacific North Coast
Puget Sound
Chicago
Butte
Spokane
Seattle
Tacoma
Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
St. Paul
J. H. Skillon
New Eng
Washington Street
Mass
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