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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1914
Page
5
The institution on 241 St Botolph Street states the printing course will run through the present summer. Orders for job printing involving wire stitching blocking numbering and perforating will employ cripples who otherwise would be unemployed, continuing their work program.
A Windsor knitting mill near Hagerstown was struck by lightning last night, destroying the plant and causing an estimated loss of 100000 dollars. Insurance coverage amounts to 18000 dollars. The June 2 report notes the fire event and damage.
Report notes two canals feeding the fire zones were dry. About 40 fire engines lacked water to meet a 28 000 gallon per minute demand. Water pressure failed from eight mile away Lake Wenham reservoirs. Falling houses caused mains breaks and further water waste.
A morning fire in North Salem on Derby street raged rapidly with several buildings ablaze. Fire units diverted from another Derby street blaze left the original site weakened as investigators note separation from the prior fire and opposing wind as clues to possible arson.
Ten thousand shelterless men and women huddled on the Common at midnight. The scenes were pitiful as two women became seriously ill and doctors struggled to save them while crowds watched in silent distress. Extra medical teams raced to the city, but manpower ran short for the mounting cases.
Henry Clay Frick and two luxury cars ferried refugees from a blaze threatening central wards. Crowds slept on tombstones in Broad Street Cemetery while others watched the flames from hills outside the city as fires neared Ward 6.
The Bay State Street Railway barns on Derby street were burned completely with many cars rescued by motormen and conductors at great personal risk. Ten horses were saved from M. Caron’s stable. Rep James Coffey’s home burned. Lt Governor Barry and wife aided fire relief and assisted injured people. He directed firefighters and used a chemical tank, and sought water aid from the Metropolitan Water Board, receiving a blunt response. He pledged state help for the homeless and hungry.
Joseph Ray of Harbor street lost his home and all possessions except his horse and overcoat when his house burned. He asked officials early this morning to aid in locating his wife and three children, who fled to safety. Ray helped his brother save belongings and then searched the area for his family as police and officials promised a daylight search.
Salem police cell man James G. Ryan, ill for eight months, was rescued barely in time as his home was destroyed. Two retired officers, Charles Miller aged 74 and Charles Coulthurst aged 70, also lost their homes in the same disaster.
Up to daylight this morning there had not been a single arrest for larceny in Salem since the beginning of the fire. This statement was made by the police department. The business section of the city is well guarded.
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