Puritan Disaster Near Sable Island Claims Seventeen Fishermen
The Puritan struck the northwest bar off Sable Island on June 23. Dories were launched amid fog and heavy seas. one capsized and all hands struggled to stay afloat. Seventeen Massachusetts fishermen were believed lost, with 16 believed dead. wreckage and lifeboats were found as rescue efforts continued from Halifax and nearby vessels.
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Halifax
N. S
Sable Island
Jeffrey Thomas
Gloucester
Puritan
Massachusetts
North Atlantic
Sablesland
United States
Tampa
Three Police Officers Placed on Suspension
Continued report lists suspended officers including William L. Donahue of Roxbury Michael J. Borkowsky of Mattapan and John H. Keane of Dorchester. All three are said to be married and their suspensions follow an incident near Fields Corner involving a borrowed automobile and moonshine.
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Fields Corner
William L. Donahue
Blue Hill Avenue
Roxbury
Michael J. Borkowsky
Mattapan
Silver Street
South
Boston
John H. Keane
Selden Street
Dorchester
Police resignations stir inquiry into cafe auto incident
Police officers tendered resignations to Captain McDevitt amid an inquiry expected after Commissioner Wilson returns from a summer camp. The Morgan Street area recounts claim of borrowed car use by three officers from Division 19 at Jamaica Plain and Seavey's garage, with one officer sent home for intoxication.
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Police Department
McDevitt
Wilson
South Mashpee
Donahue
Borkowsky
Keane
Division 19
Harriman
Jamaica Rain Station
Franklin Park
Happy
Baby Hippo
Ammelin
Adams Street
Herbert W. Goodwin
Tarbell
Somerville
Seavey
Morton Street
Powder Factory Explosions Shatter Concord Junction Windows
A lightning triggered sequence at the American Powder Company caused three explosions between 5:40 and 6:05 AM. The blasts shattered windows across Concord Junction and rattled homes from Stoneham to Woburn, with estimated losses around 320 000 and no injuries reported.
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Concord Junction
Acton
American Powder Company
Banks Robbed to Tune of $100000
A pair of con artists led by Sheehan and Kiernan swindled banks across multiple states from Boston to Georgia, netting around $100000. Kiernan was arrested in Buffalo. Sheehan, extradition sought to Rochester. Banks in Cambridge Boston Elizabeth Newark Providence Worcester and Rochester suffered extensive losses from forged certified checks and fraudulent deposits.
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Sheehan
Wallingford
John A. Packard
New England
Burns Agency
William T. Kiernan
Utica
N. Y
Buffalo
Rochester
Cambridge
Boston
Gingras
Rochester Police
Edward H. Shaw
Michael Nellan
Cambridge Police
Francis P. Haggerty
Georgia
Lsted
Elizabeth
N. J
People's National Bank
Fidelity Union Trust
Newark Trust Company
Newark
New Jersey
East Orange
Orange
Kiernan
Chelsea
Chelsea Bank
Providence
Mechanics’ National Bank
Merchants’ National Bank
Worcester
Worcester Bank &Trust Company
Park Trust Company
Worcester Bank & Trust Company
J. G. Parker
Santa Claus
Marine Trust Company
Merchant's National
Mechanic’s National Bank
Central Bank
Mechanic’s and
Trader's National Bank
Kiernat
Western Savings Bank
Brookline Girl Dies After Leap From Fourth Story Window
Irene Beaudet, 17, daughter of Mrs. Marie Beaudet of Cambridge, leapt from a fourth story windowsill at Hours of the Good Shepherd in Brookline after a piercing scream. She died hours later at City Hospital. Earlier she had been arrested in Cambridge on June 18 on charges of attempted breaking and entering. her mother pleaded for her in municipal court and she was sent to the House of the Good Shepherd.
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Brookline
Irene Beaudet
Marie Beaudet
Cladstone’ Street
Cambridge
City Hospital
House of the Good Shepherd
Dope Layouts Seized in Raids on Tyler Street
Federal narcotic squad officers led by Dr Edwin Ruth raided several Chinese dwellings on Tyler street at an early hour and seized opium in tins and smoking gear. Twelve occupants were arrested on narcotic charges and bailed at Station 4, except one man who could not make bail, to appear in U S District Court.
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Tyler Street
Edwin Ruth
Station 4
United States District Court
The House Guest Marriage Tale By Alice Duer Miller
A forthcoming Boston Sunday Post Magazine feature presents The House Guest by Alice Duer Miller as part of the ongoing Marriage series. The story adds to Miller's celebrated exploration of matrimonial themes in American letters.
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Alice Duer Miller
Boston
Pos
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Dories
Thomas
Carl A. Ammelin
Arcadia Street
Ammelia
Murray Ballou
Concord
Colonial Inn
Monument Street
Stoneham
Felt
West Newton
Wellesley
Watertown Square
Wakefield
Woburn
Reading
Peabody
Lexington
William T. Sheehan
Attleboro
Glacier National Park
All Western Resorts
Chicago
Burlington
Great Northern Railway
Glacier Park Hotel
Glacier Park
Pacific Northwest
Puget Sound
Seattle
Spokane
Tacoma
Portland
Victoria
Vancouver
Rainier
Crater Lake National Parks
J. H. Kenney
Washington St
Mass
Congress
Great Northern Raitway
OSPR
Xander H
Bil
Noah Worcester
D.D
Bunker Hill
Bennington
Massachusetts Peace Society
the Friend of Peace
United States Rubber Company
U. S
U.S
United
Royal Cord Tires
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