Damask and Towels Bargains In Boston Mills
R & J Gilchrist offers Bleached Damask 64 inches wide in four designs at 57c a yard, plus German Bleached Damask at 50c. Napkins match, Damask Napkins 56c to 3.06 a dozen. Cardinal Damask 60 inch with borders 65c. Linen Oatmeal Towels 43x22 inches at 10c each. Huck and Damask Towels 25c or 30 dozen Damask Towels under 75c at 5c each. Turkish Towels and Tidies 17 1 2 c each. Lace Scrim curtains 50 pieces at 6c a yard and finer Lace Scrim 45 inch wide at 1c a yard.
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Our Native Trees Dr Goodale’s Spring Botany Lesson
Dr Goodale begins the Our Native Trees course at the Natural History Society with a detailed talk on tree anatomy and growth. He explains roots, wood, knots, autumn leaf matter, and how trees store nutrients, noting wood strength and how asphalted soils affect water absorption. The article ends with a headline: TERRIBLE DISASTER A Dedham Train Plunges Through a Bridge.
Missouri Pacific Directors Elect Gould Trio In New York
The Missouri Pacific board in New York elected Jay Gould as president George J. Gould as acting president H Clark as first vice president A L Hopkins as second vice president and A H Calef as secretary and treasurer. The year ending December 31 1886 showed 4669 miles of line and a gross of 15 882 711 with net earnings 6 873 837 and total net 5 374 134 after other income and charges. About March profit fell due to labor troubles causing a March earnings drop of 902 156 and expenses 394 096.
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New York
Missouri Pacific Railway
Jay Gould
George J. Gould
Missouri, Kansas & Texas, International & Gr
Northern
Galveston
Houston & Hererson
Tremendous wreck on West Roxbury branch Bellows fear among Boston crowds
A bridge on the Dedham to Boston West Roxbury line collapsed at Tin Bridge sending five cars into the road below. The wreck left 300 to 400 passengers displaced with multiple fatalities and severe injuries. Rescue efforts mobilized emergency services, police, surgeons, and volunteers to remove the dead and save the injured.
District and national notes fill DC morning page
District commissioners doubt applying a tax on commercial drummers. The Chinese minister wears varied costumes in photos. Japanese visitors are in Washington. A Portland man is pardoned by the President. Congressman Milliken comments on Mr Blaine’s nomination hopes. New York bakers quit as Knights of Labor strike ends. Chicago ministers laud Rev Henry Ward Beecher. Rubinstein’s Nero charms New York with the American Opera Company. Beecher successor undecided and Mrs Beecher travels south for health. War Department denies Endicott plans to resign over rift with Moore.
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Japan
National Capital
Portland
Milliken
Blaine
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Knights of Labor
Chicago
Henry Ward Beecher
Rubinstein
American Opera Company
Beecher
War Department
Endicott
Moore
The Ill Fated Train Disaster From Aboard Car 52
A Boston area derailment leaves nine cars wrecked with only the engine spared. Nineteen dead are removed from car 28 region while Conductor Tilden dies near the abutment. Fire suppression by chemical engines and urgent rescue efforts rescue many injured as ambulances rush to aid.
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Dedham
Boston
West Roxbury
Boston & Providence
Tin Bridge
W. H. Alden
Webster Drake
Myron Tilden
Spring Street
Highland
Central
Roslindale
Forest Hills
South Street
Walter White
Jamaica Plain
Alden
Folsom
Abner Alden
Burrillo
Ded
Tilden
Lailer
Olice
The Broken Bussey Bridge Disaster Theories Emerge
Reports from West Roxbury and Dedham discuss possible causes of the Bussey bridge collapse on the Boston & Providence line. Engineers note an old flaw in a truss and rusted fracture suggests prior weakness, while others debate whether a car derailment or a rail break precipitated the failure.
Train disaster kills thirty one in West Roxbury bridge fall
A Boston area disaster reports 31 dead and about 70 injured after a passenger train on the Boston and Providence line fell through the South Street bridge in West Roxbury. City business notes include Met road petition action, Suburban Rail location granted with Beacon street tracks pending, and local social events. Financial news shows gains for West End Land and California Southern, weakness for Union Pacific and Boston & Providence, with banks reporting a large drop in bank reserve surplus.
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West Roxbury
Board of Aldermen
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Beacon Street
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Horticultural Hall
West End Land
California Southern
Union Pacific
Boston
Collision at Forest Hills Delays Boston Train
Last evening the 6:25 passenger train from Boston on the Boston and Providence line met an accident at Forest Hills during a flying switch. The engine failed to clear before the switch and the foremost car struck the tender, knocking in a corner and derailing the car. Damages run about $2000 and the delay was two hours. No one was hurt. the cause is blamed on workers inexperienced with the route.
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Boston
Boston & Providence
Forest Hills
Baltimore & Ohio Near Sale Hindered by New Rail Alliance
Baltimore & Ohio plans a close alliance with Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton once the Dayton & Ironton line extends from Washington Court House to Belpre opposite Parkersburg. The move could interfere with Garrett’s planned sale of the Baltimore & Ohio.
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Daton & Ironton
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Washington Court House
Belpre
Parkersburg
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Weather Indications for Maine and Nearby Regions
For twenty four hours starting 7 am Tuesday March 15 Maine may see fair weather with colder eastern regions and warming in the west. Northerly winds expected as cauticity northwest signals persist from Norfolk to fast.
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Colok Mining Boom at Silver Cliff Draws Investors
In Purnia, excitement grows over rich strikes by the Security Camp at Silver Cliff. Daily output is described as enormous and shipments of coal are being arranged, signaling a veritable bonanza for the firm.
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Cole
Hearing the Evidence On Boston & Providence Wreck
The railroad commission begins at 2 30 this afternoon its inquiry into the Roslindale disaster. Commissioner Stevens notes only facts after debris clearing and expert Thomas Doane will study wreckage today. Eight cars damaged at $3000 each. bridge iron work to be rebuilt. No settlement offers until hearings end. findings could carry weight in court. Captain Folsom at scene concentrates on operation and awaits debris recovery.
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Stevens
Crocker
Roslindale
Thomas Doane
Folsom
Railroad Corporation
Boston & Providence
Stories of Passengers After Fatal Train Plunge
Eyewitness accounts detail a deadly wreck on the old Pussy Willow Bridge. Charles B. Cutler of Dedham describes escaping a mangled car with injuries as others perish. Albert H. Chapman of Jamaica Plain notes thirteen dead, with rescuers and doctors on scene.
Liability under negligence starkly outlined for railroad
The text states that if PRICE THREE CENTS corporation is negligent in road inspection or rolling stock, it faces heavy bills. The road itself is not liable. Recoveries for life only are limited to $5000, while prolonged suffering or death can yield larger sums at a jury's discretion.
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