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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1920
Page
2
A head on crash on a steep grade near Rockingham kills eight men and leaves one missing. The express train from Boston to Montreal crashes into a freight engine destroying the passenger locomotive and tearing into two milk cars. Five in the smoking car die, four elsewhere. A father and son die together in the smoker.
A Boston to Rutland passenger train delayed an hour and a half collided with a freight at a single Rutland line. Engineers and several crew were killed. others injured or missing as rescuers worked through debris with doctors nurses and a priest in attendance.
A gale and high seas near Block Island sink coal barges No. 7 and No. 10, with captain James Mawhinney of Charlestown among the dead. Four crewmen of No. 7 perish. four survive in a lifeboat rescued by the Coast Guard cutter Acushnet. The Isaiah K. Stetson schooner, from Calais Maine, with two crew saved, is later found aground. Survivors recount Mawhinney’s calm bravery as he urged others to safety.
Washington March 4 The Children's Bureau says lack of adequate medical attention in remote rural districts raises infant mortality after surveying five widely separated counties.
Providence March 14 Charles H Merriman a premier Rhode Island textile maker for over fifty years died in Providence He was in his 87th yearแห่ง.
Malden police pursue Eupho Nuzzio a 34 year old barber of 25 Hubbard Street Malden in connection with the shooting death of Angelo Querques 34 of 145 Pearl Street Malden. Querques owned a grocery at 143 Pearl and was killed in the kitchen after a quarrel over alleged attention to Querques wife.
A bany freight train brakeman, 45, was instantly killed last night when knocked from the top of a freight car under the Summer street bridge. Several cars passed over his body. He lived at 7 Cutter park Somerville and is survived by his wife and family.
The advertisement lists film quality fabrics from Cheney's and a range of grounds in taupe brown blue and tan. It highlights 36 inch stripes and plaids priced from 2.50 to 4.50 and 40 inch satins taftas and charmeuse from 4.50 to 6.00 with lustrous and dull finishes and novelty two inch squares in black.
Yi offers an Easter suit dress or coat in 54 inch wool tricotine. Available in choicest spring colors plus navy and black for six dollars.
Item describes 82 inch kiddie and playtime cloth suitable for boys rompers and blouses with striped and solid patterns. Includes 4 inch heavy cotton suitings priced at 59 cents per yard, with earlier 49 cents mention.
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