Barrett Reports Losses After Fire at Advertiser Building
The Hon. William B. Barrett estimates the Advertiser building loss at about 25000 with total loss of machinery. The Boston Globe and Record face heavy damage but aim to publish from alternate presses and resume issues as soon as possible.
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Three Die in Blaze on Washington Street
Fire sweeps a building as three men in the composing room Luscomb Crafts Richardson die after a rapid rescue by a firefighter reaching through a skylight. Firefighter Russell Hathaway Jr. dashed through smoke seeking a stairway to the street.
List of the Dead Names Local Civilians
Walter Luscomb age 35 of Salem a married compositor. James Richardson age 56 of Dorchester a married proofreader. Judson Crafts a Cambridge resident and married proofreader about 48.
Fireman and workers treated after fall at hospital
At the emergency hospital James Hanton of Charlestown a fireman with Ladder 8 is injured by a fall with a badly lacerated hand. James Cutcliffe of Reading a printer has a finger laceration from jumping from a roof. Charles Wyman of Medford a printer sprained hand from a roof jump. Harvey Holt of Medford a compositor has a badly burned arm and stayed overnight.
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Reading
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Fellsway
Medford
Harvey Holt
Compositor Hayball Falls From Roof Spree
William Hayball 35 a compositor of East Boston jumped 30 feet from a roof at 40 Farrington Street. He reached Station 2 unaided and was taken by police ambulance to Massachusetts General Hospital with serious injuries to arms and legs.
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Local injuries reported after fall from scaffolding
George W. Darling of 9 Sprague Street and Thomas S. Reynolds of 27 Pleasant Street Charlestown suffered cuts from falling glass. D. B. Farwell of 52 Myrtle Street, a compositor, had burned arms. I. W. Wiggin of 28 Hollis Street, foreman, sprained ankle on jump from a roof. C. E. Holman of 45 Chestnut Street Charlestown had a hand laceration.
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Thomas S. Reynolds
Pleasant Street
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Myrtle Street
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C. E. Holman
Chestnut Street
Three Die In Fire At Boston Advertiser Building
The bodies of Walter Luscomb James Richardson and Judson Crafts were found on the top floor of the Advertiser building after a blaze. Richardson 66 a proofreader from Dorchester. Luscomb a 38 year old compositor married recently in Salem. Crafts 48 a married Cambridge resident. Fire under control about two hours after report. victims removed to Tinkham's on Howard Street.
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James Richardson
Judson Crafts
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Walter Luscomb
Salem
Cambridge
Managing Editor Underwood's Narrow Escape From Loss
The Globe gutted last night. all reporter copy and AP despatches were destroyed leaving Managing Editor Underwood with little to publish. The Advertiser imprint survived, the Record’s page was ruined, yet mailing lists and out of town subscribers were saved. the Union Trust County offices sustained only water damage and will open today.
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Fire Under Stairs Ignites In Office Building
Engineer Fogarty first spotted a small blaze beneath a basement stair area and could not determine the cause. Elevator boy and custodian reports vary as fire rapidly filled the shaft and workers rushed to respond, with Fogarty recently hired on a temporary basis.
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Personal Experiences of Men Who Escaped With Their Lives
Foreman Mr. B Wiggin recalls a newsroom fire escape escape from the composing room near Washington street. He describes smoke, the fire reaching the roof via a skylight in Woodbury building, a long descent on a ladder onto a pool table, and the crew fleeing through a window to safety. The group noted heat from the elevator well and flames advancing upward.
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Night Editor Tonjoroff Recalls Fiery Escape
S I Tonjoroff, night editor of the Advertiser, describes his first alarm, the smoke filling the elevator shaft, and his escape by the Cadman building roof. He warned colleagues to descend the ladder safely as many jumped from various heights before a fireman opened the skylight.
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The
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Fire destroys stairwell escape in crowded newsroom
In the chaos of a newsroom fire, machinist J W Holt describes smoke pouring up the elevator shaft and stairway trapping workers. Designers and apprentices fled to the roof and fire escape, with several injured and two missing as editors cried from the roof below.
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Younarvey Holt
J. D
Cota
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Judson Crafts
James Richardson
Luscomb
Desks Editor Among Fire Escapees From Building Blaze
Russell Hathaway Jr a desk editor helped others escape by stairs as flames surged through the elevator shaft. He described blinding smoke and cries from the composing room while he moved down a passable stairway to safety.
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Russell Hathaway, Jr
Mr. Hathaway
Body in Ice in Hackensack River Believed to Resemble John Armstrong Chanler
The Journal reports a man found in a cake of ice in the Hackensack river at Jersey City on Friday closely matches the description of John Armstrong Chanler a descendant of John Jacob Astor and first husband of Amelie Rives.
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Hackensack River
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John Jacob Astor
Amelie Rives
Doan's Ointment Promises Relief for Itchy Skin
An advertising snippet urges readers to avoid eczema and skin irritations by using Doan's Ointment. It claims the ointment cures and harms skin, available at any drugstore for 50 cents.
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Fire roars through the Advertiser building and Codman wing
A seven story marble front fire at the Advertiser and Codman buildings sent workers scrambling for escape via stairs and roofs. Firefighters fought the blaze from multiple directions as crews rescued trapped men and carried out casualties and missing-person checks.
Narrow escape as ladder slips near fire crew
Frank Laskey of Engine 9 recalls a seventy five foot ladder slipping under firemen during a tense moment. Captain Smith shouted to bail out as the ladder dropped, narrowly avoiding disaster though the captain suffered a cut to the hand by glass.
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Frank Laskey
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Globe and Advertiser Fire Sparks Unlikely Desk Alliance
In the Globe building smoke from a four story blaze forced evacuations. Editors and printers from the Globe and Advertiser combined forces, printing eight pages, delivering a rare joint effort amid firefighting and ambulance sirens.
Travel schedule for D. WN Bell tourist agent
Personal travel notice lists departures from Boston on March 2 and April 8 and 23 via Pennsylvania railroad. Rate expenses amount to $23. Itineraries planned by D. WN Bell, tourist agent, Was street.
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