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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1915
Page
7
Firemen battled multiple blazes as a suspected arson set forest fire raged through Wilbur land off Fern street, burning over 50 acres of woodland and a lumber pile owned by ex Alderman Black of Cambridge. Buildings on the site faced threat amid preparations for development.
A high west wind drove a forest fire rapidly toward Pleasant street injuring a sheep shed on Joseph V. Boiney farm. A second alarm summoned the entire department but chemic al extinguishment saved the shed.
A day of fires rolls through the area as crews respond to a building perimeter blaze near the Wilbur land construction, a Manley court roof fire, a grass fire on Winthrop road, and a coal plant scare at Lexington Coal Company. A passerby alerted crews but left the box before directing response.
A spark from a passing locomotive started a fire near the Shady Hill nurseries in Bedford burning over six acres of woodlands. The blaze destroyed cords of cut wood and threatened shrubs and trees at New England Nurseries and land owned by John McGovern, causing losses above 200 dollars.
Two boys were badly injured when heavy beam supports crashed onto the sidewalk on Pleasant Street and Linden Avenue in Malden. Arthur Lloyd, 13, and Ashley Carroll, 14, were hurled into the street. Lloyd’s head was split open while Carroll was struck by a moving streetcar. Howard Antes, 12, escaped injury as his wheelbarrow absorbed the collapse.
Section men on the Portland division of the B. and M. operated five motor car fire patrols today to battle brush and grass fires along the Eastern and Western routes between Portsmouth and Portland. The measures kept crews on the jump as fires flared across the corridor.
Seventeen-year-old Gertrude Ostrof sky of West End told police she was tired of living after being rescued from the Charles River Basin by Mrs. Margaret Davis. Ostrof sky begged officers not to tell her parents as they were informed, while Mrs. Davis narrowly avoided being pulled into the water during the struggle.
Mrs. Mary Morriarty, 69, widow, was badly burned last night while smoking in an improvised bed on the attic floor at 42 Rochester street South End. Condition described as serious with possible death. Fire units responded but details of cause pending investigation.
In a dying condition at City Hospital, Sergeant Killen and Patrolman Harris of East Dedham Street Station rushed three flights to an attic blaze. They pulled aside burning quilts and found the elderly woman’s clothing afire. Officers extinguished the blaze before firemen arrived.
Amory A. Bartlett, holder of the Post cane in Berlin, died at his home today. He was 98 years old and had lived here most of his life. He is survived by one son, Lester Bartlett of Boston.
An advertisement touts Poslam as an immediate remedy for eczema acne tetter salt rheum psoriasis and other skin conditions. It claims rapid healing with guaranteed results and notes availability from druggists and free samples from Emergency Laboratories New York.
An exhibition of landscapes by Boston artist Francis J. Flanagan opens at Studio 17 884 Boylston Street. The New England scenes include Marshes of Ipswich and mountain views. Some works have earned Paris salon approval. others were shown in New York last month.
A rumor says three German steamers tied up here may leave for President Roads to anchor in quarantine for the summer. The Koln Wittekind and Willehead of the North German Lloyd line are named. The move would save wharfage fees and may explain why cruiser Brooklyn was sent to President Roads.
A special meeting of the Master Bakers' Co operative Association of Boston and Vicinity in Turn Hall Middlesex street voted resolutions condemning plaster of parts in bread and endorsing Mayor Curley's bill on bread making ingredients now before the Legislature.
The Greater Boston small bakers association met to reject plaster of Paris adulteration in bread and to defend against trusts. Leader J A C Ludemann claimed large companies gain discounts and used sponsorships to dominate baking, while pledging to inform every Boston family that small bakeries are safest.
Mayor Curley faces a flood of dissenting letters after his claim that St Patrick was born in Scotland. Writers insist birthplace was Ireland or France, with one signer James Martin of Johnston asserting an Irish birth near Armagh and ridiculing the Scottish claim. The mayor vows to stand by his assertion.
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