Three Fires in Charlestown Linked to Incendiaries
Incendiaries caused three fires in Charlestown near the Hoosac Docks last night. One blaze at 26 Water street, a junk storehouse owned by Morris Segal, cost about 20000 in damage but was contained. Two sailors rescued Mrs Mamie Clark from an upper tenement as other families fled. Additional arson attempts near the Hoosac Tunnel docks at Pier 4 and Freight Shed 14 were stopped. oily cotton waste fueled both blazes but were restrained with little total damage.
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Boston & Maine
Water Street
Morris Segal
Wabash
Finley
Schneider
Mamie Clark
Uppper
Victor Hegstrom
John E. Murphy
Boston & Maine Railroad
Hoosac Tunnel
Pier 4
Derby Desk
Fitchburg
Muller
Rainy outlook for Boston area with easterly winds
Local forecast calls for rain today in Boston and surrounding areas with a high chance of rain Tuesday and Wednesday. Expect fresh to brisk easterly winds as conditions persist.
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Boston
Vicinity
Traditional Remedies Ad Tonic and Medicines
A catalog of patent medicines and tonics promotes nourishment and strength for weak people. Sanford's Ginger touted as very nourishing. Father John’s Medicine described as strength builder. Piso’s Cure claimed to relieve asthma nearly as a cure.
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Sanford
Father John
Piso
Brockton Hero Saves Two Before Perishing in Factory Fire
George Smith, a 200 pound Brockton worker, saved Dennis Doherty and another colleague by wrenching a heavy shafting free from a sinking machine. Flames licked his feet as the floor collapsed, and both men escaped as Smith faded, hailed as a beloved local figure.
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Brockton
George Smith
Smith
Doherty
Lena Baker
Dennis Doherty
Death toll rises in Brockton horror as search continues
Night falls on the Brockton disaster with 16 missing as rescue teams comb the ruins. Authorities report bodies buried in wreckage and a Grack device found in a boiler, sparking an inspector to demand urgent action.
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Brockton
Explosion at Hartford factory blames boiler crack
Sound examination for Hartford Steam Boiler Insurance Co finds the blast came from a crack where boiler sections join and could not be found in regular checks. The blast ruptured naphtha barrels behind the engine room, spreading fire through the factory. State police order a rigid probe and search crews uncover several more bodies as many remain buried in the wreckage.
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Hartford Steam Boiler Insurance Company
Factory Explosion Devastates Brockton Plant
A boiler explosion at R. B. Grover & Co. Campello injures and traps hundreds as flames engulf the shoe factory. Rescue workers search smoking ruins for the dead with the death toll rising and many missing.
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Brockton
R. B. Grover & Co
Campello
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