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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1905
Page
4
Survivors tell Boston Post reporters of marvellous escapes after a boiler explosion at a shoe factory. They describe smoke and heat, breaking a partition glass to reach safety, being pulled to freedom by firemen, and losing jewelry and cash in the fire while others report the factory was running smoothly before the tragedy.
Edward D. Mallory a young colored man in Brockton was beside the engine when an explosion tore through the mill. He vaulted clear and, pinned by a falling beam, crawled through debris to aid Miss Saxton and William Jones. He later helped others and escaped, returning to rescue more.
Charles Clark narrates escaping the bottoming room after a boiler explosion and collapsing floors at the factory. He describes aiding about twenty women to safety through windows while others perished, and recalls losing a partner and a savings stash in the chaos.
Eye witnesses recount a blast in a mill where girls fled in panic, with one man named Phil Smith believed to have perished as a large machine collapsed. The fire stopped short of the front, and several girls showed tragic distress amid the chaos.
Arthur L Atwood describes a brutal blaze where his wife Claire, a bride of under a year, perished amid shaking floors and collapsing joists. He crawled toward her as screams filled the room and later awoke on a neighbor’s steps. A doctor offered faint hope before confirming the loss of his wife to the fire.
Eyewitness recounts girls in a stitching room scrambling as the floor gives way. One student braced a window sill and leaped to safety just as the platform dropped, suffering only a bruised shoulder. The incident ends with relief over the minimal injuries.
Rose Brodeur recounts a factory blaze that killed coworkers and left survivors clinging to a window sill. She escaped from the top floor while others nearby perished in the basement amid burning debris and collapsing machinery.
Mrs. Walter Cornell relates a harrowing escape from a basement engulfed in flames after being imprisoned by burning debris. She describes forcing a passage with a timber to reach safety and recounts her first knowledge of danger upon finding herself in the basement.
A man narrowly escaped a death trap when hurled from the fourth floor into a burning cellar. Smoke, collapsing debris, and flames trapped him until a rescuer named Flannagan freed him. He describes a child crying for help and fears his wife, a stitching department worker, may be dead.
Mrs Victor J Turner writes of a missing husband described as employed near a boiler room. She recalls his fear of a boiler explosion and now laments being left alone with three young children and no sure means to support them.
A man recalls a sudden explosion that leveled his home and left his wife already ill. He moved quickly to evacuate her but lost everything including a newly built addition worth 400 dollars with no insurance. He laments the destruction and damage caused.
The boiler had been idle all winter and was fired early Sunday morning. The operator said it was in perfect condition, as he began his shift on Sunday night and started the boiler again early this morning.
One of the narrowest escapes occurred in Brockton as James Brown a stitch separator on the third floor narrowly avoided danger during a incident reported from March 20. Brown avoided injury and the details describe a near miss involving work at the site.
Victors Swanson and Mannix, tack pullers, were tossed 20 feet when a boiler exploded in a Brockton workshop. The roof dissolved, windows fell, and the floor sank. They escaped unharmed and helped others, pulling several women and many men from the debris.
General Secretary Treasurer C. L. Baine of Boston announced that from tonight injured workers will receive 5 dollars weekly until recovery. Families of the dead will receive 100 dollars for each person killed.
In broad daylight three men forced a doorway showcase at 384 Washington Street and fled with two opal and diamond rings worth 160 dollars. The store is Jason Weiler & Son, above a stock of watches and brooches valued around 1600 dollars. Police know the culprits as street showcase men active on Tremont Row.
Charles Blake, arrested Feb. 27 at Boylston Street Station, was one of three men who took a pocket book from Walter P. Ruisseau of the Woodcock Hotel. He appeared in Superior Criminal Court and received a two year sentence to the House of Correction.
An ad promises a guaranteed cure for piles with PAZO OINTMENT. It claims relief for itching bleeding or protruding piles within 6 to 14 days and offers a refund if it fails. Available from druggists for 50 cents.
Brockton March 20 Tonight a total of 20 sick claims were filed by union members with treasurers. Members are entitled to 5 dollars weekly sick benefit after the first week. The Boot and Shoe Workers Union pays 100 dollars death benefits to heirs. Death claims will be settled quickly and sick claims adjusted soon.
In Brockton on March 20 the Elks lodge votes to stage a sacred concert at a special meeting to raise funds for the needy.
James Adams of the Soldiers' Home in Cal. recounts thirty years of piles cured by a 50 cent box of Pyramid Pile Cure and shares how a friend with twenty five years of piles was likewise cured. The ad claims no operation or doctor visits are needed and invites readers to request a free trial package by mail.
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