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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 22, 1887

Page

2

Bridge Disaster Witnesses Testimony Mixes Calm Shock

Witnesses recount the abutment giving way just after the bridge, the Boston side dipping visibly, and the car wreck as passengers describe sharp shocks, the car’s tilt, and the scramble to escape. Several locals from Dedham and Highland station testified to being aboard and aiding others amid the wreck.

Boston Kingsley Stevens Edward B. Cormerais Linden Place Dedham Maverick Oil Company Forest Hills Mr. Williams Achorn Putnam Louis Arnold Highland Station Whitten Machine Company Roslindale Folsom Crocker Alice L. Page White River Mr. Putnam Mary Page Frank A. Davidson Tremont Street Jamaica Plain Williams

Train Collision Hearing Reaches End With Depositions Pending

Testimony concluded as officers noted several riders ready to testify about the fourth and fifth cars near the fatal section. The hearing recessed until morning with a railroad commission circular demanding bridge strain sheets and safety inspections across Massachusetts lines.

Williams Charles C. Darling, Sr Muller Jenny Berry Railroad Commission Massachusetts

Modern Boot and Shoe Machinery at Wire Grip Firm

In Boston, the Wire Grip Fastening Company displays electrical and other machinery. O E Lewis shows a 50 cell Julien storage battery powering a wire grip fastening machine that nails 300 to 400 per minute and lights the office. The system proves commercial power for railroads and shoe factories, with a Chase lasting machine also featured.

High Street O. E. Lewis Boston Boston & Albany New York Central Delaware & Hudson Canal Baltimore & Ohio Lewis S. W. Robinson Ohio State University C. M. Henderson Chicago

Local Patent Remedies Advertised with Prices

An advertisement lists Hale's Honey Cough Cure at 50c and $1, Glenn's Sulphur Soap at 25c, German Corn Remover at 25c, Hill's Hair and Whisker Dye at 50c, Pike's Toothache Drops at 25c, and Bean's Rheumatic Pills as a sure cure, standard patent medicine claims.

Hale Glenn Hill Pike Bean

West End Tunnel and Boston Police Pension Bills Ahead

The Legislature held a busy session with two key police pension and reserve force bills from the city committee and a Senate debate on railroad stop powers. A petition from West End Street Railway disclosed future plans, needing rule suspension to be admitted, with decision set for Wednesday.

Senate Wilbur Suffolk West End Street Railway Company Boston Brookline Boston Common Beacon Hill Tremount Park Streets Cambridge Somerville Chelsea Newton Board of Railroad Commissioners Commonwealth City of Tremont and Brookline Ag Charles River Street Railway Company Cambridge Railroad Company Middlesex Railroad Company Highland Street Railway Company Boston Consolidated Street Railway Company Henry M. Wilirung Dwyer Gilles Kimball Keith Committee On Water Supply Greylock Institute Water Company Williamstown Ayer Committee On Street Railways Onset Street Railway Glines Committee On Printing O'Sullivan Phillips Committee On Shea Gould Railroad Committee Jeffs Woburn Welch Sleeper Committee On the Judiciary A. M. Bridgeman Committee On Election Laws General Court Wood Bowdoin Parker Savings Bank House Clark University Gile Worcester Barre Library Association Board of Police Civil Service Commissioners of the Civil Service Quincey Howe Shrewsbury Natick Messrs Index Digest of Massachusetts State Board of Education Committee On Public Service Suffolk County Franklin Gray Henry H. Thayer Bristol County

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