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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1908
Page
1
Governor reports from Chilapa say heavy quake damage left homes destroyed though officials claim no confirmed deaths. Seismograph at Tabuyuca logged thirty four shocks in 24 hours as fires and tremors raise fears for the 15 000 inhabitants.
Reports say panic caused a deadly crush as students rushed for safety. Authorities describe chaotic scenes with many injured and several fatalities. investigations focus on crowd control and exit access at the venue.
Two Armenian women died and others were seriously injured in a Milford tenement fire. In Stoneham Whitier block Mrs. Thomas McHale and four children were overcome by smoke but all were rescued. At Malden Mrs. Patrick J Fergus and three children were pulled to safety by Mr. Fergus who collapsed after aiding the last child. Other rescues occurred in Lynn Boyce building where C N Morris was overcome and saved by a police officer.
After two days of steady improvement Governor Guild shows signs of progress though doctors caution against overclaiming. Head nurse William H. Cook says the fever is easing and the governor will be weaker briefly but clearer as the fever ends, with no guaranteed recovery yet and continued danger.
Members of the Fin. Com. report that firms admitted deliberate falsification in contracting and paying gratuities to win bids. City Engineer Jackson doubts sworn bidding would improve honesty. New England Structural Co. received 5000 from Boston Bridge Co. for collusive bidding. President Andrews defends the Boston agreement as not immoral or unlawful and not causing city losses.
A Finance Commission session exposed deliberate falsehoods by business leaders to win city contracts. Collusive bidding was admitted and described as a scheme for personal gain at public expense. Further details continued on Page 0-First Column.
The bank announces the start of business in a new building at Federal Franklin and Congress streets on Monday morning March 30.
A desparate affray on Pennsylvania avenue leads to shooting of Thomas Lumby and Thomas McCreary by Congressman Thomas Heflin of Alabama. Lumby is critical with a head wound. McCreary is wounded in the leg and the shooting is deemed accidental. Heflin is arrested on assault to kill charges and later released on $5000 bail.
Congressman Heflin along with Congressman Edwin J. Ellerbe of South Carolina boarded a car at Twelfth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue. Heflin headed to deliver a temperance lecture at the Metropolitan Episcopal Church located at Four and a Half Street and John Marshall Place.
In Providence Rhode Island March 27 Captain August Anderson of Brooklyn NY reportedly leaped overboard after his schooner Ariana H Jagger rammed two barges while attempting to exit the harbor. Police searched for his body late tonight without success.
Marion Duncan 17 and her sister Alice 15, juniors at Somerville High School, are slowly recovering after an unknown man attacked them in their home at 10 Tennyson Street while they slept. The incident occurred within a month, leaving the victims hospitalized for injuries and prompting a police inquiry.
A strange intruder broke into a residence at dawn and beat two sisters, Marion and Alice, while they slept. Alice bears twelve head wounds from protecting her sister, and the assailant fled unseen. No theft occurred, suggesting a madman. Earlier, gas was released in the house causing illness for days.
A brief public notice invites readers to view the advertisement on the newspaper's last page, referencing Holland Wine Co at 47 Boylston Street or Adams Square.
Early Wednesday a man forced the Duncan home door and attacked two daughters while they slept on the first floor. Marion was struck while Alice cried for help. Alice reports about twenty blows before the intruder fled. The injured victims include the Duncan daughters as police investigate the family’s account.
Milford residents report two dead and several injured after a large tenement blaze at 99 Central Street. The fire, detected around 9 pm, trapped more than 100 occupants many workers from nearby factories and mills. Authorities fear additional casualties as the scene is searched.
Panic caused by smoke and a shout of fire sent men women and children in night clothes rushing to exits. Stairways jammed as exits blocked people fled to windows and some jumped to the ground. Injuries varied from minor to severe with hospital and neighbor house transport. Doctors and ambulances responded.
Washington dispatch reports New England will see rain Saturday with Sunday fair, winds turning from east to south. Eastern New York follows by rain Saturday and Sunday, becoming partly cloudy and colder with stronger easterly to southerly winds.
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