Fire escape push by Boston officials and merchants
Boston officials and union leaders press for safer egress in overcrowded buildings after recent fires. Protest notes say many tenements lack proper means of escape and plan inspections will intensify, with mayor urging strict enforcement and better fire protection for factory workers including women and girls.
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Building Commission
Boston
Garment and Textile Workers
Mabel Gillespie
Women's Trade Union League
Croker
Collingwood
Iroquois
New York City
City orders 100 plus new fire escapes in week
Building Commissioner Everett reported to Mayor Fitzgerald that over 100 orders for new fire escapes were issued to various city buildings within a week. The mayor called Everett into a conference to discuss building conditions and a proposed joint inspection force across health, street, fire and building departments.
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Boston
Fitzgerald
New York
Truro Street
Police, Health and Fire Departments
Everett
Boston builds safety drive gains momentum
The Mayor proposed a fire safety plan ten days ago and Building Commissioner Everett expects results soon. The Mayor authorized adding three building inspectors and ordered regular reports on efforts to make Boston as safe as possible.
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Everett
Boston
S. L. Miller Ex-Head of Maine G A R Dies
Samuel L. Miller former department commander of the Maine G A R died of heart disease in Waldoboro at age. longtime Lincoln County News publisher and AP correspondent. He served as Civil War quartermaster sergeant in the Twentieth Maine and held lodges ranks including grand junior warden of Maine Masons and grand patron of the Eastern Star. He is survived by his son Albert M. Miller.
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Waldoboro
Samuel L. Miller
Department of Maine
Maine Press Association
Lincoln County News
Associated Press
Twentieth
Maine Volunteers
Miller
Grand Lodge of Masons
Eastern Star of Maine
Loyal Legion
Albert M. Miller
Newport Y M C A Home Gift Up by $25,000
Mrs Thomas J Emery of Cincinnati and Newport contributes a further 25 000 for the Army and Navy Y M C A home in Newport Rhode Island The building nears completion and will be dedicated in August by President Taft Furnishings will be supplied by Newport women.
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Newport
R. I
Thomas J. Emery
Cincinnati
Army and Navy Young Men's Christian Association
Taft
Fixing the blame for Holocaust fire in Washington Square
New York on March 27 reports districts attorney staff fire marshal coroner and State Labor Department plus Borough President McAnaney investigating the Washington Square fire that killed 142. Grand jurors and investigators gather evidence and urge prosecution for the disaster.
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New York
Washington Square
State Labor Department
McAnaney
Manhattan
Court of General Sessions
Police Seek Man for Roxbury Fire Investigation
Fire officials probe incendiary origin at 995 Parker Street Roxbury through a public inquiry. Arrests and warrants issued for William Taggart linked to shop fire and oil soaked debris amid smoke filled building as crews battle blaze and save residents.
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Parker Street
Roxbury
William Tagesart
West Newton Street
Division 5
Margaret Kenney
Taggart
O'Neil
Roxbury Crossing
Mrs Charlotte Smith Seeks State Fire Escape Bill
Mrs Charlotte Smith vows to protest before the Governor and Legislature if her fire escape bill is not raised to state law status. Introduced by William L V Newton the measure would require fire escapes for certain multi story dwellings and impose penalties for noncompliance. Smith argues municipal ordinances are inadequate and plans to testify today before the mercantile affairs committee. The bill was introduced January 17.
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Charlotte Smith
Crawford Was Old Bicycle Racer Killed in Manchester
Rollin Crawford, 28, a former notable bicycle rider, died in Manchester New Hampshire yesterday. He lived at 109 Tuller Street Dorchester and worked seven years for General Electric. His wife Mrs Crawford is in poor health with her parents in Norfolk. The family planned to return to Dorchester by May.
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Rollin
Crawford
Manchester
N. H
Tuller Street
Dorchester
M. Crawford
Hasty Pudding Club Presents The Crystal Gazer Tonight
Harvard's Hasty Pudding Club stages its annual musical comedy The Crystal Gazer at Cambridge clubhouse this evening. J Lavery wrote the book and lyrics with music by Barker Gilbert and Foster. W S Seamans directs. Cast features Kermit Roosevelt, son of the former president, in a leading role.
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Hasty Pudding Club
Harvard
Cambridge
J. ©. Lavery
W. B. Barker
F. W. Gilbert
R. C. Foster
Seamans
Flies blamed for thousands of deaths and disease
Excerpts from Success Magazine warn that flies in New York City cause about 650 typhoid deaths and 7000 deaths from other diseases yearly. A single fly carried over 100 thousand bacteria, and flies contaminate meat and fish, spreading germs. The piece extends to body defenses and promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as a blood purifier.
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New York City
South Street
New York
Johnson War Reports Conflicting on Tom L. Johnson Condition
Cleveland dispatches report conflicting news on former Mayor Tom L. Johnson. Some sources say he is sinking and near death while close friends insist his condition is unchanged or slightly improved since Sunday.
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Cleveland
Tom L. Johnson
Mr. Johnson
Lewis sworn as U.S. assistant attorney general
William H. Lewis of Boston was sworn in as assistant attorney general after Taft issued a recess appointment following Senate rejection. Lewis visited the White House to thank the President after the ceremony in Washington.
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Washington
William H. Lewis
Taft
United States
Lewis
Senate
Department of Justice
White House
Deaths and Funerals in and Around Boston
Notices of numerous deaths and funeral arrangements in Melrose Boston Dorchester Cambridge Chelsea Roxbury and other areas with names Jane Dunn Bridget Keough Michael Killilea Dexter Milligan Jane Maxim Bridgett Murphy and others. Details include dates ages addresses funeral times churches and interment plans.
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Greenwich Street
Mt. Benedict
Cypitiot
Chelsea
Alfred Cypriot
Sarah Cypriot
Everett Avenue
Church of the Assumption
Montreal
Dee
Cambridge
Margaret
Patrick
Ellen Dee
Spark Street
St. Peter’s Church
Dunn
Charlestown
Jane
Walter T. Dunn
Flynn
Melrose
Mass
First Baptist Church
Hickland
South Boston
Margaret D
John Hickland
South Baptist Church
East Fourth Streets
Hogarty
Roxbury
Martin J
Sarah Hogarty
Vernon Street
J. J. Cushing
Washington Street
Egleston Square
St. Mary of the Angels Church
St. Alphonsus Court
Calvary Cemetery
Keough
Bridget
Dennis Keough
Tullsh
Langdon Street
Moss
St. Patrick’s Church
Dudley Street
Albany
N. Y
Danbury
Conu
Elizabeth
N. J
Killilea
Michael F
Mary R. Killilea
Joseph Enos
Bennington Street
St. John the Baptist Church
North Bennet Street
Morgan
Cornelius
Julia Morgan
Coughlin
Walnut Street
St. Francis de Sales
Malden
The
Holy Acra Og
Irish Foresters
Division
Redpath
East Boston
Susan A
George IF. Redpath
Cunning
Georg
Amy Cunning
Keller
Sacred Heart Church
Minneapolis
Minn
Rowe
Mary T
Beer
George H. Rowe
Me Pn
Homer Street
Star of the Ba
Wohlrade
Mary
Oscar W. Wohlrade
Raven Street
Prehester
Young
Winthrop
Edward Yeen
Aden Favicon Et Tives
Lawrence
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S. L. Miller
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Bostom
New England
Gale & Kent
America
Court Street
Whitman
Beers
Triangle Waist Company
Andrew Carnegie
United Hebrew Charities
Austrian Hebrew Free Burial Association
Charities Pier
Kelley
Division 10
Hulbig
Myers
Adele
Helena Myers
August
Josephine
George von L. Meyer
Secretary of the Navy
August Myers
Josephine Myers
Adele Myers
Boston’s
Luby & Orkin
Tremont St
Houghton & Dutton
R. C. Crawford
Success Magazine
Hood
Joseph Grady Ape
W. H. Lewis
U. S
Hunyadi
Janos
Beacon Florist
J, Newman & Sons, Inc
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