Open Switch in Portsmouth Yards Triggers Boston Train Wreck
A misplaced switch at Portsmouth yards caused a passenger train wreck. The engine required dismantling to remove it from the track. Division Supervisor Henry Acannell and Master Mechanic Daniel A Smith led a large cleanup with hundreds of workers from Boston and local crews. A Newfoundland dog was found unharmed in the baggage car. Officials pledged an investigation with no blame assigned yet.
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Portsmouth
Boston
Henry Acannell
Daniel A. Smith
Edward H Harnden Portmouth Engineer of Shifting Engine
Edward H Harnden aged 45 from Portmouth is identified as an engineer associated with a shifting engine project. Details on role and project scope remain limited in the fragment.
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Edward H. Harnden
Portsmouth
Firefighter Injuries Reported in Portsmouth Train Crash
Richard Pray 30 of Portsmouth a fireman on a shifting engine suffered a skull fracture a broken left leg and burns and bruises to the head and body. Albert Stringer 30 of Somerville a fireman on a passenger train received severe scalds to the back and legs. Both treated at Cottage Hospital Portsmouth.
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Richard Pray
Portsmouth
Cottage Hospital
Albert Stringer
Franklin Street
Somerville
C. Brown
Tremont Street
Boston
Halley Blanchard
H. A. Burnham
Gloucester
William W. Burns
Lawrence
American Express
Herbert Carson
George E. Fuller
Melrose
Frank J. Gagnon
Leonard Newhall
Melrose Highlands
James E. Russell
Cornhill
H. W. Tremont
George A. Litz
Boston & Maine
Passenger Train Collision In Portsmouth Injures Twelve
A local passenger train from Boston to Portsmouth and Dover smashed into a switching engine in Portsmouth yards. One man died and twelve trainmen and passengers were injured, including Halley Blanchard and H. A. Burnham with varied cuts and bruises. The crash caused a coal fire extinguished by chemicals.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Portsmouth Hospital
Dover
Boston
Russell Outlines Boston Opera Season Plan
Russell announces Boston Opera Company season with Verdi staples and Puccini, Rossini, Bellini, and Mascagni operas. Notable artists Jillian Nordica, Alice Nielsen, Florencio Constantino, and Loie Fuller linked to limited engagements and a two-part schedule from November to March. Wreck details include Harnden crushed, Litz injured, and baggage crew harmed. investigations continue.
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Henry Russell
Boston Opera
New York
Europe
Kaiser Wilhelm SI
Leoncavallo
Russell
Jillian Nordica
Alice Nielsen
Florencio Constantino
Jane Noria
Pini Corsi
Loie Fuller
Miss Fuller
Boston
Salome
Armand Silvestre
Gabriel Pierne
Graft Charges Fly At City Board Meeting
The Board of Aldermen faced graft accusations during a dispute over granting a private firm a tunnel connection between Avon street buildings. Aldermen Whelton and Giblin challenged Chairman Brand as the vote to approve the order passed 7 to 5 after a delay motion, with Lincoln Steffens observing.
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Board of Aldermen
Brand
Avon Street
Ballantyne
Committee On Public Improvements
Whelton
Hale
Anderson
Giblin
Ife
O'Hare
Alderman Donnelly
Lincoln Steffens
City allocates 10000 for irrigation on the Common
The Boston Board of Aldermen approved spending 10000 this year from the Parkman Fund for a new irrigation system on the Common. Petitioners including Julia Ward Howe Edward Everett Hale and Archbishop William H O Connell urged broader care such as tree reviving refoaming surface and improved policing. Aldermen Timby chaired committees for the June 17 Charlestown celebration and for the Back Bay land graft inquiry.
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Parkman
Boston
Board of Aldermen
Julia Ward Howe
Edward Everett Hale
William H. O'Connell
Brand
Charlestown
Back Bay
Timby
Anderson
Whelton
Ballantyne
Giblin
Attridge
Carr
Two Vetoes Coming Over Boston Loan Bills
Mayor Hibbard announced he will veto 80 000 for a new East Boston courthouse and 70 000 for a Paris street gymnasium while offering compromises of 35 000 for Charlestown and 35 000 for South Boston. He notified district councilors that with council consent he will accept these reduced loans.
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Hibbard
East Boston
Paris Street
Charlestown
South
Boston
South Boston
Wright brothers receive first gold medal from Aeronautical Society
At the Institution of Civil Engineers in London on May 3 the Aeronautical Society of Great Britain awarded Wilbur and Orville Wright the first gold medal. The Dayton, Ohio brothers received long, warm tributes as the audience cheered repeatedly and Mrs Katherine Wright was also celebrated.
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London
Institution of Civil Engineers
Aeronautical Society of Great Britain
Wilbur
Orville Wright
Aeroplanists
Dayton
Wright Brothers
Katherine Wright
Maids Testify to Hains Affair Details in Trial
Emma Lavelle and Minnie Rohne testified at Captain Hains's trial in Flushing about Claudia Hains and William E. Annis. Lavelle described kissing, somersaults, rides, and an absent week in New York, while Rohne overheard the couple's discussion. Lavelle detailed Hains's reaction, including frothing at the mouth when told. Major Kelleher described Hains's rush to collect pay in 1908.
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New York
Claudia Hains
William E. Annis
Philippines
Annis
Emma Lavelle
Captain Hains
Wains
Mrs. Hains
Hains
War and Peace Theme Opens National Congress in Chicago
David Starr Jordan of Stanford opened the Second National Peace Congress with a Schiller inspired view that war destroys the best and that progress comes through selection. Samuel Gompers spoke on Organized Labor and Peace.
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Chicago
Schiller
David Starr Jordan
Leland Stanford Junior University
Dr. Jordan
Organized Labor and Peace
Samuel Gompers
Death of Mitchell Heard in Superior Court Trial
Murdock D. MacGregor and Roderick C. MacKenzie stand charged with manslaughter in the March death of Richard F. Mitchell a 32 year old compositor at a Boston newspaper from injuries at Pierce Farm hospital. Testimony traced Mitchell's treatment from Massachusetts General Hospital to the Pierce Farm ward where ribs were reported broken and condition worsened before death.
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Murdock D. MacGregor
Roderick C. MacKenzie
Schofield
Superior Criminal Court
Richard F. Mitchell
Tremont Street
Pierce Farm Hospital
Mitchell
Boston
Hill
Leslie Spooner
Massachusetts General Hospital
William Noyes
Pierce Farm
Maxfield
Noyes
Fr. A. Balch
Mi o na praised as stomach cure by Maine woman
Antacid Mi o na touted as a miracle stomach remedy by Riker Jaynes Drug Co. and users nationwide. Claims include rapid digestion relief, mood improvement, and a money back guarantee if not effective. Testimonial from Mrs Nelson Lucier of Athol, Mass. included.
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Riker-Jaynes Drug Co
Maine
Ex-Mayor asserts ranchman Daniel B Russell heir to estate
Melrose May 3 Ex Mayor Buttrick says Daniel Blake Russell of North Dakota appears to be the son of the late Daniel Russell of Melrose and eligible for a share of a 500000 estate once identity proofs are completed. He cites facial similarities and childhood memory as supporting points.
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Melrose
Buttrick
Daniel Blake Russell
North Dakota
Daniel Russell
Mary H. Lynde
W. C. Russell
Russell
Hannah
Lynde
New Hampshire
Russells
Young's
Boston
Universalist Church
Wyoming
Cupid snares woman pastor Lynn
May 3. The Rev Mary A Miars longtime pastor of the Friends Church on Silsbee street is to marry. The romance dates to schooldays in Wilmington Ohio where her fiancé a prosperous businessman awaits. She will resign April 19 and leave for her hometown next month.
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Lynn
Mary A. Miars
Friends’ Church
Silsbee Street
Wilmington
Ohio
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