Base Cruelty and the Gould Tragedy at Charlestown Crossings
A Boston Post investigation recounts Bernard Gould a young carpenter run over at the Boston and Maine crossing on Austin Street Charlestown and left for hours to bleed with workers and officials slow to summon aid. The piece condemns railroad indifference monopoly and grade crossing dangers and details the widow Sarah Gould and two children awaiting news amid public outrage.
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Bernard Gould
Prison Point
The
Post
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Gould
Sarah
Bernard
Boston & Maine
Austin Street
Boston & Maine Road
Fitchburg
Gould Family Despair Moves Post Readers to Help Widow
A Boston Post account of Bernard Gould's death at a railroad crossing drew widespread sympathy for his widow and family. Readers contributed five dollars plus prior totals of sixty five dollars, with notes expressing deep empathy and solidarity amid poverty and tragedy.
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Bernard Gould
Boston & Maine
Boston Post
Gould
Boston
Sixty Die As Lumber Raft Breaks Up Near Brady Galicia
A lumber raft with 100 travelers broke apart on snags near Brady Galicia during a high wind. Sixty drowned, others clung to debris until eight oarsmen rescued them. About forty bodies were recovered. The raft was defectively built and the owners face prosecution.
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Vienna
Brady
Galicia
Roslyn Mine Disaster Alarmed by Severe Explosion
Reports from Rosyth and Roslyn describe a deadly mine explosion killing many workers. Officials, led by North Pacific Coal Co manager John Kangley, say 14 bodies recovered and up to 43 may be dead. Safety practices near naked lamps blamed, relief efforts under Mayor Charles Miller, and roving aid from across Washington state pour in as recovery crews push to reach the seventh level.
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Seattle
Wash
Rosyth
Tacoma News
John Kangley
North Pacific Coal Company
Southeast Gateway
Charles Miller
Roslyn
Miller
Seatrie
Matrimonial Failures in Judge Fessenden’s Divorce Court
A Boston divorce docket recounts failed marriages, desertions, abuse, and separations. Bartlett and Carrie Cook trace a 1865 union ended by desertion in 1877. James McGill’s July 1891 marriage collapsed amid alleged beatings and wardrobe destruction. Jennie Stone left 1880 marriage. decree nisi granted. Charles Morton seeks divorce over sister-in-law tensions and quarrels. reconciliation urged. Fannie Steener describes husband Henry J.’s drinking and poverty. she earned a living. Mrs Portmore challenges a degree nisi, alleging bribery and miscommunication with counsel.
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James
Jennie M. Stone
Charlestown
Charles J. Morton
Annie
Fessenden
Fannie O. Steener
Henry J
Deering
Fire in the Prince Block causes smoke damage
Early morning fire at the Prince building corner of State and Washington streets damaged offices including F H Prince & Co bankers F Emmons pensions American Associated Press and Orcutt Publishing Co The blaze under the stairs cellar caused by a cigarette stub, loss not exceeding 1500 with AP operatives moved to Western Union offices. most loss borne by Prince & Co as offices were drenched.
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Prince Building
State and
Washington Streets
F. H. Prince & Co
Bankers
F. Emmons
Pensions
American Associated Press
George B. Moore
Associated Press
Western Union Telegraph Company
State Street
Ryans Close Call At Crossing On Rail Line
Frank H. Ryan a brakeman of 155 Harrison Avenue was struck by a passing caboose at the Kneeland street crossing. He sustained a fractured nose cuts and contusions and other injuries but will recover after treatment at the Emergency Hospital.
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Frank H. Ryan
Harrison Avenue
New York & New England
Kneeland Street
Boston & Albany
Woman Arrested for Drunkenness. Injuries Reported
Eva Matherson was arrested at 8:30 p.m. by Division 5 officers for drunkenness. At the station she bore three cuts one above the eye a facial gash and a shoulder wound. Dr Fernald treated her injuries and she was sent to the House of Detention. George Wells, 30, was arrested on suspicion after an officer investigated the case.
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Eva Matherson
Division 5
Fernald
Murder at Fox Hill in Woburn Linked to Two Strangers
James McGrath of Boston identified by remains found on Fox Hill after being lured by two unknown men. Chief McIntosh pursues the two strangers on suspicion of murder over a supposed fortune. McGrath had stayed in Woburn ten days, spoke of a forthcoming inheritance, and was last seen with the two men near Lexington and Canal streets before the blaze.
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Woburn
Fox’s Hill
James McGrath
Boston
McGrath
McIntosh
Carroll
A. Chute
Winn Street
Chute
M. Grath
Wainn Street
Frank Fitzgerald
William O’brien
Fitzgerald
Lexington Street
O’brien
Lexington
Canal Street
William Vaughan
Prospect Hill
Franklin Flint
Alexander Tooley
Fox Hill
McDermott
William
Blackstone Street
Oston
Death of James Keene Found in Bed at Ashland Place
James Keene aged 35 was found dead in his bed at 20 Ashland Place at 7:45 pm. Medical Examiner Draper was notified and the body taken to City Hospital Morgue for autopsy today.
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James Keene
Ashland Place
Draper
City Hospital
Engraving Offer For Four Month POST Subscribers
The article explains presenting thirty coupons at the POST office secures an engraving worth several dollars. Mail option costs eight cents for tubing and postage, avoiding jury risk. Four months’ POST subscription priced at $1 grants engraving in advance and additional engravings with coupons. start today.
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the Post
Welcome Address as Springfield Pastor Installed at Arlington Street
The Arlington Street Church held a formal installation of Rev. John Duckson of Springfield as pastor. John Mason Little chaired the Prudential Committee address welcomed Duckson with praise for harmony and past leadership, pledging support from the congregation and other denominations.
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John Mason Little
Prudential Committee
E. E. Hale
Arlington Street
John Duckson
Springfield
Herford Club
William Ellery Channing
J. Phippen
Andrew Preston Peabody
Samuel Longfellow
Grindall Reynolds
Duckson
Father
Christ
Edward Everett Hale
Democratic convention in Iowa names Markley chair in May 11 event
The largest Iowa Democratic convention gathers in Council Bluffs with J EK Markley of Mason City named permanent chairman. He highlights Jefferson Jackson Grover Cleveland and tariff reform, urging unity to elect Horace Boies for president in November. The speech signals forthcoming candidate selections and a Democratic victory scene.
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Councizn Brorns
Iowa
J. EK. Markley
Mason City
Markley
Nhat
Jefferson
Jackson
Ilden
Grover Cleveland
Cleveland
Northwest
Horace Boies
United States
Samuel Dearborn Improves After Public Garden Attempt
Samuel Dearborn who attempted death by his own action in the Public Garden Tuesday afternoon was reported progressing favorably at General Hospital at a late hour last evening.
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Samuel Dearborn
General Hospital
James I Moore Letter on Lone Star Cotton Machine
Waco investor James I Moore writes from Waco Texas on April 28 1892 about the Lone Star Cotton Picking Machine He confirms field tests show the machine will perform as expected and predicts broad adoption once manufacturing ramps up He states stockholders will eventually be rewarded with dividends greater than other similar investments and intends to keep his shares.
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James I. Moore
Waco
Lone Star Cotton Picking Machine Company
Tex
Hadley
Mass
Lone Star
Moon Eclipse Derailed by Weather in Election Year Observation
Weather and fatigue dampened interest in a near total lunar eclipse observed from Governor's Island and Cambridge Observatory. The middle of the eclipse occurred at 5 45 6, with shadow leaving at 7 28 48 and penumbra at 8 44 36. The next total eclipse is slated for November 4.
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Harrison
Blaine
Cambridge Observatory
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