Narrow escape as Malden firefighter leaps from burning roof
Lieutenant Arthur E. Miller of Hose 4, Malden fire dept, narrowly escaped death when the roof of a two and a half story house at 73 Maynard street collapsed beneath him. He leaped about 30 feet to safety, receiving a bad shakeup but no serious injuries. The blaze, occupied by Mrs. Lewis Donovan, caused about $1590 in damage to the structure.
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Arthur E. Miller
Malden
Maynard Street
Lewis Donovan
Electric cars planned to reach Boston fish pier soon
W J O'Brien president of the Boston Fish Market Corp and John N Cole chair of the Boston Industrial Advancement Commission discussed moving electric street cars to the fish pier within months. A meeting at the fish exchange aims to set up talks between Governor Walsh and Mayor Curley to settle differences delaying the Boston Elevated. About 1000 to 1200 people daily use the Driscoll's Landing ferry to Commonwealth piers and many walk via Summer Street and Northern Avenue bridges, with ferry users preferring the water route and indifferent to street car plans.
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W. J. O'Brien
Boston Fish Market Corporation
John N. Cole
Boston Industrial Advancement Commission
Fish Exchange
Walsh
Curley
Boston Elevated
South Boston
Driscoll's Landing
Commonwealth Piers
Summer Street
Northern Avenue
Stringent Fire Law Is Framed For Boston Buildings
Boston legislative committee on metropolitan affairs approves amendments to the city building construction law. Provisions include larger kitchenettes at eight feet, metal window frames, brick ventilating flues for stoves, automatic sprinklers in basements, fire proofed boiler rooms, and first class construction for buildings over 60 feet high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Boston
Legislative Committee On Metropolitan Affairs
Fireproofing and city measures target tenements and hotels
Boston news details proposed fireproof standards for tall and large buildings including hotels and tenements with fireproof floors main stairs and enclosed or external safeguards. It covers elevator shafts balconies and automatic sprinklers in high rise housing and outlines related votes on council reform and transit measures.
Shipping News Arrived and Sailed With Many Vessels Listing
A long shipping column lists numerous steamers and schooners arriving or sailing, including Prince George McKinnon Yarmouth Hilton Sammon Tampa Dorchester Hatch Baltimore Newport News Norfolk and many others along the Atlantic coast. The notice enumerates tugs, barges, and linked ports from Portland to New York and Philadelphia with several vessels bound for Marblehead Beverly Lynn and Newburyport.
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Prince George
McKinnon
Yarmouth
Hilton
Sammon
Tampa
Dorchester
Hatch
Baltimore
Newport News
Norfolk
Grecian
Page
Philadelphia
Melrose
Frostad
James 8. Whitney
Crowell
New York
Camden
Rawley
Bansor
City of Bangor
Hawthorne
Bath
Ransom B. Fuller
Linscott
Portland
Cape Ann
Godfrey
Gloucester
Jonas H. French
Anderson
Scituate
Eureka
Renner
Newburyport
Reliance
Merriam
Cto
Plummer
Lope
Tipton
Waltham
Hammond
Lansford
Sharon
Cumberland
Swensden
International
McGoldrick
Mahanoy
Lynn
Swatara
Phillips
Bear Ridge
Mesaba
Marion Chappell
Charles T. Gallagher
Mercury
Rockport
Mass
Pallas
Plymouth
Orion
Sandwich
Nicholls
George P. Hudson
Phineas W. Sprague
Bay View Tow Load for Tampa Aboard Mary Arnold
Bay View sails loaded for Tampa with tug Mary Arnold in tow. J Kennedy, Bangor and Rockport Massachusetts are listed as positions or ports connected to the move. The wording appears as a terse shipment or towing notice from a maritime ledger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay View
Tampa
Mary Arnold
J. Kennedy
Bangor
Herbert
Rockport
Mass
Rescued From Drowning in Charles River Basin
Wilfred R. Gauthier of Somerville 34 Calvin Street was saved from drowning in the Charles River basin late last night by Metropolitan Police officers Edward Roache and John McNally after his leaky rowboat swamped near the lock. Hundreds cheered the lifesavers as the 28 year old man was pulled from the water.
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Wilfred R. Gauthier
Calvin Street
Somerville
Charles River
Metropolitan Police Force
Gauthier
Edward Roache
John McNally
Rocky Mountain Limited vacation offer to Colorado June September
Colorado summer travel pitch promotes Rock Island Lines service from Chicago to Denver Colorado Springs and Pueblo. Features low round trip fares and all steel equipment with observation car and diner. Travel Bureau at 288 Washington Street offers guidance and hotel and camp information for a economical trip.
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Colorado
Rock Island Lines
Rocky Mountain Limited
Chicago
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Pony Express
Washington Street
S. L. Parrott
Anxious Wife Relies on Home Remedies and Dr Baker
A medical advice ad lists numerous tonics and compounds for stomach problems, dandruff, kidney disease, weight gain, rheumatism, bronchial troubles, and constipation. It cites Dr Lewis Baker of Dayton Ohio offering free expert replies and directions to mix powders, syrups, and tablets from drugstores for self treatment.
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C. P
Lewis Baker
College Building
College-Ellwood Streets
Dayton
Sawdust Fire Destroys 700000 Feet of Lumber at Auburn
A fire from a sawdust heap under a portable mill in Auburn on May 27 consumed 700000 feet of pine and spruce and burned about 150 acres of standing timber. The total loss is estimated at $24000. Land owner is Fred M. Skillings of Auburn and the lumber owner Crosby Kennett of Conway New Hampshire.
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Auburn
Fred M. Skillings
Crosby Kennett
Conway
N. H
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Orning
Cassimeres
Low Neel
Droyst
A&c
Gilchrist Co
Hotels and Lodgings
Herbert Wilson
John A. Sullivan
Lomasney
House
Boston Transit Commission
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
Arlington Street
Executive Council
Thomas J. Barrett
Worcester
Dental Board
Daniel E. Denny
Soldiers’ Home
Herbert G. Rockwell
Amherst
Vampshire County
Walter F. Mahoney
Westboro
Westboro Hospital
Collen C. Campbell
Provincetown
First District Court
Barnstable
Thomas C. Bailey
Springfield
Samuel W. McCastin
Well
Eet
Second District Court
James Dowd
Isaac Sanders
Luigi Nazzaro
Alfred B. Morse
Reuben Phillips
Metropolitan Park Police
Messag
Haddock
Cod
Pollock
Hake
Billow
Bm Twr
de Costa
Phil Manter
Silveira
Pretorian
Mystic
Caledonian
Michigan
Anglian
Manchester
Cymric
Liverpool
W. Cameron Forbes
The
Joseph Porter
Josephine
Maine
Cuba
United Fruit
White Star
Canopiec
Commonwealth Pier
South
Harmburg-American Line
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Cunarder
Franconia
Queenstown
Kxoln
Bremen
New Orleans
Gulf Port
Revenue Cutter Service
Vorenbergs
Washington, Hanover & Elm Streats
North End
Shipping News
la Rue
Bleie M
Hazelle
D. EB. G
G. B
Birfth CO
Tremont Stree
Previn
Ladies
Worth
Lisle
Leslie & Griffith CO
Tremont ST
York State
iTeas
Vali
Lnor Dept
Green River
Jameson
Bat
Son Scotch Dewar
Duffy’s
Booth
Bromfield Street
Calif
Duff Gordon
St. Bt
Burke's
Iss
Roessle
Canal
St. Haymnane
Squac
Union St
Col. Elm Yfrees
Summer St
South Terminal
Bromfield
Tremont
Tremont Street
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