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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1916
Page
2
The Public Service Commission received an inspection department report on the deadly Elevated railway crash at Fort Point Channel on November 7. Forty five people perished, and the inquiry points to the motorman as the responsible party.
Report says the car was in good working order up to the crash and brakes were proper, but the car skidded. If the motorman had halted before the draw bridge, the disaster might have been avoided. Inspectors note a stop sign 200 feet from the drawbridge and that full stops are required. The motorman did not stop, violating company rules.
John Bouve Clapp surveys the Old Howard Athenaeum once a premier Boston landmark where Hackett and Booth appeared. The venue opened in 1845 as a tabernacle remodel, burned, then rebuilt with seating near 1500. It hosted Marti’s grand opera and robust stock companies amid Civil War patriotism.
Charles H. Utley Brookline leader dies of pneumonia at 59 after brief illness at 28 Regent Circle. He served in the Massachusetts House 1895 97 and led Quincy Market Cold Storage and Warehouse Co. He was treasurer of Columbus Manufacturing Co and a director at Brookside Mills Chattahoochee Valley Railroad Riverdale Mills and West Point Manufacturing. Survived by a widow with funeral Thursday at 2 p m from his residence.
Complete affidavits from American survivors of the British steamer Marina, sunk Oct. 28 with six horses lost, arrive at the State Department from London. Secretary Lansing weighs details. texts corroborate earlier summary of a torpedo without warning. Officials await Germany's reply as to submarine nationality.
The American Woolen Company with about 20 000 workers across New England New York and Kentucky reports wage hikes. Major mills include the Wood mill at Lawrence employing over 6000 and Arlington mills with 5000 workers. Benefiting cities include Lowell Providence R I Fitchburg Uxbridge Dover N H and Utica N Y.
An old advertisement extols Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a cure for indigestion and related symptoms. It argues digestive juices are misbalanced and claims the product restores normal digestion, urging readers to buy a box or mail for a free trial.
Mrs. Margaret Pecci of 24 Cummings avenue Revere died after alighting from a Salem bound trolley at Proctor avenue and Broadway and being struck by an automobile driven by Leslie W. Derby of 324 Maiden Street Revere. She was dead on arrival at Frost Hospital Chelsea.
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