Soldiers Patrol Streets as Fire Threatens Winthrop Boulevard
Fort Banks officials dispatched three companies of soldiers to patrol Winthrop boulevard as a fierce fire raged through the district. Firemen Frazier and Rider were injured. Drs. Grainger Metcalf and Kelley tended victims at Metcalf Hospital. Clergymen Keenan and Danby helped. East Boston and Charlestown engines arrived with coal and fuel to sustain the firefighting effort.
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Winthrop Boulevard
Fort Banks
Uncle Sam
Frazier
Rider
Edward J. Grainger
Metcalf
Kelley
Winthrop Centre
Winthrop
Boston
East
Boulevard
Charlestown
East Boston Ferry
Chelsea District
Revere Beach Boulevard
Fireman Poffin Injured After Fall From Ladder
Albert Poffin, driver of Combination 1 for the Winthrop fire department, fell from a ladder at the Ocean View House and sustained an arm injury.
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Poffin
Albert Poffin
Combination 1
Winthrop Fire Department
Ocean View House
Crest Hall guests saved as door is forced open during fire
When a fire trapped Crest Hall guests inside, the front entrance door could not be opened. Three timely youths, Horace Spofford, Charles Eskrigge, and Timothy McCarthy, smashed the door and entered. Spofford collapsed from smoke and was carried out by Eskrigge, enabling guests to escape to fresh air.
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Crest Hall
Horace Spofford
Charles Eskrigge
Timothy McCarthy
Spofford
Eskrigge
Fire Drives to Safety for Two In Irwin Street Incident
Mrs Weeks of Irwin street lay ill with pneumonia when her house caught fire. Firefighters carried her to safety and she was taken to Dr Metcalf's hospital. The blaze partially burned the roof. Mr Sturtevant, a Crest Hall guest, was bedridden but escaped and received care nearby.
Dumont Overcome by Death of Wife
Henry Dumont describes his wife’s disappearance during a fire scare as he led from their room. She insisted on returning to save $300, saying she must get it first, while he continued outside believing she would follow.
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Henry Dumont
Yale
Yale & Towne Mfg
Sheinwald Shoe Syndicate Opens Record Sale
The Sheinwald Shoe Syndicate at 40 and 42 Summer Street reports huge crowds and continued markdown sales. They offer Luddy and Currier, George Snow, and Crockett Company styles at cut prices, aiming to deplete stock in coming days.
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Sheinwald Shoe Syndicate
Summer Street
Sheinwald Company
Luddy & Currier
George Snow and Crocket Company
Illuminating Engineers Convene in Philadelphia Oct 5 6
The Illuminating Engineering convention meets in Philadelphia on October 5 and 6. It represents national lamp and gas departments with Edison Company and local gas firms in Boston. The gathering promises the most important public service methods yet presented in America.
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Illuminating Engineering Convention
Philadelphia
Boston
Edison Company
Gas Company
America
Marine Eye Tonic Promises Relief After Sun and Dust
Eye health ad warns that sun wind and dust exposure cause strain redness and granulation. It promotes Marine Eye Tonic as a soothing remedy that relieves discomfort without smarting and urges readers to ask their druggist about the product.
Fire devours Crest Hall and adjacent buildings at Ocean View
A blaze at Crest Hall on the Ocean View beachfront caused multiple structures to burn from Ocean View avenue to Irwin street. Mrs Ives perished after jumping from a second story window while others aided bystanders and hotel guests fled as Boston jet water pressure failed.
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Ives
Henry Dumont
Crest Hall
Philadelphia
Winthrop
Boston
Ocean View
Milbank
Frank Milbank
Ocean View Avenue
Irwin Street
David Nelligan
Ballard
Crest Hall Fire Destroys Ocean View Area as Guests Escape
A major blaze engulfed Crest Hall and adjacent properties in a seaside district. Forty guests watched the hotel burn as flames spread to the Ocean View House and its annex, with many occupants escaping unharmed. Firefighters from East Boston Chelsea Revere and Charlestown aided efforts, and a suspected cause pointed to the kitchen or boiler room.
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Ocean View Avenue
Ocean View House
I. B. O’brien
Ocean View
Crest Hall
Crest Hall Annex
George B. Knowles
Ocean View, Avenue
Boston
Chelsea
Revere
Charlestown
Bai
Fred Hall
Milbank
Cerral
Ewes
Ewes Setae ‘Yetereee 1,600 W. S. Wood
William Blanchard
Crest Hall Guests Escape Fire With Only Clothes
Guests at Crest Hall fled flames with only the clothes they wore. Among the aided were Dr and Mrs G De Amazage of Boston Mr and Mrs Morrison and daughter Mildred Mrs George W Currier and Miss Grace G Currier of Denver Col They saved nothing of their property.
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Crest Hall
G. de .Amazage
Boston
Morrison
Mildred
George W. Currier
Grace G. Currier
Denver
Col
Hall's Fast Ride to Fire Rescue
Fred Hall of Crest Hall Hotel and the Annex learned of the blaze from Lt. John Edward Cotter of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company. Cotter rode in an automobile from the South station, Boston, to the fire, traveling five miles in seventeen minutes.
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South Station
Boston
Fred Hall
Crest Hall
John Edward Cotter
The
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company
Cotter
Mr. Hall
Guests Trapped as Crest Hall Fire Rages
J S Burt reports many guests did not escape Crest Hall fire. He saw a fireman carry a woman down a ladder and notes clothing was burning. He said the blaze began at the rear and hot air blasts collapsed ladders, limiting rear exits.
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J. S. Burt
Crest Hall
Boston Fire Units Rush to Winthrop Fire Scene
At 1 AM Chief Mullen and four engine plus two ladder companies departed Boston to assist Winthrop authorities. A second Boston detail of engine and ladder crews was assembled at 1 30 AM and kept on standby pending fire progress updates.
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Winthrop
Mullen
Boston Fire Department
Boston
Malone Narrow Escape From Crest Hall Fire
Charles Malone was the last to escape Crest Hall as flames swept through the building He navigated smoke filled corridors reaching a lower floor window He jumped or dropped to the ground where rescuers pulled him to safety from the dense smoke
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Charles Malone
Crest Hall
Walter Yeager Injured in Hotel Fire Escape Incident
Walter G. Yeager a Crest Hall Hotel guest on the third floor seized a rope fire escape and fastened it to a bed leg then cast the other end out the window. The bed leg gave way and he fell fracturing both legs. He was taken to a nearby cottage.
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Walter G. Yeager
Crest Hall Hotel
Yeager
Bell Boy Arrested in Big Salem Jewelry Heist
Michael Driscoll a 17 year old former bell boy at the Boston Athletic Association was arrested for the W S Lee Co Salem jewelry store robbery. Police say he confessed and implicates Charles Favre or George Kelley and Arthur McAuliffe. Large jewelry haul recovered valued around 3000 dollars.
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Michael Driscoll
Boston Athletic Association
W. S. Lee & Co
Salem
Charles Favre
George Kelley
Arthur McAuliffe
Driscoll
Derne Street
West End
Favre
McAuliffe
Cross Street
Clarence F. Lee
Bemis Wins Nomination in Hot Republican Convention
Albion F. Bemis the Brookline councillor was renominated on the fifth ballot at Wesleayan Hall in a heated Republican convention. Challengers included Arthur P. Russell of Wollaston and Franklin L. Codman of Dorchester. Bemis thanked supporters before being escorted to Young's Hotel with delegates as guests.
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Albion F. Bemis
Wesleyan Hall
Brookline
Arthur P. Russell
Wollaston
Franklin L. Codman
Dorchester
Bemis
Young's Hotel
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Peter Thompson
Hunyadi
Janos
Dumont
Sheinwald Syndicate
Saratoga Street
Marion Street
Parker
Big Young’s Hotel
Fred H. Hall
Hall
Malone
Ee —— Atlantic
A.b.currier Co
Hat
Cor
Washington and
Eliot Sts
Holmes-Luce
Holmes, Luce & Co
Adams Sa
Walter Yeager
Bell Boy
Big Salem
Gatarrh
Catarrh
Joseph Grady
Vienna
Berlin
Paris
London
Tremont St
Sun
Reon
Peo
Rupert Wella
Rade Bldg
St. Louis
North St
Anality
Joseph Squire Co
North Street
Pr. S
Weilhart & Ruhman
Kingflex Practical Hatters Oven
Yale Locks
Harpware
Best
J. G. Hunter & Co
Summer St
Cazmay
West Newton
Arabella
Thomas W. Cazmay
Emery
Newton
Daniel &. Emery
Waverley Avenue
Ela
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