Ward 19 Case Spars with Gale at Sea Sailors Saved and Lost
In a stormy Ward 19 session Judge Bolster faces Moran and Galvin as crews ride out rough seas of testimony. Five men vanish when the Majella founder at Newport. ten saved at Narragansett Pier. several vessels driven ashore including Adaline and E K Hart. Damaged towns include Rockville Connecticut and West Newton Unitarian Church chimney collapse.
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Majella
Newport
Narragansett Pier
Unitarian Church
West Newton
E. K. Hart
Adaline
Dolliver’s Point
John B. Moran
Bolster
Owen A. Galvin
Mr. Galvin
Mulhern
Supervisor Leach
Holmes Funeral Reflects Simple Burial Amid Coastline Tragedies
The Holmes funeral follows a simple burial amid stormy news of Maine coast vessels beached and wrecked ships. Edward Everett Hale leads a Boston church procession as dignitaries recall the dead poet and mourn the losses along Newfoundland and New England shores.
Died in Fire at Hanover Street Lodging House
A fatal early morning fire at a Hanover street lodging house left one dead and eight injured. Residents leaped from burning upper floors as flames trapped them, with several victims badly burned or killed. the scene near Police Station 1 became a somber hub for rescuers and ambulances.
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Hanover Street
Bonds Traced in Gravesend Theft Case Across Cities
In Brooklyn October 10, missing Gravesend bonds tied to John Y. McKane were located in Providence and Hartford. Coffin and Stanton, insolvent New York brokers, hypothecated them based on a claimed General Benjamin F. Tracy opinion. Lawyer Blodgett pressed for proper registration and verification, but Comptroller Corwin refused and questioned the attribution of Tracy’s alleged endorsement.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Gravesend
John Y. McKane
Providence
Hartford
Coffin & Stanton
New York City
Benjamin F. Tracy
J. T. Blodgett
Corwin
Blodgett
General Tracy
Change of Time on Old Colony System Railroad Schedule
The winter timetable for the Old Colony division of the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad starts October 14. The 6:30 p.m. Park Square to Providence line boat connections are discontinued as boats are withdrawn for the season. The Stonington line 6:30 p.m. departure and Fall River line trains at 6 p.m. weekdays and 7 p.m. Sundays remain. the 7 p.m. Boston to Fall River weekday service is discontinued. Minor changes noted in timetable posters.
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New Bedford
Brownell
Railroad Commission
Boston
Beacon Street
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Fair Haven
Old Colony
Park Square
Providence
Fox Point Wharf
Stonington Line
Fall River Line
Fall River
Funeral of the famed poet in gentle rain at King's Chapel
In a gray day, mourners braved rain to honor the illustrious poet laid to rest at King's Chapel. The cortege moved through Tremont Street to a quiet plot as bells faded, with hymns in minor chords blending with rain and leaves.
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Apostle of Cheerfulness
Silence
King's Chapel
Tremont Street
Boston
Copley Square
Trinity
Phillips Brooks
Francis Parkman
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Dr. Holmes
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Thomas Wentworth Higginson
House of Mourning
Edward Everett Hale
B. Swinson
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August Johnson
Louis Ober
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Dietrick Moore
Frederick Nissen
Samuel Thornton
William Couheiser
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