Train Wreck in Forest Fire Tragedy at Metz
Survivors recount a deadly train wreck as forest fires cut rails near Metz. Engineer Foster and Kinville escaped flames to reach Posen, while three mothers and children perished in the gondola. Wrecked refugees, including George Cicero’s family, faced a harrowing retreat and uncertain fatalities.
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Alpena
Foster
Nowicki Crossing
Barrett
Foster and
Kinville
Posen
Metz
R. S. Richards
George Cicero
Suit making tips from a veteran tailor at 6 Court Street
The shop has 16 years of experience and invites customers to visit today or this evening to start a suit while weather is moderate. If the goods suit the customer, the house will ensure the final adjustments. The speaker asserts this is the best tip given.
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Gale & Kent
96 Court Street
Boston
Earth
Sisters Quarrel Over Wedding Ends in Assault Guilty
Mrs. Catherine Richmond was found guilty of assaulting her sister Mrs. Annie Killion after a disputed wedding. Judge Sullivan criticized the wound as knife or razor driven, not from a handbag. A family feud over the marriage propelled the altercation on Shawmut avenue. The trial resumes tomorrow with the jury kept under guard.
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Catherine Richmond
Annie Killion
Sullivan
New York Steamer Collides With Tug in North River
A steamer named New York of the Albany Day line was rammed by the tug William H Flannery in the North River. One man, James Charlies foreman of the tug, drowned after being knocked overboard and sinking at once. About 75 people were thrown into a panic.
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New York
Albany
William H. Flannery
Flannery Towing Company
North River
James Charlies
Office Boy Fakery Loans Raise Bank Alarm
A teen office boy testifies about signing notes for a major loan scheme. Letters bearing Leslie W. B. Whiting directed transfers and collateral moves to the National Bank of North America. He says he believed his employers would protect the obligations and that he never spoke with Morse or Curtis about the signing.
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Leslie WB. Whiting
National Bank of North America
Sidewalk Stones Slipping Prompt Anchored Repairs
Tremont building sidewalk flagstones have slipped toward the street due to continuous subway vibrations from trains below. Workmen drill holes to anchor stones to the building edge as the slope and pressure raise concerns of building settlement. Granite foundations extend 13 to 14 feet below subway levels.
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Tremont
Old Soldier John Goodwin Drops Dead in Haverhill
In Haverhill on October 16 John Co. Goodwin a prominent G A R member and speaker for Burnside Council Union Veterans Union collapsed and died of heart disease minutes after finishing an address. He was 72 and had no known relatives.
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Haverhill
John Co. Goodwin
Burnside Council
Union Veterans’ Union
Goodwin
Wedded at the Dock: English Couple Marries Aboard Saxonia
Sarah Simpson of Leicester married William Hurst aboard the Saxonia as the ship tied at the dock after three years apart. The ceremony occurred in the ships saloon with passengers cheering before the couple departed for their Jamaica Plain home.
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Sarah Simpson
Leicester
William Hurst
America
Hurst
Troth
William
Sarah
Customs and Immigration
Jamaica Plain
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