Post Office Clerks Fight Fire At North Station
Mail bags filled with letters and valuable packages were hurled onto the street as clerks at the North Station postal station rushed to save the post office from fire and water.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1910
Page
2
Mail bags filled with letters and valuable packages were hurled onto the street as clerks at the North Station postal station rushed to save the post office from fire and water.
At 5 oclock a fire broke out under the floor of the Causeway and Lowell street postal station as thousands rushed to trains. Firemen tore up flooring near the pneumatic tube room and freight platform while clerks kept mail moving. Smoke filled a nearby restaurant as crowds gathered and police controlled the scene. Officials believe steam pipes under the floor started the blaze and fought to quench the remote flames without halting tube service.
New York October 27 Frank Edwin Elwell the first American sculptor to model a statue erected in Europe appeared in the Supreme Court as defendant in a separation suit brought by his wife after 28 years of marriage. Counsel for Mrs Howell said alimony would not be sought if separations granted.
An aggregated list of obituaries and funeral notices from Amesbury Chelsea Roxbury Somerville Cambridge and Dorchester dated Oct 27 20 28 and 29. Entries include William B H P Smith Edward B Carroll Michael J Cronin James Donaldson Mary Downey Julia H Gordon Isabella Sinclair Martha S B Keyes Harriet A Ladd Margaret McGillin William Nelson Julia Power Gathering Tobin and other relatives.
Prince Tsai Suun uncle of the Chinese Emperor was lavishly entertained in Tokyo during a visit. He attended a municipal dinner as guest of honor with Hiroumi Ito and Viscount Terauchi, veterans of the Japan China war, who shared toasts with him.
In Newburyport on October 27 Miss Eva Eaton of Salisbury sued for 1000 dollars for pain and suffering after a vicious dog bite by Hl bridge Collins of Salisbury. The Superior Court trial began shortly before noon. the jury returned a verdict for the defendant.
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