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TWO LINERS DOCK WITH REFUGEES
A river of refugees from Germany and other war zones arrived in New York aboard the Ryndam from Rotterdam and the Mafalda from Genoa. Boston and New England figures including H. M. Hazelton and Russell Frye recounted perilous escapes, arrests as spies, and long evacuations, with many stories of shellfire, arrests, and rescues as they reached safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
H. M. Hazelton
Marlboro
Mass
Russell B. Frye
Minnie’ Frye
Harvard
Germany
Baden-Baden
Lucerne
Switzerland
Freiburg
Hague
Boston
Ryndam
Robert Lovett
Marlboro Street
Gertrude Lovett
Dresden
Post
Lovetts
Rotterdam
Richard Whoriskey
New Hampshire State College of Agriculture
Durham
N. H
Whoriskey
Hanover
New England
Alexander Prouty
Hartford
Delia Strong
Bulah Strong
Worcester
Herbert M. Hazelton
Gardner Hall
Pinckney Street
Lula George
Oxford
Marion Park
Beacon Street
Catherine Lord
Franklin B. Hunt
Waltham
George