Child Finds House Fire Averted by Father’s Alarm
Two year old Dorothy Fitzgerald located a blaze at 171 Bowdoin Street Dorchester prompting her father George Fitzgerald to act. Fire crews extinguished flames with minor damage reported.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1912
Page
5
Dorothey Fitzgerald Saves Eight From House Fire
Dorothy Fitzgerald the two year old daughter of George Fitzgerald of 171 Bowdoin Street Dorchester discovered a fire in the Fitzgerald home yesterday morning and alerted rescuers saving eight children from suffocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Fitzgerald
Bowdoin Street
Dorchester
Dorothy Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
Fire rescue saves Fitzgerald children from smoke blaze
Mrs Fitzgerald fetched breakfast then guided her family through thick smoke as fire spread from a parlor couch. Arthur aged five was forgotten until George eleven raced back through the flames to pull him to safety. Damages and total loss unspecified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur
George
Kode
Pauline
Raymond
James
Theodore
Leo
ELOPING TEENS RETURN TO STUDIES IN BROCKTON
Marion Morse and Merton Bent, both 13, fled Wednesday from their homes at 18 Brookside avenue and 18 Watson street. They were found by Brockton police chief Ellsworth Burrill and brought back to the Huntington School where they returned to class, reluctantly, with $3.50 between them and plans to escape already formed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brockton
Marion Morse
Brookside Avenue
Merton Bent
Watson Street
Ellsworth Burrill
Winthrop
Huntington School
Miss Morse
Bent
Woman collapses in court from hunger in South End
Mrs. Mary Parker, 20, of 722 Harrison avenue, fainted in City Police Court while waiting to swear out a warrant for her husband William Parker for alleged assault and non support. She was taken to Relief Hospital and said she had not eaten for three days. Neighbors say Parker had provided for her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Parker
Harrison Avenue
South End
William Parker
Relief Hospital
Taft Uses Arnold as a Warning at Fort Griswold
President Taft addressed Atlantic Deeper Waterways delegates from Fort Griswold in New London urging officials not to let selfish interests or personal ambition place one above others. He stressed citizens’ duties to fellow Americans and the body politic.
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Conn
Old Fort Griswold
Groton Heights
Taft
Jacksonville
Fla
Troy
Albany
N. Y
J. Hampton Moore
Philadelphia
Wilbur H. Schoff
President Taft at Fort Griswold Urges Deep Waterways Plan
The President recounted Fort Griswold defenses against Benedict Arnold and praised canal projects. He supported a coastal waterway system, backed the Ohio river project, and saw no delay in Panama Canal usage. Taft arrived with a small party, spoke at the fort, and proceeded to Beverly. The convention endorsed port developments and pressed Congress for inland and coastal canal projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Griswold
Benedict Arnold
Arnold
Ohio River
Panama Canal
Executive
Congress
Taft
Griswold
New York
Hilles
Sheldon
National Republican Committee
Charles P. Taft
Court Again on Stealing Charge for Thomas Morgan alias Tom Phillips
Thomas Morgan alias Tom Phillips, 40, released from Deer Island Hoof Correction on Aug 24, appeared before Judge Sullivan in the Police Court charged with larceny of $7 from John Almgren. The case was continued to Sept 12 with $1000 bond. he was remanded to Charles Street jail.
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Deer Island
Thomas Morgan
Tom Phillips
Rogues
United States
Sullivan
John Almgren
Sullive
Charles Street
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