Fire erupts on Neponset street car near Dudley St church
A crowded Neponset Quincy streetcar opposite Dudley Street Baptist Church caught fire early last evening. Conductor Michael O'Brien and Motorman Gill controlled passengers then fought the blaze with sand and water as a crowd of about eight thousand gathered. The car burned through its floor, passengers fled into the street, and traffic halted for about an hour until the disabled car was hauled away by the Dorchester Elevated area.
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Neponset-Quincy
Dudley Street Baptist Church
Michael O'Brien
Gill
Dudley Street
Dorchester
Harrison Avenue
Pleasant Valley elder survives carriage wreck
Amesbury September 12 Mrs Mary Brookings aged 82 a long time resident of Pleasant Valley was thrown from a carriage when the horse ran away she escaped with only slight bruises amid a thrilling accident that startled the town.
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Amesbury
Mary Brookings
Pleasant Valley
Old Feud Ends With Street Shooting In South End
A renewed feud between John Oliver and Luigi Cervillo led to a shooting on a South End street yesterday afternoon. An innocent man was seriously wounded while several hundred women and children panicked. a child carried by the man narrowly escaped harm.
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John Oliver
Luigi Cervillo
South End
Oliver
Dedham Street
Cerville
Lewis Rappoport
Albion Street
City Hospital
Cervillo
Oswego Street
Harrison Avenue
Rappoport
Flaherty
Castle and
Washington Street
Nelson
Dover Street
William Lloyd Garrison Dies at Age of 71
The obituary notes William Lloyd Garrison dies at 71 with a career as wool merchant and reformer. It details his Boston roots, business ventures, and leadership in Free Trade and single tax movements, plus family survivors and residences in Roxbury Brookline and Lexington.
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William Lloyd Garrison
William Lloyd
Helen Benson Garrison
Quincy
Brimmer
Boston
Lynn
Mattapan Bank
Dorchester
Richard P. Hallowell
Garrison
Massachusetts
Brockton
Mr. Garrison
Henry George
Single Tax League
American Free Trade League
Free Trade Broadside
The
League
Ellen Wright
Auburn
N. Y
George Thompson Garrison
Wendell Faillips Garrison
Henry Villard
New York
Francis Jackson Garrison
Lexington
Roxbury
Brookline
Mass
Great Britain
Doctor cures self with fish and fruit in Illinois
Mount Vernon dispatch reports Dr. G. F. Tucker aged 70 ended two months of living outdoors on a diet mainly of fish he caught and wild berries he gathered, claiming a complete cure of mental and physical ailments.
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Mount Vernon, Ill
G. EF. Tucker
Magistrate Locked In Vault With Dead For 24 Hours
Kingston report states John Lawson magistrate of Elginburg was sealed inside a Sydenham cemetery vault for a full day by a funeral party. The spring lock door trapped him while he and a companion inspected the tomb, the other man fleeing before the iron gate closed. Gordon mourners briefly mistook him for an apparition upon his release.
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Kingston
Ont
John Lawson
Elginburg
Lawson
Sydenham Cemetery
Magistrate Rescued From Vault During Funeral Ordeal
A magistrate found imprisoned with a corpse in a cemetery vault cried for help but was unheard by thick walls. A funeral procession the next day led to the vault where the door opened as the caretaker turned the key. He escaped amid fear among mourners and endured intense mental distress and hunger on returning home.
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Lawson
Spirit Land
Keen Kutter Tools See Peary To The North Pole Victory
Keen Kutter tools accompanied Peary on his successful North Pole expedition, a contrast to his six prior attempts. The five chests withstood 90 below zero conditions, underscoring the brand as a good luck omen and durable gear amid extreme tests.
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Simmons Hardware Company
Keen Kutter
Peary
North Pole
Pole
Dr Myers Honored With Ovation At Tremont Temple
A large Tremont Temple audience welcomed Dr Myers with standing applause during a morning service. He urged men of God to embody strength and humanity, critiquing cold intellects and a so-called new religion. He reflected on Jesus and the mission to seek and save the lost, promising to meet church members Friday night.
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New York City
Boston
Spurgeon
O. M. Wentworth
Tremont Temple
Myers
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