No Arrests For Canaan Wreck Stirs NH Rail Debate
Concord NH Sept 17 No arrest will be ordered by the Boston and Maine railroad from the Canaan disaster investigation arrests would come only after the road submits findings to the State Railroad Commission chaired by Henry M Putney of Manchester The road's general solicitor A S Pearce and General Superintendent C E Lee assert criminal negligence charges could be pursued under common law if proven The dispatcher's orders and train records are disputed as officials say duplicate orders are preserved and cannot be altered
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Concord
N. H
Boston & Maine Road
Canaan
State Railroad Commission
Henry M. Putney
Manchester
C. IE. Lee
New Hampshire
A. S. Pearce
Lee
W. F. Ray
Concord Station
Ray
Mr. Lee
Oka
TROLLEY SYSTEM TIEUP AFFECTS CITY AND SUBURBS
A 16 minute tie up disrupted all elevated subway and surface trolleys in Boston area including Dorchester Roxbury West Roxbury Forest Hills Back Bay Mattapan Jamaica Plain Grove Hall Brookline and Brighton injuring W C Jennings an oiler at the central power station with burns to hands and chest about $1000 damage to the system.
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City Proper
Dorchester
Roxbury
West Roxbury
Forest Hills
Back Bay
Mattapan
Jamaica Plain
Grove Hall
Brookline
Brighton
Tens of
System Nears Tie Up After Major Electrical Generator Blast
A large electrical generator at the Boston Elevated Company power station on Albany street blew out last night causing severe injuries and a citywide transit tie up for about 20 minutes. Oiler W. C. Jennings of 92 Waltham street suffered burns and was taken to City Hospital.
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Central Power Station
Albany Street
W. C. Jennings
Boston Elevated Company
Boston
Waltham Street
Power House
City Hospital
Dudley Street
Sullivan Square
East Boston
Cambridge
Somerville
Charlestown
Trial Opens as Ex-Deputy Perkins Faces Assault Charge
Former Deer Island deputy master Lorenzo Perkins goes on trial in Suffolk Superior Court for allegedly striking convict James Lang at Deer Island on Oct 2 1905. Prosecutor Moran leads the case with Assistant DA McGettrick. defense by Gove Lougee and Robinson. Lang testified that Perkins demanded shoes then struck him knocking out a tooth. Lang remained on island serving a false pretence sentence. Witnesses include Gerrish and Woodson. other deputies await trial.
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Lorenzo D. Perkins
Deer Island
James II. Lang
Perkins
Lang
Brown
Gove
Savage
Gerrish
Wyman
Fleming Woodson
Overcoats at Grays Home of the Overcoat
Adv notes Gray s department store at Washington and Hanover as the home of the overcoat with a continued display on page 12 third column indicating a focus on winter outerwear.
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Colummu
Gray’s
F. Gray Co
Washington and
Hanover
Experts Claim Supply Was Not Up To Sample
A group of specialists asserts the available supply falls short of the tested sample requirements, challenging current benchmarks and prompting calls for revised standards and additional inspections.
Coal quality forces removal of New River fuel
The West Roxbury High and Charles Sumner School bins will be emptied of New River coal after a school committee report found high sulphur content and poor quality risk fire in the buildings. The coal was bought from John A. Whittemore's Sons as lowest bidder on the contract for best quality New River coal.
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West Roxbury High School
Charles Sumner
John A. Whittemore
New River
School coal substitution sparks audit at Boston Sumner School
The Boston School Committee faces a probe after a contractor swapped to a cheaper substitute coal for West Roxbury and Charles Sumner School. Expert chemists found the new coal inferior to the sample, prompting Chairman James J. Storrow to release a letter with expert reports detailing why current supplies must be discarded.
Weather forecast for Boston and New England region
Forecast for Boston and vicinity indicates Wednesday partly cloudy to cloudy with possible showers and cooler temperatures. Thursday looks fair with light to fresh north to northeast winds. Eastern New York follows a similar pattern with cooler south portions and possible showers on Wednesday, then fair conditions Thursday.
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Boston
Vicinity
Washington
New England
New York
Yesterday's Temperature Brief
A fragment notes yesterday's temperature with figures 73, 33, and 24 and a reference to one year ago. The text is partial and lacks full context or location.
F. Gray Co. Boston Clothing House Ad
English worsteds fancy Scotches and fine diagonals offered by F Gray Co Boston largest clothing house with six stories located at Washington and Hanover.
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F. Gray Co
Boston
Washington
Hanover
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Canaan Big Wreck
Putney
Turtle
Little Station
Barr
White River Junction
Lebanon
Andover
City of
City Hall
Jade
Widow Jones
Subway
Central Power House
At Deer Ss
Raymond
Suffolk County Criminal Bench
Samhs Dane
Pru
Ifiannigan
POST
Limerick
Sam Walter Foss
Boston Sunday Post
P. O
Mass
the Sunday Post
Sunday Post
New England Gas and Coke Company
Oxford
Shawmut Bank
Ordway Place
Washington St
Keith
Bill Bountiful
Buster
Gabriel and Co
Walter C. Kelly
Ned Wayburn
Phantastic Phantoms
Paul Conchas
Belle Blanche
Linton and
Lawrence
Friend and Downing
Ralph Smalley
Mullen and
Corelli
Sam Walter
Foss
David J. Ingraham
Winter Street
Tremont Street
Gray Co
Sanford
F. Gray Washington and
Little
James J. Storrow
Thompson’s Spa
Washington Street
F. G
Park Square
Chestnut Hill
Broilers
the New Poultry Store
North Market St
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