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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1904
Page
4
In a vivid scene within minutes thousands gathered at Melrose after a disaster. Rescuers and police worked amid a curving crowd as mangled remains were identified and families awaited word of loved ones.
Ex-Mayor Levi Gould of Melrose describes his narrow escape after crossing in front of a streetcar when a massive explosion tore through Main Street. He was tossed into the air, struck by debris, and rescued as screams and smoke filled the scene. Gould, badly injured, recalls blood, ruins, and the memory of the disaster that followed.
In Melrose on September 21 W D Hunter the superintendent of streets told a Postman he could not say the city might be liable for the dynamite explosion and that he did not know if the city bought the dynamite. He recalled no exact remark about sending out dynamite but would not deny saying it.
Dr. Fred Marshall, a 1904 Harvard Medical School graduate, 24, lived briefly at 21 St. Botolph Street before his death in the Melrose crash. He came from Buffalo, then went to Malden, having completed exams to become an extern at Boston City Hospital.
In Melrose a night time streetcar accident killed and maimed dozens after a dynamite stick dropped from a wagon and exploded under the outbound car. Eyewitnesses describe mangled bodies, shattered glass, and a harrowing rescue as townspeople rushed to aid the injured. A large crowd was en route to a Thomas Jenkins wedding when the blast tore through the streetcar and surrounding area.
Dr Schiffmann proclaims his remedy a universal cure for asthma and hay fever. Readers share testimonials of lasting relief after years of trouble. Mra Frank Guilfoyle praises the product, with price 50 cents to 1.00 and requests for a free sample by mail.
Foreman Hopkins of Eastman's Boston and Melrose Express Co reports a wagon carrying dynamite left Boston in the afternoon with four 50 pound packages in wooden cases. He suggests rope loosened and the dynamite fell out. Driver Roy Fenton, 25, of Grove Street Melrose, told Mayor Buttrick what he knew after the accident.
The groans of the dying and shrieks of the injured echoed as rescuers arrived from Melrose Malden Everett Wakefield and even Boston. Doctors ambulances and patrol wagons converged. police and fire crews joined the effort and the injured were rushed to Melrose City and Sunny Side hospitals while stores and homes nearby became temporary wards.
Three Chelsea residents Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C Bigwood and Charles E Butterfield, all of 102 Broadway, were badly injured in the Melrose accident last night. They were taken to Melrose Hospital with Mrs Bigwood sustaining internal injuries.
A mischievous boy sought funds for sick babies but pocketed the money instead. The failed scheme ended with his downfall, as depicted in six colored pictures in the Post comic section for next Sunday, offering readers a humorous retelling of his plan.
Crowds in Indianapolis note a large owl perched above Senator Fairbank's Ingalls building office. Superstitious onlookers recall Poe and scripture linking owls to desolation and ill omen, speculating whether the visitor signals misfortune for the senator's political machine.
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