Four Children Die After Live Wire Tragedy On Car
In Kingston North West four children died when a trolley car struck a downed live wire after a grade descent near Pembroke Street. Motorman Hertle and 14 year old Ray White rescued others before the car exploded in flames. Bodies were removed to Kingston Centre and later to J J Shepherd undertaking rooms as investigators review causation and safety signals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pembroke Street
Kingston
Arthur B. Hertle
Hertle
Ray White
Boresch
John Walters
Plymouth
O. C. Swope
Louis P. Sloan
Richard
N. K. Noyes
Duxbury
Charles Ludley
Kingston Street
Sloan
J. J. Shepherd
Kingston Centre
Washington Street
Navy
Long Island
North-West
Christian Crozinder
Kingston Congregational Church
Frank E. Bolger
Brockton
Cc. W. Clifford
Maple Avenue
Upper Centre
Do You Have Headaches and Feel Dull
An advertisement from Schenectady New York promotes Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as a safe mild remedy for sluggish liver constipation and associated symptoms. It claims the pellets provide reliable relief and urges readers to keep a vial in a pocketbook for on the go relief and to curb aches fullness and nervousness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schenectady
N. Y
One Man Car Blamed in Kingston Tragedy That Killed Four
Medical examiner N K Noyes states the one man car setup caused the death of four children in Kingston. He says a motorman and conductor would likely have prevented the accident and notes electrified debris and a frightened crowd as families plan four funerals. The victim list includes Ruth Mills and Doris White with other local children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingston
N. K. Noyes
Duxbury
Tragic Street Car Fire Victims Identified in Report
The article lists Ruth Robbins as 12 and guardian for siblings, noting she and Albert Wallace aged 12 were among passengers. Several other children including Junior Jackson Rita McGunness Aileen Anderson Doris White Ray White and others survived uninjured. Names and relations are provided with Mills family members mentioned.
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Lida Dunn
Shirley Dunn
Jennie Gokey
Margaret Pratt
Charles N. Mills
Mills
Children and Wallace Involved In Local Incident
A brief notice mentions two youths, including a boy named Wallace, connected to a recent local incident. Further details are not provided in the readable text.
Eleven Accidents Reported in Boston During No Accident Week
Boston authorities logged 11 accidents by late night marking the first day of No Accident Week. A week earlier 7 accidents were recorded in which 8 people were injured.
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Boston
Also Mentioned on This Page
Natalie Robbins
Alton A. Robbins
Richard Sloan
Ruth Mills
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Jennie Boresch
Frank Boresch
Hallet & Davis
Chickering
Ivers & Pond
Conway
Kurtzman
Stieff
Briggs
Emerson
Lexington
Hallet & Davis Piano Co
Boylston St
Arthur E. Wallace
Charles
Doris ‘White
Ray
Luke White
West Street
Vic
Revoy
Pune Honey
E. E. Gray CO
Hanover
Union and Blackstone Bts
Wallace
Roxbury
Washington
Waltham
Moody St
Broadway
Pinner
Porter House
Wes
Thibaut
Thibault
Federal Street
Richard F. Thibaut, Inc
New York
Madison Ave
32Nd St
Bronx
Willis Ave
147Th St
New York 37Th St
16Th Ave
Brooklyn Flatbush
DeKalb Aves
Newark
Halsey St
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