Live Wire Tragedy at Railroad and South Avenues
A live electrical wire fell in heavy rain as Helen Kerticska, 23, was crossing near Railroad and South Avenues, instantly killed. Michael Barjush, 28, suffered severe burns after attempting a rescue and later regained consciousness at St Vincent's Hospital. companion Katie Terez sustained severe wrist burns. An ambulance crew and bystanders attempted removal but the wire grappled Barjush, prompting medical and coroner inquiries into the fatality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven Road
Railroad
South Avenues
Helen Kerticska
Michael Baurjashi
S¢ Pine Street
St. Vincent's Hospital
Katie Terez
Katieska
Terez
New Haven
Miss Tarez
Gaurjush
Weldon
Ambulance Corps
Samuel G. Arnold
The
Tory
Joseph Fernandes
Arnold
Barjush
Miss Kerticska
Welton
Baurjush
St Vincent's Hospital
Eight Submarines Insufficient Says Local Inventor Simon Lake
Local inventor Simon Lake argues eight submarines are inadequate for wartime defense. He notes the fleet's demonstrated reach and battleship vulnerabilities and predicts House debates will favor more harbor defense and sea-going submarines to strengthen shore protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simon Lake
Washington
Violent Storm Bites City With Ice and Floods
A severe Connecticut storm caused heavy damage across Bridgeport and surrounding towns. Trees and poles toppled, wires were torn down, and traffic paused as crews repaired lines and restored service. High tides and strong winds battered harbors while chimneys and bricks were displaced in several streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut
Connecticut Company
Bridgeport
Charles H. Chapman
Postal and
Western Union Telegraph Companies
New York
Boston
Chicago
Telephone
Housa~ Tonic Avenue
Grand Street
Telephone Company
Fire Department
New Haven Road
Harbormaster Paddock
Owen J. McWillams
Sea‘side Park
State Street
West Avenue
Harriet
Maple Streets
Arctic and
William
Arctic
Ste and Nichols
Rough Avenue
Noble Ae Rad
Much Avenue
Maple Street
Weather report from Fairfield and surrounding towns during storm
Fairfield noted less severe impact than inland with four telephones down and many tree branches blocking streets. Bridgeport and Danbury links cut. police call boxes failing on some precincts. power lines largely withstood by United Illuminating. In Bridgeport harbor a drifting oyster boat and a harbor houseboat issue, while Walden Beach area cottages face high water and bulkheading loss at WalJuly Beach Seaview. Silver Sands surf sheltered by Charles Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield
Trumbull
Redding
Bridgeport
Danbury
Connecticut
Third Precinct
Ace
Mariner
United Luminating Company
Hertie
Lewis
John Glen
Naugetuck
Mohawk Yacht ‘Club
Wal- Imut Beach
WallyBut Beach
Seaview
Silver Sands
Cherles Island
Challenger Leads In Examinations For Naval Academy
Congressman Donovan announced the results of a Bridgeport held competitive examination on November 26 for Naval Academy entrants. Harold J Challenger led as principal with alternates Eugene Wintermantel John A Waters and Walter T Keating. Challenger, son of Howard Challenger, is 16, a Bridgeport native, and prepared in local schools for Annapolis exams. Keating is a Stamford High School sophomore who learned of the exams from the newspaper and decided to try.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Donovan
Bridgeport
Naval Academy
Harold JL. Challenger
Noble Avenue
Eugene Wintermantel
Atlantic Street
Stamford
John A. Waters
Walter T. Keating
Conn
Civil Service Commission
Harold I. Challenger
Isee
Battleship Kansas Ride Out Storm Off Ocean City
New York dispatch says the battleship Kansas is anchored off Ocean City Maryland awaiting calmer weather and not ashore as once thought. Several other vessels faced damage or delays in the storm, including the freight steamer New York whose steering gear broke outside New London harbor and required tug assistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sandy Hook
Ocean City
Maryland
United States
Kansas
Philadelphia
New London
Central Vermont
T. A. Scott Company
Georgia
Bay State Line
Fall River
Providence
Point Judith
Congress Back At Work After Brief Respite
Congress resumes after six weeks with a crowded house. Big appropriation bills and Wilson’s program loom as a potential March 4 end. House Speaker Champ Clark receives an ovation, several members attend the Merritt funeral, and prayers for peace mark the return in both chambers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Wilson
Champ Clark
E. A. Merritt, Jr
New York
House
Harry N. Couden
Senate
Prettyman
Universal Brotherhood
Marshall
Kern and
Gallinger
Underwood
Witzgerald
Mann
Kern
Wilson Opposes Gardner Plan for War Inquiry
President Wilson revealed opposition to Representative Gardner’s plan for a national defense inquiry, deeming it an unwise method that could spark unfavorable international impressions. He favored full inquiry by Congressional committees and stated executive departments hold no undisclosed facts. Gardner pressed questions on testimony and test the White House declined further comment. Tillman and the President later agreed on maintaining an adequate navy per Democratic platform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
Representative Gardner
United States
Gardner
Congress
Committee On Rules
Army
Belgian Battle Renewed As Germans Win In East
In a wartime dispatches round up, claims of renewed fighting in East Belgium surface as German forces reportedly prevail there. Other updates note potential Balkan rapprochement between Serbia and Bulgaria and a reported mine sinking of two Swedish ships Luna and Evernlada off the Finnish coast with heavy loss on one vessel. A Polish monastery near Lodz is said to have been destroyed by German forces with a priest and two monks killed in the action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Stockholm
Reuter
Telegram Company
Luna
Evernlada
Everilada
Paris
Havas
Petrograd
Senczy¢a
Lodz
World War I Official War Reports From Front Lines
Paris reports heavy French artillery superiority and continued attacks in Yser Armentieres Arras Oise Aisne and Lac pennnes regions with no new eastern front changes Berlin says Lodz operations yield German success with Russian losses large and Lodz in German hands Petrograd notes only that engagements paused since Dec 5 with German attacks repulsed and no new front details
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
War Office
Yser
Armentieres
Les Arras
Oise
Aisne
Lac Pennes
Champagne
Petrograd
Eral
Germans Retake Lodz In Desperate Battle
London dispatch reports Berlin and Petrograd differ on Lodz, with Berlin claiming Lodz fallen and Petrograd noting a desperate hold. Russian lines say main focus remains Cracow and Hungary, while France notes no Western Front updates beyond Ostend fire. Naval actions include Turkish auxiliaries sunk, Swedish ships mined, and Hamidieh damaged near Constantinople.
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London
Berlin
Petrograd
Lodz
Warsaw
Perad
Poland
Cracow
Hungary
Lemberg
Austria
Russia
William
Ostend
Black Sea
Hamidieh
Constantinople
Officials Bare Records in the Sullivan Case
Washington December 77 Following publication today of charges against James M Sullivan American minister to Santo Domingo and formerly a Connecticut lawyer and newspaper man officials made available for inspection a mass of correspondence including endorsements given to Mr Sullivan before his appointment No official statement was issued but it was said the allegations against Mr Sullivan would be carefully examined to determine if anything new in them demanded investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James M. Sullivan
Santo Domingo
Connecticut
Sullivan
Prisoner Kills Two In Court At Cashmere
In Wenatchee Washington on December 7, Harry Carr of Leavenworth on trial for assaulting a girl shot in the Cashmere courtroom. He killed C. D. Franklin and Parsons in the incident, the bullet grazing others.
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Wenatchee
Wash
Harry Carr
Leavenworth
C. D. Franklin
Cashmere
Parsons
Coroner to Probe Death Of Miss Catherine Rock
Coroner Phelan will begin a 2:30 PM investigation into the death of Miss Catherine Rock of 29 Bunnell Street. She reportedly fell from a moving trolley on Fairfield Avenue Saturday night and died en route to St Vincent's Hospital. Rock, a housekeeper for brothers James T. Rock, John H. Rock, Edward Rock, and Albert Rock, is survived by a sister Miss Fannie Rock of Howland's. Conductor Lyons and Motorman O'Brien were arrested and released after giving statements.
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Phelan
Catherine [Rock
Bunnell Street
Fairfield Avenue
St. Vincent's Hospital
Miss Rock
East End
James T
John H
Edward
Albert
Fannie Rock
Howland’s
Lyons
O’brien
Captain J. P. Pinkerman Dies at 69 in City
Captain John P. Pinkerman longtime police captain and key figure in a turbulent era died Saturday night at his home 82 Black Rock Avenue aged 69. He was fatally injured when struck by a car driven by Dr. B W White at Broad and State streets after leaving City Hall. Survived by widow, son Harold an attorney of Memphis, two brothers Albert and Theodore, and sisters Mrs Charles Buckley and Mrs Sarah Martin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. Pinkerman
Black Rock Avenue
Broad
State
B. W. White
Capt. Pinkerman
City Hall
Harold
Memphis
Tenn
Albert
Theodore Pinkerman
Charlies Buckley
Bridgeport
Sarah Martin
New York
British Vessel Sunk in Pacific and Eastern Front Shifts Noted
Reports say a British merchantman was sunk by a German transport in the Pacific while German forces retook Lodz in Russian Poland as German and Russian offensives redraw the eastern front. French statements claim continued Allied pressure from the North Sea to Switzerland with gains in Belgium and Armentieres Arras and the Aisne. The Charcas was sunk off Chile with uncertainty over German escort. In the west, statements emphasize intermittent engagements and a broadly unchanged battle line amid mounting German and Austrian offensives in the south and Serbia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Sea
Switzerland
Belgium
Armentieres
Arras
Aisne
Argonne
Yser Canal
French War Office
New York
South American
Princ Eitel Friedrich
South Atlantic
Russian
Poland
Battis
Berlin
Potosrad
Lodz
Warsaw
Cracow
Germany
Silesian
Breslau
Galicia
Frat Sar Os Ees Servia
Elks Pay Tribute To Absent Brothers
Bridgeport lodge of Elks held its annual memorial for Absent Brothers on State Street. Over 30 members attended as exalter ruler John F. McDonough and Maurice Deiches of New York lodge spoke. The service featured 24 musicians led by John J. Reynolds, many former pupils of the conductor. A six masted schooner sank in Nantucket Sound near Vineyard Haven.
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Boston
New England
Alice M. Lawrence
Portland
Nantucket Sound
Nantucket
Point Judith Harbor
Bridgeport Lodge of Elks
State Street
John F. McDonough
Maurice Deiches
Knights of New York Lodge
John J. Reynolds
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Girl
Challenger
Southern New England Telephone Company
White House
East
Balkan States
Athens
Telegraph
Servia
Bulgaria
Piotrkow
J. P. Pinkerman
Pacific
Elks
Went &Shiite
Viheparg Haven
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