Seeley Cleared of Blame for Auto Tragedy at Newtown
Coroner finds Robert Seeley not liable after party returning from fair collided with his car near Newtown on October 7. Frank Gernert and Clara Seeley died. Mrs. Gernert cannot testify. Seeley says car moved slowly, hit gravel stone, rolled over. other witnesses corroborate. Myron Clark party pursued, then car passed, leading to crash. Coroner relies on Seeley testimony as sole surviving account.
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Robert Seeley
Newtown
Frank Gernert
Clara Seeley
Wifo
Rupert B. Seeley
Myron Clark
Blakeman
Seeley
Ann Embankment
Phelan
Woman Finds Father Dead in Bed From Gas
Darwin W. Long an engineer at the Singer plant killed himself at his son Henry Greene’s home on 1081 5th Avenue. He arranged a gas inhalation with a tube end in his mouth and the other secured to a wide open jet, then hid the house by covering him and the room. His daughter-in-law discovered the body around four in the afternoon. Doctors concluded death by self-inflicted gas poisoning. Greene, about 66, lived with his son and daughter-in-law amid past financial distress and a long career at Wheeler & Wilson Co. and Singer Manufacturing Co. He had recently faced a change in duties, becoming a watchman. Survived by son Henry R Greene and a granddaughter. his ties to Bridgeport span forty years and local business connections in the Franklin Street area.
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Emily
Darwin W. Long
Singer
Plant
Henry & Greene
Ijdzeph Sehen
Stratford
Boursieaiy
Jpeont Sme
Bourne de Eae
Cote
Woble Avenue
Mr. Greene
Greene
Bridgeport
Ig Wheeler & Wilson Co
Singer Manufacturing Co
Nhe
Lenis
Henny R Greene
Dinappearance
Arsro
Ambulance worker’s fire order ends in family tragedy
New York report says a hospital employee, Arthur Corso, ordered ambulances to the West 16th Street tenement as a basement fire spread through elevator shafts. Five family members died including Mary Corso, 68, and her sons Charles 21 Frank 19 Harry ? , and niece Grace Anadzle. Arthur survived. other tenants suffered smoke inhalation. Building damage about 5000 dollars.
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New York
West Sth
Mary Corso
Charles
Frank
Harry
Grace Anadzle
Arthur Corso
Holy Clinic Hospital
Hallen Obsequies At St Augustine’s In Reverent Throng
In St Augustine's Bridgeport mourners gathered for the funeral of Edward F. Hatlen, judge of the Bridgeport district probate court. Father Nihill delivered a moving eulogy as a solemn high mass closed with Chopin funeral march.
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St. Augustine's Church
Edward F. Hatlen
Bridgeport
Hev. J. B. Nihill
J. J. Kennedy
EK. V
Chopin
F. J. Kelly
Elizabeth Stanton
A. T. Brisebois
Thomas P. Mulcahy
S J. Mary’s Church of
Walter S. McElroy
New Haven
Fr. Nihill
Magee Traded From Phillies to Boston Braves
Philadelphia reports Sherwood R. Magee, the Philadelphia National League outfielder, was traded to the Boston Nationals for cash and other players. The deal was approved at a New York meeting chaired by Philadelphia president Baker and Boston president James Gaffney.
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Philadelphia
Sherwood R. Magee
Boston Nationals
New York
Baker
Philadelphia Club
James Gaffney
Bostons
Sewer funding sought for city trunk projects
The sewers committee will request funds from the board of apportionment for Maytle Avenue sewer work, Myrtle Avenue trunk sewer, Henry Street basin upgrades, Black Rock improvements, and a North End trunk sewer as part of a city tour prep. More than two hundred thousand of three hundred thousand dollars bond proceeds have been spent. engineer Terry says full system overhaul would cost over a million, but the ask will be much smaller. Meanwhile LeGrand Raymond of Norwalk is being sued by Mabel Cud ey, Charlotte Lane and Bertha Britto for allegedly withholding life insurance money from heirs tied to a policy placed in Evelyn Britto’s name.
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Myrtle Avenue
Henry Street
Black Rock
North End
The
Common Council
Keating
Terry
LeGrand Raymond
Norwalk
Mabel Cud‘ey
Charlotte Lane
Bertha Britto
Raymond
Evelyn Britto
Christmas Eve Tree Illumination at 6:30 Tonight
Thousands of Christmas shoppers will gather around Bridgeport’s municipal tree for an illuminated display at 6 30 led by Mayor Wilson. A procession with police escort, orphan gifts, a Santa sleigh and public school chorus follows, with viewing from Broad Elm and Golden Hill streets and special hotel menus, bank closures, and extra streetcar service planned.
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Golden Hill
Wilson O
Boy Scout
Beerigade
Santa
Elm Street
Hada
Broad Street
Fairfield Avenue
Birmingam
Wilson
John H. Refan
James Walker
Herb
Ziebold
Green
T. Griffin
McBride
M. Griffin
Kraft
Callan
S McCullough
McCarthy
Weller
City Hall
Bridgeport
Focal
Stratfeld
Atlantic
Hotel Auss
Man Who Kept Jumbo Dies At Lakeview Home
The body of Matthew Scot known as Scotty, a famed elephant trainer for Barnum Bailey and longtime keeper of Jumbo, is laid to rest in a Lakeview chapel. Once London Zoo’s Jumbo guardian he accompanied the elephant to America and never recovered from grief after Jumbo’s death. Scotty, 74, had lived at Lakeview for two years suffering kidney trouble, serving as an orderly when able, with few old circus friends visiting.
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Lakeview
Matthew Scot
P. Mathias
King’s Highway Chapel
England
Scotty
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Old London Zoo
America
P. T. Barnum
Jumbo
Geldom
Canada
Elephant Department
Circus Combe
Meriden Relic From U S S Maine Found in Junk Shop
A shell from the 1898 battleship Maine, lent to Meriden as a patriotic memorial, turned up in a junk shop. Congressman Thomas L. Reilly obtained it from the navy department. An Assistant Secretary of the Navy letter warns Meriden to house the relic or it will be recalled. An inquiry will determine how the shell entered the junk heap.
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Meriden
Maine
Havana
Thomas L. Reilly
Navy Department
D. J. Donovan
Secretary of the Navy
F. D. Roosevelt
French Cruiser Hit by Austrian Torpedo Report
London reports a French battleship was torpedoed in the Gulf of Otranto with minor damage and no injuries. An Austrian submarine allegedly fired two torpedoes at a French armored cruiser in the Strait of Otranto, also causing unimportant damage. Reported aerial bombardment over Dover caused no damage.
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London
Paris
Gulf of Otranto
Adriatic
Italy
Strait of ‘Otranto
War News Reflects Unchanged Fronts Across East and West
Official reports show no major shifts in the fighting. France and Germany trade trench losses and gains amid hard-fought battles from France to East Prussia. Polish fronts see severe clashes near Warsaw with bayonet fighting as German and Austro German forces push toward Poland while Russian defenses hold. A French cruiser in the Strait of Otranto is torpedoed with minor damage and no injuries. A German airman flies over Paris but is shot down by a French aeronaut nineteen miles from the city.
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London
Ire
France
Belgium
Warsaw
Galicia
East
Prussy
East Prussia
Poland
Berlin
Milawa
Strait of
Otranto
Italy
Sechaczew
Bzura
Cracow
Petrograd
Carpathians
Ano’ Ee
Ste
Paris
Official German War Report Powers Forward on Eastern Front
Berlin reports no renewed Allied attacks near Nieuport and claims success at Bixschoote with 230 prisoners. It says Chalons was attacked but repulsed after a tactic where a trench was lost then retaken. In the east, advances from Neidenburg and Soldau claim over 1,000 Russian prisoners after heavy fighting near Miawa, with the Pelica river area noted for Russian losses.
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Berlin
London
Nieuport
Bixschoote
Chalons
Souain
Perthes
Neidenburg
Soldau
East Prussia
Miawa
Poland
Mia
Austria Accepts Retreat From Serbia Due To Weather
Vienna tonight released an official bulletin explaining the defeat of Austrian forces by Serbia and the replacement of Field Marshal Potiorek by Archduke Eugene. It said bad roads and scarce provisions forced a retreat, but declared the army not defeated and noted exaggerated loss reports.
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London
Marshal Potiork
Archduke Pugene
Vienna
Balkan
Servia
French war office reports gains along Western Front and Yser
Paris Dec 24 The French war office says progress by sapping in dunes and repulsing a front attack near Lombaertzyde and Zandvoorde. Belgians push detachments along the Yser south for Dixmude and form a defensive line. Arras fog hindered operations while Amiens suburbs saw artillery exchanges. Louvres near Puisleine repelled German assaults. Near Perthes counter attacks repulsed as Germans held trenches 400 yards gained near Mesnil les Hurlus. German offensive near Ville-Sur-Tourbe dispersed by artillery. South of Rawa Germans resist a Russian push along the Pilica.
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Paris
French War Office
Lys
Lombaertzyde
Zwartelen
Ypres
Yser
Dixmude
Arras
Amiens
Lassigny
Aisne
Puisleine
Perthes
Mesnil-les-Hurlus
Ville-Sur-Tourbe
Rawa
Pilica
Russian Front Reports Territorial Gains Amid Stubborn Fighting
The official press bureau reports continued heavy fighting on the left bank of the Pilace near Jeseszee and Rosko wawolia, west of Newmiasto, with progress on the right bank near Opozno and Tomascow. In Galicia gains persist south of the Vistula where 66 officers and 5,600 men were captured. Austrians suffered a failed sortie near Przmysl with several advance units annihilated and prisoners taken. A mile of railroad into the city was seized.
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Petrograd
Pilace
Jeseszee
Roskowawolia
Newomiasto
Pilica
Opozno
Tomascow
Galicia
Vistula
Prsymysl
Theft of Two Bank Books Reported in Bridgeport
An armed theft occurred at a home on Willard Street as two bank books from Bridgeport Savings Bank and Mechanics and Farmers Bank were taken from a trunk. The deposits totaled 500 dollars and 153 dollars respectively, with the owner seeking to confirm his finances. The incident was reported three weeks after the loss.
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Pillip Holzer
Willard Etrect
Dome
Bridgeport Savinz
the Mechanics & Warmers
Seetree Ank
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London Zoo
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