Skylark’s Last Trip Ends In Blaze And Tragedy
Stamford reports a deadly firestorm aboard the Skylark after a collision. Eight survivors describe scenes of fear and pain as the Maine car was torn apart by an unknown power. Victims include Eleanor Blum and Albert Goodsick with sewn scalp wounds and broken limbs. F J Heustis recalls a grey suited man fleeing as the train tore through Stamford. The eight injured tell of electric sparks, heat, and shattered hope.
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Stamford Hospital
Eleanor Blum
Jefferson Avenue
Brooklin
N. Y
Hartford
Lance Albert A. Goodsick
New York
Stamford
B. Jennings, Jr
Park
New Haven
F. M. Brown
Central Avenue
Attempt on Logan Bros Safe Fails at Congress and Middle
Burglars in the Logan Bros wholesale and retail grocers at Congress and Middle streets battered the front door of the safe but stopped before opening the inner compartments. The safe held substantial cash. Police call the work amateurish and similar to a prior Stoddard Gilbert & Co. attempt.
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Stoddard, Gilbert & Co
Logan Bros
Congress
Middle Streets
City Court Cases Pit George Kelly in Bail, Milk Case Delayed
George Kelly was held in bail of 500 dollars for Superior Court trial after a brief City Court hearing before Judge I Coughlin, on complaint by Minnie Humphrey of 728 Maplewood Avenue. William Brooks, chauffeur for Rodfick Mackenzie, was fined 25 dollars and costs. The case of C Lewis Bill, charged with adulterated milk for sale, was continued until June 2 at defense request.
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George Kelly
Minnie Humphrey
Maplewood Avenue
I Coughlin
Wiliam Brooks
Fick Mackenzie
Costa
C. Lewis Bill
Wall Street Today Opens With Moderate Gains On Busy Session
New York stock market starts with fairly good demand and small gains. New Haven falls 3 4 but Canadian Pacific and Interborough gained a point. Bears test early levels. Union Pacific Amalga and Can slip, then recover. By 11 a m the market rallies as Canadian Pacific and Interborough rise two points from yesterday. Closing strong as shorts covered and longs expanded. western trade and crop outlook support gains. bonds firm.
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New York
New Haven
Canadian Pacific
Interborough PLC
Bears
Union Pacific
Amalgamated
Can
Intrborough Me
Obituary for Joseph F McKernan at St Augustine church
Funeral services for Joseph F. McKernan were held at 3:30 from M. J. Gannon undertakers and a 9 o'clock mass at St. Augustine's Church offered by Rev Father Kennedy. A F O H E delegation attended. Floral tributes marked grief. Pallbearers were Bowen, Bingham, Haggerty, Wallace, Lovely and Anderson. Burial in St. Michael's Cemetery. Girl Wanted leads in Farmer Want Ads.
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Joseph F. McKernan
M. J. Gannon
Broad Street
St. Augustine's Church
Father Kennedy
F. O. HE
A. Cc. ‘Bowen
Charles ‘Bingham
John Haggerty
John Wallace
Thomas Lovely
Elmore Anderson
St. Michael's Cemetery
Haddam and Hast Haddam Bridge Dedicated by Gov Baldwin
Haddam Conn June 14 a mighty steel bridge spans the state east and west linking Haddam and East Haddam. Built for 225000 dollars the structure houses over 1000 tons of steel and was completed and turned over today. Gov Baldwin presided with a large crowd as bands played and a tablet will honor the engineers commissioners and workers behind the project.
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Haddam
Conn
Connecticut River
Haddam and Hast Haddam
Balarwin
Two
Haddams
Gov. Baldwin
Hartford
Saybrook
William H. Cadwell
Rollin A. Tyler
Edward W. Bush
Hatch
Footguard
Bohemian
Putnam
Moodus
Walter Lyddy to be ordained to priesthood
Walter J. Lyddy son of Alderman John E. Lyddy and Mrs Lyddy of 9 Hough avenue will be ordained a priest by Cardinal Gibbons at St Marys Baltimore next Tuesday. A native of the city he attended parochial school and served as an altar boy at St Marys parish. He is the first from St Marys parish to reach priesthood in 25 years. He studied at St Thomas seminary Hartford and Lugano Switzerland before returning to Baltimore to finish studies. His first mass will be at St Marys church on June 22 with family and guests present.
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Walter J. Lyddy
Alderman
John E. Lyddy
Hough Avenue
Cardinal Gibbons
St. Mary's Cathcate
Baltimore
St Mary's Parish
St. Mary's Parish
St. Thomas’ Seminary
Hartford
Lugano
Switzerland
Tierney
Nilda
St. Mary's Church
City
Fire engulfs Alco touring car in Fairfield garage
Occupants of the Peerless garage on Fairfield avenue sought a fire extinguisher as a Cadillac agency Alco touring car caught fire. A still alarm brought firefighters who moved the car to the street and extinguished the blaze with nominal damage. The car had been traded in yesterday from A. F. Bennett, president of Crane Valve Co.
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Fairfield Avenue
Cadillac Agency
A. F. Bennett
Crane Valve Co
Edmund S Hawley Honored at Yale Miema Xi Member
Edmund S Hawley Yale Academic 913 elected member of Miema Xi by Yale Scientific School for outstanding scientific work. He is also a Phi Beta Kappa Yale Academic. Hawley will spend the summer in Europe and enter Harvard Law School in October.
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Edmund S. Hawley
Yale
Miema Xi
Yale Scientific School
Phi Beta Kappa
Yale Academic
Hawley
Europe
Harvard Law School
White Summer Millinery Special Values in Panama Hats
Special values in Panama hats White hemp straw hats white chip straw hats and natural leghorn hats priced from 1.25 to 9.00 Genuine Panama hats range 1.98 to 7.48 plus 800 hats at 5.98 and 6.98 etc The ad lists varied headwear with discounted prices and mentions several materials and hat types sold by White Summer Millinery.
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Panama
Wrecks on the New Haven Road Over Two Years
A historical tally lists wrecks on the New York New Haven and Hartford line over the past two years totalizing 48 deaths and hundreds of injuries. Incidents span June 1911 to June 1913 across Fairfield Bridgeport Middletown Berlin Junction Clinton Stonington Dorchester South Boston Westport Greens Farms Putnam Waterbury Stamford with causes including ignored signals open switches faulty equipment and high speed crossovers.
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New York, New Haven and Hartford
Fairfield
Conn
Bridgeport
Federal Express
Middletown
Berlin Junction
Clinton
Mass
Stonington Junction
Dorchester
South Boston
Westport
Springfield
Green’s Farms
Merchants’ Limited
Putnam, Conn
Waterbury
Comm
Stamford
Boston Express
Bierer Coulter Marriage Tonight at the Coulter Home
Miss Ruth Coulter to wed John M. Bierer of Boston this evening at 6 in the Coulter residence. Ceremony to be conducted by Rev. Fred A. Dillingham. Attendants, decorations, and musicians arranged. families and social circles noted in Bridgeport.
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Miss Coulter
Bridgeport
James Coulter
Automatic Machine Company
Benner
Boston Woven Hose Company
Boston
City
Probing Into Causes That Led to Coal Strike in West Virginia
Charleston, June 14 The United States Senate sub committee continued its inquiry into the general causes and conditions which led up to the coal strike. Senator Kenyon sought records on land ownership along Paint and Cabin creeks and stock ownership in the coal operations. Attorney Knight for operators promised to obtain the information.
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Charleston
W. Va
United States Senate
Kenyon
Paint
Cabin
Knight
Fire destroys Tech Institute shops in Blacksburg
Blacksburg Virginia Polytechnic Institute shops burned early today causing about 150000 dollars in property loss. The building valued at 150000 dollars was insured for 850000.
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Tech Institute
Blacksburg
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Clabby Defeats McGoorty in 12-Round Bout at Butte
In Butte Montana on June 14 Jimmy Clabby of Hammond Indiana won a decision over Eddie McGoorty of Oshkosh Wisconsin after twelve rounds of fast boxing. McGoorty nearly kayoed Clabby in the first round but Clabby rallied.
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Butte
Mont
Jimmy Clabby
Hammond
Ind
Eddie McGoorty
Oshkosh
Wis
McGoorty
Competition Eliminated in Coastwise Shipping, Says Probe
Washington June 14 Chairman Alexander of the House ship trust investigation committee released the first three volumes of the proceedings. He said the documents show competition between coastwise lines has practically been eliminated and that all established lines from American ports are in a regime of entrenchment.
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Washington
Alexander
House Ship Trust Investigation Committee
Smith Murray Co Fashion Sale Highlights Bargains
The Smith Murray Co advertises drastic discounts across women and junior apparel. Suits drop from 12.50 to 7.50 for juniors and from 15.00 to 9.50 or 12.50 for women, with varied coats, skirts, and waists also on sale. Accessories include colored waists and middy blouses at low prices.
Women's Hosiery and Underwear Sale Notice
Classified sale item list detailing women’s hosiery including white foot hose at expense prices, ribbed black hose, silk boot hose, and split sale hose with multi pack deals, plus silk and combination garments for women and infants, with brief prices and sale terms.
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Oda
Yesterday's Baseball Scores Summary
Yesterday results feature New York 4 over Detroit 2 Philadelphia 2 over Cleveland 1 Boston 7 over St Louis 6 Chicago 6 over Washington 4. Today doubleheader slate lists Detroit at New York St Louis at Boston Cleveland at Philadelphia Chicago at Washington.
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New York
Detroit
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Boston
St. Louis
Chicago
Washington
Petetee Wees
New
New Haven
Eenee
Springfiel
Holyoke
Waterbury
New London
F.C. Remington-Yost
Bod Brooksides
Bt. Josephs
Yost
Remington-Yost
Brooksides
Unepire
Verrelie
Rusi
National League scores and today’s games list
National League results show New York 3, Pittsburgh 2. Chicago 7, Brooklyn 6. Boston 6, Cincinnati 4. Philadelphia 5, St. Louis 2. Games today feature New York in Pittsburgh, Brooklyn in Chicago, Philadelphia in St. Louis, and Boston in Cincinnati.
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New York
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Brooklyn
Boston
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
St. Louis
P.c. Philadelphia
Aie
Brooklyn Ee
Pittsburgh Boston
International League matchup results and venues
Jersey City hosts Baltimore in a 2 1 victory while Newark hosts Providence at St. Josephs Oval. Toronto defeats Montreal at home and earns a separate result in Rochester Buffalo series. Black Rocks face St Josepha at 3 30 ER with umpire McCann and scorer Hurley.
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Jersey City
Baltimore
Newark
Providence
Rochester
Buffalo
Toronto
Montreal
St. Josephs Oval
Black Rocks
St. Josepha
McCann
Hurley
P.cc
Ase
Cincinnati Hit Becomes a Major Baseball Joke
The piece criticizes the rule that credits a hit to the batter when a fielder fails to retire a runner on base. It argues the rule inflates batting records and calls for action by league officials. Leaders like Tip O Neill and Tom Chivington weigh in, while minor league heads may issue guidance to scorers.
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S. Andrews
Cincinnati
Baseball Writers’ Association
Association
Writers’ Association
Tip O'Neill
Wesdtern League
Tom Chivington
American Association
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Florence Thompson
Goshen
Margaret Broderick
Farmington
Ife
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Wall Street
St. Mary’s Parish
Holy Orders
Auto
Edmund
E. H. Dillon & CO
Main ST
ST. Cecile
White Summer
Eerees
Coulter
Ruth Coulter
John M. Bierer
Fred A. Dillingham
D. D
Church of the Radeémer
AV Alg
McChire
Ddie Mgoorty
THE
Smith-Murray CO
Cloak Dept
Coats
Baseball Magazine
iSe
International League
Eastern Association
R. H. E. Springfield Sae
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