Fire Kills 25 at Manhattan State Hospital Ward on Ward Island
A massive blast from dredgers at Hell Gate caused a fire that killed 22 inmates and 3 attendants at the Manhattan State Hospital for the Insane on Ward's Island. Fire officials say the blast damaged insulation triggering a short circuit. 18 bodies recovered and many more presumed unidentified. Attendants and medical staff helped evacuate dozens as flames and a collapsing tank blocked exits in the west wing amid zero temperatures.
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Associated Press
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Manhattan State Hospital For the
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East River
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James Hill
Patrick Billigan
Hartford
Conn
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George F. Reiss
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Marcus B. Heggman
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Judge Blakeman Dies After Long Illness in Hartford
Stratford town court jurist Frank I. Blakeman dies at 65 in Hartford hospital after heart attack during Winter Exposition. He led the Connecticut State Grange, served Stratford on the Board of Education, and was a state legislator in 1908 and 1904. His wife was at his side in his final hours.
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Roudies Punch Motorman When Service Is Slow
Desiring to board a State street streetcar at the Wairfield avenue junction last night three youths angered by a delayed door rapped the glass. Motorman William Driaga said they warned him to hurry or they would break the glass. They later punched him after getting aboard and fled before police arrived. He was not seriously hurt. Officers sought the youths in uniform.
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Wairfield Avenue
Junction
William Driaga
Baboon Arrested After Citywide Chase in New Haven
A young unidentified baboon caused a frenzied pursuit through New Haven streets attracting policemen firemen and a crowd of about 1000. The ape fled to a wooden stand and was captured by an officer who jailed it at headquarters. The sighting began on Oak Street as children gathered and the owner is being sought.
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New Haven
Oak Street
Allian Raizen Found Guilty of Slaying Doctor
Brooklyn jury convicts Mrs. Lillian Raizen of second degree murder for shooting Dr. Abraham Glickstein in his Brooklyn office on December 10, 1921. Verdict carries 20 years to life. defense claimed insanity from fear of the physician. emotional scenes unfold as officials escort her to the chamber.
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Abraham Glickstein
NW York
Brooklyn Supreme Court
Lillian Raizen
Brooklyn
Norwalk Man Injured In Snowbound Car Crash
Andrew Drabek of 24 Glenwood Avenue Norwalk was seriously injured when a trolley on the Norwalk Bridgeport line struck his stalled car in a snowbank near the tracks. He was extricated and taken to Norwalk Hospital with scalp lacerations, possible skull fracture, and body injuries. The crash followed a previous trolley car collision the day before in which Dr A H W Baldwin was killed.
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Tech
Andrew Drahek
Glenwood Avenue
Peat Swamp
Drabek
A. H W. Baldwin
Recant by Dr Grant Would Bring Contempt
Dr W H Day declares recant by Dr Grant would bring contempt. Judge Blakeman of Stratford court dies after month long illness. Rotary hear Harding on citizenship as 18th anniversary opens. Rabbi Wise defends British policy in Palestine. Portland brother found after ten year search. Norwalk autoist injured in trolly collision. Lighthouse keeper aeper escapes. boat disabled in sound. Dr John Weldon dies in Willimantic. Ward's Island asylum fire kills twenty two insane and three attendants. Lilian Raizen found guilty of second degree murder. February customs receipts to reach new high. Congress roars as sessions loom. Shipping bill and farm credits pending. Lithuanian clash with Polish troops kills and wounds hundreds. Irish crisis may still be saved, says Times. Rhineland president expelled. French boycott urged. Delaney to fight Gans in New York tomorrow. McCann signs McMahon in Rochester. Knights of Columbus win bowling matches. Devon Independents beat Wakeman Memorial 22 to 14. Staff wrenches knee after world record feats. Giants set to leave for Texas. East Side league finals near. John Huss faced flames for not recanting. Martin Wather and Percy Stickney Grant cited in church debate. Day says Grant’s sermon questions divinity. notes un written constitution allows broad beliefs. (Continued on Page Two).
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Fire destroys New York film studio complex
A fierce blaze razed a three story Garlem building housing International Films and Cosmopolitihan Productions in New York on February 18. Property and films valued at about $1,000,000 were destroyed along with costumes and rare stage plays borrowed from famous collections. An elderly watchman rescued a monkey and parrot from the top floor. the bird died from singed feathers.
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Brother of Murdered Man Found After 10 Year Search
Portland reports a long unsolved fratricide case from 1910 with Gustaf Sjogren murdered and brother Joseph Sjogren, later found via Hamilton Ohio police, admitting to being sought. Deputy Sheriff Axel Hansen said steps would be taken to bring Sjogren to trial. The case trusted with a 1912 shooting death and a boyhood disappearance.
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Portland
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Hamilton
Ohio
Gustaf
Haad
Axel Hansen
Middlesex County
Bjogren
Joseph Peterson
Hansen
Sjogren
Still Missing Fuel Crisis Shocks Bridgeport Citizens
The misssing fuel crisis grows as Howard Smith the former tax collector and James Ha veng the bankrupt broker are blamed. Barges and tugs sit idle at the dock with no coal reaching Bridgeport by water. State Administrator Hurley was to survey fuel conditions but did not report, leaving officials without a clear plan. Still Missing was the only answer.
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Howard Smith
James Haveng
Hurley
Focal Dock
Polish Forces Invasion Of Lithuania Sparks Deadly Clash
Polish regulars invaded neutral zone near Orany and pushed into Lithuanian territory, causing dozens of deaths and hundreds wounded. Lithuania appeals to the League of Nations for action as clashes occur near Puskarnia and along the Vilna frontier.
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League of Nations
Paris
Associated Press
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Orany
Warsaw
Poland
Puskarnia
Woitowo
Council
Chief Johnson Acts To Avert Fuel Famine
Fire Chief Daniel E. Johnson imposed a rigid fuel relief plan to ease a winter coal shortage. Beginning at noon, engine houses will receive urgent coal requests as 40 to 60 peddlers report to fire houses to deliver coal to needy homes each afternoon. Police will survey needs, recording names and addresses of households in want, while police, fire officials and state authorities coordinate to distribute coal. A Telegram survey found many residents burning substitutes, with some still holding only a ton or two of coal and others unable to obtain fuel for heating.
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Daniel E. Johnson
Johnson
Deaters
Tellng
Bridgeport
R. H. Hesse
Martin Terrace
Robert Johnston
Woodland Avenue
Fairview Avenue
Wise urges Jewish support for English policy in Palestine
Rabbi Stephen S Wise of New York defended British action in Palestine as just telling about his Holy Land tour from Nazareth to Jerusalem. He urged American Jews not to scapegoat England and called for immigration work and settlements. He denounced the Turks and cited General Allenby’s Jerusalem march. Continued on Page Two.
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Stephen S. Wise
New York
United Church Forum
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Palestine
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Holy Land
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Ain Mergan
Zero Weather Again In Bridgeport Record Low
A winter cold snap kept Bridgeport in a deep freeze with the 6 am reading at one degree below zero. Daytime high reached 18 degrees with temps dropping ten degrees by 8 pm. Forecasts suggested a slight temperature rise but continued cold wave conditions across the region.
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