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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1923
Page
16
A sister-mother found two children dead from gas fumes while a 10 year old boy John and his younger brother Edward, four others, including two girls, were left critically ill and rushed to a hospital. The tragedy unfolded in a family home with authorities investigating the cause and ruling out foul play.
Gas inspectors found no leaks after a quarter worth of gas tainted five bedrooms, causing two deaths and four serious illnesses in a family of six. The Listons, including John 10 and Edward 8, were among those affected. Mrs. Liston and others were hospitalized in critical condition. Neighbors reported a strong gas odor earlier, and investigators noted a possible exhausted meter led to the hazard.
Two children die in a funeral tragedy prompt local condolences while a Stratford boy is slightly injured after being struck on West Broad Street. The day also features a state credit men association meeting planned for May 17, in addition to various community events and sports results across the region.
New York. May G Mackay, president of the Postal Telegraph-Cable system, announced the completion of contracts for laying a new transatlantic cable. Engineers estimate the line will carry about 690 letters per channel in both directions, delivering roughly twice the capacity of existing cables.
Sunday promenaders along the Charles River watched as a canoe overturned above Newton Dam. One occupant drowned, while the other, fighting the current, was swept over Newton Falls to his death.
Danbury state educator John R. Perkins principal of the Danbury State Normal school lies critically ill from systemic poisoning caused by an infected impacted wisdom tooth. He has been a prominent figure in state education, instrumental in expanding teacher training and rapid rural school preparation.
French aviator Georges Barbot glided across the English Channel from Calais to Lympne in 1 hour 1 minute and returned in 44 minutes. He used a small power auxiliary engine and completed the round trip of just over fifty miles despite adverse winds. He won Le Matin's prize for the feat and landed at Lympne before nightfall with aero club observers present.
Grand Jury prepares to investigate the disappearance and death of Northwestern University student Leighton Mount who vanished in September 1921 and was found under a pier in Evanston. State’s attorney Crowe leads the probe as coroner and parents discuss a note Mount wrote to Doris Fuchs, with medical examiners not confirming suicide.
At Enfield Dam near Condestiout River, Mark B D McQuillan a boarding house manager, leaped in and drowned as the current surged. Despite swift action by bystanders, his body was not recovered. Police view it as self-inflicted though family says no known cause. He leaves a widow and two young children.
London and Paris report that France and Belgium refuse to consider Germany’s recent thirty billion mark proposal as renovations and will act alone unless a concrete reparations program is drafted. The Franco Belgian reply to the German note leaves the question at a deadlock with no counter proposals.
Miss Lucy Aldrich, sister-in-law of John D. Rockefeller Jr. and Robert Scripps, was among passengers seized by bandits on a Tientsin line. One foreigner was killed, six escaped. reports from Peking cite ongoing military actions near Shantung as officials await further word.
Miss Elizabeth Coit 22 of Litchfield vanished last Monday triggering a nationwide police search. Her father Charles H. Coit, president of the Litchfield bank, says an end to the dancing foolishness and asserts her collapse was a nervous breakdown causing memory lapse. A family physician described her condition as fatigue related and not permanent. authorities trace her movements from Chicago to New York and back, with reports of lodging and attempted work.
The Treasury announced a new refunding issue of 408.6 million dollars to complete the refinancing of wartime debt and retire Victory notes, bearing 4.75 percent interest and due March 15, 1927. Secretary Mellon said surplus revenues may retire all short term debt by 1928 despite heavy refinancing needs, with federal securities retirement around 1.6 billion dollars since April 1921 and the public debt reduced to about 22.419 billion by year end.
Two men clashed on Pembroke street with a fence picket and a knife when Lieutenant Thomas B. Magner and Horseman D J Killeen of the local fire department intervened from a street car. They separated the combatants and restrained the knife as an apparent attempt at serious harm. Both men fled before authorities learned details. police investigate.
State Police swooped on Milford clubs and hotels late at night arresting three men and one woman amid alleged liquor violations. Those detained were John Mill shaugh manor of the Raune View hotel Teo Garis venta of the Tow Many Inn James Glynn of the Comfort cottage Myrtle Teach Teac Mre Hattie Straua Ive alias Mer Hattie Gink of Souview a Avenue. Hauner confiscated from Glynn’s place and bonds set at 200 each. Hearings scheduled in Town court tomorrow morning.
Topstone Station May 6 Unearthing a letter written October 1889 to George W Hofte a 72 year old recluse alleged to have been beaten to death and cast into Umpawang lake shifts investigators theory. State police now consider a possible other body may lie at lake bottom while dynamite plans loom as they double down on pursuit of the killer.
Spectator Lawrence Copetyan of New York reported that Thaw’s nephew and a group of women in two Rolls Royce touring cars were involved in a collision with three autos on Southport’s Post Road. George McMahon of Westport was injured with a cut above the eye. Wellington Chamberlain, driving without a license and with wrong markers, fled the scene and faces arrest. The Thaw car, a Ford, and an Oakland were wrecked as heavy traffic delayed response and tow crews.
Georges Carpentier wins by knockout in the eighth round against Marcel Nilles in Paris. Early trouble for Carpentier, who struggled as Nilles pressed the body and connected a sharp right to the jaw. The crowd of thousands watched as Carpentier, despite improved conditioning, failed to show championship fire and left observers unsure of his form for future bouts.
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