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Bad Sanitary Conditions Found in Howe and Burton Streets
An investigation into the Tubbs family death near 67 Burton street, Bristol RI, finds defective plumbing and sewer gas concerns on Barton and Howe streets. Doctors insist conditions invite disease, while repairs proceed. Several neighboring cases are monitored as officials raise manhole ventilators and inspect plumbing in the block. A separate accident near Crescent Park leaves one man fatally injured. District Court hears a domestic dispute about a mother's support.
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Walter J. Tubbs
Burton Street
Tubbs
Williams
Siegel
Merriman
Barton Street
Howe Street
John B. Herreshoff
Sarah L. Herreshoff
Katherine
W. Fred Williams
Providence
R L
Bristol
R. L
Gardner T. Swarts
Ernest Alder
Samuel Taylor
Alder
Octave LeClair
Callan
Hugene LeClair
Ezra Dixon
Eber Hill
Sewer Commission
Highway Department
Wood Street
James Cooper
Franklin
Mass
Crescent Park
Hanterive Club
Cocoper
Rhode Island Hospital
Cooper
Boston
County Court House
O. L. Bosworth
Tate