Feared catastrophe as twelve buildings fell in New York blast
A fire at Tarrant & Co drug house at Greenwich and Warren streets triggered multiple explosions, leveling a dozen buildings and injuring many with authorities fearing up to 30 bodies in the ruins. Firefighters worked through the night as investigators sought missing persons and accounted for employees in the devastated areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Warren
Greenwich
Windsor Hotel
Croker
Fire Department
City of
Royal Hotel
Park Place
Windsor and Hoboken
Manhattan
Tarrant & Co
Warren Street
Chambers Street
Tarrant
Rocksberry
Brown
Devanny
Greenwich Street
Hudson Street
Big Commission
Washington Street
HYOMEI Cures Cold Quickly and Treats Respiratory Ailments
Thousands develop catarrh bronchitis pneumonia and consumption from neglecting a cold. HYOMEI claims to cure a common cold in hours and permanently cure catarrh bronchitis and consumption or money back. Sold by druggists or by mail. Five days treatment free. Outfit complete $1 trial outfit 25 cents. Ithaca New York. Medical advice free.
Pure Blood and Health Sharpen a Woman’s Beauty
The piece argues that glowing health makes all things possible and gives women lasting beauty. It links health to cheerful temper and social grace, warns that ignoring health or overburdening daily duties harms beauty, and stresses the need for careful guidance and proper support for the nervous system.
Dr. Greene's Nervura Health Tonic Trial Claims
Mrs. WM. E. Boss of Flushing Long Island credits Dr. Greene's Nervura with restoring her health after years of nervousness female complaints indigestion weakness and prostration. She reports gaining strength daily after one bottle and recommends others try it.
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WM. E. Boss
Farrington St
Flushing
L. I
Nervara remedy for women by Dr. Greene urged for all ages
The advertisement promotes Dr. Greene's Nervara blood and nerve remedy as effective at warding off nervousness and exhaustion at all life stages. It claims quick, lasting benefits, seeks to preserve beauty, and offers free advice from his Boston office at 34 Temple Place with letters welcomed.
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Nervara
Dr. Greene
Temple Place
Boston
Mass
Disaster Ruins Downtown as Fire Engulfs Buildings
A catastrophic blast and ensuing fire devastate Warren and Greenwich streets, injuring many and trapping workers. Pelton, a Breitenbach employee, is hospitalized with both legs broken, while a man died at a hospital from injuries in the street. Firefighters and police suffer gashes and exhaustion, with widespread debris injuries and frantic efforts to control flames.
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Greenwich Street
Washington Street
J. H. Mohlmann & Co
Buckley
Warren Street
Tarrant
Allen
Alexander Phillips
Hoboken
Breitenbach
Tarrant Company
John Phillips
Callahan Philips
Louis Patterson
Phillips
Patterson
Pelton
Breitenbach’s
Croker
Down Town
W. S. Sergeant
Syndicate
Vesey Street
Building Department
Elevated Railroad Company
Building tenants listed at Greenwich Street site
No 278 to 282 Greenwich street housed Tarrant & Co wholesale druggists F T Witte Hardware and Breitenabach & Co patent medicines The structure extended from 103 to 105 Warren street and included a seven story brick and stone building with multiple occupiers.
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Eppens, Smith & Weinman Co
Warren
Locke & Conklin
Douglass & Co
Kahn
Bakers’ Supplies
Hopping & Campfield
Warren Street
Aller
Dried Fruits
Haven's Drug & Spice Co
Flake & Co
Ernst
Hesse and Ohlsen
Granalta
Eppens Smith & Co
Harman
Koerber Nut Bread Company
Lifschitz
Rosenberg's Saloon
Greenwich Street
Tarrant & Co
F. T. Witte Hardware Company
Breintenabach & Co
Paterson Tragedy: Drug Clerk Tied to Bosschieter Case
New Haven report places Cyrus Johns in the city with police suspecting him of selling chloral to a murder suspect in Paterson New Jersey. Johns denies involvement, says he left Kent's drug store before the murder and has been in New Haven over a week. Public Prosecutor Emly expects to present four county jail defendants to a grand jury soon regarding Jennie Bosschieter’s death.
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New Haven
Conn
Cyrus Johns
Kent
Paterson
N. J
Jennie Bosschieter
David L. Johns
George Street
Johns
McAlister
Parts
Emly
Jennie Bosschitter
Inquest verdict in Bosschieter case at Paterson N T
The Paterson inquest concluded with a verdict that Jennie Bosschieter died from exposure after administration of a poisonous drug. Four men Walter McAllister Campbell William Death and George Kerr were found responsible for her death. Testimony yielded no new points.
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New York
Bosschieter
Paterson
N. T
Jennie Bosschieter
Walter McAllister
Campbell
William Death
George Kerr
Keeper Killed as Prison Break Ends in Death
In New York City the West 54th Street prison escape attempt by two African American inmates ended with Keeper Hugh McGovern dead and George Wilson severely wounded. One escapee, Arthur Flanagan, fled. Frank Emerson died after a fall. Wilson and Emerson faced burglary charges. Flanagan had worked in a restaurant. A woman identified as Deborah Whiting was arrested for aiding the escape plot.
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New York
7Th District Court
West Fifty-fourth Street
Hugh McGovern
George Wilson
McGovern
Arthur Flanagan
Frank Emerson
Wilson
Flanagan
Emerson
John Brady
West Sixty-eighth Street
Coghlin
Deborah Whiting
Cannot Vote Yet Registration Denied for Porto Rican
In New York City Justice Freedman denied Frank Juarbe a peremptory writ to compel voter registration. He ruled that citizenship derived from Puerto Rico’s cession is not shown by birth or naturalization, citing Article XIV. The papers indicate Juarbe was not born in the United States nor proven naturalized.
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New York
Frank Juarbe
Board of Registry
Porto Rico
Spain
United States
Justice Freedman
Supreme Court
Juarbe
Bequest to Amherst College From Edward N Gibbs
Edward N Gibbs late New York Life treasurer leaves Amherst College ten thousand dollars memorializing William Austin Dickinson. Probate filed today with the estate valued at about one million dollars, the only public bequest reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amherst College
Norwich
Conn
Edward N. Gibbs
New York Life Insurance Co
William Austin Dickinson
Capt. Dewey's Funeral Held in Montpelier
In Montpelier Vermont on October 29 Captain Edward Dewey brother of Admiral Dewey was buried after a large funeral service at Christchurch with Rev A N Lewis officiating Admiral Dewey sent regrets by telegraph due to his absence from the ceremony
Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsements From Lowell Resident
Mrs. Margaret Monahan testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills and Doan's Ointment prove their merit. She notes her father has used 8 to 10 boxes and finds relief substantial though not curative due to age. Pro-curement at Ellingwood & Co with a 50 cent box price. Foster Milburn Co. is a U.S. sales agent. Remember the name Dean's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Monahan
Albion Street
Doan
Dean
Ellingwood & Co
Merrimack
Central
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Ysea
United States
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Ahearn
Broadway
Devery
Police Department
McLaughlin
Brooks
Capt
McClusky
Detective Bureau
Scannell
Brennan
Charities Department
Dooner
Buildings Department
Ninth Avenue
Barclay Street
Irving National Bank
Irving Bank
Mecklem Brothers
Fancher
H. C. Mecklem
William
Frank Heckenberry
Thomas Hackett
Bruce
Ellen van Deen
May Dunklemann
Heckenberry
Waddell & Co
Sexton
THH
R. T. Bov.u CO
Ithaca, N. Y
Dewey
Globe Corset Company
Worcester
Lowell
Carter & Sherburne
A. F. Roach
Bridge Street
Cutter
Sherwood, Taylor
Hunter
JONES
Harvard
F. Roach
John
Asbastos
C. B. Coburn & CO. “Stern
Charles Wheeler
Andrews & Wheeler
St Thorndike
P.r. Devine
Merrimack ST
A. W. Brown
P. RK. Burtt, Florist
Cor
Telephrone
Quincy
Merrimack Street
Boyle
Snyder Bros
The
Courier
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