Bronx Building Collapse Kills Dozens Trapped
A three story Bronx building under construction collapsed trapping fourteen workers in the cellar and left three believed dead. Harry Robin climbed a crossbeam to rescue two men dangling on the wall as ambulances arrived. Police and fire crews evacuated the injured and investigators blamed faulty construction and overloaded floors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Wilson
Boston Road
Bronx
King
Murphy
Lebanon
Cldham
Tremont
Morrisania
Public School 40
Morris High School
Harry Robkin
Robbin
Robkin
Colombo
Joseph A
East Fifteenth Street
Lebanon Hospital
Cordaro
Vincenzo
East Twelfth Street
Corveto
Paul
Gazzaro
Antonio
East 117Th Street
Goldstein
Charles
Rutledge Street
Brooklyn
Krindel
Max
East 121St Street
Mazerell
Tony
East Thirteenth Street
Mazillo
James
Fordham Hospital
Mandaro
Dominick
Fordham
Dr Frederick Cook testifies in privacy at 49 Wall Street
Dr Frederick A Cook appeared as a witness in a private hearing at 49 Wall Street in the case brought by Rudolf Francke against Commander Robert E Peary over alleged thefts of furs and polar expedition gear. Cap'n B S Osbon sought coin for interview rights, while Commissioner Carl L Schurz cautioned that the testimony would not be made public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick A. Cook
North Pole
Wall Street
Carl L. Schurz
Germany
Rudolf Francke
Robert E. Peary
Peary
Erik Furs
Cook
Francke
Utah
London
Harold Russell Griffith
Jeline, Larkin & Rathbon
Dr. Cook
Cap'n
Osbon
Cap’n
Schurz
Exchange Suspends Duryea From Stock Exchange
The Stock Exchange suspends Frank W. Duryea for three months after a Board of Governors decision. The firm F. W. Duryea & Co. explains a customer introduced by a branch manager was actually an employee of another exchange house, prompting the violation. The firm will extend facilities to customers via Van Schaick & Co. Duryea and Littell run the firm, organized in 1901 with offices at 7 Wall Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank W. Duryea
Stock Exchange
Board of Governors
Duryea
Exchange
F. W. Duryea & Co
Long Island
van Schaick & Co
Mr. Duryea
Emlen T. Littell
Wall Street
Verdict Won Against Edison in Hudson Fulton Pole Fall
John Cook, lineman, suffered arm and leg injuries when a temporary light pole toppled at the Hudson Fulton celebration in front of the Hotel Majestic. In Supreme Court Justice Lehman signed a verdict for $6,500 against the New York Edison Company after witnesses testified the pole was not properly set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Cook
Hudson-Fulton
Majestic
New York Edison Company
Supreme Court
Lehman
New Line of Attack on Mrs Johns Suit in England
Executors pursue a renewed British High Court challenge to enforce a $145,000 bond against Margaret Johns Brown Johns. They argue an English court decision creates a strategic victory by asserting deeds and supposed bequests are invalid testamentary dispositions, complicating Mrs Johns’s ability to claim in American courts.
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Robert Hoe
England
Margaret Johnson Brown Johns
Supreme Court
Cohalan
Mrs. Johns
Johns
Troé
Hoe
Board of Governors and Guardians
Foundling Hospital
Hoe House
Brunswick Square
London
High Court of Justice
Court of Appeals
Williams
Farwell
Kennedy
Lord Farwell
Spirit Messages At Testimony In Mrs Bull Will Case
Edith Swanander testified in Probate Court at Alfred Maine about spirit messages said to be transmitted by Jo Jo from London. The notes referenced Dr Coulter and urged care for Swami's work and Margot in England while detailing visions of the dead including Ole Bull and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred
Jo-Jo
London
Ole Bull
Sarah
Swami
Margot
England
God
India
Marguerite Noble
Nevidita
Mrs. Bull
Edwina
Greenacre
Siri Swanander
Pinkney Estate Sued Over Harlem River Land Fill
War Department findings show a triangular Harlem River plot bounded by 148th Street Exterior Street Lenox Avenue and 147th Street lies outside the bulkhead line and has been illegally filled. Interborough Rapid Transit sues Pinkney estate after paying $5,000 on sale of about $72 000, deposit not returned as discovery is disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
148Th Street
Exterior Street
Lenox Avenue
147Th Street
Harlem River
Tnterborough Rapid Transit Company
Mery G. Pinkney
Pinkney
Interborough
Tirkney
Panic at 546 Broad Way Fire and Electrical Incident
Five hundred girls at a five story Broad Way building evacuated after a fuse blew on the electric switchboard at 3 PM. No serious injuries. many dresses torn. Six weeks earlier a neighboring fire caused a rush downstairs, injuring twelve as balustrades failed. Most workers are with Scherr Brothers on the third floor and Harris Brothers on the second floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadway
Scherr Brothers
Harris Brothers
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Randazzo
Philip
Avenue A
Rogove
David
Servatto
Giuseppe
Paul Gazzaro
William Henderson
Building Department
Wellville
Postum Cereal Co., Ltd
Battle Creek, Mich
Schwanecke
Philip Wattenberg
Franklin Avenue
Model Eee Company
East 138Th Treet
E. L. Baldaris
Henderson
Lieut
McMahon
Raldaris
Crossteams
Supt
Cap’n Osbon
F. W. Duryea
Hoe Estate
Eng
Pinkney Estate
Maine
Grand Central ‘Terminal
New York P.M
Houm Tv.s
South Station
City Ticket Office
Broadway, N.Y. City
Norfolk
WM. Vogel & Son
Times Square
44Th Street
Fifth Ave
20Th St
Brill
49Th Street
Chambers St
Bill Flhers
THE
House OF Better Values
125Th Street
Third Ave
Cortlandt
Greenwich
Union Square
14Th St
Nr. Bway
Adirondack Mountains
New York
New York Central Lines Travel Bureau
Grand Central Terminal
NEW York Central Lines
Madison
E. J. O’hayer
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