Firemen Escape Death in Panic at Walters Piano Factory
A massive blaze at Walters Piano Company on Hastés4 street trapped eleven firefighters, injuring several and forcing 1,200 pupils of Dora Hirsch Home for Girls and Public School 74 from danger. Firemen Leary Adams Nelson and Captain Kelly were rescued. two were buried near the stair. The blaze spread to a nearby stable and tenement, damaged the Christian Mission, and prompted multiple alarm calls as crowds gathered. Estimated damage reached $250,000 with many residents evacuated.
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Flower Hospital
Walters Piano Company
Wnemtere
Engine Company
Nelson
Walters
Sevond
Atte
George Kelly
Gatrsl
Kelly
Leary
Adams
Dora Hirsch
Pura
Nelvin
O Leary
Nto
Yinth
T Hat
Noya A
Elizabeth Nitehke
Adamenn
Mone Iman Cortin
Mire
Flower Hopital
Clara de Hirsch School For
Kenton Ax
Cnet Kenton
Dilgoy
East 67Th Street
William H. Sullivan
Ith Street
East Alst Street
East 1Sth Street
Sulivan
East
7Th Street
Second Avenue
Park Avenue
6Th Street
8Th Street
Dominion Liner Crew Trapped After Bomb Threat
Morning news fragmentary items mention a Dominican liner crew trapped after a bomb scare near Gatiney Meet. References to war news, local conferences, and upcoming diploma dinners appear alongside scattered notes on crime, hires, and lawmaking. The unreadable OCR yields a mosaic of headlines without coherent narrative.
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Yorts
Dominion
Ant Gatiney
State
Wiktert
Tanto
Kanon Bank
Nightgown Night Wanderer Traced To Friend's Home
May Cong, a Bronx girl aged around 10, known for sleepwalking, wandered to Agnes Murphy's East 162nd Street home in the morning. Murphy found her asleep, put her to bed, and May was later located by her aunt Winnie Conden who alerted Tremont police. May woke later asking for clothes to return home.
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East 162d Street
Bronx
Lovelock
Agnes Murphy
Miss Murphy
Winnie Conden
Tremont Po
May
First call for diners in subway urged by Bushwick group
A Bushwick Brooklyn reader urged Interborough President Shonte to add dining cars on subway lines during rush hours so passengers could eat breakfast while traveling. An Interborough official acknowledged merit but noted space limits would prevent even one or more coffee cups on trains.
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Shonte
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Bushwick
Brooklyn
Interborough
Former Shah Plans Raid Near Peraix Movement Alarms Government
Rumors say Teneran plots a raid on Peraix led by the former Mo harmed Aii Mirza, whose movements worry authorities. He reportedly landed at Zomeshtept near Astrabid on the Casplain Sea, about three hundred miles north, with confirmation awaited. An American officer may assist Major John N. Morrill of Skowhegan Maine in organizing a force of military police for the Governor General of Fare.
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Teneran
Peraix
Aii Mirza
Zomeshtept
Casplain Sea
Astrabid
Gant
Teveran
John N. Morrill
Skowhegan
Fare
Gaffney-Stuart encounter tied to grand jury push
James C. Stewart testified before the grand jury about demands for money linked to Charles Gaffney, with a staged meeting arranged by District Attorney Whitman. Gaffney refused to waive immunity, and Stewart identified no clear individual as the caller, saying it may have been James Gaffney.
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Whitman
Gaffney
John Doe
Gafney
Stewart
Criminal Courts
James A. Deering
J.C. Toole
Heering & Deering
Alexander Stewart
Vandiver
Mr. Vandiver
Grand Jury
John A. Rensel
Bremner Improves After Setback at New Jersey Sanatorium
Robert G. Hoemner of New Jersey, undergoing radium cancer treatment at a sanatorium, was reported much better tonight after a minor setback. The physician in charge said the patient had been doing well up to that time and denied reports that he was dying.
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Robert G. Hoemner
New Jersey
Passengers Drowned in ill fated Monroe voyage
A list of passengers and associates including Mrs. W L Bolton Newark and Lt L B Durds U S N Edwards J U S Gibson Mrs B No Ocean Avenue Jersey City Haskell Cortland Harrington Bridgeport Ingram Sumter Helliff Macaria Opera Company New York Lewis Macaria Opera Company Okakanapo Japan Poole W Gray Poole infant Poole infant Bowen Mrs Mary New York Bowen two infants Gilbert unknown man Roker Mrs Charlotte New York Wilson Iva among names in the ill fated Monroe tragedy with several recoveries and fatalities.
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Bolton
W. L
Newark
Durds
L. B
U. SN
Edwards
U.S
Gibson
B. No
St! Ocean Avenue
Jersey City
Haskell
Cortland
Harrington
T. R
Bridgeport
Conn
Ingram
W. H
Sumter
Helliff
Macaria Opera Company
New York
Lewis, C
Okakanapo
Japan
Poole
W. Gray
V. Poole
Ray
J. F
Wagner
M. C
Bowen
Mary
Gilbert
Roker
Charlotte
Wilson
Iva
Catholic Ban On The Blue Bird At Catholic Ban On The Blue Bird
The Sacred Congregation of the Index classed all works of Maurice Maeterlinck as forbidden literature for Catholics. Maeterlinck, a leading modern writer, is noted for plays like Monna Vanna and The Blue Bird. The ban follows a review of his writings and reaffirms the church's mature judgment on such matters.
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Sacred Congregation of Index
Maeterlinck
Meme
Sacred Congregation of the Index
Maurice Maeterlinck
Rollin
Maurier Maeterninck
Monna Vanna
Jayrole
Tintagites
Pellewa
Melixande
Heston
Mine
Georgette le Blanc
W. Rourke Cocktan
Sacred Congregation of the Thidex
Marte
Maederninck
Warrior's Crew In Peril As Yacht Strands Off Colombia
High winds and heavy seas kept Frederick W. Vanderbilt's yacht Warrior aground off the Colombian coast. Rescue attempts by the Almirante and a Jamares wrecking tug were hindered by worsening conditions while forty eight crewmen remained aboard. The Almirante had earlier saved Vanderbilt party members and evacuated them to Calon. The crew refused to desert the vessel as it struck the reef.
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New Orleans
Frederick W. Vanderbilt
Warrior
Colombia
Almirante
Jamares
Weven
Vanderbilt
Calon
Bitten by Brother Dying Woman In Hydrophobia Case
Miss Helen Frown of Philadelphia is dying from hydrophobia after being bitten by her brother who died eleven years ago after being bitten by a mad dog. Physicians had struggled to explain her symptoms until she admitted her brother bit her on the arm just before his death.
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Philadelphia
Helen Frown
Miss Brown
French Missionary Slain and Jesuits Captured in Liuan Chow
Reports from Shanghai state bandits sacked Liuan chow in Kwei province killing Father Rich, a French Jesuit, and capturing Fathers Allain and Taille for ransom. Father Gilbert escaped. A French gunboat was ordered to depart for the disturbed district. In New Hartford, Conagan, Frank W. Jones, the eccentric South American telephone magnate, was buried in a granite grave on his hillside estate.
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Shanghai
Jan
Thui
Liuan-chow
Kwei
Father Rich
Fathers Allain
Taille
Father Gilbert
New Hartford
Conagan
W. Jones
Wireless operator Kuehn sacrifices life to save woman on Monroe
Ferdinand Joseph Kuehn 21, senior wireless operator aboard the Monroe, removed his lifebelt to fit a frightened woman, guiding her into a lifeboat before the ship sank. He stood on deck aiding officers as the vessel went under, becoming the first Ameri can Marconi operator reported to die on a ship. He hailed from the Bronx and had worked on Joy Line and Marconi steamers.
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Ferdinand Joseph Kuehn
Monroe
Kuehn
Muehn
Ife
Amerian Marcon
Jackson Avenue
Bronx
Monroe sinks in fog after collision with Nantucket
The Old Dominion steamship Monroe en route from Norfolk to this port was rammed by the Nantucket in dense fog off the Virginia coast at 1:30 a m. Forty four passengers died and ninety four were rescued. Lifeboats failed to launch properly due to the starboard side being high in the air while the vessel sank. Wireless operator Ferdinand J. Kuehn sacrificed his life to save a woman passenger.
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Old Dominion Steamship
Monroe
Norfolk
Winter Quarter Shoals
Virginia
Nantucket
Baltimore
Boston
Johnson
Hors No
1Leg
Ferdinand J. Kuehn
Peril Crazes Actress In Norfolk Ship Crash
Miss Hilda Haviland of New York leading woman of the Macabe Theatric Company is hospitalized in Norfolk after a collision near the Nantucket trip. Delirious from shock, friends gather at her bedside amid fears for her mind. She shared a stateroom with Miss Mecombbe. during the catapulting crash they were separated and later found aboard in distress.
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Norfolk
Jain
Hilda Haviland
New York
Macabe Theatric
Mecombbe
Ships Crash in Thick Fog Claims Many Lives
In dense fog off the Virginia Capes at 1 4 a m a collision between the Nantucket Ket from Boston to Baltimore and the Monroe of Old Dominion Line killed 21 passengers and 23 crew. Rescue efforts saved many, but 44 lives were lost as the ships sank in minutes. The Monroe’s crew and passengers faced utter darkness after impact, with lifeboats launched and the Nantucket aiding in recovery alongside the Hamilton. Two bodies were recovered, including Mrs Thomas Harrington of Norwalk and Lt Legrand J Curtis, 24 Coast Artillery.
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Dolingon
Hee
Monroe
Nantucket
Old Dominion
Hamilton
Reacuers
Suntuckets Dow
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Milan Fricke Commerce Commissioners
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Willa
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Willem Carter
Wabash
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Hans Kerent
Numan
Shah
Astrabad
Caspian Sea
James C. Stewart
Tammany Hall
James E.i Gaffney
Canal Board
Murphy
Enid Stewart
James Gaffney
Murhy
Max Gaffney
George Gordon Battle
James A O'Gorman
Almuth C. Vandiver
James & Gaffney
Stewart Gaffney
Bremner
Blue Bird
Dinand
Kuhn
Cally
Tribune
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Merchants’ and Miners’ Line
Nantuc Ket
Old Dominion Line
Atlantic
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White Star
Republic
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Umbria
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