1913 - Boy Risks life To Save Mother

The Washington Herald
April 8 1913

BOY TWICE RISKS LIFE
IN FIRE TO SAVE MOTHER

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Tries to Rescue Visitor, Too, but is

Driven Back by Flames and Woman Dies.

New York April 7--One woman was overcome and later died, another was rescued unconscious, by her son, when a fire early today destroyed a frame house at 971 Third Avenue, Brooklyn.

Frank Wood, seventeen, was carrying his mother down the smoke-filled stairs when he, too, nearly collapsed.  He placed her on the steps staggered down for fresh air, then ran back and completed the rescue.

After neighbors, who had been awakened, took charge of his mother, Frank returned for Mrs. Johnson.  He managed to get as far as the head of the steps, but realizing he would be overcome in another moment he came downstairs again.

The department arrived about that time and Mrs. Johnson was carried out by the firemen.  She was unconscious and died an hour later.

1913 - Mother Returns Finding Child in Flames

The Weekly Messenger
March 29, 1913

Mother Returning from Front

Room finds Child in Flames.

Special in the Item.

Hattiesburg, Miss, March 22--The 17 months old son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Guerin was fatally burned Thursday evening when the child's mother left the kitchen to answer a call at the door.  The little fellow was playing near the stove and while Mrs. Guerin was out of the room he pulled a stick of burning wood from the firebox.  His clothing was soon a mass of flames and although his mother worked frantically to extinguish the blaze, the baby was frightfully burned, death coming to relieve his suffering about three hours later.  Funeral services were conducted from the family residence on Walnut Street Friday afternoon.  Father P. O'Reilly officiating.

1913 - Mute 14 Yr old Shot, Suspected of Sinister Intent

The Manning Times

March 26 1913

His Silence Caused Suspicion and He Was Shot.

Suspected of sinister intention because of his silence, Louis Duncan, 14 years old, a runaway deaf mute from the State Institute at Cedar Springs, was shot by T.M. Ross, aged 62 years, when the boy called at Mr. Ross' home on the outskirts of Spartanburg Sunday night to beg a drink of water.

Miss Elizabeth Ross was aroused from slumber by a knock on the door.  When she opened it she saw a dim figure in the dark, which made no sound, but waved his arms.  Miss Ross recoiled, screaming with fright.  Her father jumped from bed, snatched a shot gun and stepped out of the house to repel the supposed intruder, who backed off.

The old man called to him to halt, but there was no answer.  The figure commenced to run and the old man fired.  They found the boy lying in a little crumped heap, conscious but mute.  He was taken to the Spartanburg hospital, where it was said that he would soon recover.  He is a son of Walter Duncan, of near Greenville.

1913 - Biblical Moving Picture Attracts Many Patrons

The San Francisco Call
March 24 1913

"From the Manger to the Cross" Enters

On Second Week at the

Savoy Theater

That wonderfully impressive series of motion pictures, "From the Manger to the Cross," entered yesterday upon the second week of what promises to be an unusually successful engagement at the Savoy theater with large and interested audiences in attendance, both afternoon and evening.  These films, which are more than 5,000 feet in length and take two hours to show, were made on the actual spots named in the bible and depict wondrous scenes in Jerusalem, Palestine and Egypt.

The players who were engaged to enact the various roles have approached their work in a most reverent spirit and their enaction of the sublime story of the passion is something that is remarkable in its art.  Some of the mob scenes, particularly on the way to Mount Calvary, are wonderfully realistic, while the portrayal of the Last Supper is modeled on the most famous paintings made of that event.

"From the Manger to the Cross" has an appeal that is very broad and the Easter audiences were made up of spectators of every nationality.  The concealed choir which presents a musical accompaniment to the visualized story is made up of good voices and the selections are very appropriate.  matinees are given daily at 2:30 o'clock, with evening presentations at 8:30 o'clock.

1913 - 3 Killed when Bomb Explodes in NY Apt

The Washington Herald
March 23 1913

BOMB EXPLODES IN

APARTMENT; 3 KILLED

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More than a Dozen Injured in Wreck

of Building in New York's 

East Side.

New York, March 22--Three persons were killed today and more than a dozen injured by a mysterious explosion in the five-story building at 638 East Twelfth Street, which blew two floors of the structure into a rear yard.

The explosion was believed to have been caused by a bomb left in the building.  A crowd of children were playing in the yard, and many of them were buried beneath the bricks, plastering, and woodwork.

The noise of the explosion caused a panic in the neighborhood.  Crowds surrounded the building, which caught fire, and the flames threatened to spread to adjoining tenement houses.

Police reserves were called to drive back the crowds while firemen were fighting the blaze.

1913 - Booker T. Washington to Speak Tonight

The Tacoma TImes
March 17 1913

Famous Negro Educator Here This Evening

Booker T. Washington, the greatest negro that ever lived in all probability, judged by his work for his race, will speak at the First Christian church in the regular lecture course tonight.  Following his talk there he will go to Valhalla hall and address the colored people where he will also be banqueted.  The local negroes have raised $100 to give him for his work of negro education at Tuskegee, Alabama.

1913 - Shamrocks for Wilson

The Evening World
March 15 1913

SHAMROCKS FOR WILSON

Sent to President by John Redmond,

Irish Leader

John Redmond

Washington, March 15--President Wilson to-day received a large box containing hundreds of Irish Shamrocks, the gift of John Redmond, the Irish Home Rule leader.