April 10.--Serious disaster at the Pemberton Mills, Lawrence, Mass. A
fire broke out in the picker-room and dye-house, destroying the
building. Two men were killed and several injured. The great disaster at
these mills occurred January 10, 1860, when one hundred and forty-five
persons were killed by falling or fire.
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April 19.--The one hundred and eleventh anniversary of the battle of
Concord was celebrated in that town. In the evening there was a meeting
in the town hall, at which Hon. John S. Keyes read the original
documents relating to the famous fight.
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April 19.--The Sixth Massachusetts Regiment celebrated, at Lowell, the
twenty-fifth anniversary of its march through Baltimore. There was an
enthusiastic attendance. Addresses were delivered by Col. B.F. Watson,
Col. E. F. Jones, and others.
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April 20.--A large reservoir at East Lee, Mass., gave way, and many
mills and houses and six bridges were swept away by the flood. Seven
persons were drowned. A relief fund was established to aid the many
destitute families, and assistance has also been given to the town,
whose loss on highways and bridges is very great.
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April 20.--General meeting of the New England conferences of Methodists
at Newburyport.
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April 24.--Arbor Day in Massachusetts.
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April 29.--Annual dinner of the Boston Latin School. Judge Devens
presided. Addresses were given by President of the Association Dixwell,
Head-master Moses Merrill, Dr. Benjamin Apthorp Gould, and others. A
poem was read by Rev. James Freeman Clarke.
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May 3.--Extensive strike went into effect in Boston, among the
carpenters and builders. About five thousand men left work.
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May 11.--Monthly meeting of the Bostonian Society. The chief interest
centered in a collection of historical curiosities, among them the
original subscription list to a new, large map of New England to be
published in 1785. Among the subscriber's names were those of General
Lafayette, John Hancock, Samuel Adams, and James Bowdoin. The address by
Daniel Goodwin, Jr., of Chicago, was in relation to this exhibition, and
dealt largely with the life of James Pitts.
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May 13.--Monthly meeting Massachusetts Historical Society, Dr. Ellis in
the chair.
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May 13.--Erection of a statue of William Lloyd Garrison on Commonwealth
Avenue, Boston. Among the inscriptions on the pedestal are these: "I am
in earnest; I will not equivocate; I will not excuse; I will not retreat
a single inch, and I will be heard." "My country is the world; my
countrymen are all mankind."
The statue was designed by Olin L. Warner of New York.