History of Melrose, Massachusetts, USA

Melrose, a new post-township of Middle sex co., Massachusetts, 5 miles N. from Boston, contains a village which is situated on the Boston and Maine railroad. Population, 1260.

Melrose is a beautiful suburban town in the eastern part of Middlesex County, seven miles north of Boston on the main line. Western Division, of the Boston and Maine Railroad, whose stations in. the town are the Fells, at the south, Wyoming, Melrose (centre) and Melrose Highlands (Stoneham station).

The boundaries are Wakefield on the north, Saugus on the east, Malden on the south, and Stoneham on the west. The area, excluding highways and water surfaces, is 2,738 acres. A considerable portion, especially at the south, consists of forests of pine, oak and walnut. At the centre is Ell Pond (or Crystal Lake) covering about 50 acres; in the east is Long Pond, and in the southeast. Swain's. A beautiful streamlet from Spot Pond, at the west, dashes down the rocky slopes, and through Wyoming, where it joins the outlet of Ell Pond, which becomes Malden River. Affluents of the Saugus River drain the eastern part of the town. The rock is chiefly sienite, and shows in many ledges. The...

Melrose, a handsome post-village of Middlesex co. Mass., in Melrose township, on the Boston & Maine Railroad, 7 miles N. of Boston. It has a high school, a newspaper office, a bank, several churches, and manufactures of boots, shoes, furniture, &c. The township contains also a village named Melrose Highlands. Pop, in 1890, 8519.

DYNAMITE CAUSES DISASTER

Car Runs Into Box of High Explosive in Boston Which Had Dropped From a Truck Onto the Track - Concussion Felt at Great Distance - Crowd of Three Thousand Gathers at Spot.

Boston, Mass. - By the explosion of a fifty-pound box of dynamite under a crowded trolley car in Melrose, a suburb of this city, six persons were killed outright - among them a woman and her child - three others received fatal injuries from which they died in the hospital and seventeen more were severely hurt. The front part of the car was blown to pieces and a huge hole torn in the ground. Men standing 100 feet away were knocked off their feet by the force of the explosion and windows were shattered for blocks around.

The conductor of the car was a Harvard student named BLANCHARD.

For more than two hours the history of the explosion was a complete mystery and popular fears in the neighborhood approached panic, as the belief grew that a deliberate outrage had been perpetrated....

Melrose, a city of Middlesex co., Mass., on the Boston and Maine R., 7 miles N. of Boston. It has manufactures of boots, shoes, and rubbers. Pop. in 1900, 12,962.