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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1907
Page
10
December 14 reports describe a historic storm across Lynchburg Virginia and New England. Telecommunication networks collapsed as trees and power lines failed, with many phones out and multiple cities facing prolonged outages. Rail service slowed, and crews rushed to restore limited long distance lines amid widespread damage and darkness.
A heavy snow and sleet storm sweeps the lower Iske region causing widespread telegraph and telephone outages as wires and poles leak. Navigation on the lakes is largely blocked with minimal vessel damage reported. In Virginia a blizzard coats Northern Virginia with three to four inches of snow and sleet crippling services. The Norfolk gale adds 50 to 60 mph winds with high seas driving ships to seek shelter. A Philadelphia northeaster disrupts communications across Pennsylvania New Jersey and Delaware as rain and snow fall heavily. In Georgia Porter Jones fights for a new trial while Albert Jones bail is sought as Judge Lewis considers bonds.
New York faced a dry and blue Sunday as Police Commissioner Gingham ordered all entertainment venues closed. Seventeen dance hall proprietors secured injunctions to block closures, while Omaha announced a similar ban with all businesses barred except those legally exempt.
T B Murphy from Gainesville was robbed near the police barracks last night. He carried about $40 in his pocketbook but lost only a sack of tobacco when the black hold-up man fled in fear as he reached for the coin. The incident was reported to police barracks.
Dyspepsia symptoms described and a prescription cure offered. Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets claim to digest all foods, relieve irritations, bloat, and the lump in the stomach. Box 80 cents, sample by mail from I A Gvart Co Marshall Mich.
Mrs. Robert Chisholm wife of Colonel Robert Chisholm noted Birmingham attorney died tonight from chronic interstitial nephritis. The body will go to Charleston for interment. She was mother of Alex C. Chisholm involved as a witness in the W. L. Sims embezzlement trial.
The Cunard liner Mauretania, which ran aground in the Mersey last night and was floated safely, did not depart Liverpool until 4 pm today due to loading a cargo of 4,000 sacks. Cabin passengers include Whitelaw Reid, the American ambassador, and Mrs Reid, and Lord Strathcon kon.
Macon witnesses a wave of new drug stores restaurants laundries and soft drink establishments planned for the year ahead. With about seventy saloons closing this month the city expects many liquor workers to shift to other trades as nearly one hundred store rooms are repurposed.
Macon Georgia notes next Friday will close schools and colleges for holidays. Mercer and Wesleyan resume January 6, as city schools reopen with daily activities aimed at closing term work and enabling early home departure for students.
In Great Gale off Gumere Rock the seven masted schooner Thomas W Lawson capsized after anchoring hard off Broad Sound. Of eighteen crew members, only three survived: Captain G W Dow and Engineer Edward L Rowe, plus Pilot Frederick Hicks who swam ashore with a line to aid others. Dow and Rowe clung to Helwether rocks for hours. Dow injured, Rowe alive but exhausted. Hicks lauded for rescue efforts.
A band of sixty robbers attacked a mail train near Balakhlu on the Tiflis to Baku line. The attackers derailed the train, wounded many, and bombed the carriages. Guards fought back from wreckage, four robbers died, and troops pursued the attackers toward Tifis.
In Goldfield Nevada December 4 unionized electricians, engineers and carpenters resume work under a 10 day truce on the old wage scale after talks between AFL federation officers and the mine owners. Reports say a miner's wife, who supported nonunion workers, was beaten by pickets. Authorities have not yet made any arrests.
Obituaries and funeral notices recount services for E Moore, W. Moara, Ruth Cobb, Wille Brown, and Dr W W Landrum, with details of locations at Poole chapel and Greenwood offerings. A separate report notes a former convict’s arrest after release, plus segregation-era employment bans and a ship ownership dispute amid recent wrecks and storm damage in Britain.
President Roosevelt heads a large party aboard the Mayflower for a voyage to Hampton Roads to witness the start of the battleship fleet cruise. Rear admirals Evans Emory and Thomas command divisions, with ships including Connecticut Kansas Vermont Louisiana and Minnesota.
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