Prinz Eitel Friedrich Still In Newport News Port
German cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich remained in Newport News with crew on shore liberty. US naval patrol resumes after the 24 hour period ended at 5 45 o clock. Reports say another 24 hour window may begin Monday noon allowing a possible sea dash before Tuesday noon. Strong gale and distress among allied ships noted with three British warships off Cape Henry.
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Newport News
Prinz Eltel Friedrich
Norfolk
United States
Eitel
Thierichens
Cape Henry
Well known Weymouth citizen dies at home on Broad street
East Weymouth April 4 Asa Pratt aged 82 a longtime resident and police veteran of 35 years died today at his Broad street home He served throughout the Civil War with distinction and was a past commander of Reynolds Post 58 G A R
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East Weymouth
Asa Pratt
Broad Street
Mr. Pratt
Reynolds Post
G. A. Pe
Rescued at Sea From Ruth Barge In Violent Beach Storm
In yesterdays dawn surf off Beachmont two crewmen were saved by Patrolman Frank McLaughlin of Revere and Patrolman John Dwyer of the Metropolitan Park Police. A line was thrown to them from the barge Ruth as waves slammed the vessel and surfers battled the darkness. The two men clung to the line and were hauled to safety after wading through high water.
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Philadelphia
Ruth
Beachmont
Frank McLaughlin
Revere Police
John Dwyer
Metropolitan Park Police
John Davis
Ruth sinks off Roughan's Point wrecking cottages
Captain William Finley remained aboard the barge Ruth as the craft sank into the sand after a day and night of stormy seas. The vessel was driven ashore by an exceptionally high tide at 2 a.m. and smashed several unoccupied summer cottages along Roughan's Point beach before the two crew members were rescued.
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William Finley
Ruth
Roughan’s Point
Three Barges Run Aground In Severe Gale Rescue Drift
The lifeboat crews fought through darkness and sleet to rescue five men from the Manheim Tunnel Ridge and Coleraine barges grounded on Cape Cod bars as gale conditions battered the vessels. Coast guard crews battled for hours to secure line bombs and bring sailors to shore, with the three ships later filling with water and remaining in danger of breaking up.
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Manheim
Coleraine
Cape Cod
Highland Lifesaving
North Truro
Coast Guard
Mars
Bangor
New York
High Head
Highland
Pamet River
Ruth Stranded Barge Renews Cleanup At Beachmont Shores
The L. B. Shaw Transportation Company barge Ruth ran aground in sullen seas during an Easter blizzard, stuck in sands by Nahant Lynn Revere Beachmont and Winthrop Highlands. Crowds gathered to watch as tugs plan a high tide salvage attempt after the vessel dragged her anchors. Police aided crew members ashore after a long night as the barge settled in the sands near Beachmont.
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L. B. Shaw Transportation Company
Philadelphia
Ruth
Boston
Nahant
Lynn
Revere
Beachmont
Winthrop Highlands
Highlands
Save 7 From Derelict Captain and Crew Rescued
The Lenape brought Captain Murphy and six crew members of the American schooner Alice Murphy to Charleston after a 36 hour ordeal off the North Carolina coast. Rescuers battled a gale and mountainous waves while the ship flooded and waterlogged. Oil was dumped from the Lenape to calm the sea for the small boat passage. The Alice Murphy was lumber laden from Savannah to Providence when the disaster began.
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Charleston
Clyde Line
Murphy
Alice Murphy
Diamond Shoals
North Carolina
Wood
Savannah
Providence
R. I
Ten Bargemen Lost Near Cape Henlopen in Storm
A coastal storm near the Delaware Capes claimed ten lives from the Consolidation Coal Company barges Nos. 6 and 9 bound from Baltimore to Boston. Tug Cumberland stood by as 60 mile gale and blinding snow prevented rescue attempts. The barges broke apart and sank with all hands. identified victims include Captain Johnson of Baltimore, Kurl Larsen a Swedish subject, and Dempsey Jarvis of Baltimore.
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Lewel
Del
Delaware Capes
Consolidation Coal Company
Baltimore
Boston
Cape Henlopen
Cumberland
Captain Johnson
Kurl Larsen
Dempsey Jarvis
Cape Cod Devastated By Easter Blizzard Wires Down
Easter blizzard caused Cape Cod extensive damage with telephone and telegraph wires blown down cutting off north to Middleboro and Cape towns from each other. Chatham train shed collapsed onto a locomotive. trains delayed as officials worked to restore service. Snow brought welcomed relief to farmers ending a 37 day drought.
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Buzzards Bay
Cape Cod
Cape
Middleboro
Cape Towns
Provincetown
Truro
Tremont
Schooner George Churchman Is Saved Off Hyannis
The three masted schooner George Churchman ran aground on the Hyannis breakwater during a northeast gale. The revenue cutter Acushnet hauled her off the rocks while Captain Kendall and five crewmen stayed aboard to pump out water. The vessel is to be patched and resume its voyage to New York once the storm ends.
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Kendall
New York
Tug Edward Luckenbach Foundered Off Virginia Coast
Sixteen crewmen believed dead after the tug Edward Luckenbach sinks off False Cape Virginia while towing three barges. Only two officers are accounted for and five bodies have washed ashore. The Josephus barge struck six miles from False Cape. its crew was rescued by coast guards. The remaining two barges were left at anchor nearby.
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Norfolk
Edward Luckenbach
False Cape
Harry Olsen
Cicero Godwin
Luckenbach
Josephus
Jobless Open New Campaign in Boston
Residents of Boston's Hotel de Jobless begin at 8 this morning a campaign for assistance from the wealthiest citizens. At the same hour 11 representatives of the unemployed will call on 11 prominent Bostonians urging them to provide work or meet at the Hotel de Jobless to devise relief.
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Boston
Boston Elites Targeted in Unemployed Letters Probe
A group of unemployed organizers plans to deliver letters to 11 Boston notables including William D. Sohier Curtis Guild Moorfield Storey Ralph Adams Cram John Palfrey Robert Winsor Frank Webster Augustus Hemenway Augustus P Loring and Richard Saltonstall at their homes urging work relief and possible further action If denied audiences notes will direct the seekers to other prominent citizens The effort aims to pressure wealth toward employment and relief. In a separate event Rabbi Stephen S Wise condemned Congressman Gardners war talk at Union Park Forum saying preparedness fuels war and urging world peace leadership by Western democracies. He warned against a dynastic motive behind the fighting and called for unity with Central and South American republics to pioneer world peace.
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William DD. Sohier
Beacon Street
Curtis Guild
Massachusetts
Russia
Marlboro Street
Morton Prince
Moorfield Storey
Fenway
Ralph Adams Cram
Chestnut Street
John G. Palfrey
Mount Vernon Street
Robert Winsor
Kidder, Peabody & Co
Frank G. Webster
Commonwealth Avenue
Augustus Hemenway
Clarendon Street
Augustus P. Loring
Richard M. Saltonstall
Bay State Road
Boston
Leo Lippa
Caleb F. Howard
Gardner
United States
Stephen S. Wise
New York
Union Park Forum
Europe
Rabbi Wise
Central
South America
Chelsea man 62 commits suicide by razor
William A. Crocker aged 62 took his own life at Isga George street Chelsea in the early pearceane morning by cutting his throat with a razor.
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William A. Crocker
Isga George Street
Chelsea
Charlestown Club Dance Tonight at Roughan Hall
The Jackson Club of Charlestown hosts post Lenten festivities this evening at Roughan Hall. City and State figures along with Bunker Hill district social and business connections are expected to attend. Richard I. Neagle Jr. will be master of ceremonies.
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Jackson Club
Charlestown
Roughan
Norther Destroys Breakwaters in Colon
A severe norther hit Colon causing extensive damage to the west breakwater completed last year at four million dollars. The east breakwater, already damaged in a recent storm, suffered hundreds of feet blown out.
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Panama
Colon
U S Protest Arranged for Simultaneous Publication
Secretary Bryan learned from Ambassador Page that the British foreign office agrees to publish the American reply to the note on the embargo by order in council in Washington and London on April 6. The State Department awaits word on whether Ambassador Gerard has presented to Germany the Frye sinking representations. the note will be released once received.
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Washington
Bryan
Page
Foreign Office
London
Germany
State Department
Gerard
Frye
Prinz Ejitel Friedrich
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