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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Apr 06, 1908

Page

10

Horse Falls In Manhole In Boston Street Tug

A large gray horse attached to a city street sweeper fell into a manhole in Boston near Kingston and Essex streets after striking the cover. Bystanders and the street department worked for hours using ropes and a derrick to free the animal, with release uncertain at dawn.

Boston Hibbard William Graham Kingston Essex

South Boston Man Nearly Asphyxiated by Gas

An unusually strong odor of gas in the home of John Joyce 64 of 216 West Sixth street South Boston led to the discovery by his daughter Mrs Mary Keln of her father unconscious in his bedroom. Dr Hayes summoned had Joyce admitted to City Hospital where he was placed on the dangerous list.

John Joyce West Sixth Street Boston Mary Keln

Giant Lobster Weighing 14 Pounds Brought Here

A 14 pound giant lobster captured off Georges Banks by the fishing schooner Lucania arrived at the wharf. The creature measured 34 inches from head to tail with a 40 inch overall length and 16 inch girth. Worth over $5 in meat, the lobster was hooked after attacking bait on a Lucania trawl, then subdued and placed in a basket.

Lucania Georges Banks Albert Young Joshua Porter

Market Review and Outlook Shows Nervous Trading

The week illustrated nervous market behavior amid dividend cuts and Erie Railroad financing questions. The Erie plan, rail earnings, and the stock market’s post panic dynamics shape prices as traders await the government crop report and adjust to a traders’ market with a nimble approach.

Atchison Steel Corporation Erie Railroad Co Erie

Changes in New York Stocks for the Week and Month

A brief listing shows gains and losses across the week and month with mixed results. Specific figures for several stocks are provided, indicating percentage changes and closing numbers.

New York

Fishing Fleet Faces Brief Famine After Weekend Gales

On the waterfront a fish famine seemed looming as gales hit operations Friday and Saturday. A milder spell yesterday let shore fleets set trawls and avert famine with three big trips from offshore grounds. Five fares Sunday brought 243000 pounds of mixed fish including haddock 148000, cod 90000, pollock 1000, and 4000 pounds of cask. The Dictator carried the last two species. Vessel reports note Hermia from Cuba with 22440 bags of sugar arriving at Nash Spaulding & Co pier after rough seas, while Admiral Sampson and Limon from Port Limon, plus other liners, were due or overdue at Long Wharf and nearby piers.

Hermia Fetter Nipe Bay Cuba New Pier Nash, Spaulding & Co Mystic River Admiral Sampson Jamaica Limon Port Limon C. R Long Wharf Philadelphian London Bostonian Manchester Red Star Manitou Antwerp Winifredian Liverpool Martello Hull

Shipping News Mini Almanac Entries Arrive and Sail Confirmed

APRIL ARRIVED with steamers Hermia Vettes Nipe sailing to Cuba and various others bound for Boston Baltimore Philadelphia and New York towing barges and lighters. SAILED includes steamers Catalone Russian Prince and Bayport plus tugs and schooners bound for Louisburg Newport News Baltimore and Newport News with multiple barges and wrecking lighter Trilby.

Hermia Vettes Nipe Cuba Nash Spaulding & Co Calvin Austin Pike St. John Boston MacKenzie Yarmouth Kershaw Bond Baltimore Norfolk Persian Hillary Philadelphia Herman Winter Portland Guilmer New York Edith Grace Elizabethport Boxer Walls Sterling International Derrickson Brookside Tunnel Ridge Suffolk Lynn Gwalia Morse George Moon Annie Cumberland Svendsen Oo. , Co Prudence Chandler Lamar Charles F. Pritchard Daniel Willard Fitzgerald Weehawken Lykens Wainwright Knickerbocker Saucon Manatawny Hallowell Honey Brook Durkee Port Johnson C. R Wind N. W Catalone Louisburg C. B Bayport Newport News Berkshire Badger Waltham Newport S. c Rockland Perkeley Savage A. C. Co Warren B. Votter Ella F. Crowell

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