05 Aug 1910
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1910
Page
1
A cyclonic wind storm hit Lawrence around 7 PM causing widespread damage. Streets were littered with debris, trees fell, electric service and alarm wires were knocked out, and many buildings lost their roofs. Police and fire crews responded to the disruption.
Seven infants were saved as a fire at the Florence Crittenton home on Essex Street endangered the nursery. Eight firefighters were overcome by smoke. the rear of the building was gutted with an estimated loss of seven thousand dollars. Fire units from Lynn aided the Swampscott department to prevent spread to nearby lumber company properties.
Mrs Paula Tibbeau a visitor discovered the blaze in the Salem reception area and later rescued her child from the nursery. Nurses and Eva Hunt assisted in evacuation. eight local firefighters were overcome inside the building. The fire spread from a rear attic to the roof, threatening Swampscott Lumber yard before Lynn crews aided containment. An incendiary origin is suspected after a rubbish blaze was found in the cellar.
American league results include Detroit 4 Boston 2 and Philadelphia 0 Chicago 0 in 16 innings. Cleveland 5 New York 5 and St Louis 5 Washington 0 in a second St Louis win. National league notes Chicago 5 New York 6. Pittsburg 6 Philadelphia 0. Detailing pitching duel Walsh and Coombs and other events like Gans visiting home and local races and tennis.
Mexico City tonight showed the first film photographs of the Jeffries and Johnson fight, marking the debut of the bout on local screens.
A fierce storm toppled the First Baptist Church steeple area while the Pacific Worsted mill staging broke away. trees on the Common were uprooted, power cut, and many buildings suffered roof and window damage. Widespread debris blocked trolley lines and a church fence was torn. An Italian worker was briefly lifted by wind but unharmed. The storm centered on the Lawrence Common with extensive property damage citywide.
Western Massachusetts endured fierce thunderstorms causing crop losses and fires. A Suffield Connecticut residence and two large barns owned by William J. Wright burned after a lightning strike, with Wright lacking insurance and a $6000 loss. In Northampton a barn owned by Thomas Ahern also burned.
The forecast calls for fair conditions in Boston and vicinity with light westerly winds on Friday and Saturday. In New England expect showers in the northwest portion followed by cooler conditions, with Saturday turning fair and moderate west winds.
George M. Hansen of Calais Maine was chosen as supreme chancellor at the Knights of Pythias Supreme Lodge convention in Milwaukee Wisconsin He is the Democratic candidate for Congress in Maine s fourth district and has served as mayor of Calais Thomas J Carling of Macon Georgia won the post of supreme vice chancellor over B Ss Young of Ohio and Benjamin I Salinger of Town Other officers named include E Wheaton of Minneapolis as supreme keeper of records and seal Reverend Joseph H Spearing of Shreveport as supreme prelate and Thomas Co Mears of Wilmington as supreme master of exchequer
Provincetown teems with eight warships and hundreds of vessels as thousands of naval officers and visitors fill the harbor area awaiting the dawn of a grand dedication ceremony marking a major naval event.
United States Senator Gore testified in a Washington hearing that in May a bribe offer was made to influence congressional action on 30 million dollars tied to coal and asphalt lands owned by the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations. Jake I Hannon named Vice-President Sherman and others as involved in the alleged scheme touching McMurray contracts.
In Quebec the Crippen case stirs feverish activity as it is revealed that Crippen admitted to killing Belle Elmore. Inspector Dew faces distrust from jail officials and critics question discretion. Guards tighten, Crippen pleads to return to England citing delays and solicitors push for an immediate transfer.
Dr. Walter R. Mansfield resigns as chairman of the Boston bath trustees amid friction with Mayor, saying only that differences of opinion led to his departure. Richard Walsh is named to succeed him as board chairman at Wednesday’s meeting.
Campbellton New Brunswick reports wind and rain wrecking tents and improvised shelters used by fire victims. Many evacuated families endured wet bedding and soggy mattresses, just as spirits began to recover from the recent conflagration.
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