Great New England Storm Buries Boston in Floods
A historic New England storm drenched Greater Boston with 2.25 inches of rain in one day, caused widespread flooding and washouts, toppled poles and wires, halted coastwise shipping, and disrupted rail traffic from Salem to Maine. The weather bureau labeled it the worst in the area, with near record August totals and ongoing power and communications outages.
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Metropoliitan
Fitchburg
Boston & Maine
Boston Harbor
Maine
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
Postal
Western Union
Nantasket
Eastern Steamship Company
Metropolitan Line
Weather Bureau
Tracks Undermined by Devastating Storm Surge
The storm flooded Medford and Malden as tracks at North Somerville station were undermined. Wrecking trains and gravel cars were sent to the scene. streets and basements flooded. 34 houses and 50 stores ruined by Mill Creek and Glenwood dam spillover. Power and light outages persisted while rescue and cleanup continued.
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North Somerville
South Medford
Southern Division
Broadway
Somerville
Harvard Street
Granville Avenue
Central Avenue
Pleasant Street
Feltsway
McMahon
Mill Creek
Glenwood
Lake Shore Railroad
New York
Chicago
Pennsylvania
26Th Street
State Street
Bay
Lake Erie
Flood damages flood Fitchburg streets halt transit
A massive Aug 4 rainstorm floods Fitchburg causing Nashua River rises. B and M lines and streetcars halted, shops and mills damaged, Park Hill Mills Star Worsted Mills Putnam Machine Company flooded. Telegraph poles down and streets washed in West Fitchburg Cleghorn. crews work through night to clear debris and restore traffic.
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Nashua
West Fitchburg
Cleghorn District
Putnam Machine Company
Cleghorn
Parkhill Mills
Star Worsted Mills
Water floods Cambridge block soaking apartments and shops
A Cambridge three story mixed use building at 1878 Massachusetts avenue leaks extensive water from a sagging flat roof after heavy rain. The Hayden family suite on the top floor suffers loss, with water also soaking Dr. Perry’s dental office Miss O Neil millinery and Miss Brown manicure shops, and flooding Charles Fosgate’s grocery on the first floor.
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Cambridge
Massachusetts Avenue
Upland Road
Charles Hayden
Hayden
W. H. Perry
Erie Flood Devastation Leaves Town in Darkness
Erie Penn Aug 4 Many dead after last nights flood. City suffers 27 known deaths as wreckage 100 feet high blocks streets. Coroner fears more victims buried under debris. Recovery work to take a week.
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Erie
Penn
Dorchester Floods Create Lakes and Wet Streets
Heavy rainfall turns Dorchester streets into lakes with pools at Bowdoin and Geneva, Washington and Dorchester avenues flooding the area. Elevated riders wade through water as cars splash by. pedestrians jump or duck to avoid soaking. In Fitchburg, Judge Clark A. Batchelder’s wife sues Miss Hartley for 15 000 heart balm, with the judge denying accusations and defending his marriage amid custody of letters and claims of Miss Hartley’s affections.
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Bowdoin Street
Geneva Avenue
Washington Street
Dorchester Avenue
Clark A. Batchelder
O. Fitchburg
Miss Hartley
Fitchburg
Lady Bountiful Apologizes for Interfering
The note hints at a children's comic feature in the upcoming Sunday Post. It portrays Lady Bountiful expressing regret for her meddling and invites readers to see the tale in the next issue.
Judge warns of unappreciative wife in Batchelder home tale
A judge recalls a bitter marriage in a Batchelder residence where a man says he married a woman who did not value him. He claims he provided a home while she worked as a lunch room server, and laments her perceived lack of appreciation and education.
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Judge Batchelder
West
North Leominster
Shelburne Heavy Rain Floods Western Massachusetts
Aug 4 Shelburne faced its heaviest downpour in western Massachusetts with over two hours of flooding. The Deer field River overflowed and inundated lower areas, uprooting fences and flooding cellars while lighting failed. No fatalities reported and streetcar service paused on several routes due to ruined tracks and washed loam.
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Shelburne
Deerfield
Northampton
Williamsburg
Amherst
Hatfield
Boston & Albany Railroad
Agawam
Woronoco Junction
Beauty Doctor Reveals Home Hair Darkening Mixture
Detroit beauty doctor Miss Alice Whitney says a simple home mixture can darken gray hair, promote growth, and give a soft glossy look. Mix a half pint water with 1 oz bay rum a box Barbo Compound and 34 oz glycerine and apply twice weekly to look years younger.
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Alice Whitney
Detroit
Mich
Yacht Abandoned Off Wood Island Coast Guards Bring Vessel In
The 40 foot schooner yacht Caroline was found abandoned with its mainsail torn away off Newcastle. Coast guards towed it into Portsmouth harbor after reports of distress and sightings of two other schooners four miles north west of Thacher's Island lights amid east winds.
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N. H
Wood Island
Coast Guards
Caroline
Newcastle
Anchorage
Thacher’s Island Twin Lights
Massachusetts
Girl Sues Dentist of Brookline For Damages
Hazel Dimick a 19 year old Malden girl through a guardian has filed a suit in Suffolk Superior Court against George M. Lee a Brookline dentist for damages from an alleged attack An order of notice has been issued and the case will be heard August 9 Miss Dimick is the daughter of Frederick F Dimick secretary of the Boston Fish Bureau living at 160 Maple Street Malden
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Malden
Suffolk Superior Court
George M. Lee
Brookline
Miss Dimick
Frederick F. Dimick
Boston Fish Bureau
Maple Street
Malden woman sues dentist over alleged assault and settlement
Miss Dimick accuses Dr. Lee’s Beverly based dentist of assault after repeated visits for dental care. She seeks equity to force payment of 2500 and to set off the debt against property held in trust by Lawrence A. Ford and Thomas F. Maguire. Her fiancé Stanley B. Croxford corroborates the claim and may testify. A written confession is allegedly in Dimick counsel’s possession.
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Lawrence A. Ford
Beverly
Thomas F. Maguire
Boston
Dr. Lee
Lee
Miss Dimick
Malden
Dimick
Stanley B. Croxford
Lexington Storm Knocks Out Light Service
Severe rain and wind crippled Lexington cutting electric service and damaging crops. Live wires fell across streets posing risks to pedestrians as two high tension lines dangled near the Lex street area.
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Lexington
Edison
Lex
Salem Worker Dies by 2300 Volt Shock
Axel Glad, 22, a Norwegian laborer for Turner Construction Company, died after touching a fallen 2300 volt street wire at the Naum keag Steam Cotton Mills project in Salem during a storm. The accident occurred when a guy wire dropped across the live line, likely causing instantaneous death.
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Salem
Axel Glad
Turner Construction Company
Naumkeag
Busy Day for City Point Life Savers
A southeast gale hit City Point and Dorchester Bay driving 15 to 20 sloops and yachts ashore. City Point life saving station, with launches and the Relief, towed marooned crews back to shore at Bandy beach while moorings failed and anchors slipped under heavy wind and rain. Captain Pierce and crew endured their heaviest day of work in years.
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City Point
Dorchester Bay
Boston
Columbia
Captain Pierce
Connecticut corn crop nearly ruined by storm damage
Connecticut farmers face vast losses after a recent storm. Secretary L. H. Hatley of the State Board of Agriculture reports millions in damage across the state with Windham county among the worst hit sections.
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Putnam, Conn
L. H. Hatley
State Board of Agriculture
Windham County
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