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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1920
Page
4
A lightning bolt struck the cross atop St. Vincent's Orphan Asylum during yesterday's shower. Damage was not great but inmates and neighbors were excited. Sisters in charge kept the children calm and safe.
An asylum housing 175 girls in Camden street endured a lightning strike and structure damage. Sisters and orphans gathered in the playroom as a cross on the tower shattered and a skylight broke. Firefighters responded after Sister Regia reported smoke in the tower room. A piece of grass souvenir was taken, a nearby resident narrowly missed debris, and a woman and baby were knocked from a chair by the shock.
A severe storm tore through Lynn and surrounding areas striking four city sites within minutes. A barn at 871 Washington Street burned, others including a 38 Chatham Street duplex and a 106 Bay View Avenue house suffered fire and minor damage. In Saugus a girl was knocked unconscious by lightning and a barn burned at Conrad Berthold’s Main Street property. Rescue efforts saved horses but one rescuer was hurt. The storm also disrupted harbor yachts and lifted heat to a 93 degree high before a brief relief.
Ian Russell, Frank Daniels, Jefferson MsAngelis and other stars joined veteran ball player M Graw and Liggett in a convivial night. They wandered into the Lambs after an altercation leaving a friend injured.
A Dublin appeal requests the mayor to urge dispersal as authorities enforce a Liverpool confrontation involving Mannix.
Dublin August 8 British government plans to bar Archbishop Mannix from visiting Ireland drew strong Catholic pulpit reaction. Bishop Browne said Mannix cannot set foot on native soil, treated as an outlaw for his criticism of Britain. He emphasized Mannix would return to greet his mother and friends.
Queenstown reports distance from New York to Archbishop Mannix aboard the Baltic is likely completed as torpedo boat destroyers return to port here, signaling the steamer may have passed the area.
London reports T P O Connor president of the United Irish League of Great Britain branded the Irish coercion law passed by the House of Commons as the worst coercion act ever proposed in British Parliament. The statement was made to the Associated Press last night.
A Boston firm markets Noonan's Hair Petrole a petroleum based hair product with antiseptic qualities. Barbers offer it for 15 cents while bottles sell for 1 dollar from T Noonan & Sons Boston at 38 Portland Street.
In Londonderry during a Mannix demonstration Sinn Fein flags were flown amid clashes between rival factions. Shots were fired before troops arrived in an armored car to disperse the disturbance and restore order.
In Kildorrey, County Cork, nine policemen were ambushed today. Five officers were wounded and their weapons were taken by assailants.
Thomas Clancy and William Walker, both 29, are at Cambridge City Hospital in serious condition from abdominal wounds after a curbside fight outside Clancy’s residence. Police say Thomas Long and John Long attacked the group, with John later charged with assault and the search continuing for Thomas Long.
In New York a 44 year old interior decorator Rudolph Needrit shot his sister in law Mrs Charles Needrit after she refused to elope with him. The attack occurred in a fashionable apartment house basement. Needrit told police he would do it again and said he was glad it was over.
Word from Rev. Frank Lincoln Masseck formerly of Arlington First Universalist Church now in Santa Paula California says he fractured his right arm while cranking his automobile but he continued his services the next Sunday.
Harry L. Spooner, owner and driver of a touring car, was arrested for manslaughter and reckless driving after a crash at County and Walnut streets. Six men and two women rode in the car. Philip Leduc died at the hospital from injuries. Others suffered broken collarbone and leg fracture.
A union statement contests police claims that striking Cambridge Gas Light workers filled 647 Main Street during Saturday night’s raid. The signatories, D. B. Murphy Thomas J. Gilligan and William F. Donovan, say interviews show no Gas House Workers’ Union members were present.
Frank D. Roosevelt arrives from Dayton to prepare for his notification as Democratic vice presidential nominee. Notification ceremonies will be held tomorrow at Springwood, the Roosevelt estate, at 3 PM.
The Norwalk, built for the Wilmington to New York route in the Eastern Steamship fleet, will enter service early next month. Launched in Wilmington, Delaware on July 3, she is now receiving final touches. Captain Herbert H. Crowell, senior commander of the line, will command the new steamer.
Eugenio Pachico of 476 South Orchard Street New Bedford was instantly killed when he fell from a truck near Luther's Corner in Swansea and was run over by its wheels.
The Wilson newsboys were defeated by the ball team from Suf folk School for Boys at Rainsford Island yesterday by 21 to 18. The game featured heavy stick work on both sides, with a slight edge to the Rainsford Island squad.
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