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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1913
Page
2
Auto posse led by the sheriff and deputies plans to confront a so called gray racer linked to night riders who smuggle liquor across the New Hampshire boundary. The Leeds area farmers have told stories of the fast car, prompting the vigilance.
A Boston Maine liquor smuggling operation is targeted by authorities after a truck carried about 400 gallons of whiskey to Bangor. The vehicle reportedly traveled from Portland and Lewiston to reach Bangor and was met by accomplices who divided the cargo. The smugglers used a pathfinder car to plot routes to evade prohibitions, with profits estimated from $2 cost to $8 resale per gallon.
Mrs. Mary M. Denison of Stamford dies from a fractured skull after an automobile crash on the post road near Byram's Hill. Eugene Denison, driving, loses control as the car sideswipes a telegraph pole. Victor and Mrs. Bartell of Woodhaven are hospitalized with injuries.
In Warbin Manchuria on August 10 a cyclist named Pankratow arrived after riding around the world in two years and 18 days marking a complete global journey by wheel.
Police named Daniel Cronin 48 of 2 Roxbury Terrace as the man who lost his right foot in a fall from an electric car the night before.
George Gray Jr a seventeen year old from Quincy drowned in Braintree yesterday despite his father and others’ efforts to save him.
Walter Herberg aged 30, employed as an engineer at Waverley Hospital for the Feeble minded, was drowned today in an afternoon accident while at the facility.
George Gray Jr. 17 of 538 Trafford St South Quincy drowned in Quincy reservoir Braintree yesterday afternoon. His father nearly died attempting a rescue but was saved by a human chain formed by neighbors. Body recovered after about 26 minutes. The boy, new to Quincy from Scotland three years ago, worked as a shipper for A A White Co Boston.
Aage Rasmussen of 37 Prescott Street East Boston and Herberg were in a canoe when Herberg who could not swim grabbed Rasmussen in a death grip. Rasmussen fought to save him and nearly drowned himself. Rasmussen struck Herberg and planned to back away to free him, but Herberg slipped and sank. The accident occurred at 3 o clock off Beebe’s Cove opposite Cottage Street. Wakefield police started searching for the body and will resume efforts next morning.
A brief note states a person sank in the harbor during a swim to pass time while an engine was being repaired.
Edward Dunfry 26 of Houghton Square Lynn fell overboard from the motor boat Alice near Nix's Mate yesterday. His companions James Hester and Lawrence O Keefe recovered the body and rushed to Long Island where Dr Schulman could not revive him after engine trouble forced an early swim. The drowning occurred as the engine was being cranked and Dunfry swam away.
John Fisher, lifeguard, broke an oar saving Cronin from water. William E. Mullen, seeing Cronin in danger after Fisher’s fall, swam nearly 100 feet to reach Cronin and pulled him to shore. Cronin recovered and was sent home after resuscitation.
Aug 10 report from East Freetown details seven deaths after an overcrowded 14 foot motor boat sank on Long Pond. Ten people crowded aboard. bodies recovered by police with grappling irons. Victims include Annie Sweeney Sadie McCabe Mabel Broan and Mrs Emma Boyle. Survivors Mrs Henry W Raymond Luther M Day ton R James Stevens. A joint mass for three victims planned at St James Church New Bedford.
Senator Bacon voiced support for the President amid calls to avoid war with Mexico. He said the foreign relations committee backs peaceful aims, notes some detail cannot be disclosed, and emphasizes bipartisan confidence in the President. Secretary Daniels ordered the cruiser Tacoma to aid Americans fleeing the southern turmoil.
Ruth Meyers of Nevada street Winthrop is the 12 year old champion swimmer. She swam from the Crest to the Spar Buoy and back a half mile and said she could do it again. Her 16 year old sister Alice Myers accompanied her and is regarded as a local nautical expert.
Navy confirms safe removal of American citizens from the Empalme danger zone. Refugees are aboard the cruiser Pittsburg and the supply ship Glacier, to be sent to the United States per Rear Admiral Cowles from Guaymas, Mexico.
Veracuz, Mex August 10 John Lind, President Wilsons personal representative, and Mrs Lind, with Dr William Bayard Hale, left at 6 am on a regular passenger train bound for Mexico City. In Vera Cruz Lind declined to discuss probable actions or the nature of proposals to President Huerta. The Lind party spent a pleasant Saturday evening sightseeing in Vera Cruz.
The Weather Bureau bulletin notes a broad atmospheric pressure distribution across the continent and nearby seas that suggests moderate temperatures in the Middle Atlantic and New England states early in the week, with warmer weather forecast after Wednesday.
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