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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1911
Page
5
Two East Boston youths Harry Duffy and William Mellendy narrowly escaped drowning after falling from a motor boat near Apple Island and Governor's Island. Daniel Barry rescued Duffy. Mellendy was recovered with help from Governor's Island crew. Barry lost a $35 watch in the effort.
During a squall in Dorchester Bay the 20 foot sailboat Larry Ogaff capsized, tossing owners John Lundberg and Harry Glennister of Dorchester and W J Ford of Roxbury into the water. The trio clung to the hull as it sank. The motor boat Lottie with Dorchester residents Alex Black Frederick McIntogh William Jackson Charles Power and Leo Leonard boarded the men and saved them.
Harry T. Van, a 17 year old aviator, performed two Bay Shore Park flights in Baltimore with a five minute round trip covering about three miles. The crowd surged onto the field to greet him after the final glide. His peak altitude reached 300 feet.
After 62 years James O Sullivan of Dorchester meets Mrs Charles P O Brien of Allston at his home at 46 Adams Street The Post had run Old Boston Films July 27 prompting the reunion Fire crews rescue women from a smoke filled Jamaica House building as flames cause $500 damage at Loomer Le Haves lodging house Three years earlier a related fire damaged the adjacent section with one death and several injuries.
A gathering of humorists from the American Press Humorists Association receives a city key amid jokes about reels and fishing gear. They are escorted by open cars to Norumbega Park for a city tour and a letter from Mr. Graves touts Boston’s size and industry within its hub structure.
A blaze in a three story wooden lodging house at 308-314 Centre street Roxbury shortly after 7 last night left six people three men and three women overcome by smoke. The fire is suspected incendiary. Patrolmen Tupper and Whittock of Station 10 rescued two women Mrs. Elizabeth Collier 32 and Mrs. Eva Atterley 25 who were almost suffocated.
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