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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1909
Page
5
A deadly fire in Haverhill leaves Mrs. Catherine Starkey aged 70 dead and totally blind, with her brother William and Patrolman Henry T. Ryan hospitalized at Hale Hospital after Ryan’s rescue attempt caused a nervous breakdown.
Mrs. Starkey, blind resident of Winter street, died shortly after a kitchen fire ignited by gas buildup. Her brother and Patrolman Ryan aided the blaze to the hospital as the officer collapsed from stress. Starkey and the brother were hospitalized with injuries.
Mrs Watney, famed for England’s finest jewelry collection, buys a stone dealer labels a pale emerald for $20,000. An expert declares it a unique green diamond worth at least $60,000, prompting a celebratory Ritz supper for the Watneys.
Captain Kinnear, after 28 years in the sergeant at arms department at the State House, retires on half pay for life. He began in 1881 as a legislative messenger, rose to doorkeeper, then captains. He was the first Civil War volunteer signer of the Third Massachusetts Regiment roll and later led the Thirtieth Massachusetts. He organized the Central Trades and Labor Union.
Fifteen skeletal remains found buried together with three English copper coins dating 1729 during excavation for the United States Medical School Hospital near the Potomac. Officials believe the find points to an Indian or pirate era tragedy in early American days.
Jennie HW Allen 38 of Maywood Street Roxbury and Catherine Kirwin 48 of Myrtle Street Stoughton were arrested yesterday on charges of shoplifting.
The Hon John L Bates and Mrs Bates describe their Pacific coast journey back from the Northwest Observations include Yellowstone Hotel at Old Faithful and geysers with boiling water in crystal pools The writer notes pine forests and government presence in the park and details of the scenic landscape and tented impressions.
The narrator recalls travel from Denver to Manitou to Pike's Peak and on to Salt Lake City, Yellowstone, and beyond. They describe dramatic mountain scenery, Royal Gorge, desert vistas, and a salted Salt Lake swim, detailing geysers like Old Faithful, vast Yellowstone basins, and a snowbound seasonal cycle.
A Numidian voyage from Glasgow and Moville reached port with 149 cabin passengers and 51 girls from Ohio Indiana and Pennsylvania among them. Two icebergs aground on Ballard's Bank about eight miles southeast of Cape Race loomed as a spectacular sight. One iceberg towered at least 200 feet high, viewed as the sun broke through haze revealing the travelers in a vivid, colorful scene.
Miss Helen B. McLeod of Dunbarton Scotland arrives to marry her school sweetheart after a four months tour of Europe. Robert Hendry of Fore River Shipbuilding meets her at the pier and the ceremony occurs before landing. The Numidian voyage includes many American travelers home from abroad amid foggy seas and a light cargo of woolens and Scotch whiskey.
Paris Aug 17 The Spanish ambassador to France Marquis Delmuni denied a local newspaper report claiming 25 people were shot August 18 at the Montjuich fortress in Barcelona for taking part in the revolt there.
A traveler recounts warm Denver weather and cool Pike's Peak conditions while praising Lake Yellowstone and its snow-capped peaks. They describe the Grand Canyon Hotel on the Yellowstone River, noting the rainbow-colored cliffs, 2000 foot rises, and the two river falls, Niagara as a top comparison and European scenery as inferior to the Rockies.
The Norwegian bark Gartha reached New York after 140 days and 11 000 miles under a jury rig. Captains and crew faced violent weather from a Java coast voyage to a June hurricane off the Cape of Good Hope.
Grace Maidhof, previously jailed on passing worthless checks and accusing her lawyer John H. Freese, was indicted by the grand jury for forgery in the second degree. Freese is named in the indictment. Maidhof remains jailed while Freese is out on bail.
The scout cruisers Birmingham and Salem at Charlestown navy yard are fitted with a new 10 kilowatt wireless system said to be the most powerful yet. The set will send and receive messages up to 3000 miles under favorable conditions, with tests planned against Admiral Schroeder’s flagship Connecticut and Brant Rock station. Installation takes three weeks and tests will occur across the Atlantic, avoiding storms where the apparatus must be disconnected.
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