Provincetown Fund Started To Aid Victims Families
Provincetown relief effort forms with John J. Martin as treasurer, pledging to raise about 25000 for victims’ families. Martin, former Massachusetts Real Estate Exchange president, vows fast use of funds for present distress and careful conservation for future needs. Subscriptions accepted at Exchange Trust Company Boston and acknowledged in the Post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Martin
The
Exchange Trust Company
Martin
Massachusetts Real Estate Exchange
New
Marine
Provincetown
Provincetown Fund
Exchange ‘Trust Company
Milk Street
Boston
Provincetown Relief Effort Gathers For Fishermen's Families
Town volunteers and the American Red Cross mobilize to aid the widows and orphans after the loss of 19 fishermen in last Friday's storm. The Board of Trade, Beach Combers' Club, and local officials coordinate funds totaling $1188 with further donations from inland towns and national groups. Emergency aid includes groceries, medical care, rent and mortgage relief, and plans for ongoing winter support.
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Provincetown
James Biram
Provincetown Board of Trade
Beach Combers’ Club
M. C. Atwood
Provincetown Custom House
New England
S. H. Harding
U.S. Coast Guard
Portsmouth
George W. Bowley
Manuel H. Prada
Johnny
American Red Cross
Helen Dean
Civilian Relief Committee
Metropolitan
American Red Cross of
Boston
James Jackson
Department of the Northeast
A. P. Hannum
Board of Selectmen
National Bank
Red Cross
Miss Dean
William H. Young
Board of Trade
Frederic Burt
Beach Combers’ Relief Fund Committee
Brooklyn
Helen Ware
New York
Summer Colony
Dean
Post
Frank Potter
New Central House
Board of Trade Committee
Relief Fund
Emergency Relief of the Red Cross
Beach Combers
Joseph Manta
James M. Burke
Board of Trade Executive
Melzar Chaffee
Young
E. A. Grazier
Cambridge
Beach Combers’ Entertainment
Florence Waterbury
Alice Worthington Ball
Bessie C. Soper
Lynx
Miss Douglas
Mrs. C
Stranger
Pilgrim House
M. F. Metcalf
Holyoke
John Francis
Anonymous
Stephen Weston
Fitchburg
U. S. Coast Guard Station
N. H
Scudder-Kee Company
C. H. Smith
Alice Woods Ullman
Edward W. Foster
Bretton Woods
Waldo A. Howland
Adams
Worst Storm in Years Hits Greater Boston
A severe storm causing widespread damage swept Greater Boston. Lightning struck buildings in Dorchester and Roxbury injuring none, while a 2 month old baby near 388 Geneva Avenue almost suffocated by chimney soot. Flooding paralyzed streets, power and telegraph service, and many towns lost lights for hours.
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Greater Boston
Relief Work Begins for Provincetown Fishermen Victims
The American Red Cross and donations from New England states aided Provincetown relief efforts for destitute widows and orphans of lost fishermen. Five dollar grocery orders filled empty larders as relief workers distributed provisions and fuel to cook meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Provincetown
American Red Cross
New England
Norbert Named New President at St John’s Danvers
Brother Norbert arrives as the new president of St John’s Preparatory School Danvers coming from six years as president of St Joseph’s College Baltimore. Lowell native and reception planned by 300 St Patrick’s Academy Alumni from Lowell tomorrow in Danvers.
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Norbert
St. John’s Preparatory School
Danvers
Baltimore
St. Joseph's College
Lowell
St. Patrick’s Academy
Misuse of Eight Elevated Transfers Fined in Central Court
Simon Barsky of Oswego Street misused eight Elevated transfers over eight days. With eight children, he was fined five dollars and allowed time to pay after Interpreter Frank explained his poverty. A boy was paid half price to beg transfers from passengers.
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Simon Barsky
Oswego Street
Central Court
Frank
Baby Falls 30 Feet Leaving Girl With Foot Fracture
Little Anna C Barrett aged 212 years fell thirty feet from the back piazza of her home at 226 K street South Boston while playing alone. She sustained a fracture of the left foot. Her mother took her to a doctor and then to City Hospital.
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Anna C. Barrett
K Street
Boston
City Hospital
Lightning Strikes Cause Fires Across Boston Area
A series of lightning fires damaged homes and outbuildings in Boston and nearby neighborhoods. Notable losses included 16 horses burned at John J. Looney’s Dorchester stable at 363 Freeport Street with $38 000 in damage, plus several homes: Hyman Gussman 48 Devon Street Roxbury, Mary A Murphy 67 Clifford Street Roxbury, John Kunda 111 Business Street Hyds Park, and Emily Merton 40 Beach Street West Roxbury. Additional damage hit a Liverpool Street East Boston plant and other dwellings. multiple alarms and streetcar incident reported.
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Boston
John J. Looney
Freeport Street
Dorchester
Hyman Gussman
Devon Street
Roxbury
Talbot Avenue
Mary A Murphy
Clifford Street
John Kunda
Business Street
Hyds Park
Emily Merton
Beach Street
West Roxbury
Winfield Cahill
Geneva Avenue
Boston Area Hit By Severe Lightning Storm Wires Down
A massive bolt storm crippled telephone and telegraph lines across Greater Boston and surrounding towns. High voltage lines failed, train and streetcar services faced delays, and Hyde Park lost power for hours while stores relied on candles and lanterns.
Storm pounds Dorchester and area with electric strikes
A violent storm tore through Dorchester causing twenty Boston Elevated cars to be struck by lightning and emptied of passengers. Flooding and washouts disrupted several streets and rail lines while emergency crews and inspectors rushed to clear tracks and mend telegraph and telephone wires.
Lightning Strikes Bay State Range Wounds Three Ninth Regiment
Three Ninth Regiment soldiers were injured at Wakefield bay State rifle range when lightning struck a tree near their tents. Private Charles Kennedy was knocked down and treated by Dr. A B Hoffman who was himself injured when a second bolt hit the medical tent. Private Bartholomew Finnerty collapsed as the same bolt struck. Telephone service failed and aides walked three miles to Wakefield for help. Drs J A O Leary and Curtis L Soper rushed the wounded to Melrose Hospital.
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Ninth Regiment
Bay State Rifle Range
Wakefield
Charles Kennedy
A. B. Hoffman
Medical Corps
Hoffman
Bartholomew Finnerty
J. A. O'Leary
Curtis L. Soper
Melrose Hospital
Deaf Folks Hear With New Hearinfone Ad
Advertisement promotes Hearinfone costing 3090 dollars marketed as ready for instant use. Claims clarity for elderly users with a piano batter reference and mentions a co brand Carpen Ther Co Park sonere Rostan.
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Carpenther CO
Park Sonere Rostan
Features of Storm in Greater Boston
Dorchester stable struck and 16 horses burned to death. Three Ninth Regiment soldiers knocked unconscious by lightning at Wakefield and taken to Melrose Hospital. Two month old Cahill child nearly suffocated by soot from a lightning blown chimney. Many street cars struck. twenty cars in Dorchester alone. Score of houses struck. damage often over 1000 dollars. Streetcar, train, telephone and telegraph services crippled. Wires down, washouts, lightning companies disabled. Several towns dark for hours. candles and lanterns used. Rain fell almost three quarters of an inch in the first 10 minutes. streets and cellars flooded. Crops damaged by rain.
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Greater Boston
Heston
Edison Electric Illuminating Company
Greater Gaston
Western Union and
Postal Telegraph Companies
Connecticut Valley
Cohasset
South Shore
Portsmouth
Boston & Maine
New Haven
Bellevue
Dedham
Hyde Park
Bay State Street Railway
Bay State
Dorchester
Wakefield
Melrose Hospital
Winfield Cahill
Geneva Avenue
Boston
Farmer Struck by Lightning Dies in New Bedford Area
A severe electrical storm hits Westport and nearby towns. Joseph Souza, an employee on Charles Wood's farm near Central Village, was instantly killed by a lightning bolt. Barns and livestock burned, several houses damaged, rain floods camps housing 200 men, with all others expected to recover.
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New Bedford
Westport
Joseph Souza
Charles Wood
Central Village
Storm Traps Men in Worcester Sewer
In Worcester on August 17 a fierce storm trapped two cable splicers and a foreman in a flooded Lincoln Square sewer. David Mullin, James Murray, and David Anderson fought through water up to their armpits after a ladder failed, with Murray and Anderson guiding Mullin to safety before rescuers were summoned. Murray and Anderson emerged exhausted, dirty, and partially unclothed after the peril.
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Worcester
Lincoln Sqquare
David Mullin
James Murray
David Anderson
Mullin
Anderson
Murray
Chimney Damage At Chelsea School From Lightning Strike
Lightning struck Shurtleff school in Chelsea wrecking the chimney. The bolt pierced the building causing alarm among Chelsea exemption and draft board members present at the time.
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Shurtleff School
Chelsea
Chelsea Exemption Board
Draft Board
Flooding from Clogged Catchbasins Drenches City
Heavy rain left streets and squares several inches deep as catchbasins clogged. Water rose to nearly a foot at Charles and Beacon, flooded the Public Garden and School Street, and entered basements including the poolroom at 15 School Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles
Beacon Streets
School Street
Washington Street
Cambridge Storm Floods Streets and Dams City Utilities
A severe thunder storm in Cambridge caused torrential rain, floods in streets and cellars, paralyzed streetcar traffic and rain crops, knocked out telephones, burned electric light lines, and damaged the First Universalist Church on Inman Street with slate loss and two stained glass windows. The church had been struck in the same place three weeks earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Universalist
Inman Street
Boycott German Seamen Gather Allies Neutral Nations
Representatives of seamen's organizations from France Italy the United States Canada Australia Holland Belgium and Scandinavian countries met in London to consider crimes committed by Germany and its U boat crews. Masters mates engineers sailors cooks and stewards from allied and neutral fleets attended the gathering.
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London
Germany
France
Italy
United States
Canada
Australia
Holland
Belgium
Seamen's Union Leader Warns Postwar Reckoning
J Havelock Wilson of the British Seamen's Union urged international action after the war, arguing seafarers should judge German brutality and deter German crews and shipowners. He proposed an international commission to try captains and crews who killed innocent sailors.
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J. Havelock Wilson
British Seamen's Union
Wilson
Thes
Germany
New Owner of New York Commercial
New York August 17 The New York Commercial a long time business and financial newspaper has been purchased by Russel E Whitman managing director of the Audit Bureau of Circulations The retiring owner is Mercer P Moseley
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New York
Russel E. Whitman
The
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Mercer P. Moseley
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Boston City Hospital
Mary Marshall
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McDonald
Langlois
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Foster Street
Cambridge Street
Provincetown Committee
Kentucky
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Éc Bags
Oliggan
Myers Tobacco
Brother Norbert
Edwin Piper
Fairview Street
William E. Mahoney
Liverpool Street
Minden
Posen
B Street
South
William O. Bunting
Saratoga Street
East Boston
Prospect
Lexington Streets
Highland Street
Rox
Crawford House
W. J. Cloutier
Eighth Regiment
Newonset Avenue
Pope’s Hill Street
Dudley Street
Cadman
River Streets
Bowdoin
Winter Streets
Stoughton Street
Everett Avenue
Elevated
Boston & Albany Railroad
Portland
Th Regiment
Lynnfield
Bramingham
Boxford
Bolt
Farmer
Seecham
T Sele
Nn Ee
NEW York Commercial
Anzac Company
Roxbury Crossing
Mass
Bell-Ans
Connor
Brookside
New Post
Warner
Three Millers
Underwood
Dainties
Mark
Devilled
Franco
Drake’s
John T. Connorco
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