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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1900
Page
8
Ten thousand or more sweltering bathers filled Revere Beach as 727 people entered the ocean on the record hot day, surpassing all prior Sundays since the bath house opened. Thermometer hit 97 at 10 am and 108 by noon, with heavy traffic on streetcars and Nantasket steamers. Manager Vatter reported smooth operations and no accidents.
City Point hosted thousands who sought relief from heat with a breezy late afternoon, drawing the busiest day of the season. Crowds filled the pier area for seats while soda and ice cream vendors thrived as bathing remained popular with families and children.
Governor General Wood is feted in Santiago as Cuban officials and merchants hear Archbishop and Senor Tamayo urge unity. Tamayo calls this a pivotal era with a constitutional convention to frame Cuba’s fundamental law and ensure open rights beyond birth or battle roles.
A Boston report notes light enforcement with only two drunkenness arrests while crowds braved a hot sun at Revere Beach. Battleships moored offshore drew attention as Alabama prepared for trials near the harbor mouth. General Wood urged Cubans to send capable delegates to a constitutional convention and proclaimed independence as Cuba’s immediate future.
Sweltering heat drives visitors to the water as Nantasket records possibly its biggest Sunday crowd of the season. Chief Gilman notes many arrests for drunkenness despite liquor being sold outside the 400 foot limit. A boy, James B Reilley of South Weymouth, is hospitalized after a fall from a ride with a possible skull injury. Perkins’s Choromilitant Band entertains large crowds through the day.
Crowds flocked to the Point of Pines as trains arrived with large numbers of visitors. Bathing water was delightful and the rustic theatre showcased strong programs including a farce "Skipped by the Light of the Moon." Balloon ascensions planned midweek and the annual fancy dress ball runs until 4 am with electric car service all night.
Winthrop, like other sea resorts, felt a hot wave of crowds from Boston. About 10,000 strangers crowded the beach all day and evening, with more bathers along the Crest and bay side than any other day this season. Moonlit and starlit swims became a nightly staple for cottagers and hotel guests.
Lord Roberts arrived at Belfast near Machadodorp with Sir Redvers Buller and Generals French and Pole-Carew. Preparations are complete for the advance. Pole-Carew occupies Belfast without opposition as the enemy holds the ridges at Belfast and Delmanutha.
John H. Buckley, 28, a firefighter, suffered a broken leg last evening after a wrestling match on Atlantic Avenue with an unnamed friend. Police ambulance arrived from Station 1. Buckley was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital. He had been injured at Somerville Fire a few weeks earlier and recently transferred to Lauder Compu. 8.
Two people injured in Boston street railway incidents. Frank Sullivan a 10 year old rider on a Cambridge car on Broadway near D street sustained facial and shoulder injuries and was taken home by a policeman. Peter J. McGrath 38 jumped from a Forest Hill car at Shawmut avenue and Castle street injuring his ankle and was taken to City Hospital by police ambulance.
The Alabama, new fastest battleship afloat, arrived in Boston Harbor after a Delaware Philadelphia run. She held 16 1 2 knots for six hours, surpassing contract speed, while officials and Naval Board guests boarded for the voyage. The ship will stay in harbor today with a trial trip off Cape Ann planned for tomorrow.
Portland report details Mrs Harriet Wilson Kimball of Norway Maine leaping from the New York boat on a trip to Portland after attending Gribe burial services in Denver. The body was not recovered in the sea and her companion Miss Adela Burnham of New York witnessed the incident.
The article notes a record heat day in August matching July 18 in its warmth. It describes the hot spell as unusually prolonged for late August and states temperatures reached the same high mark as the earlier heat wave.
Very few heat cases reached police or hospitals yesterday. C McDermott of 2 Salem street was treated after being overcome at home. Michael Quinn, 65, of 248 Bridge street East Cambridge, found unconscious near 10 Tremont street, was aided by a shop clerk and taken to Massachusetts General Hospital.
The boat was stopped and a search made, but the unfortunate woman could not be found. Mrs Kimball, about 30, had recently lost her husband in Denver where they had gone for his health, a bereavement that affected her mind.
A 65 year old Waterville Maine resident named James E Cosgrove was found dead on the Boston Common near Boylston and Tremont streets with no signs of violence. Police took the body, autopsy scheduled, and Waterville authorities notified as papers confirm identity and friends may claim the body.
A report notes that Quinn's plight drew criticism of the beat officer and the entire police department, though the factual basis for fault remained unclear.
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