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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1908
Page
1
Authorities struggle to identify a woman found dead in suspected self harm. Police work to confirm identity while a preliminary investigation treats the death as an apparent suicide and nature of the injuries is being assessed.
A 35 year old woman was found in a reservoir. She is five feet three inches tall with dark complexion, dark brown luxuriant hair and blue eyes. She wore a white shirtwaist, black velvet collar Eton jacket and tan shoes with matching stockings.
The unidentified woman was found floating in a small Brighton reservoir early yesterday. Police from Station 14 with Brookline and Newton investigators say there are no signs of violence, autopsy pending. Mike O'Brien, reservoir superintendent, spotted the body near the water gate by Lake Street car station. Continued on Page 8-Third Column.
A basement blaze at 54 Lowell Street in the West End threatened 25 occupants of four families housed by the West End Spring Bed Company. Patrolmen Joyce and Griffin alerted and evacuated residents. flames were extinguished with about $106 in damage and the cause remains unknown.
In Pittsburg on August 26 Captain Mike Donlin faced the New Yorks with his wife Mabel Hite watching from a roof box at Exposition Park. The score was 3 to 2 for Pittsburg in the ninth inning as Doyle stood at second and Bresnahan urged his team while Donlin batted in a tense moment.
Tony Pastor, renowned theatrical manager, died at his Elmhurst Long Island home after several weeks of illness. He was 73 years old.
Tony Pastor, born in New York in May 1835, reflects on his early show business start at a basement one-night stand. He recalls his father stocking coal and wood at the Greenwich Street house to fuel performances as he built a career introducing many well known players.
Bill Bailey criticizes the sports rain forcing postponements while Pittsburg suffers a fourth loss to the Giants and the Cubs close in on second place after beating Brooklyn. Readville hosts two Norfolk and Readville pace stake races under fair weather. Colonel Dovey marks his 30th baseball anniversary in Central City Kentucky as the Doves defeat Boston 8 to 3.
President Roosevelt at the Jordanville New York public library dedication lauds the farmer's wife and urges uplift of rural families. He stresses using gifts wisely, promoting country life, rural mail delivery, and social centers for mothers and children, while opposing big city overtake of the countryside.
City of Augusta Georgia lies underwater with business houses telegraph and newspaper offices demoralized. Three deaths reported and losses may reach 500000. Savannah River could rise to 38 feet while Eastern North Carolina records its worst flood. Railways bridges and other lines destroyed across Carolinas and eastern Georgia. New York City also suffers heavy flood damage with two lives lost.
Boston experienced its coldest August day in many years with a temperature around 55 and rain from 2 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Augusta Ga reports floods unmatched since 1840 turning the city into a submerged scene with a large anticipated death toll.
Three lives known lost and about twenty missing as floodwaters devastate downtown. Water reaches six feet on Green street and six feet at Sacred Heart Church while the Union depot sits in eight to ten feet of water. Fires reported near Nixon warehouses and large cotton warehouse burning, with telegraph lines disrupted and damages estimated at about half a million dollars.
Weather forecast for New England calls for rain on Thursday with fresh to brisk northeast winds and a high along the south coast. Friday will be warmer and generally fair.
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