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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1898
Page
5
After a fierce northeaster, trains across Boston’s area faced heavy drifts and outages. Passengers endured long waits, delays, and crowded waiting rooms while freight and passenger lines struggled to move with limited telegraph lines and halted schedules.
Solomon Sweitzer, 50, unknown residence, sought work during a storm and died of exhaustion after shoveling snow at 46 Atherton Street and a back yard cleanup. Police believe his eagerness for a big day’s labor contributed to the fatal exertion. his home address remained unsettled.
Dorchester firefighters battled a chimney fire at 13 Clarence Place after engines 16 18 19 and Ladder 6 became stuck in deep drifts. Engine 18 finally reached the scene around 2 15 am to tackle the two story wooden building owned by Eugene H Threasher. Loss estimated around 3000 dollars.
Boston police have offered little help to Wrentham authorities in locating the bank robbery crew. Bank squad detectives, hoarded arms and agents, report no progress amid a tense, unresolved investigation as night falls.
Char lestown faced a long blackout with electric lights out after 1 AM as winds and high tides disrupted transit. Snow plows cleared Main Street tracks, while boats overturned near Medford street and Shack sank at Malden bridge moorings with its owner narrowly escaping. Widespread damage included a blown sentry box, a fallen tree, downed wires, and ice on fountains. arc lights remained unlit though inclement conditions persisted.
Officer Lindsay reports extensive loss at the government bonded warehouses on Long Wharf as high tides overflow gutters and flood doors and barriers, ruining tobacco stored in waterproofed storerooms. The surge compromises Sumatra and other tobaccos, with thousands of dollars in damage anticipated.
Old Boreas battered the East Boston waterfront as tidal waves toppled the big grain elevator and ripped up floorings. Wrecked tracks, flooded wells, and stranded freight disrupted grain loading from the Cunard and Leyland liners as pumps scrambled to resume work by noon.
A severe gale and snow disrupted Western Union and Postal Telegraph lines to New York Portland Springfield Worcester White River Junction St John Halifax and Rutland. Cape Cod area lost all service while Boston area suffered limited telephonic reach. Repairs by hundreds of linemen continued into Sunday night with total damage estimated at about $5000.
Nov 27 Newburyport reports widespread damage along the water front with about fifty small boats wrecked and sections of the sea wall washed away. The barge Atlantic carrying 250 tons of salt sank at the wharf and the schooner Newell B Hawes of Boston sank at Plum Island Point. A five man crew was rescued by the Plum Island bowsaving crew using a breeches buoy.
Reports say three Black men were lynched last night about four miles west of Meridian. Newton County farmers were said to be pursuing others implicated in the assault on a white man who identified the attackers, prompting the mob action.
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