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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1920
Page
1
A fifty mile gale from the southeast ripped through the New England coast yesterday. The storm mixed rain sleet and wind driving ships to safety and causing widespread damage along the shore. Continued on page 9 first column.
Cork, Ireland report notes a heavy fusil lade of rifle shots at about 1 AM and a quiet night afterward. The city sees no police auxiliaries and many shopkeepers close and depart, worsening unemployment despite military assurances of order.
Dec. 14 report lists two priests among Saturday night terror victims in Cork. Reverend Patrick Mac Swiney, related to Cork's Lord Mayor, and Father Mc Carty are named as casualties as fires followed the attacks.
The United Fruit steamer San Pablo bound from Boston carries newsprint and potatoes and is aground at the entrance to Havana harbor near the Prado. Captain H. S. Reid commands about 50 crew with no passengers aboard. the ship shows no list and is not in immediate danger.
A profile of No 2 Sir Edward Carson by John Bantry contrasts the expected stage Irishman with Sinn Fein figures at headquarters. It notes the Sinn Feiners as cultured, soft spoken, polite, and unassuming, with a grave university tone.
City voters select Councillors Henry E Hagan and Daniel W Lane, both Good Government Association backers, for re election while James T Moriarty defeats Kinney by a wide margin. In the school contest Dr David D Scannell leads with 386390 while Richard J Lame trails by about 12000.
Jack Dempsey defeated Bill Brennan by knockout in the 12th round of their 15 round heavyweight bout at Madison Square Garden New York. Brennan was KOed late in the bout as the champion extended his reign.
In Dubuque Iowa on December 14 the oldest inhabitants began a new book as a rapid weather shift occurred within 24 hours. Rain and snow fell, a thunderstorm formed, an electrical storm struck, and temperatures plummeted from 72 degrees to chilling levels, marking a record speed in the bureau’s observations.
Fragmentary OCR mentions evening vehicle set times and a record of diversions at a station. It references anniversaries and a ship named Cormorant interned at Guam, with a tunnel opening near South Station.
Cloudy and colder conditions with mix of snow or rain likely in northern New England and northern New York. Southern New England and eastern New York mainly partly cloudy then colder. Great Lakes and upper Ohio Valley expected snow or rain. elsewhere east of the Mississippi mostly fair. Maine coast shows storm warnings with strong winds and rain or snow along the coast.
Forecast calls for fairly good weather today and tonight with a bit cooler temperatures than yesterday and lighter winds. The overall conditions remain pleasant with no strong wind events expected.
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