26 Dec 1910
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1910
Page
1
A seasonal invitation calls all estranged souls to gather under the Holly Bough. The poem urges sinners and sinned against to forgive and forget their quarrels and share in renewed friendship and hope before the year ends.
An explosion at Llewellyn Iron Works in Los Angeles largely wrecked the front of the building and shattered windows over a block away. A night watchman was slightly hurt. Police suspect dynamite linked to ongoing labor troubles, with a large 18 inch by 6 foot crater left at the scene.
An explosion at Lewellyn Iron Works leveled part of a three story building. Watchman J H Asbury was buried under debris but rescued with minor injuries. Police describe a flash and collapse as debris filled the air amid ongoing labor strife. James M Allen, 28, connected to a Sudbury street hotel incident, is named in continued coverage.
The Boston Post Santa Claus finished delivering the last bundle just before midnight to aid thousands of destitute families. Hundreds of bundles remained the next morning, stacked to the ceiling in the Post Santa’s Lynn office as three cars filled with bundles departed at 9 45. Continued on Page S First Column.
Prof. Adams Sherman Hill, a founder of the Associated Press and a longtime Harvard instructor, died at his home in Cambridge after a week of illness. He was 77, survived by his wife and son Arthur D. Hill. Funeral at Appleton chapel, Cambridge, at noon Wednesday. He taught 32 years at Harvard including 22 as Boylston professor of rhetoric and oratory. He received an LLD from Harvard in 1903 and became emeritus a year later.
Boston and Maine officials open a rigid investigation after three trains on the Portland division derailed near the Broadway bridge in Charlestown. One man, William J. Noyes of Cliftondale, died after being trapped under his locomotive. 20 others were injured. Western division service halted. Eastern division trains delayed.
Dr. Albert Reeder aged 55, a Back Bay physician with offices at 145 Massachusetts Avenue, committed suicide Saturday night by asphyxiation after years of ill health. The report notes his long illness and unclear further details.
Billy Evans reports on baseball in Cuba while Hackenschmidt and Roller prepare for a wrestling showdown at Mechanics Building. Harvard All Stars depart to face Southern Eleven with a potential Nashville appearance by Hurry Up Yost. Hockey season delayed by ice shortages last week.
Railroad officials report an inward bound freight crashed into another inward bound train that had been moved from a siding. The impact derailed cars were thrown across the tracks. Continued on page 2-Second Column.
Two sailors from the bark Kingdom, tied to the Holy Ghost and Us Society of Sanford Maine, were drowned in Chesapeake Bay near Ocean View. The vessel, seen drifting with a society remnant, has been appearing and disappearing along the Atlantic coast for months.
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