Flood Devastates Hull and Cohasset as Storm Rages
Rescue boats plied the flooded streets of Hull and Cohasset as two feet of water and wrecked rail lines disrupted daily life. The Be. Be. Whitney Lumber wharf collapsed and damage across the south shore neared 150000 dollars with widespread darkness and downed wires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hingham
BE. BE. Whitney Lumber Company
Otis Street
John D. Long
Cohasset
Jerusalem Road
J Joretta Vining
Hull
Stony Beach
Fort Revere
Pemberton
Hull Village
United States Life Saving Crew
Morton
Alphonsus Claverly
Daniel Matthews
Paragon Park
Sea View
Plymouth
Boston
Weymouth
Matty Baldwin Draws With Bronson in 20-Round Bout
Ray Bronson of Indianapolis and Matty Baldwin of Boston fought 20 rounds to a draw before the West Side Athletic Club in McDonoughville. The bout was fast with a strong finish by both fighters. They weighed 133 pounds.
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Matty Baldwin
Bronson
New Orleans
Ray Bronson
Indianapolis
Ind
Boston
West Side Athletic Club
McDonoughville
Man Found Dead in Park Street Tailor Shop
Otto T. Hasslacher, a New York resident with wife and brother there, was found dead yesterday on a sofa in a Park Street tailor shop where he worked. The janitor found the body. he had no fixed home in the city and had been sleeping behind the shop. Police rule death from natural causes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto T. Hasslacher
New York
Park Street
East 144Th Street
Taft Rules Whiskey Classification Under Pure Food Law
President Taft issued the final ruling on whiskey defined as any spirit reduced to potable strength, determining that whiskey made from neutral spirits counts as whiskey under the labeling provisions of the pure food law. The decision clarifies how alcohol products must be labeled in commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Taft
Wiley
Royal Commission of Great Britain
Roosevelt
Bonaparte
Bowers
Bureau of Chemistry
FEAR VESSELS FOUNDERED OFF PLYMOUTH
A severe gale at Plymouth reports several ships foundered with many lives lost. Wreckage and a great tidal surge wash ashore as the harbor copes with 70 mph winds and submerged wharves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth
Trolley Car Leaps Into Connecticut Pond in Storm
A southbound trolley car between Beacon Falls and Seymour plunged from the rails into Rimmens pond during a violent storm at 1 am. Five passengers escaped through a window as crews battled snow drifts and ice. Late reports say trains remain limited and track clearance may take days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Connecticut
Beacon Falls
Seymour
Rimmens Pond
U S Pays High For Rural Mail
The Post Office Department faced a historic deficit of 17.48 million dollars as the new administration began operations. Previously smaller yearly shortfalls grew to over 10 million then 17 million, prompting calls to locate the causes and reform postal finances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congressional Franks
Postoffice Department
Postal Service
Washington
Australasia
South America
North Coast
Post Office Department
32 Cities and Towns Dark by Fire Department Order
Storm caused Edison property losses from broken poles and downed lines under gale and wet snow. Fire departments ordered wires dead in 32 Boston area towns delaying power. some lines repaired by afternoon while towns like Roxbury Dorchester East Boston remained dark for safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edison Company
South Boston
Dedham
Natick
Roxbury
Dorchester
East Boston
Jamaica Plain
West Roxbury
Brookline
Newton
Arlington
Somerville
Milton
Winchester
Waltham
Watertown
Woburn
Stoneham
Wellesley
Norwood
Water floods Beachmont church floor at Beachmont
At 11 oclock last night water covered the main floor of the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes on Parkman Road Beachmont turning surrounding roads into a lake. Water stood within a few feet of the Boston Revere Beach Lynn road tracks, about 209 feet from the high tide mark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of Our Lady of Lourdes
Parkman Road
Beachmont
Boston, Revere Beachi & Lynn Road
Trolley Tragedy Amid Snow Drift Fatalities Halted Service
Conductor Fred Pond and motorman Mark Donovan died when a car was trapped by a three foot drift. Drifts three feet deep blocked rescue efforts. Trolley service stopped statewide. only the New York division kept steam trains running until afternoon while New Haven tracks near New York to New Heaven were cleared by noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Pond
Mark Donovan
New York
New Haven
New Heaven
Dyke Built in 1844 Rebuilt After Historic Breakage Disaster
The dyke built by the Winnisimmet Land Company in 1844 to reclaim marshland withstood prior high tides. Last night officials said yesterday morning’s tide rose 17 feet above mean low water, near records set in 1852. Chelsea city engineers plan immediate repair with pile drivers and a bulkhead.
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Greater Boston
Natick
Dedham
Chelsea
Austin Street
Fty
Atlantic Avenue
Broad Yard
Ltreet
Boston
Winnisimmet Land Company
McClintock
Board of Control
James O’brien
John McDonald
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Howard Key Bartow
Universalist Church
Peter Rooney
Nantasket Beach
Matthews
Nantasket
Hotel Nantasket
Woo
Ivey
Wolf’s
MY Clothier
Hanover
Portland
Raps
Dr. Wiley
Frank H. Hitcchcock
National Electric Signalling Company
Nelson Street
Union Streets
Sylvester
Long Wharf
Pilgrim
Water Street
New London
Provisdence
Willimantic
J. P. Holloway
U.S
Beachmont Church
New England
Ord
Melton
Mitchell
Washington Street
Essex St
Lawrence
Westminster St
Eeag Ny
Earl &Wilson
Cascarets
Montia
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