Wind Ravages Greater Boston Area Wrecks Homes
A violent windstorm toppled two East Boston frame houses on Saratoga Street and caused extensive damage across Greater Boston. Chimneys crashed through roofs at Maverick Square and River Street, injuring several people and halting street services. Numerous windows, skylights, and streetcar lines were damaged, with communications and alarms disrupted. A notable casualty was the elm known as Malden’s $1000 tree.
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Boston
Saratoga Street
Orient Heights
J. T. Haberman
Saratoga and
Bennington Streets
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One of the most seriously injured was William Taylor, 14 years old, son of a local resident, as rescuers battled to control the aftermath of a destructive incident.
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William Taylor
Gale Wreaks Havoc as Ships Driven Ashore at Block Island
A northwest gale and heavy fog hindered New England shipping with hurricane force winds of 62 mph near the Cape. The schooner Mary Adelaide Randall sank after grounding at Block Island, while the five masted George P. Hudson was driven ashore at Bird Island flats and later towed back to mooring. The H F Dimock battled high seas, and the battleship Rhode Island surfed the tempest off the Cape. The Boston liner from Yar mouth was delayed, not arriving until nearly six in the evening.
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New England
Mary Adelaide Randall
Block Island
Cape
Metropolitan Line
H. F. Dimock
Dominion Atlantic Railway
Boston
Simms
Yarmouth
N. S
Storm Lashes Harbor as Passengers Suffer Sea Sickness
A British steamer Boyne and other ships endured a ferocious gale off Chatham and Boston harbor. Passengers including many babies faced seasickness while crews worked to unload cargo and secure vessels. A Monitor steamer failed to depart for Deer Island and wind speeds recalled a long-ago 90 mph storm.
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Nova Scotia
Mer
Boyne
Atlantic Avenue
Chatham
William Chisholm
Ohio
Newport News
Boston
Catham
City Point
Castle Island
Penal Institutions Department
Monitor
Deer Island
Roof Wrecks Across Tracks In Adams Storm
High winds unroof the Mausert block on Park street the largest business structure in Adams. The roof carried intact across the Boston and Albany tracks struck a tenement house 75 yards away. A man was slightly injured by falling timber as debris damaged houses and windows citywide.
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Adams
Mausert
Park Street
Boston & Albany Railroad
Boston & Albany
85 Mile Gale Wrecks Narragansett Bay Weather Turbulence
A fierce gale battered Narragansett Bay with gusts near 83 miles per hour, creating a wall of spray that obscured visibility and halted normal activity as seen from Bristol Rhode Island. The storm marked an extraordinary event for the bay.
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Narragansett Bay
Bristol, R. I
Steamer A. W. Perry Returns After Hours of Storm
The Plant line steamer A. W. Perry from Halifax with about twenty passengers arrived at Commercial wharf near 11 PM after a brutal gale and head winds. Decks and structures were iced over, passengers stayed in staterooms as the ship battled the hurricane for hours.
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A. W. Perry
Halifax
Commercial
Nova Scotian
Perry
Falls 25 Feet in Elevator Well
Charles Williamson a 30 year old married man of 372 Neponset avenue lies in Grace Hospital after a 25 foot fall into an elevator well. He is reported in dangerous condition.
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Charles Williamson
Neponset Avenue
Grace Hospital
Driver falls 25 feet in warehouse shaft
Williamson, a driver for William Tyner of 16 Hawley Street, fell 25 feet down an elevator well at 838 Summer Street while unloading goods. He was taken to Grace Hospital with a fractured hip, three broken ribs, and two broken bones in the left ankle. doctors branded him on the dangerous list.
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Julia Taylor
Highland Avenue
Melrose Highlands
Melrose
Bay State Street Railway
Marion Rand
Snelling Hardware Company
Maverick Square
Fast Boston
A. M. Creech
Massachusets General Hospital
Margaret Carey
Gilson Court
Narowly
Boston Elevated Railway Company
Cambridge
West Cedar Streets
Williamson
William Tyner
Hawley Street
Summer Street
Grace Hospital
Fay Chief Ranger of Fitzpatrick Court
Fitzpatrick Court No. 13 of the Massachusetts Catholic Order of Foresters elected officers for the ensuing year. Christopher J. Fay named chief ranger with Joseph J. Monaghan as vice chief ranger and Mary A. Dolan as recording secretary.
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Fitzpatrick Court No. 13
Massachusetts Catholic Order of Foresters
Christopher J. Fay
Joseph J. Monaghan
Mary A. Dolan
Alecia V. Meagher
James Cullinane
Charles J. Queenan
William J. Cullinane
Henry McIintire
Inside Sentinel
James Sheehan
Outside Sentinel
P. J. Reynolds
Joseph Campana
Thomas McCullough
James W. Cullinane
Joseph MelIntire
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Broadway Spa
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