Railroads Suffering Under Record Blizzard Strains
New England rail service remains paralyzed as 40 hour plus storms halt coal deliveries, derailments, and stalled trains across the Boston area. Boston Elevated and Bay State lines struggle while towns like Hough's Neck Plymouth and Quincy face isolation and 100s of workers toil to clear snow.
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Boston
New York, New Filaven & Hartford Railroad
Hough's Neck
Plymouth
Peters
Lieston
James F. Jackson
Boston Elevated Board of Public
Severe snow storm halts transport and school in surrounding towns
Drifts twelve feet high along Hough's Neck and in Squantum. Provisions and fuel running low unless transport resumes soon. Streetcar lines blocked by 10 to 12 foot drifts and heavy rain on the snow. Fourteen funerals postponed in Quincy. Fore River and Quincy Bay clogged with ice. shoreward piling threatens bridges and wharves. Schools abandoned. attendance doubtful without warm rain. Electric service sporadic with limited car runs in Wellesley, Needham, Newton, and surrounding towns. Waltham well served while lines to Lexington and Belmont lack service.
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Hough's Neck
Hough
Fore River
Quincy Bay
Wellesley
Middlesex & Boston
College Town
Newton Lower Falls
Wellesley Square
Natick
Needham
Newtons
Alhough
Waltham
Newton
Watertown
Lexington
Auburndale
Crosstown
Bemis
Boston & Worcester
Chestnut Hills
Wellesleys
Fail to Rescue Grounded Liner After Nightwatch
Coast guard Captain Tucker and 19 men from Arverne station stand by through the night as heavy breakers prevent lifeboat launch to the grounded steamship near Princess Anne.
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Tucker
Arverne Coast Guard Station
Princess Anne
Rescue Efforts Underway For Stranded Princess Anne Off Norfolk
The distressed liner lies about a half mile off shore in darkness with a failed wireless and a damaged dynamo. Captain Seay is reported injured while passengers suffer from cold. Rescue tugs face shallow water and weather as officials plan daylight attempts and breeches buoy if needed. The Rescue races from Norfolk and B 10 may be used to haul a line if lines cannot be shot.
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Coast Guard
Manhattan
Old Dominion Line
Norfolk
Rockaway Air Station
Ten Trains Stalled From South Shore Snow Storm
Trains halted from Braintree to Cohasset due to heavy snow and ice. Ten trains stuck near Mill street bridge in Mast Braintree and along the South Braintree to Avon line. About 200 workers from Holbrook and Avon sheltered at Knights of Columbus Hall, receiving food and coffee. Local rails received coal from Weymouth yards and water from Weymouth pump. Passengers housed or walked home. Cohasset workers at Fore River and Hingham magazine trekked home overnight.
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Mill Street Bridge
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South Braintree
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Holbrook
Knights of Columbus
Patrick T. Higgins
St. Patrick's Church
East Braintree
Weymouth
Fore River
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Boston & Maine Maintains Service Despite Storm
The Boston and Maine railroad kept up better running service than other lines terminating in Boston. Suburban and local trains ran in spasmodic intervals through the day and night with only momentary delays across most divisions.
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Boston & Maine Railroad
Boston
Rail Service Disrupted as Snow and Rain Freeze Tracks
Officials report limited schedules with 44 local trains cut off across Portland Division routes. Steeper and Pullman services were abandoned. only perishables moved. Montreal through trains were discontinued due to worsening weather and fear of freezing rain and ice on switches and rails.
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Troy
Portland
Montreal
Weather Relief Shifts North as Eastern Storm Weakens
The Weather Bureau reports the storm overrunning the East will swing to the north with clearing expected in most New York areas by tomorrow night. Temperatures stay near freezing. Rail operations remain severely affected with late trains and tied up coastwise shipping. Influenza illness among railroad workers worsens, including over 2000 New York Central men.
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Washington
Middle West
Weather Bureau
New
Mississippi River
Mr. Hines
New York Central Mnes
Hardin
Eastern
Baldwin
Allegheny
De Valera Receives Warm Worcester Welcome
Eamon De Valera spoke in Mechanics Hall after a Worcester Common parade as 5000 marchers escorted him through slush and rain. He urged Massachusetts officials to back Ireland, argued for Ireland as a republic, and asked Americans to support the Ireland loan to fund consular services, industry, and land resettlement.
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Special Train Brings Patient to Brockton Hospital
Mrs. Mary Packet Perry of Provincetown was marooned in a stalled Cape Express near Westdale. A special two-engine and caboose train reached Brockton Hospital with her, where she was resting and to be operated on locally, after a critical early-morning delay.
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Mary Packet Perry
Franklin Street
Provincetown
Westdale
Boston
Brockton Hospital
Pneumonia Deaths Warn of Untreated Colds
A health advisory warns that neglected colds may develop into pneumonia and urges prompt treatment with Father John's Medicine and no alcohol.
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Father John
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