13 Feb 1899
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1899
Page
1
A Denver Times dispatch from Silver Plume reports an avalanche sweeping Cherokee Gulch, burying a dozen cabins and twenty five Italian miners, a woman and two children. Four hundred rescuers worked through the day, recovering eight bodies and two survivors by 1 pm.
Archbishop Ireland complained to police in Rome about a weekly paper titled The True American Catholic. The paper, established after his arrival, is accused of insults and blackmail aimed at defaming him and hampering his mission. He met with Cardinal Rampolla. Marion Crawford, a frequent Hotel Bristol guest, dined with Archbishop Treland, and is said to plan a religious novel about Americanism.
Eight firefighters narrowly escaped death when the roof of Nilisson Hall on East Fifteenth street collapsed during a fire today. Fireman Alfred A. Arons suffered a broken nose and body bruises, while William J. McDonough was cut on the chest and injured, with James Sherlock David Foley and Frank Murphy also bruised. The blaze caused $40,900 in damage.
Washington reports Navy shipbuilding progress for battleships Kearsarge Kentucky Illinois and Alabama Wisconsin Albany at Cramp’s Union Iron Works Armstrong’s Bath Wolff Zwicker’s with percentages 80 2 74 59 39 93 59 89.
An American Review item warns against fake cures and promotes Cur-I-Can as a universal remedy. The writeup claims instant relief for rheumatism and other ailments, asserts internal and external use, and notes a money back promise. It names Cur-I-Can Remedy Co. of Boston and lists executives.
New York February 12 Mrs William C Whitney shows steady health improvement with reading aloud as her main pastime while convalescing from illness or setback noted in today’s update.
Officials warn that winter hazards center on frozen pipes and overheated stoves. Property damage and residential fires rise as temperatures drop, with firefighters urging households to inspect heating systems and secure older ranges against accidental ignition.
A severe blaze at the State Insane Asylum in Yankton South Dakota gutted a basement cottage this morning, destroying the building and prompting emergency response. The blaze ranks among the town’s most horrifying fires with extensive damage reported.
A historic cold wave grips Boston with 40 below in Miles City Montana and 76 above in Key West. Boston records five inches of snow while temperatures hover near zero and winds howl. Shipping suffers harbor ice, ferries struggle, and the Atlantic coast feels the chill as vessels report disrupted trade and a looming snow storm.
Storm battered Atlantic reports from the Azores say the British steamer Weehawken arrived with twenty five Bulgarian liner passengers. Bulgaria adrift hundreds of miles off the Azores while Pavonia remains unreported. Northeast signals ordered from New Haven to Eastport as Boston braces for a fierce northeasterly gale. News from Manila cites rising heat casualties while London endures a summer like day at 67. In Boston, one day yields chaotic scenes and strained conditions.
The Florida coast and Boston face a looming gale after a sequence of snowstorms. Forecasters warn of an ice embargo that could halt commerce as quintuple inches of snow fall. one death from exposure and a serious freezing case are reported by City Hospital. The storm’s arrival is anticipated today with northeasterly winds and heavy snow, while previous drifting ice still hampers harbor traffic.
Fire swept a three story asylum building housing forty patients and twelve attendants after a laundry fire in a dry room. Water supply failed as pipes burst under extreme heat, leaving crews with minimal effect. Eleven others escaped in subzero weather with no belongings as investigators begin probing the blaze.
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