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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1921
Page
2
A severe storm sweeps Massachusetts and lower New England bringing heavy snow and hurricane force winds along the coast. A schooner and crew face grave danger off North Scituate while five men remain aboard a helpless barge. Breeches buoy rescues occur at Provincetown as railroads and trolleys halt operations.
Three men are missing believed lost after swimming to escape a fierce gale and surf off Stony Beach Hull while Peaked Hill bar Providence coast guardsmen rescue five others. A three masted schooner fights danger off North Scituate with four fishing craft and two barges ashore. coast guardsmen rescue a dozen more from drowning. Survivor Joseph Riccla says he cannot name the three missing companions.
Four fishermen’s boats grounded at Hull while another was towed to safety at Gloucester. Two Provincetown barges faced breaking up with one crewed by five, battered like corks as lines failed. A Scituate schooner, though in a better state than midnight, remained perilous for rescuers offshore.
Simon Swig, vice-president of the closed Tremont Trust Co, said he is sorry for the 40000 depositors and charged Bank Commissioner Joseph C. Allen with self conviction of conspiracy in a late statement last night.
Mr Swig sent a letter to the Governor detailing charges against Allen Moris Beal Jackson and Wing, alleging conspiracy to close Tremont Trust and exposing alleged silences by bank officials. He claims solvency of the bank and criticizes the bank commissioner for illegal actions harming 40000 depositors and promotes a remedy in his letter to Governor Cox.
John E Gilman former commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic and longtime head of Boston Soldiers Relief Department died yesterday morning at Des Brisay hospital after a period of illness. He had been admitted a week earlier with pneumonia following lung and bronchial troubles.
Mr Gilman long a leading Grand Army of the Republic member and city figure of Boston is described as an ideal veteran with magnetic presence in G A R regalia. Born Roxbury December 22 1844 he attempted to join Lincoln's call at age 16 then forged a parent signed age to enlist.
Scores of automobiles lay stranded across Greater Boston as drivers abandoned cars after getting stuck in deep snow. Garages refused to tow due to impassable streets. a taxicab wedged on Newspaper Row required three cars to extricate and remained stuck for hours. Public transit plows had cleared main routes but most streets remained blocked, hindering travel.
American Legion posts nationwide were urged by national headquarters in Indianapolis to watch for a revival of German propaganda in the United States. The bulletin said the aim was to turn sentiment against the Allies and to build a powerful national political machine by amalgamating disloyal elements in the population.
A historic blizzard swept the New England coast, the worst one day storm in 22 years. Six people were confirmed dead as sixteen inches of snow fell, with authorities warning the toll could rise as reports arrive from cut off coastal areas and distressed fishing boats.
Forecast for northern New England calls for snow on the coast with clearing inland Monday and fair Tuesday. Southern New England should clear Monday and stay fair Tuesday with little temperature change. A storm moving northeastward from Alabama brought rain to the Southeast, rain sleet and snow along the Middle Atlantic, and snow in several U.S. regions. snow is expected in Maine, with cloudiness east of the Mississippi Monday, increasing Tuesday. Storm warnings remain along the Atlantic from Cape Hatteras to Passamaquoddy Bay with strong northeast to northwest winds off the coast.
After morning unsettled weather with likely snow the day should clear and stay fair through the night with falling temperatures.
Weather bureau recalls the great March 12 1888 blizzard as one of the epochal storms. A modern report notes yesterday’s snowfall between 15 and 16 inches, the heaviest in a single storm since 1899 and the bureau records for the greatest single day fall.
Greatest snowfall in 22 years. Six persons dead. Four power boats ashore at Hull. One schooner in distress off North Scituate. One power boat in distress off Gloucester. Two barges in distress off Provincetown. Railroad street car and automobile traffic interrupted. Great flood of surf along coast. Winthrop marooned by high tide and snow drifts. Firemen called out to fight half a dozen fires at height of storm.
Portland was lightly disrupted by the severest storm of the winter. Eight inches of snow fell as wind gusts reached 26 miles an hour. Street cars largely stayed on schedule though some suburban trips were canceled and wire service was minimally affected.
Cork, Feb 20. Nine members of Cork Corporation and other leading figures from south Ireland were among eight political prisoners sent to Spike Island internment camp Saturday.
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