Boston Swept by a 50 Mile Gale
A coastal gale from Chicago and heavy snowstorms drive ships to shelter. Gloucester loses a schooner near Pancake Ground while the barge Bonanza parts an anchor chain and drifts toward Ten Pound Island. The lumber-laden Jaeona M. Thurlow runs ashore at Goshen Point. A Block Island sound barge sinks and others fail to weather the storm.
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Bonanza
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Gloucester
Ten Pound Island
Nellie
Jaeona M. Thurlow
Goshen Point
New London
Block Island Sound
Wind Damage Ripples Through Boston Boroughs
A Boston weather event caused widespread destruction from shattered plate glass to toppled chimneys and downed wires. Key sites include 572 Dudley Street Roxbury and 262 Washington Street corner Water Street, with fires and police called to manage fallen stacks and fences.
Gale Sweeps Boston Coast Stranding Ivernia Rear Admiral Event
A 60 mile gale hammered Boston harbor with seas the fiercest in years. The Cunard steamer Ivernia halted at quarantine for five hours while the Winnisimmet and other harbor craft battled towering waves. Pilot Eleazer Thacher called the sea the worst he had seen here, with moorings torn, ships adrift, and tugs scrambling to restore order.
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Boston
Cunard Line
Ivernia
Liverpool
Winnisimmét
Cunarder
Gleason
Eleazer Thacher
Pse Thacher
Holy Ghost
Us Society
Barracouta
South Boston
New Fish Pier
George C. Fitzpatrick
East Hoston
Winthrop
Ross
East Boston
Rena
A. Viator
Gallup’s Island
Boston Towboat Company
Juno
Orion
Viator
Eastern Packet
Highland Light
J. E. Bell
This City
H. H. Cassels
Chicago
Nantucket Lightship 85 Rides Out Gale
Nantucket Lightship 85, stationed on Nantucket Shoals, reported by wireless that it is all right after a gale with speeds up to 90 mph. The storm caused wireless trouble, but winds dropped to 50 mph by nightfall from the west-northwest.
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Nantucket
Newport
R. I
Nantucket Shoals
Kidney Trouble Warns Of Urinary Clue And Blood Toxins
The piece claims rising kidney disease cases and links symptoms like back pain weak bladder and stomach issues to kidney trouble. It advises a home remedy using Fluid Extract Bumble Berry and Balmwort with Hypophosphites syrup and urges a urine test showing brick dust sediment or white fleecy matter.
Weather Note From Harbor Post Ships Stir Rough Seas
A brief weather item notes a heavy sea along the coast with a temperature reading of 26 degrees. No further details on wind or duration are provided.
Chatham Wharf Wrecked by Cape Cod Gale
A 45 mile gale battered Chatham harbor wrecking a Snow & Parker wharf and tipping a steam boat wharf on its side. The weather disrupted harbor facilities as Cape Cod faced strong winds and rough seas. A small fish was mentioned among the debris.
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Chatham
Snow & Parker
Boston Fish Dealers
Chatham Harbor
Cape Cod
Memorial Festival Celebrates Washington Birthday with Children
The 64th Washington Birthday and Barnard Memorial festival featured a grand morning and afternoon of fairy tale dancing. Mrs. Lula Wiles Wyman directed with students from Clarice Weiscopf to Dixie Peyton shining in leading roles. Amelia Burnham introduced a Hungarian Czardas as Mrs. Wyman trained dozens of children since Thanksgiving with helpers Amelia Edwards and Minnie McKenzie.
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Shakspere
Washington
Barnard’ Memorial
Lula Wiles Wyman
Clarice Weiscopf
Clayton ‘Robinson
Ruth
Clarké
Stella Beat
May Reynolds
Helen Mann
Uline, Mason
Edith Stow
Dixie
Peyton
Ruth Clarke
Mrs. Wyman
Amelia ‘Burnham
Pleasing Graceful Dances Draw Thousands of Participants
The article notes graceful fancy costume dances enjoyed by nearly 75 children and young people aged five to nineteen. It mentions thousands of children and adults attending morning dances and related activities.
Ship harbor damage as gale disrupts ice at wharves
A heavy gale broke up ice in the harbor and hurled it against the wharves, causing damage. The house on Snow and Parker was also demolished amid the storm.
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Snow& Parker
Wharfe
Roof blown off college building sparks wide damage
Pittsburg reports a 70 mile per hour gale that swept western Pennsylvania causing half a million dollars in damage. Hundreds of doors blown down and telegraph and telephone wires ripped from poles. Washington and Jefferson College in Washington Penn had its roof torn from the main building and deposited in the street.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Washington, Penn
Washington‘and
Jefferson ‘College
Farm Buildings Burned by Lightning Near Dexter
Lightning struck the farm of L. O. Demerritt at Silver Mills and destroyed the farm buildings and 10 head of stock. The loss is estimated at 6000 dollars and partially covered by insurance.
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Dexter
Dempsey Crew Rescued By Breeches Buoy at Block Island
On February 22 the three crew members of the barge Julia A Dempsey of the Scully line were saved by breeches buoy from Sandy Point life saving station after the vessel ran ashore half a mile south of the station.
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Dempsey
Providence
Julia
A. Dempsey
Scully
Sandy Point
Block Island
Rescued crew named in gale incident report
In the gale, Captain Fred Holmes, cook John S Mulen, and seaman Lewis Breun were rescued after heavy pounding. The incident centered on total loss concerns and involved a small crew.
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Fred Holmes
Lewis Breun
Portland schooners ashore near Norfolk amid gale
The coasting schooner Ruth E Merrill from Portland Maine and the coasting barge Ohio were driven ashore near Sewall Point during the gale. The Madison crew landed safely but Captain Hulphers refused to abandon the vessel in 40 feet of water. The Onondaga towed an unknown schooner to port, the Diamond Shoals lightship drifts 25 miles north of its position.
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Norfolk
Ruth E. Merrill
Portland
Ohio
Sewall’s Point
Madison
Hulphers
Revenue
Onondaga
Cape? Charles
Man Averts Train Wreck by Removing Fallen Tree
Feb 22 Ralph Doolittle of Lee cleared a two foot diameter maple tree fallen across rails at Centre street crossing to prevent the Pittsfield New York express on the Housatonic division from wrecking. Jesse Harrington spotted the hazard and flagged the train as Doolittle arrived with his auto truck.
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Lenox
Ralph
Doolittle
Lee
Pittsfield-New York, Express
Housatonic
New Haven Road
Centre Street
Jesse’ _Harrington
Barge and Schooner Driven Ashore at Pepperell Cove
In Portsmouth harbor a northwest gale at 60 miles an hour drives ashore the coal barge Baltic of the Lehigh Valley Company with New York coal, causing a leak while life savers and tugs stand by. The schooner Daniel McCloud carrying granite for New York lies at Loggy Lodge in a non dangerous position, with tugs expected to pull her off with minimal damage.
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Portsmouth
N.H
Portsmouth Harbor
Wood Island
Baltic
Lehigh Valley
New York
Pepperell Cove
Daniel
McCloud
New+York
Blizzard Stops All the Freight Work On
Syracuse N Y Feb 22 For the first strike in the history of the New York Central railroad no freight trains were moving today over the main lines due to unusual blizzard conditions east and west of the city Telephone telegraph and interurban trolley companies lost heavily because of broken wires Their services are practically at a standstill so far as northern New York is concerned Direct communication with up state points is impossible tonight.
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Syracuse
N.Y
New York ‘Central
Thia-City
New York
Wind Damage Hits Cambridge Streets in Strong Gale
A violent wind gust of 60 miles per hour swept through Cambridge yesterday. The roof of the voting booth at Quincy Square was ripped off and blown into the street, the Harvard garage sky light was shattered on Bow Street, and a large fence near the police station on Mt. Auburn Street collapsed. In Cambridgeport two large show windows at Hunt's store on Massachusetts Avenue were smashed.
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Cambridge
Massachusetts Avenue
Quincy Square
Harvard
Bow Street
Mt. Auburn Street
Cambridgeport
Hunt
Somerville Windows Broken by the Gale
A violent gale yesterday caused extensive damage in Somerville. Signs were blown down tree limbs broken store windows shattered slates torn from roofs and advertising signs felled near Broadway. Rope lines were set to close the sidewalk at the Hill building on Somerville avenue.
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Somerville
Hill Building
Union Square
Broadway
Somerville Avenue
96 Mile Record Wind In New York
The record wind gusts hit New York on February 22 as the city logged the swindiest day since the weather bureau began keeping notes.
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New York
Dureau
Record Wind Storm Eclipses 1909 Speed Again
A storm record saw gusts reach 96 miles an hour before dawn and winds of 52 mph afterward. The 83 mph old record, set in 1909, was tied in the forenoon as damage spread across city, suburbs, river, harbor and sea with losses estimated around half a million dollars.
Bangor Street Cars Tied Up by Severe Maine Storm
A southeast gale snarled traffic in eastern Maine with snow turning to rain, flooding streets, uprooting trees, and blowing down chimneys. Bangor and suburbs faced hours of streetcar delays as electrical lines were deranged and rail traffic slowed amid a major electrical storm in western Penobscot County.
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Bangor
Maine
Penobscot County
Severe storm hits Portland with downpour and gale
A heavy thawing rain soaked Portland with 1.52 inches before a high gale reached 46 miles an hour. Chimneys were blown down and wire trouble occurred, but no further damage was reported.
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Portland
Ice Drift Clears Long Island Sound For Vessels
A strong south wind turning west overnight pushed ice down the Sound opening a path for sailing ships to reach their destinations in Long Island Sound with no obstruction.
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City
Island
N. Y
Long Island Sound
Firemen Hold Line Amid 40 Foot Ladder Blaze
Four Engine 4 firefighters at 10 11 Faneuil Hall square battled a top floor fire as wind drove flames from the rear. Onlookers watched the ladder top ignite while Connolly Porter Murphy and McNamara kept a water stream on the blaze. The peril eased as other crews protected the men and the fire was controlled with $500 in losses.
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Bulfinch Street
Faneuil Hall Square
Connolly
Porter
Murphy
McNamara
How a Woman May Retain Her Youth
Mrs. Margaret Holmes Bates urges natural skincare to stay youthful. She condemns massage creams and artificial methods as harmful, advocating mercorized wax to gently peel away blotchy skin, revealing a brighter complexion each morning after overnight application.
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Margaret Holmes Bates
Chicago Journal
Second cable clears Erie derelict position
A further dispatch from Captain Thomas on the liner Cestrian confirms the derelict Erie’s sighting on February 13. The wreck lies at latitude 47 north and longitude 41 west, about 1200 miles off Newfoundland and northeast of Boston, aiding search geometry.
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Thomas
Cestrian
Erne
Erie
Newfoundland
Boston
Erne wreck salvage and mutiny theories swirl in coast rumors
William McKissock of Charles Hunt & Co, owners of the Erne, wires the New York navy yard after receiving a cable. the derelict destroyer Seneca may tow or sink the wreck if salvage fails. Shipmen doubt mutiny, citing the blizzard and Capt Fickett.
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William McKissock
Charles Hunt. &*Co
Erne
New York Navy Yard
Seneca
Port Ho
South Atlantic
Fickett
Will Pay County to Get Shaw
Boston creditors pledge District Attorney Pelletier 1000 to cover Shaw's return from Los Angeles for trial. Suffolk County incurs no cost. Captain Ainslee Armstrong and Inspector Gaddis of police headquarters will depart March 4 to bring Shaw back.
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Los Angeles
Watts
Shaw
Extrac
Boston
Armstrong
Gaddis
Los, Angeles
Arthur Willis Shaw
Pelletier
Suffolk
Ainslee Armstrong
Police Headquarters
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Mechanics” Hall
A. Shuman & Co
Shuman Corner
Boston & Albany
R.R
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Amick
Shaw Company
R. L. Day & Co
California
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Spaulding & Lewis
Georgia M. Stuart
Captain Jones
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Joyce Bros. & CO
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