25 Feb 1904
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1904
Page
1
A quarrel between sailors from the US cruiser Columbia and the Spanish cruiser Rio de la Plata broke out on shore in St Thomas. A U S sailor was critically wounded after a knife attack, others suffered minor injuries, and Spaniards fled to their ship.
Six Norwegian sailors working aboard the six mast schooner Eleanor A Percy balked at boarding and quit after an oratory delivered by John Lind walking delegate, who used a gutter style of persuasion. Lind was arrested on Commercial Street for persuading a sailor to desert before contract end. The captain reported the incident at the harbor police station. Lind was bailed by Seamen’s Union secretary Frazer.
Cape Cod Bay ice two months of accumulation stretches miles along the eastern shore with a width up to 12 feet. The ice blocks harbor access from Dennis to Wood End, trapping Provincetown harbor and endangering incoming vessels. Local fishermen report ten men caught in the lee at Provincetown as residents await breakup after 30 years.
A forecast notes Thursday will be fair and somewhat colder with fresh westerly winds. Friday is expected to stay fair.
SUAKIM Egypt Feb 24 Russian torpedo boat destroyers stopped the British steamer Luristan south of Daedalus Island in the Red Sea and said three British coal ships bound for Japan had been captured by them.
St. Petersburg official dispatch refutes sensational tales of Russian losses at Port Arthur. The report says Japanese torpedo boats attacked the Retvizan and nearby steamers, with two ships driven aground and eight torpedo boats retreating. Flames linger on a grounded steamer as Japanese vessels loom off Tiger peninsula.
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