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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1910
Page
7
Feb 27 Brockton fireman William L Hanchett was likely fatally injured and Second Assistant Chief Fred H Moore was hurt when Chief Harry E Marston’s car crashed into a telephone pole on West Chestnut Street. Chauffeur Ralph Raymond escaped injury.
Responding to an alarm, a car skidded on ice near West Chestnut Street, struck a pole, and overturned. In the rear seat, Hanchnett and Moore were ejected. Hanchnett suffered a concussion and was placed on the dangerous list, Moore broke his left knee. The car was demolished and a barn owned by former Alderman Charles W. Green burned, about 12 cattle perished, with an estimated loss of $4000.
Millbury February 27 William E Arbour aged 22 a woodman for Samuel Goodell dealer in woodlots fell on his broadax while cutting railroad tiles in a woodlot on Howe avenue recently bought by the Millbury Water Company cut a gash on the right side of the stomach penetrating the abdomen and touching the tissue covering the bowels he walked home half a mile then collapsed doctors say he will recover
Cleveland February 27 Actress Elsie Janis declared in a formal statement that she is not engaged and does not expect to be soon She recounted past rumors and joked about a former Husbands Club in Boston noting she plans to continue in theater for about five more years She added she would announce any engagement promptly through society pages and home papers.
Miss Sarah Louise Arnold of Simmons College urged women to pursue education that builds self maintenance and citizenship readiness. She argued public schools train discipline and that a piece of paper should not mark learning. She noted suffrage discourse and stressed technical training strengthens women to handle life’s burdens.
Mrs. Johanna Manning aged 60 from Willimansett was struck and killed by a northbound Boston & Maine passenger train near the River side branch station while walking to church. She leaves a son and two daughters.
United States volunteer life saving corps records show 604 drownings in New England from May through September 1909. Of the total, 272 victims were children.
The report shows July counted the most drownings at 184 with 87 children, August 162 with 67 children, and June 159 with 68 children. Massachusetts leads with 286 drownings, 119 under 21, while Connecticut totals 93 with 42 children. Rhode Island 65 with 25 children, Maine 82 with 30 children, New Hampshire 48, Vermont 47. Most child deaths occur in freshwater ponds, lakes, and rivers from surreptitious bathing. General Superintendent W E Longfellow urges broader life saving knowledge to cut outdoor season drownings.
Alfred G. Vanderbilt, the American sportsman, traveling between London and Brighton for coaching plans, was handed a substantial tip by an American at a stopping place. He accepted the money with a nod, saying he believed he had the best of him.
Henry Finck lauds Maud Powell’s artistry while a flyer lists violin records by Neruda Vieuxtemps Chopin Gluck Massenet Mendelssohn Zarzycki and others. It promotes Maud Powell recordings as essential for music lovers and students, urging a visit to hear the march records.
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