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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1914
Page
2
The forecast warns no quick relief from brutal cold with temperatures not expected to rise until late tomorrow. A 60 mile gale has left at least two vessels likely lost and five more ships in desperate straits along the New England coast amid the region's harshest 24 hour cold spell on record.
Cold and wind leave several dead or dying as Boston and ports endure freezing temperatures. Boston Relief Hospital treated 102 freezing cases while Portsmouth NH navy yard workers suffer frostbite. Rail traffic slows, Maine reports subzero temps, and a schooner crew drowns after abandoning ship. The Greta vanishes near Half Moon shoal with distress signals seen. The John Paul sank near Nantucket after being towed.
The report lists multiple neighborhoods with temperatures 6 to 15 degrees below zero, including Sation 17 West Roxbury 13 below and Jamaica Plain 6 below, Roxbury Crossing 6 below, Roxbury 8 below, Forest Hills 9 below, Roslindale 8 below, Parker Hill 11 below, Brookline Village 12 below, Coolidge Corner 15 below, Chelsea 10 below, Revere 11 below, Winthrop 12 below.
A drifting long boat, possibly from the John Paul, floats in Monomoy Shoals as lifesavers struggle to verify ownership amidst dense offshore vapor. Multiple vessels face distress including the Lehigh Valley barge 788 with three rescued after a nine hour gale. Northern New England endures record cold and widespread misery with schools and factories closed and many workers suffering in the wind chilled air.
Workers faced hours of delay as the intended Boston train failed to appear due to cold. The engine was reportedly lost amid general service demoralization. Workers built a fire to stay warm while a freight engine finally brought the train in.
The region endured extreme zero to 10 below temperatures all day as schools and factories closed. Hospitals treated frostbite victims, fires erupted from heating efforts, and 28 alarms sounded with a major three alarm blaze at Palmer and Washington Streets Roxbury.
A schooner named John Paul, carrying granite from Stonington to New York, sank in Nantucket Sound with no survivors found. The Greta, bound Perth Amboy to St John NB, vanished after a storm near Half Moon shoal. Two other vessels were driven ashore near Bass River, with damage and salvage efforts underway.
Severe cold snap cripples Boston and New England rail service with 10 minute to four hour delays on multiple lines. Stations brim with waiting crowds as steam pipes and telegraph wires freeze, disrupting schedules across New Haven Boston & Albany and Western divisions.
In a freezing gale at Great Point, Coskata life-savers saved three crewmen from the Lehigh Valley barge 7 8, which broke from the tug Irvington during a 60 mile blow from Boston to New York. With the temperature at two degrees above zero, the frost bitten crew could not reach a hawser and the rescue ended ashore.
A barge ran aground near Great Point and broke up in a gale. Coskata station patrol saw the wreck. a surfboat attempt failed twice. At sunrise the life savers succeeded in reaching the barge. Rescued were Captain Bes sany Oliveria Solomon Derrick and Henry Hazell. Oliveria said the barge leaked but could be floated if the gale eased. Slush tide and Nantucket harbor filled by night.
Thousands of dollars worth of flowers and plants in greenhouses and en route to florists were destroyed by a severe cold over two days. Boston area greenhouses suffered heavy damage as roses and violets froze, with many losses reported across New England. Heat was stretched as managers shut off sections to cope, and florists warn further losses are likely as temperatures remain low.
Manchester fire department faced record cold as the thermometer plunged to 26 below zero. Captain James J. Collins and Captain Frank H. Harvey, plus hoseman William G. Fraser and Arthur Provost, suffered severe frostbite while responding to an alarm. Driver Merrill Morrill, 60, is dying after a fall from his engine seat on an ice slick. Police rescued several people found sleeping in doorways and barns as cold persisted.
Portland Me January 13 record cold grips the city as temperatures stay at 2 below zero all day and a low of 9.5 below. No coastwise steamers sail from the harbor as ships remain tied up amid extreme cold.
Pittsburg, Jan 13. John R. Barbour president of the Pittsburg Federal League club said Gilmore had not reached Pittsburg from Buffalo and he did not expect him. Buffalo dispatches last night claimed Gilmore left Buffalo for Pittsburg.
An advertisement touts Poslam as a safe quick healer for eczema pimples and various skin troubles. It claims relief from itching and embarrassment with nightly application and promises visible improvement by morning.
John H. Redmond of Salem died from extreme cold on the Easterbrook estate near Phillips Beach Swampscott after a night walk from Marblehead to Lynn with companions Charles Woodbury and Frank Piteau. The two men, lacking overcoats, carried Redmond several miles before succumbing themselves. they were found near Clifton Club stables and later treated for frostbite.
John Keenan, 22, arrived in Worcester two weeks ago seeking work. He slept in an unknown barn, woke with flesh frozen and bursting, walked to police headquarters, then to the city hospital. Doctors fear amputation of both arms.
The Relief Hospital prescribes frostbite care by rubbing the affected area with ice or very cold water until color returns, then anointing with boric ointment and wrapping with cotton or soft bandages. Keep the part warm for a period. the method applies to small ear tips as well as whole limbs.
The three masted schooner John Paul commanded by Captain EB Hutchinson of Deer Isle sank near Vineyard Haven after striking Monroe Island off Rockland. Six crew from the vessel, sailing on a round trip to Stonington, had not been heard from. Captain O W Foss of Hancock and J T Maxwell of Saugerties, N Y owned the schooner and reported a long boat seen off Monomoy Point.
Twenty five public schools in Somerville and St. Joseph's Parochial School closed yesterday due to extreme cold. Schools would remain open with heating, but when the thermometer hits zero the no school signal is sounded.
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