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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1915
Page
1
Panic in Rome as the city rocks and villages around Avezzano are wiped out by a disaster. Thousands killed and many famous buildings damaged. The full extent of damage cannot be estimated as towns are cut off.
Residents prayed in Naples as the observatory on Mount Vesuvius warned of danger. The city faced fear and reports described widespread anxious crowds and the sense that disaster loomed, with residents seeking relief amid the volcanic threat.
A major earthquake in central Italy devastates Avezzano and Rome, killing about 12,000, injuring 26,000, and leaving 40,000 homeless. The shock, lasting 22 to 30 seconds, extends from Ferrara to the Bay of Naples, with severe damage along the Adriatic coast and east of Rome.
Reporting from Winthrop Beach and coastal towns, a fierce tempest left four dead and many homes battered. Names Martin Hollihan, Perley Gower, Frank Silvia, and Edward Benoit appear among the victims. The storm, the worst in 17 years, swept cottages from beaches and caused extensive damage across Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
Reports say French progress was slight near Soissons as they retreated from Crouy and Monsel while heavy German shelling hit Nieuwport and Ypres. French and Belgian trenches fell to German artillery near Palmsburg, and German forces repelled French attacks north of Crouy with 1700 French prisoners taken. An advance by Russians east of Rosog in East Prussia occurred, Turkic troops occupied Tabris in northern Persia, and Austrian Count von Berchtold resigned with Burian von Rajecz to succeed him.
Henry K Mansfield proprietor of the Ferncroft Inn has been absent from the $50,000 breach of promise suit filed by Elizabeth M Ryan of New Haven in Suffolk Superior Court. Ryan’s attorney Daniel H Coakley questioned Mansfield’s absence while Sullivan, Mansfield’s counsel, vowed to proceed in his own way. Mansfield might return to court today.
Menu excerpts describe Half Shell, Whole Koal Guinea Chicken with Chestnut Celery pot ing Partridge Sauce Red Currant Jelly Delmonico Potatoes Waldorf Salad maise Dressing served for two per for one person. Also listed are Fresh Mackerel mashed or French Fried Potatoes hot and a One-Half Native Spring Chicken in vase serole with Red Currant Jelly French Fries and Sliced Pineapple plus Cornfed Tenderloin Steak with Delmonico Potatoes and Baked eat or Sour Apple with Cream for one person. Guests may order Wine until 11 56.
Many men underestimate earnings from a full Grinnell Automatic Sprinklers system. Installing a complete setup can cut insurance costs by half to three quarters, rather than buying partial equipment and guessing at profits.
London report says Mrs Dillon widow of Dr Thomas Dillon of Boston and a figure in the Irish National movement in America died after her clothing caught fire while sitting by the kitchen fire at her Kil dare residence. Her eldest son woke to smoke and found her ablaze. She died before help arrived.
A strong earthquake near Rome destroys Aielli and Magliano, killing about 1000 people and injuring 500. In Aquila province 40 deaths are reported as the disaster expands across the region. Officials cable the Exchange Telegraph Company with the casualty figures.
The Kid, Pal Brown, and Ida Onyon were locked up after the slaying of Newport Red in his rooms at 76 Waltham Street. Police describe the trio as self confessed crooks in a remarkable gang mixup case.
Red, christened Florence O'Sullivan, was found dead with a bullet wound and another in the neck. Warrants for The Kid John Conway and Brown Richard Viancour will be sought by Sergeants Irwin and McCloskey as part of a burglary case linked to a gang that confessed after three hours of questioning.
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