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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1898
Page
5
The Steamship Canada suffered a fire causing $25 000 in losses though the vessel remains structurally sound. Fire damage was limited to cargo in hold No 2 with grain water damaged, passengers stayed aboard or at company hotels, and the ship is set to sail Monday at 4 pm with Master J A M Auley.
A damaged notice lists goods including twenty four thousand bushels grain three hundred bales cotton two hundred bundles leather three cars oatmeal several cases shoe machinery sixty boxes chair stock two cases valuable books twelve hundred cases paper and twenty five cases crayons for disposal or settlement.
On Tom Nevers Head surf uncovered a hull and a mastless brig named J E Woodworth from Windsor Nova Scotia. The vessel sailed on its maiden voyage with plaster cargo to New York and wrecked off Nantucket thirty years earlier. The plaster within the hull has turned to a marblelike stone.
James O'Neil dies at Hudson Street Hospital as part of the scurvy strike crew from the bark Pacto. One Japanese sailor previously died. Seven crew members remain at Staten Island Marine Hospital in non critical condition and another is at Gouveneur Hospital. Coroner's officials will conduct an investigation.
A disabled steamer, possibly the Parkmore, was driven seaward by a fierce storm off St Johns Newfoundland. The vessel, previously lying near the port, prompted great anxiety for its safety as night fell.
A tug crew hunted for a missing woman this morning but found no trace. Three tugs prepared to sail at daybreak tomorrow as fears grew that the steamer remains helpless at sea.
On the steamer Antili arriving at New York from Nassau the mate and nine seamen of the Italian brig Celestin A. were rescued. The Celestin A. was total loss after being driven ashore on the south side of Watling's Island during a voyage from Venice to Savannah. No lives were lost.
Long wharf sees further delays for Klondike schooners Reud L Richardson and Carrie and Annie due to repairs and rigging upgrades. Captain Murphy leads the Richardson for a Friday departure with a large party of gold seekers, while the Carrie and Annie aims to sail Wednesday after replacing weak hemp rigging with strong wire.
Oakland authorities probe the death of horse trainer Joseph Raeside found mangled beside a railroad track at Shell Mound. He had won 300 dollars on Ricardo and was last seen leaving his boarding house after supper. Police theorize he was killed and robbed by race track bettors who knew of his winnings.
At Caledonia Hall 45 Eliot Street Ward 10 meeting president P. J. Diggins received a gold watch as a unanimous club honor for his services. Ed McCormack presented the gift and Diggins replied with a brief speech. Six new members joined and twelve proposals were discussed.
The Rev Ebenezer Cutler D D longtime Union Church pastor died of pneumonia in Worcester at age 75. He served as pastor from 1855 to 1880 and was born in Royalston Massachusetts.
The piece details the Lane family in Summit and Washington society, noting Mrs Lane's health and wealth after a Treasury career and Maxim Arm Company role. It links to recent suicides of Miss Leila Herbert and Miss Annie Virginia Wells, describing Herbert's horseback accident, melancholia, and the coroner verdict of suicide due to temporary insanity.
Miss Herbert, driven mad by illness, leapt from a window after weeks of decline. Miss Wells, long a close confidante, soon followed by shooting herself in her room despite pleas to divert her attention. The two deaths occurred amid a shared, desolate outbreak of melancholy.
A tense diary excerpt describes heavy artillery, a blue sky, and Martian gas veils over black kopjes. The narrator notes black vapor canisters, rainlike dust, and a red glow as the siege guns fire, with a fourth cylinder ending the scene. To be continued tomorrow.
The overthrown Martian is aided by a second giant as shells smash a tripod. Martians deploy tubes, rockets signal Cambridgeport to Winter Hill, and a heavy vapor cloud spreads over the countryside, bringing death to breath.
A report describes Martians approaching in opposition distance figures and firing heat rays at Concord and surrounding towns. Cylinders strike, crowds gather, and a battery engages the invaders as widespread panic and evacuation unfold in a Boston area crisis.
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