Snow and Cold Tighten Grip Across Boston Area
Severe cold and heavy snows paralyzed transport and closed schools across the Boston area. Temperatures hit record lows with Dorchester syncope patients admitted, electric rail service faltering, and harbor ice hindering ships. Rail and trolley delays persisted as crews battled drifted tracks and frozen channels while anglers and birds faced starvation in the harsh weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry J. Waters
Dorchester
Haymarket Relief Hospital
Bowdoin’ Square
Boston
Concord
Wakefield
Reading
North Lexington
Boxboro
Bedford
Lincoln
Sharon
Claflin
Newtonville
Dorchester Bay
Valley Forge
Salvation Army Plans Holiday Dinners for Hungry City Youth
The Salvation Army intends to invite every hungry youngster in the city’s poor districts to a dinner party during the cold months. Funds are provided by Mrs. Mabel Hunt Slater of 448 Beacon Street. A brief entertainment follows each dinner, and departing children receive bags of food for their still lean needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Mabel Hunt Slater
Beacon Street
Heid
Boston
East Brookline Street
Trains Battle Snow in Worst Blizzard in Years
Central and northern New York railroads face one of the worst blizzards in years with zero temperatures. Adirondack St Lawrence and Ontario divisions suspend traffic as trains arrive hours late. Passengers linger without heat or food while crews battle frozen switches and icy coal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Federal Express
Washington
Montreal
White Mountain
Boston & Maine
White River
Riverside
Boston & Albany Railroad
Vermont
Central
Maine
Albany
Buffalo
Peabody Square
Talbot Avenue
Milton
Dudley Street
Adirondack
St. Lawrence
Ontario
New York Central
Wakulla Leaking Heads for Halifax
The American freighter Wakulla, sailing from New York to Havre, was reported leaking and steering toward Halifax. At 9 a.m. today she lay 498 miles east of Ambrose Channel with her afterhold flooded, pumps keeping the leak under control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Havre
Halifax
Ambrose Channel
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Norfolk
T Wharf
Philadelphia
South America
Bird Island Flats
Pallas
Neptune
Upper Harbor
Moon Island
Bay State Fishing Company
South Boston Fish Pier
Georges Banks
Nantucket
Vineyard Haven
Twentieth Century Limited
Chicago
Boston & Albany
Godman Square
Dimock
Washington Streets
Roxbury
Dorchester Avenue
Concord Centre
Maynard
Middlesex & Boston
Bedford-Concord
Rhen
Bedford Centre
Billerica
Lowell
Lexington
Tuincolin
Waltham Wetch Company
Swampscott
Whitman
Kendricks
Salem
North Saugus
Blue Hill Observatory
Lynn
Butler
Butler’s
Axminster
Brussels
Torest Millis
Era Prun
Serge
Lin, Bor
Auxtura
Ostermoor
Bates Gingham
Billy
Hite
Tan
Tremont Street
Mae Butler
Wakulla
Bauer Chemical Co
18Th St
Washington Street
Summerfield’s
Luce Furniture Co
Sligh Furniture Co
Stickley Bros. Co
Grand Rapids Chair Co
Imperial Furniture Co
Detroit Cabinet Co
S. Karpen & Bros
Summerfield
New England
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Aoate
Ummerfield
Washinston Street
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