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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1907
Page
12
Hugh G. of Parrsboro Nova Scotia was towed to safety by the tug Sadie Ross after her crew signaled distress at sea. The wrecked vessel had been filling with water and faced imminent foundering when rescue arrived.
The Gloucester crew of the wrecked Richard Wainwright arrived in Boston destitute after a brutal Newfoundland storm. Eight men named including Mate Robert Keefe and Cook Edward Munroe recount the loss of Harry Mekkelligut who was swept from the deck by a giant comb. Captain Robert Wharton remains at Bay St. George as the schooner lies a total loss on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore.
Fourteen sailors from the Gloucester fishing schooner Yakima were rescued near Bon Portage Nova Scotia and landed in Boston aboard the steamship Boston from Halifax. Captain Larkin ferried them off the wreck to safety using a taut line and a heavy cable despite high seas, as narrated by Frank McDonald.
The two masted schooner A Heaton foundered about 4 o clock yesterday morning at the harbor entrance near Boston after her mainsail was shredded by wind and her hull pounded on Outer Brewster leaving lime cargo afire.
If it's correct it's at Morse's and if it's at Morse's it's correct. The markdown event grows in impressiveness with new lots recently reduced to entice buyers. Various price drops apply to fur lined coats and heavy weight Russian and Sailor suits for children ages 3 to 10, with sizes and values highlighted.
The schooner laden with 2700 barrels of lime left Rockland, Maine, battled boisterous seas, bore into Boothbay and Portland, then faced a brutal blizzard off Boston Light. Capt Hart and Seaman Coffin manned the wheel lashed to the stanchions as the vessel struck Outer Brewster Ledge three times and the cargo ignited, forcing the crew to launch the yawl for Boston Light.
Late yesterday an interest in Puritan Trust Company was secured by figures from United States Trust Company. No merger is planned, operations to continue at current locations under existing management. Puritan directors to be increased by six including A Shuman Hon John D Long Thomas Fitzpatrick William Bancroft James Phelps and A C Ratshesky.
Mrs Bridget McConville and her three children John aged 5 James aged 9 and Alice aged 7 were carried from their home at 29 Joiner Street Charlestown as fire roared through two adjoining tenement buildings. Patrolmen Gould Jordan and civilian John Miles aided during explosions of gasoline paints and oils and near freezing water as panic spread.
Boston hoisting and portable engineers union 4 backs one state boiler inspector as fair. International vice president Wil son speaks to Boston Machinists Lodge 264 while a reinstatement fee and sick fund donations are noted. The 1907 Elevator Constructors Union 4 report prompts a Thursday vote on recommendations. A special Boston Bartenders Union 77 meeting is set to act on New England convention results. A grievance over unfair discharge involving Engineers Union 16 is reported.
Washington confirms the landing of troops by Admiral Davis, citing precedent in Trinidad and Kingston conditions. Governor Swettenham of Jamaica is pressed as London signals the end of his official career amid questions over his conduct toward Rear Admiral Davis.
The United States Navy defended Admiral Davis actions in Kingston after the Jamaica earthquake. Full text shows he landed forces to secure consular archives, clear wreckage, and quell a mutiny, actions with precedent from Port of Spain in 1895. Secretary Metcalf stated the landing was justified and no impropriety occurred.
London dispatches report that Sir Alexander Swettenham Jamaica governor’s explanations to the colonial office have not altered the view in London. The foreign office says no new Washington contact and Roosevelt’s telegram is considered to settle the international side. AP notes Swettenham’s career may be at an end as reports describe mass casualties in Jamaica and ongoing debris removal.
President Roosevelt sent to Congress a message attaching a letter from Louis D Brandeis of Boston urging improved insurance laws for the District of Columbia. Brandeis, after studying U S insurance statutes, was asked for insights and his response was turned into a formal report in the presidential message.
The board amended the billboard ordinance requiring removal from city property if adopted. It rejected publishing Moran O Meara correspondence as a city document. It concurred in a $30,000 appropriation for the North End bath house. It referred to the Mayor orders to investigate police overwork and to study Esperanto in public schools.
Common Council last night approved Noyes's amendment to require immediate removal of billboard signs on city property if the ordinance becomes law. The amended order passed 37 to 3 and then by near unanimity. Also approved was a $30 000 bathhouse appropriation for the North End. Other proposals were referred or rejected.
J Y H Simpson merchandise manager of Filene's led the largest session yet of the free course on Salesmanship at the Bigelow School South Loston last evening. He posed questions on every branch of selling goods and solved daily problems to the satisfaction of attendees.
An advertisement touts Father John's Medicine as a food medicine and body builder to aid consumption sufferers. It claims to supply nourishment missing from their food and emphasizes lack of dangerous drugs or stimulants.
Father John’s Medicine claims a fifty year history of curing consumption with nonpoisonous remedies. The ad emphasizes no poisonous drugs and attributes broad success to its treatment.
Opponents of the Seiberlich hotel license claim the Hyde Park avenue building lacks brick walls and that a new license and hearing would be required if the structure does not meet law. They plan to ask District Attorney Moran to investigate and possibly act, asserting legal obstacles for the Excise Board. Chairman Baker did not comment.
Remonstrants led by William Monroe Trotter and Rev. Johnson W. Hill demand a public hearing on a plan to convert The Austin at 180 Dartmouth Street into a hotel for colored guests. The matter ties to railroad ownership and local politics amid opposition from liquor interests and city officials.
Cambridge YMCA won the dual meet with 50 points to Quincy YMCAs 18. Events included a 20 yard dash high jump shot put three broad jumps potato race and pursuit race.
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