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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1905
Page
4
A severe northeast blizzard paralyses Boston Harbor closing coastwise and foreign trade. Vessels anchored and ferries suspended while the steamer Calvin Austin and others seek safety. High tides flood Atlantic Avenue piers, with White Star Cymric and Admiral Dewey waiting out the weather. Several liners and dredge General Gillespie encounter delays and minor collisions as crews seek shelter and salvage operations.
A Buffalo physician endorses Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges as a safe, effective remedy for gas in the stomach and bowels, improved complexion, purer blood, and sweeter breath. The lozenges, made from willow charcoal and honey, cost twenty five cents a box and are sold at drug stores.
Cambridge endures a severe storm with the Charles River flooding miles of banks and South Cambridge sections. Norcross Bros buildings and lime yards flooded, a major fire started by lime contact burned for hours. High tides inundated Main Street Broadway Kendall Square and traffic over West Boston Bridge halted.
A snow hurricane that swept the coast yesterday tied up shipping and drove coastwise craft to seek the nearest harbor. Several vessels were driven ashore as a result of the gale and high seas.
Reporters describe a brutal blizzard in Boston with blinding snow and high winds. State Street bore the worst brunt as pedestrians, including women, were toppled and forced to seek shelter in doorways while horses struggled against the gale.
A major snowstorm in Newburyport today destroyed five wooden structures causing about 6500 in losses with partial insurance. Langley & Stiles carpenter shop and other Merrimac street buildings burned while residents were rescued. Armenian resident Oonabhad Arakalaian leapt from a second story window and was hospitalized. C. H. Lord suffered the heaviest losses owning four buildings. Cause of the fire remains unknown.
The storm in Boston resulted from a merger of a Great Lakes lake storm and a South Atlantic system. Forecaster Colonel Smith said the disturbance shifted from Virginia to Maine, with 10 to 15 inches of snow in exposed areas, winds up to 70 miles per hour off Highland Light, and temperatures around 10 to 11 degrees above zero. The forecast called for clearing, continued cold, and fair, warmer Friday.
Two steamers lie ashore below Bodkin's Point near Baltimore. They are believed to be the British steamers Lord Erne bound for Belfast and Elswick Lodge headed to Rotterdam.
An old advertisement notes the product Laxative Bromo Quinine with a price of 25 cents. The brief card emphasizes the full product name for consumer recognition and notes the small price point typical of period ads.
In the outer harbor sheltered behind the breakwater are the US vessels Minneapolis Chattanooga New port Yorktown and Fagle and the tug Orion. They were to act as stakeboats for the Maryland trial which was postponed due to the storm. The Portland steamer Calvin Austin also sought shelter. About eight inches of snow fell and high winds drifted it. the sea remains very high with no reported disasters along the coast.
A celebrated expert touts a home treatment that avoids operations and trusses with guaranteed pain free cure. Cured individuals listed include William W. Butterfield of Auburn Maine Robert Dippman Shirley Massachusetts Cyrus Emerson Lebanon New Hampshire Charles Robins Hancock Vermont William Dodge Chester Vermont Theo Parker New York City and hundreds nationwide. Send name and address to The Electrus Co Syracuse New York for full details free in a sealed wrapper. Act now as the notice may not appear again.
A major northeastern storm battered New England with winds up to 72 mph on Cape Cod and 50 to 60 mph at Chatham Nantucket Martha's Vineyard and Block Island. Prolonged high tides flooded Provincetown streets and marshes inland delaying rail service and snow blocked yards amid plunging temperatures to near zero by night.
New York records a foot of snow with drifts several feet high after a blizzard like the 1888 event. Surface travel halted, overhead transit stalled, and underground lines carried the city’s workers home from downtown districts.
At the Border City mill dock in Fall River the barge J. A. Hyland, owned in New York, sprang a leak and sank while unloading about 200 tons of coal from a 580 ton cargo. The captain and one crewman saved their personal property and leaped ashore as the vessel settled. A lift attempt will be made.
The Providence line freight steamer Pequot, en route from New York to Providence, ran ashore for several hours at Warwick Point during a blizzard. The Edgemont tried to pull her off. a tug aided the effort and the ship floated at high tide, reaching Providence apparently unharmed.
Ledger from January 1 1905 details disbursements to policy holders including death and instalment claims mature endowments and cancelled policies. It lists assets such as market value of securities, net premiums, gross assets and liabilities including Massachusetts standard reserve and present value of future installments.
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