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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1905
Page
5
Jacob Sulskoski 35 was found frozen to death after a snowstorm while driving from Winsted to Walcott. The sleigh and horse were buried under a 10 foot snow drift. the horse was frost bitten and likely to be killed. Authorities reported the driver sat upright in the sleigh when found.
Captain J. B. Creighton of the Harwood Palmer walked ashore on ice at Yarmouthport and liaised with owner W. S. Palmer of Boston. Several vessels see crews escape drowning. monitors and Davenport craft await salvage efforts while others like the Madge remain marooned but salvageable with minimal damage expected.
Heavy ice blankets Vineyard Sound and Nantucket shoals with a western reach to Cuttyhunk. Edgartown and Vineyard Haven ships face delays. mails and passengers moved overland to Cottage City. Uncatena from Edgartown delays two hours. tugs struggle to cut an opening as wind change looms.
The two masted schooner Nellie Eaton of Calais Maine ran ashore on Provincetown flats after its anchor fouled a fish trap during a storm. Crew of five were frost-bitten but uninjured. Efforts to free the vessel continue and may require cutting the chain. The Wood End life saving crew assisted and will aid in floating the ship.
The Flying Yankee express train from St. John to Boston was stopped by a massive drift west of Scarboro Crossing Maine. The delay lasted 12 hours and left many passengers without food as the train could not reach Boston by last evening.
The Cunarder Ivernia under Captain George F. Jeffries docked at East Boston at 5 PM after rough seas. A wireless message said the ship was 110 miles east of Boston light and all aboard were well. The liner left Liverpool Jan 18 and carried 844 passengers including 17 first class and 7 second class. 756 were steerage.
The Players, a newly organized dramatic club of prominent Waltham residents, have nearly completed plans for a banquet to be held at Endicott Hall on a Wednesday evening in February.
A map shows where catarrh is most fatal with testimonials from Deering Maine to San Francisco praising Peruna. Dr Hartman’s formula is touted as treating catarrh and related ailments, curing head cold and chronic catarrh, with numerous letters from users across states.
A party of villagers and Captain Wiley reached the Alice May Davenport of Bath, Maine, after it shifted closer to shore amid ice. The crew, led by Captain J. M. Lewis, may remain stranded until spring as rescuers work to float the vessel. The crew describes a brutal gale and near collision but all are safe and in good spirits.
The wind eased and temperatures stayed low creating an icefield at Vineyard Haven Harbor. Ten schooners seeking shelter have become frozen in, with crews walking the ice to and from shore. Laxative Bromo Quinine advertised: 25 cents.
The Pontop from Cornwall and the Silvia from Hamburg weathered violent February gales and blizzards during long, icy passages to Boston. Pontop’s crew, led by Captain John Annison, faced 22 days of storms and freezing temperatures on maiden voyage. The Silvia endured a steering-chain break and near grounding before finally reaching East Boston after a perilous route.
Officials of the owning company said the steam lighter Clarence likely sank off Robbins Reef after going missing in the New York Harbor snowstorm. The crew included Captain William Hulbers and engineers N Smith along with deckhands Morganville N J Morgan, Wiliam Lewis cook Keyport N J J Sullivan Martin Nolan and John Kean.
Headache is warning of deeper trouble from a sluggish liver. Stop strong drugs and use Smith's Pineapple and Butternut Pills to cleanse bile ducts, aid digestion, and remove the cause. One night cure claimed for headache constipation and biliousness at 25 cents. Signed W F Smith.
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