Tragic Canoe Drownings and Lightning Death in Newton
June 30 Newton reports a deadly sequence of accidents. Mary Ditmas of Boston and Florence Sheldon of Cambridge drowned while swapping seats in a canoe on the Charles River near Hemlock Gorge. James McKee, 14, was killed by lightning while seeking shelter under a tree at West Newton. Edward Donahue, 15, working hay at Newton Lower Falls, suffered a fractured skull when struck by a pitchfork tine, with injuries possibly fatal.
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Notorious thieves spotted at Women's Federation meeting
Seven women crooks were observed by plainclothes police during a Women's Federation session at Symphony Hall. They exited through two doors as police watched, while a stolen dispatch box and numerous missing items troubled delegates and organizers.
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Lightning strike kills 14 year old boy at West Newton golf club
In Newton on June 30 James McKee aged 14 son of Thomas McKee of 62 Cherry was struck by lightning while seeking shelter under a tree at the Albe marle Golf Club links in West Newton and was killed instantly. He was a Pierce Grammar School eighth grader and was with three other boys his age when the bolt struck.
Cy Young Throws No Hit Game Against New York 8 0
Cy Young pitched a no hit no run victory over New York by eight runs. Shakenap warned the Boston Nationals. Rain halted the game scheduled yesterday. Frank Sheehan of South Boston sails to London aboard a cattle ship. Post expert predicts Yankees to dominate Olympic sprints with Quill winning over Erne.
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Gray Denied VP Bid as Denver Boom Opens
Wilmington Delaware June 30 Judge Gray will not have his name presented for vice president at the Denver convention. Willard Saulsbury urges a second place bid while Josiah Marval wires that Gray cannot be used. Denver base headquarters opened at Hotel Savoy with lithographs for Gray as the Gold Democrats launch their campaign. Bryan banners will be displayed after Nebraska delegation arrives.
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Delaware Manager Dismisses Gray VP Possibility
Joshua Marvel of Delaware, manager of the Gray candidacy, arrived with Richard J. Beamish and repudiated all talk of Judge Gray for Vice president. He said Gray would not accept the nomination under any circumstances and that Gray would be nominated for president as 400 uninstructed delegates could shift the situation in two days.
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Cy Young Spins No Hit Gem Against New York Highlands
Boston beats New York 8 to 0 as Denton T. Young of Gilmore Ohio hurls a no hit game for the third time in his career. The veteran pitcher shuts out the Highlands with no hits or runs allowed on June 30 in Hilltop action.
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Cy Young Day Looms After Eight Run Boston Win
Old timer Cy Young dominated the New York nine on a May 5 script echoed in 1904, stifling baserunners and allowing no hits for long stretches. Boston triumphed 8 to 0 with Young scoring a run and driving in four as he dazzled on the Hilltop, possibly memorialized as Cy Young Day.
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Bishop Potter Battle Shifts Toward Hope in Cooperstown
Reports from the bedside of Bishop Henry Codman Potter of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of New York in Cooperstown indicate his condition was slightly improved and possibly stable for the night, though physicians warn the illness remains grave and serious.
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Patient receives oxygen as doctors monitor hopeful but cautious
In a quiet routine established at the bedside two physicians and two nurses attend the patient. The doctors, pleased by relief but unwilling to forecast outcomes, refrain from making predictions and emphasize careful observation.
Boston Citizen Gargan in Berlin Hospitalized for Urgent Operation
Thomas J. Gargan of Boston arrived in Berlin with abdominal trouble and faces an operation within days. His condition is described as serious. his wife is with him at Weisbaden baths and his brother in law Dr. Young of Washington, D. C. will likely travel to supervise the surgery.
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Fireman Daniel Lorden Dies From Heat At Boston Power House
Daniel Lor den aged 45 of 148 East street died after being overcome by heat while working as a fireman at the Boston Elevated Power House on Hargis Avenue on the way to City Hospital. Edward Coyle aged 41 of 1370 Dorchester Avenue also died after being overcome by heat near his home on Chest Street en route to City Hospital.
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Deaths from heat claim two lives as city endures extreme temperatures
Two deaths and numerous prostrations occurred after yesterday's extreme heat. Edward Coyle of 1870 Dorchester avenue died at City Hospital after collapse in the yard behind his home near 50 Greenwich street. He leaves a wife and three young children. Coyle, a jumper at Doherty's coal wharf, fell ill in the morning, went home, then returned to work before leaving again. His family is reportedly destitute. Forecaster J. W. Top pledged community support as officials discuss the heat wave impact.
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