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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1913
Page
4
Mrs Emma Urban of New York suffered three broken ribs and a fractured arm when an automobile driven by William J Smiley of West Acton went over a stone wall while descending a hill. The baby between them was saved uninjured. Smiley and Mrs Urban’s son were also hurt.
The Carmel's Union executive committee meets at 724 Washington St to set a potential strike date. A State Board hearing is set for tomorrow morning with union officers expected to attend. The Boston Central Labor Union discussed support, but delegates remained silent as officials pursue a compromise via the Chamber of Commerce. Attorney Vahey represents the union in talks, with ongoing sessions planned throughout the day.
Boston and New England faced a cooling trend as the hot wave moved south and east. Temperatures ranged from a 108 heat in Phenix to a cool 54 in Eastport with storms in Lexington and damage from lightning. Beachgoers crowded Revere Beach while police reported few incidents, and sailors noted frigid conditions off Nantucket before warmth returned. Highs in Charleston and New Orleans topped the 90s as Chicago reached 80, marking a recurring early July heat pattern observed by government stations.
In Middleboro Taunton resident Mrs Aithea Leonard summers at Lake Assawampsett and rediscovered a diamond worth 100 dollars lost from her ring while canoeing last year. Her husband caught a bass and cleaned it revealing the stone. The find restores hope for missing jewelry.
Names and ages appear for several individuals who were overcome in public spaces around Boston yesterday. Victims include Goode Thomas 38 Jamaica Plain at Glen and Washington. Smith George F. 21 Charlestown at Charlestown bridge. Hyman Abraham 27 Fall River on Summer street. Atoulier Ida 39 Quebec alighting at South Station. McNamara Arthur 16 South End at Kingston Kneeland. Hadley Grace 19 Somerville at City square. Higgs James 42 Worcester at Park square. Horrigan George 35 Boston area at Dudley street bridge. Each was treated at Grace or Relief Hospital or City Hospital.
Mrs. Rose Meyer of 18 Nahant Avenue Revere Beach was saved from the surf by Bernard Kershaw and George Sheldon of Corps 35 Volunteer Life Saving Corps after cramps left her 100 feet from shore. Several bathers aided but crowding hampered rescue. Five people were treated for cuts at the life saving station and the state bath house reported 6812 bathers with 2060 women. The most serious injury was William Murray whose foot was nearly severed by a bottle and taken to Frost Hospital Chelsea. The beach crowd reached about 125000 with 16000 bathers the prior week.
The Washington debutante Miss Draper, age 22, is linked to a planned wedding in the city to the Comte De La Tour D Auvergne. Reports note her immense fortune from Draper family mills in Hopedale Massachusetts and her mother’s inherited wealth.
Mrs Mary Sherwin wife of George Sherwin was found in a semi conscious state by Elisha Cudworth after days missing in a forest near Middleboro. Dr G A Shurtleff of South Middleboro treated her and she recovered.
Mrs. Sherwin disappeared Thursday morning from her Spruce street home and wandered the woods for three days and nights. A search with 200 volunteers recovered her in the woods near Rochester, and she is resting at home in critical condition, thought to be suffering from a mental ailment worsened by heat.
Moses Perry aged 89 disappeared from 757 Tremont Street and was found in front of 16 Dover Street about 8 pm in a weakened, barely conscious condition after not eating since leaving home. Patrolman Cos grove of East Dedham Street station located him and provided aid.
After talks between unions and ice manufacturers, striking ice employees will return to work tomorrow. The three week dispute halted city ice supply and forced authorities to seize and operate plants for the city.
The Engineers and Firemen's Union will be recognized and other demands will be arbitrated. The pay rise and union recognition are central topics for discussion.
Samuel J. Breslin of Somerville says he placed real money in an envelope at the Head House bathhouse in City Point South Boston. He returned to find the envelope replaced with white slips and a small stone, losing 440 dollars. Police investigated but made no arrest. The Head House lessee says the checking system makes theft unlikely.
Thomas W. Stephenson, 58, shielded his grandson Channing Hilliard, 4, by tossing him to safety as a large automobile struck him while he was alighting from an outbound electric car at Water Street corner in Arlington. Stephenson was struck by the mud-guard and killed, the boy escaped unharmed.
The Nashua street man Harry J. McAllester tried to outrun an electric car and struck Stephenson and his grandson Channing Hilliard of Arlington. Stephenson threw the boy clear then absorbed the impact, suffering bruises and cuts while the lad escaped with scrapes. McAllester was detained at the station before being released on his own recognizance.
Mrs. Whitney Newton, Denver society woman, adopts a pet pig named Robert Newton brings home. The maid covers and quiets the pig, then Mrs Newton places the animal on a linen bed with blue embroidered linen and a pillow. The pig sleeps beside her every night and eats from a silver spoon.
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