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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1903
Page
2
A perilous voyage is described as sailors crowded an overturned boat seeking escape from intense heat. Rescue came from nearby vessels and from sailors at Dave Hennessy’s boarding house in Whitehall who helped four survivors aboard.
Report notes a vessel was righted and towed to Lewis wharf. They stated they would rather handle an ing than a Whitehall boat.
Yesterday South Boston’s L Street bathhouses saw nearly 30 000 bathers with about 17 000 men at the men’s facility and 6 000 women at the women’s house. A 9 year old boy was rescued from drowning at the boys’ bathhouse and taken to Carney Hospital.
Nantasket reports its biggest crowd yet with 42,000 visitors on July 4 surpassed by this day. Police patrolled for illegal amusements but no violations occurred while boats ran full trips. Bathhouse housed 1939 people, two-thirds women, as the resort areas and piazzas remained crowded all day.
Revere Beach drew an estimated 100000 plus visitors with 8326 bathers the largest count of the year. A line of over 600 formed at opening extending beyond the police station. One man chilled required medical aid. lifeguard Murphy helped a exhausted swimmer. Two Chelsea women collided with a tandem bicycle, and 25 lost children were returned to parents as warships and small boats ferried visitors between Crescent Beach and Beachmont.
Winthrop enjoyed a lively beach scene as bathers and numerous watercraft crowded the shore. The peaceful day drew families and visitors, with boats dotting the water while the crowd shared the seaside pastime.
Franklin Park drew crowds of more than 15000 yesterday as families and visitors sought shade and relief from the sun. Despite Keep Off the Grass signs, many picnickers roamed the lawn and enjoyed fountains, donkeys, sheep, and other attractions.
About 12 000 people visited North End Park with 7 000 entering the water and 1 000 bathers being women. The bathhouse opened at 6 a m and every bathing suit was in use until closing. The crowd was largely Italian with many families. 4 000 people stayed on the piers. No disturbances or accidents noted.
About 20 000 people spent Sunday at Boston Common and the Public Garden. The band concert drew nearly 10 000 listeners while boat traffic filled the pond and benches were scarce on the Common. Many families camped on the grass near Charles Street as Sunday speakers drew large crowds.
The Post asserts its report of the first trip through the East Boston tunnel is accurate. A contemporary's denial is refuted, with the trip described from East Boston to the State Street shaft and back. Undisputed evidence will be produced to explain the denial.
A man about 68, seen pacing the Commercial wharf area near Atlantic Avenue, fell from the edge into the river around noon. He was pulled aboard the U S steamer Executive and later died from injuries believed to be heat related.
A thunderstorm struck a boathouse near the Potomac River as about a dozen men returned from the bathing beach. One man, Corbett Smith, 38, was killed, another, Charles Slaughter, 20, colored, was severely injured and may die, and a third man was hospitalized with serious injuries. The bolt toppled ten feet of the flag pole and wrecked the boathouse.
Nearly 500 visiting school teachers were entertained by the Mission Church Fathers at the new edifice. A roof garden party with refreshments closed the event and the group inspected the building. Tonight Frank L. Young hosts a lawn festival at 294 Ashmont Street Dorchester from 5 to 9 30 before the Apheus Hyatt memorial fund for field lessons.
London July 12 William Ernest Henley poet and Stevenson collaborator died today at age 54 after a fortnight of illness He grew weaker on Saturday and a physician was summoned He died suddenly at 9 30 p m of heart failure in his room not bedridden earlier in the week
A Vatican bulletin reports Pope Leo XIII shows steadier health after hours of rest and selective injections. He rises, greets cardinals, and prays for France while Vatican staff enforce strict security around the papal residence.
In Boston archdiocese churches prayers were offered for the speedy recovery or happy death of Pope Leo XII. Services were informal in many places, including the Church of the Immaculate Conception.
The high mass featured Rev. Edward Stanton S. J. praising Pope Leo as the Light of the World. Rev. Joseph Dinan celebrated his first high mass. At the Cathedral a solemn high mass for visiting teachers drew several hundred attendees, with Rev. Father McCoy presiding. The sermon by Rev. Father Downey of the Working Boys' Home urged support for the home.
Rome dispatch quotes two cardinals, one a candidate, saying Cardinal Gibbons and other foreign college members have no chance of succeeding Pope Leo. The claim reflects speculation on papal succession circulating in Rome and London press circles.
A Sabbath melee in a North End lodging house left Angalola Gerado wounded in the thigh. Louis Christofrono and Antonia Christofrono were arrested as suspects after a struggle with Officer Morris Driscoll, who was assaulted during the arrest. Gerado was taken to Relief Hospital in critical condition.
A violent wind and rain storm hits Baltimore causing extensive damage in the northeast section. Fifty houses unroofed, walls demolished, and trees uprooted within four blocks. Three hundred residents homeless, twenty injured, one seriously. Damages estimated at 100000 dollars. Rainfall 3.90 inches and wind at 40 mph.
Father Antrobus the superior of Brompton Oratory has died in London. He was considered a possible successor to Cardinal Vaughan as archbishop of Westminster. Earlier he served in the diplomatic service and briefly as secretary of the British legation in Washington.
In Syracuse at the FE C Stearns & Co foundry an Italian strikebreaker fired on and wounded George Moore a union moulder in sympathy with the strikers. Three men Ross Detter and Perulle were arrested for complicity. Police point to Ross as the shooter while Detter allegedly gave orders to shoot at pickets near the plant.
The Warren line steamer Sachem is withdrawn from the Liverpool and Boston service and laid up at Liverpool due to dull ocean freights. She will remain there until cattle shipment restrictions from this port are fully removed.
Adite style note touts New and Better Breakfast Food as different from all others and pleasing everyone. Encourages readers to get a package at grocers. Tar Grazsss Purr Food Co Rox N
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