Deaths Rise in Boston Heat Wave Strain
A heat wave in Boston caused one death and numerous prostrations. Cyrus F P Maxenry 25 of East Providence R I ran a photo graph studio at 24 Tremont row and died en route to a relief station after collapsing in Winthrop. Ambulances and doctors treated many cases. factory workers and horses suffered in the heat.
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Boston
Cyrus FP
Maxenry
East Providence
R. I
Tremont Row
Winthrop
Briggs’ Undertaking
Officer Stoned On Eliot St During Pursuit
Patrolman Fay of Division 4 chased a suspect down Eliot and Warrenton streets when a gang of youths hurled stones gravel and sticks. The officer subdued John Sullivan 25 of New York accused of snatching a silver plated glass holder from Lewis Gorgopolous at 215 Tremont street.
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Eliot
Warrenton
Fay
Division 4
John Sullivan
New York
Lewis Gorgopolous
Tremont Street
Gorgopolous
Sullivan
Jamaica Plain House Struck by Lightning Hits Roof Fire
Lightning struck the Asa Crosby residence at 25 Aldworth Street Jamaica Plain tearing the roof and igniting shingles. Damage estimated at 50 dollars.
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Asa Crosby
Aldworth Street
Jamaica Plain
Eliot Church Hit by Lightning Destroys Steeple in Roxbury
Lightning struck the Eliot Congregational Church on Kenilworth Street Roxbury during services. Rev Dr Rhodes kept parishioners calm and orderly. About half the steeple burned. damage pegged around 5000 dollars as 5000 people watched the blaze from a stormy night.
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Eliot Congregational Church
Kenilworth Street
Roxbury
Dr. Rhodes
F. A. Cooper
Three Separate Storms Sweep Worcester Areas
Three storms passed over Worcester from 4 30 pm to 9 30 pm. Lightning struck three houses and wires for telephone and fire department were tied up. Trolley service was crippled but no injuries were reported.
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Worcester
Lightning Burns Out Revere Police Signal Service
A severe storm in Revere caused a blinding lightning strike that burned out the police signal service. Wires were snapped from poles along the boulevard crippling the light service and creating a dangerous disruption. The weather included heavy rain and continuous thunder.
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Revere
Brookline House Struck by Lightning During Storm
A severe thunderstorm hit Brookline causing damage and a small pantry fire at Mrs. Andrew Robeson’s Walnut Street residence. The blaze was quickly put out by the fire department. A nearby electric switch at Brookline Avenue and Washington Street was melted by lightning and fell into the street, disrupting streetcars for a period.
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Brookline
Andrew Robeson
Walnut Street
Brookline Avenue
Washington Street
Lightning Strikes Boston Electric Car in Medford
A Boston bound electric car with about 20 passengers in Medford square was struck by lightning. Passenger Miss Margaret Conway of Charlestown was severely shocked and collapsed at her home. Motorman Mulcahy recovered after a shock. No serious injuries occurred among the other passengers. A second car struck in West Medford caused no injuries.
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Medford
Medford Square
Margaret Conway
Charlestown
Mulcahy
West Medford
Lightning Splits Flagpole at East Boston Tunnel Entrance
During a fierce storm a bolt struck the flagpole at the East Boston tunnel entrance. A large crowd watched as the pole shattered halfway down and several bystanders were affected by the incident.
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Boston
Storms End Hot Wave With Severe Thunderstorms
The city woke to cooler weather after a hot spell ended by last night’s storms. The Weather Bureau forecast showers today, then clearing skies, with cooler southerly to southwest breezes Sunday. Lightning and thunder were unusually intense during a storm between 9 and 10 o'clock, described as the fiercest in years.
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Weather Bureau
Lightning strikes Newton house stunning resident at 532 Boylston
During the storm lightning struck the house of William Stearns at 532 Boylston street, rendering the owner unconscious. He suffered for over half an hour from the shock. Two other inmates were also slightly shocked.
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Newton
William Stearns
Boylston Street
Two Rescued In Harbor During Sudden Squall
During a fierce storm off Bird Island at dusk, John McGonigal of East Boston and an Italian boy known as Little Tony were saved from drowning. Edward W. Dixon of Atlantic Avenue and Edwin W. Thompson of 16 Eaton Street pulled the pair from the water as waves tossed their boat. Dixon seized McGonigal by the collar and Thompson used a boat hook to reach Little Tony. The rescue occurred as Dixon and Thompson were en route to Boston in Dixon’s naphtha launch.
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John McGonigal
Boston
Little Tony
Bird Island
Edward W. Dixon
Atlantic Avenue
Edwin W. Thompson
Eaton Street
Dixon
Thompson
McGonigal
Tony
Man Found Unconscious on Street Dies En Route to Hospital
Shortly after midnight an unknown man was found in a Harrison avenue doorway near Plympton street. An ambulance conveyed him to City Hospital where he died. Authorities suspect shock from lightning. He appeared about 28, 5ft 8in, 145 pounds, with dark brown hair and mustache, wearing a black sack coat gray striped trousers a black and white striped shirt and lace shoes. no violence noted.
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Harrison Avenue
Plympton Street
City Hospital
Woman Killed by Lightning Near Medford
The body of Grace E. Taternaude of New York was found on Grove Street near the Winchester line around 10 PM. Police and Dr. Bean reported no visible wounds. she had been staying with brother Patrick Kiley and was 41 with a history at MaLean Asylum.
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Medford
Grace E. Taternaude
New York
Thomas Maguire
Grove Street
Winchester
Harvard Avenue
Taternaude
Clement Taternaude
New York City
Ma-Lean Asylum
Severe Electric Storm Strikes Quincy Area
A violent storm in the Neponset Valley caused widespread damage across Quincy and nearby towns. Trees were uprooted and several homes struck by lightning though no fatalities occurred. residents including William Stainwhite were stunned, and several houses sustained damage with minor injuries reported.
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Quincy
the Neponset
William Stainwhite
Hough
Sarah Malone
Thomas Cullen
Atlantic
Cornelius Duggan
F. Cochrane
Lightning strikes two West End homes injure residents
A lightning bolt tore through the roof at 1 Lindall Place injuring Mrs Joseph Rose and children Hyme 4 Bennie 14 and Frattices 15 while two houses at 3 Lindall Place suffered fire damage. Firefighters extinguished the blaze and the two houses sustained about 75 dollars in damage.
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Lindall Place
West End
Joseph Rose
Hyme
Bennie
Miss Frattices
W. A. Hammond
Dwellings struck in Dorchester and Roxbury
Lightning struck a 2 1 2 story wooden house at 2 Oak terrace Dorchester injuring Mrs Schmitz who was in the kitchen. Another strike hit 9 Belvidere street Roxbury causing a chimney to topple and left Charles Foster badly shocked.
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John Schmitz
Oak Terrace
Dorchester
Summer colds Laxative Bromo Quinine advert
An old print ad touts Laxative Bromo Quinine branded as Summer Colds Cure and Cola Cure, claiming it removes the cause. It instructs to call for the full product name and to look for the signature of E. W. Grove, priced at 25 cents.
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E. W. Grove
Actors Form Against Theatrical Trust In New Combination
Lee Shubert announces a new coalition of producers and managers led by Belasco and Mrs Minnie Fiske to back 15 road companies and star names including Sarah Bernhardt Ada Rehan and Lillian Russell. The group aims to operate year round in the U S and England with Shubert controlling a growing theatre network including plans for Boston and London venues.
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New York
America
Theatrical Trust
Lee Shubert
S. S. Shubert
David Belasco
Minnie Maddern Fiske
Belasco
Fiske
Sarah Bernhardt
Ada Rehan
Jefferson DeAngelis
Henry Miller
Lillian Russell
David Warfield
Blanche Bates
Bertha Galland
Robert Hilliard
Bertha Kalish
Leslie Carter
England
Shubert
Lightning Strikes Wires Near Hotel Touraine
A lightning bolt struck wires in front of Hotel Touraine frightening about a hundred hotel guests and bystanders seeking shelter in nearby drug stores and doorways. A ball of flame moved along Boylston and Tremont streets, up and down poles, then through a Common corner pole, causing no damage.
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Hotel Touraine
Boylston
Tremont Street
Fire From Overturned Lamp Destroys Cambridge Building
An overturned lamp caused a fire that damaged a Cambridge building last evening. The blaze led to an estimated 1500 dollars in losses in the property owned by the Harvard Co operative Union and located at 90 Plimpton Street, Cambridge, in the residence of Henry Blair.
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Henry Blair
Plimpton Street
Cambridge
Harvard Co-operative Union
Oldest Largest Massachusetts Insurance Company Highlights
Post Office Square Boston announces officers Benjamin Stevens president Alfred Foster vice president D B Apper secretary William Turner assistant secretary and directors Warren Sawyer Alfred Foster Thomas Sherwin Nathaniel J Rust Henry Parkman Wallace L Pierce Charles E Cotting Gordon Abbott Reginald Foster Benjamin F Stevens. Assets January 1 1905 88324422 73 Liabilities 34688296 48 Surplus 3686126 25. For information on rates or new insurance contact Charles H Flood Home Office Agency 7 Milk Street and A H Curtis General Agent Branch Office 176 Federal Street.
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Post Office Square
Boston
Benjamin &. Stevens
Alfred D. Foster
D. B
Apper
William I. Turner
Warren Sawyer
Thomas Sherwin
Nathaniel J. Rust
Henry Parkman
Wallace L. Pierce
Charles E. Cotting
Gordon Abbott
Reginald Foster
Benjamin F. Stevens
Massachusetts
Charles H. Flood
Manner Home
Milk Street
A. H. Curtis
Federal Street
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Cyrus E. Maxenry
William Murch
Walter Cotting
Crescent Avenue
Wakefield
Mary McKinnon
Bartlett Street
Dennis Dolan
Sherman Street
Joseph McDevitt
Fort Avenue
William Wiggin
Charles McLaughlin
George Polley
Mary Thornton
John Brown
Salvation Army
Eliot ST
Jamaica Plain House
James M. Solomon
Beacon Street
North End
Eliot Church
W. J. Rea
K. Canton St
J. T. Murray
State St
J. A. Saunders
Beach St
L’’ Sta
C. H. Haines
Trull St
Somerville
Harvey Walt
Wellesley Park
Joseph E. Oe
Exchange St
G. FF. Mulford
Temple Place
Mass
Brookline House
Harbor
Dory
Apiero Delicious
Cercal
Bolt
Neponset Valley
Seal Brand
Puritan
Washington ST
And
Ns House
Guarante
New England Mutual Life Insurance Co
Newman & Sons Corp
Tremont St
New Boulevard
Revere Beach
BE. K, Newell
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