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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1918
Page
8
Paris July 23 Major Theodore Roosevelt Jr. received a wound while leading an attack on a machine gun nest at Ploisy southwest of Soissons. A bullet struck behind the left knee as the assault continued Friday.
A Lowell man credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with easing nerve fatigue from wartime rush. He reports better digestion, steadier nerves, improved appetite, and better sleep after using the non alcoholic tonic. The pills cost fifty cents per box or six boxes for $2.50.
A German U-boat sank the 140 ton fishing schooner Robert and Richard about 60 miles off Cape Porpoise Maine after boarding the crew of 22 and placing a bomb aboard. Three crew members reached Cape Porpoise, while the vessel’s loss stunned Gloucester fishermen who had stocked $60,000 to $70,000 worth of fish since January 1.
The Gloucester schooner crew describe a 33 hour ordeal after a German submarine fired on them, forcing the crew into dories. The vessel exploded after the sub crew boarded and left, while the survivors used small sails to reach land. Naval vessels and Maine coast authorities widened search for the submarine.
A small sailing fleet moved toward the Maine coast as southerly winds eased. The lead boat, carrying two sails, pulled ahead around noon as the breeze freshened, leaving the others behind.
The landing boat carried a gallon of water and biscuits as the crew, better stocked than the other dories, received equal rations while exhausted and hungry. Up to midnight fourteen men had been accounted for.
Gloucester July 23 The Robert & Richard sailed eastward on a fresh halibut run on July 8 bound for home with a big money cargo 30 000 pounds of fresh halibut and 70 000 pounds of cod valued about 7000 dollars at current prices The vessel promoted a stellar fishery record under Captain Wharton since 1915 140 tons gross 89 tons net 108 feet long and 24 feet 8 inches beam The crew listed includes William Hall Henry Gover Albert White and others noted as skilled fishermen who helped build and run the fast high liner fleet risked by the war and priced for landfall after the attack by a Hun viper.
The Richard was a ten dory craft with a crew of 22 when it sailed from Cape Ann. The roster lists Captain Robert Wharton and cook William White among the sailors from Boston and Gloucester fleets.
Captain Wharton, who provided the first connected account of the sea raider's origin, says the Maine craft was only 250 feet long and initially thought to be American.
Captain Wharton describes spotting a submarine near the western bank on Monday. The U boat ordered a boat alongside, German officers boarded, discussed flags and ships papers, and later sank a bomb from the sub. Survivors rowed 100 miles to rescue, sharing rations and water, with one vessel valued at $28,000 and insured for $12,000.
Death notices for Christian F. W. Hanson of Roxbury aged about 70 with services July 26 at 2 PM at 72 Munroe Street and Emma Barlow widow of George Barlow buried at Woods Cemetery Everett funeral details listed for Framingham residence of her son 133 Hollis Street July 26 in the late afternoon.
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