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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1912
Page
14
In Stonington Connecticut today a railroad wreck at Stonington Junction killed three men and seriously injured four others. An Adams Express train bound east on the New York New Haven and Hartford line crashed into a freight engine, destroying both locomotives and damaging rolling stock.
A freight wreck is blamed on signal apparatus failure. The dead include J. P. Conley of Boston, head brakeman, and Cecil Cheney of Midway, an engine cleaner. Towerman Wilbur suspects the signal system malfunctioned.
Governor Foss is barred from the Democratic Progressive nomination after Attorney General Swift rules no such party exists in the state. The ruling states supporters failed to maintain the party, leaving only the Democratic party in this year’s slate and invalidating Foss nomination papers.
A two month old girl believed abandoned by a man and a woman was found crying on the grass in the Charles River Parkway near Western Avenue shortly after 6 pm. Police took the infant to the Cambridge City Home on Concord Avenue.
Lawrence edgeed Haverhill 4 to 3 in ten innings as Layster drove in Carlstrom with a single in the 10th. Hoff steadied the Lawrence pitchers after Haverhill produced three runs in the third, with Kessler allowing the late counter.
Worcester defeats Fall River 7 to 2 as Worcester's timely hits drive the win. Nye Shorten and Clements among those scoring, with Reynolds a key two-base and three-base contributor.
News notes on drivers and cars including Percival visiting Boston stating 55000 miles of a 100000 mile Abbott-Detroit Bull Dog trip. Galveston Beach race Aug 8 9 10. Government purchases eight Studebaker cars for reclamation and Indian bureau work. Senate post office bill talks Federal Aid roads plan and rural route rentals. Mercedes truck rights sold to General Vehicle Company and gas powered trucks favored for cross country use over electric city work.
In Lynn July 26 Upham allowed three walks that produced all three Brockton runs as Lynn won 4-3. Brockton threatened in a ninth inning rally but fell short. Wallace, Strands, Logan, Cargo, Smith, Boardman, Dowd contributed. two-base hits by Smith and Weeden.
New Bedford defeated Lowell 3 to 1 in a lively contest here today. Hogge pitched effectively for New Bedford allowing only four hits. Maranville starred with his all around play and the lineup featured several key hits including Miller’s three-base hit and Ness and Spires contributing on the bases.
Arrangements are underway for the East Boston Swimming Club water carnival at Wood Island Park on Saturday August 17. Open handicap events include 100 yard 440 yard half mile and mile swims with resident restrictions and age group divisions for boys and girls plus life saving competition. Entry blanks available from Matt Leary at Wood Island Park.
The fishing schooner Annie Perry of Provincetown arrived at T wharf with flag at half mast to mourn Frank Peters a crew member killed when he drowned off Highland Light Tuesday morning. Two other fishermen on the schooner narrowly escaped a similar fate.
Three hundred children from St. Marys Summer School of Charlestown will be guests of Victor J Morris, manager of the Orpheum Theatre, today.
In a theoretical engagement off Narragansett Bay, six major U S battleships Florida Delaware North Dakota Utah Louisiana and Kansas were lost to submarines while a screen of about 15 torpedo boat destroyers stood guard. The report appears in Newport Rhode Island dated July 25. The text also notes cargo and vessel movements including Canopic Verona and Caledonian with various cargoes and storms affecting several ships.
Sailors on watch mistook dummy periscopes for enemy submarines. The deception drew fire as real submarines slipped under the destroyer line and surfaced near battleships. Submarines arrived tonight with other ships expected tomorrow.
Groundfish floods the wharf as three swordfishermen land 341 fish led by Albert D Willard with 118 and George Lubee with 166. Massasoit sold 67 fish. Lubee trip yielded about 225 per man. Prices listed include haddock 4c lb and swordfish 15c lb. The White Star liner Arabic arrived after gale with 511 passengers and Captain Finch faced an obstruction charge. Additional names of Boston arrivals and a fruit steamer from San Domingo noted.
Maritime brief noting arrivals and clearnings of multiple steamers and barges, including Arabic, Caledonian, Verona, Prince George, and City of Memphis. Ships listed with ports and routes such as Liverpool, Portland, New York, Norfolk, and Boston. side data on tides, day length, and sunrises.
Contractors on Washington street Dorchester face a clash between Italian laborers habit of halting work for funeral processions and the need to keep tracks laid. Some 200 to 300 men stand with bare heads along a quarter mile as mourners pass, delaying hours of labor and risking time and money.
Boston area death notices for July detail funeral times and locations including Carr Woburn Collins Somerville Corliss Somerville Costello Roxbury Cotton Roxbury Emerson Medford Fitzgerald Boston Foley Dorchester Foster East Boston Graham Forest Hills Grant Somerville Hall South Boston Harkins Jamaica Plain Hennessy Cambridge Hobbs Roxbury Katta u Chelsea Kerr East Boston Maguire Jamaica Plain Mandeville Forest Hills McElroy Charlestown O Connor Brighton Pray Sterling Junction Robinson Roslindale Smith Dorchester Sullivan East Boston Westgate Dorchester Wumber South Boston with arrivals daily July 24 to 29 and interment details, churchs and mass times.
New York July 25 Mayor Gaynor agreed to personally help stage a public reception for American athletes returning from Stockholm and to review the monster parade two weeks later. K W Rubien said the tribute would be the largest ever for such a event with thousands of young boys lining the parade route waving American flags.
Mrs Anna Pacevig, missing from her daughter Mrs M D Persolo on North Street Quincy, has been located after a photograph appeared in yesterday morning's Post under the headline Who Am I and is returned to relatives.
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