New England Soldiers Report Heavy Casualties Across Picardy Front
New England troops largely from the 102d and 101st Infantry faced heavy losses from May 31 to June 4 on the Picardy front near Montdidier and Leicheprey. Lieut Ewing of Roxbury and several Boston area men killed or wounded. multiple officers and privates named with addresses in Massachusetts and Connecticut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Picardy
Montdidier
1024
Leicheprey
War Department
102D
D Company
101St
Lieut. Ewing
Army casualty list reports 198 names in single day
The Washington army casualty list for June 9 lists 198 names with 33 killed in action 9 died of wounds 11 died of disease 1 died in an airplane accident 4 died of other causes 46 wounded severely 74 wounded degree undetermined and 20 missing in action. Officers killed include Captains James A. Anderson and Henry Ephraim Mosher and Lieutenants Crawford Goddard Hubbard Beauton Smith among others. The list details ranks names and home towns across many states and cities.
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Patrick McDevitt
France
K Company
1St Regiment
Old Ninth
Hugh McDevitt
Windsor Street
Cambridge
Boston
Oscar R. Durand
M Company
10St Infantry
Minnie Durand
Cherry Street
Hudson
Fifth
101St
Fred J. Murphy
Waverley Court
South Framingham
L Company
101St Regiment
James H. Murphy
Joseph F. de Costa
B Company
101St Infantry
Dupont Street
Charlestown
Old Fifth
Harold E. Masterson
Stamford
Conn
D Company
102D Infantry
Bridgeport
Main Street
Masterson
Washington
Pershing
James A. Anderson
Summit
Henry Ephraim Mosher
Falconer
N. Y
John Douglas Crawford
Brookline
Mass
Thomas Warner Goddard
Maryville
Tenn
Eugene P. Hubbard
Chatham
N. J
Josenh Kk. Beauton
New Haven
Fond du Lac
Wis
William Kx. Severe
Louis D. Sola
Brooklyn
N. S
Remarkable Recovery Prompts Rheumatism Cure Claims
An advertisement features W A Varney asserting vindication of Varnesis for rheumatism. He recounts Mrs. Cheney of Moosup Connecticut being bedridden a year, then recovering after using Varnesis and urges readers to obtain the remedy through him or a local drugstore. He cites letters and investigations and recommends strict diet changes for best results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheney
St. Albans Church
Danielson
Conn
Moore
Methodist Church
Moosup
Burning vessel sighted far at sea near Pacific port
A steamship reported a burning vessel about 400 miles offshore on Tuesday night. The ship has since arrived at a Pacific port with details limited by the fragmentary text.
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Pacific
New England Boys Named on Casualty List
A New England casualty list cites many service members by name and residence across multiple units. Entries include deaths from wounds and accidents, missing in action, and various wounded statuses, with towns spanning Connecticut and Massachusetts.
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NEW England Boys
Casualty
Prisoner on U-Boat Close to Boston Attacks Turmoil Off Coast
Captain Sweeney and crew spent eight days aboard the German U-boat that surfaced near the Delaware Capes and Block Island after sinking the Happauge. The captain described long submerged passes near Nantucket and events aboard the submarine amid tense exchanges in Finglish. He later returned to New York and resumed command, missing his daughter Myra Louise’s wedding.
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Boston
Nantucket
Sweeney
Teuton
Tunis
Iie
Block Island
Delaware Capes
New York
Steamer Reaches Wreckage of Burned Vessel
The steamer arrived beside the burning wreck where no life was found. The burning vessel’s name could not be read and no lifeboats remained visible.
British Aircraft Sink Three U Boats in Seaborne Hunt
Reports from London say British aircraft destroyed three enemy submarines as longer daylight aids patrols. Depth charges and oil slicks followed a U boat attack on a merchant ship while a balloon and a dirigible aided the hunt, with one submarine briefly surfaced after a bomb direct hit.
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London
U-boat Raid Highlighted by German Paper
Amsterdam reports the Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung praising the U boat raid off the American coast as the first major, carefully planned undersea action tied to European offensives. It says U boats aim at American transports at departure points to avoid open sea battles. The piece wishes sailors luck and success.
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Amsterdam
Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
Plea Saves Ship With Crew Of 25
Two whalers reached New Bedford reporting a German submarine off Cape Hatteras halted their voyage. Captain J. T. Gonsalves of the schooner A. M. Nicholson persuaded the U boat captain that loss would ruin him and was allowed to continue with the vessel and $30,000 in sperm oil.
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New Bedford
Cape Hatteras
J. T. Gonsalves
A. M. Nicholson
Submarine Intercepts Whalers Near War Time Collision
Nicholson captain Gonsalves recounts a U boat encounter on June 5 as the Ellen A Swift and another whaler flee its attack. The German commander urges surrender and warns the other vessel to sail away while noting his wartime fears and prior ownership.
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Nicholson
Ellen A. Swift
Gonsalves
Swift
American steamer sunk off Maryland
The Pinar del Rio, 1607 net tons, 304 feet long, built in 1895, sailing for the American and Cuban steamship line, is reported sunk off the Maryland coast after leaving New York May 11 and reaching Havana May 18 under Captain J. Mackensie. Hope remains that survivors may be picked up or found along the coast. Related raider activity had been unseen since the Vinland was sunk near the Virginia Capes last Wednesday at 6 o'clock.
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Vinland
Virginia Capes
Pinar del Rio
American and Cuban Steamship Line, Inc
South Shields
England
J. Readhead & Son
Havana
J. Mackensie
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Roxbury
14Th Infantry
14Th
Meyer Sereysky
Massachusetts Avenue
James K. McGrath
Saxonvillee
L. Company
11St Infantry
Joseph E. Beauton
Jack” Ewing
F. P. Ewing
Lawrence Avenue
Jack
Boston Latin School
Ewing
Plattsburg
Camp Devens
104Th Infantry
Federal Reserve Bank
Superior Court
Buck” Ewing
List Infantry
James H. McGrath
Meadow Street
Saxonville
Ninth Regiment
Springfield
Randolph W. Pearson
Harrison Avenue
Paul Belise
Hatfield
Peter Belise
103D Infantry
J. Emmet Beauton
William I. Beauton
Edwards Street
104Th Aero Squadron
Sheffield Scientific School
Yale
Bellville
Connecticut
Joseph McNamara
Irving E. Lines
East Avenue
West Haven
Lines
Edward Lines
New Haven Electrical Company
Colors
Charles Monson
Psi Upsilon
Rae Battersby
N.S
Colchester Street
Eugene P
Hubbard
Earl J. Mathews
Alma
Ark
Raymond W. Miller
Pitcairn
Penn
William Schofield
Detroit
Aubrey C. Jones
Paris
Texas
William A. Trafton
Malden
Frederick I. Miles
Geneva
James W. Adams
Keysville
Robert ‘T. Brown
Finley
Wiley M. Cresswell
Felicity
Ohio
Henry P. Daniels
Eastman
Harry H. Eschbach
Lancaster
Mike Fishback
Cannelton
Missoula
Mont
John J. Phelan
Catskill
Joe Plizza
Mt. Pleasant
Nick Rong
Rome
Italy
Meyer Serevsky
Andy Silver
Athens
Emmet C. Smith
Hardin
Ivan Stringer
Stewartville
Minn
Bennie A. Jones
Grand Ridge
Fla
James W. Weldon
Floyd Street
Toledo
Anton Bernatz
Decorah
Iowa
James O. Farley
Odd
W. Va
Stanley Kryscysyns
Podulski
Russia
Harry F. Ray
McCurtin
Okla
Joseph M. Todd
Grand Rapids
Mich
John Warren
Madison
Ind
Dozier Wren
Bethera
US. C
Charles V. Bloomquist
James L
Cannon
Dancy
Dick Ferguson
Victoria
Lloyd Livingstone
Cecil
Denver Miller
Montpelier
Harry B. Robbins
Salem
Oscar Lee Sackett
Jasper
Edward Sherrard
Brunswick
Louis F. Steber
St. Paul
Arthur Washington
Clarksdale
Miss
Abraham Stewart
Georgetown
S. C
New Haven, Conn
Russell G. Barnett
Baxter
Frank Hannon
Lawrence Street
Hartford
Roy PD. Todd
Kossuth, Miss
John J. Wallace
Lester Freeman Albert
Moscow
Ida
Fred T. Finn
Henry Vogt
Alex L. Arch
South Bend
Julius 8. Berg
Joseph Ff. DeCosta
Trenton Street
Fred A. Fenner
John T. Fox
Johnstown
August J. Lieflander
George C
Passaic
Raymond C. Eich
Lake Place
Jim P. McGratha
Sasser
Mike Maier
Valley City
N. D
Francis A. Mann
Defiance
Alfred Bb. Meinecke
Kewaskum
Joseph B. Napieralski
Patrick J. O'Neil
Goldstreet
South Boston
Frank A. Rowe
William E. Severe
Curtis G. Baker
Cedar Rapids
Arthur D. Creger
Truro
James S. Day
Cincinnati
Carl J. Lindahl
Creston
Frank J. Matus
Marion
William H. Sharkey
Red Oak
Francis H. Webster
Iowa Falls
Charles I. Boggs
Indianapolis
Clarence Murphy
Fort Des Moines
Alvin Byrd
Riverton
Roy L. Dawson
Butler
Earnst A. Matheny
Preston
Clifford L. Oshel
James F. Albert
Moravia
Arthur E. Anderson
Holmes
John E. Anderson
Linam Street
New Britain
Charles E. Ashmore
Glenwood
Walter R. Beardsley
Humeston
Leo V. Bondgers
Ottumwa
Charles F. Bower
Iron Rapids
John I. Bridges
Winterset
Albert C. Bull
Dakota City
Tom Coughlin
Olin
Howard Countryman
Wyoming
William L. Daglish
Carlton
Charles E. Davis
Rogersville
Joseph M. Dotterweich
Baltimore
Leo J. Dougherty
Centreville
Willard Adden Drake
Cadillac
Ernst E. Draper
Des Moines
John E. Drinkwater
Cedar Point
Kan
Raymond A. Dudley
Hartwell W. Flood
Maynard
Oscar FE. French
Roy
Guy C. Lusher
Donwood
Fred A. Morgan
Pentanel
Leonidas S. Munday
Holden
Frank L. Murray
Valley Junction
Murray Neashan
Rollie B. Nelson
Fairfield
Walter Quick
Robert H. Reed
Redoak
Earl H. Rhodes
Shir] i. Ristine
Samuel L. Robinson
Corwith
Ernest J. Rooney
Indianola
William J. Seals
Omar D. Shearer
Guthrie Centre
Ray E. Smith
Lee C. Stewart
Arthur R. Strong
Vinton
Willis F. Woodward
Peru
John A. Seugg
Leo H. Buyanoski
Terryville
Vincent Allen
Summer Street
Norwalk
Angelo Basso
South Elm Street
Bristol
Jean 8. Bernard
Hopkinton
Tony Carione
George Street
Herbert Collings
Hillside Avenue
Charles B. Kenny
East Rock Road
Irving E. Hines
Cottage Street
Harold Owen
Elliott Street
Alexander Stefanosky
Kieff
Randolph
Stewart
Plainville
Carl Suderek
Oal Street
Stephen Torok
Darien
Mike Sinkevich
Easton
Walter S. Wolf
Acushnet Avenue
W. A. Varney
Mr. Varney
Meoosup
Lynn
Patrick M’devitt
The
Humphrey D. Moynihan
I Company
William L. Barker
Beverly Young
James K. M’grath
L Co
Massachusetts Ave
Jack Ewing
Lawrence Ave
101St Inf
Edwards St
140Th Aero Squadron
Lawrence St
B Co
Harrison Ave
Inf
Dupont St
Oscar Durand
M Co
D Co
K Co
Linamst
Hatfield, K Co
Summer St
South Elm St
George St
Hillside Ave
East Ave
Joseph M. McNamara
Grand Ave
Hugh Marron
Smith St
Randolph S. Stewart
Gak St
Acushnet Ave
Barnegat
New
Portland
Norfolk
Hog Island
John C. Sweeney
U. SS
Sion
W. A. Amberg
Amberg
File and Index Co
Fort Hill
PLEA
Whaler
U-Boat
Maryland
Sanditon’s Suit House
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