20 Jun 1910
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1910
Page
1
In San Francisco Richard Rickard delays final fight venue decision for a Reno plan. He says a chance remains to hold the bout here after long attorney talks, though promoters and Governor Gillett’s views cloud the outcome.
A touring car carrying four men and three women overturned on Columbia road near Mt. Vernon street. Robert Burk age 25 of South Boston died from brain concussion at City Hospital. George Roughan and Harry J. Flynn were injured and arrested at Dorchester Station 11 on intoxication charges.
A party from the South Boston Yacht Club crashed after borrowing a car to return home. Seven people were injured as the auto toppled and rolled over the street. William Flynn suffered a fractured thigh and facial injuries and was taken to City Hospital. The three women escaped with cuts and bruises and were sent home later.
The governor states there will be no fight in California and threatens extreme measures to stop promoters. He cites the Jeffries Johnson and Langford Kaufman bouts, insisting both will not be held in the state despite promoter optimism.
Joseph McKinnon a two year old in East Boston fell from a third story window forty two feet but landed on three clotheslines that broke his fall. He escaped with a slight facial scratch after neighbors and a physician checked for injuries.
A passenger emigrant train on the Ontario & Western railway, second section of the Chicago Limited, wrecked at Parker station near Norwich. Three killed and 25 injured when the emigrant train hit a light locomotive.
The engineer B. F. Kingman and firemen escaped serious injury when the light engine returning from Guildford summit struck a heavily loaded passenger train at a sharp curve. The crash occurred on the heavy grade. a relief train with physicians arrived to aid the dead and injured at Norwich Y M C A. There is no local hospital in Norwich.
An 8 year old boy, Loretto Paduano, vanished from the Chardon Street Home in Boston. Over 1000 residents joined a citywide hunt after a 12:15 PM fire alarm at City Square. He reappeared in Dorchester and was returned to his worried parents.
Baseball scores show Detroit and Chicago in the American League, Washington versus Chicago, Boston and Philadelphia tied in 10 innings, and St Louis against Cincinnati in the National League with unclear final tallies.
Horace Dodd Ward of Providence, a Phillips Academy student, drowned while swimming at White Bridge in Exeter River. Fellow student W. E. Wing of Duluth nearly drowned rescuers had to pull him from the water to stop further attempts.
W M Seeleck and two youths swam near Whitebridge when Ward sank. Wing and Seeleck struggled to reach him, diving repeatedly in a grueling rescue attempt. Ward’s fate remains uncertain as the search continues.
Colonel Roosevelt returns from Africa and greets Eleanor B. Alexander as she prepares to marry Teddy Roosevelt Jr this afternoon. The scene includes affectionate whispers and a light secret about a first kiss expected after the ceremony.
The June wedding of Miss Eleanor Butler Alexander to Theodore Roosevelt Jr. will be held at 4 p.m. Monday at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church New York. Attendants include Mrs. Snowden Falhnestock and Misses Harriet and Janetta Alexander with Kermit Roosevelt as best man. Ushers include George Emlen Roosevelt and Eliot Cutler among others. Thousands of blossoms will decorate the church with a white aisle and rose and lily accents. Continued on Page 3 First Column.
Forecast for Boston area and vicinity calls for generally fair conditions and slightly warmer trends by Tuesday with light variable winds. England and Eastern New York expect continued warmth on Monday and Tuesday with variable winds. steamers departing Monday to Europe will encounter moderate variable winds and fair weather toward the Grand Banks. Atlantic coast winds remain light to moderate and variable.
The Norwegian steamship Heimdal bound from Santos to Dalhousie and Campbellton ran aground on Sable Island’s south bar and remains fast. Captain Riis and crew stay with the ship as memory recalls the Skidby wreck six years ago on the island.
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