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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1914
Page
10
The article describes a heat wave and multiple health incidents in Boston as a large crowd suffers heat exposure. Individuals named include Kaniel Condon, John Brennan, Horace Whitney, and Joseph Gentile among others. Weather notes mention 94 degrees at Brookline Village and forecasted arrivals of rain.
Glenn Curtiss and a Post reporter chase the craft by speed boat as Porte and three crew fly above the lake at about 100 feet. Two new radiators weigh 64 and 69 pounds for the America, with tests showing reduced fuel use. A violent thunderstorm endangered the craft, but crews secured the vessel. Porte reports opening throttles wide and promising longer, higher flights with increased lifting surface.
The article notes betting on a flight by Lieutenant Porte with Sumner R. Hollander of Wanamaker's placing a $100 stake at 47 to 1 odds. Porte did not take the same odds, and the piece discusses the aircraft’s speed and negative angle of ascent as modern English and American racing biplanes prove faster than foreign monoplanes.
Report notes Inglish firm cut odds to 3 to 1 for an Atlantic crossing while American money shows interest but no buyers. The London Daily Mail offered 50 000 dollars for a 72 hour crossing and arranged Lloyds insurance so if Porte wins the prize the Mail pays only 1500 dollars with Lloyds covering the rest.
The Melrose High School senior class graduated last night in Memorial Hall. Dr. Lowell F. Wentworth, school board chairman, awarded diplomas to 100 students. Elsie Woodland delivered the salutatory and Evelyn M. Ide the valedictory.
Will of Edward D. Reynolds, a Southbridge man who died recently, names Frank Huckle as chauffeur and sole companion. The probate filing sets aside $20,000 from a roughly $50,000 estate for Huckle, with income contingent on sobriety and abstention from gambling.
Heat wave floods Boston with temperatures near 93 to 96 degrees across key districts. Relief Hospital reports many overheated residents. stores and telephones provide rest breaks. People seek relief at City baths and beaches from South Boston to Dorchester while temperatures peak nationally around 100 degrees in Charleston.
Boston residents faced a hot Tuesday as the wind fell, creating sticky air. Nantas ket Revere Marine Park and Franklin Park drew picnickers seeking relief along the shore and breezes, with crowds of women and children escaping the city heat.
In the South End spots under trees became refuges for those seeking comfort during the heat. Representative Samuel I. Collins of Amesbury was among the first reported to have collapsed from the extreme temperatures as the day wore on.
Through the failure of Governor Felker to appoint an agent to expend the State appropriation for lights and buoys on Lake Sunapee there have been no beacons to guide navigators at night since the season opened and motor boats face danger after dusk.
A heat wave sent numerous Victims of the heat to hospitals and relief stations yesterday across Boston and suburbs. Names and addresses show adults from Charlestown Cambridge Walpole Roslindale Roxbury Brookline Revere Dorchester Everett and more, with many treated at City or Relief Hospitals and sent home. One unidentified man died after collapse near Sullivan Square in Charlestown.
Relief officer Joseph Gentile of 4 Bartlett Street Roxbury, Samuel Curry 60 of 60 Bay State Road Back Bay, and John M Hodgate 73 of 48 Wayborn Street Mattapan were overcome at or near public stops and then taken home after medical attention. includes locations Haymarket Fenway Mattapan.
Fire department and public service workers flooded streets to cool a congested city area as pavements became unusually warm in late afternoon. City officials began summer flushing and the mayor proposed ferry rides for women and children if the heat persists.
Patrick Crowley, 70, was overcome by heat in Malden square yesterday. Dr Clarence Staples transported him home by automobile.
Mrs. Margaret S. Snow of Newton Centre married Cyrus Taft of Cumberland Rhode Island yesterday afternoon at the residence of Rev. Julian C. Jaynes in West Newton. The couple were attended by Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Friend of Waltham. Snow was widow of Edric R. Snow linked to the Keystone Watch Case Company and E. Howard Watch Company. Taft is Cumberland town treasurer and connected with Rhode Island manufacturers.
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