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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1907
Page
3
John W. Smith, head of the Weather Bureau, did not issue warnings to ease suffering as the city braces for continued extreme heat for at least two days. Forecasters at the Federal building say the hot spell, extending over the past week, will persist.
Forenoon humidity at 72 percent and afternoon at 74 percent with a normal reading around 70 percent.
Anthony Stankindicz aged 35 of 171 Fifth Street South Boston collapsed at Broadway and D Street en route to work. He died after reaching Carney Hospital. Walter Sennlgl of 2 Loney Street collapsed at a new power plant site at Cambridge and died two hours later at Cambridge Hospital.
William Rooney 60 of 123 Hudson Street, Henry C. Green 69 of 3 Aspinwall Street, and Michael J. Flaherty 30 of Rutland were overcome near Atlantic Avenue Boston Dorchester and Boylston Carver streets. Relief Station noted. John Ryan 32 of 203 Ashland Street also mentioned.
A list of individuals from Roslindale and surrounding areas incapacitated while at work or traveling, with many taken to City Hospital or Relief Station. Names include William Dennett, Fred Hiss, Martin Dolan, Richard Hennessey, Abraham Daggarian, Charles White, Harvey M Taylor, Henry Baldwin, Tillman Hitchcock, James Lynch, Florence Roundy, Alice Hardoib, William Fisher, John Seger, John Traenyar, George E Bailey, May Cote, and others.
Forecaster warns relief is days away as a scorching heat wave grips Boston. Yesterday hit 90 to 94 degrees with high humidity 74 percent. Suburban rain varied, none fell at Savin Hill. Dorchester Ashmont saw heavy showers. Many residents sought Marine Park or Revere Beach for relief.
In Natick on June 26 an unidentified nude man bathed in Lake Cochituate then rushed across the Boston and Albany track a mile west of the station in front of a South Framingham express to Boston. He was killed instantly. coat and trousers were found near Brown's Corner. The man, about 35, 5 feet 3 inches, 112 pounds, had a smooth face and two fingers missing from his left hand.
A bolt struck the roof of George E. Richardson's Dorchester home on Tremlett Street yesterday afternoon starting a small fire that was soon extinguished. The blaze caused a loss of ten dollars.
Charles Cox has been deposed for the second time as supervisor of the L Street bath. Superintendent O'Brien and the bath trustees moved to replace him, prompting a push by his supporters to petition the Mayor for reinstatement. The case traces to Mayor Collins era and a 5000-name petition prior summer.
The quarterly Public Institutions Conference at City Hall reported 1072 inmates at Deer Island, up 55 from the prior meeting. Almshouse admissions rose to 841, up 41 from last year, with hospital and almshouse totals at Long Island reaching 716.97. Overseers of the Poor noted higher maintenance costs and similar caseloads to a year ago.
Walter Sennett, 24, of 22 Unity street Boston, working on iron work at the Boston Elevated Railway power station on Boylston street Cambridge, collapsed in mid air from heat yesterday. He fell 55 feet, was crushed and badly injured, and died two hours later at Cambridge Hospital.
Abraham Daggarahan aged 28 of 30 Harrison avenue collapsed twice in one day while seeking work. He first dropped in front of the old court house and was taken to the Relief station. Later that evening he fainted again in front of 1 Washington street and was kept under medical care overnight at the Relief station.
A bolt of lightning hit an elm opposite 33 Humphrey Street during a thunder shower in Roxbury near 3 p m. yesterday. The strike stripped bark and foliage from the tree and two women sheltering beneath barely escaped injury.
June 26. Lightning struck the Wells Beach station of the Boston and Maine in Portsmouth New Hampshire, causing the building to burn to ashes. Tracks were torn up and traffic delayed until a special train from Dover arrived with section crews to repair the line.
Election figures show 172 Democrats entered the Republican column this year while 76 shifted from Republican to Democrat. Another 48 changed to the Independence League, 16 to the Independence League from Republican, and one Republican moved to Prohibitionist. One Democrat switched to Prohibitionist.
Clarke Partington eight year old son of William Partington president of the New England Black State Company was killed when his bicycle wheel slipped and he was run over by a truck horse on Congress street in Portsmouth New Hampshire.
New York reports Jacob Riis plans marriage to his secretary Miss Mary Phillips. Her mother resides in Boston.
A fire in Pine Beach, Norfolk, Virginia, left six blocks of ruins and 50 hotels and stores wrecked. Property losses reached about 200000 dollars with at least five fatalities. An explosion of a gasoline stove behind the Berkeley Hotel lit the blaze threatening the Inside Inn and state buildings.
Miss Ella G. Frye daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph F E Frye of 38 Amory Street Cambridge married William Ethan Davison son of Mr and Mrs William Davison of 21 Secker Street in an evening ceremony at the bride’s parents home conducted by Rev C N Williams pastor of the First Congregational Church Gloucester
A grand wedding occurred last night at the bride’s parents home in Medford. Mark Gallagher and Miss Mary O'Brien exchanged vows on the lawn in front of six hundred attendees, with the setting lit by glowing Japanese lanterns.
Dedham reports the wedding of J Raphael Mce Coole assistant register of probate of Norfolk county and Miss Sarah Elizabeth Harris this evening at St Marys Church officiated by Rev John H Fieming.
Leo Le Roocau of 3 Schrepel Place South Boston was struck by a bale of waste at his job in the International Waste Company warehouse on K Street. He sustained a fractured neck and is reported resting at Carney Hospital with little hope for recovery. He is married with six children.
At the St. Francis de Sales parochial residence last evening Miss Grace Coleman and William Bauer were united in marriage by Rev. Charles O'Brien. Mr. William Coleman was best man and Margaret Coleman, sister of the bride, maid of honor.
Newton Street Railway Company and its Boston system face union demands for recognition and reinstatement of conductors and motormen. The International Brotherhood of Street Railway Employees organized a branch after a 3 am meeting at the Central House in Waltham. A mobbing incident targeted an alleged spotter at the session.
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