27 Jun 1921
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1921
Page
1
Washington June 26 The disappearance of the Bath schooner Deering crew grows more puzzling as Captain Thomas Jacobson master of the Lookout lightship on the Carolina coast testifies. The report continues on Page 5 6th Column.
Four men in a small sailboat capsized a quarter mile off Lynn Beach during a squall. Lifeguard Joe Russel of Revere and Lynn High School athlete Edward Eagan rescued Charles Martin Albert Seaton James Wallis and Frederick Willett who clung to the hull as rescuers reached them. One diver retrieved Wallis as his strength failed.
Ireland's Eamon De Valera plans a cabinet meeting for tomorrow to decide on accepting a conference invitation. The British proposal from Lloyd George suggests a meeting with De Valera and colleagues to seek a resolution.
Samuel Shurman a 15 year old from Roxbury was drowned at Wrights Pond Medford while swimming with friends. Firemen and police under Fire Chief Thomas Qualey tried for over two hours to revive him using a pulmotor.
A fragment notes a report continuing on page 1 with police guarding the scene under a captain and secrecy the watchword as details remain withheld.
Michael Giunta aged 42 from 42 Chadwick Street Roxbury suffocated by sewer gas and water while repairing a home made well on Southampton Street South Boston. A New York New Haven and Hartford railroad roundhouse crew tried to free him before fire rescue squads retrieved the body.
In the American League New York lost to Washington 0 to 1 Detroit defeated Chicago 10 to 8 and Cleveland overwhelmed St Louis 15 to 1. In the National League Boston beat Brooklyn 7 to 4 Pittsburg routed Chicago 38 to 11 St Louis won 5 to 2 Cincinnati defeated Cincinnati 2 to ? Eastern League results show Albany 2 Hartford 1 and Waterbury 3 Springfield 0.
A jagged OCR fragment mentions daylight saving and time related terms with numbers and urban terms. The legible bits reference vehicles and a clock like 8:68 but no clear event or location is identified.
The item recalls Helen Keller born in 1880 and notes wartime actions from Galicia and Potig with U.S. troops landing two years ago, along with food riots in German cities and Hartford casualties amid Prohibition era whiskey deaths.
The forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for unsettled conditions Monday with local thunder showers possible. Tuesday should be fair with little change in temperature and moderate to fresh southwest to west winds.
Average yesterday temperature 70 with 14 24 high and low readings. The record notes 64 67 74 72 70 across various times and mentions 21st century style data points.
A night fire at Hampton Beach New Hampshire caused over half a million dollars in damage. Seven hotels two large boarding houses more than 25 cottages a 100 car garage the Olympia Theatre and dancing pavilion a dozen stores and the post office were consumed or damaged as flames swept the heart of the resort.
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