01 Mar 1898
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1898
Page
1
Mrs Annie Wills of 4412 Prentiss street Roxbury reports two men claiming to be police inspectors tried to search her house at 10 last night. She fired four shots from a revolver and used an axe to drive them off wounding one. She feared the other would escape as police issued a general alarm.
Providence reports Elmer J Hawkins aged 4 years drowned after breaking thin ice at Mashapaugh Pond. His playmate Ernest Childs aged 6 years was pulled from the water just in time. Both boys were near the pond when the ice collapsed. Two rescuers saved Childs in a boat as Hawkins disappeared.
James Barcley Henney a Harvard freshman with a crippled arm leaped from a fifth floor window into a canvas net aimed by hundreds of students as a blaze engulfed the Hilton dormitory on Massachusetts Avenue. Firemen arrived after eight minutes as the crowd improvised a救escape net and Henney was then carried to Cambridge Hospital where doctors said he would recover.
Lieutenant Blandin and other Maine officers testify as the court convenes in the Federal building in Key West. Witnesses describe the explosion and judges consider whether the ship was blown up by design, with negative evidence challenging internal-origin theories.
The piece notes the officer's brief court appearance about fifteen minutes and his steadfast belief that Maine's fate was not an accident. Court members declined to comment when the interview's substance was presented. High naval and military officials present avoided remark when questioned on crucial points.
Lieutenant Weaver warns Boston lives under sea attack risk with ships able to shell from Nahant. He cites a 16 inch shell could wreck the Ames building and notes no city yet has guns to block a modern warship in bombing range. Naval court on Maine continues in Key West with Havana hearings pending.
The naval court will travel back to Havana in a few days to gather evidence for the ongoing investigation of diggers near the sunken battleship.
Washington reports unusual Army and Navy activity as departments rush supply stations and shipyards to ready for any emergency. Government war vessels are under accelerated work, with attention higher than since Appomattox. Continued on Page 2.
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