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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1904
Page
3
Reports from London on March 13 claim Port Arthur has fallen after heavy bombardment. Despatches cite severe damage making the fortress untenable, with land communications at risk and dwindling food supplies ending a prolonged siege.
Chaos aboard the Chelsea to Boston ferry City of Boston as water flooded the bow after striking a mud scow. Passengers fought to don life preservers and reach the upper deck while police and a rescue dory pulled two women and a boy from the scene. Dooley of South Boston refused to abandon ship until arrested.
New York correspondent Ernest Brindle reports from Chefoo that a World despatch boat observed Port Arthur under heavy smoke with three smoke pillars, damaged forts, and no sign of life in the deserted roadstead. Ships lie idle near the harbor as fires burn and the city seems eerily silent.
Official reports state Vice Admiral Togo’s fourth assault on Port Arthur on the 10th was the most effective of the month. One Russian torpedo boat destroyer was sunk and several Russians were damaged.
Captain O Lalor of Division 5 led a reform push against illegal gambling in the South End. Eight men were taken at 37 Way Street and another eight at 116 Washington Street, with cards and money found. Warrants served by Sergeants Driscoll Manning and Goff. furniture seized at the Washington Street premises.
Mrs H D Camaris of 33 Melville Avenue Dorchester was thrown from a car driven by her husband in Union Square Allston just before 5 PM. She suffered a severe cut lip facial injuries and head wounds but survived. The front axle broke as the car neared a bad road section and the vehicle skidded.
Lady Dudley wife of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland appeals through the Boston Post to Irish Americans for support of a district nurses fund. She notes urgent need in congested rural areas where boards of guardians cannot fund maternity nurses and urges subscriptions to the Bank of Ireland marked Lady Dudley’s Fund for District Nurses.
Kitty Abbott 40 was found dead in a South Boston hallway early today with a severely bruised back and signs of beating. Police detain David Brown of Farwell Bros wood yard, who lived in the same building, as investigators await autopsy results.
Boston and vicinity expect fair conditions Monday and Tuesday with a chance of snow late Monday night and Tuesday morning. Northerly winds are anticipated during the forecast period.
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