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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1906
Page
5
A blizzard delivers seven inches of snow while winds gust across the region. Residents brace for travel disruptions as schools and businesses monitor conditions and forecast further snowfall.
Incoming trains run one hour late with long distance journeys lagging three to four hours as snow and freezing switches cripple overhead and surface lines. Plows and shovelers struggle to clear tracks while oil and fire rockets illuminate a chaotic yard and crowd around gates awaits track assignments.
Engineers relied on signalmen as ferries ran slow through the day. North South and Chelsea ferries shifted to 20 minute runs, Lynn line lengthened three minutes and weather reduced visibility. Vessels and tows navigated carefully. 40 fishermen arrived safely as several ships held for safer crossing. City of Gloucester skipped Fish City trip. Grecian, James S Whitney and Bay State also delayed.
Two men shoveling snow from the New Haven line near the South Street bridge were struck by an outward train. John Gordon, 16 B Street, died. his companion suffered fatal injuries. A dozen workers were at the scene as a snowstorm muffled signals and blinded vision, with men spaced about ten yards apart.
Snow trains clogged the North Station yards as blizzards battered the region. Inward service lagged 15 to 45 minutes while plows and crews battled switches, frozen rails, and windblown debris through the night. Emergency crews guarded wires around Boston to prevent outages.
Truthful Thomas chronicles crowding and rude behavior at South station through Scollay square during last night’s storm. Passengers fight for scarce tickets and space while cars fill fast and guards struggle to control a city-wide crush in icy platforms and smoky smog.
A nor Easter gale drives more than three dozen barges into Vineyard Sound as some tugs head to sea and others remain at Vineyard Haven and Bass River. The harbor vessels include Blue Bell Boxer Covington Dudley Pray Fred KE Richards Honeybrook John G Chandler Lackawanna Monocacy Nottingham Plymouth Swatara Teaser Tacony and Waltham. Persistent wind and rain threaten fragile telephone and telegraph repairs from the prior week.
New York trains arriving at Springfield were two hours and 15 minutes late last night due to snow on tracks and frozen switches. Delays continued past Springfield with extra time needed to make up trains and shift engines. No blockades were reported.
A fierce March storm isolated Nantucket with 60 mph northeast winds and heavy seas. The steamer Nantucket could not return from Wood's Hole as two to three masted schooners were seen anchored near Great Point while the local fishing fleet reached port earlier in the day.
A severe Chelsea storm brought deep snow and strong winds that hindered pedestrians. The Boston & Northern railroad dispatched snow plows to keep lines clear while police watched for casualties, finding one man unconscious near Broadway and Green street. In Winthrop, two trains stalled briefly before shoveling crews freed them, departing about half an hour late.
STONEHAM March 15. A buzzard storm hits town with full blast halting traffic. Street cars make little headway and may stall by morning. Heavy gale drifts snow filling sidewalks and streets making travel very hard. Steam trains running on time. No damage reported by midnight.
Medford reports minimal damage from the storm with traffic delays on streetcars and several downed trees on back streets. Telephone service remains steady while street lighting is out as the power company avoids energizing lines to prevent wire accidents.
In Rockland Maine on March 16 Mrs Dolly Decrow aged 92 the oldest person in Camden died from burns suffered when her clothing caught fire from a snark while she sat alone beside a stove at her home last night.
In Stonington Connecticut on March 15 the home of Mrs William C Ide aged 88 burned to the ground and her body was recovered from the ruins.
In Chihuahua a court found Ole E. Finstad and L. G. Coughner, both Americans from Los Angeles, guilty of killing Robert Rutherford of Philadelphia and C. W. McMurray of Los Angeles. They were each sentenced to 12 12 years in prison.
Susan B Anthony lay in elegy as a packed Central Presbyterian Church heard tributes from Rev. Dr. Albertson and Rev. Dr. Gannett. Attendees included William Lloyd Garrison’s son William, Carrie Chapman Catt, Anna Howard Shaw, and R Jerome Jeffrey.
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