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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1906
Page
3
The tug Murrell under Captain Asa Haley arrived with barges Cassie and Annie carrying coal from Norfolk for Providence and Boston. It ran aground off Block Island in fog on Sunday, sustaining some damage but was later floated.
The propeller shoe bent and the propeller slightly damaged but she floated and moved under her own power. The steel barge Annie ran aground and sustained damage. it is leaking though pumps keep water out.
In St. Albans Vermont on May 23 William Mullins resigns as superintendent of transportation for the Central Vermont railway. He will become general manager of the railway of Costa Rica with headquarters at San Jose.
Fred R. Chase of the Soldiers' Home team leaped from his moving coach to seize a frantic grocery wagon horse. Dragged 700 feet through Batterymarch to halt the animal, Chase saved bystanders as the caravan neared collision near Otis square in Charlestown.
The Camden barge, part of a tow from Covington, broke away in dense fog off Block Island yesterday. It has been located and towed to port by Covington, with no injuries reported. The tug John G. Chandler Boston will move the Camden to New York for coal cargo.
The body of an unidentified man about 30 was found today in an old abandoned house in a remote town section. Police are investigating the death as a possible accidental or natural case pending autopsy results.
Mrs. Mary Armistead known as Mammy died at her sister’s home in South End. Born a slave near Richmond, she lived 70 years and served prominent Boston families including Russell, Bancroft, Myles Standish, and Dr Cotton. Simple prayers will be offered at noon, with remains sent to the South per her wish.
Five Boston sculptors Bela Pratt William Pope Theo Kitson Henry Kitson and Cyrus Dakin submitted models for the Patrick A Collins memorial to be placed in a Boston park. A committee of J Randolph Coolidge Jr R S Peabody and C H Black will judge the designs and a sub committee will select the site.
A history group by Sculptor P points to the Collings inscription on the shaft and Hibernia guiding a Youth as he nears the text. The Pratt model is planned for the centre of the Charles street mall at the Common.
The cruiser Columbia with 400 marines arrived at Colon today while Marblehead is due at Panama. The small Marblehead contingent cannot bolster a land movement against any large revolutionary force in the republic.
Franklin fund managers are puzzled over site choice. One option at Berkeley and Appleton streets offers 16 000 square feet but asks 100 000 dollars, nearly double assessed value. The Shawmut avenue Camden street Northfield street parcel covers 41 600 square feet and could fit 160 000 dollars approved by the city, with higher daily traffic and better light for future growth.
Over 100 Providence newsboys formed into a union by four Boston labor delegates. The meeting occurred at 23 Canal Street known as the skidoo factory. Local papers are not expected to face much trouble from the union.
The federal grand jury charged five of seven indictments for false statements in bankruptcy filings. Names include Jacob Kerrch and Wies brothers along with Hyman Abrams and Joseph Rittenberg. Assets recovered include Lowell property, a Cambridge warehouse stock, and $6400 settlement, with Kerrch's mobility listed at $42,976.07 and bonds set at $2600.
Work started on the street car line between Goff's Falls in Litchfield and Eson, connecting Manchester with Nashua, progressing toward the new trolley route.
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