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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1916
Page
11
A special commission appointed by Governor McCall to study creating a State police force will hold its first public hearing tomorrow in the State House to assess relieving the militia from police duty during industrial unrest.
The first Zeppelin incendiary bomb brought to the United States is shown by Jack Norworth at B F Keiths Theatre this week. Norworth, back from London, retains the artefact under war office terms, noting the bomb’s pineapple shape and iron framework. The burned charge confirms its use in English air raids and the dangerous force of such devices.
Yale crews drawn by Coach Guy Nickalls drew 225 students in New Haven for the fall regatta trials. Practice begins tomorrow on the Housatonic River near Derby as Yale selects its oarsmen.
President Wilson finalizes a campaign plan after a conference with Vance C. McCormick. He will tour the Middle West with stops in Omaha Indianapolis Cincinnati and Chicago plus events at Shadow Lawn and in New York State.
Emery C. Welch, 37, of 752 Front Street South Weymouth, was struck by a motorcycle driven by William S. Seynard of 110 Winthrop Street Wollaston as Welch alighted from a street car in Lincoln Square Weymouth. Welch remains on the dangerous list at Quincy Hospital with both legs fractured. Seynard was arrested.
Coast guard crews battled heavy seas to rescue eight people from a sinking boat during a storm. The incident halted offshore traffic as responders transported the survivors to safety and inspected the vessel for remaining hazards.
Mrs Sadie Roberts and seven sailors faced death as the barge Alex Anderson wrecked off the Nova Scotia coast. Rescued by the Sagamore, they reached Charlestown after 24 hours on a waterlogged craft in a fierce northeast gale.
Mrs Sadie Roberts wife of Ross Roberts a stewardess aboard the Anderson perished? No. she was rescued first but urged rescuers to save her husband as five sailors remained marooned on the sinking barge. A second rescue attempt failed to reach the barge as volunteers faced a fierce storm. A third party led by Second Officer W Witeaway retrieved the captain and five sailors including Roberts.
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