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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1911
Page
4
The British freighter Snowden Range from Fowey, England reached port after 21 days of nonstop storms. A record hurricane battered the ship with the bridge lost a lifeboat swept away and flooding in the saloon and sleeping quarters for a full day.
The Snowden Range left Fowey under stormy weather and sustained heavy damage in a Tuesday hurricane. A crewman, William Campbell, was thrown to the deck but survived with only a sprained ankle and a broken arm. other damage included a torn bridge wing, smashed lifeboat, broken pipes, flooded saloon, and the donkey boiler stack. The cargo of china clay delayed the vessel's arrival at Mystic docks, Charlestown.
A man was struck by an inbound train near Wadsworth station South Franklin late last night on the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad. The body was mutilated beyond identification.
A wooden three story observatory on Mt Hood near Melrose burned last night in what fire officials call a gang act. The structure, built eight years ago by former Alderman John C F Slayton as a city gift, stood about 70 feet high and valued at 1200 dollars.
Oscar Nelson a Los Angeles politician and insurance man wed Mrs Emma O Johnson in Portland Maine. The ceremony was at 7:15 pm officiated by Rev Frank L Wilkins. The couple left Portland within an hour for Boston New York and California as they plan a Los Angeles home chosen by the bride from several houses owned by the groom.
The piece argues physicians resist privately owned cures for chronic Bright's Disease while noting some report successes with Fulton's Renal Compound. It cites historical professional skepticism, urges early use before organ decline, and claims many recoveries when started promptly, with addresses for the patent remedy.
Constantinople correspondents report Turkey renewing efforts for peace but differ on method. Rome reportedly shifts from compensation to potential indemnity if war continues. Italian dispatches claim two Turkish torpedo boats were sunk at San Giovanni di Medua with 300 Turkish dead, though Turkish sources deny the incident.
On October 8 the Torero reports Tripoli under attack with Sultanie fort blown up and Hamadie fort razed. Italian ships Benedetto Brin Emanuele Filiberto Re Umberto Sicilia Sardegna Carlo Alberto and Coatit form a blockade with destroyers and torpedo boats surrounding Tripoli.
Official dispatches report the Italian squadron entering Tobruk roadstead at Bomba Bay. The Turks refused surrender as Vittorio Emanuele fired, breaching the fort, and marines landed to seize the position. Italians hoisted their flag and took prisoners from the resisting garrison.
State Department advices from Rome indicate if the Ottoman government accepts occupation of Tripoli and restores the earlier Turkish status, Italy will seek peace at the earliest moment.
Constantinople reports the grand vizier and the minister of war seek mediation by the great powers to secure peace. The expulsion decree against Italians is to be postponed as negotiations proceed. The moderate press and public favor ending the war promptly.
The Rev Herbert B Johnson of Warren Avenue Baptist Church condemned Boston's Excise Commission as unfair and cowardly during a sermon defending the South End against allegations it is a modern Sodom. He urged lodging house keepers to deny licenses and defend their quarter.
Daniel J. Lucey of 1718 Warren Street died after losing his grip on a rail aboard a Rocaport train at 7:49 PM in Salem. He fell into the tunnel as the wheels passed, sustaining fatal injuries. Patrick Lucey listed as witness or relative.
Lieutenant Hans Gericke of the Berlin Ib was declared missing for the third time after winning the James Gordon Bennett trophy in the international balloon race that began in Kansas City. A telegram to the U S Army adjutant general requested life saving stations around the Great Lakes search for the German balloon.
Shortly after a telegram was sent a message reported Lieutenant Gericke landing at Lady Smith Wisconsin yesterday morning. He and his aide F O Dunker traveled 468 miles and reached a wilderness area uninjured but could not reach a telegraph station before midnight.
Advert says elastic and leg strap trusses sold by stores and specialists harm wearers by causing strangulation and pain. It promotes the Clothes Truss with massager as safe, self adjusting, and guaranteed to keep rupture in place, offering a free informative book and trial.
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