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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1913
Page
2
An insane man James Hare fired during Mass striking Bishop March on the head and firing at the altar in Harbor Grace Newfoundland. Fishermen restrained Hare who was jailed thereafter. The bishop continued the service after medical treatment.
Brussels Oct 19 The minister of war announces a possible abandonment of the army dirigible program after the disaster to the Zeppelin airship The move follows the crash which prompted reconsideration of airship use and security concerns for military operations.
The official ordered all proposed ascents of the Zodiac and Belgique dirigibles for the year. He also suspended and likely will abandon the planned purchase of a new German rigid airship.
Relatives found Mrs. Mary J. Hartwell of St Waterhill Street Lynn unconscious with a gas cock on full force. Two doctors treated her all day and she was moved to Lynn Hospital as investigators consider possible causes. Relatives doubt suicide.
An estimated 15,000 people visited the new Aviary in Franklin Park yesterday. Morning crowds were families with children, while the afternoon drew mainly adults to the zoo exhibit.
An advertisement touts a guaranteed rupture holder the Cluthe Automatic Massaging Truss with a sixty day trial at no cost if it fails. It argues belts and belts worsen rupture and claims the device prevents operation, strengthens tissue, is waterproof and easy to clean, and offers a free book after requesting via coupon.
The prosecution argues Mrs. Eaton sought the admiral's death to gain control of the homestead and bring June Keyes and her child into the home. June Keyes disappeared after the admiral's death and reappeared months later, traced to Quincy Point with her baby.
A second letter from Mrs Jennie May Eaton is to be entered as evidence in the Eaton murder trial in Plymouth County. Assistant District Attorney Katzmann says the letter, addressed to Harvard Professor Whitney, concerns the Admiral Eaton case and her alleged hallucinations. Whitney will testify on the poison found in the Admiral’s organs and whether arsenic was ingested in pure form or with additives, as jurors hear the morning session.
Washington reports a vast international fleet will gather in Hampton Roads in 1915 to celebrate the Panama Canal. Expect 75 to 100 warships under an American vice admiral with the New York leading briefly toward Colon and then San Francisco. The voyage from Hampton Roads to the Golden Gate is planned to take 42 days with stops for fuel and supplies.
The article notes that some nations with large naval power field squadrons of four or more ships while others field only one or two vessels. Some nations with weak navies will still be represented only by their naval personnel aboard first class ships.
A south bound Big Four passenger train left the track three miles south of Tiffin Ohio. The engine baggage car and two coaches plunged down an embankment. Three men were fatally hurt or severely injured and four more were seriously wounded as rails spread during the incident. Named victims include Harry Day A W Shraggins and James OBrien.
A Sunday train crash on the Mobile and Ohio line at State Line Mississippi leaves 15 injured on the Chicago and Alton at Alton Illinois, with 20 killed and 100 injured overall. Three dead and four seriously hurt on the Big Four wreck near Tiffin, Ohio.
A Mobile & Ohio train wreck near Mobile results in the death of twenty soldiers. The Ford of the road reports the incident to headquarters, detailing the fatalities and relief efforts underway.
Reports from the wreck scene are sparse as wire service is disrupted. Most dead and injured were from Company 39 Coast Artillery U S A, with a relief train heading to Mobile and then Meridian for a fair. The wreck likely stemmed from the engine going through a trestle or tender derailment. 179 officers and men were aboard the train, with relief trains carrying physicians en route.
At Alton Illinois a Chicago and Alton Midnight Special wrecked early today. A steel cable bracing a telegraph pole caught the chair car and prevented it from overturning, saving about 88 passengers while 15 were injured and two feared fatally. The car remained upright with occupants thrown to the floor.
Sousa's band and soloists, including Herbert L. Clarke John Marks Margel Gluck and Virginia Clark, delighted an exceptionally large audience at the Colonial Theatre in the opening concert of a two Sunday night series featuring two new Sousa marches.
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