11 Sep 1905
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1905
Page
1
Police investigate a death in the South End as officers request help identifying a man found unnamed. Descriptions note a likely around 50 years old, 5 feet 8 inches tall, about 170 pounds with dark hair and a mustache, wearing a dark cheviot suit white shirt with red dots tan stockings and black derby. Further details await witnesses.
The United Irish League of America aims to raise 10 000 to complete a 50 000 pledge supporting Irish self government led by John E Redmond M P The Boston Post has begun the drive with a 1000 contribution and letters from E A Grozier and Thomas B Fitzpatrick praise the effort and its American backing. The reception for William Redmond is planned next week in Boston.
E R Whitney a well known Boston Concord figure dies in the White Mountains. His widow Anna Bennett aged 22 formerly a Grand Union Hotel New York telephone central earns a dower rights in an estate estimated from 15 to 20 million dollars.
Report lists several rescued sailors including William Gill and T McDonald from Boston, Tony a Portuguese of 223 North Street Boston, Luke Maguire of Boston, Wesley Martin of Newfoundland, Fred Joyce and Jerry Joyce of Cape Breton, and a Portuguese known as Joe. crew previously feared lost are saved from the sea.
John A. McDonald of 19 Park Street Charlestown lies at death's door at the City Hospital after 12 days of uncontrollable nosebleeds. Doctors fear the flow from a brain-adjacent vessel may be fatal within hours.
A 19 year old maid Bessie Bell aided by a male companion and four other bystanders saved five of six picnickers from drowning at Governor's Island. John McDonough of 546 Fifth Street South Boston drowned before help arrived. John J Gleason and other survivors included Peter Coffey Timothy Brackett Neil Walsh Thomas Desmond and Ned Callahan.
Two persons seriously injured and six more hurt badly enough to be taken home by police ambulance after a runaway wagon collision on Tremont Street near Mason. Two wagons were badly damaged and an angry crowd threatened a principal they believed aimed to shoot another in the incident.
Weather forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for fair conditions Monday and Tuesday with partly cloudy to cloudy skies and possible local showers. Light variable winds. Temperature notes show yesterday with an average around 69 degrees and a year ago around 58 degrees.
Rain expected in Eastern New York on Monday or moving into the interior. Tuesday features continued rain with fresh south to west winds across the region.
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