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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1900
Page
1
A plan to move hospitals and a new refuge to Houston Water Island faces sightseeing restrictions but draws attention as 2700 are identified and a relief fund reaches one million dollars. Authorities anticipate scarce supplies yet strong public interest and support for the relocation effort.
The Galveston relief fund has grown to nearly 1,000,000 with expectations to reach 1,500,000 by tomorrow night. Governor Savers will direct distribution of funds for food, supplies, and relief efforts, while awaiting an itemized donor list for several days.
Plymouth Sept 14 A large force struggles against a fierce forest fire burning across nearly half the town. Wind shifts hamper firefighters as they race to save homes along Halfway Pond Long Pond and Bloody Pond. 150 men stand ready as fires threaten Ennisville and Chinotville areas with rescues and evacuations ongoing.
A mysterious man registered as W. J. Neilson of Albany, New York, returned to the United States Hotel after midnight and stabbed John Reardon, the porter who helped eject him. Reardon lay at Emergency Hospital with likely fatal injuries as authorities hunted the assailant, last seen at large at 3:30 a.m.
Readers are urged to join a long running sale offering reduced prices on school lab and play outfitting items. Youth and men’s suits, sized 9 to 14 years and 30 to 34 bust, are listed at lower prices than earlier in the season. Supplementary men’s department sale includes youths long trousers with deep reductions. The item notes odd lots and broken sizes as key savings for purchasers.
Hazleton and Shamokin dispatches report peak tension across the anthracite region on September 14. Miners and many women vow to endure hardship rather than accept current conditions, while efforts to keep some mines running stir unease. In Cranberry colliery, 75 percent oppose a Monday strike and plan to report for work. Lithuanian church leader Rev. Carl Houser says Lithuanians largely oppose the strike.
Rain is forecast for Saturday and probably Sunday in New England with fair weather on Saturday morning in northern and eastern Maine. Expect fresh to strong winds from the north as the system moves through the region.
Galveston Texas September 14 The first real effort to clear miles of debris along the beach began today hundreds of men and boys responded to advertisements in the News police and deputies in charge work to recover bodies more may be hidden in the wreckage along the bulwark of debris on the island rescue operations continue as streets remain tangled with wires and rubble and numerous families seek transport from a city in mourning
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