Lightning Strikes Across Boston Areas In Fierce Storm
A severe thunderstorm lit the Boston area with intense lightning and rain last night. Brighton, East Boston, and Revere saw strikes, with injuries in Revere and a gas main fire in Brighton. William Haskell, struck in bed, lost hair but survived after doctors treated him and a companion. The storm caused damage across multiple locations and disrupted city streets for over two hours.
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Boston
Revere
William Haskell
Haskell
Haskill
Proctor Avenue
Masonic Hall
Meridian Street
Harrison Avenue
Firing on Saturday Devastates Hull Homes and Furniture
Hull residents recount weekend target practice by Fort Revere guns that damaged nearly every house near battery heights. Ceilings collapsed, windows shattered, doors torn, and belongings destroyed as 60 ton recoil shook the hillside. Glaziers and plasterers work amid pleas for relief from the disruption.
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Battery Heights
Boston Harbor
Methodist
John Boyle O'Reilly
Boston and New England forecast with cooler spells
Fair conditions spread across Boston and New England with a cooler Monday. Showers possible in extreme eastern Maine and winds from the west grow fresh. Tuesday sees fair weather continuing and warmer temperatures in the western portion.
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Boston
Vicinity
Washington
New England
Maine
Cabinet X Whiskey Buy Pint Before Gallon
A note directs buyers to purchase the full pint bottle before committing to a gallon. It mentions a 60 year usage, a body building context, and lists an address at 21 Essex Street, Lincoln 1. The text emphasizes a cautious buying approach with no bar indicated.
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Lincoln
Essex Street
Greater Boston's Support for Allen Fund Tally
Long list shows Greater Boston churches and affiliations pledging funds to the Allen Fund. Contributions span First Church on Temple Street to St. Mark's in Brookline and Grace Church in Cambridge, totaling 8,081.45. Includes varied amounts from 10.05 to 1,200.00, with numerous parishes across Dorchester Roxbury Somerville and Everett.
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First Church
Temple Street
People's Temple
Baker Memorial
Columbia Road
St. John’s
West Broadway
Tremont Street
M. E
Bromfield Street
Barham Memorial
South Boston
City Point
Ecies Osetia Ounee Bethany
Roslindale
Upham Memorial
Forest Hills
Jamaica Plain
West Roxbury
Ceese
Highland Church
Dorchester
Park Avenue
Somerville
Broadway
Sevineueas
Flint Street
Somervile
Trinity
Charlestown
Veccesces Seed Winthrop
Bellingham Church
Chelsea
A. H
Cceseeeene Eagers
MOO Wakefield
Weeeeenes Sevese
First
Flverett
Glendale
Everett
Beste Cheba Cen O
Allston Church
Harvard Street
Cambridge
Trinity Church
St. Mark’s
Brookline
Tae Gia
Grace Church
Methodist churches raise funds to replace stolen aid fund
Collections in Greater Boston and New England conferences restored the $75,000 Preachers' Aid Society fund stolen by Willard Allen. The effort covered 251 churches with 49,276 attendees, aiding 260 preachers and 32 dependents. Rev Charles A Crane of People's Temple predicted the full amount would be raised.
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Methodist Episcopal
Greater Boston
Willard §. Allen
Preachers’ Aid Society
Methodist Episcopal Church
Boston
Methodist
New England Conference
Merrimac River
Wrentham
Walpole
Dedham
Milton and
Quincey
Berkshire Hills
Ocean
Hey
Charles A. Crane
The
People’s Temple
Lightning strikes Union Square Allston causing outages and damage
A bolt of lightning struck Union Square in Allston last evening, flashing across Brighton Avenue for about 250 yards. It shattered a 24 inch gas main, tore up road dug to depths near three feet, and knocked out lights causing near panic among congregants at Union Square Baptist Church with no injuries reported.
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Brighton
Brighton Avenue
Union Square
Allston
Union Square Baptist Church
the Baptist Church
Pontifical Mass at Cathedral and Lynn car disturbance
Two Italians are under arrest for drunkenness and assault with a dangerous weapon after a crowded Lynn car incident with Conductor William A. Collins. Passengers overpowered one man who drew a revolver. The report also covers the Cathedral of the Holy Cross dedication ceremony and Bishop Denis M. Bradley’s sermon.
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Bradley
Lynn
Antonio Guidillia
William A. Collins
Boston & Northern Street Railway Company
Peabody
Wyoma Square
Linn
Collins
Guidilla
Guidillia
Central Square
Boston
Cathedral of the Holy Cross
Denis M. Bradley
Manchester
N. H
Nine Killed In Train Wreck Near Danville
A Southern Railway fast mail train plunged from a 75 foot trestle near Danville Virginia, killing nine of the 16 aboard and injuring seven. Engine crew and clerks suffered severe injuries as the wrecked cars collapsed on impact. The accident occurred on a sharp curve, near Riverside cotton mill, with a rocky stream below and crowds gathering at the scene.
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Brodie
Southern
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BOLTS
Seine
Conlin
Archbishop Williams
Hull
Daniel Souther
Destro
RS & Coventuat
Uncle Sam
Fort Revere
Methodists
Allen
George Whitaker
Father John
Allen Fund
Symphony Hall
Esch
John J. Williams
Thompson's Spa
Washington Street
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