Ten Live Lost In Costly Storm Ravages Northeast Coast
A fierce blizzard battered from New York to Cape Cod, killing ten seafarers as Coast Guardsmen struggled in heavy seas. Rescue ships were lashed and vessels driven ashore at Provincetown, Nantasket, and nearby shores, with Boston and Long Island Sound drenched and infrastructure strained by record tides and widespread outages.
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New York
Eastport
Coast
338
Provincetown
Cape Cot
Surfalle
Nantasket
Vinever
Haven
Cape Cod
Lake Gorin
Nave
York Harbor
SW York
Long Island
Staten Island
New Jersey
Coast guard Downes battles gale in New London harbor
The Downes, a coast guard destroyer, arrived from Atlantic patrol and anchored near Pishers Island after a gale tore loose its anchor and damaged the starboard bow. Four more destroyers stood by with steam up as weather disrupted lines, traffic, and lower harbor sections including Neptune Park and the Orvon Berek district.
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New England Navigation Company Feet
New York
Coast Guard
Downes
Atlantic
Pishers Island
Thames River
State Port
Tease
State Pier
Reaman
Orvon Berek Secion
Neptune Park
Schooner Nancy Baston Grounded in Surf at Nantasket
The five masted Nancy Baston ran aground high on the beach at Surfettle this afternoon during a gale. Volunteers ferried the crew ashore before Allerton Cast Gerard’s boat reached them. The Nancy, built in Portland for the French government, had sailed from Boston with coal cargo and drifted onto the sand as cables parted. It is believed the vessel can be lightened and removed with no serious damage, as the storm lashes the region and coats roads with water sand and snow.
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Anova
Boston
Martha's Vineyard
Hole
Caries
S. Candy
Montreal
Dedham
Leominster
Nantasket
Mann
Cap
Nancy Baston
Norfolk
Surfettle
Allerton
Gerard
Schower
Nancy
Portland Re
Stony Heach
Delaware Towns Flooded After Storm Hits Delaware City
Wilmington area reports $200,910 in damage as northeast storm floods Delaware City and Delaware beaches. Canal banks break and new entrances open along the Delaware and Chesapeake canal. The Thomas Clyde steamship sank at Delaware Beach near Telaware Beach. Government reports riverine and street flooding restrict traffic to launchers.
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Wilmington
Del
Delaware City
Delaware Beach
Chesapeake Ny Telaware Canal
Thomas Clyde
Delaware Beach Company
Telaware Beach
PuPent
Cottages threatened by record high tide at coast
Feb 26. The highest tide in twenty years hit Long Island Sound area with storm surge flooding Myrtle, Silver and Port Trumbull beaches. Waves swept over cottages at Myrtle Beach as service tracks were coated with sand and pebbles. Silver Beach saw spray over cottages and road, while nearby areas reported severe marks but no major damage. Residents stayed alarmed as water neared homes.
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Port Trumbull
Long Vai
Fort Trumbull
Ncwan Bank
Myrtle Beach
Silver Beach
Four Deaths Reported From Snowstorm in Pittsburgh
Four deaths linked to heavy snowfall in the Pittsburgh district as 13 inches fell, the heaviest in Western Pennsylvania areas. Snow belts extend into Northern West Virginia with 6 to 24 inches elsewhere, disrupting rail and street traffic and delaying trains, trolleys, and autos.
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Pittsburgh
Witteburgh
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Maremont
Zeno at Halifax Storm Impacts Shipping
A brief report notes a February storm near Halifax hampered by high winds and rough seas but did not fully disrupt shipping, with some vessels facing delays while others proceeded to port as usual.
Worst storm on Jersey coast grips state in years
Feb 20 Asbury Park N J AP reports a brutal hail and sleet storm battered New Jersey for hours along the coast. Long Branch and north towns call it the worst in 14 years with 20 foot waves and 75 mph winds. Property damage nears 1.6 million as coast guard crews rescue a family at Seabright and monitor a drifting schooner. Tracks washed out and power lines down left many towns dark.
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N. J
New Jersey
Long Branch
Points North
Highland Beach
Point Pleasant
Asbury Park
Ocean Avenue
Seabright
James Hmbury
New York
Shrewsbury
Monmouth Beach
Coast Guards
M.W. Rasmussen
Etinus
Galilee
Monmouth Coast Yard
Awash Ark
Central Railroad of
North Long Branch
Atlantic Highlands
Eight Coast Guard Members Lost in Cape Storm Disaster
A brutal coastal gale wrecked ships off Cape Cod as eight Coast Guard members perished and several vessels broke up. Rescue efforts continued along the High Land shore while crews in Boston confirmed recovered bodies and identified the dead.
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Tne Vuam
Boston
Clark
Freeburn
Cape
Government
Deccan
Coast Guard
Ames
Duck
Boxton
Snowbound Pennsylvania Faces Deep Winter Woes
February 20 Philadelphia reports heavy snow, sleet, and wind statewide. Temperatures rose prompting partial melt as highways blocked and trains and trolleys halted. Most areas hold 3 to 19 inches of snow with major telephone outages in Philadelphia. Gettysburg students staged a snowball fight in swimsuits amid the storm.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Bell Company
Gettysburg
Gettysburg Academy
Calvert in distress as rudder disabled in heavy seas
New York February 20 An unidentified barge Calvert is in distress 18 miles east of Ambrose light after its rudder failure in heavy seas. The Belgian steamer Suevier sighted distress signals and attempted to launch a boat, but a gale prevented further action.
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New York
Calvert
Ambrose Hecht
Independent Wireless Company
Wireless Company
Suevier
Sécang
Asbury Park
N. J
Talbot
Ashbury Park
Parts of Atlantic City submerged in gale
Atlantic City residents faced widespread flooding after a 72 mile per hour northeaster struck the Jersey coast. Inlet area streets flooded three to five feet, homes and stores submerged, boats used as makeshift ferries, and boardwalk planks torn up while windows shattered and residents waited for rescue.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Fen
Jersey
Uptown
Blizzard Hits New York State Strands Transit
A severe blizzard swept central and northern New York, bringing heavy drifts on highways and disrupting transportation. Adirondack region bore the worst, while Ithaca reported ten inches of snow after an all day storm, one of the winter’s heaviest.
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N.Y
New York
Adirondack
Ithaca
Blizzard erases hope of finding flyers in search failure
New York Feb 20 AP The last hope for two army aviators missing since a crash near Island Roeach station N 1 was swept away by a blizzard. With winds sleet and tangled wires no reports came from a fifty man search team. Optimists feared the flyers Willard Harrin and William Ciray could not have survived the 88 hours of foul weather. They were last seen near Island Beach stall or in heavy fog.
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Suc
Roeach Station
N. 1
Hyen
Willard J. Harrin
Willam A Ciray
Island
Navy transport leaves Newport for Cuba
The transport Hens 365 seamen to be taken to Guantanamo Cuba for distribution among the naval scouting fleet in Southern waters left Newport this afternoon. The Mengerson was expected to stop at Norfolk where more than 1 000 marines will be taken aboard for service in Nicaragua. The 56 percent taken aboard included 500 apprentice seamen while the others were drawn from recruit stations at Boston New York and New London Conn.
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BR. I
Guantanamo
Cuba
Mengerson
Norfolk
Nica-ragua
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New York
New London
Conn
Record cold grips Albany as mercury dives below zero
Northern and eastern New York faced a brutal cold day with winds cutting through the region. In Albany the thermometer plunged to ten degrees below zero with forecasts of even lower readings before dawn, as wind chill intensified the severity.
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Albany
N.Y
New York
Storm closes Lebaton mountain road in heavy snow
The Lebaton mountain road from Plasfield to Albany New York was closed today by a winter storm. Deep heavy sticky snow made the route impassable on the New York side of the state line.
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Web
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N.Y
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States Line
British Cantonese Pact Eases Shanghai Tensions
London and Washington report a new accord between Eugene Chen and British officials aims to withdraw Hankow from exclusive British control and place it under joint administration. The pact, tied to broader concessions in China, reduces fear of foreign-backed action amid Cantonese troop movements toward Shanghai.
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Miles Lampson
Shanghai
London
Eugene Chen
Owen Malley
Hankow
China
Great Britain
Kinkiang
Acard
Llanken
Austen Chamberlain
Sunklang
Cheklang
Wellington Koo
Washington
Hankew
State Department
U S Lands More Marines to Protect Managua Rail Link
The Department reports Minister Eberhardt and Admiral Latimer ordered additional naval forces to guard the Managua to Corinto railway and to protect American and foreign lives and property. About 100 blue jackets from the cruisers at Corinto were to be landed temporarily, with three months of supplies sent for safety against traffic interruptions amid Liberal and Conservative clashes around Chimandega and rail routes.
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Managua
Department
Eberhardt
Latimer
Sea
Corinto
Chimandega
Managua-Corinto
Amiral Latimer
Hell
Conner Wiltye
Marine Guard
Naval operation details extend beyond railway towns
Fragmentary report notes additional marine forces under Admiral Latimer becoming available and hints at operations extending to towns farther from the railway. The text is incomplete, with key details and disclosures missing.
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Admiral Latimer
Ness
Bridgeport Town Hit By Nightlong Storm Outage
Darkness swallowed Bridgeport as electrical power failed for hours last night halting services and forcing residents to rely on car lights, candles and kerosene lamps. Officials traced the outage to a break east of Newtown, Danbury plants rushed auxiliary power, seven inches of snow blocked roads, and New Haven line plows kept service moving through the night.
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Newtown
Danbury
Mint Company
Danbury Power Transportaton Company
Hetiis
New Haven Railroad
Man Plunges Two Stories to Death in Home
A man fell two stories from a railing at home after losing balance as a railing was leaned on. His wife heard his scream, saw the body, and a neighbor rushed to help. An ambulance was called but he died upon arrival to the hospital in a passing taxi.
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Nelehborg
Shanghai riots unfold amid strikes and troop movements
The report details Shanghai unrest as unions push anti-imperialist aims and calls for an eight hour day while Nationalist troops reportedly advance. Looting, transportation breakdowns, and church explosion fears surface as Marshal Sun Chuan-Fang withdraws toward Hangzhou and Cantonese forces enter Hungchow. A separate fire in Hornell, New York, kills one child and injures two others.
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General Laboration
Shanghai
Sun Chuan-Fang
Rikshas
Chinees
Yoreter Tay
Hangchow
Hungchow
Chow Jin-Jen
Fukien
Chekiang
Taet Nortrooners
Boller
Debates on Prohibition and Constitutional Amendment
Editor Dr Butler argues against enforcing national Prohibition through constitutional amendment citing the 14th and Article I. He warns such actions invite further legal chaos and intolerance. He urges returning the issue to local majorities and emphasizes fundamental law and moral restraint.
Roomer found dead in Park Street house
Patrick MeIlvenny thirty five a roomer at 67 Park Street was found dead in his room yesterday afternoon by Mrs. Mary Yule, the proprietor. Medical examiner H LeBaron Peters ruled natural causes. Police sought relatives and learned his home was Montreal Canada.
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Patrick MeIlvenny
Park Street
Mary Yule
Rooming House
H. LeBaron Peters
McTlyenny
Park Street House
Robert Graidfield
Bureau of Envestigation
Montreal
Canada
Thames River
White
Senate Votes Women Jurors for Washington
Washington February 20 The Senate yesterday passed to House bill to authorize women to serve on juries in the District of Columbia. Senators approved the measure amid debates over suffrage and civic duties, marking a milestone for women in court service in the capital.
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Senate
Washington
Hote Wit
District of
Columbia
Ambulance Calls For Mrs Kovachs And Others
Ambulance logged at 6 00 p m to 480 Spruce street for Mrs Sarah Kovachs with gangrene in left foot. Taken to St Vincent's hospital. At 1 00 p m to 814 Hater street a fall required hospital transport. Also to 81S Hallett street station for Joseph Piso with a scalp laceration. Treated and discharged.
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Sarah Kovachs
St. Vincent's Hospital
Hater Street
Hallett Street
Joseph Piso
Arctic Strect
Grand List for Newtown Exceeds 3 Million
Newtown assessors total taxable property at 2,684,117 with resident owners at 2,978,653 and non residents at 75,564. Exemptions on the 49 6 grand list cut the grand total to 3,637,442. Some districts report penalties for missing lists and extra assessments for late filers.
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Newtown
Board of Assessors
Board of Relief
Grassy Plain
Gregory's Orchard Distriet
Iersea
Hale Way Tuvar
Ravera Fox
Gate Crasher Felled By Cop At Local Hall
Joseph Fixko, 21, of 685 Arctic Street, was arrested last night at St. John's hall by Special Officer J Daly on a charge of deceit of the peace and resisting an officer. An attempted ticketless entry led to an affray. Fixko was struck with a belt, taken to the second precinct, and treated at Emergency Hospital by Dr Chester Habern.
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Joseph Fixko
Arctic Street
St. John's Hall
J. Daly
Misky
Chester Haberl
Wth
Caroline E. Lewis Seward obituary notice
Caroline E. Lewis widow of Dan Seward died yesterday in her eighty eighth year She resided at Deaidreport for fifty six years and recently arrived on a street The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 30 at the Sterling Widows home 354 Prospect Street with Rev Bla Smith of the First Baptist Church officiating She is survived by two brothers Robert Lewis of Hartford Conn and E Ernest Lewis of Ardmore Pa
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Caroline E. Lewis Seward
Caroline E. Lewis
Dan ‘T Seward
Deaidreport
Prospect
Bla’ Sith
First Baptist Church
Robert Lewis
Hakville, Conn
Ernest Lewis
Ardmore
Penni
Burned to Death in Rensselaer Fire
In Rensselaer on February 20 APY David Vernae and his companion were burned to death when their home was destroyed by a fire.
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Hornell, N
John Erskine
Rensselael
Apy
David Vernae
Dex
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