Squall sinks three yachts in New Rochelle regatta
During the 27th New Rochelle Yacht Club regatta a sudden squall struck at 3 30 pm sinking three yachts and capsizing seven others. A Bryan Alley and his wife from Festina were rescued after clinging to rigging near Davenport's Neck. Rescue efforts by Eileen and other yachts saved several crews, while many boats suffered severe damage within Echo Bay and at Execution Light.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Bryan Alley
Larchmont Yacht Club
Festina
Mrs. Alley
Davenport
Echo Bay
Mr. Alley
Halliards
Eileen
Maryola
Dalaage
A. K. Griffin
Jacob Meeks
Hazen Morse
New Rochelle
Execution Reef
Mr. Morse
George C. Molloy
Robin Hood
Patricia
B. Fowler
Hardy
Smith
Gifford and
Dietch
George G. Fry
Mr. Fry
Dory
Kathmar Tni
Massasoit
Fort Washington
Viva
Port Washington
New York
Okee
J. A. Mahlstedt
Miss Mischief
Overton
Wind Blackens Babylon as Laborer Dies and Yacht Capsizes
A severe wind storm in Babylon Long Island kills William Towonski, a laborer, when a falling tree strikes him on Higbie Lane. Attorney Frederick Jarvis Wood, son of ex-Sheriff Benjamin B. Wood, capsizes his yacht in Big Bay Channel but is rescued by the Towanco ferryboat after an exhausting escape. Trees uproot and many narrowly avoid injuries.
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New York Times
Babylon
L. I
William Towonski
Higbie Lane
Frederick Jarvis Wood
Benjamin B. Wood
Big Bay
Towanco
Sweltering 93 Degree July Heat Hits Philadelphia
Philadelphia reports a 93 degree peak at 2 pm as the Weather Bureau warns of a hot day with many prostrations and one death due to heat. Officials cite rising temperatures and a sweltering afternoon in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Philadelphia
Weather Bureau
Federal Ding
New York
Philaelphia
New Orleans
Washington
Jacksonville
Keast
United States
Flagstaff
Arizona
Long Beach
Hottest Day Yet This Year Amid Heat Wave
Today tops 93 degrees by afternoon as the mercury rises from 69 at 2 AM to 93 by 2 PM. Heat prostrations run into the tens with one infant death recorded.
Storm knocks out lights across Westchester County towns
A severe storm left Westchester County towns in darkness with Tarrytown White Plains New Rochelle Port Chester and Mount Vernon without power. Moving pictures and outdoor events were halted as crews from the Westchester Lighting Company hunted for the wire break with twenty five men in cars.
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Westchester County
Tarrytown
White Plains
New Rochelle
Port Chester
Mount Vernon
Westchester Lighting Company
Lightning Strikes St. Peter's Church Spire
Lightning struck one of the four spires of St. Peter's Church in New Brunswick New Jersey as a ball of fire engulfed the building. The spire toppled into the roof, created a large hole, and damaged beams and the cellar while a dust cloud rose. losses exceed 1000 dollars.
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New Brunswick
N. J
St. Peter’s Church
Prison for False Countess in Paris Case
The Correctional Court in Paris sentenced Countess Clare to one year in prison and a $200 fine, and Count Ladislaus Zoltynski to two years and a $400 fine for obtaining money from Miss Wilhelmina Kemper under false pretenses. They must return $97,000 to Miss Kemper. The case tied to a scheme to marry Prince Victor of Thurn and Taxis to an American heiress, with earlier acquittal reversed on appeal.
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Paris
Clare
Ladislaus Zoltynski
Wilhelmina Kemper
Prince Victor of
Miss Kemper
Rue de la Paix
Anna Gould
Count de Castellane
Newport
Eviction of Mrs Beane Involved Springfield Rifle Raid
Mrs Monte Beane guarded her Arden cottage with a Springfield rifle for a week. While she worked at a new schoolhouse the Rautenbergs entered the vacant home, dumped her furniture on the road, nailed back doors, and claimed possession. Beane vows legal action to reclaim the house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Philadelphia
Monte Beane
Arden
Beane
Robert Rautenberg
Vandals Loot Bryan Home Walk In Lincoln
vandals removed over one hundred feet of cement walk laid during William J Bryan's 1908 campaign at his Fairview residence in Lincoln Nebraska. heavy blocks were lifted and hauled away to wagons then vanished beyond the main road. a guard is now posted at the premises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Lincoln
Neb
William J. Bryan
Baltimore
Fairview
Mr. Bryan
Bryan Farm
Furnished Homes and Yachts Ad in New York Circulars
Advertisement for furnished yachts bungalows and homes in oak walnut cases priced at 30 dollars. Circulars and related items supplied by C. E. Brockington located at 313 Fifth Ave near 32nd Street New York.
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C. E. Brockington
Fifth Ave
New York
Hot Spell Breaks City's 1912 Record
A New York heat wave pushed the temperature to 93 degrees at 4 PM, eight degrees above the previous high. One death and several prostrations were reported. Victims include Karl Krause on a West 116th Street car and Peter Geraty near Broadway and Thirtieth Street.
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Karl Krause
West 116Th Street
West Shore Ferry
Connors
N. Y
Wes
New York Hospital
Peter Geraty
307
Fourth Avenue
Broadway
Thirtieth Street
Louis Levine
West Ninety- Ninth
Tragic Suicide Before German Marriage Plans
Miss Teckla Lagerquist, preparing to sail for Germany to wed Capt. Cushon Lorens, shot herself in her uncle William Asmus’s 828 Audubon Avenue apartment. She had lived with her father in Ridgefield Park New Jersey and had come to New York to buy a trousseau and finalize travel for July 11.
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Teckla Lagerquist
Germany
William Asmus
Audubon Avenue
Miss Lagerquist
Ridgefield Park
N. J
New York
Cushon Lorens
Munson Line
Hamburg
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His Wife
Cling
New Rochelle Yacht Club
Gale
Westchester
Storm
St. Peter’s
Count Zoltynski
Rautenbergs
Bryan
Mason & Hamlin “Yacht Organs
City
Mercury
Stern
Gloria
Dimity
Madras
Norfolk
West Twenty-third and
Twenty-second Streets
Bonwit Teller& Co
Norfolks
Mackinaws
Robespierre
Batiste and
Voile
Misses’ & Girls
He Aires
Et A
Knox
Fifth Avenue
38Th Street
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