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The Boston Globe from Boston, Massachusetts • 3

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The Boston Globei
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Boston, Massachusetts
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1 THE BOSTON DAILY GLOBE-TUESDAY, SEPTEAMER 2,. 1917 hree WO damage, Judge Walter E. George B. Hope were blown ovet c.f 1 v.mote,rly land the hens scattered in the wind. Briggs, director of the cemetery, Newton Woman Hirt as Skids Into Wall Boats Washed Ashore Near Marblenead across Wires in Brockton.

Easton and Stoughton, cutting telephone service in a monber of houses shortly after 2 o'clock, the telephone company said. One Man Killed, 1300 Attleboro 'Phones IOW After Storm Hits 3 Hur as Easton AMEBORO. Sept. 2Three Phone Service Affected by Severe Storm Car Stalled in FlooLd Medford Underpass Plant Collapses said. A cottage belonging to Mrs.

Bertha Bliven at Greenwood Lake. North Attleboro. was ki truck by lightning and burned. John and Hodges sts. were worst hit by the wind which reached tornado force.

The house of Hugh Butler at 21 John st. was completely by a giant tree that was blown over it. The six-family tenement belonging to Napoleon Tardif adjoining escaped damage but six garages nearby were ripped apart and two cars destroyed. Poultry houses on the farm of New Bedford Gets Wind, Rain NEW BEDFOBD, Sept. 2 terrific "twister" that hit Greater Boston skipped this area entirely.

There was a wind, which did T1 0 damage, but not a drop of rain SALEM, Sept. 2rwo oats NW tre washed ashore on the town side of Marbleheet by a storm this afternoon that rippec- up trees here, stalled cars and tore down a tev wires. Water pctiring in arouna the seams of plate glass windows caused damage to store goods. Two feet of water pouring through the Salem tunnel slowed Boston and Maine traffic. Mrs.

Charlotte Feinberg, 38, uf 47 Nobscot road, Newton, skidded in her car off Chestnut Hill ay. at Englewood Brighton, and crashed into a brick wall during the heavy rain. The accident happened shortly after noon time. Mrs. Feinberg was treated at St.

Elizabeth's Hospital for a cut on her right arm and a leg injury. hundred telephones were out here and $5000 estimated damage done to the R. F. Simmons jewelry factory by a storm which cut a path across the north section of the city at 11 o'clock this morning. At the factory workers were endangered when 42 windows were blown in or smashed by the force of the wind.

At Wood lawn Cemetery headstones were blown over and trees and shrubbery destroyed causing MEDFORD, Sept. 2Torrentia1 rain caused a flood at the underpass of the B. M. division at the corner of Harvard and Boston st. here today.

The wlter Ireached the front headlights ot a Icar stalled under the bridge, it was reported. More than 100 telephones were estimated to have been put out of order by this afternoon's violent storm in the Greater Boston area, the metropolitan office of the New England Telephone Company reported. Gale winds sent trees topoling sent trees toppling There are more than 1000 uses for cotton. TIIE WORLD'S LARGEST SPECIALTY STORE OPEN 9:15 A. M.

TO 5:30 P. M. telt 04'1 .11, EASTON. Sept. 2A "black cone-: shaped twister" swooped over this town.

lifted the roof of a 60-by-120-: foot factory in one piece -like a feather and tumbled the four walls of cement blocks in a heap on 11 employees of the Industrial Engineering Company's machine snot) here at 11:30 this morning, killing one man outright. sending another Brockton Hospital and injuring two others. Henry Manchester, 72. father of Ralph Manchester, owner of the machine shop. died when crushed beneath the rear wall as it raved inward.

A saleaman. who had just called at the machine shop office, was also injured and was taken to Brockton Hospital for treatment. The salesman was later identified Sttphen Baker of West Newton. He is held at Brockton Hospital, pending X-ray diagnosis of possible spitial and head injuries. Mrs.

Henry Manchester, widow of tne aged victim. heard the fire alarm circulated in the village and rushed to the scene. She collapsed as her husband's body was removed from the ruin. Machinery valued at $30,000 was ruined by the crashing blocks and deluae of rain that accompanied the 'twister." and six automobiles belonging to employees were flattened beneath one wall that collapsed outward. Harding C.

Reynolds, employee of the garage across Washington tit. from the machine shop. as standirg in the garage-entrance watching the storm--I saw this black. cone-shaped thing come swooping down. It picked up the roof like a feather and dropped it off to one side.

That 'vas enough for me. I dove under thc nearest Ralph Manchester, owner of the shop. suffered a severe cut of the right hand, and Alvin Swanson. 35. cf Pine Eastondale, had a head laceration.

Both were treated at the scene by Dr. Michael Del Co Mani). -I thought it was another said Frank Heal. 40, employee. "I was standing next to Swanson and the first thing we heard was the skylight overhead going, with glass showering down.

I ran for the boiler room like mad. I was sure it was another hurricane." Chief Herbert Berglund, responding at first word of the disaster, called in help from the Fire Department and electric light company trouble gangs as well as State Police from West Bridgewater barracks. The -twister" mowed down two gasoline pumps near the machine shcp. fattened the old N. N.

H. and H. Railroad freight shed a 100 yards beyond. and blew itself out south of Easton before reaching Taunton. Juniors! Love that Schiller unit! And so Will He Love that waistit's so tiny! Love that new longer jacketit builds you a new figgert Love the collar, the menswear fabric, the complete look of you, it's and most terrific! $65.00 Filene's Junior Miss Shop, fourth floor O.

osoffs, I- 411.0 1 ...4 0 4 o-st, 4 'j 75 el 4,, ....7 4 6 i I I ill 111 i 0 II as Bp 1 .1. (4,: I '7' I nht If Zile' It 4. it: 014 I al I i 1. .1 1 i W- 7t.i:YA I 4 1 la 1 0 0 0 ed'- Sorry, no mail or gone orders Southern Maine Hit by Heavy Downpour PORTLAND. Sept.

2Southern Maine missed the miniature hurricane but was deluged by a heavy downpour. No damage was reported. Of.cials at the Weather Bureau reported that 1.12 inches of rain fell in a 40-minute period. more than four times the amount that descended in the entire month of August. Many streets here were flooded, tut residents said that the slight wind that was blowing was only breeze" after the torrid v-eather of the last few days.

B. M. Storage Shed Levelled at Marblehead de The Bostnn it: Maine Railroad re-pored leveling by the wind of a vivo-enzine wocicien stora.c4e shed at Mart lehead this afternoon. Additional Boston Sc Maine trouble was encountered when high water at Union sq. necessitated the rerouting of trains through Somerville Junction.

The water at Union sq. was receding and trains were expected to be following their usual course by 5 p. m. unless more heavy rain fell. High water in the vicinity of Everett slowed Boston Maine trains passing through that area this a spnkesman for the road said.

The New Haven Railroad reported at mid-afternoon it had suffered no storm damage up to that time. Eye for Beauty ATLANTA. Ga. ILTPPA burglar ransacked the house of Mrs. C.

W. Wrigley here but took only one tempting articlea calendar illustrated with pictures of scantily clad girls. Top: Brown or black Innswear worsted wool cheek with hip flap pockets. Sizes 9 to 15 included. $65.00 NEW YORK to A via PA I $571 ono veiny.

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NAtioNAL FRENCH 461111.1446 415 a. I Home From Vacation? Arrange to get your Globe for the Fall and Winter Months. Women, make your Fall purchases from Globe advertisers. i I.

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