Thoughtfully curated historical journalism
Rockport, Mass., Oct. 26.—(AP)—A restaurant, a freight car, one passenger car and most of a locomotive were destroyed here tonight when a Boston and Maine local passenger main, out-bound from Boston, struck an open switch in the yards. Three persons were injured.
NEW YORK—Romance has gone on a vacation from the love nest of Frances (Peaches) Browning, the “Cinderella girl,” and Edward W. Browning, her wealthy Prince Charming.
Peaches has gone with her mother to a secluded cottage in New Jersey.
Back to Hotel.
Browning bas gone back to his bachelor quarters in an exclusive hotel.
The apartment where the two have lived and within which they told everyone was an ideal domestic life, has been re-leased.
Hurricane Slices Top Floors From Brick Buildings as if Cut by Razor
NEWSPAPERMEN BATTLE ELEMENTS TO GET NEWS
Climb for Miles Through Mud and Wreckage to Get to Scene of Disaster — Heavy Concrete Benches Blown Through Air As If They Were Bits of Paper.
Savannah, Ga., Sept. 20 (AP)—A graphic story of havoc wrought in St. Petersburg and the west coast of Florida, by the tropical hurricane was told here last night by J. A. Kelly, Washington, dining car steward on the Seaboard Air Line’s “The Southerner.”
Mineola, N. Y., Sept. 12 — (AP) — Three days of intensive work were begun today on the Sikorsky biplane, the S-35, in which Captain Rene Fonck hopes to fly to Paris, so that the plane will be ready to hop off by Thursday. No date has been set for the start of the flight, this being contingent on meteorological conditions.
Many Houses on Fayal in Ruins—Cable Line Junction Is Injured.
LISBON, Portugal. August 31.—A violent earthquake which shook the Island of Fayal in the Azores today reduced part of the town of Horta to ruins. There were some deaths, dispatches say, and many were injured. Details are lacking.
CASTELLANETA. Province of Turanto, Italy, August 25.—This village, where Rudolph Valentino was born 31 years ago, today is in mourning.
When a newspaper from the neighboring city of Bari arrived in the village about sunset on Monday, it was glanced at by a group of sleepy card players who were sipping beer. Some one saw the bulletin announcing Valentino’s death. The card game was forgotten.
“Nostro Rudolfo morto!” they exclaimed.