Commuter boat catches fire; no injuries

adamg — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:29:07 +0000

The Aurora, which normally makes the run between Hingham and Rowes Wharf, had to make an emergency stop at Spectacle Island when its engine caught fire around 11 a.m., according to reports from the Coast Guard and the Boston Fire Department.

No passengers were aboard at the time and the ship's crew put out the fire with an on-board CO2 fire-extinguishing system, the Coast Guard reports. Both a Coast Guard ship and the Fire Department's marine unit responded, along with a Boston fire engine and ladder company.

The ferry will remain at Spectacle Island until repairs can be made, the Coast Guard says.

Hot-dog-eating weenies

adamg — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:37:15 +0000

John Carrol is struck by how few hot dogs the winner and runner-up of a hot-dog-eating contest on Spectacle Island actually ate: The winner barely scarfed down 7 1/2 in 10 minutes:

... Not to get all New York on you, but at the annual Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest, they down almost ten times that number of franks in the same amount of time. ...