Sugar House Bulletin | 1941-02-28 | Page 8 | Old South Meeting House in Boston is Endangered

OLD SOUTH MEETING HOUSE IN BOSTON IS ENDANGERED BOSTON. The English death-watch death-watch beetle recently came close to wrecking the old South Meeting house in Boston, famous in Revolutionary Revolu-tionary days. The beetle is so named because it makes the ticking noise heard in old churches during all-night wakes. Dr. Donald M. Muirhead of Duxbury, Mass., said it came to this country in Colonial days, probably in furniture and timber. tim-ber. It was found three years ago in the blockwood floor of the meeting meet-ing house. Hypodermic needle sprays in each hole, followed by creosoting of the exterior, probably prob-ably have safeguarded the timber for the future, according to Dr. Muirhead.