Aged seaman recalls Enterprise Boxer duel 1813
An elderly Kennebec shipmaster Captain William Barnes recounts the Enterprise and Boxer fight off Monhegan to Seguin, detailing distances, gun positions, losses, and key officers. He notes Boxer damage, Burrows' gallant death, and Harper's court martial while linking later accounts to the battle's locality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebec
William Barnes
Woolwich
Enterprise
Monhegan
Seguin
Monhegan Monhegan
Damariscove Island
Young Barnes
Burrows
McCall
Tillinghast
Blythe
Stantly
Barnes
Harper
Board of Inquiry
F. H. Aulick
Berwick
David M’creery
City Council Debates School Repairs and Fire Department Pay
August council session in Bath sees full attendance as Board of Aldermen defeat a $38,000 school repair appropriation seeking more detail while a separate proposal to raise pay for veteran firemen and add per-man stipends is debated, with several conference committees formed and votes split along party lines. A petition to allow Sunday fruit store hours is referred to the City Marshal and a transfer of $300 is approved for school texts and records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leland R. Mitchell
Edwin F. Ramsay
Frank A. Jones
Ballou
Weeks St. Grammar School
South St
Washington St. Upper Grammar School
Yeas
Turner and
Higgins
Rich
Bragg
Webber
Turner
Board of Aldermen
Wakefield
Hose Company
No. 2
Noo. 3
Bath
A. Dinetovsay Im
Dc. A. Coombs
Bath Indus
Fourth Company Coast Artillery Champions at Maine Encampment
The 4th Company Coast Artillery Corps National Guard of Maine known as the Hyde Guards won the highest figure of merit for target practice at Fort Williams Cape Elizabeth. They scored four hits in five shots at 5300 yards with a six inch disappearing rifle achieving a 65 figure of merit. The 11 company competition highlighted drill and new Moody predictor. The unit and roster are pictured with officers and enlisted men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coast Artillery Corps
National Guard of Maine
Hyde Guards
Thomas W. Hyde
Maine
Fort Williams
Cape Elizabeth
U. S. Coast Artillery Corps
National Guard
Coast Artillery Reserve
Garesche
Garesehe
George B. Moody
War Department
Journal of
U. S. Artillery
U. S. Service
Percy E. Barbour
George W. Talbot
Galen E. Ward
Chester N. Marr
Archibald Carey
Irving L. Coombs
George B. Sydleman
Arthur Baron
Samuel H. Wakefield
Henry W. Owen, Jr
Augustine Guerrero
Norman O. Morse
Charles T. Whitehouse
Imbechenbergt
Reliatce
Geely
Oscar M. Snowman, Jr
City Council Actions and Tax Collections Report
Trial Corporation referred to U S Committee on Taxes. Roll of accounts 5 for 1665.20 ordered paid. City Treasurer report accepted and filed. Hydrants installed at Bath Deering and Deering Washburn corners. Sewer work on Corliss St. Electric clock and sign permits granted. Tax collection totals show 132000 80 3 percent discount. Commission proposed to study school needs and sanitary improvements with a $10 small expenses allowance. Assessors from I G McIntire East Waterford M Johnson Brownville and J J Dearborn Newburg met with local officials to discuss equalization and property valuation. The board will visit nearby counties this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. S. Committee On Water and Water Works
Board of Highway and Sewers
Corliss St
J. J. Keegan
A. Hallet & Co
Charles S. Brown
Common Council
Board of Aldermen
I. G. McIntire
East Waterford
Kk. M. Johnson
Brownville
JJ. J. Dearborn
Newberg
Board of State Assessors
Board of Assessors
Androscoggin
Kennebec
Also Mentioned on This Page
England
H. C. Thayer
Georgetown
Portland Board of Trade
Fritz H. Jordan
Monheran
Portland
Commodore Hull
John M. Clark
Conducted BY
Wm. C. Chadbourne
Front St
N.G.S.M
William E. Cotten
Thomas Ropesairy
George H. Chandler, Jr
Corp
Robert P. Sturtevant
George H. Jones
Fred H. Wakefield
Walter B. Cromwell
Henry J. Leask
Thomas A. Gallagher
Leslie M. Robbins
Albert H. Reed
John R. Gallagher
B. C. Observer
William E. Deering
John E. Deering
George W. Mclean
Edward A. Poitras
Harold H. Haley
Allison B. Davis
James G. Tibbetts
Raymond M. Haley
Q. M
Harry L. Burnham
Samuel P. Lakin
Irving E. Baker
Edward H. Miller
John H. Williams
Robert P. Haley
Lemuel H. Oliver
Charles H. Ambrose
Harold C. Hart
Leon Pratt
Chester H. McCabe
Cook Fred L. Willis
Arthur H. McMann
Fort
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