Pilot Chart for April Forecasts and Currents
April forecast for the North Atlantic notes current set from N 67 25 E at 37.5 knots aboard the Indiana, and S 75 51 E at 24.2 knots. warns easterly winds driving onshore currents. It details hurricane cooperation with Havana and Ber muda telegraph forecasts, and lists dangerous obstructions with updated positions. The forecast predicts lighter westerly to variable winds, weekly gales north of 32 parallel, frequent fog near Grand Banks and U S coast, and a northward shift of northeast trades.
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North Atlantic Ocean
The
Post
Heo
Boggs
Indiana
Hydrographic Office
Havana
Padres Vines
Carbonell
Marine Observatory
United States Army
Bay of North America
North Atlantic
Newfoundland
Venezuela
Caribbean Sea
Gulf of Mexico
Tropics
Antigua
St. Thomas
Greater Antilles
Gulf
Bahamas
Hatteras
Grand Banks
Ber
Muda
Atlantic Seaboard
United States
Madge
Lake Winnipeg
Murray
Sankaty Head
Canonbury
Bird Island
Light
N. W
Annie B. Hayes
Block Island
Alexander Campbell
Southwest Ledge
Barclay Street
North River
Atlas
Long Beach Hotel
Rockaway Beach Hotel
Highland Lights
Iberia
Absecon
Northeast End
Bouyon
Horseshoe
Cape Charles
S E
Cape Henry
E. L. Pettingill
Eureka
Diamond Shoal
Alice R. Chester
Atlantic
Durin
Naval dispatches on Samoa wrecks and pensions
Reports detail ships available to project US presence after Samoa disaster. Monongahela and Dolphin discussed for relief and protection, with Charleston possible in three weeks though costly. Queen Victoria and US officials exchanged sympathy. pensions outlined for widows and orphans, and potential reimbursement for lost officers’ baggage. Alameda may bring shipwrecked sailors to San Francisco ahead of the Mariposa arrival.
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Samoa
Mareland
Cal
Dolphin
China
Panama
United States
Charleston
San Francisco
Washington
Navy Department
Congress
Hatteras
Queen Victoria
Lord Salisbury
United
Saoma
Edwardes
Department of State
Auckland
Oceanic Steamship Line
Australia
John D. Spreckles
Wilson
Mariposa
Sydney
Wreck of Warships at Apia Touches Charlestown Navy Yard
News of the Trenton Van dalia and Nipsic wreck at Apia sparks alarm in Charlestown as relatives seek word of officers. Admiral Kimberly’s safe status relieves Mrs. Kimberly. Lt. Cmdr Henry Wyon, on the Trenton, is named executive officer. Reports confirm officers saved from Nipsic and that she ran ashore with all aboard safe.
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Nipsic
Apia
Charlestown Navy Yard
Charlestown
Kimberly
Admiral Kimberly
Green Street
Henry Lyon
Henry Wyon
Hawley
John M. Hawley
Malden
Edward D. ‘Lausig
Washington
R. M. Corwin
Brooklyn Navy Yard
The Lost Officers Sketches of Schoonmaker and Others
Captain Cornelius Marius Schoonmaker of the Vandalia born in New York on February 2 1839 served in the Navy from 1854 through 1888. He fought at Mobile Bay and Fort Morgan and rose from lieutenant to captain while serving on multiple ships in various squadrons. He died leaving a widow and three daughters. First Lieutenant Frank E. Sutton also advanced from cadet midshipman to naval cadet before joining the Vandalia.
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Vandalia
New York
Naval Academy
Minnesota
Sagamore
East Gulf
Octorara
West India
Augusta
Mobile
Fort Morgan
Juniata
South Atlantic
Piscataqua
Nipsic
Schoonmaker
Marius Schoonmaker
Kingston
Judge Schoonmaker
St. Agnes’s School
Albany
Captain Schoonmaker
Frank E. Sutton
Annapolis
Marine Service
Paymaster Arms Career Outline and Navy Service
Paymaster Frank H. Arms born June 1, 1835 son of Rev Dr Hiram Arms of Tor rington Connecticut. He trained as merchant but served afloat and fought in the navy during the war. Promoted passed assistant paymaster July 23 1866 and full paymaster October 14 1871. Last cruise ended May 1879. He joined Vandalia on May 12 1887. Paymaster's Clerk John Roche from Lion New York, home Chicago, served on receiving ships and briefly on the Vermont at Brooklyn Navy Yard. Roche longtime service, 28 years old athletic. A near relative is J Jeffrey Roche assistant editor of the Boston Pilot.
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Hiram Arms
Torrington
Conn
First Congregational Church
Norwich
John Roche
Lion
N. Y
Chicago
Vermont
Brooklyn Navy Yard
J. Jeffrey Roche
Boston Pilot
Poet Known in Boston Gains Fame Beyond Borders
A figure noted in Boston circles achieves recognition beyond the city limits for his poems. Scholars describe his verse as resonant across regions, bolstering his literary profile and drawing attention from distant readers.
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Boston
Rumor of Death of Admiral Kimberly Stuns Relatives in New York
N Y March 31 Mrs Schoonmaker widow of Captain Schoonmaker suffers shock upon hearing rumor of Admiral Kimberly's death. A navy telegram confirms partial details and her physician fears serious outcome. In California the family spent summer prior, then New York visit. Grandmas Kimberly anxiously awaits news of her son. grandson Ray Kimberly rushed to Barrington with telegrams. A later despatch confirms the admiral's safety.
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Arpany
N. Y
Ray R. Kimberly
Barrington
The Wrecked Vessels Detailed Profiles of Three American Ships
The Trenton Vandalia and Nipsic are analyzed with build yards, launch years, dimensions, displacement, speed, power, and coal capacity. The Trenton’s 1876 Brooklyn build and 12.8 knot speed are noted along with its 10 eight-inch rifles. Vandalia and Nipsic capacities and rigging are also described.
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Trenton
Brooklyn Yard
Red Sea
Charlestown
German Vessels Lost In War, 1880s Naval Comparisons
The Olga launched in 1880 was a composite 2169 ton screw corvette, 226 feet long and 42 feet 7 inches beam, armed with eight 5 inch and two 3 inch rifles and four machine guns. Adler was an 884 ton composite gunboat, 177 feet long, 83 feet 10 inches beam, with two 5 inch and two 4 inch breech loaders, 724 hp engines and eleven knot speed. Eber, a small gunboat about Meteor size, carried three three inch rifles and nine knot speed. The Olga and Adler resembled contemporary ships in size and force, while the Eber is less documented.
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Washington Navy Yard
Olga
Peterel
Baltimore
Klett
Havana
Sudden gale feared as Calliope weathered surprise
The account notes a sudden hurricane may strike without warning and casts doubt on Calliope officers’ seamanship, suggesting she had steam up or lay at an outer berth to escape. If the gale rises quickly, there would be little time to prepare before it peaks.
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Calliope
Board OF Street Commissioners
Falmouth Street
Gainsborough Street
Storm in Apia Repeats Disaster Passes Harbor Lockjaw
The March Apia hurricane mirrors the earlier disaster when ships faced a north wind storm. The Calliope rode out the gale by steaming out to sea while the Eber was towed to safety by Olga. Captain Holland notes March brings frequent hurricanes and warns that only sea escape offers refuge due to unprotected harbors.
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Apia
Constitution
Calliope
Eber
Olga
Holland
Bonanza
Tahiti
South Seas
Brookline Town Caucus Criticized Over Selectmen Race
A Brookline town meeting controversy centers on the pre election caucus and the selection process for selectmen. The critic claims tactics and party maneuvering influenced the outcome against Democrat Hand while old board members, including Theodore Pinkham and Walstein R. Chester, sought re nomination. Discrepancies in ballot counts and clerk tallies are noted, with calls for explanation.
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Old Board
Theodore Pinkham
Walstein R. Chester
Reublican
Cheser
Hand
Chester
Baker
Bookstore opens with balcony display in Niles building
Messrs Cupples and Hurd open a new bookstore at 23 School Street in the Niles building. The shop features a long balcony on each side, a basement for offices and stock, and a main floor stacked with thousands of volumes. Shelves hold general subjects and a large oblong counter supports new and standard novels, many with bright yellow English covers. The store is described as a handsome and among the town’s finest establishments.
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Messrs. Cupples & Hurd
School Street
Niles
Books Received Last Week
A catalog of newly released works listing authors and publishers including McClelland Safford Bryan Raymond Moodey Burgwyn Gould Aldrich Norton Wright Gossip Davis Cole Bernheim Kernheim Herter Lippincott Kilborn Mifflin Angerstein Eckler Jackson Lee Lovell Vescelius-Sheldon Emerson King Paget with publishers Cassell Macmillan Putnam Heath Dutton and others and noting multiple titles across fiction poetry philosophy and reference.
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Richmond
J. W. Randolph & English
Alan Thorne
Martha Livingston Moodey
Boston
D. Lathrop Company
Old Dominion
C. P. E. Burgwyn
Sorek
Anthony Gould
New York
the American News Company
Anne Reeve Aldrich
G. P. Putnam’s Sons
Thomas Carlyle
Charles Eliot Norton
Macmillan & Co
Seaside
Nature
Balle McNair Wright
D. C. Heath
Guy Gossip
Dick & Fitzgera
H. Bernheim
M.D
X. P. Putnam’s Sons
H. Kernheim
Christian A. Herter
G. Putnam’s Sons
Holmes
Houghton, Mifflin & Co
United States
Judson
London
Ll.d
Will Amos Rice
Charles H. Kilborn
Amélie Rives
Philadelphia
J. B. Lippincott Company
EF. Angerstein
G. Eckler
Abraham W. Jackson
Margaret Lee
W. E. Gladstone
Frank F. Lovell & Co
South Africa
Louise Vescelius-Sheldon
John W. Lovell & Co
J. M. Merson
Cassell & Co
John
Florence M. King
Walter Paget
E. P. Dutton & Co
Notice by Samuel C Cobb Actuary and Wm I Bowniron Solicitor
By Samuel C Cobb acting as actuary and William I Bowniron solicitor of Boston a notice dated March 22 and referencing subsequent dates March 25 April 18 and 15 22 appears in the text.
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Samuel C. Cobb
Wm. I. Bowniron
Boston
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