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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Apr 04, 1891

Page

2

Vessels damaged as harbor anchorage breaks in blustery harbor

The schooner Joseph Eaton Jr loses starboard anchor and is towed to Commercial wharf after collisions and drift. Herald of the Morning, Daniel Simmons, Baltic, Sea Bird, Caroline, and others foul lines on South Boston flats as masts collapse. Fawn, Harmona, Frank McDonnell suffer jibboom loss and breakages. Barges and dredges drag anchors, powder float drifts, lightships loosened. several craft towed to safety or self-repair. most anchors held, some vessels saved with limited damage.

Joseph Eaton, Jr Nellie Herald Daniel Simmons Boston Frank McDonnell Castine Sea Bird Tremont Caroline Fawn Harmona Scranton Binghampton Delaware & Hudson Canal Company Ida M. Dalby Falmouth Eastern Dredging Company Bay State Dredging Company Adeliza Souther Florence United States Harrison Loring Frank G. Dow Philadelphia Joseph Hay New Bedford Fisher Hoboken Bug Light Peter W. French Commercial Wharf Parnell O’hara McCarthy Georges Bank A. W. Chesterton J.P. Wyman Catherine Eva L. Leonard Marcia Sewis H. Rivard John H. Buttrick C. B. Wood L. A. Boardman Josie F Empress of Bangor Odell Winslow Morse Florence I

Vessels Stranded by Coastal Storm Off Winthrop Beach

Across the North Shore a heavy storm drove two schooners ashore near Winthrop Beach. The Star of Annapolis loaded with lumber sits about twelve feet deep off Winthrop Bar, while the Hunter from Bangor lies near the bar’s far end, risking dragging anchors in the flood tide. A Deer Island lifeboat crew offered help but was declined. Additional posts report damage in Salem and Gloucester, including downed trees, wrecked wire, and flooded streets, with ships and trains disrupted and several vessels coming ashore or dragged by the gale.

Winthrop Beach Star Annapolis N. S Winthrop Bar Great Head Deer Island Winthrop Barana Hunter Bangor Salem Lafayette Leach Street J. J. Moore Phillips’s Wharf Marblehead Lead Mill Hill Lynn Washington Street Nahant Road Gurney Abbot Flanagan Monroe Washington Union Summer Streets Anderson Odd Fellows Halll Portsmouth N. H Dover Mary Brewer Burgess New York Portland Herding Jerrys Point Gloucester Custom House East Gloucester Thompson Forest City Boston Penobscot Omaia

Damage in harbor and shoreline winds hit vessels and beaches

In Provincetown and nearby towns a heavy east to southeast gale damaged small boats in the harbor. Chatham reports very high tides flooding beaches and the Skating Rink lifted from its foundation and demolished. The article also notes a Massachusetts Teachers meeting discussing college course length and age of admission with Harvard President Eliot weighing in on educational reform.

Provincetown Hicg Huanp Wrestler Snow Burgess New York Chatham Massachusetts Association of Classical and Eliot Harvard William C. Collar Roxbury Latin School Columbia University Collar Cornell William F. Bradbury Cambridge Latin School Bradbury Elliott France Germany England Elliot

Schooners Driven Ashore and Storm Harbors Hit by Gales

A severe storm hit Vineyard Haven and nearby harbors as schooners Donacona Lyra Fry and Isles of Pines were driven ashore or damaged. Donacona leaked while cargo largely intact, Lyra lost bowsprit and gear and towed to harbor with pumps failing, Fry ashore near lighthouse. Poplar tree toppled on Purchase Street delaying horse cars in New Providence with telegraph outages affecting news.

Ted Vineyard Haven Mass Donacona Cienfuegos Boston West Chop Lyra St. John Providence Vineyard Sound East Chop Elsie Fry Edgartown New Breprorp Purchase Pope Streets R. L Isles of Pines Legg New York Block Island Newport Plymouth Old Colony Line

Going to Texas Captain Bourke Heads to Laredo for Regimental Duty

Captain John G. Bourke of the Third Cavalry sails to Laredo Texas under orders to join his regiment. A well known Boston figure, Bourke is famed for language skill, scholarship, and involvement in the Pan American conference. Mrs Bourke and the Misses Burke will stay, with occasional visits planned home.

Wasu Hi Indion John G. Bourke Third Cavalry Boston Friends of the Indians Laredo Texas Bourke Washington Burke Captain Burke Thomas McCullough Daniel Donahoe Suffolk Joan W. McKim Esquire John H. Paine

Civil Government Teaching Discussed by Salem and Others

A morning session reviewed questions on counting professional school work in the A B course and entrance exam time. Arthur W. Mowry of Salem High School led a discussion on Civil Government as Actually Taught, favoring current events in light of history.

Arthur W. Mowry Salem High School Mowry Goodrich Fetlow Samuel W. Meachum Wobury High School

Forecast Summary For New England And Eastern New York

Washington reports the forecast through 8 p.m. Saturday. New England may see light snow with northwesterly winds, colder conditions and fair weather Sunday. Eastern New York expected light snow, colder with northwesterly winds and fair Sunday. Cautionary signals are out from Atlantic City to Boston and a storm stretches from Portland to Eastport.

POST New England Washington New York Atlantic City Boston Portland Eastport

Weather record summary for the period

An historical weather report lists barometer 29.31 inches thermometer 38.2C dew point 38.5 humidity 89.5 percent wind from NE at 60 miles hourly total precipitation 0.91 inches and mean daily temperatures with max 44.9 and min 39.6 among eighteen years of normals.

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Carlsbad Sprudel Salt Promoted for Home Therapy

An advertisement touts Carlsbad Sprudel Salt as a home remedy evaporated from the Sprudel Spring, claiming it aids stomach liver and kidney disorders, constipation, gout and rheumatic conditions. It warns buyers to ensure the genuine article bears the City of Carlsbad seal and Eisner & Mendelson Co. signature at 6 Barclay St. New York.

Carlsbad Eisner & Mendelson Co Barclay

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