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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Aug 17, 1891

Page

3

PORT OF BOSTON ABOARD MULTIPLE VESSELS AUG 15 1886

The Aug 15 Boston port entries list arrivals including Oranmore from London and Samara from Bluefields with goods to Wm Johnston & Co and J G Hail & Co, plus numerous other steamers and schooners arriving or clearing for routes to Halifax Halifax and New York. Many vessels are noted with cargoes passengers and towage details.

Oranmore Bartlett London Wm Johnston & Co Samara Reddie Bluefields Nie George D Emery Lamer Boston Forbes Yarmouth J G Hail & Co Wilkesbarre Cates Port Johnson Katadhin Pierce Banger Sagadahoc Baker Lath Olivette McKay Bar Harbor Tremont Craig Portland Wrestler Holings Newberg George Moon Triton Luckenback New York Rodena Childs Perth Amboy Joe Cook Butler Elizabethport Lochiel Pertus Nouvelle Lettie M Haray Lardy Bridgewater Sob P & FE Givan Melvin Moncton John K Souther Thompson George M Adams Standish Warren Adams Colcord Beasie Creighton Matthews Willie H Ligains Jones Baltimore Grace K Green Sawyer Philadelphia Lacy Cook Alice C Fox Hopkins North Haven Lillian Grindle Eunice Newcomb Allen Deer Isle Carrie Crosby Hall Rockland Sohn Addie Seavey Haggerty Y Hackett Tiasson Newburyport State of Indiana Doane Halifax Charlottetown Pei Halfax & Pei 88 Co Hill Richardson & Tarnard Ach Atwood Oliver Port Gilbert J G Hall & Co Prussian Fairfall Glasgow A Allen McLean St John Hatheway & Co Katahdin Bangor Calvin Austin Chatham March Norfolk A M Graham Herman Winter Nickerson HM Whitney Bath George C Hilis Olvette Richardson & Marnard Cealy C F Willams Uiath Kathahdin Bama Port Antonio Jamaica Jarl Maverick Norddeutscher Lloyd S. L. CO Southampton Bremen Trave Spree Fulda Aller Paris Havre Oelrichs & CO Bowling Green Otto C. Theo. Guething Loane Street Hoston Mass

Freight and Charters Signal Shifts in Atlantic Trade

New York reports a notable rise in cereal prices dampening grain freights, with little activity in prompt shipments. Tonnage remains light, rates firm, and several vessels moved or sailed to Demerara, Martinique, Hong Kong, and Liverpool, while multiple foreign ports list arrivals and sailings through mid August across Antwerp, Bremen, Calcutta, Glasgow, Havre, and Yokohama.

New York Seh John & Kranz Demerara

Pollock Rip Shoal Buoys To Be Moved Eastward

Information from the US Lighthouse Board warns mariners that Pollock Rip shoal eastern entrance to Nantucket Sound will have buoys moved eastward at the earliest practicable moment. The vessel Thes, 8. Savurn drawing 23 feet 8 inches touched bottom about 600 feet east of buoy No 2, and Pollock Rip slue is not a safe passage for any vessel of that draft.

US Lighthouse Board Pollock Rip Shoal Nantucket Sound US Lighthouse Inspector Second District

Gloucester Special Report on Whaling Catches and Vessels

A Gloucester field report lists catch figures as of August 15 for crews including Linzie J Greenleaf and N C Bohlin with halibut and codfish totals. Whalers report on Western Ground with Antartic carrying 175 bbls sperm oil. Sea Ranger noted at sea July 3 in clean condition.

Gloucester Sche Brunhilda Grand Bank Linzie J Greenleaf A G Proctor N C Bohlin L Hodge M V Lee M.S Hontnet Eben Parsons Epeston Seining Send Baker Storm King Flora Temple Maggy & Lilly Bark Sea Ranger

Marine wreck and voyage notes from Aug reports

Marine notes detail wreck remnant movements from the Franconia at Levil a Bridge to New Bedford, hulls from Navarino and Timothy Field arrivals in Baltimore, a burning schooner Alice Oakes at Hyannis, a wrecked William in St John s area, and various ship observations from Boston to Dunkirk with squalls, wrecks, and cargo losses.

SunpDay Gate City Googins Savannah Richardson Barnard Yarmouth Stanwood John Grall & Co Lorchester Howe's Baltimore Norfolk A M Graham Indian Nickerson Philadelphia E B Sampson Cumberland Thompson St John Foatport Portland Ndse E A Waldron Kennebec Collins Bath Lewiston Ingraham Bangor Snowman City of Gloucester Proctor Gloucester Piscataqua Woodman York Eliot Richard T Green Boston Hudson Port Au Prince Port de Paix Stacy Clark St Nicholas Mole del Breakwater Alma Cummings Cummings Port Royal Alba Waller Joggins Ella and Jennie Dexter Liverpool Ella May Steeves Quacs Balmont Melanson Weymouth T W McKay Roberts Cheverie Progress Morrell Nis Ela M Willey Thomaston Keli Arsenuth Shaw Morgan Ira Sturgis Blaisdell Hoboken South Shore Lennett Port Johnson Nellie Sturr Cole Helen G King Isritt Tiverton A Paine Cameron New York H DeWitt Andrews Linnetin’s Bay Boston City Newport News Chatham Mass Marguerite Salem Independent Porth Mercury Joseph Baker West Wrestler Dudley Jay Confidence Annie M Small Lucy Miller H F Dimock Levil Gay Head New Bedford Timothy Field Jonaire Navarino Buffalo Boston Branch Hydrographic Office Greenwich Hyannis Alice Oakes Rockland Hyannis Harbor Halifax William Fox Harbor Newfoundland St John’s Harbor St John’s Conant William Humner Isaac Coombs & Co Eric Pendleton Lalesboro Belfast Charleston Dreadnaught London Philomene Dunkirk San Francisco Cape Horn

Maritime fleet movements and sailings from Boston and New York to ports

The log lists steamers and schooners cleared or sailing from Boston New York and Providence to destinations including San Francisco Santos Baltimore and Philadelphia. Entries name ships such as Essex Yorktown Europa Maine Queenmore Lacy P Miller and many others with departure dates Aug 14 15 and 16 and ports Camden Dover Harve and Havre among others.

Baltimore Essex Boston Fitzroy New York Yorktown Delap San Francisco Europa Hamburg Addie M Anderson Bennett Providence Ellwood Harlow King New_York Prodana Havre Redreth Antwerp Dover Annatto Bay Kenilworth Port Antonio Frostburg Lynn Elsie Emma W Dayan Susan Francis J I’ Merriman Elen Morrison J & Knowles Newark Cora Green Melville Vineyard Haven Addie G Bryant M L Crockett Challenge Hyena Kath H B Hussey Hodgdon Herbert E. Higgins

Maritime Traffic Across Ports From New York to Boston

Ships and barges sail Aug 12 to Aug 18 from Providence Portland Rockland and coastal ports. Vessels include W H Deitz New York bound bark. Emeline AG Sawyer Hillsboro for New York. Annie C Grace Wilmington for Delaware. Chas H Woolston Norfolk bound. numerous schooners and brigs clear for Philadelphia Boston and Providence with cargoes and coal.

Philadelphia Leonora P A Munch Savannnah J M Marsters Calcutta Paul Revere Mullen J D Everett Crossley New York Flora P Stafford McLean Sangor Bremen Newark Cardenas James A Garfield Fisher St Pierre Mig Jacob M Haskell Weed Delaware Colombo Fannie Skolfeld Turner Rosa Savannah Mauna Loa Dogginss Leghorn Port Daly Armenia Senna Lunenburg Cailed Ang Clifford Hamm West Indies Doris Gerhardt Porto Rico Moncton Gem Cole Boston Frank W. Cole Mayaguez Dalay E Parkhurst Hooper Santa Cruz Montego Bay Ja—Ar Sea Gull Hunter Mobile Cayman Brac Newgastle James Arthur Heather Ella May Steeves Torvelon Abbotsford Moiile Belloni Tacoma Quenta Barbadoes Abana Antofagasta Si’ Pierre Mart Jenny Lind Cooper Vineyard Haven Singapore Leon Pancallo Draguette ST Johns Tynehead Glasgow ST John Nile Sch Energy Cook Port Hunter Annie Wakers Morrison A C Watson Josie F Anet Eagie Brown Nellie Clark Gayton Flash Annie Harper Beston Trinidad Annie Batchelder Doughty Key West Windsor Bark St Paul Parker J Woodruff Watts E Lee Lynch D Marvel O'Keefe Bedmuda Carrie A Norton Delahanty New Haven Helen Hasbrouck Sprague Belfasi Squire Gray Lizzie Heyer Hart Philaelphia Bridgeport Racer Chevalier C H Delamater Black Rock Blast Phildelphia Charleston Charles H Woolston Hinckley Norfolk Annie C Grace Wilmington Del Dutch Island Harbor Emeline AG Sawyer Sawyer Hillsboro Annie Lee Machias Pardon G Thompson Chase New Bedford Salmon Washburn Matheson Taunton Belle R Bull Hact Providence SJ Smith Barber Narragansett Pier Samuel W Hall Mumford George M Grant Vesper Abraham Richardson Pattershall Portamouth Fernandina Fla W H Deitz Wakeley Fortress Monroe Arken Frances Maroim Gloucester Vega Trapani Gibraltar Eerie Achy Wilke Bangor Minstrel Oston M . Haskell Hewitt Clenfuegon New Orleans Susie M Plum Aca Georgia Long Island Bahamas Kila M Willett Newport News Centipede Newburyport NFW Bedford Hine Bay View Patnot Baker Falmonth J G Hamlin Pervere Provinceown Mary F. Dorchester George D Loud F G Blamco Ayr Sarah Hunter Olivia Richard Law Augusta Ida L Kay Nellie Doe Fannie Kutler Ellen Marta Press Emma Green M W Griffing Sath L Holway Calais Velma Edward Rich Deer Leared Wyoming Liverpool Manhattan Egyptian Monarch London Furnesaia Eider Southampton Burgermeister Petersen Hamburg Orizaba Havana Managua Manrlta Port-au-Prince Alfred Dumois Gibara Mineola San Diego San Francisco Valaraiso Ahrens Birkenhead Annie R Storer Richardson Antwerp Werkendam Bremerhaven Rotterdam Dania la Touraine Havre Gardepec Baltimore Aurania Furnessia Wells City Bristol Colorado Hull Orion Funchal Hondo Andes Kingston Maurits Hayti Nicaragua Ahiv Fairmount Portishead Ebrig G . Geery Alaska Catalonia Rio Janeiro G. W. Clyde Gonaves Hell Gate Origsn Sibley Hichborn Port Johnson Heston Mary E Pennell Frye Quincy Point Icis Amianda Lewis Martinixue Wi Keewaydin McLain Halifax Celia Dodge A F Kindburg Kendall Nellie Eaton Norwood Elizabeth Arcularius Gregory Rockland Addie Wessels Cora Dunn Harrington Gertrude Robinson Hoboken Frankfort Samuel C Hart Alice Maud Haux Wascano Balser E H Smith Bryant Hallowell Jennie A Cheeney Aery Portland Douglass Haynes Blake Nellie KE Gray Koecklam Oriole Trapp Portsmouth Merrill C Hart Kelly Mary B Wellington Robbins Nellie F. Sawyer Lucy M Collins Josie Reeves Smith Martha's Vineyard Clara Rankin Averill Raritan River Marion Draper Booker Amboy Albert Pharo Hannah Salem Laura Mount Bates Fort Johnson Mattie J Alles Crockett Woodbridge Gilbert Staneliff Hulse Elizabethport Sag Harbor A K Woodward Holt Rondout Annie E Righter Owl's Head Nautilus Robert H Rathbun Perth Amboy Resolute Newport Schs Alice M Ridgeway Ott Fall River Isle of Pines Legg Calvin Baker Hutch Susan M Vickery Haskell Pensacola America Batter Mary Buckley Dunn Haverstraw Alleghany Saxon Robert Rathbun Addie Laure Cook Rodman R Nickerson Nickerson Mary Dayton Miller Oer John H Cross Granes Darion F Drisko Drisko Clarks Island General Scott Pemequid Brunette Searsport Grace Keeuee Wiscessett Odell Winterport Cape Elizabeth Yale Coombs Kennebec Lyita Winslow Jecorra Berry Sovrague Strong Church Tanner Johnson Maggie Ellen Littlejohn J York Yarmouth Ann Elizabeth Decosta Sydney Watchman Plymouth Fortland Light Katahdin Berks Baw Buy Park James D Wewell Chatfield Augustus West Sproule Albert W Smith Erry Catharine D Perry Garfield Ellas Davenport New Dunton George E Prescott Doyle Vinal Haven Beeswing Norlands Kilboa Elise Marie Pottsville Boaton Lancaster Hercules Chas Kk Emma Endicott Bowen Donovan James W Fitch Pitcher Lizzie Abcock Wheaton Morancey Wilson Saco John H May Riggs Bertha Warner Locke Clara E Colcord Kavanaugh J & Atkinson Donahoo Kate Markee Jerry Allyn Revere John Swan Adelbert Ames Jameson Aren Swhs Hanna Booxer Edgar C Roas Quillan New England Louisa Frances Lena Waite Mary Langdon Nevada J B Holden Mary Jane Port Gilbert Owen County Sachs Wm Rice Albert Jameson Quinet John I Snow Sechs Sechs Alphratta, Port Gilbert; Audacieux F Richards Dona Bell Mereghan Red Beach Sarah Eaton Hopps Georgetown J W Durant Durant

Maritime Shipping and Harbor Movements Documented

A coastal log lists vessels and routes including York, Paul Seavey, Kimball, Belfast for do and other ships sailing Aug 13 to Aug 15. Entries mention crews and destinations such as Port Johnson, Greens Landing, Ipswich, and New Haven with vessels like Carrie A Pitman and Neporfer Abby Hodgman.

Ipswich Carrie A Pitman Babbage Port Liberty Greens Landing Neporfer Abby Hodgman John B Norris Mary George Petre Minguas Paine Rondont Setuatesch Georgia New York Longmire Long Island Oaton

Ocean steamers list for Boston and New York ports

A compiled schedule lists numerous sailing arrivals and departures with origins including London Liverpool Jamaica and Hamburg plus agents and due dates in August. It also notes mail letters remaining at the Boston Post Office with vessel names and captains.

Suffolk Superion Court Boston A. D Eloise Nyon Sai Setember Eloise Lyon Lyon

Mail Closes at Boston For Worldwide Steamship Mails

Detailed schedule of postal closes from Boston for steamer routes to Europe Asia and the Americas. Lists include Aug dates, ship names, times, and destinations like Great Britain Ireland Germany Belgium Netherlands Cuba Mexico Central America and Pacific routes.

Mexico Great Britain Southampton Germany Bremen Ireland Trave Cuba Tampa Fla Mascotte British Honduras Guatemala Republic of Honduras Belgium City of Alexandria London Europe Hatti Columbia Colon Panama Athos Great Britain and Ireland City of Paris Elbe Hamburg Augusta Victoria Central America Costa Rica South Pacific Seneca Mexican States Ciudad Condal New York Scotland Circassia Curacoa Venezuela Savanilla Curac Yucatan Campeche Tabaska Chiapas City of Washington Netherlands Austria Saale France Windward Islands Muriel Nova Scotia Newfoundland Halifax Samaria Hawaiian Islands Zealandia San Franciso Boston Society Islands Galilee San Francisco

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