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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Dec 14, 1898

Page

7

Search for Portland wrecks off Cape Cod continues amid NW gale

Lieutenant Halpine leads a navy hydrographic crew and divers aboard the Ella Nash to probe wreckage near Wood End and Long Point. Weather slows ships, with no definitive findings yet and hopes to identify the Portland’s mast and binnacle as pieces wash ashore. Mrs McDonald emerges as a quiet heroine during peril at sea.

Provincetown Halpine Navy Ella Nash Wood End Cape Highland Light Portland Cape Cod Long Point Hydrographic Office of the Navy Pentafoot Engineer Coffin Peter B. Bradley Coffin East Brewster Irving Chase Worthington Worthington Company A. J. Beardsley Perkins & White High Head Fannie and Fay Boston Nellie King New York Miranda

Adrift in gale Pollock Rip lightship 47

Chatham December 3 The Pollock Rip lightship No 47 describes a dire gale ordeal as Captain Berry recounts the vessel being adrift for days until towed to Philadelphia. The ship rode massive seas and heavy chains strained the hawse pipes with life lines aboard while men battled to keep the ship afloat and avoid grounding at Stone Horse Shoal.

Chatham Pollock Berry Philadelphia Stone Llorse Hently

Mother and Babe in Open Boat Amid Starbuck Sinking

Mrs. McDonald, wife of the William H Starbuck’s captain, drifted four weeks in an open boat with a 15 month old baby Gladys and two other children Howard seven and Maud fifteen aboard after the lumber ship was burned on November five. They fled toward Hawett but faced peril at sea with three lifeboats lowered in the blaze and danger at sea.

Howard Mrs. McDonald Honolulu San Francisco Maud Hawett

Gloucester Schooner Oresa Loss Near Goose Island

The Gloucester fishing schooner Oresa, Captain Carey, ran ashore on Goose Island twenty miles west of Halifax while en route to the fishing grounds. All crew landed safely twelve at Salmon River and four at Spry Bay. The vessel was a total loss. A boat with four crew drifted, but the men reached Spry Bay shore.

Halifan N. S Gloucester Oresa Carey Beaver Harbor Goose Island Halifax Salmon River Spry Bay

Storms curb harbor trade as ships face blizzard risks

The blizzard keeps schooners James B Pace and William O Snow missing while Willie is towed to Gloucester with loss of boat and main boom. Jathmel sold to New York parties. Fresh fish rise in price as traders grab 50 000 pounds at seven to eight cents per pound for haddock and cod. Mackerel season ends for Eddie Davidson, wreckers move to salvage John J Hill, and Province town schooner Willie A McKay reaches New York with first Cuba cargo.

James B. Pace Philadelphia William O. Snow Salem Newport News Willie Bay View Gloucester Jathmel Ford Youth’s Companion George Nutter J. B. Thomas New York Eddie Davidson Augustus Miller John J. Hill Wollaston Alfred Sorensen Sorensen John A. Matheson Provincetown Willie A. McKay Baracoa Cuba Plymouth Two- Forty Clara P. Sewall T Wharf M. E. le Blanc Thomas Brundage Eli D. Amero Pubnico N. S Cunard Leyland Dominion Warren Lincoln Kennebec River Miami Tampa Florida East Coast Railroad Savannah Landsman

Wreckage Identifies King Philip Schooner Off Cape Cod

Debris from the four masted schooner King Philip, lost in the late November storm off Cape Cod, washed ashore near Wellfleet. A badly broken stern fragment bearing letters including hilip Balt Md suggests the vessel’s identity beyond doubt at Great Island.

Provincetown Wellfleet Great Island Hilip Balt Cape Cod

Haverford Barge Refloated After Gale

The Staples coal barge Haverford, driven ashore on Galloupe's Island during the gale of the 17th, was pulled off at high water yesterday morning and towed to Fast Boston for hauling out on the marine railway for repairs.

Staples Haverford Galloupe’s Island Boston Marine Railway

Strike in Barre Montpelier Granite Trade Sparks Pay Clash

In Vermont, union leaders seek to cut nine hour days to eight and raise wages from 29 1 2 cents to 52 cents per hour. Manufacturers oppose the wage rise though open to eight hour shifts. A strike could leave around 400 workers unemployed.

Montpelier Barre

Body Found in Ten Mile River Near Attleboro

Patrick McNulty, 70, who disappeared from his North Attleboro home yesterday, was found Dead in the Ten Mile River this afternoon. Authorities presume he wandered away and, being feeble, could not save himself.

Attleboro Patrick McNulty North Attleboro Ten Mile River

Wild Day in Stocks Sparks Bullish Talk and Mexico Appeal

A Monday style market note reports New York and Boston activity with gains in many issues. Investors rush to Mexican Central and Mexican bonds amid strong currency figures, while Union Land & Copper and Baltic prospects draw heavy interest. The piece cites December earnings and per capita money in circulation as evidence the bull market will persist into the new year.

New York Boston Wall Street Mexico Chicago Jalisco Guadalajara City of Mexico Pioneer Allouez Mike Millan Union Land & Copper Union Land Rhode Iyland Boston Stock Exchange Adventure Consolidated Copper Company Michigan Capital Stock Treasury T. Henry Mason William R. Todd W. A. O. Paul Thomas F. Mason Thomas B. Dunstan Charles J. Devereaux Isaac H. Meserve Henry A. Wyman Old Colony Trust Company American Loan & Trust Company Boston & Cripple Creek U. S Pinekham

Funeral for Rev Patrick Cuddihy Held in Milford

The funeral of Rev Patrick Cuddihy was held in Milford with all businesses and schools closed. A pontifical high mass of requiem was celebrated at 10 o clock by Bishop Beaven of Springfield with multiple clergy assisting, followed by an office of the dead chanted by 200 priests. The body rests in the sepulcher beneath St Marys tower.

Milford Patrick Cuddihy Beaven Springfield Father Witgpatrick Melrose Father Supple Charlestown Father McGrath Holyoke Mather Carroll Iischerville Father McGann Westboro Father Callen Florence Father Ahern George McDermott Newton Centre Thurifer Thomas Scully Cambridge St. Mary's Tower

Boston Stock Exchange Official Daily Sales Report

The Boston Stock Exchange releases the day’s official sales data showing the day’s high and low prices, along with closing figures and bid and asked prices.

Boston Stock Exchange Atchison Butte & B Gs BRB & N Cirely Bs

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