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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Dec 16, 1902

Page

9

FISH FAMINE AVERTED BY WHARF ARRIVAL OF SIX SCHOONERS

A fish famine was averted at the wharf yesterday with the arrival of the Nellie Dixon Blanche Olga Gossip Frank Munroe and Flora Nickerson. They brought 56000 pounds haddock 29000 cod 2000 hake 12000 pollock and 2000 of cask. Haddock and large cod sold at 5 to 6 cents a pound market buyers paid 5 for pollock 4 for bake and 3 for cask. Some vessels managed only one set of trawls in three weeks. Flora Nickerson carried 1500 pounds of fish.

Nellie Dixon Blanche Olga Gossip Frank Munroe Flora Nickerson

Clipper Bark Saves $12,000 for Her Owners

The German bark Herzogia Cecilia arrived in Portland from Hamburg in 68 days, beating the prior 76 day record for a voyage from Montevideo to Astoria. After a gale dismasted her, she repaired at Montevideo, sailed Oct 6, and despite a likely late sailing date saved $12,000 for her owners by rapid arrival before the Dec 31 charter cancellation.

Portland Ore Montevideo Astoria Herzogia Cecilia Hamburg Atlantic

Lobster Floats Adrift After Storm Near Central Wharf

During the recent storm the New England Lobster Company's floats containing their week's supply of lobsters broke adrift from Central wharf and probably went to sea. The floats have not yet been located.

New England Lobster Company Central Wharf

Ocean Skippers Seek Europe for Holidays and Looming Freight

Three famed ocean liner captains push to reach Europe for Christmas and New Year’s with families aboard Cunarder Altonia Furness Hiner Anglian and Warren liner Michigan. Port freights soar while schooners suffer losses and cargo runs shift to new direct services as Ocean Steamship announces Savannah to Lewis Wharf line. The two-masted and three-masted vessels navigate perils and profits as Gibraltar and Hatteras weather tests persist. The Landman.

Ocean Europe Thomas Potter Cunarder Altonia Queenstown Liverpool Toozes Furness Hiner Anglian London Eynon Warren Michigan William Churchill St. George St. Island Eleazer W. Clark Philadelphia Cumberland Portland Eastport St. John N. B Larchmont Long Island Sound Tremont City of Memphis George C. Savage Mystic Wharf Savannah Boston Jordan Norfolk New Bedford Two Mile Beach Cape May Etta A. Stimpson Plymouth New England Mediterranean Gibraltar Ocean Steamship Company Lewis Wharf Tallahassee New York Admiral Dewey Jamaica Hatteras Dewey J. McIvon A. H. Hooper

Maritime Almanac Arrivals and Departures in New York Harbor

In this mini almanac the sun rises at 7 07 a m and sets at 4 12 p m with a day length of 9 hours 5 minutes while the moon rises at 6 26 p m. Multiple steamers and tugs arrive depart and tow barges for interests including F P Wing H M Whitney and J P Ellicott Co amid a long list of vessels bringing coal merchandise passengers and lumber to and from New York Philadelphia Baltimore and Boston with a note of wind direction and upcoming sailings and clearances.

Admiral Dewey Israel Port Morant Jamaica Ikbal Jennings Liver Teutonia Deange Rotterdam Skerryvore Jenkins Brake Shields Indian Thatcher Philadelphia F. P. Wing H. M. Whitney Baker New York Chattahoochee Lewis E. H. Downing Orion Hillary Perth Amboy Old Dominion Barton Reading Cummings Salem Mahanoy Lynn Pottsville Townsend Tunnel Ridge Frostburg Svendsen Baltimore Gloucester Nottingham Tingle Port Johnson N. J Portland Boston Paoli, Chase Rosemont Woodbury Gettysburg Hawes Glendower Triton Pilgrim David Wallace F. E. Richards Lykens Lloyd Kohinoor Thomaston Hammond Savage Hand Wesley A. Gove Parker Mass Troubadour Lizzie B. Willey Rivers Brunswick Wellman, Hall St. John N. B Frank G. Rich McClintock Boothbay Chase Bangor W. T. Emerson Chadwick James A. Stetson Brown Red Beach George V. Gordon Portsmouth N. H M. Mitchell Davis Herman Winter Seaboard State of Maine Eastport Sir Louisburg Co. B Planet Neptune Cumberland Swatara Breck Ridge Rutherford Hercules Teaser Franklin Kimberton Joshua Lovett Clara Amboy Bessie Hoboken Scranton Musconetcong Cobocton William H. Clark Alaska Marion Ariel Brockton

Bowdoin Square Watch Theft Scam Reported

Antonio De Lorenzi of 46 Lewis Street reports a watch and $3 stolen by a man who offered him employment and gave him an envelope said to contain $25 to deliver to an address. The unknown employer promised security and waited but left, fleeing with the items yesterday morning.

Antonio de Lorenzi Lewis Street Bowdoin Square de Lorenzi

Treasury Receives Conscience Contribution of 3521 Dollars

Washington December 15 The Treasury Department today received a conscience contribution of 3521.48 dollars from an unnamed donor for national fiscal support. The gift adds to public revenues and demonstrates charitable civic participation in government finance.

Washington Treasury Department

Tomb Built For Safe Burial Holds A Future Escape

The body of John M Pursel was placed yesterday in a vault he designed two years ago. The tomb is ghoul proof and allows escape from within but prevents outside entrance after closing. The body rests wrapped in a metal shroud. no coffin is used and the steel head is bolted with a hidden combination lock. If revived, he could loosen the head to gain freedom for a hearing Tuesday. Attorney General Knox and aides challenge the meat trust with an injunction, facing demurrer from packers.

Williamsport Penn John M. Pursel

Irish party blamed as failed by former Nationalist MP

Arthur Moore, once a Nationalist MP, writes from Dublin that the Irish party has been tried and found wanting and calls for a new set of men and a new system. He labels the party a gang of obscurities and sycophants. The Evening Telegraph retorts calling Moore a political microbe unable to poison Nationalists.

London Dublin The Times Arthur Moore Independent Moore Evening Telegraph

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