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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Dec 17, 1889

Page

3

Vessels in Port Listings From Local Harbor Ledger

A long OCR compiled entry lists steamships brigantines schooners and brigs with masters tonnage consignors and destinations. It notes vessels laid up excluded and marks those in streams and passed at Cambridge East Cambridge and Charles River locations near the Warren bridges.

Quilla Sencabaugh Anna Elizabeth Dodge Bangor South Bay Russia Ariosto Elwell Sprague Crabtree Bickford Sullivan Eseveceeess McNichol Eipnn Machias Franklin Gove's Dow Townsend Iene Cambridge Ab Woodward Jordan Ellsworth Alsatian Snowman Portland Arcola Harford Woolwich ETT Iere Piper Albert, Fletcher Calais Back’s Chelsea Aurora Borealis McDade St John Ld Augustus West Sproul Sigl Sereeres Scissesseen Wysenerr Batavia Spearwater Penceeeereseseeveseess Commercial Brave Smalidge Deer Isle Union Belle Halliday Nickerson Quincy Point Bay State Baker Bonhomie E Bloomfield Kenney Alberton Pel Oxner Charlottetown Harper Men Chilton Brewster Eliot B.avierdis Norwood Glendon Charles Warren Comeau Charles H Fabens Howes Scl Comey CB Wood Stanley Morse Charles E Raymond Thatcher Squire’s Cambridge Carrie G Crosby Crosby Candor Allen Seer Kennealy St John Clara E Rogers Rogers Carrie E Pickering Marshall Mystic Charlestown Gastilian Means Meinnon Daniel Brittain Coleman Gillespie & Pierce’s Cambridge Dolphin Alley Sereeerrseer Reesertiess Dudley Farlin Dunton Burnham’s E Dakotah Randall Madhvas Hammond Flanders Union Anthony Berry Emma B Woodnow’s Eunice Newcomb Elizabeth Foster Churchill Orland Edward L Warren Colson Belfast Rees Pearl Electric Flash Smith Mbard’s Estella Barter Drisko Cde Weseg Freddie A Higgins Reed Ravens Snow Glenola McDonald Crapaud Nerr George A McFadden Malcolimson Georgiana Joy Seers Ses DeButts Daggett’s George A Upton Soweikee Aone Humbolat Hodgdon Boothbay Henry May Clark Bisbee’s Howard Holder Whelpley Scully’s Jannah Coomer Fernald Mt Desert Montague Pei Commercial Dyne Hinckley Wellington Williams Foster Quincy Point Denry Squire Gray Somes Sound Harvester, Roberts Vinalhaven Rerreeee Stream Island de Lancey Harbor Grace South Julia A Decker Whitmore Ockport Simpson’s Julia Strout Lot Syessser Crawford Georgetown Joshua Baker Kelley SEW Leas Manchester Haynes Matthews Sulia Baker Greenlay Kennebec James A Gray Saco Gream James H Lombard’s Laburnum Mir Leonora Winter Powers Ceseeee NY Snerr Ouisa Smith Lamartine Eaton Bartlett Lizzie Young Pierce Wellington's Lygonia Fullerton Mystic River Lizzie J. Clark Lovejoy’s John Girard Gross Deer Is I .Goodnow Weyman EBRR Mary Robbins Mahoney Mary Sands Lewis Richards Martin W Bates Jonesboro Kolon Patterson Lo M J Sewell Wallace Jonesport GY v Marinion Fisher Mary D Wilson Cole Oulee Mary & McDougall Rannait Srereste Leighton’s Minnie Bergen Davis Marcia S Lewis Kelly Green EB Menawa Alexander Emery Maggie Smith Monticello May O'Neill Creighton Tudor Charlestown Mary E Amsden Thompson Marshall Perrin Scott Kerrigan Montezuma Thurston Maria Theresa Kelloch Rockland Millbridge Mary Eliza Morrisey Winterport Mary Rose Daveau Ceeveeersegee New Zealand Dawes Rene Glendon Nellie C Paine Cottridge Esse Ceeteers McQuesten’s Nautilus Tolman Eeees Cambridge Niger Adams Wiscasset CRO Cen Eanex Barnard Nevada Thomas Ovando Bioicebieeblersy Oregon Woods’s Lowell Piper’s Clio Martin Lovejoy Phebe Ann Hurd Beviceseaceteres Buck Percy H Reed Anthony, Delong E B Green’s Rebecca A ‘Laulane Crowell Ibis Hale Regalia Hallowell Thomaston Pearl Street Rodney K Nickerson Sturtevant’s Scully Eeseees Sophie Stuart R Walsh Summerside Aera Oer At Rockport Sarah K Putnam Devine Sarah Twomey Asa Fhea Sarah R Smith Seppe Ray Long Stephen Morgan Mehaffey Samuel W Brown Quinn Teiumah Emery’s Thomas G Benton Weeks Henderson’s Hannah Mecchise Eeas South Bay Trenton Cotton Magee’s Chelsea Union Rioa Buck’s Kerr Grand River Pet East Cambridge Charles River

Port of Boston Shipping News Highlights December Arrivals

Shipping news for Boston reports arrivals and clears with details on steamers and schooners. The Chicago from Antwerp and the Michigan from Liverpool reach port amid rough seas and ice sightings. Also listed are cargo ships, ballast movements, and port entries from St Johns to Halifax and beyond.

Monbay Chicago Morgan Antwerp St Johna St Johns Moise Furness Michigan Waiters Liverpool Warren & Co New Haven Aurora Horealis McDade St John Muarstiall Perrin Scott Port Johnson Swis Trenton Cotton Handy Perth Amboy Weymouth Kolen Patterson Ioboken Stephen Morgan Mehaffey Werth Amboy Provincetown Daimariscotta Jones Freeman Jasper Machias Estella Barter Eliot

Foreign Ports and sailing notices in brief

ANJER-Passed Oct 19 bark Richard Parsons from Hong Kong to New York under command Thorndike. ALICANTE-Ar Dec 7 bark Lazzaco Bianchi to New York commanded by Calorso. BEACHY HEAD-Passed Dec 15 bark Ruth Valmer bound from Philadelphia to Dunkirk under Dunbar.

Anjer Richard Parsons Thorndike Hong Kong New York Alicante Lazzaco Bianchi Ital Calorso Beachy Head Ruth Valmer Dunbar Philadelphia Dunkirk

Gloucester Specials Feature Fresh Halibut and Codnish Batches

On December 16 in Gloucester, Ralph Hodgdon from Grand Bank sold 15 000 tbs of halibut at 10 and 14 cents per pound. Knight Templar from Cape Shore moved 15 000 tbs of codnish, Addie M Story from Georges delivered 30 000 tbs, and Stafeid with 45 000 tbs, while Sarah C Wharf and Alice Hawkes fished from the shore.

Gloucester Ralph

New Bedford Arrivals From Payta Peru Include Capt Herendeen

New Bedford on December 16 reports Alonzo H Herendeen widow of the late master of the whaling ship James Arnold arrived with Antone D Avila mate and Joseph Rogers second mate after leaving Payta Peru. The ship had been cruising, the captain fell ill and died November 12. Herendeen was buried at Payta. He was fifty seven years old.

New Bedford Mre Alonzo H Herendeen James Arnold Antone D‘avila Joseph Rogers Payta Peru Meumonia Sip Captain Herendeen Vayta

Army adopts information signal for mariners notices

The chief signal officer of the United States Army announces adoption of a new information signal for maritime communication. The measure aims to streamline navigational notices and improve safety for vessels near treacherous waters.

Washington United States Army

Information Signal and Winter Buoyage Update on Atlantic Coast

Maritime notices describe the introduction of a new information signal for shipmasters and the annual winter buoyage changes from Maine to Virginia. Details cover the signal’s purpose, display conditions, a night signal scheme, and lighthouse adjustments including Crabtree's Ledge Maine and other harbor aids.

Indier United States Maine Virginia Azores Tnsign J A Dougherty USS Pensacola Horta Bay Fayal Island Ffth Crabtree's Ledge Crabtree’s Neck Frenchman's Bay US Coast and Geodetic Survey Sheep Porcupine Island Hancock Point Mt Desert Ferry Nne Kean’s Island Ene Sullivan Harbor Portland Knubble New Port Cactus Point Judith

Maritime disaster and ship movements report across ports

A December maritime bulletin notes the Centurion Buoy drift, the schooner schiona towed off Windmill Point, and a chain of collisions, groundings, and repairs. Reports from New York, Baltimore, Provincetown, Philadelphia, Gloucester, Norfolk, Bermuda, Fortress Monroe and London detail ships ashore, leaky holds, damaged masts, and vessels being floated or towed for repairs.

Boston Hallett Herman Winter Schiona Windmill Point W C French Laston Bureau Veritas Highland Light Tag Herald Norfolk Cornelius Haraves Fall River Baltimore Portsmouth Cape Henry New York Tangier Barnegat Laltimore Holyrood London Provincetown Sir Stephen Morgan Sir Alfred Whiske Philadelphia Alicia B Crosby Bath Gloucester Dee Normen Wee Rock Gloucester Mutual Fishing Insurance Company Flying Eagle Coffin Chelsea Cornelius Hargraves Fortress Monroe Dispatch Newport News Fred FE Scammell, Shaw Ile du Nord Bordeaux

Specially addressed mail routes and ship schedules list

A detailed, dated notice lists multiple steamship departures from New York and Boston to destinations including Yucatan Campeche Tabasco Chiapas Ireland Great Britain Cuba Bermuda Central America and Caribbean ports. It notes special addressed correspondence and closes various international mails via ships such as Rhyniand City of Alexandria Germanic Trave Mascotte Santiago Adirondack Obdam Orinoco Sif Col on Vizcaya La Bourgogne Omoria Anchoria Muriel Scythia and others with specific Dec 17 to Dec 21 sailing times.

Selgium New York Yucatan Campeche Tabasco Chiapas Mexican Cuba City Alexandria Ireland Great Britain Germanic Trinidnd Tobago Southampton Germany Bremen Trave Tampa Fla Mascotte Bahama Islands Santiago Fortune Istana and Haytt Colombia Aspinwall Panama Adirondack The Netherlands Obdam Bermuda Orinoco Ruatan Otert New Orleans Cape Hayti Sif Central America South Pacific Colon Progreso Tampico Tuxpan Mexican States Vizcaya St. Pierre and Miquelon Halifax Boston Cub Seneca Fortune Island Jamaica Aux Caves Costa Rica Port Limon Omoria Scotland Anchoria St. Croix St. Thomas St Croix Windward Islands Muriel France Havre la Bourgogne Fampa Olivette Truxilio Raatan J. Oteri, Jr Great Britain and Ireland Scythia Boston Direct

Steamship Mails Departures From San Francisco Notices

For Japan, Shanghai, Hong Kong and dependent Chinese ports, and for the East Indies except British India, Straits Settlements, Siam and Dutch East Indies, per steamship China from San Francisco, mails close at Boston Dec 21. For society Islands, Tropic Bird, from San Francisco Dec 31, mails close at Boston Dec 26, 5 p.m. For Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Samoan and Hawaiian Islands, Alameda from San Francisco Jan 11, mails close at Boston Jan 6, 5 p.m.

Japan Shanghai Hong Kong East Indies British India Straits Settlements Siam Dutch East Indies China San Francisco Boston Society Islands Australia New Zealand Fiji Samoan Hawaiian Islands Alameda

Maritime departures and sailings across American ports

Listings of ships and steamers sailing or cleared on December 15 to 18 across Baltimore Bath Brunswick Columbia River Charlestown Dutch Island Providence Newburyport Newport New Haven New Orleans New Bedford New York Portland and more. Notable vessels include Nautique Maggie Cain History Historian Umbria Caledonia Bangalore and Hyderabad.

Dawpool San Francisco George Curtis Fannie Sholfield Bracadalie New York Philadelphia Caibarlen Hildegard Green Mobile Cardenas Kocheko Morehead Pensacola Dimerara Greetlands Gaus Digby John C Gregory Killen Bear River Havana Harry Stuart Brinton Buenos Ayres Euskaro Liverpool Halifax Cacouna Henry L Gregg Carter Tasma McDonald Barbados Marburg Pittsburg St Helena Hill Boston Maggie F. Martell Porto Rico Aubrey Hubbard’s Cove Scotia Liebke Rosario Humacoa Albert L Butler Foster Wortland Moraney Wilson Kingston Jam Thomas N Stone Matthews Charleston Montevideo John Harvey Stewart Portland Mauritius Port Hugin Cornucopia ST Jouns Camerata Valparalso Carne Winslow Barrett Windsor Baltimore Lero Chisholm Rotterdam Sunderland Oxford Janes Rossmore Indi Nellie W Craig Ines Lord Lansdowne Swansea Nautique Bath Boston Marine le Blanc Port Medway Brunswick Gia Harry Prescont Turner Columbia River Briggs Harriet Hatton Charles S Baylis Buckminster Fred Snow Tate Key West Jumpasas Galveston Norfolk Chas H Bpragues Nickerson New England H L Whitten H H Benedict Charles % Balch Agnes Manson W L Walker Luther A Roby Newburyport Hercules Odiorne Panther Alderson Newport Henry P Hallock Tisdale Fall River C W Morse Confidence Sallie W Ponder Lincoln New Haven Emilie Birdsall Chambers Mary Ann Collins Eclipse Dixon Sarah Jane NEW Orllans Albert Progreso New Bedford Joseph G Dean Chase Abbie S Enery Coombs Tockland Alice Belle Barker Umbria la Bourgogue Havre Aenan Honduras Lumen Antwerp Alamo Caroline Miller Seneca Barkentine Young Hunter Tower Port Johnson Salem Chase Jeffreys Bassett Amboy Carrie J3 Glen Frank & Willie St John Bangalore Calcutta McDougall Hamburg Medbon Port Natal Wyoming Rigby Doris Ohling Cette Arnica Boyd London Samuel H Nickerson Eaton Luenos Ayres G 5Lenry Blucher Hamer Kremen Daisy Nash Jane Reed Mass Clifford C Dykeman Ascano Balser Sackville Port Discovery Deacon Port Townsend Templar Cardell Marlborough Hill Lang United Kingdom Davis James B. Pace Garfield H T Hedges Harper Port Eaton John Vaull Thatcher Portsmouth Brookfield Bona Asparagon Scott Dunkirk J Lermond Hopper Wilmington Samaria Snow L Burt Wyman Futlagel Pitas Hattie Eeins May Day Tann Scott Lewis Ada Perkins Perry Karnes Haskell Pavilion Johnson Machias Brig ET Campbell Robinson Sullivan Schs Dinsmore Dodge Fideman Kimball Kennebec W H Archer Ellsworth Frank Pierce E M Sawyer Genesta Advance Nis John Bracewell Tiverton Weymouth Martha Innis Cyrus Chamberlain Grace K Green Blue Hill Ballemore Pocasset William Roderick Plymouth Lower Harbor Jonathan Cone Rockland Oliver Skofield Clark’s Cove Bertham Millbridge Lawrence Elsworth Lulu Wooster Barnard Bangor Sophia Wiley Balance S W

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