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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Dec 31, 1889

Page

3

Pilot Chart for January Warns of Severe North Atlantic Storms

The January Pilot Chart notes a harsh month in North Atlantic lanes with westward steamers delayed by a major storm December 14 16, another cyclone near 16 N 56 W, and multiple depressions along easterly paths north of 40th parallel. It cites low barometer readings, hurricane force gales, heavy seas, and dense fog affecting New York harbor and Grand Banks. Oil-use anecdotes are included from captains claiming saved ships, while forecasters predict recurring storms every five to six days, northerly gales in the Gulf of Mexico, and frequent fog east of the Grand Banks. The notice lists navigation obstructions and requests updates from masters.

North Atlantic Ocean Washington North Atlantic Central Iowa Owens Bermuda Pb. Hitchcock Nichols American New York New England Canadian St. Lawrence Valley Hatteras Great Lakes Bay of Fundy Gulf of St. Lawrence Gulf of Mexico British Isles Ireland Grand Banks Nova Scotia United States New York Harbor Jat Long Benlarig Cape Trafalgar Freeman Gib- Talar Gibraltar Dutty Siberian Caribbean Sea Cape Race Atlantic Louisburg Harbor Tom’s River George P. Hallock Barnegat Navy Enwick’s Island Manhattan Hatteras Lighthouse

Shipping News Mini Almanac Tideal Report

Shipping notes list arrivals and clears at Boston port on Dec 30 with multiple vessels from Liverpool London and Halifax. Reports include Steamer Bulgarian and Oranmore voyages with gale and high seas. one crewman Richard Jones injured. various cargo ships and barges in tow or awaiting orders. Atlantic and Caribbean sailings noted with wind conditions and harbor entries.

Bulgarian Lease Liverpool Thayer & Lincoln Tee WSW WNW Boston Richard Jones Oranmore Jones London W Johnston & Co City of Gloucester Young Gloucester Gladiator Kelley New York Sir Sarah Potter Barbour Cape of Good Hope Cape Hatteras Kark Moonbeam Searsport Carston Turks Island Charles I. Davenport Doris Gerhardt St Johns Whitney, Pousland & Co Hore Ellie Munay Halifax Jath Lien Peters Arecibo, JR Whitney Pousland & Co Mayaguez Mery Battiett Holmes Machiasport Disg Mayti Gdenera McKiel St John Centennial Crisps Stone Henry Sutton Pierce Norfolk James Boyce, Jr Duncan Henry Withington Baker Ralph M Hayward Baxter James W Bigelow Reed Maud Sherwood Kellay Abbott Lewis Paker Baltimore Jay Lewis Woodbridge Creek Samos Smith Hoboken Marengo Whitton Hail Eng Sanderson & Son Mimire Wills Furness Hermann Berg Meyer Antwerp Gill & Sootz Frank W Coe Dorchester Delong & Seaman John Brooks Donovan Portland James G Ogden Angola Gracie Duchanan Highland Light Minnie Rowan Gracie Buchanan Hull Wind Northwest

VESSELS IN PORT LISTING FOR TEES AND FRIDAYS

In a historic port record a long listing of steamships and schooners with masters, tonnage, consignors, and destinations. The document notes vessels laid up are excluded and records positions at wharfs such as London Liverpool New York and Charlestown. It ends with a note that vessels near Cambridge and Warren bridges lie along the Charles River.

Richard Thibodeau Mereghan Grant & Morrison’s Simpson’s Frank Harrington Kent Francis Coffin Blondeet Ellsworth Wood's Cambridge Frank WiBel Ob & Clevacon Bee Globe Marshall South Bay George Shattuck Poland Hoosac Grenada Romkey Charlottetown Pel Eastern Packet Pier Eaton York Glenera McKiel Humboldt Hodgdon Boothbay South Ba Hyne Hinckley Ontie Wellington Herbert FE Higgins Herald Fiske Rockland Harry Prescott Turner McQuesten Harriet Hatton Woks Helen H Benedict Manson Gabrielson Loud Damariscotta James Freeman Jasper UNION Jonathan Bourne Harding Robbins’s John Paull Thatcher Josie Smith Machias James B Pace Garfield Spee Foote Ee South Bay Jacob Reed Nickerson Josiah R Smith Case Rage Haynes Ccvccescee Shouh James Boyce, Jr Duncan James W Bigelow Reed Smith & Wiley Kate Markee Blake Mia Lottie K Friend Gould Pels Lynx Finley St John Longfellow Falker Fei Gas Mystic Charlestown Plummer Howes Lavinia Campbell, Allen Instream Lion Peters, Whitney, Pousland & Co Lucknow Egies Vivesse Wosuold Pacree Mary B Smith Mahoney Mary Langdon Emery Morris W Child Bock Minnie Bergen Davis Green’s Moliie Rhodes Watts Wgeeeesee Marquand Maria Theresa Kelloch Pearl Street D Richards Richards Ss-Sesserers Easter Packet Pier Mabel Jordan Balano New Glidden & Bridge Caswell Maud Pye Stiles Moncton Battery Mentor Worrey May Queen Grant Mary Farrow Condon Belfast MchKay Barnard Calais Nellie Lamper Thompson Lynn Nell Perry Goodnow’s Norton Israel Oregon Candage Pearl Street Olive Branch Farrell South Bay Ornatus Slannenwhite Seeee Pleasantville Publicover Georgetown Hamilton Sydney Phineas H Gay Bryant Perine Thurston Kenney Shaw Woods Cambrides Rodney Reno Gates Rodney Parker Mystic River Robert Ross Haley Shulee Ralph M Hayward Baxter Grant & Morrison Susan Stetson Frisbee Bangor Sophie Stuart Walsh Summerside Union Sea Bird Bbridge Laurier Taylor Pei Sea Queen Buck's Chelsea Sabrina Urquhart Lulu Samuel W Brown Clifford Woods’s Titmouse Jordan Eben Asncees -Oee Marquand’s TW McKay Roberts Parrsboro Tecumseh Farrow Umbrina Kerr Grand River Peg Sane Essa Tha” Gray’s Vanilla Eastern Packet Pier Vaca Forsyth Valparaiso Tyler OUR de Victory Wilbur William Stevens Mitchell Wood’s Woodward Abrahams Snow Warren East Cambridge Charles River

Beverly Division Injunction Moves to Halt Town Financing

Full text of a December 1889 injunction restrains Beverly officials from borrowing town funds for the Beverly division plan. The suit, filed in Essex County Court at Salem, seeks to block spending tied to votes of December 17, 1889, and to require appearance in Boston for further action.

Beverly SaLem Commonwealth OF Massachusetts Essex Robert G. Bennett Robert R. Endicott Joseph Wallis Horace P. Woodbury Freeborn W. Cressy John H. Woodbury Supreme Judicial Court Stephen J. Connolly Thomas D. Connolly Andrew Standley George S. Larcom George Pierce Alexander Campbell John L. Eaton Rufus A. Standley Eben Day Hervey N. Hodgkins D. W. Hardy L. J. Watson Charles Trout Boston Suffolk Marcus Morton Esa

Multiple ships sail or pass by weeks end across global ports

A collection of vessel movements lists ships sailing from Antwerp to Boston, Barcelona, Cadiz, Calcutta, Deal, East London, Havre, Hamburg, Liverpool, Montevideo, Madrid, Marseilles, and more. Entries mention brig Eugenia, steamer Lemuria, bark Edward May, and other craft with origins including Savannah, New York, Brunswick, Ta coma, and Boston, with destinations such as New York, Mobile, San Francisco, and Philadelphia.

Antwerp Grasbrook Ger Boston Halifax Anjer Mary L S Stone Aim Carver Shanghai Hong Kong New York Barcelona Eugenia Lanier Brunswick Lemuria Savannah Buenos Ayres Herrick Kelley Lucey A Nickels Nichols Tacoma Cadiz Alexander I Mobile Callao Fern Edward May Mehany Calcutta Kelvyerdale Grady Saigon George R Skelfield Dunning Deal Beethoven Smith London East London Cato Nor Lundegaar United States Havre Georg Scholz Hamburg Martha Lizard Lord Cairns Davies Shields San Francisco Liverpool Norsemen Williams Bostonian Trant Baltimore Simpson Palestine Whitemay Montevideo Stillwater Newcastle Eng Alesia Marseillles Canute McLeod Madfira Caba Springer Bremen Oporto Lopez Duarte Port Santos Port Natal Roland Finlayson Port Elizabeth Bessie May Buck Grousvaer Bastrup Gaerwen Arbela Smith Dieppe Fluorine Anderson Philadelphia Stettin Norge

Mariners Notice on Buoys Off Pollock Nip Lightship

Boston dispatch reports Captain C F Bldridge of the Hl & Dimock states the bell and whistling buoys have shifted from their proper NE by N position from Pollock Nip Lightship.

Boston C F Bldridge Hl & Dimock Pollock Nip

Fishermen sail with cargoes amid loss of crewman

Gloucester report records the Eastern Queen bringing 13 000 pounds of smoked herring and the Phantom with 300 000 frozen herring from Placentia Bay. The brig Griffin returned after ten weeks to Grand Bank mourning Daniel Macmaster drowned when a dory swept overboard.

Gloucester Edith Rand Placentia Bay Eastern Queen Grand Menon Alice Hawkes W B Keene Mary Fernald Minnehaha Willie Parkman Abbie A Snow Phantom Emerald Alabama Ada Berry Fagle Lertha M Miller Amos Cutter Griffin Grand Bank Daniel Macmaster Judique

Maritime Notices and Vessels Report From New England Ports

Reports from Boston Vineyard Haven and Portsmouth detail brig W E F Stowe from Naguabo, delays, and heavy seas near Cape Cod. Kehrwieder bound for Havre goes to government dock Jan 3 after cargo loss. Bark Fantee of Boston believed lost with partial insurance payout to J F Brooks. Vessels Charles H Trickey and Elizabeth Foster incidents noted with interments and repairs. Tug North America unable to reach steamer Commonwealth due to bar and heavy seas near Lewes Delaware. Bark H W Palmer reports equatorial crossing and trades. Keewaydin at Portland Me.

Boston Stowe Hammett Naguabe Cape Cod Georges Bank Kehrwieder New Orleans Havre Berrauda Fantee Soston Accra Wca Beston J F Brooks State Street Tarpaulin Cove Hatteras No Mans Sams Gay Head Vineyard Haven LR C Thurlow Charles H Trickey Sommerrow Custer Portsmouth Sir Elizabeth Foster Harding Fucksport Square Rock Isle of Shoats Star Island Parrsboro Lord Mayo Newburyport LEW Bs Del North America Commonwealth Ineyard

Maritime Traffic Roundup From Port Cities Across Atlantic

Shipping notices from Baltimore to Philadelphia show dec 30 movements and dec 29 arrivals. Vessels include Kenilworth Craig Port Antonio Nova Scotian Mary Anning Henry Lippitt Clara Allen M Merriman and many others proceeding to or from New York Boston Halifax Liverpool and Philadelphia with brig Venice Nellie W Howlett and steamers City of Chicago and State of Nevada among reported departures and clearnces.

Baltimore Kenilworth Craig Port Antonio Nova Gloucester Schs Westside Garamen New York Carrie A Pitman Orland Willie Knowlton Deer Isle Boston Galveston Dee William Geake Locken Invergordon Soth Alamo Nellie W Howlett Buckaloo Apalachicola Georgetown Pdc Tamos Mone Kath Hyannis Menuncatuck Ellis Tennisport Sehis Warren & Potter Andrews New Bedford Buckley Adams Bass River Hayward New Haven A & E Hooper Willets Richmond Mary Ann Collins Amicon Stella Smith Newport News Montlake New Orleans Hamburg Neto Fleetwood Zeta Liverpool Waverley Jessmore Kremen Norfolk Argus Joseph Souther Point Pleasant Bedford Hattie E Kelsey Chase Angler Brush York Ira Bes Hudson Joshua Baker Kelley Eliste State of Nevada Glasgow Adriatic Island Stettin Halifax Linois Antwerp Kings Ferry Fla Ebien Crusoe Tapley Port Spain Trinidad City of Chicago Forma St John’s Lucy PF Miller Bangor Winthrop Portland Krig & T Campbell Sullivan Sche Wim. Burroughs James Rothwell Abby L Bew George and Albert Barraconta Windsor Garland Advocate Wildfire Druid Lottie Gen Hall Thomaston David Riner Clark’s Island Henry Machias Nellie Doe Apphia Amelia AJ Bentley Blue Mill B Paine Eastport Fire I Alice M Claridge Dunkirk Athena Port Elizabeth Woodbury Perdita Cowen Cow Bay Joseph G Dean Owl’s Head Berkshire Aries Briggs Philadephia Seh Williams English Satiea John A Beekeriman Gammops Philadelphia Jennie M Carter Maton Ortland Icha Keewaydin Parrsboro Franklin Panther Anderson Newburyport Rattlesnake Reed Fortland Reading Samuel Castner, Jr Kendall Sarah C Smith Henderson Charlestown Switzerland Shawmut Fuller Volga Demerara Barks Lindesnaes Calais Michele A. Trapant Leghorn Robert J Barr Shaw

Maritime Movement and Sailings From Various Ports

A compilation of December 28 to 30 marine notes detailing schooners brigs and barques sailing to and from Boston New York Philadelphia Providence and other ports. Vessels include Orion Shawmut Fantee Lizzie Dewey Annie A Booth and Joshua Baker among others with arrivals returns and in tow movements noted.

Delaware Orion Pernambuco Jaequinna Gardger Shawmut Fuller Atlas Baltimore Boston Rockland Sam Weller Hallett New York Salem Schs Valetta Fardie St John Rondo Somerville Economy Marrett Harris Kimball Rockport Leena Blake Blake Savannah Dee Lizzie Dewey Philadelphia Cross Brunswick Tarpaulin Cove Bark Fantee Steele Accra Wca Marine Notes Vineyard Haven Annie A Booth Wasson Perth Ambey Lawrence Haines Tibbetts Portland N J Miller Weed Elizabethport Walter M Young Ford Hoboken Bar Harbor Mary Standish Susan H Ritchie J&h Crowley Orozimbo Bucephalus Baraconta J R Bodwell Jennie Greenbank Theresa, Reort Harry L Whiter Rich Norfolk Viola May Fisher Wm F Collins Higgins Perth Amboy Douglas Haynes Greenleaf Seth W Smith Martin Portsmouth Richard Hill Dickson Crestline Newport Harvester Frost

VESSELS LAID UP IN PORT LIST OF CARGO CRAFT

The port lists numerous vessels laid up including steamships such as Cerny Brown 1372 Boston Halifax and Nickerson 1332 Boston Halifax and many brigs schooners and yachts with owners and home ports noted. Entries name ships like Green's Eve B Alien Greene Nickerson Glendon Bay State Baker and Florence Nowell along with Chelsea and Roxbury wharves and Chelsea Bridge as points of mooring. The roster covers a wide range of vessel types and owners across Boston Chelsea Medford Winthrop and Everett areas.

Abbie Clifford Storer C L Davenport Mystic Castles Acadia Morrill George E Downes Ees Isk Aquilla Sencabaugh Commercial Canadian Landry Lyon Dupuy & Co Hayti Charlestown Doris Gerhardt Whitney, Pousland & Co South Bay Eugene Slate Harding TE Bixpy Ss Legion Lucy W Snow Hackett F C Butman Oeer Screamer Berry Glidden & Bridge McKay’s Stowe Hammett Anna Elizabeth Dodge Bangor Union Acara Bri Leer Lauberville Slelere Annie L Wilder Thurston Rockport South Amelia F Cobb Johnson Castine Aelevator Annie Roy Bowie St John’s Alfred Brabrook van Horn Atlantic Works Abbott W Lewis Baker Instream Bloomfield Kenney Alberton Pei Simpson’s Oxner Charlottetown Pel Whitton South Bay Brunette Knox Searsport Belle Hardy Studley Camhate Canteta Norwood Charles Warren Comeau Charles H Fabens Howes Carrie G Crosby Crosby Dexter Hamilton Calais Mgs California Taylor Kennebec Roe Clara J Wilbur Haley Union Charles A Briggs Haskell Reece Cox & Green Thompson Calvin P Harris Higgins Charles F Tuttle Ives Stream Crescent Mehaffey Daniel Brittain Coleman Gillespie & Pierce’s Cambridge Dolphin Alley Duroc Anderson Dexter Clark Theall Hodgdon Willard Foster Esses South Ba Ella Brown Dunbar Atlantic Dyewood Co Edward F Mansfield Crossley New Campbell’s Chelsea ET Hamor Brown Cerny, Brown Boston Halifax & Petss Saal Aeoceses Doston Worcester Chas. Dennis de Butts & Daggett’s Adeline Hamlin Lewis City Wharf Chelsea Alfred Whiske White Eeeseee Green Alien Greene Nickerson Liverpool Wood Stanley Morse’s Carrie E Pickering Marshall Emery Chelsea Fawin Stevens Gott Glendon Atalanta Tucker Sargent Bloomer Harper eeGlendon Bay State Winthrop Henry May Clark Bisbee’s Herbert E. Higgins McQuesten’s E B Joseph Eaton, Jr Chatfield Chelsea Bridge Janet Newton Atkins Leonora Boursey Cee Anes Lyons McQuesten Oliver Ames Handy Seer Lada Olive Branch Farrell South Bay Red Rover Burnham's Sallie Gibson Telumah Chelsea War Steed Goorin Green Churchill Lawlor’s William Todd Waterloo Kavennaugh

Mails Close at Boston for Ireland and Europe

Listings show mail closures from Boston for Ireland and Europe on Dec 31 and Dec 31 8 p.m. including Great Britain France Belgium Netherlands Switzerland Austria Italy Spain Portugal and direct Germany Danish Swedish Norwegian Russian Turkish via Bremen and special Ireland routes. Also advisories for Helgium Noordland Noordland Noordland routes and Nova Scotia via Yarmouth with local dates and times.

Ireland Great Britain Adriatic New York Southampton Germany Bremen Aller Helgium Noordland Wee Nova Scotia Yarmouth Pec Yaremouth Boston Direct Dec

Specially addressed mail routes from New York January 1

A list of international mail routes and sailings for January including vessels Alvo Yeendam Orinoco Cienfuegos City of Atlanta Princ Maurits Magnolia Fornevsia Etruria Halifax Samaria. It notes destinations such as Fortune Island Hayti Bermuda Bahama Islands Santiago Cuba Cuba Scotland France Great Britain Ireland Nova Scotia Miquelon Newfoundland and other European nations with specific sailing times and ports of call.

Fortune Island Hayti United States of Colombia Aspinwall Panama Alvo New York St. Pierre and Miquelon Halifax Boston Porto Rico Magnolia Scotland Fornevsia France Havre la Champagne Great Britain Boston Direct Great Britain and Ireland Samaria

Trans Pacific Mails From San Francisco January Notices

Mails for Japan Shanghai Hong Kong and dependent Chinese ports and for the East Indies excluding specified regions will depart from San Francisco on January 7 with Boston office closure January 2 at 5 p.m. Mails for Australia New Zealand Fiji Samoa and Hawaii depart January 11 with closure January 6 at 6 p.m. Pacific Islands via City of Papete depart January 11 with Boston close January 20 at 5 p.m. Letters for Pacific steamers should be deposited in Boston eight to nine days before sailing.

Japan Shanghai Hong Kong The East Indies British India Straits Settlements Siam Dutch East Indies Belgic San Francisco Boston Australa New Zealand Fiji Samoan Haewaiian Islands Alameda Society Islands

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