Mary Eliza Wreck At Shirley Point In Boston Harbor
Five shipwrecked sailors arrive in Boston in destitute condition after the two masted schooner Mary Eliza ran aground at Point Shirley Winthrop during a severe storm. Captain Morrissey and crew struggled ashore after becalmed seas and a snowstorm, with one crewman leaping to ice to reach safety. Captain Floyd leads ongoing cleanup as coastal vessels face harrowing losses. The sister ship Winslow Morse wrecks on Lynn Beach, also leaving crew safe but necessitating salvage of hay cargo. both vessels hailed from Winterport Maine and bound for Boston. The Winslow Morse, 111 tons, built Bath Maine, owned by Scott and Bridges, is a total loss with cargo saved awaiting sale.
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Boston
New England
Mary Eliza
Point Shirley
Winthrop
Thomas Morrissey
Winterport
Penobscot River
Scott & Bridge
Nahant
Con Kelley
Shirley Point
Winslow Morse
Lynn Beach
Morse
Henry C. Newton
Walter Marshall
Samuel Jones
Benjamin Conners
Red Rock
Ralph Putnam
Lynn
Nahant Street
Winslow
Bath
Scott & Bridges
State Street
Deer Island
Morrisey
Shirley
Newburg
N. Y
Messrs. Scott & Bridge
Thomas Morrisey
Cornelius Kelley
Albert Staples
Belfast
Charles Smith
Charles Gotherstrom
Cook
Newton
Portsmouth Harbor
Isle of Shoals
Broad Sound
Wreck of the Mary Eliza Aboard Shipwrecked Crew Rescued
The Mary Eliza wrecked near Deer Island as ice and wind battered the coast. Captain Thomas Morrisey and crew from Winterport and Belfast, including two Swedes, were shipwrecked. cargo valued and vessel uninsured. salvaged by local residents and a Shirley crew.
Harvard Must Make It Says Hinkey In Scissors Attack
Hinkey declares Harvard must succeed while a witness claims President Eliot falsified. Magliaro found in an Italian tenement on Mechanic Street identified as the man who wounded Musta with scissors. Magliaro shrugged when questioned, saying six or seven men were killing him, yet he did nothing. Musta remains hospitalized at Massachusetts General Hospital from the wound’s effects.
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Smith
McCauley
Magliaro
Mechanic Street
Musta
Massachusetts General Hospital
Yale Captain Hinkey Defends Football at Hartford Alumni Banquet
Hartford Yale Alumni Association banquet hears Judge Howland condemn press mistreatment of Yale football and Captain Hinkey. Captain Hinkey cites Walter Camp statistics to counter Harvard casualties claims and urges Harvard apology to restore relations after Springfield game tensions.
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Hartford
Conn
Allyn House
Yale Alumni Association
Henry Co. Howland
New York
Hinkey
Yale
New York City
Eliot
Harvard
Walter Camp
Springfield
Billy’ Brooks
Princeton
Seven Arrested in a Policy Raid at Piedmont Street
Officers from Lagrange street station raided a policy shop at No 8 Piedmont street using a search warrant for gaming implements and seized policy slips a manifold book and markers. Seven men were arrested on the charge of being present where gaming implements were found. Prisoners booked: Joseph Fisher 47 Frank Williams 27 William Miller 39 Charles Murphy 36 George Perry 28 James Rogers 40 and John Francis 39. They face Municipal Court arraignment today.
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Lagrange Street
Hurlburt
No. 8
Piedmont Street
Joseph Fisher
Frank Wilams
William Miller
Charles Murphy
George Perry
James Rogers
John Francis
Arrest of Genaro Magliaro in North End stabbing case
Genaro Magliaro, accused of stabbing Raffaele Musta in the forehead with scissors on the North End court, was arrested by Sergeant after the Jan 28 incident.
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Genaro Magliaro
Raffaele Musta
Ather Court
North End
Brockton Cadets Prize Drill and Ball Held at Armory Hall
The Brockton High School Cadets held their annual prize drill and ball at Armory Hall with 65 cadets under Captain C W Holmes. A zouave drill featured a skirmish and bayonet exercise led by Lieutenant W H Nilsson. Principal Parker presented prizes before 125 couples danced the grand march led by Captain Holmes and Miss Ruth Howard.
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Brockton
Brockton High School
Armory Hall
C. W. Holmes
W. H. Nilsson
Parker
Pattison Arrested After Disrupting Bromfield Street Prayer Meeting
William D C Pattison caused a disturbance at Bromfield Street Church prayer meeting accusing attendees of cheating the poor. Patrolman Quinn of Division 2 placed Pattison under arrest after he refused to calm down.
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William D. C. Pattison
Bromfield Street
Quinn
Division 2
Pattison
No. 69 Charlestown Street Alarm Calls False
A passerby reported smoke from a four story brick building at No 69 Charlestown Street and pulled Box 12 at 7 47 PM. The structure owned by Charles E Hall a marble worker had workers inside. Firefighters arrived but no fire was found and the alarm proved needless.
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Charlestown Street
Charles E. Hall
Baby found abandoned on doorway in Harrison avenue
A nearly naked male infant about forty eight hours old was found in a doorway at 81 Harrison avenue. An inmate who tripped over a small bundle rescued a live baby boy wrapped in old cloth. He was shielded with a shawl, taken to Station 4, and later sent to the Chardon Street Home for care.
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Harrison Avenue
Chardon Street
Waltham Veterans Celebrate Seventh Anniversary
General N. P. Banks Camp 41 S of V of Waltham marked its seventh anniversary at Horey Hall with musical and literary entertainment. Guests included F. Rogers Post 29 G A R and the Women's Relief Corps. Speeches by post members and others followed the program.
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N. P. Banks
S. of V
Waltham
Horey Hall
F. P.e H. Rogers
Post 29
Women’s ‘Relief Corps
Post
Tickets to the West at City Ticket Office
Visit the City Ticket Office of the Boston and Albany Railroad at 366 Washington Street to purchase your tickets to the West. The notice urges travelers to secure passes and provides location details for convenient pickup and departure arrangements.
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The
Boston & Albany Railroad
Washington Street
Notice of Isabella Palfrey as Administratrix of Frost Estate
Notice is hereby given that Isabella W. Palfrey has been appointed administratrix of the estate of Almira D. Frost late of Boston Suffolk deceased intestate and has taken upon herself the trust by bond. All persons with claims must exhibit them and all debtors must pay to Isabella W. Palfrey Admx Boston January 31 15895 Dolan and Bowman Attorneys 10 Tremont Street.
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Almira D. Frost
Boston
Suffolk
Isabella W. Palfrey
Admx
Dolan & Bowman, Attys
Tremont St
Boston Civil Suit for Debt Against Absent Defendant
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Suffolk ss Municipal Court Boston orders defendant George L Trafton to appear Feb 16 to answer a contract claim for 128 dollars from Sept 24 1804. Plaintiff Charles F Emery alleges non residence and lack of service. publication in Boston Post required for three weeks. Clerk Orsino G Sleeper.
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Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Suffolk
Boston
Holden
Charles F. Emery
George L. Trafton
Milton
Norfolk
J. Granville Young
Commonwealth
Boston Post
Orsino G. Sleeper
Shipwrecked crew saved by Kelley under brutal gale
Captain Morrissey and three crewmen were rescued after their schooner broke up in a fierce gale. Kelley and a companion ferried survivors ashore to a house in Shirley, where they were helped by locals then sent to Boston with tickets. At dawn they boarded the Odell and received clothing and aid, recounting a harrowing journey from Winterport bound for Boston with eighty tons of hay.
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Kelley
Morrissey
Mr. Wellman
Odell
Messrs
Schooner Dixon Ashore at Vineyard in Ice Deaths
A frozen crew on the wrecked schooner T. H. P. Dixon is found ashore at Martha’s Vineyard. Captain Joseph Boswick, Mate Martin Lee, and an unidentified cook die in the cold. the ship, owned by A. J. Bird & Co., lies off Vineyard Haven with logbook intact but no trip details.
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Vineyard Haven
Martha’s Vineyard
T. H. P. Dixon
New York
Rockland
Leach
Joseph Boswick
Martin Lee
Dixon
A. J. Bird & Co
Boswick
John Davidson
Nova Scotia
Rocks at Gloucester Threaten Vessels as Marblehead Is Lost
Fierce harbor battle at Gloucester as the schooner Marblehead wrecks on Fort Point rocks and several other ships drift near the shore. High tides imperil wharves with damage estimated at 50 000 to 75 000. Capt. Danforth and crew survive in a dory. many vessels drag anchors or collide in the gale.
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Gloucester
Marblehead
Boston
Winterport
Fort Point Rocks
Danforth
Harvard
Regal
Fanny Freeman
Freeman
Henry Wilson
Wilson
Maine
Nova Scotia
Vigilant
Ralph Russell
Washed Over Minots Light at Scituate Bay Gale
A fierce southerly gale battered Scituate Bay with high tides and ice encrusting Minot’s Light. Coast life-saving crews sighted a large three masted schooner offshore early this morning, but it disappeared in mist. Flooding closed Second Cliff road and Front street while waves swept over the sea wall. no disasters reported along shore.
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Scituate
Cliff Station
Minot
Nowlands
Front Street
Havoc at Cape Breton as storm hits coast
Halifax reports Alpha safe in port after Jamaica and Bermuda voyage. A violent gale and snow followed its arrival at 3:15 am. A distressed steamer signalled for a pilot and then vanished. Telegraphs down from Englishtown to Bankers. towns suffer extensive storm damage including washed ashore fish stores and shops.
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Halifax
N. S
Alpha
Jamaica
Bermuda
New York
Englishtown
C. B
South Ingonish
Bankers
Middlehead
New Haven
Post Man's Awful Passage Aboard Pilgrim
A Fall River line steamer piloted by rough seas carried a postman returning from New York from New York to Fall River. The voyage ended at 6 o'clock last night after fourteen hours behind schedule. The writer recalls the trip as memorable yet unpleasing for a repeat voyage.
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New York
Fall River
Fie
Fall River Line
Pilgrim
Terrible winter crossing on steamer Pilgrim to Fall River
A passenger recounts a brutal snow storm and ice choked voyage from Long Island to New Haven and Fall River. Fierce wind and thick ice delayed the trip fourteen hours, with dangers at Hell Gate and Narragansett Bay. Captain praised for skillful command and crew’s machine-like efficiency. Arrival in Boston around 9 p.m.
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Long Island
New Haven
New Haven Harbor
Hell Gate
Lee Shore
Fall River
Narragansett Bay
Point Judith
Fall River Bay
Boston
Distressed Three Master Near New Haven Breakwater
News from New Haven reports a three master in distress off the harbor with rockets fired near the breakwater. A tug and a distant schooner were seen aiding, while accounts differ on rescuers and vessel identity. Two barges were adrift earlier, with two men escaping and a possible rescue by E. J. Hassan, an actor, per one version.
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New Haven
Conn
New York
Spoor
Huntington Bay
George Dean
Taunton
Fall River
Petersburg
New Haven Steamboat Company
E. J. Hassan
Silver Sands
Barges Umbers Off Newport Shores After Ice Haul
Barges Ban ter and Baltimore were pulled from a gravelly shore at the torpedo station this afternoon after pumping by tug Aquidneck. They appear not to be injured but are badly iced up with decks just above the wash. Steamer Providence of the Fall River line will be laid up due to heavy travel through the sound, with freight moved to the Plymouth after repair work.
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Newport
R. I
Banter
Baltimore
Providence
Fall River
Plymouth
Boston schooner saved after gale trek to Portland
The C. W. Dexter, bound from Boston to Calais with oats flour and molasses, was sighted near Portland after sails torn or frozen. A life-saving tug towed her into safety from Cape Ann to Portland as a east wind and gale battered the vessel. Captain Huntington reported the voyage began in Boston and then moved toward Mantinicus before the port call.
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Portland
C. W. Dexter
Huntington
Boston
Calais
Cape Ann
Mantinicus
Severe cold wave sinks two ships on Mobile River
A freezing windstorm struck Mobile on February 8 with temperatures down to 16 degrees and worsening. Two barks, an Australian and an Italian, foundered in mid stream and were locked. The steamer Kanawha drifted a mile downstream while timber floated from booms. The norther proves the most severe in local annals.
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Mobile
Ala
Kanawha
Glenochil Reports Loch Maree Burned Woodwork For Fuel
The British steamer Glenochil arriving in Queenstown from New Orleans to London reports that on February 6, 188 miles southwest of Kinsale it spoke the Loch Maree from Charleston bound for Bremen. The Loch Maree had exhausted coal and was forced to burn woodwork including spare booms and spars, and remains off the Irish coast under sail.
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Queenstown
New Orleans
London
Kinsale
Charleston
Bremen
Ireland
Nat Herreshoff Narrow Escape In Bristol Storm
A Bristol storm washed away wharves and damaged boats. Nat Herreshoff and his team raced to salvage the Eugenia yacht as the flood rose, narrowly escaping drowning thanks to two workers who rescued him in time.
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Bristol
R. I
Herreshoffs
Eugenia
Nat Herreshoff
Abandoned Brig Gem Lost Off Eastport
Eastport February 8 reports the brig Gem, once anchored off the harbor, abandoned after her crew was rescued by another vessel. No further details on the rescue or fate of the Gem are provided.
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Eastport
L. L
Gem
Schooner Emma Wrecked at Fletcher's Neck
Biddeford Pool Maine February 8 A schooner from Gloucester is a total wreck at Fletcher's Neck. The crew is saved.
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Biddeford Pool
Emma
Gloucester
Fletcher's Neck
Teutonic Sighting Reported Near Minot's Light
News from New York and Gloucester recounts a steamer outside the bar believed to be the overdue Teutonic. The vessel's lights were seen intermittently by the Sandy Hook observer in thick weather with no signals observed.
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New York
Teautonic
Sandy Hook
Gloucester
Schooener
John E. McKenzie
Ten Pound Island
Dory
McDonald
Thatcher’s
McLeod
Fannie Freeman
McKenzie
Leod
Teutonic
Liverpool
Was May Cruel To His Cow
Lynn February 8 L A May of the L A May Company crockery dealers was arrested on a charge of failing to provide proper shelter for a cow. Agent Clark of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals filed the complaint leading to a warrant. He was released on his own recognizance. May claims the animal is properly sheltered in a barn near his home where he previously kept two horses.
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Lynn
L. A
Polo Team Move Promised For Fall River
J W Bancroft of New Bedford and Fred J McLane of Fall River say they bought Tom my Cotter's polo team of Boston and will move it to Fall River next season. They plan a new rink behind the Sargeant building on North Main Street. Nathaniel Gerry challenges the report showing a receipt for money to T H Murnane and a congratulatory letter from Secretary Morse on securing the franchise.
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Fall River
J. W. Bancroft
New Bedford
Fred J. McLane
Tommy Cotter
Boston
Sargeant
North Main Street
Nathaniel Gerry
T. H
Murnane
Morse
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Floyd
Eliza
Kersey
Neopm
E.G. Almy
Washington, Cor
Essex
Brooks
Kid
Brockton Cadets
Waltham Veterans
Stephen Thacher
Vineyard
Scituate Bay
Cape Breton
OLD South Clothing CO
Washington
Newport Shores
Barks
S. I
Emm
West Bank
OUR
Portico
Lydia E. Pinkham
American Tool and Machine
Federal St
Mail General Machinery and Miil
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