Pilots Save Eight Men From Stricken Boston Schooner
In a dangerous voyage the steamer America rescued eight crew members from the Rose Osterbrook, a three master bound from Norfolk to New Bedford. The vessel listed leaks after severe weather and a two day gale, frostbite and hunger afflicted the crew before transfer. Provisions followed the vessel’s arrival in harbor and it sailed for Boston.
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New York
Boston
Fuiandart City
Bristol
Devlin
America No. 21
America
Botom
Rose Osterbrook
J. F. Brown
South Boston
Norfolk
New Bedford
Hampton Roads
Rose Hsterbrook
George E. Currier
Newburyport
C. & J. F. Baker
Commercial Street
Delaware Insurance Company
Wessel
Nine Seamen Rescued After Shipwreck off New England
The steamship Francisco recovered nine shipwrecked seamen from the four masted schooner George A. McFadden of Bath Maine after a gale battered the vessel off Shinnecock Light. Captain C F Wallace reported hurricane force winds and a rapidly failing vessel as cabins and hatches failed, water flooded the decks, and pumps failed. Rescue occurred when Francisco arrived on February 10 at 12:45 p m. The McFadden, built in 1888 in Maine, carried coal from Norfolk to Boston.
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New York
Ncisco
Hull
Don
George A. McFadden
Bath
C. F. Wallace
Norfolk
Boston
Wallace
Shinnecock Light
Cisco
Wal
W. Donald
Gloucester Schooner Miranda Returns After Terrible Voyage
The schooner Miranda from Gloucester landed in Provincetown Harbor after a perilous voyage from Georges Bank. Crew faced a severe storm last Monday, but the vessel and sailors reached safety in the harbor.
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Ieeks
Flarricane
Provincetown Harbor
Provincetown
Pehooner
Miranda
Gloucester
Left Newport News in October With Twenty Five People Aboard
The Norris of Damariscotta Maine sailed from Newport News October 15 carrying 1642 tons of coal for Barcelona Spain and has since vanished. Captain J A Barstow commanded with his wife a 19 year old daughter a nephew D W Weeks and three other passengers plus eighteen crew. Included were H B Hyler Thomaston Edward Hanewrinkle Richmond VA and Dr J P Hubbard Norfolk. The vessel, about twenty years old, is said to have carried 100 tons more coal than usual.
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al Hope
Norris
Damariscotta
Newport News
Barcelona
Spain
J. A. Barstow
D. W. Weeks
H. B. Hyler
Thomaston
Edward Hanewrinkle
Richmone
J. P. Hubbard
George Barstow
J. W. Elwell
South Atlantic
Storm Wracks North Sea as Leopold II Struggles
Severe easterly gale lashes the North Sea and Channel. The Ostend steamer Leopold II, due at Dover at 2 30 pm, was sighted at 10 30 pm with three red lights. Paddles smashed, tugs busy. nineteen passengers and mails aboard. Wreckage and dead livestock wash ashore at Dover.
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London
North Sea
Leopold IL
Dover
Channel
Vessel Gertrude Abbott Reaches Vineyard After Sails Destroyed
The schooner Gertrude Abbott of Philadelphia bound for Boston with a cargo of cottonseed meal was anchored off Martha's Vineyard. Sails blown to ribbons and crew frostbitten. Tow by steam tug Storm King arrived and expected to tow to Boston.
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Vineyard Haven
Martha’s Vineyard
Gertrude Abbott
Philadelphia
Cook
Galveston
Boston
Storm King
City of St Augustine Sailed Jan 30 and Not Heard From
The steamer City of St Augustine bound for Jacksonville and lumber trade sailed from Jacksonville Jan 30 and has been seven days overdue. Anxiety grows at its agent’s office. Algonquin reports sighting two large three-masted schooners sunk off Five Fathom Bank lightship on Feb 9.
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New York
City of St. Augustine
Gaskill
Jacksonville
Algonquin
Grecian's livestock swept away in sea disaster
Allan Line steamer Grecian bound from New York to Glasgow fought wind and waves near Greenock yesterday. The vessel lost nineteen horses sixty eight cattle and several hundred sheep swept overboard during the perilous voyage.
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Allan Line
Grecian
Nunan
New York
Glasgow
Greenock
Freight boats suspend trips to Fall River for Newport runs
Fall River reports the City of Taunton and City of Brockton will cease calls here and sail to Newport until river ice clears. Pier 3 workers were reassigned to Newport to stay until the steamers resume service to Fall River.
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Fall River
City of
Taunton
Brockton
Newport
Pier 3
Baggage Cars With Motors On Nantasket Line
Bridgeport officials plan an electric test on the Nantasket Beach division of the New York New Haven Hartford route with baggage cars fitted with motors to haul regular coaches. Colonel N H Heft to supervise electric installation and station location set one mile from Old Colony House. If successful, electric locomotives may follow and Heft may resign as Traction president.
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Bridgeport, Conn
N. H. Heft
Bridgeport Traction Company
Nantasket Beach
New York, New Haven & Hartford Road
Clark
Heft
Old Colony House
Nantasket
Traction Company
New York City Power of Removal Bill Signed
Governor Morton signed a bill granting Mayor Strong power to remove officials found in office when he assumed the mayoralty. The measure aims to weed out Tammany officials and replace them with reform-minded appointees as terms expire.
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Albany
N. Y
Morton
New York City
Beauty's Eve at Boston College Ball Remembers Alumni
Boston College Young Men's Catholic Association marked Beauty's Eve in Mechanics Hall with grand gowns, music, and a return to memories of sixteen years since its modest ballroom debut. Governor Greenhalge absent. Lieutenant Governor Wolcott attended with a staff. The evening featured a formal grand march, ornate decorations, and attire highlights among senior civic and college figures, with Mrs. Thomas O Callaghan leading the procession and dresses by Mrs. George F H Murray and Miss Frances M Ryan drawing notable notice.
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Young Men’s Catholic Association of
Boston College
Mechanics’ Hall
John C. Mullaly
George Hayes
Brown
Pompadour
Boston
Greenhalge
Wolcott
Dalton
Davidson
Champlin
Carr
Billings
Benton
Farquhar
Henry A. Thomas
Courtenay Guild
Mitch” Galvin
City Hall
Edward J. Flynn
Alderman Presho
Dever
Sanford
Coveney
Timothy Brosnahan
Father
Father Brosnahan
Mr. Duffly
Father Doherty
H. M. Blackwell
Father Hayes
John D. Berran
Thomas Fay
Michael J. Murray
Dr. Barnes
J. J. Kelly
Patrick Kelly
John F. Fitzgerald
T. M. Watson
J. Mitchell Galvin
Kane
Council
M. T. Callaghan
Charles V. Casey
Thomas B. Fitzpatrick
Daniel P. Toomey
Thomas O’callaghan
Wolecott
Ann Berran
Hallisey
Sadie Trainor
Colonel Carr
Miss Winterhalter
Colonel Billings
Agnes Roach
Colonel Benton
Anna Gleason
D. F. Sheehan
Frances M. Ryan
Jere O’callaghan
Music Hall
Annie Coveney
East Cambridge
Martha McGowan
Roxbury
J. H. Mahoney
Lynn
La Gascogne Sails Through Atlantic Gale To New York
La Gascogne arrived eight days late at Sandy Hook bar after heavy North Atlantic gales. Captain Baudelon and crew navigated through mechanical failures including a broken piston rod with repairs and periods of slow progress. Tug Fred B Dalzell and Times staff witnessed the port approach as dawn neared. Continuous engine trouble forced slow travel and isolation from other transatlantic ships.
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New York
la Gascogne
Sandy Hook
North Atlantic
Baudelon
Havre
St. Pierre
Mig
United Press
Fred B. Dalzell
Times, Tribune and Recorder
Fire Island
Insurance Covers Shuman sprinkler loss and sale bargains
A. Shuman & Co. faces water damage from a burst sprinkler due to freezing. Loss is fully insured by Guarantee and Accident Llo.u ds of New York, despite Massachusetts law. Shuman’s sells menswear and accessories next Tuesday and Wednesday at nominal prices, including underwear, gloves, neckwear, cardigans, shirts, hosiery, handkerchiefs, hats, caps, and leather shoes priced from 16 to 3.00.
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A. Shuman & Co
Shuman Corner
New York
Massachusetts
Guarantee and Accident Company
Boston Herald
Messrs. A. Shuman& Co
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