Wreck of the Asia Claims Captain Dakin and Family
The four masted British ship Asia bound for Boston went to pieces on Great Round Shoal near Nantucket in a Monday storm. Captain George Dakin, his wife and young daughter perished. three crewmen were rescued by the Handkerchief lightship crew after nearly a day in the sea.
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Dakin
Asia
Boston
Great Round Shoal
Nantucket
Handkerchief Lightship
William F. Smith
Jacob Steburg
James Paces
Eva Dakin
John Cook
New York
Thomas Cook
Ned Evans
Mercury
Provincetown
Blair E. Dakin
Brockton
John G. Hall & Co
Wood’s Hole
A. E. Dakin
Beacon Street
Archibald Dakin
Hall
Messrs
Taylor Bros
George Nelson Dakin
Sandy Cove
Digby County
Nova Scotia
Blair E
Minnie E
Appleby
Yarmouth
Lena
Captain Dakin
Frederick
Wood's Hole
Hyannis
Wreck of the Asia Survivors Reach Hyannis
The Asia wreck survivors from St. John New Brunswick arrived in Hyannis reporting the vessel left Manila Sept 6 1897 for Boston with manila hemp. Separated raft groups drifted for hours amid heavy seas before rescue near Handkerchief Lightship. Captain Dakin drowned. First Mate Cook and crew endured days without food or water.
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Hyannis
Asia
St. John
N. B
Manila
Boston
Dakin
Thomas Cook
Lena
James Murray
Michael Doyle
Charles Stone
Frank Walter
Mate Cook
William F. Smith
Jacob Stebur
James Paces
Handerkerchief
Wreckage at Ipswich Bays: Ship in Distress
Ipswich Bay reports wreckage and a steer ashore at Lanesville and Coffin's Beach. A three masted schooner was seen laboring in distress two days earlier. Life saving crews at Jerry's Point were blocked by a fierce gale. It is believed an eastern freight steamer or cattle carrier may have met disaster.
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Gloucester
Ipswich Bay
Lanesville
Coffin’s Beach
Lfe
Jerry’s Point
Fifty Pounds of Dynamite Will Destroy Any Ship
The article describes submarine mines as anchored or buoyant explosives using dynamite or other nitro compounds. It explains crater size, depth effectiveness, and the superiority of buoyant mines, plus the safety mechanisms and firing circuits that ensure detonation. It notes how a ship directly over a mine is most at risk and cites the Maine as a possible target.
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Maine
Bowles Explains Maine Magazine Layout in Hold
Naval Constructor Bowles described the Maine’s internal magazines as all in the hold under the protective deck. The forward midship and after magazines held ammunition and powder for 6 inch, 6 pounder, and Hotchkiss guns with watertight floors. coal bunkers and pockets surrounded the large ten inch shell rooms as the vessel sits high at the bow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
New York
Navy Yard
Brooklyn
Bowles
Sailor Lost as Hilda Encounters Severe Storm Off Cape Hatteras
Captain Rines of the schooner Hilda reports a fierce raid off Cape Hatteras on February 10. Sailor Richard Weat was washed overboard and drowned after the vessel, bound from Savannah to Philadelphia, was struck by the storm.
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Philadelphia
Rines
Hilda
Savannah
Cape Hatteras
Richard Weat
Description of ship’s midship magazine and boiler rooms
The excerpt details the ship layout with the magazine at the stern, boiler rooms of forty four feet, coal bunkers along them, and a midship magazine twenty four by twenty eight feet across eight feet deep. It notes the double bottom support and the three compartment division in the magazine.
Falcon Sighting Clears Loss Rumor In Dense Fog
A fog bound rumor of the coal barge Falcon's loss proved unfounded after Captain Pierce of tug C B Sanford from Newport sighted the barge anchored between Great Point and Round Shoal at 730 am yesterday. The Ivanhoe and H M Whitney escorted barges Falcon and Robert J Carter north toward the city while passing wreckage from the Asia near Handkerchief Shoal.
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Falcon
Pollock
Pierce
C. B. Sanford
Newport
R. I
Great Point
Round Shoal
Ivanhoe
John M. Hallett
H. M. Whitney
New York
Robert J. Carter
Asia
Handkerchief Shoal
Woman and Cat Foil Jamaica Plain Porch Burglar
A 8 PM break in at Mrs Mary McNally 212 South Street Jamaica Plain failed when a man climbed porch lattice toward second story windows but fled after a scream. Described as six feet tall, stout, wearing a derby hat and cutaway coat, no overcoat. The alarm was raised by a cat.
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Jamaica Plain
Mary McNally
South Street
Youre
Reward Offered After Center Street Attack in Jamaica Plain
Adolph Himmel, fruit store owner on Centre Street, Jamaica Plain, was assaulted by three highwaymen on Evergreen Street near Hill Home last Saturday night and remains confined to his house after a severe beating. He plans to offer a $100 reward for the capture of the attackers. Himmel had about $3100 in cash on him, which the robbers did not obtain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolph Himmel
Centre Street
Jamaica Plain
Evergreen Street
Hill Home
Himmel
Reward Offered for Lake City Post Office Fire and Murder
The Postmaster General offers 300 dollars for the arrest and conviction of those who burned the Lake City District of Columbia post office and 500 dollars for the arrest and conviction of the postmaster’s murderers. He orders the Lake City office discontinued.
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Washington
Lake City
D. C
Navin Bros Clothing Credit and Fee Bargains
Navin Bros at 690 Washington Street offers bargain pricing on clothing on credit plans. Details mention lowered fees and installment options aimed at attracting customers.
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Navin Bros
Washington
Om Credit
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Godfrey Morse
Ther
Captain Davis
Warren S. Davis
West Roxbury
Bright
Ancients
Honorabies
Davis
Bolton
Mass
BACEL
THE
Diamond Palace
Washington St
R. H. White
Deter House
George Makin
Hanover Street
Charles P. Whittle
Sustlne
Ios
Ipswich
Boirers
HOT Cartis T&sib
Sigsbee
Martin
Pockket
Hel
Bisch Sr
Man
Leith
Oswald
Kendall
Baltimore
Atlantic
Seriou
Russia
W. L. Douglas
Brockton, Mass
City Hall
Creen Street
Superior Criminal Court
Ralph Davis
Roxbury
George Shoules
John Donaghey
Cunard Street
Miss Willard
London
St. John’s Church
Westminster
Frances E. Willard
Canon Wilberforce
Henry Somerset
Ye Sugnora
Bedford
Belfast
Clen Shirt & Collar CO
Mrrs
Park ST. Church
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