State Board of Railroad Commissioners 1888 Report Highlights Heating and Accidents
The twentieth annual report reviews steam heating in passenger cars, grade crossing dangers, and trespasser fatalities. It presents accident tallies, earnings, expenses, and capital data for Massachusetts railroads, with essays on safety practices and international comparisons. It notes 244 deaths, 538 injuries, and 782 total casualties from rail operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Swain
A. Goering
Berlin
Germany
England
Ireland
E. D. Barbour
Boston & Albany Railroad
Boston & Maine Railroad
Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn
Keshire
Sewall
Onnecticut River
Fitchburg Railroad
Housatonic Railroad
New York & New England Railroad
Baker
New London Northern Railroad
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Old Colony
Boston & Providence
Providence & Worcester
Atlantic
Pacific
Central
Massachusetts
Ware
Northampton
Chatham
Hoosac Tunnel
Wilmington
Easton
Framingham Union Company
Work of Congress Interstate Railroad Law Passed
The Senate considered amending the interstate commerce law to address two House amendments. Sherman supported concurrence while Stewart Cullom and Hiscock opposed. The Senate adjourned without action on amendments. The House approved paying Seminole Indians 1,918,000 for lands ceded and authorized treaties with the Cherokee Potawatomi and Kickapoo for sale portions of lands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Sherman
Standard Oil Company
Stewart
Cullom
Hiscock
House
United States
Reverend Dr William Thompson Dies After Pneumonia
The Rev. Dr. William Thompson of Hartford Theological Seminary died after a short illness. Aged eighty two, he served since 1834, taught sacred literature for forty seven years, and was emeritus since 1881. Survived by daughters Mrs Spring and Mrs Hazen. He married Eliza Butler in 1834. three sons and two daughters named. He was noted for simplicity sweetness and strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Thompson
William Thompson
Hartford Theological Seminary
Union College
Andover Theological Seminary
North Bridgewater
Theological Institute
Deaths: Charles L. Flint and William T. Fieley
Charles L. Flint longtime Massachusetts agricultural official dies at Hillman Georgia. Born 1824 Middleton he grew through Harvard law and served as Massachusetts secretary of agriculture for twenty five years later leading New England Mortgage Security Co. He authored works on grasses forages and dairy farming. William T. Fieley Pittsfield lawyer and senior district court justice dies aged 72 after Brights disease. A St Stephens Church figure and former law partner of Governor Briggs he left a married daughter in Brooklyn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles L. Flint
Hillman
Middleton
Phillips Andover Academy
Harvard
Cambridge
State Board of Agriculture
Flint
Harriss
Boston School Committee
New England
Ellen E. Leland
Gratton
William T. Fieley
Pittsfield
Berkshire
District Court
Bright
St. Stephen’s Church
Otis
George Nixon Briggs
Brooklyn
Boston Port Ship News Mini Almanac Feb 28
Arrivals include the Steamer Norseman from Liverpool and the Prussian from Glasgow with cargoes and passengers. Reports describe heavy seas, squalls, and shifting winds near Grand Banks and Sable Island. Other vessels listed sailed or cleared, with details on cargoes and ports of call. A storm warning notes severe conditions around the bay and a barkentine Beta suspected with sugar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wewnes Bay
Norseman
Williams
Liverpool
Warren & Co
Grand Banks
Sable Island
Prussian
Vipane
Glasgow
Mdse
Allan
Siberian
Boston
Chicago
Montreal
Bostonian
Trant
Moise
Thayer & Lincoln
Herman Winter
Hallett
New York
H M Whitney
Steamship and schooner collision disrupts Gloucester area shipping
From Our Correspondents report a collision this morning as Steamer George A Chafee hit schooner D D Winchester while passing out. schooner suffered four starboard planks stove and main boom broken, steamer undamaged. Reports also list multiple vessels in Harbor with tug in tow and winds ENE light near Vineyard Haven and Rockland routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Schs Catawamteak
Perry
Rockland
New York
Robert Dority
Lowe
Deer Islefor de
Gloucester
Schs
Marathon
Georges
Abbie F Manus
Grand Bank
Regal
H B Parker
Julia E. Whalen
Ettie
Mary
Houdner
Willie Seavey
Boston
Andréw Burnham
Lubec
Frank Seavey
Rockport
Baltimore
Mark Sarmiento
LA Belknap
Portland
George A Chafee
Winchester
Vineyard Haven
Confidence
Hawes
Lizzie H
Maggie J Chadwick
Kerrigan
Elsie
C M Winch
George E Dale
Peary
Carrie C Ware
Georgie Berry
G M Brainerd
Kennebec
E Arcularius
Ring Dove
Pavilion
Macaulay
Roman
Navesink
Alfred Keen
Greeley
Wind
Ene
Light
Maritime arrivals and sailings from ports worldwide
A list of ships and barks under various flags sailing to and from ports such as Sandy Hook Buenos Ayres Calcutta and London with details on captains destinations and statuses including repairs and damage aboard vessels like Libertas and Ida.
Ice and buoy mishaps stalled wreck near Atlas and Capes
Notice to mariners reports Merritt Wrecking Co unable to keep a vessel anchored near the sunken steamer Atlas due to heavy ice on the North River. Two spar buoys mark the wreck. Separately an iron ice buoy at Henlopen Shoals near the Capes of Delaware has broken adrift and will be replaced soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Merritt Wrecking Company
Atlas
North River
Philadelphia
Henlopen
Capes of
Delaware
Whalers Sail From San Francisco Bay Cruising Fleet
The steam whaler Jessie Freeman arrived yesterday while the steamer Gram pus set sail for a cruise. The whaling sh Alton, after being moored at Oakland Creek, was towed into the city for outfitting for a voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Grampus
Jessie Freeman
Alton
Oakland Creek
Shipping movements and coordinates from various ports
A list of vessels with origins destinations and coordinates. Mabel Taylor sails Cardiff to Hong Kong on Jan 17 with position 21 15 W 30 60 W. Lady Ruthveh London to Sydney on Jan 13 at 27 50 S 20 08 W. Lochee London to Sydney on Jan 13 at 28 04 8 28 54 W. Rossignol Robbins Cardiff to Montevideo on Feb 22 at 49 N 5 W. Inveresk Pensacola to Buenos Ayres with no date at 35 N 53 W. Martha Percival Cardiff to St Cath Erines on Feb 1 at 15 N 26 W. Samoa Jenkins Liverpool to Portland Or on Jan 1 at 56 S 65 W. Brig Margaret Williams Bahia to London or Liverpool on Feb 12 at 17 N 42 W. Sir Jennie A Stubbs Farnham West Indies to New York on Feb 26 off Capes of Delaware.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Taylor
Cardiff
Hong Kong
Lady Ruthveh
London
Sydney
Nsw
Lochee
Lan
Rossignol
Robbins
Montevideo
Inveresk
Bragg
Pensacola
Buenos Ayres
Martha Percival
Roberts
St Catherines
Samoa
Jenns
Liverpool
Portland
Brig . Margaret
Williams
Bahia
Sir Jennie A Stubbs
Farnham
West Indies
New York
Capes of
Delaware
Antwerp
Strong
Apalachicola
Edward
Akermark
Wall
Eldorado
Porter
Orfolk
Newport
Lima
Aquatic
Halcrow
Clenfuegos
Belle O'Neil
Butler
Philadelphia
Cardenas
Fannie B Tucker
Mountfort
Havana
Ellisland
Hind
Lucania
Gibson
Levi Hart
Hart
Henry Crosby
Stubis
Vera Cruz
Elwood Burton
Kitchen
Hatteras
Manhattan
Stevens
Cacouna
Hamburg
Hans & Kurt
Beeckmann
Halifax
Circe
Creighton
Glasgow
Sardinian
Ritchie
Carroll, Brown
Boston
Kahulus
Will W Case
Johnson
San Diego
Marcim
Mary E Bliss
Fanning
Hampton Roads
Bar Deere Hansen
Rio Grande
Macoris
Harry & Aubrey
Castello
Port
Anna L Taylor
Proctor
Mayaguez
Sch Jennier
Sinclair
Savannah
Matanzas
Sostrene
Thomas R Pillsbury
Pitcher
Maggie Browne
Davies
Carrie E Long
Clifford
Henry B Cleaves
Charleson
Evaniell
Pressey
L F Munson
McKowan
Hoston
Ernestine
Whittier
Elbridge Souther
Fales
Governor Hall
Cain
Ark Weeks
Henley
Annie Conant
Biddle
Kelle Hooper
Gilkey
Frances Z Berry
Nassau
Piskataqua
Esdale
Lucile
St John
Harris
Massare
Katie Irelan
Crockett
Baltimore
Matthew Baird
Barados
Per Smyrna
la Mariuccia
Albano
C Johns
Hamm
Sagua
Lucy A Davis
Loring
Barbados
Onelaska
Griggs
E H Williams
Johnston
Norah Wiggins
Lawrence
Hertha Warner
Laithwaite
Aola G Shortene
McIntyre
Nellie Bruce
Somerville
Newark
Atlantic and coastal shipping notes from Boston to New York
Reports from Boston and various ports detail ship movements, gales, and damage. Vessels including the Jacob E Ridgeway and Halley suffer rig damage. crews sick with fever. salvage suits heard in court. a German watch award distributed. multiple ships report leaks, collisions, and wrecks near Havre, Las Palmas, and off Tybee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Sir John Fierce
Bluefields
Nic
New York
Rogers
Straits of Florida
Hatteras
Gulf Stream
D V Jones
Antigua
Halley
Rio Janeiro
John Pierce
H F Morse
Ames
Nelson
United States District Court
Saltonstall
State Department
Wass
Sch Morancey
Lina
Everett Norwood
Peter West
Frank Davis
M McGinnis
Jacob E Ridgeway
Call
Charlotte & Anna
Ger
Kruger
Wilmington
Hamburg
Falmouth
Proteus
Portland
Rosario
le Locquirec
Finkernagel
Mobile
Fecamp
Havre
Matanzas
Sch
Active
Rulon
Astoria
General Miles
Dolps
Portland Transportaion
New Orleans
Governor
Liverpool
Rockland
J P Tarr & Co
Gloucester
San Francisco
Merchants’ Exchange
SL Jones
Lorentz Fourd
James Madison
Henry Lund & Co
Chatham
Elsie
Macaulay
Navesink
Lizzie H
Pollock
Anchorage
Augustus Hunt
Panther
Provincetown
Harbor
Storm King
Lone Star
Antelope
Georges
Edward Cavanagh
John Bowman
Thos
G Kenton
Rockport
Bb Olys
Bath
Magnet
East Machias
Captain Kelley
Jonesport
Fannie Whitmore
Whitmore
Buenos Ayres
Sir Clara Goodwin
Wyman
John Deming
John McDonald
McDeming
Brownfield
Wiliam Cochrane
Dernier
Coastal shipping reports and sailings from Barnegat to Nassau
The bulletin lists ships damaged sunk or repaired off Barnegat Absecom and Nassau with updates from Poillon’s yards Brooklyn Sir Lavinia Campbell rapid repairs and ready to proceed. Several bark and tug movements include Arthur Haegar still missing, Swalen seaworthy after bottom strike, Morse tug keel and framing underway at Bath Maine. Nearby foreign ports show multiple vessels sailing or awaiting instructions with crews reporting heavy weather in the North Atlantic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Cooper
Petunia
Barnegat
Poillon’s
Brooklyn
Corning
Havre
Absecom
Wilmington
Hugh Fortesque
Baltimore
Sir Lavinia Campbell
Boston
Darien
Arthur
Haegar
Doboy
Amsterdam
Swalen
Johnson
Inverness
Nassau
Barbados
Portland
Bath
Morse
Hagan Yard
H F Morse
ST Thomas
Geraldine
Pensacola
Buenos Ayres
Carrie E Pickering
New York
Cate
North Atlantic
Advance
Craighill
Benefactor
Cachemite
Port Royal
Cape Lookout
AR Archer and other ships sailing domestic ports
Lists of vessels sailing from multiple ports including Astoria Portland to England Aeolus from San Pedro and Baltimore arrivals Cleared and sailed ships in Brunswick Boothbay Bridgeport Coosaw Charleston Eureka Fort Monroe Falmouth Galveston Greenwich Hyannis Jacksonville Jonesport Mobile New Orleans Norfolk Newport News New London Sailed and cleared vessels with cargoes and destinations across Atlantic and domestic ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Astoria
Archer
Dawson
Portland
England
Aeolus
Brown
San Pedro
Baltimore
Shisp D Wetherell
Garfield
Rockport
Walker Armington
Drinkwater
Providence
Zach Sherman
Coombs
Lord Lansdowne
Philadelphia
Annie E Blackman
Edwards
Jacksonville
Montreal
Wall
Liverpool
Harrogate
Castor
Cork
Johns Hopkins
Foster
Savannah
D S Wiliams, Jr
Lane
New York
Brunswick
Bark Otto
Gundersen
Maranham
Edward P Avery
Percy
Bucksville
Chase Lister
Robinson
Boothbay
Fred Walton
Richmond
Bridgeport
Conn
Ball
Brooklyn
Mary Mills
Gorham
Oo Bay
Darlen
Altamaha
Saunders
Boston
Waldemar
Parker
Sierra Leone
Africa
Eureka
Challenger
Callao
Park Monitor
San Francisco
Fortress Monroe
Schs JR Burt
Charles W Church
Bertha Dean
Nathan Lawrence
Dreadnaught
Greenwich
Adeline
Clark
Hyannis
H Odiorne
Hutchins
Matanzas
William L Burroughs
West
Gardiner B Reynolds
Snow
David Torrey
William G R Mowry
Matt
Lizzie Young
Limekin
Grandahl
Wolgast
New Orleans
Elvira
Havana
Wydale
Hurst
Jamaica
Excelsior
Higgins
Knickerbocker
Kemble
Port Eads
Flowergate
Queenstown
Coa Rican
Enrique
Adele Thakera
Aspinwall
M A Achorn
Progre
London
Bessie Brown
Fannie H Stewart
Newport News
Hattie V Kelsay
New Bedford
Martie A Holmes
Portsmouth
Mark Lane
Pencelly
Bremen
Weybosset
Towne
Norfolk
Newport
John Warren
Murray
Caroline C. Hannah
Marcus L Ward
Graham
New London
Reindeer
Swis E C Allen
Gardiner
Fannie
Berane
Waano
Hoof
New Hedford
Hastings
Corey
Mineola
Bordeaux
Swansea
Taomina
Hamburg
Victoria
Macoris
Buffalo
Brino
Baracoa
Pomona
Montego Bay
Palmer
Sorensen
Lepnert
Stettin
Merritt
Johnson
Pernambuco
Sonntag
Haskell
Singapore
Kathleen
Cook
Eustacia
Charlois
Rotterdam
Hainaut
Antwerp
City of Chicago
Celtic
Ems
Hell Gate
Perseverance
Willard
Lexington
Waters
Pardon
Thompson
Fall River
Bedford
Winthrop
Bragg
Saale
Richter
Also Mentioned on This Page
Work OF Congress
Ship News
Xoon
Port OF
Emma R Smith
Faulkner
John G Hall & Co
Johanna
Hinrichs
Gill & Scotz
Albert L Butler
Beta
Smith
Europe
Southgate
Gladiolus
Moristow
Canton
Lauderdale
Bristol
Barks Cosmo
United Kingdom
Lillian M Vngus
Rosia
W Janes
Pt. East Inpits
Asia
Java
Case Oil
T Hay
Calcutta
Australia
Melbourne
Cape of Goop
E Sutton
Port Elizabeth
America
Alexandra
General
Pt. West Inpirs
Sch Gellert
San Domingo
Pt. Providence
Sch Nettie Shipman
Wood’s Hall
Souis America
Rk Sarmiento
West Inpits
Addie
Cann
Turks Island
M C Haskell
Cooperage
Wise—Sih
Calvin F Baker
Clark’s Cove
Ice
Maggie Ellen
Bramhall
Stephen Morgan
Charles
Cora Dunn
Key West
Ascension
Concordia
Swart
Sourabaya
Sandy Hook
Pollux
R Morrow
O’brien
Harry Bailey
Hoar
Sharpness
Sierra Cordova
Tuskar
Curry
Montevilled
Dunkirk
Port Adelaide
Kerr
Santa Rosalia
Qeenstown
East London
Isabella Balcom
Armstrong
Ida
Fleetwood
Czaar Peter
Goyt
FAYAL
Afr
Libertas
Comagil
Marseilles
Moses B Tower
Azevedo
Terceira
Galway
Roma
Kennedy
Port Pirie
Elgiva
British King
Charles R Lewis
Reed
Talcahuano
Valparaiso
Colina
Ystavat
Argo
Thomson
Maloney
Julia Rollins
Rochester
Abrana
Olsen
Galveston
Sables
W H Lincoln
Daly
Manila
Jeb
Accrington
Hilton
Harriet G Johnson
Iddesleigh
Table Bay
Flora
Famiglia
Ital
Marine Notes
Bermuda
Frazier
St Croix
Humboldt
Leary
Cairngorm
Dunn
la Guayra
City of Atlanta
Hansen
County of Yarmouth
Swanson
Shanghai
Friederick
Grote
Doris
Bruns
Fred E Scammell
Shaw
Harry Buschman
Wilbur
Fedele Valie
Port Said
Julien
Hildebrandt
San Bias
Flushing
Ortland
Rich
Sarah K Ward
Wixon
Harmon’s Harbor
Tecumseh
Toronto
Resolyen
St Vincent
Dames Nickerson
Fannie E Wolston
Marr
Sparta
Boyle
Kay Point
Freeth
Blagdon
Brookfield
Stabell
Helmsley
Tindle
Coosaw
Norman
Lark
Mina
Belle
Wyle
Allanwilde
Newman
Cienfuegos
Delaware Breakwater
Agnes
Grace
Seavey
Lady Ellen
Port Ludlow
Sagamore
Port Townsend
Mercury
Perth Amgboy
Enterprise
J I Smith
Tingley
Banks
Oston
Geo S Tarbell
Paine
Daylight
Hodgdon
Charleston
Ocd
Bryant
Dyreborg
Honolulu
Parsee
Bailey
Fairchild
Seattle
Chattahoochee
Daggett
Icis J H Parker
Hammonds
John G Schmidt
Campbell
K E Lee
Osseo
Elise Linck
Palek
Mozart
Charles E Young
TY Bee
Uranus
Peters
Navassa
Stamford
Ida Palmer
Tacoma
Barks Superb
Shirley
Sumatra
Sci Atwood
McRae
Swis MC Moseley
Lowry
New_York
Charley Bucks
French
Maud Snare
Lowell
Kings Ferry
Fla
Medical
Humphreys
J. J. Case
Jay Eye Sea
Phallis
C. J. Hamlin
Village Farm
Commodore Kittson
Midway Park
Yeomans
Enq
Princess of Wayne
A.A
C. B.B
C. C.C
C. D.D
H.H
C. J.B
C. Price
Humphreys’ Homeopathic Med. CO
Fulton Street, N. Y
Ditson & Co
Richardson
N. E. Conservatory
Mason & Hoadley
Mason
Bkellak
Iano
L. O. Emerson
Lone Harmony
L. O.emerson
Oliver Ditson & Co
Navy Yard
Bureau of Provisions and Clothing
Navy Department
Washington, D. C
Department
James Fulton
U. S. Navy
United States Navy
William C. Whitney
Secretary of the Navy
Recorder Printing CO
Cunard Line
State Street
Alexander Martin
White Star Line
Royal Mail
Ntic
RED Star Line
BE. A. Adams & CO
State St
Cor
Broad St
Furness Line
Bessarabia
M &5
Water Street
Leyland Line
Cig
Norrass Man
Thawe ™ &Lincolan
Warren Line
Mar &Kansas
Michigan
Postoffice Square
Hi. & A. Allan
The
Azores
Kennard
Casey
A. Adams & CO
Clyde
Chariteston
Columbia
Augusta
Charlestox
Atlanta
Macon
Rome
Gav
Rnda
South Carolina
South
Rnce
New Steel
Iroquots
East River
S. OC
Fernandina
8. C
Washington Street
J. A. Flanders
Theo. G. Eger
Broadway
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
NEW England and Savannah Steamship Company
Gate Cirry
Piacun
Lewis Wharf
G. Pearson
N. Eng
Richardson & Barnard
Atlantic Avenue
New XO
New York & New England R
Metropolitan S. 8. Co
Sound Lines
Ocean Steamship Company
A. Dew. Sampson
New Eng
Cromwell Line
Hudson
New Mexico
Arizona
Colorado
California
Old Mexico
Texas & Pacific Railroad
Ala
Red Rivers
J. N. Magna
Mass
Samuel H. Seaman
Southern Pacific Company
Morgan Line
Mississippi River
New and
Mid Mexico
E. E. Currier
N. EK
Washington St
B. Brawley
India Wharf
Soth
M. Whitney
India
C.F. Williams
Boston & Gloucester Steamboat Company
North Side Central
Sa. m
E. Ss. Merchant
Mallory Lines
Alamo
Nueces
Lam Pasas
Nova Scotia
Yarmouth
Digby
Pavison
South Shore
Lewi Wharf
F. Pheasant
John G. Hall & CO
Chatham Street
Thomas Cook & Sons
W.H. Eaves
Parker House
Yarmouth Steamship CO
Boston & Philadelphia Steamship Line
Spartan
Long Wharf
E B. Sampson
M.& M.t.co
Norfolk and Washington Steamship Line
Tenn
Go Air Line
Atlantic Coast and Seaboard Air Line
Geo. E. Smalley
Gen
Central Wharf
Virginia
Carolinas
Atlantic Coast Line
Seaboard Air Line
Woe
Ee & Providence Railroad
Canada Atlantic. S. 8S. Co[limited
W. Sampson
O. G. Pearson
L. H. Palmer
Old State House
Boston & Bangor S.S. Co
Eren
Camden
Belfast
Searsport
Bucksport
Green’s Landing
Swan’s Island
South West Harbor
Bar Harbor
Sorrento
William H. Hill
Liverpoo
Grand Junction
Custom House
Postoffice
Ommon
Superior Court
Suffolk
Laura Frances White
Henry White
Henry Anson White
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Henry Whit
County of
Boston Post
Henry
A. Willard
Edwin A. Wadleigh
Ella L. Johnsson
Hudson Johnson
Hudson A. Johnson
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Palmyra
Horace Eaton
Canandaigua
A. D
Ela . Foster
Ella L, Johnson
Jos
Gres
Aaron RE. Gay & CO