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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 28, 1889

Page

3

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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