Nellie G Adams Rescues Harry Stewart Crew In Cape Cod Gale
The Nellie G Adams to Boston plucked Captain Harry Selee and his crew from the sinking brigantine Harry Stewart after a ferocious storm off Cape Cod. The Stewart, laden with coal from Edgewater New Jersey, capsized as masts were blown away and the hull flooded. Adams carried them to safety, while pilot boat Lawler suffered a wreck with four seamen lost at Minot’s Light.
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Harry Stewart
Stewart
Cape Cod
Edgewater
N. J
Walworth Manufacturing Company
Oliver Street
Boston
Harry Selee
Nellie G Adams
Selee
Nellie G. Adams
Captain Selee
The
Post
Adams
Scammell Bros
New York
Bangor
St. John
N. B
Waltham
Hillsboro
New Jersey
Pastor Wolcott Calkins resigns from Eliot Church Newton
The Eliot Congregational Church in Newton reels as Rev Wolcott Calkins D D resigns on the fiftieth anniversary of the church. He cites years of service and wishes the church future well while long standing tensions and debate over preaching and attendance swirl around the move. Church leaders acknowledge mixed sentiment though most expect the resignation to be accepted. A meeting will decide the action in coming days.
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Eliot
Newton
Society
Calkins
Buffalo
Hartford
Enot
Eliot Church
Dr. Calkins
Eliot Society
Boatkeepers and seamen amid fatal fog collision in Boston Harbor
In Boston Harbor a Gloucester fishing schooner Horace B Parker collided with the pilot boat David J Lawler at about 4 am on a Saturday. Four aboard the pilot boat perished with the vessel sunk in thirty five fathoms. The Horace Parker with 95 tons, loaded with fish, valued near 10000 dollars, is owned by Captain Thomas of Gloucester. Albert Laurine the first boatkeeper and Augustus Lawson the second boat keeper survived their posts amid the disaster.
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Cape Cod
Minot
Rudolph Harrison
Albert Laurine
Augustus Lawson
Charles Johnson
Andrews
Lawler
Porter Keene
Weymouth
Mass
D. J. Lawler
Franklin S. Phelps & Co
Boston
Marine Hospital
Harrison
Horace B. Parker
Gloucester
David J. Lawler
Boston Harbor
Doane Street
William Ws. Abbott
May Wells
John Deans
Blackstone Street
William Burroughs
Alderman Folsom
Abbott
John Leary
William W. McFee
William Fairfield
Laurine
Survivor Rudolph Harrison recalls deadly collision aboard Lawler
Rudolph Harrison, a 15 year resident and Norwegian seaman, recounts the Christmas night wreck of the David J. Lawler off Cape Cod. He describes gale winds, frozen canvas, heavy mist, and the blue light signaling danger as the vessel tacked near Minot’s Light. He remains in Chelsea Marine Hospital with a badly injured left arm, hopeful to be discharged soon.
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Marine Hospital
Chelsea
Post
Rudolph Harrison
Harrison
Norway
David J. Lawler
Boston
Cape Station
Lawler
Albert Laurine
Minot
Cape Cod
Race Point
Laurine
Boston and Albany Ticket Office Moves to 366 Washington
The city ticket office of the Boston and Albany railroad has been relocated to 366 Washington Street. The move consolidates services and aims to improve passenger access and sales.
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The
Boston & Albany Railroad
Washington Street
R. Simmons
Custom Tabor
Boston
Disaster at Globe fire kills Toronto fireman
A basement origin fire at the Globe newspaper office in Toronto destroyed the Globe plant and several other buildings. Fireman Robert Bowery died and six others were injured as walls collapsed in a severe blaze that caused about one million dollars in losses across Globe, Nicholas Rooney dry goods, Harry Webb restaurant, McKinnon dry goods, and Toronto Lithograph Company properties. A snow storm and gale hindered efforts. Globe will publish tomorrow from temporary quarters.
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Toronto
Ont
Globe Newspaper
Robert Bowery
Chief Ardagh
Charles Smedley
Francis Forsyth
Robert Foster
James Davidson
Harry Saunders
Globe
Nicholas Rooney
Harry Webb
McKinnon & Co
Toronto Lithograph Company
Richie & Co
Brough & Caswell
Haworth & Co
Miller & Richards
Globe Office
Assault on Esther McCauley ends in arrest in Lynn
Lynn police arrested William Newhall on a charge of assault after he allegedly entered Esther Mc Cauley’s Oxford street home and struck her with a two inch thick board, then with a knife. She was badly cut above the left eye but refused hospital care and will testify tomorrow.
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Lynn
William Newhall
Esther McCauley
Newhall
Oxford Street
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Oston, Mass
Provincetown
Inner Harbor
John G. Silver
Captain Thomas
Howard Parker
A. C. Ratshesky
Chas. Green & CO
Newton Church
CAFE
Water Street
Kossuth ‘Hungarian Orchestra
M Koster & B
Alex. Brown
Waitt & Bond’s
Blackstone
Havana
Waitt & Bond
Blackstone St
Collison
Hanover Street
Commercial Street
Globe News
Washington
Masur
New England
Atlantic
Longwood Avenue
Ruxbury
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