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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jan 26, 1889

Page

3

Foreign Steamer Reports and Coastwise Fleet Movements

A list of vessels including the Catalonia and Forest City with routes via New York and Coosaw, SC, plus ships Mareca, Ocean King, and Samuel with barges. Reports mention two captains observing a ship off Cape Cod and the Evie J Ray sighting. Weather notes show Hull calm seas and Highland Light conditions.

Catalonia Atkin Liverol Alexander Martin Kong Alf Nor Dahl Nagua New York Ellen Crusoe Tapley Cardenas Kinsman & Co Annie V Bergen Odeil St John J H Conant & Co Forest City Snowman Yortland F Williams & Co Sullivan Lawin Allen Coosaw

Freight and Charter Activity Lags in Boston and New York

Boston and New York report very light business with slow chartering of large vessel consignments to South America. Berth shortages persist as Mystic wharf traffic shifts to New York and New England docks, widening available berth space. Cuban sugar freights sag amid Sugar Trust restraint, while coal markets soften and a rumored charter for the Governor Ames falls through.

Boston South America Angog & Morse Lumber Export Company Boston & Maine Railroad New York & New England Railroad New York & New England Mystic Wharf Sugar Trust Cuba New York Ames River Platte Loston Monster Craft Shepard & Morse Lurober Export Company Enda Rate Europe London

Vessels Sailed and Gloucester Losses Reported

From Sullivan to Gloucester reports several sailing vessels including the Superb, Copley, and Esmeralda with cargoes bound for distant ports. A total loss note details Bertie Pierce ashore at Cape Causo NS after sailing from Fortune Bay with 800 barrels of split herring to Gloucester.

Sullivan George W Collins Gordon Ioston Valparaliso Superb Sandoval Yunta de Lobos Copley Dickenson Newcastle Nsw Baiks Esmeralda Blair Glasgow India Schwanwade Vancouver Bonus Luckman Talcahuana Lee Helenalea Reed Caldera Prankard Iquique Spencer Lake Ontario McKiecCarrizal Georgina Coquimbo Firth of Lorn McLean Rio Janeiro Visagua Grace Deering Pratt St Lucie Irakine Caleta Oliva Hampton Roads San Francisco Eeate Havre Gloucester Seels Clara F Friend N B Stetson Georges George Steele Gloucester Mutual Fishing Insurance Company J P Aikens Sch Bertie Pierce Cape Causo Fortune Bay John Pew & Sons Essex John P Aikens Boston Marine Insurance Commany Lawrence Murdock Lockport Salem Lancaster Robinson Philadelphia Vineyard Haven Herald Boston Lizzie H A Carleton Amoes New York Sailea Bay State Ned White H Peary An Heo Carleton Tug Herald Hattie M Bain F W Vosburg H Pears

Maritime shipping brief from Bremen to Gibraltar

A compact list of sailing and sailing dates for vessels including America from Bremen to Baltimore Jan 23, ETG from Cardiff to Liverpool Jan 24, Prince Lucien from Rio Janeiro Jan 24, Cella di Barreto from New York Jan 12, Forest Hall from Calcutta to New York Jan 25, Amorette Galveston to Bremen Jan 25, Glendower from Marseilles to Girgente Jan 12 and Falloden from Gibraltar to Charleston Jan 16.

Bremen America Ger Baltimore Cardiff ETG Amer Skinner Liverpool Prince Lucien Claque Rio Janeiro Catania Cella di Barretto Ital New York Calcutta Forest Hall Falmoutia Amorette Charles

Maritime Departures and Destinations Across Global Ports

A list of ships and barks sailing from ports such as Lisbon Liverpool London Moville Naples Rio Janeiro Roghefort and Yokohama. Entries include vessel names owners captains departure dates and consignees or destinations such as New York Pensacola Philadelphia Genoa and Pensacola. Also notes about Bark passing and routes from Valparaiso Iquique and Marseilles.

Lizard Valparaiso Robinson Iquique London Lisbon Carmela C Ital Romano New York Liverpool Onni Galenius Pascagoula der Nord Wegener Philadelphia St Andrew Heegstra Glenorchy Londonderry

Bark Hercules Sailed Toward Rodolphus Beetle Under Court Order

New Bedford January 26 news item states the bark Hercules of this port 11 tons built in New York in 1816 was sold by Aiken and Swift to Rodolphus Beetle to be blown up.

New Bedford Hercules New York Aiken & Swift

Lighthouse notices for Wing Dam Beacon and Charleston harbor

The lighthouse board reports Wing Dam Beacon No 28 on Savannah River Georgia will be rebuilt after a fix in light. A temporary light will be shown from a wharf post about twenty feet above the old beacon site. The wreck buoy near the main channel bar in Charleston harbor has drifted and will be replaced soon with a red and black striped bell buoy.

Wing Dam Savannah River Charleston Harbor

Ships and Barks Bound for Ports With Dead Reckoning Data

A list of vessels with routes from various ports to destinations including New York Queenstown Portland and Dublin, giving ship names owners departure cities and planned dates, plus latitudes and longitudes. Entries include Mindoro Slieve Donald Crown of England M E Watson Hermannbecker Madeira Oblio Niels Juel Lillian Morris Stuart with dates January through December and multiple ports such as Iloilo San Francisco Cardiff Cadiz and more.

Mindoro Powers Iloilo New York Slieve Donald San Francisco Queenstown Crown of England M E Watson Dunn Maryport Portland, Or Hermannbecker Liebcke Cardiff Buenos Ayres Madeira Falck Tacoma Dublin Lon Oblio Cadiz Montevideo W. Gark Niels Juel Raube Porto Cabello Bark Lillian Morris Davis Pisagua Falmouth Bark Stuart Bradshaw

Wrecks and shipyard news across Atlantic ports

A dense maritime bulletin reports on leaky vessels from New Bernes Barbados to Race Point Cape Cod. It notes wreckage sightings, salvaging efforts for the Governor Ames, and the Bristol wreck being floated in Newport. Also covered are hull damage in Cagliari, ships aground at Baltimore and Texel, and swift Portland to New York round trips with cargoes of iron and coal.

Boston Mattie IX Hiles Newberne Barbados Coleman Glaucous New York Race Point Cape Cod Barkentine Fred E Richards Thorndike Rosario Halifax Thames Highland Light Governor Ames H F Ames Newport Bristol New Bedford Geof Hunt Woods Hall Davis Mosher’s Point London Benbrack Texel Princip E Amadeo di Fort Carroll Holmad John Romer Guyandote Norfolk Victoria Enoch Talbot Nanaimo San Francisco Port Townsend Nassau Ark Piskataqua Esdale Buenos Ayres Portland Essex United States United States Commissioner of Navigation Seh Charity Newfoundland Black Island Canso Westport Miary Ella Mallett Weymouth Annapolis Mabel Yarmouth St John W P Colchester Eller House George Bailey Wilmington Hatteras Shoals J Y Cottrell Belfast George Gilchrist Rockland Capt Hall Willard Nettie Trent River Schoouer Patulico Sound Naiue Philadelphia Chesebrough Junin Cape Hatteras Hatteras James Turpie Bona Bermuda Delaware Capes Savannah Jennie Liulbert Charleston Baltimore Manson Nuevitas Schultz Savona Santos Ion Orbers Rio Janeiro Cairngorm Curacoa

Foreign ports and ship movements from January period

Shipping notices list arrivals and departures across several ports. Foreing ports include Antwerp, Aspinwall, Kingston, Buenos Ayres, Dublin, Guantanamo, Glassos Vock, Harburg, Hamburg. Vessels named include Forest City Doyle Alvene Mackay G W Jones Lapsley Mary A Trandy Hannah McLoon Orchomene Thomas oene Johnson Josef Bueno Bessie Whiting Still Water Hafis Glasveckel Decevelgonne.

Antwerp Forest City Doyle New York Aspinwall Alvene Mackay Kingston G W Jones Lapsley Newport News Mary A Trandy Dodre Dlisg Buenos Ayres Hannah McLoon Bird Dublin Orchomene Puxley San Francisco Guantanamo Wienfeld Hamburg Decevelgonne Glasveckel

Global Shipping Movements and Sailings in January

A compact record of ships sailing and in port across Havana Halifax London Plymouth Rio Grande do Sul St Johns Saint John Sydney Southampton Yokohama and other ports. Mentions steamer Camden Manitoban Ocean Lily Rialto Lord Clive Egypt Clyde Starbuck Columbia and Abyssinia with destinations Philadelphia New York Boston Swansea Melbourne and Vancouver among others.

Havana Camden James Ella Mand Dickson New Yok Portsmouth Nellie King Lister Boston Carrie Walker Starkey Salon Cerdic Wilson Marblehead Irene Cameron Julia Odell ST Johns Portia Dawson New York Plymouth Vine Sydney Nsw Jeremiah Thompson Avery Port Discovery Melbourne Steitin Duppel Regelle Southampton Trave Bremen Yokohama Abyssinia Vancouver

Maritime Ship Movements and Clearances Remain Active Across Ports

Atlantic coast and ports from Baltimore to New York report numerous sailings and clearances. Vessels including steamers Hawarden Glendevon and City of Philadelphia, bark Saga, and schooner Harriett sail or arrive. cargoes from Rio Janeiro to Antwerp and Havana noted along with multiple port clearances and sailings on Jan 24-25.

America Boston Port Elizabeth Charles L Mitchell Cuba Charles Dennis Charleston New York Velle Hardy Poole’s Landing Norfolk Coosaw Baltimore Newport News Providence Elizabethport Portsmouth Portland New Shedford W Ward New London J L Bartlett Tuttle B Phillipps Sampson Philadelphia Hattie Pige Pigeon Cove Rebecca J Moulton Pensacola Hioston LA Burnham Sabine Pass Stone Apalachicola William C Bee Bergen Point Myra B Weaver Bath Horse Island Key West Continent Persia Teresina Vigo Cadiz Lisbon West Ibigs Jermond Liverpool South America Angola Rio Janeiro Nicanor Montevideo Cuiya C Chapman toHiong Kong Case Oil Valparaiso Nitrate Garris Grace Crony Iquique Hampton Roads Adele Lubken Junin Annie Lewis Jisagua Cean Schaneaie Vance Caleta Buena San Francisco Aty T Erastus Wiman Bennett W Church Berry Hattie Mazurka Lane Mary Farrow Condon EL Warren Colson Bridgeport Kate E Rich Raymond Richmond Saga Williams Garston Dock James HH Gordon Pedrick William E Clowes Penny Savannah Fortress Monroe Heldos Lyderson Rio Grande Do Norte Morgan City New Or Hyannis Mass Harriett Warr Calais Park Concepcion Sola Havana Achorn Port Spain Rosse Bernard St Vincent Professor Kealer Arecibo Arana Kate Durkee Hamburg Port Eans el Monte New Std Dallas Puerto Cortez Gwendoline Ouen Newberne Addie Henry Elizabeth City Mary E Simmons Anna EJ Morse L Burt Wyman Newburyport Panther Anderson Newport? News Mayaguez Blanche H King Parker Taylor & Mathis Brewer Elizabeth Lee Toomonson Amalfi Hambug Victoria Manzanilla Chalmette New Orleans Cienfuegos St Jago Nassau Ontario Pennland Antwerp Antwerp; Ships J Weissenborn, von Thulen, London; el Capitan Humphrey Calcutta Doris Bruns Bremerhaven Barks Monsita Wallice Barbados Quebec Nelson London Scots Bay Steele Celina Mountford Maceio Ranghild Dahl Helsenborg Liberia Page Sierra Leone Lindesmaes Johansen Bremen Isaac Jackson Goodwin Puerto Oliva Advance Bownell Iazna Ohio Crawford William Frederick Burgess Coban Jago Eleanoria Porto Olivia Rajnhill Helgingborg Ada G Shortland St. John Energa Oxonom Port-Natal Thomas Perry Havre Askey Copenhagen Servia McKay la Champagne Loyer Shir Spilding Melbourne Angela Maria Mazzella Gibraltar San Antonio Moneino Port Debriouc Noel Knowlton Buenos Staffa Wry Buenos Ayres James Young Linekin St Kitts John C Smith Foss Lottero Bertollo Dellacasa Newport Vesta Jacobsen Uenos Ayres Port Royal Benj F Lee Steelman Beaufort Bertha Rod Hansen Demerara Antoinette Acame Marquis St Jagosch Daylight Hodgdon Indiana Bogs St Negalus Spartan Ormus Frost Black Hiver Don Justo Aukather Evensen Cherbourg Cowes Schs Childe Harold Manson Dél Newcastle Del Devon Dublin William M Bird Sareta Oat Chase Schmidt Lucinda G Potter Delaware Breakwater Annie T Bailey Manin Phebe Kendricks Nathan Vaattvoronke Sharp Sch Weybosset Towne Norell William P Hood Ross Mary Brewer Kenney Buston Olesen RioontaraNd Swhs Ball Sydney Nsw Sophie Inkee Honolulu Gilbert Islands Hong Kong City of Glenfiiart Neon San Domingo Wareham Newark Oeh Red Rover Holt Minqua Gob Harry P Percy Lupton

Passengers listed aboard transatlantic steamers Catalonia Servia Werra La Champagne

From Boston for Liverpool aboard Cunard Catalonia are Mr and Mrs Thomas Midgley, Mr and Mrs J H Parks and infant, R B Gardner, the Rev T P Elliott, the Rev J Elliott. From HKoston for Liverpool aboard Cunard Servia, from New York: W P Hill, John Carden. From Boston for Remen aboard Werra Norddeutscher Lloyd, from New York: Harry Hayden, WB de las Casas, Benjamin & Hunt Jr, Horace P Hunt, Homer & Hunt. From Boston for Havre aboard La Champagne Transatlantique, from New York: Mrs Helen E Davis, Mr E A Livingston.

Boston Liverpool Cunard Catalonia Thomas Midgley J H Parks and Infant R.B Gardner T P Elliotte J Elliotte Hkoston Servia New York W P Hill John Carden Remen Norddeutscher Lloyd Werra Harry Hayden WB de Las Casas Benjamin

Mails Close at Boston for Pearl River Line Shipments

Mail schedule notes closes at Boston for Bluefields North Carolina via steamship Harlan from New Orleans on Saturday January 26 at 7 30 P.M. Also Nova Scotia bound via Halifax via steamship Worcester from Boston on Saturday January 26.

Bluefields Harlan New Orleans Nova Scotia Halifax Worcester Boston Boston & Philadelphia Steamship Line Emi-Weekrly Philadelphia

Steamship Catalonia schedules and routes listed

For Great Britain Ireland and other European countries per steamship Catalonia from Boston Saturday Jan 26 12 30 P M Supplementary mail per steamship Catalonia Saturday Jan 26 For Porto Rico per steamship Cuban from New York Monday Jan 28 For Cuba by rail to Tampa Fla and thence by steamship via Key West Fla closes at Boston daily at

Great Britain Ireland Catalonia Boston Porto Rico Cuban New York Cuba Tampa Fla Key West Pier North River Knickerbocker S. Louisiana S. Hudson Louisiana Texas New Mexico Arizona Colorado California Old Mexico Texas & Pacific Railroad Divine Ala Mississippi Red Rivers New Orleans J. N. Magna Washington S Reet Mass Samuel HH. Seaman N. Y

Trans-Pacific Mails and City of Sydney Schedule

Mails from Boston for Society Islands on City of Papeete depart San Francisco January 31 with closing Feb 3 at 1 pm. Alameda sails February 9 to Australia New Zealand Fiji Samoa and Hawaii with similar Boston closing. City of Sydney runs February 4 from San Francisco with Boston closing January 29 at 5 pm. Mailers should send from Boston eight days before the date above.

Trans-Pacific Society Islands Sydney San Francisco Boston Josiah S. Dean Suffolk Kingdom Great Britain Sal Boston Post Hoston Joan W. McKim Esquire Sai Court Elijah George Register Henry F. Spencer Sai Grace M. Stratton Henry R. Reynolds Susan D. Reynolds Jenny W. McKim Massachue Margaret Keneally Matthew Dolad Jonathan A. Lane John Lane Sarah I. Winslow Bosta Ard Noston Post John W. McKim Thomas Dean Allowan Joan W. Mechra Elujal George Charles A. Welch Joan W. McKia Elijah Gorge Aldede Oken S. Knapp Somerville Middlesex Calle the

Outgoing steamers and sailing schedule notice

A historical timetable listing upcoming steamship departures and destinations. Entries include names like Martin Gate City Rich'n & Barn'd Gate City and Hibernian with destinations such as Savannah Glasgow and Liverpool. The schedule shows sailing dates January 11 through February 2 and associated agents including Sampson Gardner Thayer & Line and Warren & Co.

Cephalonia Liverpool Martin Gate City Savannah Rich’n & Barn Warren & Co Catalonia Parthian Philade’pia Worcester Halifax Halifax Halifax Tufsda Norseman Thayer & Line Halifax Spartan Philad

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