Bailey Bill Condemned as New England Board of Trade Planned
A convention at the Vendome condemned the Bailey bankruptcy bill and moved toward forming a New England Board of Trade. Governors from Maine and Rhode Island attended, with speeches urging unity of New England business interests and better labor capital harmony amid wide attendance and banquets.
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N. E. Board of Trade
Hotel Vendome
Washington
Massachusetts State Board of Trade
Cleveland
Executive Mansion
New England Board of Trade
New England
Vendome
Brown
Rhode Island
Maine
Cleaves
Mr Thomas
Greenhalge
Charles E. Adams
State Board of Trade
Dechhanani
Wolcott
Commonwealth
Henry A. Thomas
Pine Tree
Debonnaire
Henry A
Busiel
New Hampshire
Coffin
Connecticut
Boston
Woodbury
Vermont
Grand Army
Adams
Massachusetts
D. Russell Brown
Henry B. Cleaves
Old Commonwealth
John A. Andrew
John D. Long
Lexow inquiry rumors shake Boston City Hall
The Post reports consternation at City Hall over a Lexow inquiry into city departments. Mayor Curtis stays silent awaiting written charges while Republicans debate how far back an investigation should go. Officials named include Edward Mansfield and J W Sands amid talk of high prices and purchase controls.
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Post
Boston
City Hall
Curtis
Matthews
Boston Democracy
Hart
John Quinn, Jr
Hutchinson
Republican City Committee
Edward Mansfield
East Cambridge
J. W. Sands
Aldermen
Sands
Streets Wheeler
McDonald
Carter
Messrs. McDonald
Elbe Disaster Details Translate To Fragile Rescue Efforts
Crosstalk from crew and passengers reveals a brutal voyage mishap aboard the Elbe off the English coast. Seaman reports water surged through a side gap, fires quenched, and the captain ordering women and children saved first as perilous waves hampered lifeboat launches. Hermina Sanders, wife of Louis Sanders, is among the missing, with others feared dead.
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Fuerst
Seaman Singer
Stollberg
Elbe’s Destroyer Suspected After Crathie Collision
The Crathie steaming from Rotterdam to Aberdeen returned to Maasluis after a collision at about five in the morning thirty miles from Hook of Holland. The vessel was not leaking and it is believed the other ship was the Elbe.
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Rotterdam
Aberdeen
Maasluis
Hook
Holland
Elbe
Hall of Dennis Ocean Messenger Lost on Elbe
H. H. Hall of Dennis a United States mail messenger with P. J. Holtzman of New York perished in the Elbe disaster. Born in Dennis in 1866, he spent boyhood days there and later served in the railroad mail service and Cape Cod division. He was chosen by the Postmaster General to the ocean mail aboard the German Lloyd line, a death mourned by R. P. O. members across the state.
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New England
Maine
United States
John L. Spring
New Hampshire
James P. Dowell
Connecticut
Boards of Trade
Aroostook County
Dakota
Hall
P. J. Holtzman
New York City
America
Holtzman
Dennis
Boston
United States Mail Service
Cape Cod
Railway Mail Service
Ocean Mail
Lloyd Line
Bremen
New York
Harry
The Cabin Passengers Mainly Germann With Visitors
New York January 30. A list of cabin passengers aboard the steamer Elbe includes many Europeans and Americans. First class names span Fritz Appel to Charles Wix, with travelers from Munich Berlin Honolulu Washington and more. Second class lists Luise Kuhn New York Jake Frank Buffalo Eugen Schlagen Fuerth and others including Henry Hofmann Grand Island Nebraska and Andrew Wattier Krane Amsterdam.
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New York
Elbe
Fritz Appel
Munich
Baumann
Berlin
Hugo Becker
Chemnitz
Dorothy Castle
Honolulu
Henry N. Castle
M. C. Connors
South Dakota
Anton Tischer
Washington
Domingo
Furrer
Guatemala
Klipfel
Brandenburg
Louis Thewitt
Wien
Hermine
Sander
Eperjes
Lockhart
August Sander
Essen
Sophie Rhodes
Eugene Rhodes
Clara Weingartner
Flehingen
Carl Hofmann
Anna Hofmann
Henry Hofmann
Grand Island
Neb
Andrew Briebach
Amsterdam
Wattier Krane
Andrew Wattier Krane
Julius Rosenbaum
Adolph Island
Ernst Maseberg
Louisiana
Kurt Kleinschmidte
Helena
Mont
Carl Nussbaum
John Gerlicher
Winona
Minn
Simon Schweitzer
Rudolph Nolte
Dr. Dittrich
J. H. Hann
Jan Vevera
Kvetoo Mor
Frank Miskolez
Disasters of the past reveal deadly ocean losses
A historical survey notes repeated transatlantic shipwrecks and disappearances from the 19th century. It lists the Elbe disaster among numerous early ocean liners sunk by fog, storms, and collisions, including the Chicago, Colorado, Montana, Dakota, Idaho, Tripoli, City of New York, City of Brussels, and others with hundreds of lives lost.
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Elbe
North Sea
English Channel
Guion Line
Chicago
Colorado
Montana
Dakota
Idaho
Festnet
Liverpool
Cunard Line
Tripoli
Irish
Inman
City of
New York
Daunt’s Rock
Roche’s Point
Brussels
Neptune
Glasgow
Arctic
Collins Line
Vesta
Cape Race
Pacific
Allan Line
Austria
Boston
The Elbe Disaster and a Long List of Sea Losses
A historical overview recounts major transatlantic ship disasters from 1873 onward, detailing the steamers Atlantic Ella Schiller Pomerania Cimbria Victoria Erin Oregon Naronic De Ruyter Iowa and others. It notes the Elbe wreck near Sambro with 560 lives lost, ship specifications, and long-term fears for seafaring safety.
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White Star
Atlantic
Sambro
Ella
Schiller
Scilly Rocks
Ville du Havre
English Channel
Guion
Egypt
National Ine
Montreal
Inman
Virginia
State Line
Sable Island
State of
Florida
National Line
Erin
Oregon
Fire Island
Naronic
White Star Line
de Ruyter
Warren Line
Iowa
Victoria
Camperdown
Neptune
Elbe's Vulnerable Point in Wartime Shipping
A historical note warns of the Elbe estuary dangers as bulkers and railway routes fail to protect vessels. The passage laments sailors facing peril when passageways to the engine room are clear, highlighting public concern over sea travel risks.
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Elbe
Captain Praised as Trustworthy In Elbe Disaster Report
New York agent Gustav Schwab of Oelrichs & Co. praised the Elbe captain as highly trustworthy and non-negligent, noting he likely perished. The Elbe carried ten lifeboats, twelve collapsibles, four life rafts, and nine watertight compartments in what is described as the line's most serious accident since 1875. North German Lloyd operates sixty steamers, totaling about 300,000 tons.
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New York
Gustav Schwab
Oelrichs & Co
North German Lloyd Company
Elbe
Elba steamer officers listed in New York dispatch
New York reports the Elba's shipboard officers include Captain K Von Gossel chief officer G Wilhelms second officer J Hillmers third officer Thomas Stollberg fourth officer W Buhr surgeon A Reichardt first steward H Pschander second steward J Bundtzen first engineer A Neussell second engineer H Buddmann third engineer D Liebje fourth engineers W Lotz J Kriele T Albig L Wills. Cooks named C Grafengeter and J Haase.
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New York
K. von Gossel
G. Wilhelms
J. Hillmers
Thomas Stollberg
W. Buhr
A. Reichardt
H. Pschander
J. Bundtzen
A. Neussell
H. Buddmann
D. Liebje
Royalist Agent A Victim Named as Elbe Passenger
New York report states Henry N. Castle, among the Elbe's passengers, is said to be a commissioner sent by the Royalist faction in the Sandwich Islands. The claim ties him to royalist activities amid the islands' political tension.
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New York
Jan
Henry N. Castle
Sandwich Islands
The Elbe Sinking and Maritime Safety Debate
A historical reflection argues bulkheads and twin screws as key safety features in steamships. It notes rapid growth in passenger sea travel and speed, critiques the Elbe sinking amidships, and explains how single screw design left her vulnerable unlike twin-screw ships which could still float after engine room damage. It mentions a German government mission and a missing couple.
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New York
Oregon
Elbe
Earth
Full Description of the Elbe schooner steamship
The Elbe was a four masted schooner rigged steamship built in Glasgow in 1881 by J. Elder & Co for the North German Lloyds route between Bremen Southampton and New York. Iron construction, registered 2272 tons net and 4510 tons gross. According to Livyns Register of Ship.
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Glasgow
Scotland
J. Elder & Co
Lloyds
Bremen
Southampton
New York
Livyns’ Register of Ship
Blaze at Boylston building causes heavy damage
A fire at the Boylston Street corner building began in the Continental Clothing Company workrooms on the top floor and spread through walls to the fifth and sixth floors. Firemen fought flames through plaster and wire netting, bringing the blaze under control by about 9 pm. Property damage totalled 25,000 with 15,000 to contents and 10,000 to the structure.
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Boylston
Washington and
Boylston Streets
Continental Clothing Company
Freeland, Loomis & Co
William. Connor
Connor
Webber
Bumstead Place
Boylston Market
Boylston Market Association
H. , Standish
Ladies’ Tailor
New York Life Insurance Company
Alexander Brown
New England
Merchants’ Retail Commercial Agency of
Chicago
Neal, Morse & Co
Grip Epidemic Warning and Duffy Pure Malt Whiskey
The notice warns of a rising grip outbreak with coughing and sneezing and urges prompt action. It touts Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey as a reliable stimulant that fortifies the body, helps Nature throw off grip, and keeps blood moving, recommending it as a preventive and restorative measure sold by druggists and grocers.
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Grip
Duffy
Dusty
Banquet Honors Retired Republican Leader Hibbard
A Parker House banquet celebrated George A. Hibbard recent retirement as Republican city committee president with Mayor Curtis and Jesse M. Gove among speakers. Gove attacked civil service reform while endorsing spoilsmen, and Curtis lauded Hibbard’s campaign work amid cheers from about 150 attendees.
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George A. Hibbard
Republican City Committee
Parker House
Curtis
Jesse M. Gove
Blaine
Atwood
Gove
Representative Hibbard
Parker’s Crystal Room
Mayor Curtis
Harrison
Hibbard
George Ibbard
Jesse
City Hall
Major Briggs
Sidney B. Everett
Gow
Boston
Washington
Mr. Gove
Thief Attempts Robbery in Back Bay Passageway
Miss Julia Sullivan was confronted by a robber at 8 45 pm as she passed through a passageway at No 24 Marlboro Street He attempted to seize her purse but fled after her screams police searched the area yet found no trace The incident follows a similar pursuit by Mrs Le Brun through the same passageway weeks earlier by Lorden and Slavin
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Julia Sullivan
No. 24
Marlboro Street
Lorden
Slavin
Man Identified as Charles Hall Known as Charney in Lowell
The Lowell man once known as Charney, now Bedford, is identified as Charles Hall. He previously lived in Lowell and worked in various South End mills, has a wife and a married daughter in New Bedford, and separated from his wife some time ago.
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Lowell
New Bedford
Charney
Bedford
Charles Hall
South End
Bia
Agm
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