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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 03, 1888

Page

3

Submarine oil springs reported off the Pacific coast

Mr. Thomas K. Griffin of San Francisco presents testimony from vessel masters confirming several submarine oil springs along the Pacific coast. The most pronounced is off Coal Oil Point near Goleta Santa Barbara, with oil visibly surfacing and strong odors guiding navigators. Additional springs are noted near Santa Barbara and Cape Mendocino with oil slicks and odor signals.

Thomas K. Griffin San Francisco Pacific Ocean Pacific Goleta Santa Barbara Myr. Griffin van Helmes American Steamship Los Angeles Wallace City of Chester Ingalls Santa Roza Alexander Pacific Coast S. 45 Cape Mendocino Plummer Gipsy Goodall Pacific Coast Steamship Company Goleta Point Cojo Point Point Conception Bay of Camena Venezuela Trinidad West Indies N.W Bremen Hampshire Marie Cape Elizabeth West Sankaty Light North Monomoy Point Light Nantucket New South Shoal Newcastle City Bishop and Clark’s Panope Judith Point Mary A. Drury Falkner Barnegat Francis Perkins

Thomas Robinson the painter dies at 53 in Providence

Thomas Robinson, a noted painter born in 1835 in Nova Scotia, died in Providence on March 1 from heart trouble and apoplexy at age 53. He studied under Bonheur and Courbet, associated with Millet and Hunt, and was active in Barbizon circles and major exhibitions in Boston and New York. He later traded in modern French works, contributing to prominent collections and clubs, and was known for his broad, solid landscape style and generous personality.

Thomas Robinson Providence Nova Scotia United States Boston Auguste Bonheur Gustave Courbet William M. Hunt Jean Francois Millet Old Allston Club Boston Art Club Paint and Clay Club Robinson Courbet New England Institute Fom” Robinson Evan Bvant Tom” Robinson

Worcester Theatre manager Charles Wilkinson dies at 68

Charles DeWitt Clinton Wilkinson, six seasons Worcester Theatre manager and famed comedian, died at the Bay State House Worcester from heart disease. Born Plainfield Connecticut April 21 1830 he began on Worcester stage at 20 and partnered with C E Bidwell boosting New England fame. He later toured with Mrs Lillie Marden and starred in Uncle Tom's Cabin before retiring to manage Worcester Theatre.

Charles DeWitt Clinton Wilkinson Worcester Bay State House Plainfield Conn Canada C. E. Bidwell New England Lillie Marden The Wilkinsons Wilkinson Worcester Theatre Boston Lodge of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks Peter Herdic Williamsport Perm Glenham New York

Outgoing Steamers From Boston and New York March schedule

Ship list shows sailings from Boston and New York for March with destinations including Halifax Philadelphia Baltimore Liverpool Yarmouth Savannah and Havre among others. Agents include Harrison Loring G E Smalley E B Sampson Warran & Co Thayer & Line and others with times noted such as 3.00 PM and 5.00 PM for several departures.

Name Destinat Sail Worcester Halifax Harrison Loring G Hall & Co Parthian Phil Sampson Berkshire Baltimore Geo F Smalley Istrian Liverpool Thayer&Line MARCI City of City of Macon,Savannah. | 3.00 Pm|Rich’n & B Norman Phi Sampson Chatham Geo E Smailey Warren & Co Qgominion Yarmouth Trom New York City of Berlin Wright & Sons Fulda Uremen Velricha & Co Champ H brown&Co Wisconsin Underhill Mbrscesss Hurst Republic Ismay Hamburg Kunhardt & Co Glasgow A Baldwin & Co

Incoming steamers for Boston schedule and origins

Incoming steamers for Boston due dates listed from March 4 to March 8 with routes from Gibraltar Liverpool London Antwerp and other ports. Entires include agents and ships such as Warren & Co Henderson Bros Phelps Bros Co Gill & Lootz Furness Glendevon Shimpgen Spence and Cephalonia bound for Boston.

Palestine Liverpool Warren & Co Benison Gibraltar Henderson Bros Peconic Phelps,Bros&Co Cy Macon Savannah Rich’n&Barbara Dominion Yarmouth Hall & Co Roman lLiverpool Boston Kansas Norseman Warren & CO Postoffice Square

Shipping Schedules and Dates Across Europe and Americas

The notice lists several vessels and routes with arrival and departure details. Ports include Copenhagen London Denmark Liverpool Amsterdam Rotterdam Havre Calcutta Bremen and Glasgow. Dates range late February to early March with ships like Rugia Aurania Circassia Normandie Hesperia and more.

Oes Denmark London Horst Palermo Reb Phelps Bros &Co Sirius Rio Janeiro Busk & Jevons Republic Liverpool Jemay City of Chester P Wricht & Sons Amsterdam Rotterdam F’c Edge & Co Rugia Hamburg Aiken & Co Aurania Pe iLiverpool AH Brown & Co Circassia Glasgow Henderson Bros Normandie Havre Wees Louis de Boblan Hesperia Calcutta Wenderson Bros NAVE

Ship News Notice to Captains on Barometer Readings

Notice instructs captains to observe barometer sealing at a daily hour to correct errors. Adds one one hundredth of an inch per ten feet above sea level. Includes high water and moon data with a lighthouse style table of times and measurements.

Barnegat Tucker’s Beach Nellie Jerrell Marietta Stedman E.C. Knight Absecum Katie Ranger Dee Absecum Light Fenwick Island Light Apalachl Apalachicola Bay Cape St George Apalachicola River Wig W Lighthouse Board Stephen C Rowan US Navy Office of the Lighthouse Board Washington Nantucket

Shipping News Update From Wibones Bay and Nearby Ports

Reports detail arrivals and clearances of steams and schooners from Boston Gloucester New York and Philadelphia along with vessel movements to ports like Cienfuegos Mahone Bay and Bal more. Winds ranged from moderate northerlies to strong northerly gales with heavy seas and calms near Bermuda and off Vineyard Haven.

Tathan Fox Liverpool Thayer & Lincoln Gen Whitney Bearse New York Moise H M Whitney Tremont Donovan Portland City of Gloucester Proctor Gloucester Auburndale Boston Wooster Buenos Ayres Vineyard Haven N W Rice & Co J S Kmery & Co Florence Carter Cockburn Harbor Chase Devonport Seh Moroney Wass Ponce Bates & Barnet J S Emery & Co Bermuda Juhn Lackawanny Searsport Closson Bates & Jarnet Oliver Beaufort George McQuesten & Co Lelia Linwood Grover St George Charles E Schmidt Sharp Norfolk Jonathan Bourne Thompson Philadelphia Schanellie Lamper Higgins Milford Haskell Weehawken Mary Wellington Robbins Perth Amboy Alfred Keen Greeley Apphia Amelia Willard Wood's Hall

Decline in Coal Freights Highlights Week for Boston Trade

Boston dispatch notes a sharp drop in coal freights with New York to Boston at 9c and Philadelphia to Boston at 120, as Philadelphia shipments renew. Numerous private terms appear for charters of brig and schooner vessels carrying coal, lumber, ice, and other cargoes between Boston, Charleston, Baltimore, New York, Newport News, and beyond with varied rate terms and seasonal engagements.

Boston New York Baltimore Norfolk Philadelphia Charles Dennis Wiscasset Charleston Cardenas North Hatteras J M Fiske New Bedford Georgetown Mass Minnie Rowan Newport News New London Charles H Trickey Dover Rikmerson Weymouth New Haven Bridgeport Bridgeport, Conn Charles L Jeffrys Long Island City Tbe Galveston Hiatteras Water Cove Richmond Papal Hurricane Island Me Carver's Harbor Lanesville Portland

Maritime Shipping Movements Across Atlantic Ports

Vessels sailing from Alicante Benisaf Genoa Holyhead London Liverpool and Cardiff report departures to Philadelphia San Francisco New York New Orleans and Galveston with crews led by Bergman Nielsen Thorne Cockburn and others. Armadas include the bark Waltikka the steamer Thomas Turnbull and the brig Prince Le Boo bound for Newfoundland and St Johns.

Alicante Waltikka Bergman Pensacel Benisaf Thomas Turnbull Philadelphia Cardiff Yarkand Callander San Francisco Hercules Kendall Liverpool Genoa Candeur Nielson Savannah Holyhead Prince le Boo Thorne St Johns London Cockburn New York New Orleans Propluious Galveaton Rio Taneiro Kate Burrill Bell Barbados Alliance ST Thomas Advance Newport News Rio Janeiro Rocky Glen Bray Boston Shawnie Small Demerara Charles A Sparks Havaii Surinam ST Croix Bermuda Newark Newfoundland Halifax Santos Port Sir Edward Johnson Warren Pernambuco Eugene Hale Harding Swinemunde Slavonia Southampton Lahn Bremen Sagua Rochdale Harrison Wetherby Atkins Queenstown ST John Echa Avis Harper Rondo Somerville Clifford C Bykeman Trapani Mary Ames Crocker Gloucester Mass de la Joseph Barwell Duffy Obile Senate Astorta Ben Douran Portland Georgetown City of Carlisle Malpas Deanfield Shenir Amay Vark Elsinore Baltimore James B Pace Wyman New Bedford Agnes Manning Birdsall Wm Frederick Burgess Annie F Conlon Seward John Rose Allen Providence Island City Voorhis Bertham Walker Westgate Alf Brabrook Sawyer Salem Electric Craig Berkshire March Ada Bonner Myrick Sehsy Harry Messer Smith C C Dame Daniel Barrowmore Minnesota Viola Mark Jos Kaker Arch John M Brown Brown Benj Fabens Condon James Ford Garfield Win O Snow Hatch Royal Algoar 2d Ellen M Golder Johnson Portsmouth Beverly Thetis Vantier Elizabethport Brunswick Harry Prescott Turner Bermuda Hundred AJ Raymond Falkenburg Chatham Centivede Cape Ape Henry Urbine Rotterdam Sarnia Hermann Charleston Frank Vanderherchen Chamberlain Norfolk Carn Brea Davis Espana Cisea Barcelona Thomas Clyde Frazies Wilmington Angelo Castellano Trieste Langen Hamburg Coosaw Maharajah Ainslie United Kingdom al Maren Watlington Stranack Philadelhia Ernandina Elwood Burton Warrington Chase Pinkham Wall River Hedges Salmon Washburn Darrin Taunton Galveston Cottrell Haskell Eleanor Douglas Comal Sigyp Ayr Sehs & A Burnham Williamine Apalachicola I Mazard Waccomany Squires James Ponder Lypeh Ilyannis James Ives Blake Ida L Hui Helle Hardy Gaker Saines Jacksonville Hattie H Roberts Greenfurtle Cove Bwi Mobile Latonia Marconint Table Bay Alice Custis Wood Savana-la-Mar Grand Cayman Juliet Bailey Gould Matanzas Orleans Orion Peterson St Petersburg Port Bliads Starlight Discoverer Zouave Soper Aspinwall Leoprido Pesce Buenos Ayres Marie Louise Bebring Mremen Newberne Minnie I Smither Insley Newport Jed Frye Langley Roulette Christie Campbell Willie Lincoln Ar- Bt Upper Harbor Deming Calais New London J & W Gurney H Jones River Garry Scott Hattie Louise Barnard van Name & King Hoboken Hoath Brothers Groton Conn Randall William B Herrick Alvert Mason William L Roberts LG Potter Luella Nickerson Nickerson Cotuit Sir Mary Louisa Colfar Tindall Chambers Allyn’s Point Mabel Hooper Hooper J B Ogden Yale John L Hasbrouck Thompson Boson Ilamburg Gleneida Corning Charles Jobes Price John Welsh, Jr Maloney Benglee China Ports Eglantine Havana Nacoochhee Excelsior Portia St Pierre Alert Amsterdam Sterling Christel Hilda Emilia Messina Blanche Rebecca Caruana Charles Forbes Papa Giacomo Marseilles Sachs J C Clifford LB Cowperthwaite Samuel & Crocker Jannton Sarah Cullen Jennie M Carter Ann Eliza Rockland Lachampagine Beaver Havre Ptolemy Alcott Amuria McMicken el Giva Lewis Steehng Gay Columbia Mitchell Bristol City of Hogarth Olympia Winston Odessa Trondo Greytown Black Prince Progreso Ayrshire Windward Islands Chignecto Ghent John Welch, Jr Hell Gate Salacia Duriage Bilbao Ichs Nic Sarah LE Ward Wixon John Douglass Jordan WC French Sherman Cornelia Soule Francis Amboy Oliver Ames Handy John Warren Murray Alfred W Fisk Whittemore Port Johnson Newburyport Durham City Galbraith Oliver Barrett Wallace Lucille Davies Belle Wooster Higgins Cardenas Chiogeia Parenti Cagliari Porismouth Berks Abbott Perih Amboy Star_of India Michelsen Almeria Nellie J Dinsmore Frovicence Napogeon Hart Fall River Fred Waton Iark Llandskrona Sinclair Antwerp Commerce Wade Camden Harriet Hickman Dernier Stettin Port Hamlock Silp Prussia

Sailed fleets and beacons mark Atlantic coastal departures

Shipping notices list vessels sailing from Lisbon Messina Marseille Palermo Plymouth St Vincent Ymaid, with crews and destinations including New York Havre Antwerp Pensacola and Philadelphia. The article also details Apalachicola Bay day and lighted beacons, Nantucket shoal buoy placement, and fishing fleet locations plus several Atlantic routes and arrivals.

Lisbon Teresina Ital Lubrano New York Louisa Gerloff Minnie Rowe St Johns Messina Supphich United States Marseilles Britannia Paragos Palermo Wallachia Plymouth Corona Largen Charleston Havre Rosalie Andersson Pensacola Antwerp ST Vincent Hedwig Lisbo Savannah Navigator Yellona Wilmington President von Blumen Doboy Ymaiden Castine Ger Lohmann Philadelphia

Havilah Sold by U S Marshal. Min Changes Hands

Marine notes report the brig Havilah of Bangor, 507 tons, sold in Brooklyn for 19 800, and the British bark Min, now in Honolulu, sold to enter Departure Bay coal trade and sail under Hawaiian flag as W B Godfrey. Also notes summer service contract, wreck salvage operations, and several shipping updates across multiple ports.

Marine Notes Boston Maren Havilah Bangor United States Marshal Brooklyn Min Honolulu Departure Bay W B Godfrey Atlan Steamship Company Liverpool St Jona Halifax Lewes Del Pernambuco Golgate Calcutta New York Jon Sylpluce San Francisco Liverpol Plymouth Glenavon Astoria Delaware Breakwater Newman Sagua Philadelphia Havana Almeda Willey Copeland Key Palomo St John Messrs EG Dunn Sarah E Kennedy London Taylor Gibraltar Mediterranean Memsing Deutschland Peters Baltimore Hamburg Folkestone Marcia C Day Alorethsen Arromanches Koen

Numerous ships reach and depart through foreign ports in Feb and Mar

A long list of vessels, including Yucatan, Landry, Bellevue, and American steamers, arrive and sail across Barbados, Havana, New York, Lagos, and other ports. Entries cover in port dates, sail dates, and destinations like Doboy, Pensacola, Philadelphia, London, and Liverpool, with multiple bark and brig movements noted.

Barbados Yucatan Landry Liverpool Salerno Williams Cardiff Bellevue Hatfield Buenos Ayres Hibernica Turner Swangea Jane Kilgour Duncan Dundee Thomas Seed Whiteford Pernambuco Beb Resultado Jones St Thomas Alice Saunders Trinidad American Wrake Dosch Zephyr Eliis Lucia Miriam Manning St Kitts Amicitia Angell Fonsacola Gertrude Matheson Cuba Martha Noradling Tascagoula Felicitas Doboy Tillie Baker Carty Victoria Hammond St Pierre Mart

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