Ashore on Ram's Head Bar Rescued After Gale
Captain Augustus L. Mitchell and Seaman Walter Barnes of the schooner Fillmore survived a brutal voyage after their vessel ran ashore on Ram's Head Bar near Cape Ann following a northeast gale. Towboat captain Moses Ross and crew rescued them, the ship valued at 700 dollars and uninsured with insured cargo.
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Augustus L. Mitchell
Walter Barnes
Fillmore
Moses Ross
Mitchell
Barnes
Boston
Towboat Company
Portland
Boon Island
Cape Ann
Ram’s Head Bar
Seven trips reach fish pier with strong weather reports
Of the seven trips to the fish pier yesterday four originated off shore. The Regina arrived last minus its main boom. The fleet caught 242600 pounds of groundfish including 193500 haddock 39300 cod 4800 hake and 6000 cask as prices held high with haddock 31 4 to 4 3 4 cents and cod five cents.
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Georges
Regina
Haddock
Shipping News Miniature Almanac For March 8
Maritime notices list arrivals and departures with dates, ships and routes from various ports including Fowey Sagua Newport News Halifax and Portland. The long inventory names steamers tugs and barges along with cargos such as china clay lumber and herring.
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Daltonhall
Williams
Rotterdam
Fowey
Furness
Ontario
March
Baltimore
Norfolk
Old Dominion
Burton
New York
James
Whitney
Grove
Penobscot
Thompson
Portland
City of Gloucester
Godfrey
Gloucester
Mass
Massasoit
Young
Eastport
Tacony
Brown
South Amboy
Malvern
Nottingham
Bennett
Towing Barge Co. R. R
Port Johnson
Walter M. Young
Hollowell
Grand Manan
N. B
Robert H. McCurdy
Savannah
Frank W. Benedict
Foster
Sadie C. Sumner
McLean
Apalachicola
Plan Big Old Home Week Celebration in Boston
Boston chambers of commerce leaders outline Old Home Week from July 28 to August 3 with Governor Guild offered support. Mayor Fitzgerald chairs a planning committee to form an executive body and subcommittees. Week-long events include religious observances, patriotic dives, and themed days led by key local groups like the Chamber of Commerce and Boston Merchants Association.
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Boston
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Governor Guild
Fitzgerald
John F. Crocker
The
Chamber of Commerce
A. Shuman
Boston Merchants’ Association
Andrew G. Webster
Boston Associated Board of Trade
George F. Daniels
Shoe
Atlantic
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
State House
Committee On Liquor Laws
Senate
Labor Bureau
House
Charles F. Jenney
William Mf. Hogan
Committee On Taxation
Charles A. Dean
Robert Luce
Guy W. Cox
Fred L. Fisher
Engineer Held Responsible For Train Wreck Blame
Will Edward Fisher of New Haven charged with manslaughter after coroner finds he caused a head on collision between a governor's special and a regular train near Platts Mills. Conductor George Eaton exonerated. Fisher under 2500 bond to answer at June Superior Court term.
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New Haven
Conn
Will Edward Fisher
Waterbury
Woodruff
Platt’s Mills
George F. Eaton
Fisher
Superior Court
Fear of Poor Farm Believed to Cause Woman's Death
In Providence Rhode Island on March 7 Mrs Ann Miller aged 55 was found dead in her bed when officials arrived to take her to the poor farm. Authorities say fear of spending her remaining days in an almshouse and dwindling funds led to her death.
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Providence
R. I
Ann Miller
Famine Threat Seen in Soft Coal Shortage
Boston faces a soft coal shortage with vendors scarce and orders two weeks old unfilled. Dealers expect cargo arrivals as ice around Cape Cod loosens and a fleet of about 50 coal barges with 150000 tons lie ready offshore. Metropolitan Coal Company considered sending a tug to assist as vessels converge on the harbor.
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Boston
Cape Cod
Fortress Monroe
Nantucket Shoals
Metropolitan Coal Company
Rovincetown
Canada to Claim the Arctic Region
Edmonton reports on a dominion debate as Senator Poirier urges formal claim to all lands north of Canada. With the Gulf Stream shifting Its course climate in the Arctic may permit future crop growth and Parliament plans lengthy discussion soon.
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Canada
Arctic
Edmonton
Alberta
Dominion
Poirier
Sugar Steamer Horda Reaches Harbor After Perils
The Norwegian tramp steamer Horda, under Captain P H B Eide, arrived from Matanzas with 28 400 bags of sugar weighing 4400 tons. Severe weather marked most of the voyage and engines were damaged 260 miles south of Cape Hatteras. Second Engineer Jansen was badly scalded when a cylinder burst and steam filled the engine room.
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Horda
Norway
P. H. B. Eide
Matanzas
Eide
Cape Hatteras
Jansen
Easy Money Seeker Sentenced in Lynn Police Court
Howard Charter, a confidential agent, faced a Lynn police court for seeking a millen-dollar packing house payout. He was jailed for 30 days in the workhouse after attempting to work the Hotel Seymour for $2, the cost of one day’s board.
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Lynn Lynn
Howard
Seymour
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