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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 18, 1889

Page

12

Fragments of 19th century shipping notices and sailings

A dense list of ships, steamers, and brigs cleared or sailed on various Atlantic routes. Entries name vessels such as Newbern NC stations, Norfolk, Havana bound ships, and European departures including Antwerp and Liverpool. The document records outward-bound and port calls with cargoes, crews, and destinations across multiple ports.

Port of Boston Ship News March 16 17 Arrivals and Clears

Maritime notes report arrivals at Boston and Halifax including Steamer Gen Whitney from New York and bark Herbert Hall from Milk River. Crews endure heavy seas and a man overboard incident aboard the brig Lively. Several steamers clear for London Jamaica and other ports. Pilot boat D J Lawler sustains damage in rough seas.

Saturay Whitney Bearee New York H M Whitney Storm King Hammond Portland Kark Emerald Nor Pedersen Melbourne Celin Lootz Ha & Clemenson Gill & d Cape Horn South Atlantic Equator Hatteras Lon Prof Johnson Sydney Nsw Antwerp Magnus Torsen Weasel Norway Herbert Hall Perry Milk River Logwood Boston Dyewood Co John G Hall & Co Cuba South Shoal Bos- Betta Gordon Halifax Metropolis Brown Winnhaven Matilda Coffin Wiscasset Rosa E Pinkham Boothbay Cleopatra Colby Annapolis W H Kilby Yarmouth Doane Yarmouth NS Lam Eastern Point Eer Favonia McKay Liverpool Jogton Danley Norce Boston Kempton Rialto London Marmion Jamaica Chatham Spartan Herman Winter Ad Marine D J Lawler

Maritime and shipping notices from March listings and freights

From Our Correspondents in Canning Nova Scotia and Baltimore details surface on sailing schedules loaded cargoes and freights. Vessels including Nellie Blanche Emma McAdam Belle Higgins and William Hi Lincoln sail or load ice timber and oil. Freights show rates to Cork Philadelphia Cardiff and regional ports with varied per cent charges.

Canning Nellie Blanche Ion Boston ED Beach Emma Mc-Adam Brown New York Benisaf Elba Philadephia Ore Laleham Sona Religionee Liverta Mobile Cardiff Theodore H Rand tJohn Liverpool Desis Birgitte Brunswick Cork Rosin Salad Frithjof Wilmington Isridgett Providence Hoboken Ersey City Galveston Jacksonville Savannah Port Royal Charleston Cuba North Side South Side

Ships sail and sailings list from ports across Europe and Americas

A detailed shipping notices page lists vessels sailing and arriving from Antwerp Bremen Cardiff Calcutta Glasgow Galway Genoa Havre Liverpool London Marseilles Porto Prawle Point Portland Palermo Pernambuco Queenstown Rio Janeiro Shields Sligo St Vincent Sydney Tarifa and more. It records ship names masters destinations and routes with March sailing dates and occasional notes on groundings and corrections.

Antwerp Rhymond Berg Grifin New York Bremen Chester Peters Cardiff Prince Amadeo Norton Rio Janeiro Calcutta Creatia Gifford Glascow Siberian Moore Boston Galway W J Radcliffe the Queen Goudie Wiirrie Luther Roman Maddox London Milanese Trinick Armada Clark Halifax St John Canada Robinson Marselules Thorinia Philadelphia Sligo Belle Star Keaton ST Vincent Malabar Goula Pensacola Sydney Nsw Spartan Cairns Tacoma Collaroy Ball San Francisco Tarifa

Lighthouse Board Erects New Beacon Off Cedar Keys Fla

The Lighthouse Board reports a new skeleton triangular pyramid beacon with a spherical cage on Sea Horse Reef Cedar Keys Fla. The red foundation piles and black structure rise 5244 feet above water. On about April 10 1889 the Narragansett Bay whistling buoy moored near Castle Hill will be discontinued.

The Lighthouse Board Cesar Keys Sea Horse Reef Cedar Keys Nar-ragansett Bay Castle Hill

Root Barr Arrives Safely at Pernambuco Port

Balti more bound Root Barr reported overdue but arrived safely at Pernambuco before March 15. The ship Wim Hi Lincoln, from New York, is also noted.

Boston Sch Root Barr Baltimore Pernambuco Dew York Wim Hi Lincoln

Voyage Storms As Ships Struggle Off Atlantic Coast

Reports from NORFOLK PHILADELPHIA LEWES PORTLAND and BASs HARBOR detail heavy gales and wrecks. Vessels including the Portland bark E L Pettengill and others endure damaged masts leaks and missing crew. The Battler with yacht Kelley reaches safety after rough seas. several ships report losses and dangerous conditions along the coast.

Diverse Forty Days of Maritime Movements Across Ports

A compiled log of ships arriving, sailing, and in port across global ports including ASINWALL AR and HONG KONG with vessels such as Northern Jar vis West Indian State of Maine Glennary and others. Entries note sail dates ports and destinations like New York Bermuda Jamaica Shanghai Suez and Rio de Janeiro with crews and cargo hints.

Aspinwall Northern Jarvis Newport E. Basse Terre Guadaloupe cLean Paschgoula Barbados West Indian Bertie Liverpool Calcutta Dorris Marshall New York Forest Fairy Dias Aston Frontera Grace Gower Hines Newportews Port Emma M Fox Brooks Une Hong Kong State of Maine Nickels Glengarry Shanghae Suez HIOGO Shin Naupactus Lovitt Wessels Halifax Kezia Rhode Jamaica Lie Mundy Ponce Alpha Crowell Bermuda Turks Island Sarnia Henrik Tbsen Vogt Annie G O'Leary Demerara Brinkman Isabella Fraser West Naes Hamburg Cael Backhaus Bremen Susanne Hashagen Honolulu Will W_ Case Johnson Eva Wickham William Benson Henderson Ldg David Taylor Grafton St John Nanaimo Kennebec Love San Francisco Pernambuco Grid Olsen Savannah Helen Isabel Olason Port Elizabeth Cgh Liburna Jonasaen E V Almquirst Myra Pensacola Paetolus Burnham Antoinette Bunje Strathleven Pearson Si’ Thomas Finance Baker Demings McLean Vaidare Farris Kennelly Kate Maguire Temple Swansea Schs Bat Edwards Sawyer Beal Gilmore Alley Rob & Harry Brown Elvira Eal Ymuiden Bark Aukator Thorsen Amsterdam

Domestic Ports Report of Cleared Vessels and Departures

Baltimore and ports from Maine to Florida list ships cleared and sailed on March 15 to 16 including steamers Bretwalda Howsagel King Para Salisbury Durham Belfast Burgundia Dulac Havre and more with numerous schooners barks and brigs bound for Boston Lisbon Santos Salem and other destinations noting specific ships and captains in a busy maritime ledger style.

Baltimore aAr Cox & Green Thompson Boothbay Bretwalda Howsagel London Geo A McFadden Salem Bridgeport Conn Delamater New York Golden Rule Eaufort A ‘J Marine Moore Petey New River Hoothbay Alfred W Fisk Charleston Marie Warnken Enfield Vasey Bremen Asenath Ashaw Morgan Charles E Young Carson James H Gordon Addie S Bacon Mantua Creek Sarah C Smith Everett Webster Edwin A Gaskill Philadelphia Ethel Swift Amaica W E Clowes Penny Dale's Creek Apex United Kingdom Darien Carrie S Bailey Cushing Dutch Island Melissa A Willey Hall Fernandina Boston Wildfire Grafton Perth Amboy Charlotte T Sibley Port Jett Martinque Lowell Cleaver James KR Talcot Martinique Maud Snare Lizzie V Hall Creed R Halladay Jennie F Willey Chadwick Pall River Briggs Algiers Percy Colorado Daniels William H Shubert King Analachicola Jacksusville Mary F Corson Robinson Fort George Lois V Chaples Ross New Ors Mobile Ar 16 Rome Demerara Albert T Stearns Kelly Galveston Swis Thomas N

A Hat of letters aids vessels at Boston Post Office Saturday

A Hat of letters adds ease to vessels remaining at the Boston Post Office on Saturday March 16 compiled for the Boston Post by Alonzo F Johnson superintendent of general iglivery. The list names many vessels and captains including steamship Moranda schooner Frank Lambrith bark Caroline ship Edwin and others.

Boston Post Alonzo F Johnson Mr Allanson Charles Anderson Frank Lambrith James Barrett Tobias Eliassen WS Jordan J T Jales Elbridge Souther William Fanning Kilg Mary & Bliss Alexander Forbes Caroline William Herbert Valmyra Charel Johannesen Tenvilan GC Knowlton Edward Rich I A Ladd Morning Light JJ Murphy Moranda Matthew Fartridge Big T Remick Christian Vetersen Kamber A Rock Ap Marlvorongd JT Ruthersford Edwin E W Snare Frank Silva Jacques Silhol Ripon City Wilhelm Schraam Eudora August Shaoert Jas R ‘Talbot Piet Vohterkansen Herman

Mails Closings From New York for Europe and Americas

Shipping notices list multiple foreign and coastal routes from New York aboard ships City of New York Aller Muriel Valencia Niagara and others. Closings span March dates for Britain Ireland France Netherlands Switzerland Austria Germany Denmark Sweden Norway Russia Turkey Central America Caribbean Bermuda and Yucatan with various ports and times.

New York France Switzerland Italy Spain Portu Bitain Ireland Beleim Netherlands Germany Einland Rotterdam Scotland Farnessia Nova Scotia St. Pierre Miguelon Halifax Worcester Great Britain Pavonia Boston Vera Cruz Pregreso Mex Mexican States Panama Neva Cuba Tampa Wan Key West Fla Rusda Turkey York Denmark Sweden Norway Russia Southampton Iremen Aller Central America South Pacific Costaica Guatemala Colon Curacoa Venezuela Valencia Nesday Ldeccesserrereeceere St. Croix St. Thomas Windward Islands Seamship Muriel Facaday Bermuda Stexinahi Orinoco

Trans Pacific Mails Schedule From San Francisco

Notices list mail openings from San Francisco to Hawaii Society Islands Australia New Zealand Fiji Samoa Hawaiian Islands and more. Entries specify vessels Tropic Bird Zelendia City of Peru and City of Paris with closing times at Boston and dates in March and April.

Trans-Pacific Mails Hawaiian Islands Steamship Australia Boston Society Islands San Francisco Australia New Zealand Fiji Samoan Saamshin Zelendia Japan Shanghae Oe Kong East Indies India Straits Settlements Samad Dutch East Indies Pearu

Incoming steamers due at Boston and New York

A list of ships and sailing dates for incoming steamers to Boston and New York from various ports. Entries show vessel names or consignees, departure or origin, and expected arrival dates in March. Named firms and locations include Liverpool Antwerp Trapan Gibraltar and Holland London.

Atlantic Express Liverpool Queenstown OUL WY New York Glasgow Londonderry Mbs Henderson Brothes C. V. Dasey Broad St Boston RED Star Line United States Antwerp Ie. A. Adaaris & CO State St Cor

Shipping sailings from Boston and New York lists

Maritime timetable notes sailings on March 18 to 26 from Boston and New York with destinations including Liverpool London Philadelphia and Havana. Ships and agents like Allan Kansas Furness Parthian Richmond & Barnard and Warren & Co appear with departure times from 11.30 AM to 8.00 AM across multiple ports.

fManitoban Glasgow Kansas Liverpool Warren & Co Rialto London Furness Parthian Philad’lo'al Sampson Virginia Thayer & Linc City of Macon Navannah Rich’n & Barn Pavonia Martin Carroll Failitax Gardner Norman Uhilue Pia Sampson Halifar Halifar Rich'n & Barn Michigan Yarmouth J G Ball & Co Boston Mareh Ab Minchov Michigan Postoffice Square

Boston Bound Vessels Sail For Boston in Transit List

A transit ship list details numerous vessels bound for Boston from Cadiz Montevideo Melbourne and other ports. Entries include Anna Br Kranz Parvera Anna Beattie Ane Cathrine Antioch Ernestine Frigga Glory and more with dates ranging February to March and routes via Gravesend Singapore Melbourne and Zanzibar.

Boston Anna Br. Kranz Parvera Am. Seh Cadiz Anna Beattie Br. Bark Montevideo Ane Cathrine Ansersen Dan Brig Alesbourne Antioch Hemingway Am. Bark Singapore Nord Island Sumatra Arora Gundersen Nor. Bark Melbourne Americus Patterson Port Morant Benj Hunt Pritchard Am. Barks Bonanza O'Brien London Gravesend Portland Kill Canadian Landry Arroyo PB. R Dexter Wharton Barbados Don Enrigue Cremor Br. Ship Ernestine Whittier Matanzas Frigga Tostensen Guy C. Goss Mallett Hogo San Francisco Gebroeters Smit Mulder Passarpoon St. Helena Albermuda Horizont Lang Rio Grande Do Sul Joan Gregory Killen Aspinwall Blueficial Joseph A. Ropes Lerchiliger Zanzivar Mainferano James S. Stone Haestow Manila Cebu Banjoewansie Julia Fiocken Br. Sch Falmouth Lapland Carlisle Rosario Point India Lottie Ills Mig River Margate L. Ryan Sch Trinidad Cuba Magellan Manson Caleta Buena Pisagua Morning Light Ladd Calcutta Oregon Thorsen Nor. Shin Penobscot Maton Vassod Anjer Passenartout Johnson Samar Mery Zanzibar Tamatave Tamar Marshall Parker Llotlo Manjia Tillie Baker Carty Tenriffe Small Timoby Field Stratton Am. Sch Ponce IP. R Mayaguez Wheatland Cochran Madagascar We ¥. Greene Crockets Porto Hico William Hales Buckley

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