Shipping News and High Water Timing Report
Readable fragments indicate shipping updates and tidal observations with time stamps. The text references high water conditions, lunar phase, and specific measured values suggesting navigation or harbor notes.
Port of Boston Daily Arrivals and Departures Report
Inbound steamers include Lepanto Antwerp to Boston with moise for U Furness and Ethelred Port Antonio with passengers and fruit for Boston Fruit Co. State of Maine from St John NB via Eastport plies with mdse and passengers to EA Waldron. Kanawah from Newport News and Penobscot from Bangor. City of Gloucester and Portland, plus tugs Dudley Fray Seguin Taurus with barges and schooners including Nellie G Davis and Henry Nickerson clearing for various ports. Foreign steamers Columbian and Tynehead depart for Liver pool and St John NB respectively. several brigs and schooners listed with outbound cargoes. Coastwise vessels include Penobscot, Snowman, Elm City, Ida L Hall, and others. sailings include Roman to Liverpool and barkentine Clutha to Sydney. High wind notes and harbor pilot remarks accompany the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lepanto
Wise
Antwerp
Moise
U Furness
Ethelred
Smith
Port Antonio
Jam
Boston Fruit Co
State of Maine
Colby
St John
Eastport
Portland
Mdse
EA Waldron
Kanawah
Newport News
Penobscot
Ingraham
Bangor
Snowman
City of Gloucester
Proctor
Gloucester
Dudley Fray
Mellen
New York
Robena
Joel Cook
Hoboken
Seguin
Cheney
Boothbay
Taurus
Lewis
Norfolk
Sumner R Mead
Nellie G Davis
Waldoboro
Murphy
Barrington
Henry Nickerson
Elliott
Weymouth
Swis Playfair
Adams
Vesta T Pearl
Barton
Bertham Walker
Harding
Baltimore
Awelia
Cobb
Johnson
Deer Isle
Peerless
Thompson
Rockland
Agricola
Young
Charles Steadman
Mitchell
Lanesville
Krave
Greenlaw
Green’s Landing
Columbian
Parry
Liverol
Thayer & Lincoln
Tynehead
Carr
Stohn
C Furness
Yarmouth
Stanwood
Yarmoth
J G Hall & Co
Brig
Edward D
Thibedean
Mereghan
John G Hall & Co
Swis
Richard
Same
Union
Melvin
Robert
Belmont
Melanson
Port Gilbert
Baner
Calvin Austin
C Williams
Schs
Jennie S Hall
Wath
Fernandina
J P Ellicott & Co
Elm City
Etheridge
Philadelphia
J W Linnell
Ida L Hall
Kennebec
Dynamne
Roman
Liverpool
Durham City
London
Nile
Ocean King
John B Norris
Henry Clausen, Jr
Battler
Sonntag
Soothbay
Highland Light
Thomas Booz
Frankfort
Sallie B
Race Point
Boston
Yonkers
Mystic Bells
State of Indiana
Baldur
Wellington
Henry NI Squire
Foreign Ports Shipping Movements and Arrivals
A compiled list of ships sailing from and arriving at major ports including Antwerp Belfast Calcutta Cardiff Dover Fowey Gibraltar Lisbon London Liverpool Malta ParA Rio de Janeiro Rangoon Rotterdam Stettin Sydney Trapania Acapulco Cardenas Galle Halifax Mayaguez Port au Prince Rio Grande Shanghai St John St Jago Thomas Valparaiso Windsor NS with vessels such as Magdalena Wandrahm Iron Cross Bonanza Eglantine Basil Netherby Kosciuski Pactolus and Pactolus sailing routes to New York Boston Halifax Cape Town Philadelphia and other ports along the Atlantic and Pacific routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antwerp
Magdalena
Ger
Mayer
New York
Wandrahm
Haifax
Boston
Belfast
Ire
Iron Cross
Lamb
Portland
Ore
Donald Ferguson
Campbell
Halifax
Barrow
Napoleon
Dalhousie
Sognedalen
Pugwash
Bahia
Halley
Calcutta
E J Spicer
Spicer
Batavia
R Morrow
O’brien
Cardiff
Bonanza
Cape Town
Cgh
Dover
Cap (Nor
Philadelphia
Aalborg
FOWEY
British America
Lawrence
Gibraltar
Eglantine
Rio Marina
Bashmills
Uoilo
Montreal
Scotia
Naples
Belgravia
Mediterranean
Lisbon
Agatha
Rosario
London
Gravesend
Canada
Liverpool
Henry Ailing
Merriman
San Francisco
Antoinette
Swed
Oberg
Malta
Cottardin
Ital
Batoum
Basil
Queenstown
Astoria
Dagwell
Tacoma
Washship Netherby
Taylor
Rio Janeiro
Frances
Thompson
Baltimore
Rangoon
Lepanta
Rotterdam
J 1 Smith
Tingley
Perth Amboy
Stettin
Victoria
Staben
Sydney
Nsw
Enoch Talbot
Rhodes
San Diego
Trapania
Maritannina
Gloucester
Mass
Acapulco
San Juan
Panama
Cardenas
Aar
Grace Davis
Dyer
Galle
Walter D. Wallett
Hensey
Carroll, Brown
Charlottetown
Matanzas
Mattie E Eaton
Gamage
Golden Sheaf
Au Sable
William H Diets
Celina
Glenation
North of Hatteras
Brix
Mary Gibbs
Schs
Ella M Storer
Lucy A Davis
Ellen M Golder
Charlies Davenport
Rebecca J Moulton
Mayaguez
Corsican
Sigworth
Port-Au-Prince
Timothy Field
Stratton
Passage
Waldewar
Leland
Gonalves
Hatteras
Rio Grande
Valkyrie
Crowell
Pactolus
Beadle
Macon
Honolulu
Fort Townsend
Highlands
Owen
Loilo
Windsor
Suchs Gyperu King
Pettis
Davida
Newcomb
Carrie E
Maritime Shipping Positions and Routes Listed
A 19th century-style shipping notice lists vessels and destinations including Bark Antioch from Boston to New York with April 18 and coordinates 12 42 N 48 14 W. Bark Alexander Lawrence from London to Portland Ohio on April 11 at 6 S 33 W. Bark Queen of the Fleet from St John NB to Live 1 on April 22 at 42 N 48 W. GM Stanwood Lund from Charleston to Weymouth for May 3 at 38 10 N 73 50 W. brig Rochemont from Portland to Senegal on April 28 at 40 30 N 67 20 W. Sch Emma C Knowles from New York to Cardenas May 3 off Absecon. Sch Cyrus Hall from Matanzas to Boston May 2 off French Reef. Sch Aunie 8 Conant from New York to Satilla River Ga April 28 at 35 N 75 14 W.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wn Mere
Bremen
New York
Antioch
Boston
Singapore
Alexander Lawrence
London
Portland
Queen of the Fleet
St John
Ark GM Stanwood, Lund
Charleston
Weymouth
Lon
Rochemont
Godfrey
Senegal
Emma C Knowles
Mayhew
Cardenas
Absecom
Cyrus Hall
Coombs
Matanzas
French Reef
Aunie
Conant
Satilla River
Bangor
Winslow Morse
Montezuma
J B Stinson
Lynn
Oliver Barrett
Norfolk
James O’donahue
New Bedford
Webster Barnard
Charles L Jeffreys
Bassett
Lewis
Baltimore
Thomas H Lawrence Kelly
Dutch Island Harbor
Elias Ross
Perth Amboy
Haverhill
Elihu Burritt
Foster
Campobello
Nellie Lamper
Thompson
Philadelphia
Joeannes Providence
Brunswick
Ellsworth
Spretciat
Sdis Forrester
Farrel
Rockland
New Boxer
Patten
D S Lawrence
Patterson
Plymouth
Delaware
Hutchins
Portsmouth
Lavolla
Whitaker
Nellie Grant
Dodge
Woodward
Holt
Franklin
Fernandina
Johanna Swart
Shackford
Fortress Monroe
Viking
Manzanilla
Fall River
Reed
Hyannis
Mass
Francis Goodnow
Coleman
Cape Ann
Elia Ross
Sch
General Scott
Calais
Machiasport
Ar 2d
Nulato
Salem
Dacotah
Lone Star
Addie Fuller
Bets
Hortensla
Chester
A Briggs
Agnes “& Manson
John H Platt
Sarah W. Lawrence
Frank O’dame
New England
Henry P Havens
Newark
J C Cottingham
E T Lee
Carter
Mattie Newman
Glenwood
W L Roberts
Benedict Do
H White
Newport News
Walcott
Bradford
Sunlight
Allyns
Salamanca
Newburyport
Gray
Rudolph
Muller
Rockport
Newborne
Jonathan Cone
Sherman
Thomas J May
Walston
Kennebec
Atlantic City
Newport
Confidence
Evie J Ray
L B Cowperthwaite
Kenyon
James B Pace
Garfield
Pottsville
Ritson
Philadeles
Harry Prescott
Gilmore
Greece
Devonia
Glasgow
Knickerbocker
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Lansdowne
Swansea
Konans
Liverpool
Barks Wheatland
Leyte
Madagascar
Archilles
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Swhs Standard
Oram
Andrew Adams
Adams
Havana
Samuel B Hubbard
Mehaffey
Evie
Hall
Hell Gate
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Adam Campbell
Smith
Handy
Mary Standish
Kelly
Lauras Hatch
White
Taunton
Harvest
O'Donnell
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Erin’s Isle
Dixon
Vilora H Hopkins
Dow
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Locke
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Aoe New York
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Ellen
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Annie Bingery
Doty
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Cassie Franson
Bennett
Alfred W Fisk
Rodney Parker
Willam H Oler
Crowell
Eliza Levansaler
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Cyrus Chamberlain
James A. Krown
B H Jones
Nettie Cushing
Nellie
Mary B Smith
Rushight
Harrisburg
Bostos
Spartan
Williamsport
Saxon
Berks
Icis Win H Jones
Fournier
Port de Paix
Wm H Bailey
Lane
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Robert
Gloucester
Marks Sam’l B Hale
Guptil
Santos
Herbert Fuller
Nash
Bessie May
Cienfuegos
John Swan
Price
Edith
Stuart
Harold Gorden
Sanford
Antigua
Ocean City
L M Collins
Port Johnson
Puritan
Bluehill
A F Cobb
Green’s Landing
Vesta Pearl
T Crocker
Deer Isle
Agricola
Ariosto
G Rant
Hliot
Pearl
Southwest Harbor
Ivy Bell
Bristol
Stony Point
Bole
Aledi Geeee May
Helen Montague
Ida Hudson
George M Brainerd
Ella Pressey
Kked Jacket
Clara Rankin
Louisa Frances
D W Hammond
Oregon
Beaver Harbor
Dallas
Richmond
Hattie M Crowell
Vera
McLean
SACO
Sarah Wood
Hickman
Somes Sound
Joad Orollivan
Bpacial
Rea Royer
Thurston
Mneyard Haven
Schs
Vandalia
Ketts
Raritan River
Wildfire
Cook
Rondout
M H Reed
Phinney
South Amboy
Everett
James Ponder
Kendall
Hoboxen
Maggie Bell
Torrey
Olive Branch
Bowden
Seventy Six
Hart
Agons
Rogers
Hillsboro
Jennie E Simmons
Williams
Millie R Bohannan
Freville
Pittson
Bucksport fleet heads to Grand Banks fishing season
In Bangor Maine on May 4 Lcis Matties Captain Dorr and Hannah Coomber Captain Cushing sailed fourteen boats and sixteen men from Bucksport toward Grand Banks to fish through the summer. They are part of Captain Thomas M Nicholson’s four vessel fleet which enjoyed great success last year and optimism runs high for this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aberdeen
John Smith
A T Gifford
Grand Bank
William H Cross
Kileo J Neal
Acacia
Ada KR Ferry
Oceanus
Josie Johnson
Cushing
Bucksport
Grand Banks
Thomas M Nicholson
Nicholson
Brig Ethel and fleet sail to New York with tugs and raft
The brig Ethel along with listed vessels including the Diadem and Beecher is ordered to New York. Sailed on the fifth with tugs Mercury and M Winch towing barge Svoloo and a raft. Sailed on the seventh at 7 am with swhs Magzie Belle and Julia Decker. Wilmington NC reports brig Woodbury cleared May 4 for New York with Lizzie Lane and Evan Rose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Winnegance
Manson
Girdiner
Atlantic City
Robert G Dun
Newcomb
Cedar Grove
Baltimore
James Young
Liniken
St George
Fernandina
Julia Decker
Nash
Newburyport
Rockland
Icis
East Wind
Robbie Godfrey
Ina
James Fh Gneys
New York
Magzie Belle
Wilmington
Woodbury
Raynes
Boston
Lizzie Lane
Classon
Evan Rose
Hornet
Boston Bound Vessels Sail Dates Listed
Vessels sailed for Boston around dates from Matanzas Bermuda and other ports. Entries include AC Bean from Matanzas April 15 via Delaware Breakwater May 4 at 6 30 pm and Ethel from Ponce April 15, plus many others with origins such as Calcutta, Manila, Punta Arenas, Trapani, Port Spain, Mayaguez, Rosario, Melbourne, Singapore, and Guantanamo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
AC Bean
Am Bark
Matanzas
Delaware Breakwater
V8 Woodruff
Am Sch
Bermuda
Avonia
Br Bark
Calcutta
Bb P Cheney
Manila
Crescent
Punta Arenas
Catherine
Trapani
Tarifa
Conte Geza Szapary
Port Spain
Corsican
Mayaguez
Ethel
Ponce
Gov Hall
Aimsch
Hattie N Bangs
Rosario
Helen E Thompson
Amsch
Nuevitas
Fortress Monroe
Black
Panta Arenas
Hulda
Gerbark
Melbourne
Iceberg
Singapore
Ida
Br Brig
Arroyo
Pit
J B Atkinson
John L Treat
Mary Gibbon
Br Sch
Barbadoa
Mattie E Eaton
Mustang
Nor Bark
Buenos Ayres
Nebo
Br Ship
Cape Town
St Helena
Rocky Glen
Am Brig
Surinam
Rose C
Guantanamo
R Lyman
Taria Topan
Zanzibar
Wandrian
Sch
Guatanamo
William Hales
Ambark
Anjer
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Orion
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