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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 18, 1889

Page

3

Freights and Charters Surge as Ice Tonnage Tightens

Boston May 17 heavy ice tonnage demand persists with brokers holding many orders and scarce supply. Rates rise sharply with Kennebec to Baltimore at 1 per ton New York 85c and Norfolk 90c. Coal rates firm at Baltimore 120 per ton and to New York 85c. Various engagements list ships and destinations for Europe the Americas and coastwise trades with ice cargoes and coal moving to Philadelphia New York and Boston among others.

Boston Eerce Kennebec Penobscot Baltimore New York Norfolk Philadelphia Antwerp Europe Oregon Norway Brilliant German Baltic Sylphide Port Elizabeth Port Natal Central America H C Sibley Bangor Aspinwall Jamaica Logwood South America H H Wright Portland Rogario Brunette Richmond Rio Grande Do Sul Bentley Sullivan Hird Clark’s Cove Richard Law New Bedford Eldridge Tryon Crisfield Washington Georgetown Macauley Mary Whitridge Lone Star Ureng North St Pierre Cumminger Barbados Howard A Turner Parnell Bremen George E Corbett St Vincent Laura Macoris Liig Olivia A Carrigan St Kitts Ed Celina

Maritime sailings and destinations from 19th century ships

A list of ships by port and date noting sailing or passing events. Anjer, Barrow, Bremen, Bahia Ar, Barbados Ar, Cebu, Ensenada Ar, Fastnet, Glasgow, Hamburg, London, Makoin, with vessel names such as Leonora, Kambria, Rhein, Ceylon, Mistletoe, Prince Lucien, Hangesund, Achille F, Varuna, Sophie, Cape of Good Hope, Erik, Edith Sheraton, Felisa, and routes to Cardiff, New York, Rio Janeiro, Buenos Ayres, Montevideo, St Johns, and other ports.

ANJER Leonora Moresan Hiogo Barrow Kambria Brownell Cardiff Bremen Rhein Ger Baltimore Bahia Ceylon Mosher Snow St Johns Barbados Prince Lucien Hanney Rio Janeiro Ship Island Cebu Hangesund New York Ensenada Achille F Gelietich Buenos Ayres Nellie EK Rumball Johnson Fastnet Varuna Grose United Kingdom Glasgow Corean

Provincetown Sells Whaling Ships and Sperm Oil

Whalemen report Provincetown sold Alcyone Wells at Dominica on April 20 with 125 bbls sperm oil bound for Hatteras ground and Gage Phillips Dyer at St Eustatia on April 15 with 20 bbls sperm oil, this winter, bound to Hatteras ground.

Provincetown Alcyone Wells Dominica Hatteras Ground Gage Phillips Dyer St Eustatia

Maritime Shipping List of Vessels and Voyages

A compiled log lists ships and routes with origins destinations and voyage dates. Entries include Lydia Skolfeld from New York to Rotterdam on May 14 and Nebo from London to New York on May 15, plus G M Cairns Haselton Sunderland to Quebec on April 30 and Roland Jwicker London to San Francisco on April 24 with coordinates, Challenger Thompson Iquione to Hampton Roads on April 22, Bark Adolph Westendorf Wilmington NC to Buenos Aires on April 8, Bark Arklow Queenstown to St John NB on May 11, Bark Nimrod Scopinich Savannah to Buenos Aires on April 10, Park Viola Victoria BC to London on April 3, and Sch Harveson Hickman Larrabee Havana to Delaware Breakwater with May date and 40 miles NE by N of Currtuck.

Lydia Skolfeld New York Rotterdam Nebo London G M Cairns Haselton Sunderland Quebec Roland Jwicker San Francisco Challenger. Thompson Iquione Hampton Roads W. Bark Adolph Westendorf Wilmington Buenos Ayres W. Bark Lon Harveson Hickman Larrabee Havana Currtuck

Long voyage reports and ship news across Atlantic ports

Bark J D Peters Lane from Newcastle NSW arrived San Francisco May 15 after 150 days at sea. Ships Mowry and Morning Light feature salvage and arrivals. London and Gloucester brief notices cover wrecks and collisions near Queenstown and Thatcher's Island. Bath Me launches Talofa, while St John and Providence report wrecks and sinkings in local waters.

Boston J D Peters Lane Newecastle Nsw San Francisco Sir William G R Mowry Fort Hamilton Amboy Portsmouth Chapman Wrecking Company Don Jacinto Gillett Turks Island Bath Sct Chase Haskell Silsby Fall River Darien Morning Light Calcutta Ralli Bros New York John Grall & Co Messrs Carlton, Norwood & Co Rockport Penobscot Bay Frederick Billings Mt Desert Herald London Altmore Weeks Sydney St Cloud Batavia Maceio Satlej Pitt Havre Queenstown Benjamin Sewell Sewell Knight Companion Davies Maryport Egypt Liverpool Cave Lookout Outer Diamond Cape Halifax Mabel Howard Barbados Gulf Stream Ebel M Davis Portland Key West Governor Navassa England Anewe Tortuugas May Gloucester Willie Parksman Champion Thatcher's Weasel William Watsons Duxbury Gloucester Mutual Insurance Company New Bedford Massasoit H L Babbitt Taunton W H Phillips Poole Jacob B Phillips Frank Lambrith Charleston Weymouth Robert L West Cape Cod Delaware Sir George H Ames Havana Providence Nashua Whale Rock Cornfield Boothbay ST John Joseph Rio Janeiro Grand Menon Oregon Philadelphia Bernard Aspinwall Iboco del Toro Festina Cardenas Lon Lucia Porter Henry Taber Point Judith Beaver Tail Nelson Harvey Charles W Parker Parker George H Frank G Rocker Cottage City Joaquin Brown Slocum Hero Isle of Pines Long Island Sound Llandaff City Bristol Forest Hall Baltimore Nanticoke Truxillo Tortugas Mobile

Maritime movements in late May from ports to destinations

The list records ships and movements across Norfolk, Havana, Halifax, Matanza, Nassau, Progresso, Pauillac, Port Spain, Rio Janeiro, Singapore, St John NB and St Thomas. Vessels include bark Amphitrite, brig May, steamers West Cumberland and Italy, and ships A G Roves and Elise. Cleared and sailed dates span May 12 to May 16 with destinations like New York, Jamaica, Copenhagen, and Montevideo.

Cephalonia Dutton Liverpool Alex Martin Yarmouth Stanwood John G Hall & Co Cervin Hughson St.John A . Lombard’s Sons Marmion Anderson Morant Bay Boston Frat Co Ring- Jeader Entwistle Melbourne TE Pee & Co RK Atwood Condon North East Harbor Silas Sanborn L_B Hatch Johnson Thames Cove de Long & Seaman Francis Arthemus Patterson Port Joggins John Hathaway & Co Foret Belle Phipps Same Swis Albert L Butler Foster St Thomas Hoxie & Co John C Gregory Pressey Matanzas J H Alta McLaughlin St John Kempton Veritas S C Tyron James Brunswick Trias Richmond Barkentine Hancock Dakar HULL Highland Light Clear Nellie Lamper Norch Norfolk Lanie Cobb Kibiley New York Bent Courtney Baker Delaware Havana Mendoza Erickson Halifax Christian May Manning Jamaica Mabel Howard Howking Portia Ash St Johns Ashdene Thompson Hamburg Ellie

Maritime Arrivals and Departures Across Caribbean and Atlantic Ports

Shipping notices show vessels sailing or docking in Amsterdam New York Buenos Aires Barbados Dublin Demerara and other ports. Entries list bark Argo Susie P Oliver Brig Rocky Glen and more with captains ports and dates including April May sailings and arrivals in Boston Antigua Montevideo and Demerara amid a busy early 19th century trade pattern.

Amsterdam Argo Vitas New York Black River Sdis Susie P Oliver Sears Wim Beasley Farrar Poughkeepsie BERBL Rocky Glen Bray Boston Buenos Ayr Ecuador Hughes Barbados Bremen Fagles Buenos Aires Revolving Light Sprague Montevideo Etta Demerara America Armstrong Antigua Baltic Bradshaw St Kitts Dublin Havelock Jacobsen St John Telos Coney Isabel McClure Kate Crosby Hanson Troon Daisy Boynton Harding

Maritime Traffic Records from Atlantic Ports

A sprawling list of ships sailing and clearing from Boston Baltimore New York Philadelphia Norfolk Providence and other ports. Entries name vessels captains owners and destinations including brig Christine Elizabeth bark India Sust steamers Polynesia Stroma and Gate City with routes to Havana Calcutta Rio de Janeiro St Johns NB and Boston among others.

Baltimore James A Garfield Simpkins Eleuthera Richard Cromwell Thomas Bertha Dean Churbuck Providence Converse Newbork New York Albert I Stearns Ellis Eva S Ferris Thatcher Minnesota Philadelphia Gothenburg City Boston Wetherby Harrison West Hartlepool Dorchester Howes Sechs Chase Varge Rebecca Shepherd Smith Theresa Wolf Bridgeport Conn J B Carrington Halloway Gray Calais Charleston Dr Witte Zepiein Antwerp Christine Elizabeth London Chatham Mass Loston Berks and Katie J Hoyt Bearse Helle Halladay Nickerson Lawrence Key West Louis McLane Hollyhock Day Largo Mobile Barks von Berg Hartung Zia Catterina Komanich Iuenos Ayres Ings Larsen Montevideo Rathbun Crowell Bemerara New Orleans Stroma McFarlane Port Simon Inventor Liverpool Excelsior Louisanna Port Eads India Sust Havana Pereira Barra Rio Janeiro Norfolk Peppina Patuzzo Marsila Sicily Swis AF Kindberg Accomack Newport News Guyandotte Kelley Sels Lucy H Russell Salem Joan L Hasbrouck Finance Brazil Kanawha Newburyport Panther Anderson Philadelphia; Sels Sami Castner, Jr Lake Lanesville Ira Laffrineer Rockland New London Angelia Cleveland Hoboken Portsmouth New Bedford Henry A Taber Slocum Waterlook Treworgy McNichol Sanborn Machias Pajaro Alpury Wasson William Wilson Georgia Plummer Cardenas Strathmuir Fleming Doilo Hell Gate Geo T Hay Spicer Calcutta Hart Island Amy A Lane Muchner Sables Dionne Grace K Green Seward Lelow Grace Maybell Geo Hi Ames Sir Isaiah K Stetson Jack River Onaway Cienfuegos Perth Amsboy Samuel H Walker Perry Artemis Moon Sullivan Rochemont Handy St Louis Senegal Charles N Simons Babbitt Kennebec Peart Richard Peterson Burke St John Lucy Sprague Richmond Wapella Wentworth Gangor Perseverance Willard Hall

Passengers Arriving in Boston On Cunard and Lloyd Steamships

From Boston for sasepee by Cunard steamer Ceph alonia listing numerous passengers led by Newton Smith Charles Seavey Miss Z Smith and others. on Cunard Servia from New York Adamowakxi Arthur Pickering Charles Goodall Norman Goodall and family. Norddeutscher Lloyd Kider Aller Werra Werra with assorted Mr Mrs and children. Bremen and Liverpool routes include Kerhlberg Kidder Vorenberg and Vorenberg children. Bremen Werra details include Stephenson Kothe and Brewster family.

Boston Sasepee Cunard Cephalonia I Newton Smith Charles Seavey Z Smith Shannon Gideon Scull Max L Scull Marjorie Scull Dorothy Scull Gay H Scull Emily W Stanley Annie H Swallow Flora H Swallow C.C. Taylor A H Tower H Thobro Elizabeth Wells Ruth Wells R B White Herbert Wentworth H R Wilson A White Leo Zander James Russell Lowell A McAlpine J C McCarthy D A McLachlin Robert Morville Morville Eben Morville J C Melvin Lulu Nierker P F O’neil J B Pratt William J Penrose S B Phillips Francis G Peabody B Jerkins Henry G Priest F H Palmer William C Roseboom P H Reilly Quentin E Rankin J W Schneider Charles Kk. Fessenden M P Frye Serenard Frye Edward H_ Ghilbert S E Gardner E C_ Hovey H S$ Higgins Edward C Hood Helen G Hood Oakman Hood H _ Horton W R Blanchard H C Cake A G Collins Clark Cooper Eaward C Cabot C C Creegan Sidney Everett Everett Mary L Eliot Catherine G Eliot J W Eliiot WN Estabrook A Elwell Liverpool Servia New York Adamowakxi Arthur Howard Pickering Charles Goodall Norman Goodall Arthur Sidwell Bremen Norddeutscher Lloyd Kider Charles Kerhlberg Norddeutcher Lloyd Aller C A Kidder Vorenberg Annie Vorenberg Bessie Vorenberg Freddie Samuel Vorenberg R KR Frohock G W Leardsley Nordeutscher Lloyd Werra AD Stephenson William Kothe Anna M Brewster William Brew

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