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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1887
Page
2
Eyewitness accounts describe a chaotic sinking as the Scholten capsized after collision with the Rosa Mary. Passengers and crew fought frigid seas, lifeboats failed, and many were lost or rescued by the Ebro amid confusion and delays.
The W A Scholten of 2529 tons, a fast Netherland Steam Navigation vessel, built in Glasgow in 1874, with Captain Tant and Captain Outer among its crew, was lost after a collision. The ship valued at 250000 dollars carried a general cargo mainly oil. Netherland agents Finch Edge & Co report Captain Taat among the missing.
Hanover NH November 20 President Bartlett dismissed as an unmitigated hoax a Lowell paper report accusing an unnamed Dartmouth professor of misconduct. He said the article is a stupid fabrication and not substantiated by Dartmouth.
Hanover N H Nov 20 The annual examination of Dartmouth Medical College begins Monday before Doctors W S Leonard Hinsdale M H Felt Hillsboro Bridge D F Rugg Hartford Vt and F H Auer Vt representatives of New Hampshire and Vermont medical societies The graduating exercises occur Tuesday evening Dr Leonard will deliver the annual address.
Fire at Brivarrort fire scene and later in Bridgeport destroys Barnum show animal quarters. Elephants Samson Alice and others perish or scatter. lion and rhinoceros die or escape amid chaos. Lost animals include horses and monkeys. damages rise with insurance reported.
A large fire destroyed two Kendall & Sons buildings on Main Street Cambridge near the West Cambridge bridge. Estimated losses run about 50 000 dollars with machinery valued higher and about 75 workmen out of work. fire suspected incendiary with engines saved. Edward Kendall estimated property loss around 50 000 to 85 000 on machinery and 15 000 on building. Insurance may total about 25 000. Kendall seeks immediate rebuilding.
A basement blaze at 18 Chauncey street owned by William R Eaton and Co damaged stock and building estimated at 10000 dollars. De L Shelloe and Co at 89 Avon street suffered about 2500 dollar losses. An unoccupied Pratt and Babb Express barn at 70 Chelsea street East Boston was slightly damaged. Mrs O H Mc Lean’s store at 1118 Washington street had a small blaze controlled by ladder company No 8. The ice house at West Roxbury corner of beach and Washington streets was destroyed, about 3000 dollars loss with no ice stored.
In Goodland Kansas a flouring mill and elevator housing 150000 bushels of wheat burned yesterday. Estimated damage 300000 dollars with 140000 dollars insured. Adjacent buildings sustained about 50000 dollars in damage. In Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania Coe Bros. and Co. No 2 model breaker near Hazleton burned to ground with loss unspecified.
A critical notice of Adolphe T D Assier's Posthumous Humanity translated by Olcott. It discusses the book's search into life after death via a nervous fluid theory, notes its lack of scientific value, and highlights mixed ghost stories with minimal coherent argument. It also surveys chapters on black troops in the Civil War and compares to other works, concluding the history is disappointing but catalogs several contemporary titles and releases.
The critique assesses a newly published history of the Negro troops in the Civil War, praising its engaging material but faulting its uneven organization and lack of clear military analysis. It also surveys multiple novels and authors, noting strengths and shortcomings, from Mrs. Litere’s For Her Daily Bread to Ebers and Balch, with remarks on style, printing, and ideological tone.
The voyage along the Caledonian Canal reaches Inverness where climbers aim for Ben Nevis earned 4406 feet. The narrative visits Falls of Foyers, Beaufort Castle, and Dunrobin with Duke of Sutherland. It notes Vanderbilt’s yacht, Lord Lovett’s castle, and the Cromartie room linked to Culloden, while praising reclamation efforts and rail ventures under the Duke’s leadership.
The narrator notes a fine location ideal for excursions and frequent use for such trips. He promises to explain in a future letter how he recovered and traveled onward toward the Hebrides.
For Maine, fair weather with light to fresh southwest winds and colder eastern portions. Western Maine shows stationary temperatures. New England overall sees fair skies with slight temperature changes and light to fresh west winds shifting to southwest. Eastern New York has fair weather with winds shifting from west to south and a slight temperature rise. northern New York remains at steady temperatures.
The Rev. George A. Gordon spoke at Appleton Chapel on the burning bush vision to illustrate personal divine worth and the reform work ahead. He tied Moses life to reverence and the inner fire guiding individuals, citing prophets and revolutions as evidence of human potential.
A special meeting of the New England Public School Music Teachers Association met Saturday afternoon at 3 o clock. Guest John Spencer Curwen of London entertained the group with insights on English music education, joined by Mrs Curwen on a visit to the country.
A list of security holdings includes 54 shares Arlington Mills 45 Boston Cab Co 5 Natl Rockland Bank Roxbury 2 Naumkeag Natl Bank Salem 5 Atlantic Natl Bank 2 Shoe and Leather Natl Bank 2 State Natl Bank 6 Shoe and Leather Natl Bank 33 Saratoga Victory Mfg Co Continental Mills Putnam Nail Co Boston Gas Light Co 15 Cambridge Gas Light Co 50 North Chicago Rolling Mills and a $1000 City of Columbus 6s note with an oral option of the city after June 1 1889 City Derican Taan and related entries.
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