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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Nov 26, 1887

Page

3

Notice to Captains Observations at Boston Signal Station

Observations recorded November 25 at 7 am corresponding to noon Greenwich time. Wind and weather details are noted for船.

United States Boston

Port of Boston Cargoes and Arrivals Report

Fragments list arrivals and clearances at Boston harbor including Steamer Star of the East and Gen Whitney, several Danish and British ships with cargoes like logwood sugar and lumber, plus foreign steamers and coastwise movements. Weather notes show light to northeast winds and fog with sunset hail and storms lingering into the 21st.

Collins Bath Gen Whitney Kearse New York H M Whitney Jorgen J Lotz Andersen Pernambuco Bay State Sugar Refinery Vineyard Brigida Smyth Miragowns Haven Logwood Essel J G Hall & Co Grenada Romkey Montague Pet J & J Locke Hopkins Halifax Maggie Alice Lanagan Souris Pel Mary E McDougall Renanit Orwell Pei Ambury A Holand Alberton Regina B Ricey Georgetown Samuel Walker Kelley Baltimore Santiago Potter Hull Eng Sanderson & Son Yarmouth Doane J_G Hall & Co Gill & Lootz Boylston Ray JS Emery & Co Glaucus

Boston Ice Trade Faces Freight Hurdles

News from Boston on November 25 reports rising coal freights choking ice tonnage. Keaneebee ice season nearly over, vessels sought at Langor. Lumber rates hold, with multiple engagements listed for bark, brig, schooner trades to Buenos Aires, Rosario, Matanzas, Albany, New York, Philadelphia and beyond.

Boston Keaneebee Langor Boson Buenos Ayres Baltimore Matanzas Apalachicola Port Johnson Ipswich St. John St John N B Brunswick Bangor Rockport Albany Carves Harbor New York Kennebec Savannah Richmond Washington Prince Edward Islan Prince Edward Island Windsor Philadelpia Lanesville Philadelphia Hoboken Salem Perth Amboy Lynn Amboy Norfolk Halifax Annapolis Bridgewaiter Lander Fernandina St Johns Red Beach Plaster Clark’s Cove Prince Edwardsland Wnorfok Carver’s Harbor Cape Ann Annie Simpson St Pierre Mig Mary Louise Cape Breton Lizzie S Jones Tampico Mex Jose Claverri Weymouth Satilla River Ario Lucinda G Potter C P Harris Nellie C Paine Ana Charles E Morrison Constable Hook Port John 50N

Coastal Shipping Schedules And Wharf Notes Of New England

Shipping news lists numerous vessels sailing from Wiscasset Gloucester Salem Vineyard Haven Boothbay and nearby ports. Entries include crews and destinations such as Gloucester to Fall River New York Boston Portland and Philadelphia with steamers freighters tugs and barges. The Gloucester fish market reports quiet week with light cod haddock halibut and other species totals and docking delays.

Wiscasset Frank Baker Gloucester Mail Caswell Bristol Salem Amnie Lewis Bangor Port Jefferson Maud Mallock Johnson Calais Fall River R WL Fay Hibbard Philadelphia Saco Wm Deming Hodges New York Maggie Todd Cogsell Stephen G Hart Holbrook Vortland May Queen Grant Boston Sullivan Myrtle Purdy Farris Provincetown St John Vineyard Haven Ar 24Th Miranda Leseman Joggins Storm King Jianes Robena Oakland Vark Alexander Campbell Bunker Baltimore Portland Yale Simpson Sulei—Swis Wapella George Nevenger T A Stuart Abby K Georges Thomas F Bayard Charles H Boynton Henry W Longfellow Blue Jacket Fannie W Freeman Golden Bule Annie W Hodgdon Emerald F S Maker George J Tarr Pendragon Gertie Evelyn Oresa Rattler Northern Eagle Haddocking Boothbay Hinkley Kate Pray Ariel Gray Bath Georgianna Marshall Quincy Connecticut Smith Chelsea RS Hodgdon Gay Princeton Yreka Adeline Adams Palmer Paul Leavy Kimball Providence James Nichols Blake Damariscotta Iwis Freeman Terry Sedgwick Hattie Paine Tryon Bor Addic

Maritime Crew Moves and Passage Details Across Ports

The notice lists seafarers Wentworth Murphy and M L Bickford sailing from Cranberry Isle to Boston aboard Penmaquid Wheeler from Woolwich to Boston. Other passages include Etta Brown Hall St John NB to Boston with Loella Fickett Langor to Portsmouth, Sarah P Foss Machias to Boston, Laura Chester Beal Rockland to Boston, May Day Pratt from Hursi cane Island to Boston, and Edward Everett Kane from Rockland or Go to unspecified destinations.

Global shipping news and sailings listed by ports

A dated shipping column lists vessels sailing or passing from ports including Barcelona Bilbao Cette Cardiff Dundee Fowey Girgenti Havre Hull Liz ard London Liverpool Messina Portland Stettin Trieste and more with vessel names captains owners routes to New York Boston Philadelphia Charleston and San Francisco including losses and arrivals for November.

Barcelona John M Clerk Conant Philadelphia Bilbao Leonardo Ital Charleston Bosphorus New York Havre Lavinia Mitchell St Johns Queenstown Lindesnaes Nor Hansen Hook Hull Bristow Boston Lizard James Drummond Curtis Hamburg London Scammell Bros Crossley Liverpool Ellida Kroy Quebec Narwhal Weston Cardiff Baltimore Trewery Lake Nepigon Owens Savannah Messina Orsino Portland Park Fifeshire Greig San Francisco Stettin Ariadne Johannesen Trieste Linda O'Neill Elstow Swed Stranne Crystal

Buoy Marks Likely Stranding Near West Chop Lighthouse

A black spar buoy No 25 marks four fathoms water about 700 yards north of West Chop to denote the rocky Lighthouse area. The patch likely indicates where the steamer Alegbany probably struck.

West Chop Alegbany

Ships grounded and damaged vessels report from Atlantic ports

Nov 25 reports include Ardanrigh Anderson grounding in New York lower bay and refloating with no damage. Lark Ketro Marano abandoned in sinking condition near Philadelphia with crew saved. H S Jackson injured in collision near Nantucket, likely towed to Boston. Madrid disabled at Port Eads, Cas sius towed it. Roark Essex ashore near Port Jefferson in fog. crew ashore. Bellona wrecked near Pisagua. crew saved. City of Newestle fire extinguished. arrived Havre.

New York Ardanrigh Anderson Havana Lark Ketro Marano Russo Catania Philadelphia Hyannis Barkentine H S Jackson M Porter Nantucket Boston New Orleans Madrid Galveston Port Eads Cassius Liverpool Port Jefferson Roark Essex Sehaube Anoldee & Co Vulcan London Bellona Warren Pisagua City of Newestle Havre

Foreign Ports Maritime ledger from early November voyage notes

A detailed list of ships and sailing activity with arrivals, departures, and ports including ASPINWALL, Kingston, New York, Jamaica, Victoria BC, Halifax, Boston, and Liverpool. Entries cover brig, bark, schooner, steamer movements, cargo plans, and in port statuses across numerous ports.

Aspinwall Alene New York Kingston Nilgua Atalaya Brown Fidelia Blake Honolulu Hattie Bangs San Francisco Mount Lebannon Hong Kong Nellie May Newcastle Nsw Halifax Alunda Hills London Bessie Grace Jamaica Hilo Lurline Seicers Elsie Baylis Liverpool Lake Superior Berngon Parisian Smith Portland Bernard Hall Alexander Colon Messina Alesia Malpeque Pei Ospre Forest Belle Boston Algeria Do. A Northern Watson Havana Pedang Bertha Ahrens Port Morant Henry L Gregg Carter Oatland City Point Queen Lown Celtic Rio Janeiro Magnificent Laurensen Pensacola Nasmith New Orleans Vandyck Rees Ioe Eee OYAL Bob Murphy Acabwicr MPLON Ems Bremen St John Grace Gower Wilson Vera Crcez Mary C Hale Higgins

Shipping News Highlights from Atlantic Ports

Atlantic coast ports report arrivals and sailings including steamers Maryland and Nova Scotian at Baltimore and Liverpool, bark Sinai and Bessie at various Southern ports, plus numerous schooners and brigantines sailing to New York, Philadelphia, New Orleans, and Barbados. Several vessels report cargoes and casualties, with sick sailors noted aboard ships near Georgetown and Barnegat.

Baralachco Mizpah Olsen Era Crag Baltimore Maryland Luckhurst Philadelphia Thanemore Boulder Liverpool Wm P Hood Davis Providence Lucy H Russell Randall Boston Grace Davis Hodgkins Portland Horatio Perry Aberlaug Bay Casterton Cilurnium J H Miller Charleston Signal Barbados John A Matheson Baracoa Dover T B Garland Zimris Wallingford New York Darien Bessie Karsten Bermuda Vuleared Gler Clifford Morlaix France Edgartown Hattie Barbour Gloucester LO Foster Baker New Eoston O S Galveston Ocean Spray Pearne E H Cornell Wass Nueces Alsters Alamo Luther T Garretson Crawford H J Cottrell Haskell Gray’s Harbor Barkentine Webfoot San Francisco Georgetown Geo B Congdon Bayles Barnegat Elm City Etheridge Kennebec Liyannis Mase Andrew H Edwards Dotridge Lucy M Collins Kendall Serena Edward R Emerson William M Burroughs Jacksonville Annie P Chase Poole Mobile White Sea Millard, Gal& Veaton Montauk Nellie Wood Nellie Wood Hodgdon, New York For Miraguane NEW Orlans Eureka Quick Alice Montgomery Lavender Port Eads Madrid Hackett Alumbagh Sunning Aspinwall Seringapatam Danbar Cape Town Indian Prince Sebastopol Hamburg Newport News City of Dalay Bed West Bb L Sherman Thos Potter Handy Scranton Moore Fisher’s Island Luella Nickerson Nickerson Cotuit Sarah L Simmons Allen Carver’s Harbor Norfolk Centennial Smith James Boyce Crossley New Haven Liberta Danielson Crown Prince Scrivener New Orleans Pascagoula Beruldsen

Ships and cargo moves across Atlantic and coastal ports

The record lists numerous ships schooners brigs and steamers cleared sailed or arrived at New York Boston Philadelphia and other ports. Vessels include Bona Fides Dorset Ruyter Lalla Le Blanc Caroline Miller Muriel Empress and Empress with destinations Hamburg Havre Liverpool and Boston among others. Multiple UK US and Caribbean ports are noted with cargoes and owners.

Demerara Lina Thorsen Liverpool Schweigaard Anderson Buenos Ayres Lena K Storer Verarug Hattie Dixon Sawyer Apalachicola George W Hewitt Philadelphia George Moulton, Jr Landerkin Palata Henricksen Dotrecht New York Lessing Hamburg Havre City of Chester Lanesville Nellie McGowan Canso Susan N Pickering Bangor J Hi Morales Gardner J Herry Florence Nowell Rockport James Barrett Abbie K Bentley Hallowell 8Muel Hare Blue Hill Mary B Smith Thomaston Whister S L. Crocker Sallie T Chartere Wild Pigeon Taunton George E Prescott Spruce Head Annie M Allen Bath Mary Jane Edwin Fall River R Woodside Somerset Kendall Osterville Mass Dennis George Walker DS Williams, Jr H & Tilton Westerloo St Elmo Flora A Zwicker Empress M Vassar, Jr L S Hamlin R Shaw Charles H Sprague Hero Urbana Eliza Ross Providence Australia Cienfuegos Cotton St Jago Orinoco Garvin Hamilton Bessel Watson City of Alexandria Deaken Havana Cheas i Campbell Glasgow Umbria McMickan Schiedam Potter Amsterdam la Champagne Traub Alps Morris St Marie Ahip Castine Lohman Barks Vesuvio Longegarde Seville Isavel Vines Antwerp Woodlark White Dunnedin St Patrick Newell Cette Maria Reed Port of Spain Callione Nickerson Brig Morning Light Vries Georgetown Dem Schs Hattie Weston Morton Christiansand Cumberland Webber Vera Cruz AMAT Brandberg Aspinwell Lynx Finley St Stephens Hell Gate E L Pow Lamghier New London SH Lamhier Woodland New Haven Baltimore Rebecca W Smith Norfolk H T Hedges Flankins Port Eaton Adele ‘Trudell Port Royal Sir Sarah Potter Portland Addie Hale Nichols Portsmouth Maggie S Hart Cheney Roby Inge Kelley Perth Amboy Irene Smith Barrington Das R Talbot Crocker Kennebec Luin Wilson Millbridge Marblehead Senator Grimes Ellsworth Boston Abigails Hellatty Strout Mill Katahdin Hayes Antis Perseverance Rockland Paul Seavey Mirabelle Parrsboro Vancouver Liverpol Hyperion Hadley Savannah Aliso Pratt Mary Godfrey Newark Union River Plate Lotta Bell Ross Baracoa Acteon Steen Valencia Seattle Spartan San Francisco Blue Jacket Storrs Carondelet Stetson Fort Gamble Parks Videte Gillman Port Madison Dona Lena Tacoma Valley Forge Shirley Wilmington Franconia Faulkner Washington Hattie Louis Sharp Philadelpha Wareham Jesse Murdock Phinney

Passenger List From Transatlantic Steamship Departures

From Boston for Liverpool by the Cunard Servia ship details a list of travelers including George Broadfield Frank I Hodgkins Arthur W lmpton EF Brown Dr Alexander Limberg MN Bray and Jackson. From Boston for Havre by the La Champagne passenger list includes D Stickney Mrs Datickney Miss Adelaide Stickney Harold Stickney Miss Kerrah Dean Miss Woodbury Ernest W Longfellow Mrs Ernest W Longfellow Charles Cook and others.

Boston Liverpool Cunard Servia New York George Broadfield Frank I Hodgkins Arthur W + lmpton EF Brown Alexander Limberg MN Bray Jackson Iavre Transatlantique la Champagne D Stickney Datickney Adelaide Stickney Harold Stickney Keriha Dean Woodbury Ernest W Longfellow Charles Cook

Shipping Schedule of Steamers and Destinations

A dated listing shows multiple sailings with ships such as Furness Worcester Scandinavian Yarmouth Spartan and Virginian. Destinations include London Halifax Glasgow Liverpool Philadelphia and Baltimore with approximate times and agents like Ge E Smalley Warren & Co and H & A Allan.

Destinat Sail London Furness Worcester Halifax Har’sen Loring Norman Phil’ Delp E B Sampson Chatham Baltimore Geo E Smalley Glasgow H & A Allan Yarmouth J G Hall & Co Kansas Liverpool Warren & Co DH City of Harrison Loring Warren & Co Cae Cs Thayer&Line Borderer C Furness J G Hall & Co Parthian Phil’delp Sampson

Due date notices from Indiana Glasgow November listings

Fragmentary notices show due dates in November for firms including Baldwin & Co and Delrida & Co. References mention estates and items from Chateau and Amalfi with names like Edge & Co and Hurst. The legible bits imply a sequence of payment or delivery deadlines across addresses in Bremen and Dorool.

St. of Indiana Glasgow Es Baldwin &Co Per. Edge & Co Hurst the Queen Liver Westr Ve Cove Bremen Delrida & Co

Vessels Sail for Boston Dates From Various Ports

The list records ships sailing for Boston around late September to November. Entries include Ae Br bark from Motlo on Sept 24. Arizona Roboins from Antioch, Heminway from Singapore on Nov. Nellie Crosby from Montevideo around Nov 20. Sarah Doe from Havana on Nov 14. Swiftsure from St Thomas Oct 27 via Gonaives. Tremont from Galveston in Nov. Willie Freeman via Barbados to Mogadore Sept 27 and Oct 27.

Bosto Ae Br Motlo Arizona Roboins Antioch Heminway Am. Bark Singapore Belle Oregon Matthews Anjer Othe Bowman B. Law Abbott Yokohama Cebu Daggry Svendsen Or. Park Molo Freeman Howes Wright Meyers Brig Rosario Nellie Crosby McKinnon Montevideo Sarah Doe Merryman Havana Swiftsure Mulhall St. Thomas Gonaives Tremont Brophy Galveston Willie Freeman Mclntosh Mogadore Barbados Charles F. Williams Boston Suffolk Sarah Williams Adinx

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