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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Nov 27, 1889

Page

3

Tonnage and Signals at International Marine Conference

Delegates from the United States and other nations debate sailing vessel lighting rules. Italy proposes white lights for trawlers, a motion debated and adopted then defeated. Germany’s fishing rules lead to daylight occupation signals and safety standards for lanterns and lamps. A Russian committee report recommends fixed light power and distinct red green signals while urging better enforcement. a permanent maritime commissioner is deemed unfeasible now.

Wasmeton Goodrich and Shackford United States de Soane Spain Settembrini Italy Committee James Whimhurst Great Britain Germany Kaznakoff Russia Committee On Rights Partes

Rev James 5 Bush Dies at Ithaca After Long Ministry

The esteemed clergyman died suddenly in Ithaca on Monday the 11th at age sixty four. Born in Rochester New York, he studied at Yale and practiced law before joining the Christian ministry. He served in Orange New Jersey San Francisco Staten Island Concord and Ithaca and converted from Episcopalian to Unitarian before his death. His writings and sermons reflect liberal faith and deep reverence for God and Christ.

Ithaca N. Y Rochester Yale College Saratoga Springs Grace Church Orange N. J Admiral Rodgers New York San Francisco Cape Horn Monadnock Overland Monthly Pacific East Church of the Ascension Staten Island George W. Curtis Bush Concord Mass Heber Newton Lincoln Unitarian Bulkeley Mr. Bush James Rh. Osgood & Co Boston E. A. Washburn Christ Church of Today Washburn Newton Curtis Samuel Osgood John Cotton Smith Elisha Mulford William M. Bush Alcott Main Street King’s Chapel Acree

Boston Architectural Club Receives National Honors

The Boston Architectural Club earned two of three prizes at a Cincinnati national exhibition tied to a consolidated American Institute and Western Association of Architects convention. C. H. Blackall won the Anderson medal for best individual work, and C. Howard Walker won the Builders' Exchange medal for best water color perspective. The club, led by president Blackall, is praised for its active role and notable members. An accompanying talk by R. D. Andrews on H. H. Richardson era planning featured the Quincy library and Harvard Law School projects. Also notes the Afro-American Legion convention moving from Nashville to Chicago.

Boston Architectural Club G. W. E. Field Cincinnati Architectural Club Cincinnati American Institute Western Association of Architects United States Canada Boston Club Anderson C.H. Blackall Builders’ Exchange C. Howard Walker C. H. Blackall Rotch Boston Architectural Club R. D. Andrews H. H. Richardson Andrews Richardson Quincy Harvard Law School

Shipping News Almanac: Boston Ports Arrivals and Departures

Shipping notes from Boston record arrivals of steamers Samaria Lake Superior Marion and others from Liverpool Port Antonio and St John New Brunswick with crews, passengers, and cargo. Vessels cleared include Bulgarian Kansas and Ocean Belle bound for Buenos Ayres and Brighton. Coasts reports list numerous coastwise and overseas sailings and positions in late November.

Tursday Samaria Hewitson Liverpool Alexander Martin Lake Superior Stewart George W Preston Marinion Anderson Port Antonio Boston Fruit Company Ernest Williams W O Merrill LK Kruger Cumberland Thompson St John Eastport Portland Ndse Joy Nantucket South Shoal Boston Marine East Harbor Moonbeam Barstow Boston Daphne Whittaker Elia May Sarah E Ward Philadelphia Nellie W Craig Rines Norfolk Princeton Greenlow Hoboken Annie Wilder Thurston Rockport Sandy Point Grant Farniey Hall Hutchins Orland Ben Hur Lewis Bath Lucy Wentworth Reynolds Machias Waterloo Kavanagh Bangor Warren & Co Bellmore Blacklock Antwerp Gill & Sootz Yarmouth Stanwood J G Hall & Co Equator Crosby Buenos Ayres Sens Ocean Belle Ruggles Brighton Delong & Seaman Ken Holt Kelson Moncton Hatheway & Co Waler Baker Demerara Addison Gage & Co Louise Porter Nell Perry Gazelle Warner Bellevue Cove JG Hall & Co Twilight Bushing Souris PEL Barclay & Co COAST Isit Mineola Evans New York Gill & Loota H. Kilby Penobscot Ingraham Lbangor Calvin Austin Tremont Donovan F Williams Kennebec Collins H Hyde Charles H Sprague Nickerson Boothbay Richmond Fienry Withington Aker Salem Baltimore Doane & Co A W Smith Berry Handy Bertham Walker Thomas J W Linnell Cora Dunn Harrington Mobile J P Elliott Clara Goodwin Ralph M Hayward Job Tl Jackson Weybosset Ruth Shaw Highland Light Pottsville Williamsport Ella F Crowell HULL

Freights and Charters Market Report from New York

The New York market shows active freight trading with steady rates for ships and cargoes. Quotes include the Garfield bound for London with grain and general cargo, the Biucher carrying 7600 barrels of refined petroleum from New York to Bremen, and the Colombo slated for Lisbon. San Francisco reports chartered vessels to Cork Havre or Antwerp for grain and the Celtic Monarch at a similar rate.

New York Europe Garfield London Biucher Bremen Hamburg Colombo Lisbon San Francisco Bowman B Law Cork United Kingdom Havre Antwerp

Foreign Ports Ship Movements and Sailings Report

A compiled listing of ships and barges sailing to and from multiple ports. Entries include vessels such as the B D Metcalf Persia and Victoria Regina with destinations from New York to Antwerp and Melbourne, detailing captains and departure or load ports across Europe and the Americas.

Antwerp Liverpool Calcutta Victoria Regina Cawsey New York Clyde Park Sirins Nor Wahl Bathurst Dunkirk Jennie Parker Barker Dungeness Sapphire Murray Philadelphia Dover Hugin Andersen Quebec London Dublin Amy A Lane Mitchener Fowey Nova Scotia Potter Glasgow Actmon Steen Weymouth Boston Hiogo Solitaire Sewell Guy Cross Mallett Hamburg Union Ger Fokken Isle OF Wight Hahnemann Jefferson Newcastle Eng Barbarossa Warnken Capenhurst Jones Durham City Llanelly Svea Olsen Richibucto Melbourne Invincible Lewis Port Blakely Montevideo Egeria Kerr Sorrento Coleman Nordenhamn F E Hagemeyer Dagney Gjertsen Parrsboro Yokohama Paul Revere

Shipping News Briefs From St Jago St Johns and St Thomas

Sailed Nov 24 from St Jago aboard the steamer Marcia bound for Philadelphia. St Johns Newfoundland also sent the steamer Cacouna to Philadelphia on Nov 24. Saint Thomas reported the scr Timothy Field at Stratton Santa Cruz Teneriffe on Nov 26. Valparaiso noted the Normandy leaving Oct 23 for New York.

ST Jago Marcia Philadelphia St Johns Cacouna ST Thomas Timothy Field Stratton Santa Cruz Teneriffe Valparalso Ehip Normandy Rivers New York

Whalers Arrive as Sea Ranger Fronts Arctic Whales

Brunswick dispatch notes Arsch E B Conwell Avery with ten barrels of oil. New Bedford reports the bark Sea Ranger, Cogan, reached San Francisco yesterday from the Arctic with two whales. The Sea Ranger is the last vessel of the New Ledford fleet to arrive.

Brunswick Arsch Conwell Avery New Bedford San Francisco Bark Sea Ranger Cogan Arctic Ocean Ledford

Notices to Mariners update with light and hazard reports

Notices indicate the South Shoals buoy replacement near Delaware Bay. Reports warn Captain Catharine passed near a derelict vessel in the coasting lane, out of Amsterdam and Nantucket lightship adrift, and Lubec Narrows lighthouse lantern work with bearings to West Quoddy Head and Liberty Point Ledge.

Philadelphia Delaware Bay New York Catharine City of Augusta Savannah Pealand Amsterdam Nantucket Portland Lubee Narrows Lubec Narrows Point West Quoddy Head Liberty Point Ledge

Multiple vessel incidents and rescues tied to late November

Boston reports libel cases over the schooner Mary A Hall and the Tillyer after a collision. San Francisco notes the Rufus E Wood tow back for repairs following a near-miss with Duxbury Reef. New York covers the Santiago fire and the AJ Fuller rescue, with all 59 aboard saved. Additional notices detail Quebec graving, Ebel and Addie gale damage, and other ship mishaps and collisions along the Atlantic run.

Boston Belfast Isaac H .Tilyer Philadelphia Tillyer New York Carrie S. Bailey Lemuel Cushing Parker’s Head Energie Bremen Nantucket AJ Fuller Liverpool Santiago Potter Hull Middlesboro Eng P Wilson, Sons & Co Night J Fuller Colcord Faller Cable Island Knight Joy Wadsworth City of Augusta Savannah Quebec Richelieu Line Montreal Port Hawkesbury Ebel Addie Dyer Portland Georgetown Beaver George- Newport Seir Carl D Lathrop Gill Oere St George Mobile Hyannis Mary J Lee Harris Rockland Sir William Kutman Bangor Bishop Clerk Dge Ocean King Halifax Manhattan Leighton London Miranda St Johns Cumberland John Brooks Brooks Timne Kllen Merriman Windsor Gravesend Lycia Clyde Bombay Suez Canal Lark Neophyte Goudey EW Gale Cameron Cardiff Twilight St John Londonderry Malin Head Sark Juno Jamieson Fernandina Lufra iEvensen Demerara

Domestic ports freight and sailing updates from Atlantic coast

A string of cargo and passenger movements from Astoria to Bath and Baltimore. Vessels including Cleomene Oxburgh Sarah Mills Long Gertrude A Bartlett and Empress Kendall voyage to Philadelphia New York and Boston while several schooners sail or clear for Boston Calais Belfast Belfast and Newport News.

Astoria Cleomene Oxburgh San Diego Bangor Annie M Dickenson Hart Clark’s Cove Peter H Crowell Olsen Josie Hook Bassett Boston Fannie A Gorham Wadlin Standard Evans Philadelphia Sarah Mills Long Gertrude A Bartlett Bartlett New F G French French Annie P Chace Ellis Dodge New York Empress Kendall Norwalk Brunette Knox T Emerson Gott Bath Ariel Sultana Arcola Lewis Oth Chase Pinkhaim Wilmington Herald Rockland Fandie E Wolston Marr Sarah Wright Enterprise Chamberlain Lcotilbay Ar Today Addie Bowman Damariscotta Nutter Calais Mail Kent Dillingham Ruth S Hodgdon Belfast D T Patchin Ordway Camden Mazurka Lane Emily A Staples Penobscot Golden Eagle Baltimore Alvah Young Swansea Calvin B Orcutt Bailey America Bremen Treglisson Carthagena Helmsley Chatham March Navy Montana London D H Miller Taylor Sehs S E Merwin Sneed Portland James W Big Long Cove Washington E L Dow Lizzie Young Keston Robine Godfrey Robinson Wood Point Elizabeth S Lee Thompson Norfolk Stephen Morgan New Bedford T Benedict Edgartown Willie Martin England Savannah Sound Lines Ocean Sramseeee Company A. Dew. Sampson New Eng Washington Street Norfolk and Washington Steamship Line Tenn Go Air Line Atlantic Coast and Seaboard Air Line Kanawha Geo. E. Smalley Central Wharf Mallory Lines Galveston Coma Alamo. Nueces Lamp Asaa

Liverpool to New World Passenger List Notables

From Liverpool by steam the following names appear: Mrs Sarah Shaw Frank Matthews George Bishop Miss Alice Coley M Copeland J M Bradford Sr Lake Superior Miss W B Danks Miss E A Danks Newton Curtis Key A Lyon Miss M Rundele H Burton.

Liverpool Sarah Shaw Frank Matthews George Bishop Alice Coley M Copeland M Bradford Lake Superior Danks Newton Curtiskey Lyon M Rundele H Burton

Boston Bound Vessels Listing for November Dates

The Wednesday list shows vessels sailing for Boston with origins and dates: Alaska from North Sydney on Nov 4. Alice McDonald from Demerara Oct 29. Blue Bird from Buenos Aires Oct 20. Creedmore from Chittagong Nov 20. D A Brayton from Rosario Sept 26. Evie J Ray from Singapore Nov 18. San Fantee from Accra Aug 23. James G Pendleton from Hale July 20. Lansdowne from Calcutta Oct 28. Lizzie B Willey from Buenos Aires Oct 7. Moonbear from Lark’s Island around Nov 20. Mary A Troop from Iloilo Aug 28. also others from Manila prior Oct 28 and Suenos Ayres prior Nov. The list notes some vessels overdue and others awaiting loading for River Plate.

Baltimore Liverpool Etc Elvis Belfast Ire Ohio Rotterdam Sachs Gertrude L Trundy Jennie Lockwood Demerara Fall River Charles A Briggs Hammett Norfolk John Warren Murray Perth Amboy BL Burt Wyman Philadelphia Hyannis American Chief Snow Rockland New York Belief Halladay Nickerson Boston Samuel Hart Pound West Swhs Spaatan Crawford OD Witherell Garfield Wass River Lewis Baker E Eldridge Kelley C & Raymond Thatcher Cotuit Franconia L Brown Spring Bird Gloucester Ethel B Janet S Mary George Lillie G Mobile Grace Davis Dyer Tanzas New Bedford Bertha Dean Conery Berks Adams Joseph G Dean Chase Morrell Fred Tyler Smith Florence Lockwood Hull Watford Carson Island City Studley Lizzie D Barker Hawes Newbury Port Killie Derby Naylor Newport News Sumner Read J B Ogden Inchborna Savannah Brunswick Guy Mannering West Point New Haven Charlotte T Sibley Cottrell Jacksonville Florence Randall Randall Joseph Rudd Halleck A Manson New Orleans Air Port Federation London el Monte Penland Amsterdam Galveston Prinz Frederick Hendrix Hayti Bergie Bremen Bayonne Rider Bremil Kambira Brownell Rio Janeiro Ravola Buenos Greenock Scammell Bros Braye Owl's Head Me—Arougo Roger Drury Bangor Nassau Joseph Oakes Providence Walker Armington Drinkwater Sarah Eaton Hopps Berlyhire Foster Walls Hallowell Laure Peck St John William Bement Walters Sarah A Read Elwood Calais Pisce Manton East Greenwich Addie Sawyer Cook Mott Laven Emma Louise McFarland Joe Kelley Eastport Ireneis Messervey Messervey Ringleader Seavey Viola May Fisher Magellan Bay of Fundy Nautillus Tallman Stockland Bertha E Glover Spear Ila M. Storer Simmons Fernandina Sarnia Amelia Ireland Mogathiin Morancy Wilson Humacoa John S Beacham Ginn Rogers Newark Fichman Kimball Louisa Smith Port Townsend Wo Brothers MacCarthney San Francisco Pascagoula Iwis Waits Vinaihaven Heresa Wolf Robinson Lanesville San Joaquin Navy Falcon Port Antonio Elbroz Blaye Brixham Montego Bay Marlborough Panther Anderson Newburyport Jennie E Righier Crossley Theresa Glass Portland Tecumseh Farrow Oston Howard W Middleton Gifford James 1 Pace Charles A Cochran Prince Ordovie Austin Lobos de Rfuera Altamaha Saunders Darien Florence J Allen Portsmouth W Raitt B Kennard Lincoln RL Kenney Bickmore Port Johnson Nancy J Day Ethel Merriam Boothbay Telegraph Lower Harbor Schs C Holden Mentor Bathforde Wm F Muller Plymouth Port Liberty West Side Provincetown Daylight Abbie Berrey Sullivan Julia Decker Edward Lameyer Beals Vinalhaven Vulcan Ath Alfred Keene Greeley Clara Gregory Jennie Greenvaukt Webster Lucy Jones Gross Sardinian Lord GM Wrainard Mullen Ringdove Marston de Glover Maxwell John I Snow Red Beach Enoch Talbot Port Discovery Celtic Monarch Morrison Newcastle Nsw Seattle Park America Gibson Nanaimo Saco Reynolds Arcularius Silver Spray Savannas Gate City Hedge Annie Bliss O’ Donnell Tybee Holyrood Swansea Warsaw Foote Augusto Cilento Barbados Leda Trom Do Tacoma Palestine Hayden Vineyard Haven Eliza A Anderson Lapley Norwich Conn Delaware Lindsey Tiverton Kolon Pendleton Sand River Keawaydin Bentley D W B McLain Mary Kerrigan Lygonia Fullerton Clark’s Island Alice Bell Burdick Long Cove Sea Foam Richardson Lubec Abbie Ingalls Machias C M Marrett Wiley Illa Frances Torrey Eliza Levansaler Willard Jones Cottage City Leonora Gonsey Port Jefferson Annie Thailey Marion Iceboro Jordan Parlow Charles 1 Hall Lowe Washington, DC Win_T Donnell Davis South Gardiner Elmo Heathers Charlottetown Pei Newport Zella Louise Hastings Hutchings Scis Keewaydin Davida O M Marrett Ila Frances Mary B Smith Abbie Walker Enos B Phillips Charles D Hall Zeila Louisa Hastings Alaska Br. Brig North Sydney C. B Buenos Ayres Alice McDonald Am. Sch Blue Bird Br. Bark Luenos Ayres Creedmore Chittagong D. A. Brayton Aim. Bark Rosario Evie J. Ray Dow Singapore Gaporey San Fantee Accra W. C.A James G. Pendleton Lancaster Hailo Anter St. Helena Lansdowne Br. Ship Calcutta Lizzie B. Willey Buenos Aires Moonbear Manila Ago Suenos Ayres River Plate

Mail Mails Close For Multiple Regions From Boston and New York

Specially addressed correspondence for the Nether lands Ireland and other regions departs via steamships from Boston and New York on dates around November 27 to 29. Ships include Hammonia Caland and Mendez Nunez with routes to Great Britain France Cuba Brazil and more.

Southampton Germany Bremen Eider New York Ireland Austria Denmark Great Britain Norway Belgium Netherlands Russia Turkey Servia Truxillo Ruatan S. Pizzati New Orleans Norge Fortune Island Jamaica Dacinel Aux Cayes Hayti Aivo Demerara Direct Greenlands Costa Rica Port Limon Foxball Azores Islands California Nova Scotia Channel Codroy Bay St. George Bay of Islands Boon Bay Newfoundland Halifax Boston Great Britain and Ireland Samaria Culand Pavish Hamburg Hammonia Amsterdam P. Caland Carupano Ciudad Bolivia Elgira Yarmouth Port Au Prince Jacmel Savanilla Curacoa Havre la Bretagne Cuba Seneca Belgian

Trans-Pacific Mails Departures and Deadlines

Notices list mail dispatches to Japan Shanghai Hong Kong and dependent Chinese ports and East Indies via Rio de Janeiro with Boston close dates November 28 at 5 p.m. for Pacific routes. Hawaiian Islands mails via Australia close December 1 at 5 p.m. from San Francisco. Zealandia route for Australia New Zealand Fiji Samoa and Hawaii closes December 9 at 5 p.m. Letters to Pacific steamers should be dropped in Boston eight or nine days before sailing.

Japan Shanghai Hong Kong East Indies British India Straits Settlements Siam Dutch East Indies Rio de Janeiro San Francisco Boston Hawaiian Islands Australia New Zealand Fiji Samoan Zealandia

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