Boston Post in Boston, Massachusetts

Fleet of sailers, cargo moves. Boston harbor actions

The six masted George W Wells towed to Congress Street pier to unload 4700 tons of coal. Nathaniel T Palmer replaces her at the anchorage, towed by Red Star Dolphin. Frank A Palmer, the world’s largest four masted schooner, stands out beside other fleet vessels like the Potter and Bar retts. A French shipbuilding boom drives new vessels toward trade with Japan. Captain Bat Whalen dominates the fishing fleet with haddock cod hake and pollock catches aboard Catharine and Ellen. London to Charlestown passage notes 11 days at sea with Cambrian: 2100 tons cargo two stowaways and two cattlemen. Various liners delay due to cattle shipments and customs work as dawn reveals a busy harbor. The Boston dredger Bos ton wreck and salvage operations intensify near Governor’s Island as fog buoyCastle Rocks not sounding due to electrical issues. The Cunard liners Saxonia Vancouver Merion arrive or prepare to depart from Liverpool, Naples, Genoa, and Azores.