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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Oct 15, 1903

Page

7

Storm bound ships slip harbor as winds shift westward

A westward wind revived harbor shipping with a seven day delay broken. Seventy five vessels including the Thomas W Lawson and the Elizabeth T Doyle left port, 12 tugs with barges head to coal ports, and a 17 tug convoy with 45 barges carries 40 6000 tons of coal toward Cape Cod.

Thomas W. Lawson Lawson Charles Hart Henry W. Cramp Governor Ames Castle Island Peter W. French Dolphin Elizabeth T. Doyle Boston Brunswick McKown Lucy A. Davis Barkentine Jessie McGregor Vineyard Haven Cape Cod Old Dominion Atlas Stores New York Chattahoochee Savannah Lewis Wharf City of Birmingham Cunard and Dominion Lines Korff Brewster Long Wharf Port Simon Cuba Bay Cape Hatteras North Latitude

Stormy seas mute busy fish pier activity at port

The fish pier showed unusual quiet on a Wednesday as storms lingered. Vessels Appomattox Mary P Mosquito and Hattie F Knowlton brought haddock cod hake cusk pollock amounts with varied prices, while arrivals from Queenstown and Boston fed later hopes for fish day. Immigration and customs expect busy rest of week as ships near Hoosac docks and Mystic wharf.

Appomattox Hake John Welch Georges Mary P. Mosquito Haddock Hattie F. Knowlton Maine Boston Immigration Custom House Saxonia Queenstown Dominion Line Commonwealth Hoosac Ivernia Liverpool Brow Head Baltimore Diamond Shoals Sparrow’s Point Cape Charles Low Wood New York O. L. Halenbeck Mystic Wharf Rosario Halenbeck Metropolis Bracadale Pla Cunard Melbourne Landsman

Sailors Tame Storms Leave Four-Masted Vessels Damaged

Passengers crossing East Boston ferries report the Lizzie H Bray ton partially dismasted after the storm. A second vessel, the Henry J Smith, has had its main topmast sent down at Leighton's wharf. The Charles A Campbell lies in the stream with its mizzen topmast removed.

East Boston Lizzie H. Brayton Henry J. Smith Leighton’s Wharf Charles A. Campbell Lynn Ferries

Miniature Almanac Notes Ship Arrivals and Times

A fragment lists sun and moon data for October 15 and details many arriving steamers and ships from various ports. It names vessels such as St Andrews, Hargens, Java, Orion, Parthian, Oliver, City of Bangor, and many barges and tugs, with routes from Bermuda, Delaware Breakwater, Brunswick, Charleston, Philadelphia, New York, and more. The entry notes high and low waters, sailings, and associated captains or companies in a dense, nautical ledger style.

Andrews Hargens Probolingo Java Bermuda Delaware Brewster Ger Korff Port Simon C. R Chattahoochee Lewis Savannah Kiowa Chichester Jacksonville Brunswick Surprise Price Lykens Hatch Coin Langhorne Salem Pine Hangen Saucon Enterise Lynn Merriam Tamauu Miller Ala Franklin Newburyport Thomaston New York Metacomet Dudge Pray Coffin Es York Dora Flora Drifton Portland Scranton Pierce Hoboken Kenango Canisteo Portsmouth Bayonne Daniel Willard Benjamin Hackensack Paterson Riverside Mars Calhoun Philadelphia Sterling Gavage

Notable Aboard Boston News Some Local Shifts and Weddings

Mrs Arthur P Nazro plans a China trip with her husband Commander Nazro U N, joined by Miss Anna Greenough. Mrs John L Gardner attends Sherman monument unveiling events in Washington. W T Sherman Thorndike, grandson of General Sherman, to unveil statue. Lt Hugh Drum marries Miss Mary Reaume in Indianapolis. Harvard men Bartlett brothers spend day at Beverly Farms. Frank Cousins to lecture on Hawthorne Nov 11 at Boston Art Club. Henry Clay Pierce to leave Beverly for winter home. his Pride's Crossing car draws attention. Rev George L Perin to speak in Brockton. Dr A E Winship may become Massachusetts State Board of Education secretary. Helen Keller, Radcliffe senior, named class vice president. Providence notes report two schooners depart for a 3600 mile ocean race.

Arthur P. Nazro Agassiz Park Jamaica Plain China Nazro U. N Anna Greenough John L. Gardner Grafton Washington, D. C General Sherman Boston W. T. Sherman Thorndike Paul Thorndike Marlboro Street Hugh Drum Charles Baldwin de’ Ment Colorado Indianapolis Mary Anna Carroll John R. Reaume John Drum Matthew Bartlett Harvard Nelson Bartlett Manchester Beverly Farms Frank Cousins Salem Hawthorne Boston Art Club Henry Clay Pierce Mexican Central Railroad Beverly Pride’s Crossing George L. Perin D. D First Universalist Church Brockton F. W. Goding United States New South Wales Queensland Sydney Lowell Cc. F. Urann Lincoln Street Washington State

Port maritime traffic lists cleared and sailed ships

Hand Baltimore and a long line of steamers and schooners cleared toward multiple ports including Copenhagen Hamburg and New York while a vast array of vessels sailed from Nantasket Roads. Ships named include L P Holmblad Sif Louisburg and City of Birmingham. Wells of barges, tugs and coasters moved along the coast to Philadelphia Norfolk and Charleston with multiple coal ports and New England coastal ports referenced.

L. P. Holmplad Dan Copenhagen Asaytia Hamburg Philadelphia Sif Louisburg City of Birmingham New York Howard Baltimore Norfolk Neva Bear River Admiral Farragut Port Antonio Jam Algonquin Jacksonville Charleston Ss. C Brunswick Kershaw H. M. Whitney James 8. Whitney Seaboard Portland Eastport Lancaster Pottsville Salem Logan Charles F. Mayer Portsmouth N. H So. Co. No S. O. Co New_York Cuba, Co Bala Devon Oxford Woodbury Newburyport Gettysburg, Co Burnside Epbrata Maple Hill George M. Winslow Chemung Cohocton Pequest Hoboken Rondout Weehawken Joshua Lovett Bessie South Amboy Marine and Meer Perth Amboy Nottingham Port Johnson Cora F. Cressy Ella M. Storer Orozimbo Calais Nellie Eaton Gilbert Stancliff Kennebec Fannie Hodgkins Phineas J. Gay Eastern Port Thomas W. Lawson Newport News T. Charlton Henry William C. Regie Percy Birdsall J. Lindsey Islesboro L. B. Mick Bangor Otranto George W. Collins Sullivan Annie L. Wilder Rockland J. D. Inghrem Lugand Cto Maud Seward J. Harbor A. W. Hillis Belfast William Pickering Harold WL. Berry Eastern Rt Mary F. Cushman Millbridge Southwest Harbor Charles L. Mitchell S. G. Haskell Venus Mary A Xy Do Fannie and Fay South Thomaston Nat Ayer Harriet ©. Whitehead William Thomas Lubec Edith Olcott Ralph H. Hayward Wilmington N. C Tug. Vigilant Barges Powell Holton Co. No Bayonne N. J Francis A. Rice Church Point N. S Omega Cheve Island City Hillsboro N. B Therese Sydney Glace Bay Lizzie Gatherine Pictou Gazelle Plympton Nantasket Roads M. E. Eldridge

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