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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1854
Page
3
A cottage blaze on Broad Street engulfed a bed where a child slept. The mother, blinded by smoke, could not reach the door and leapt out the window after hurling her child to safety. Both victims suffered serious burns with the mother in critical condition.
The text outlines Russia’s vast expanse in Europe and Asia, its resources and population, and a military of about 1,000,000, with 180,000 in schools. It notes strong natural barriers on frontiers and suggests Napoleon’s failure to penetrate and that Western and Southern powers must unite to check Russia’s ambitions.
A fragmented pastiche describes political decay, with references to a slave-like spell on a vast empire and vigilant Russia. it then shifts to riverine news of fish stranded by winds and tides followed by a dramatic rescue at a Missouri sinking where a boy saved his mother after a rope was tossed to him.
The Boston Banks are reported to be arranging an entire change in exchange methods and to establish a Clearing House similar to the New York system organized last October. The Boston Traveller notes the plan aims to streamline interbank settlements and improve efficiency.
The Post Office Department decides letter postage applies to packages with outside writing other than the sample address. If payment is refused the sender cannot be prosecuted for fraud unless there is concealed writing inside the package constituting fraud. Washington Star.
The New York Tribune reports that after Thornton Alexander died from whiskey, about forty or fifty Winchester women formed a procession and compelled town ram sellers to sign pledges not to sell liquor. When refused, they destroyed liquor and paid the owner $110 by subscription. The following day they planned to destroy a brewery.
The brig Onzova of Portland bound for Madeira collided with an unknown schooner off Cape Cod on Monday afternoon. Seamen Charles Campbell and Peter Welch were lost overboard, along with steward Charles Waterhouse. Part of the cargo was also lost.
A North Carolina editor is described as having seven bullets in his body from duels and street encounters. The note suggests his paper be titled the Bulletin and include all read matter.
William H. Foster of Portsmouth New Hampshire announces a patent enabling one hand to reef and furl any sail in under a minute. The model is displayed at his apothecary shop in Portsmouth. Foster, once a printer, promotes the device amid wartime talk and local trade notes.
A New York Tribune report suggests preparations for a daily first class dreamboat service with 1000 passenger capacity to run through the summer from Genoa to a city palace area, with fares said to be one dollar.
Cranteston reports a schooner sighting two to three miles from a masted screw steamer that appeared anchored or aground with no one aboard. The steamship sailed on and the description matches the City of Glasgow, raising hope it is afloat. Also, Warring ton Georgia suffered a major fire on April 23 destroying key buildings including the Court House and Post Office with losses estimated at 1.2 to 1.5 million dollars.
A local company formed to build a hotel on Weet Island near Seaconnett Point to serve summer fishing and excursion parties. Samuel M. Luther to erect a 32 by 63 feet stone building, with James Ford to do carpentry. project cost about $5,000 and completion hoped for in July.
George Weston, jailed on a writ of habeas corpus, was freed by the Taunton Supreme Court with Judge Merrick presiding. The port harborer arrived aboard the schooner Louisiana from Cherrystone Virginia, owned by Bricker.
A Newport notice lists engagements and marriages across Newport Providence and nearby towns. Entries include Eveline A Brownell with William S Gibbd, Horace Wilcox with Phebe Lamonion, Frederic B. Davis with Mary B. Raymond, Robie A. Poot, George W. Rider, Frederick H. F Angell with Louisa R. Pierce, William H. Topham Jr. with Harriet Augusta Kurek, Alexander M. Durfee with Prisilla A. Muora, William A. Grant with an in city partner, and others in Providence New Bedford Tiverton Fall River Gloucester City and beyond. Also noted are deaths and ages such as Mary Wanda aged 76 and Mrs Bunker of New Bedford aged near 80.
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