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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1854
Page
3
Astor and associates purchase a brick row facing Bowling Green and plan a five story brownstone hotel intended for Black guests only. The project aims to provide lodging for Black men and women while demolishing the existing buildings.
In Seg 20 an encounter between Barry of Life in Boston and Mr Simmons ended with pistols and weapons drawn. Barry escaped unharmed. Ireland crop reports show abundant maturation and a writer notes a fall in potato prices due to bumper yields, with prices anticipated around 3d to 4d per stone.
A Williamsburg fire claimed the life of a young man and two men as flames swept through the city. In a separate incident, two women were examined before Justice Wood for allegedly passing counterfeit bills on the Ashuelot Bank in Keene New Hampshire, and were held for further examination.
Shubael G. Extwards coroner reported that Mrs Michael Cassidy was found drowned at Purit Dock between 11 and 12 PM Saturday. A watchman heard a cry for help before the body was recovered. Jury verdict: death by unknown person or persons. Michael Cassidy, husband, examined for accessory charge but discharged after witnesses failed to substantiate.
A gang of about twelve counterfeiters, mostly stage drivers, were arrested in New York on Sunday. A quantity of bogus silver coin was found on them and in their homes. The money was used in night stage change. Four suspects William W. Broughton Wallace Seamore Isaac McNalty and Henry Edwards were committed for trial. Robert Welsh and Patrick Boyle received three months in the Penitentiary, others discharged for lack of evidence.
The steamship Arctic of Cullins line will sail for sea for three or four days to test a new steam application aimed at greater power with less fuel. A prior trial proved mainly satisfactory, with full results pending, as Mr Collins pursues this two year improvement. A separate report notes a fatal shooting in Callowhill near Schuylkill Street as two fire companies clashed. Peter Johnson died and Andrew Culbertson was seriously wounded with several arrests made.
In Savannah on Aug 23 the board of health lists 67 deaths for the past week with 44 from yellow fever. The disease is waning with few new cases, confined to the eastern city area as many residents flee in fear.
Ezeter News Latter notes a troubling drop in quince production across Rockingham county. Observers report withered or shriveled fruit, and several bushes show dead branches. The cause is uncertain, with atmospheric factors suspected as the culprit threatening future crops and bush health.
An Irish laborer named McKew wheeling coal from the gooner James House fell from the staging on the wharf and broke his thigh. He was not carried to a hospital, as the city lacks a public hospital.
On Monday evening while en route to New York the steamer Empire State developed a cracked boiler near Point Judith. The crew anchored to vent steam and disconnected the faulty pipe, delaying about three hours. The vessel proceeded to New York by 12 4 P. M. next day and returned, arriving here about seven the next morning.
Boston observers report near Cadiz a chest with green paint and gilding washed from the wreck of the City of Glasgow. The vessel foundered en route from Liverpool to Philadelphia, with no new cases aboard since Aug 5.
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