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Newspaper

Bristol Phenix

Location

Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America

Date

Jan 07, 1854

Page

3

Doubtful Staffordshire Loss Circulates in Boston

Boston residents question reports of the Staffordshire wreck after Halifax cues and no direct communications. The Boston Journal notes no reply to Halifax inquiries while Spiritual Telegraph quotes a medium claiming Captain Sturgis says the Staffordshire is safe and will arrive in Boston in 9 or 10 days, a claim the seer says disproves a Blonde Rock wreck.

Boston Boston Journal of Halifax Ma. Steerer Sturgis San Francisco Blonde Rock

Staffordshire disaster and other riverfront crimes

Stories recount ship Staffordshire wreck off Cape Sable with hundreds lost, 1800 ton Liverpool Boston packet built 1851, while other items report German Freemen member Eggerling burial, a Meigs County axe murder of a baby, a Arkansas hand amputation by spirit claim, a slander damages suit, a frozen death in Freetown, and two strangers swindling with counterfeit money notes on a Mississippi steamer.

Richardson Liverpool Boston Blonde Rock Saal Island Srnday Cape Sable Boatswain Shelburne N.S Boston Journal McKay Enoch Train & Co Charles Eggerling Society of German Freemen Cincinnati Hopriste Meigs County Ohio Athens County Pomeroy

New York Omnibuses and Hackney Coaches Decline

New York reports 619 licensed omnibuses and about 40 active licenses not renewed, a drop of roughly 30 from last year amid stiff road competition. Licensed hackney coaches number 663. Amelia Opie is noted as dead at eighty five, with a moralizing legacy cited for context. Remember this, lawyers, tailors, contractors, and debtors in everyday life.

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Fire Engine Co. Adopts Honorary Status for Jacob Babbitt

The Philip Fire Engine Co. held an evening meeting on the 3d inst. and adopted a resolution regretfully noting the decline of foreman Jacob Babbitt Esq. from active rolls. He is honored as presiding officer, with thanks and continued interest wished. A copy of the resolution is to be given to him.

Babbitt F. A. Burgess

Obituaries and Death Notices From Various Towns

A list of obituaries and death notices from multiple towns including Ty Thie, Sarah Cale aged 16, Misa Camps aged 45, James Smith aged 73, Hadley Barton aged 87, Rebecca Munro aged 57, Mary Louise aged 6, Patience Mets aged 80, Ellianan Wade aged 81, Heulah Wade wife of Joseph Marshall aged 68, Silas Waite Exsq aged 87, Tanial Congdon aged 77, Hosea Ballow Jr Eng of Woonsocket aged 38, Susan Scott widow of Zebabod Scott aged 81, and other local deaths noted with dates in the preceding period.

Ty Thie Town Sarah Jonathan P. Cale Misa Catharine Campshell Leeland Warren James Smith Hadley Barton Newport Rebecca Munro Josiah Munro Mary Louisi Robert W. Pongally Newport Aryl Patience Mets Providence Ellianan W. Wade West Greenwich Silas Waite Wickford Suean Scott Wchabod

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