Dangerous Ocean Travel Prompts Calls for Safer Ship Practices
A Bristol paper laments ocean travel risks and rail safety gains, citing Arctic and City of Glasgow disasters, urging stricter speed limits and vigilant navigation. It notes Captain Luce’s contested conduct and calls for capable crews, constant signaling in fog, and improved management of transatlantic lines to protect passengers and crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iyalk
Copa
Agivoar Valley Falls
GMI Carciosgnees
API
San Francisco
Iving
Philadelphia
Arctic
Gugpish
Liverpool
Great Britain
Luce
Yio
Collina
Looe
Europe
America
Boney’s Lavr’s Book for November on Our Table
A note about Boney’s and Godey’s magazines, praising varied content for readers especially women. The text notes the publication’s long history of twenty five years and lists subscription prices and renewal offers. It invites subscribers to call at the office for terms.
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UN 'Boney
Lavr
Novemer
Godey
Arnish
Phenix
Pecans
Pews by the Steamer Baltic Stir New York Readers
The Baltic steamer pews excite New York readers with reports of Sevastopol taken and Russian defeat in what is described as the largest slaughter since the Eastern war began. The account laments the vast casualties caused by the emperor's greed.
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New York
Sevastopol
Russia
Depot Construction Advances on Railroad Site
A large gang works at the railroad end as buildings on the depot site are torn down. Preparations are under way for a wood framed depot.
Providence to New York stage road opens for travel
The article notes the Providence Hautronp and Fisrejun Bay road is open and thriving. Passengers can take the morning stage to reach New York for dinner that same day, with a New Bedford party already proving the route via Taunton and Providence in a single afternoon. An early road to Providence is anticipated to ease travel for nearby towns.
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Providence
Hautronp
Fisrejun Bay
New York
New Bedford
Taunton
Stage schedule adjusted for Providence connecting cars
Beginning Monday, the morning connection to the cars at Providence will depart at 7 A M instead of 8 A M. The usual Providence departure after Boston bound afternoon cars remains unchanged.
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Providence
Boston
Gloom over New York as Arctic disaster news dominates politics
A Philadelphia to New York correspondence recalls the Arctic wreck aftermath, noting 108 saved from the Arctic, missing boats with crews, and mixed reactions as Mayoralty and Charter offices see crowded fields. It also reports bank failures, a warm August-like weather, a visiting Lynn fire company, and cholera deaths at sea aboard Harvest Queen and Piscatore.
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Henix
New York
Arctic
St. Johns
N. F
Cape Race
Louilie
Luce
Burns
Adams & Co
Augustus Schell
Fernando Wood
John J. Herrick
James W. Barker
John M. Genin
Wilson S$. Hunt
Reform
Cidipus
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Knickerbocker, Safford
Eighh Avenue
Bank of the
Knickerbocker Savings Bank
Azores
Broadway
Lynn
Mass
Harvest Queen
Liverpool
Havre
Second Avenue Railroad Company
Sats Varday
Baahlan
Jvearpabip Arctic
Atlantic
West
Merchants Expect Cautious Revival After Dull Period
Business remains slow with retrenchment of expenses the current pattern. No heavy losses yet, and while a tight fall and winter loom, merchants foresee a possible revival of trade in the spring.
Baltic Arrives After Atlantic Passage and Crimea News
Four Days After Europe the Baltic arrives with 922 passengers and details of the Alma River battle. Dispatches describe Sevastopol siege progress, Russian losses, and the Allied advances under St Arnaud and Raglan. Reports from Berlin Kiel and Bucharest note fleet movements and renewed campaigns in the Dobrudscha and Ismail region.
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Ussians
Baltic
Liverpool
Cape Race
John Clemens
Africa
Brandon
U.S
San Jacinto
Southampton
Texel
Alma River
Crimea
Menschikoff
Ininet
Great Britaan
France
Cronsadt
Constantine
Sevastopol
Hus
Marshal St. Arnaud
Lord Raglan
Thomasson
Canrobert
Kaleantai
Herlin
St. Petersburg
Napier
Bucharest
Dobrudscha
Luders
Omar Pacha
St. Arnaud
Bessarabia
Ismail
Bulgaria
Paris
Jor Drouyn de L'Huys
Independent Belge
Constantinople
Napoleon
Vienna
Menschi‘koff
Russian assault plan on Cronstadt demonstrated to emperor
The emperor was shown the feasibility of capturing Cronstadt this season and the attempt will be made immediately. Six Russian ships escaped from the area. One French and three Russian generals arrived at Constantinople.
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Wien
Cronstadt
Prench
Constantinople
Arc tic Sinks after Collision with Stranded Vessel
Captain Luce recounts the Arctic's collision on Sept 17 near latitude 46 45 North, longitude 52 West. The ship sank with 239 passengers and about 150 crew after attempts to abandon ship failed, leaving Luce clinging to wreckage with a child amid 45 degree seas and dense fog.
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Repec
E. K. Collins
Arctic
Cage
Liverpool
Jat
Lon
Zaraft
Dorian
Mr. Darian
Chilldren
Arctic Disaster Rescues After Ship Collision
A survivor recounts the Arctic wreck after a collision with the Vesta. James C. Luce describes rescue by the Cambrian, Captain Russell, and crew, with five firemen saved. The narrative notes three more deaths, the French passenger aboard, and Luce’s voyage plans to New York and Montreal.
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Hoodruff
George F. Aliep
Mr. Allen
Man
James Smith
Mississippi
Cumbria
Glasgow
Montreal
John Russell
Jane Stevens
Nye
Pacific
Russell
Walker
Indy
Cambria
Vesta
St. Pierre
Grenville
France
Arctic
Quebec
New York
Quarantine
St. Johns
Sam
Jas. C. Luce
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Bristor Puudnix
Bristol
Capt. Luce
United States Court
Vermont
Sweet
Davis
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