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Bristol Phenix

Location

Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America

Date

Sep 13, 1856

Page

3

Captain Harpoons Giant Devil Fish Near Mobile Bay

Captain Trefethren of the Robert Parker chased a giant devil fish from the bay mouth near Mobile. After a ten mile pursuit by boat the harpoon was reset and driven again. The leviathan measured about sixteen feet fin to fin and nearly forty feet long.

Trefethren Robert Parker Mobile

Poised mix of notices and curiosities from distant papers

A London printed Russian newspaper reports multilingual columns and local telegraphed items. Yellow fever deaths rise. a New York rat bite tragedy ends in a child's death. A prisoner deemed insane in Ireland is sent to hospital. Germans in New York pledge support for Mayor Wood. Hogs die of distemper at an Auburn distillery. A Boston sailor recalls a Gen Jackson figurehead severance.

Potyator Parar London Granceston Cup Kiccgn Sr Philip Cunia New York John Lawler New York City Ireland Blackwell's 1Land Miyor Wood Auburn Daniel McAnto France

Maine election gains and Sprague factory plans

Bancor Maine reviews Sept 9 results with Washburn's Republican majority exceeding 9000 and Hamlin leading in governor races by large margins in Wells Patten and related towns. William Sprague begins a massive granite factory at Lords Bridge near Willimantic on the Providence Hartford and Fishkill line, with 930 by 60 foot seven stories, 200 housing units, and a growing village for workers.

Maine Bancor Washburn Portland Hamlin Wells Patten Congress Whale Senate House William Sprague Lord's Bridge Providence Hartford and Fishkill Willimantic Heigth Heght United States

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