Cablebed Caper Over Irving Address Misread
New York papers carried Henry Irving's speech in full to England, prompting a cable mix up. Irving and Joe Howard misinterpreted a wire request, leading to a costly error when a “Cable address Howard” was mistaken for a full dispatch. The misread sentence caused the mistaken extravagance of sending the entire Atlantic cable.
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Sir Henry Irving
New York
Irving
Sin
Joe Howard
Howard
Brooklyn Standard Union
Baldwin Oil-Fired Locomotives for Russian Railways
The British steamer Turret Bay sailed from Port Richmond in December with twenty oil burning locomotives built by Baldwin Locomotive Works for the Russian Government. Each engine weighs ninety seven tons with fire boxes designed for burning petroleum. Oil is carried in tenders with water and other compartments. engines slated for both freight and passenger service on the Transcaucasian Railroad. A second batch of the same number will ship in January. The Turret Bay will travel to Gibraltar then through the Mediterranean and Black seas to Novorossiisk, a 5000 mile voyage.
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Baldwin Locomotive Works
Gibraltar
Mediterranean
Black Seas
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