Sinking lightship and missing gunboat Wasp at Nantucket
A distress message from Nantucket shoals light ship precedes a storm rescue attempt. The gunboat Wasp, sent to aid the brig Harry Smith near Vineyard Sound, is also missing after 48 hours at sea. Naval stations, Azalea, and Gresham search efforts stretch from New Bedford to Hyannis with no word by nightfall.
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Newport
R. I
Nantucket South Shoal
Wasp
Harry Smith
Nantucket Shoals
Nantucket
Azalea
New Bedford
Hist
Gresham
Boston
Hyannis
Gay Head
Cuttyhunk
Massachusetts
Nantucket Island
Vineyard Sound
Hugh Sweeney
Sound
Smith
30 000 Birds On Vessel Keep Passengers Happy
New York reports 30 000 birds singing to comfort steerage passengers aboard the liner Patricia after leaving Dover. Among them 200 Russian Jews fleeing oppression found solace in the birds melodies as the ship battled a gale. The shipment included 10 000 canaries from Australia and the South Seas.
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England
New York
Patricia
Dover
Port
Australia
South Seas
Sandy Hook
Week's News Record summary in New York dispatches
A compilation of scattered reports dated December covers New York free passes ending, election of W Bourke Cockran as Tammany grand sachem, Andrew Carnegie wealth plan remark, a horse-part ownership note, Tokyo minister Takie Diva leaving for the Pacific coast, a Bronx murder of Dr Matthewson, Des Moines sentencing for Williams murder of wife and children, international congress of republics in Rio de Janeiro, a Washington gas plant explosion causing $150000 damage, Patrick to be electrocuted for Rice murder, Captain Carter Harrison's death, Great Lakes death toll 215, Mutual Life Insurance chief McCurdy resigns, Bridgeport football death, Mary Kunz slain by her son, and Roosevelt hinting at a world tour after his presidency.
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New York
New York Central
Del
W. Bourke Cockrtn
Tammany Hall
Andrew Carnenie
America
Premim Ta Dina
Paget
Himae
Ue Horse
Washington
Takie Diva
Pacific Coast
Cane
Doh Mattheson
Bronx
Des Moines
Williaima McWilliams
Third International Congress of American Republics
Rio Janeiro
Root
Washington Gas Light.company
Albert T. Patrick
Willan Marsh Rice
Nashville
Tenn
Carter B. Harrison
Benjamin Harrison
Murfreesboro
Chicago
Great Lakes
Robert H. McCurdy
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Board of
Bridgeport
Conn
Leo McNally
McNally
Manitowoc
Wis
Wenzel Kunz
Mary Kunz
Roosevelt
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