City of Columbus wrecked off Devils Bridge with many lives lost
A Boston to Savannah steamer City of Columbus ran aground near Devils Bridge Gay Head after striking rocks amid gale and heavy seas. Survivors describe crew attempts to save passengers as five bodies are recovered and about two dozen people are believed drowned.
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Bostos
Mass
F. W. Neskerson Son
Ravennah Steamsip Line
New Brprorp
FB. W. Neckerton & Son
Porsteamer
Wright
Nobska
Devils Bridge
Lone Rock
Dexter
Gray Head
Teent
Rhoden
Kennedy
Cate Wrepat
Colombia
Boston
Devil Bidgalor
New Bedford
City of
Columbus
Gayhead
City of Columbus
F. W. Fairbanks
Gorham
Maine
Fairbanks
Oscar Jasingi
Sid
Morton
Boston Globe
Farnsworth
J. White
Caven
Weber
Forneworth
New Bedforch
Steamship Company
Devil's Dridge
Savannah
Nantucket
Devil’s Bridge
Nellie
Hart
Gay Head
F. May
Misa Beach
Richard W. Sullivan
Hunter
Woods Hole
T. R. Wammond
Goldsboro
Glaucus
Aed
SREVITIES SUMMARY OF NOTES AND EVENTS
A mixed batch of brief items notes financials in New Jersey grand jury calls for a whipping post for waterway rowdies in Mesex County. A Chinese obstruction case halts Canton river works amid a Butsh government protest. An earthquake shake hits Wilmington and Bufort. A Chicago line director conference on the tripartite agreement is set for Boston January 24. Ex President Fillmore’s Buffalo mansion to become a boarding house. Historic homes in Paris and a city chalet offered for sale. Canal work begins to irrigate Colorado’s San Luis Valley. Bloch & Co of Cincinnati, Jewish printers, assign assets of 40000. Bucks County triplets Abraham Isaac Jacob age seven, a probate note. Austria court confirms death sentences for Spongs and Pitely in Morlath murder. Juries hung on explosives case of William Walff. Lerpste Ohio quarter burned. loss 24000 with 12000 insured. Pacific railroad bill to make land grant roads pay survey and selection costs.
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Lake Bros
Grenada
Mies
Mesex County
N. J
Grand Jury
Canton River
Wilmington
Bufort
N. C
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Union Pacific
Boston
Fillmore
Buffalo
Lamartine
Paris
San Luis Valley
Colorado
Bloch & Co
Cincinnati
Abraham, Isaac
Jacob Kile
Bucks County
Endowment Transfer Bid to Cincinnati Museum Blocked
Nicholas Longworth, son of the late Joseph Longworth, offered to transfer to the Cincinnati Museum Board the endowment property yielding about 15 000 dollars annually for the university school of design, tied to prior endowments. The total endowment is estimated at 100 000 to 200 000 dollars. The Cincinnati University and Museum Board faced refusal from the Board of Directors of the Force to approve the transfer.
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Cincinnati
Nicholas Longworth
Joseph Longworth
Cincinnati University
School of Design
Cincinnati Museum
The
Force
Britain assumes full responsibility for the Soudan and Egypt
The Pall Mall Gazette states Great Britain now bears undivided responsibility for the Soudan as Gen. Gordon departs, representing the government. Gordon's mission implies responsibility for Egypt proper as a natural corollary. In Madrid, the new Spanish Prime Minister outlines the government's programme.
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Egypt
Lonpor
Pall Mall Gazette
Gordon
Great Britain
EPAIN
Maparin
Liberal leaders vow to steer clear of global politics
Politicians committed to prioritizing domestic issues over international engagements, aiming to keep national debates focused on internal policy and economic reform rather than foreign affairs and global conflicts.
Mary Miller Seeks Steamboat Master License
Congressman Kellogg of Louisiana presented Mrs. Mary Miller's license application to the Solicitor of the Treasury. The Solicitor acknowledged no law blocks her license and the decision was made. Secretary Folger is to issue the license next week.
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Washington
Kellogg
Louisiana
Mary M Iiller
the Treasury
Folger
Wealthy Weston inventor Blake rides a quiet empire
A Boston correspondent profiles Blake the Weston based transmitter inventor who lives like a duke, enjoys amateur blacksmithing, and hosts guests with huge tanks of beer while wearing eccentric old shoes. The piece then lauds the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway for expanding service with elegant dining cars, parlor cars, and through routes to Kansas City, Council Bluffs, Minneapolis, and the Northwest, praising its public-spirited management and broad reach.
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Boston
Mr. Blake
Weston
Lsnd
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway
Great Rock Island
Chicago
Kansas City
Southwest
Kansas City Rine
Pillman Palace
Council Bluffs
Minneapolis
St. Puanl
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Bead Light
Massachusetts Coast
Devil's Pack Ledge
Womaan
Roomston
Wallace
John Grimes
Jno. Grimes
Angelo Hoitt
Wm. Cleveland
Louis Depre
Josey
Guinies
Thos. Downing
Joseph Davidson
Frank Hurd
Wm. Grime
Thomas Hastly
Owen Hunuratty
Patrick Barey
Buick
Ieather House
Thinney
Anitt
Boilyhr
Ston
Sr. Levis
Brink & Elkins
Howsvill Sol
Giles
Inmiya
Perdongs
Simon Roberty
Wm. Walker
Nevins
John Elkins
Judson French
Mr. Head
Hanover Street
William Connelly
East Boston
P. H. Blake
Supreme Tribunal of Austria
Spongs Acd Pitely
von Morlath
William Walff
Lerpste
Ohio
House Committee On the Pacific Railroads
Mary Miller
Isaac
Rothschild Hier
West Second Street
Davenport
Ila
Jacob ¢ Riley
NARA
ATI
Renee Inanavaaas
Rock Island, Ilinois
Qfar Paltans
Dufour & Co’s
Agency
W. E. Stevens
Royal
Eng
Glens Falls
N. Y
Pennsylvania
Lancashire
Nat'l Hartford
Alliance
N. Y. Chard
Phoenix
London
Nat F
Hartford
Queen of England
North Derman, Ins
N. America
Clendenin
Fairchild
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