First Submarine Hunley Destroys U S Steamer Housatonic
A Mobile writer recalls the Civil War event in which the Hunley torpedo boat, commanded by Lieutenant George E. Dixon, attacked the USS Housatonic, sinking the vessel and causing the submarine to drown with its crew. The account notes Dixon’s early life, the crew, and postwar memorials in Mobile.
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R. B. Daly
Yun
Adjutant AR. E. Daly
Semmes Camp
U. C
Iteman Ac
Daly
W. A. Hder
Mobile
George E. Dixon
Kentucky
Ohio
Washington Light Infantry
Alabama
Dixon
Corinth
Miss
Wisards
Shiloh
Georgeton
W. A. Alexander
Hunley
Ward
Charleston
D. C
General Beaugard
United States
General Beauregard
Perate
Arnold Becker
C. Simpkins
James A. Weeks
F. Collins
Ridgeway
Gil
Navy
C. F. Carlson
Wayne
Marshall
Housatonic
Charles
Detailed account of a submerged torpedo boat and its ballast system
The report describes a submarine craft with water ballast tanks, a rudder driven by a wheel and levers, and eight cranks on the propeller shaft. It details ballast operations, hatch structures, air system components, and a copper torpedo with a 90 pound charge. Operators control depth via lever adjustments and mercury gauges, then use pumps to rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Hunley submarine plans and builders in Confederate history
Wartime notes recount Cap Hunley McClintock and Baxter Watson building an iron submarine for Confederate use. They described a 25 by 5 by 6 foot oblong craft with a heavy unmaneuverable hull tested near Mobile's harbor area, then towed toward blockade duties without loss of life.
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W. A. Alexander
Hunley
New Orne
United States
Cap Hunley
Hundley
McClintock
Baxter Watson
Fed
Park & Lyons
Mobile
State Artillery
Twenty-first
Alabama Regiment
Charlies Gage
Ssere
Hunley, McClintock
Wat
Park
Fort Mortoman
Englishwoman Disguised Enters German Lines On Tour
A London-born Englishwoman wife of a noted officer recounts a daring day behind German lines in Holland. She disguised herself as a Flemish peasant woman with brown-stained face and a full national costume to avoid capture as a spy.
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London
Resilvering Reglazin Art Glass and Mirror Works Ad
Resilvering Reglazin Southern Art Glass Mirror Works H Premme proprietor offers beveling polishing edge drilling holes and repairs at low prices. Located at 616 Dauphin Street Mobile Alabama. Bell 2737.
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Reglazin Southern Art Glass Mirror Works
H. Premme
Prop
Bevelington
Dauphin St
Mobile
Ala
Bell
Information on Hunley crew survivors and records sought
The document requests official data on Hunley survivors Lieutenant John A. Payne and W. A. Alexander among Mobile volunteers, various crew members, and notes thirty two of thirty seven crew died. It seeks photographs documents contemporary accounts and whether Hunley was raised after sinking the Housatonic, with sources and possible contacts named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hunley
John A. Payne
C. 8
Gaines
W. A. Alexander
Twenty-first
Alabama Artillery
Horace L. Hunley
Parks & Lyons
Mobile
Ala
Thomas Parks
Brockbank
Patterson
McHugh
Marshall, ——White
Beard
Housatonic
Messrs
Benj. Mailleferot
Angus Smith
R. EB. Daly
Semmes Camp No. 1
U. C. V. Mobile
Postoffice
New Belgium’s Spirit Rises Despite Ashes
In London, Emile Cammaerts speaks for Belgium’s future, saying the body may fall but the spirit remains unconquerable. He recalls Belgian courage, culture, and the queen’s comfort amid ruin, arguing Belgium has three times chosen liberty over surrender.
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London
SNSOT
Belgium
Emile Cammaerts
Louvain
South
Brabant
Ardennes
Europe
Mons
Charleroi
Liege
Claus
Laermans
Meunier
Rousseau
Maeterninck
Verhaeren
Brussels
Ant
Department Sets Minimum Sweetness for Oranges
Washington Nov 25 The Department of Agriculture defined a minimum sweetness level for oranges on the tree to prevent shipment of immature fruit. Oranges must have juice soluble solids at least eight parts per part of acid, acidity measured as citric acid, without water or crystallization. The rule aims to stop sweating or warm moist air coloring that conceals inferiority and may be made stricter after further study.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Belgium’s wartime resolve and call for unity during siege
A dramatic wartime message declares Belgium’s resolve after Liege Namur Antwerp and Dinant sieges. It praises national endurance under fire, vows continued resistance, urges emancipation from diplomatic ties, and credits England France Russia and divine aid for future victory.
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Liege
Namur
Antwerp
Dinant
Tirlemont
Termonde
Louvain
Belgium
Europe
Berlin
England
France
Russia
Michigan Not Injured After Grounding Near Virginia Capes
The battleship Michigan, grounded off the Virginia capes in dense fog while returning from the southern drill grounds, was examined and found undamaged. She was floated at high tide with naval tugs and remained off Hampton Roads overnight. The ship’s mean draft is 26 feet.
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Norfolk
Michigan
Hampton Roads
Virginia Capes
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Steamship Housatonic
Bruges
Petit Place
Mobile Bay
Charleston Harbor
General Maury
Scotland
Union Savings Bank
North Royal Street
Harrison MutuAl Burial Association
Conception Street
Snch Anian
Streb’s Bakery
N. Royal Street
Housatoni
Alabama Volunteers
Or Corp
Or J
F. Carlson
Wagner
James A. Wicks
Hires Condensed Milk CO
Philadelphia
High Tide
Pat Byrnes
Royal Street
Eae
Texas
Brown
Dauphin Stret
Mobile, Ala
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