Artic Expedition returns with healthy crew and hard voyage
The U S brig Advance reaches Brooklyn Navy Yard after a perilous Arctic voyage led by Henry Grinnell. The Rescue is still at sea. No deaths occurred and most men are healthier. The expedition drifted 1060 miles in heavy ice from 65 30 to 75 39 North, enduring nonstop disruptions and severe scurvy yet surviving.
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U.S
Artic Seas
Henry Grinnell
Sir John Franklin
Navy Yard
Brooklyn
Austin
Cape Martyr
Wellington Channel
Lancaster Sound
Franklin
Penny
John Torrington
H. M
Terror
Baffin’s Bay
de Haven
Greenland
Melville Bay
McLellan
Pacific
Baffins Island
Prince Albert
Lady Franklin
Lancaster
United States
Newfoundland
Sir John
Pole
Yankee Locks Endorsement Across Atlantic
The piece notes America’s boastful metal in various crafts and adds a sharp dig at British lock experts. It cites The London Times on the lock controversy at the Crystal Palace, praising American tinkers led by Hobbs, Bramah, and Chubb, and reports a verdict favoring fair play and open competition.
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America
England
Fillmore
City of
New York
Bank of England
Times
Low
Jobb
London Times
Jock
Crystal Palace
Bramah
Chubb
Gibraltar
Mediterranean
Mechanic's Institute
Hobbs
Mr. Hobbs
Reminiscence of an Awful Evening in Rosberg Disaster
A 1860 Swiss catastrophe near Rosberg where mountains collapsed. hundreds killed or displaced. Vivid recollections describe infant cradle scene, a bridal party tragedy, and lifelong searches by a distraught groom who dies at the ruin, reflecting on mercy, memory, and sorrow.
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Rosberg
Switzerland
Lake of
Lucerne
Goldaug
Art Old Dame
Katelen
Ile
Boquet
Juste
Dublin University Magazine
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Warren Mail
Lk. Cowan
Anne
P. R. Bennett
Water Street
Warren
Watent & Rosset
Warren County
A. Wright
R. K. Russel
Hazeltine & CO
Variety Hall
Exchange
W. Hazeltine
S. P. Johnson
L. E. Guignon & Co
Sugar Grove
J. W. Wetmoreeney
John H. Walker
Erie
Pennsylvania
L. T. Parmlee
Carver House
Warren Co
Olney & Davis
Scofield & Brown
Water St
Glens
W. Scofield
William Db. Brown
J. W. Bre Leed
Page
Warren, Pa
D. Titus
Ally
E. M. Pierce
Third
Hickory Streets
Ames & Davis
Benson & Verback
Towle & Couse
Hull & King’s
Carver Hou
J. H. Hull
Diamond House
Coxx
the Court Horse
Youngsville Hotel
Wiliam Mead
Youngsville
Sugargrove “House
J. J. Willson
Sugargrove
L.D. Wetmore
Johnson & Brown
Ludlow
J. P. Johnson
Rasselas Brown
John N. Miles
Carvers & Arnett
Warren, Warren Co
H.g.mair
D. M. W.illiams
Temperance House
J. D. Summerton
Hickory St
Parmelee & Gilman
Parmelye
H. Gilman
Summerton & Church
Carver
Water St. Warren
Gilman Merrill
Mansion House
Mokers
Myron Waters
The
Louisville Journal
J. R. Barrick
Earth
Gunsnow, Ky
N. Y. Daily Times
W. Braine, R. M
John Hartnell
A. B
H. B.S. Erebus
Lord of Hosts
Washington Republic
Washington
Providence Post
Ax Hoxns
Wm. D. Kelly
Philadelphia Court of Quarter Sessions
People’s Journal
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Bill
Coxs
Themistocles
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