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{Australian though, possibly from Melbourne}
DEPARTURES
May 31
Bungaree,s.s., 2,893 tons, W.G. Lingham, for London, via natal and CapeTown. Passengers saloon: Mesdames Clay, J. Stuart, Thom, Anderson, MissesB.M., H.M., and M.M. Clay, Merrs. J.R. Clay, C. Myles, J. Ewart, E.F. Clay,Dr. Clay,John Sanderson and Co., agents.
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R.M.S.ORUBA
The R.M.S. Oruba arrived at Freemantle from Colombo yesterday with thefollowing passengers in the saloon:--
For Freemantle- Mr. Charles Taylor.
For melbourne- Mr. N.H. Smith, Mrs. M.B. Bryant, Mrs. J.M. Bruce, Mr. R.Bruce, and Miss Levien.
For Sydney-- Mrs. A.N. Woodrow, Capt. and Mrs. Turner and nurse, Mr. L.Clarke, Mrs. E.A. Smith, Miss C.J. Leishman,Mr. E.Edesborough, Miss Bensley, Mr. H. Archer Croft, Mr. Jasper B. Croft,Mr. C. Debeanoles, Miss Debeanoles, Mr. T. Ball Edge, Mrs. Charles Taylor,and infant, Mr. W.W. Smith, Mr. A.J. Warry,Rev. H.L. Puxley, Mr. W.A. Welsh,Mr. J.W. Castling, Mr. and Mrs. F. Moore; and 226 in the other classes forall ports.

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New York Times
Outgoing Steamships
Friday Oct 3 1902

Apache Charleston and Jacksonville
Celtic Liverpool
Comal, Mobile and Brunswick
Montserrat, Cadis and Haeoelona
Santiago, Tampico
Mails for the Phillippine Islands, via San Francisco, close here today at 6:30 PM up to Oct 11, inclusive, for dispatch per United States transport. Mails for Australia (except West Australia, which are forwarded via Europe), New Zealand, Fiji, Samoa and Hawaii, via San Francisco, and up to Oct 11. Inclusive or on arrival of steamer Umbria, due at New York Oct 11, for dispatch per steamer Sierra. Mails for Australia, (except West Australia, which go via Europe, and New Zealand, which go via San Francisco) and Fiji Islands, via Vancover and Victoria BC (especially addressed only) close here daily at 6:30 PM up to Oct 11 incluisve for dispatch per steamer Moana. Mails for China and Japan, via Tacoma, close here daily at 6:30 PM up to Oct 17, inclusive for dispatch per steamer Glenogia. Mails for Tahiti and Marquesa Islands. via Sana Francisco closive, for dispatch per steamer Mariposa. Transpacific mails are forwarded to port of sailing daily, and the schedule of closing is arranged on the presumption of their uninterruptive overland transit. Registered mail closes at 6:00 pm previous day.

Incoming Steamships
Friday Oct 3 1902

America, Gibraltar Sept 6
Auguste Victoria. Hamburg Sept 25 brought Grandmother of Beverly Zanon, Franziska Busam to America
Citta de Messina, Gibraltar Sept 21
City of Memphis, Savannah Oct 1
Consuelo, Hull Sept 20
Croatia, Hamburg Sept 16
Denver, Galveston Sept 27
Dona Maria, Lisbon Sept 16
Iroquis, Jacksonville Sept 20
Kentucky, Copenhagen Sept 17
Pallanwa, Hamburg Sept 17
Roma, Gibraltar Sept 28

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Saturday Oct 4 1902

Campania, Liverpool Sept 27
Chicago City, Swaanesa Sept 20
Orizaba, Santiago Sept 27
Philadelphia, Southampton Sept 27
Vigilancia, Havana Sept 30

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Sunday Oct 5 1902

Bohemian, Glasgow Sept 24
El Valle, Galveston Sept 30
La Champagne, Havre, Sept 27
Nauplia, Stettin, Sept 17
Ponce, San Juan, Sept 30
Spithead, Gibraltar, Sept 21
Statendam, Rotterdam, Sept 25

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Monday Oct 6 1902

Alamo, Mobil, Sept 30
Astoria, Glasgow, Sept 25
Louisianam New Orleans, Oct 1
Minneapolis, Londaon, Sept 27
Neustruam Gibraltar, Sept 22
Sardeginam Naples, Sept 24
Southwark, Southampton, Sept 26
Vaderloand, Antwerp, Sept 27
Zulla, La Guayra, Sept 21

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Tuesday Oct 7 1902

British King, Antwerp Sept 24
Carthaginian, Glasgow, Sept 27
Finance, Colon, Sept 30
Magda, Hamburgm Sept 23
Trave, Gibraltar, Sept 28

Arrived

SS Excelator, (Ger.,) Courtin, Hamburg, &c. Sept 17, in ballast to Philip Ruprecht. Arrived at the bar at 4:30 AM

SS Ely, (Br.,) Corning, Port de Paix, Sept 25, with logwood to Tamagine Haltoune; vessel to the United Fruit Company. Arrived at the Bar at 11:30 PM ist.

SS Grenada, (Br.,), Murchison, Trinidad; Sept 24 ad Grenada, 25th with mdse and passengers to the Trinidad Shipping and Trading Company, Limited. Arrived at the Bar at 7:30 AM.

SS El Cid; Baker, New Orleans, with mdes to J.T. Van Slokie.

SS Richmond, Catherine, Newport News and Norfold; with mdse, and passengers to the Old Dominton, Steamship Company.

SS Roma, (Fr.,) Verrles Marsellies, Sept 17, and Naples, 21st with mdse and passengers to J.W. Elwell & Co. Arrived at the Bar at 2:30 PM.

SS Flandria, (Ger.,) Russ, Black River &c. Sept 24 with mdse and passengers to the Hamburg American Line. Arrived at the Bar at 1:20

SS Jefferson, Dole, Newport News and Norforl with mdse and passengers to the Old Dominion Steamship Company

SS Indredeo (Br.,) Estabrook, Norfold Oct 1 with mdse in transit to Funch, Edye & Co. Will finish loading of Japan.

SS Germanic (Br.,) Haddock, Loverpool Spet 24, and Queenstown, 25th with mdse and passengers to the White Star Line. Arrived at the Bar at 1:25PM

SS Buckman, Mader St Ann's Bay, &c Sept 26 with mdse and passengers to the United Fruit Company. Arrived at the Bar at 2:15 PM

SS Genete H Stout, Davis Philadelphia with mdse to William P Clyde & Co. Is bound to Albany and Troy.

SS Defiance, Ford, Philadelphia, with mdse to William P Clude & Co.

SS Chattahoochee, Lewis Boston with mdse to the Ocean Steamship Company.

Sailed

SS La Savote (Fr.,) for Havre
SS Bremen, (Ger.,) for Bremen via Cherbourg
SS Willowdane, (Br.,) for Manila, Shanghai &c.
SS Devonshire, (Br.,) for Wilmington, N.C.
SS Esperanza, for Havana and Mexican ports.
United States training ship Hartford.
SS Mongolian, (Br.,) for Glasgow.
SS Santiago de Cuba, (Cuban) for Santiago &c.
SS Hilderbrand, (Br.,) fo Barbados, &c.
SS El Alba, for Galveston
SS Jamestown, for Norfolk and Newport News.
SS City of Savannah, for Savannah.
SS City of Philadelphia, for Baltimore.
SS Benefactor, for Philadelphia.

By Cable

London, Oct 2 1902
SS La Touraine (Fr.,) Capt Fajolle, from New York, arr at Havre at 5 PM today
SS Moltke, (Ger.,) Capt Dempwolf, from New York via Plymouth for Hambrurg, arr at Cherbourg at 4:30 AM today and proceeded.
SS Columbia, (Ger.,) Capt. Krech, from New York for Cherbourg and Hamburg, arr at Plymouth at 2 PM today and proceeded.
SS Teutinic, (Br.,) Capt McKinstry, from Liverpool for New York ald, from Queenstown at 1:05 PM today.
SS Elleric, (Br.,) Capt McLeod, from New York via St. Vincent, CV and St Helena arr at Fremantle, Sept 26
SS Adair (Ger.,)Capt Schaarachmidt, from New York for Shanghai, Hiogo, &c., arr at Port Said today
SS Tauric (Br.,) Capt Caven, from New York for Liverpool, passed Brew Head today.
SS Toronto, (Br.,) Capt. Fprth, from New York for Hull, passed Portland Hill today.
SS Massijld (Fr.,) Capt Joubert, fom New York arr at Naples Sept 30.
SS Perugia, (Br.,) Capt Johnston, from Leghorn for New York, arr at Naples yesterday.
SS Dona Maria, (Port.,) Capt Msrrelros, for New York ald from Opoeto, Sept 26.
SS Citta di Napelli, (Ital.,) for New York ald from Geniva Sept 29.
SS Coleridge (Br.,) Capt Fisher, from Rio Janerio for New York, ald from Barbados Sept 20
SS Canning, (Br.,) Capt Hammond, from Rio Janerio for New York, ald from St. Lucia yesterday

This page was donated to the Ship News section of the Compass by Beverly Zanon bzanon@aol.com
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The New York Times
Monday, November 19, 1906
Pg. 1 (Front Pg.)

Fire causes a panic on the Prinzess Irene
A Little Blaze in Midocean Stirs Immigrants to a Frenzy
Wild Rush To Escape It
No Danger, but 200 Women and Children Thought the Ship Doomed-Defective Electric Wiring

Defective electric light insulation caused a fire in No. 2 compartment of the women's steerage on the lower 'tween decks of the North German Lloyd liner Prinzess Irene in midocean on Thursday night last and created a panic among the excitable Italian immigrants who boarded the steamer at Naples.

Over 200 women and children occupied the compartment, which was reserved for unmarried women and children. Many of them were in their berths prostrated with seasickness when the flames burst out.

The fire ran along the casing of the electric wires in the middle of the compartment, and when they saw it all thoughts of seasickness were forgotten by the women and children. They made a desperate charge to get to the two narrow companionways which led up to the deck and trampled and fought with each other in their mad panic to get away from the flames.

The excitement extended to the married women in the after steerage. Many of these had their sisters and children down in the No. 2. They were with difficulty held back from dashing down the narrow stairway. The steerage stewards tried to calm the terrified women and children in the No. 2 compartment, but nothing could stop them. Calling on Heaven to protect them, they seized life preservers and rushed on deck screaming hysterically.

Fourth Officer R***NOUT who was on deck, heard the screaming and rush of the feet. Running to the companionway he fought his way into the compartment and tore the blazing casings down with the electric wires attached. He then sounded the fire alarm.

The blaze was put out in a few minutes by the steamer's fire brigade, which turned out promptly.

Even after the fire was out and all danger over the excited women knelt on the wet deck of the steamer and prayed for help to escape from the ship, which they firmly believed was doomed to destruction. When the single men at the after end of the ship heard the screams of the women they climbed on the side of the rail and demanded frantically what was the matter. One man who seemed to be in a frenzy and about to go mad caused a fresh burst of terror by shouting that the boilers had exploded.

Surgeon Captain TABARETTE DE FAHR, the Royal Italian Immigration Commissioner aboard, went about among the excited people and rendered valuable aid to the officers in calming the excitement. It was some hours, however, before the immigrants could be persuaded to go below again.

The Prinzess Irene had close upon 2,000 Italian immigrants on her lower decks fore and aft the ship, and had the panic extended to all of them they might have gotten beyond all restraint. This was feared for a time, but the great majority was in ignorance of what had happened in No. 2 compartment.

When the Prinzess Irene arrived at her pier in Hoboken yesterday morning, First officer A. WITTSTEIN was in charge of the ship, as Capt. DANNEMAN had been confined to his cabin with an attack of rheumatism ever since the steamer sailed from Gibraltar on Nov. 8. He said that the fire was very slight, and only burned away a strip of wooden casing and some rubber packing. Very few of the saloon passengers, he said, knew that there had been a fire at all.

The few that saw the panic among the women immigrants spoke in the highest terms of the coolness and presence of mind shown by the officers of the Prinzess Irene. They also said it was a good plan to have an Italian commissioner on board, as his presence had a reassuring effect on the immigrants.
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The New York Times
Tuesday 20 November, 1906
Page unknown

NURSE THROWS A BABY OVERBOARD FROM SHIP

Young Woman Suddenly Goes Insane on the Nieuwe Amsterdam

MOTHER SEES THE TRAGEDY

Liner Stops in Mid-Atlantic, but a Search in the Heavy Sea Proves Futile.

When the Holland-America liner Nieuwe Amsterdam arrived at her pier at Hoboken yesterday she brought the story of an unusual ocean tragedy. Among the ship's second-class passengers from Rotterdam was Rosa NAEDLE, a governess, 27 years old, born at Berne, Switzerland, who had previously spent some time as governess with an American family in the United States.

After the Nieuwe Amsterdam left Boulogne on Sunday, Nov. 11, the weather was very rough in the Channel and Bay of Biscay, and most of the women in the second class were seasick.

Rosa Naedle was not ill. She appeared at meals and was the prime favorite of the children in the second cabin, who crawled on deck to play while their mothers were in their berths.

Out of all the children, Rosa Naedle selected Mrs. L. GUBOWSKI'S three little boys as her special pets-Jacob, four years old, Grodno, and Aaron, a year-old baby.

On Thursday, Nov. 15, the weathers out fine and all the second-class passengers were on deck, though the sea was still heavy. Mrs. Gubowski had been helped up on deck to enjoy the pure air and was sitting quietly in her deck chair laughing at the romping of her three children with Miss Naedle.

Shortly after eight bells, noon, to the horror of those on deck, the governess suddenly ran amuck among the children like a wild animal. She seized Aaron Gubowski, the pretty year-old baby boy, and hurled him over the ship's side into the foaming sea.

Capt. BONJER immediately threw a life-buoy overboard from the bridge as a mark to locate the spot and stopped the ship.

A boat with eight sailors, under the command of the second officer was promptly lowered, and in spite of the heavy seas, the men pulled around for three house while the liner circled about in the vain hope of restoring the baby to the distracted mother. No trace of the body was found.

The excitement of the passengers was intense when the sailors got into the boat and the order was given to lower away. Luncheon was forgotten as the passengers of all classes lined the ship's side and eagerly watched through their glasses the progress of the boat as it rose and fell again out of sight in the heavy seas.

Suddenly there was a cry, "They've got him!" but the object picked up proved to be only the white painted life buoy thrown over by the Captain. The little boy Aron (sic) was lost in the mighty deep.

When she saw her child thrown overboard Mrs. Gubowsaki (sic) collapsed and had to be carried below to the cabin. It was not until Friday evening that the stewardess dared to tell her that the child had been left 500 miles behind in the waters of the Atlantic.

Rosa Naedle was confined to her cabin under strict guard. Dr. KELLEY, the ship's surgeon, said that it was a case of emotional insanity. Mrs. Gubowsaki is en route to Fargo, N.D. where her husband is awaiting her arrival. She fears for his reason, she says, when she arrives without their youngest child, which he had never seen.

Rosa Naedle is being held as a prisoner on board of the Nieuwe Amsterdam and will probably have to return to Holland in the steamer to stand her trial.

The Nieuwe Amsterdam had 134 first, 214 second, and 420 third-class passengers.

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The Havana Daily Telegraph, Havana,
Cuba, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 1906

[Sokoto Saves Seventeen] Rescues crew of Norwegian Bark Wellington who drifted on wreck for five days.
Captains wife among sufferers without food and desperate, they clung for life to poop of waterlogged bark. The steamer Sokoto brought into port sixteen men and one woman, rescued on Sunday near Nassau from the sinking bark Wellington, on the poop of which they had clung, huddled together in fear and hunger, for five days, while the bark, waterlogged and awash, sank under them slowly.

The Sokoto, a British steamer of the Canada - Cuba - Mexico line, was on a regular trip from Montreal and Halifax to Cuba. Captain Cotterell was, as usual, in command. Arriving in 34,29 degrees North latitude and 65,40 West, which is near Nassau, she sighted the Norwegian bark Wellington, of Christiansand from which came desperate signals for assistance.

The Sokoto lay to and after nine hours hard work, in a heavy sea, succeeded in bringing aboard from the disabled bark, the seventeen persons that clung to the poop which was still clear of the water. They had been five days without food, and were exhausted by the lack of nourishment, by lack of sleep and with fear of the fate from which they saw no escape until Sokoto appeared on their horizon.

The Wellington cicared from gulf port with lumber for Resario in the Argentine republic. She was captained by Mr. Friedriksen, who has with him his wife and a crew of fifteen men. The Wellington sprang a leak, became waterlogged and unmanageable. Had her cargo been anything but lumber, she would have gone down long before she crossed Sokoto's way. The rescued Norwegians were placed in charged of the Norwegian consul at this port. The captain is ill and was unable to come ashore yesterday. He remained aboard the Sokoto where Captain Cotterell continues to show him every kindness. This is the third crew Captain Contterell has rescued; he has received two metals in recognition of the bravery evident in himself and this crew of manly Germans and Danes.

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New York Times
10 June 1908
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Arrived Tuesday, June 9
SS Kronprinz, Wilhelm, June 8
SS Potadam, Boulogne, May 30
SS Chicago, Havre, May 29
SS Maracalbo, Curacao, May 31
SS Wells City, Swansen, May 28
SS Bayama, Havana, June 5
SS City of Atlanta, Savannah, June 6
SS Carlb, Wilmington, June 5
SS Winifred, Baltimore, June 7
SS Elise Marie, Shields, May 25
SS Ocean, Antwerp, May 24
SS Monroe, Norfolk, June 8

Outgoing Steamships
Sail Today (Wednesday)
Teutonio, Southampton
Bluecher, Hamburg
St. Quenti, Argentina
Prinz Friedrich, Haiti
Crown Prince, Bahia
Ryndam, Rotterdam
Comal, Galveston

Sail Tomorrow (Thursday)
Lorraine, Havre
Oscar II, Christansand
Baltic, Liverpool
Monteray, Havanna
Grosser Kurfuerst, Bremen
Hugin, Campeachy
Comanche, Jacksonville
C. of Atlanta, Sav'nah

Sail Friday
Sequranca, Nassau
Colorado, Mobile

Sail Saturday
New York, Southampton
Caronia, Liverpool
Marackbim, Curacao
Parima, St. Thomas
Carolina, Mayaguez
Saratoga, Havana
Sarnia, Inagua
Allianca, Colon
Brantwood, Pernabuco
Magdalena, Colon
P. de Larrinaga, Argentina
Minnetonka, London
Vaderland, Antwerp
Furnessia, Glasgow
P. Grant, Hamburg
Huron, Jacksonville
Concho, Galveston
C. of Macon, Savannah
Supplementary mails are open on the piers of the American, English, French, and German transatlantic lines until ten minutes of the hour of sailing.

Incoming Steamships
Due Today
California, Havre, May 21
Monserrat, Naples, May 28
Regina Elena, Naples, May 25
Kronprinz Wilhelm, Cherbourg, June 3
Concho, Galveston, June 3
Vaderland, Flushing, June 1
Princess Irene, Gibraltar, June 1
Bremen, Bremen, May 30
Magdalena, Kingston, June 5
Slavonia, Naples, May 27

Due Tomorrow
Cretic, Naples, May 31
Umbria, Liverpool, May 31
Adriatic, Southampton, June 2
Pennsylvania, Hamburg
Colorado, Brunswick
Creola, New Orleans

Due Friday
Altai, Aux Cayos
Algeria, Gibraltar
Cedric, Liverpool
Cherokee, Macoris
Jersey City, Swansen
Merida, Havana
Savole, Havre

Reported by Wireless
SS Kronpriz Wilhelm Incoming, was reported by Marconi wirelsee 368 miles eat of Sandy Hook Lighship at 4 AM yesterday. Due at her pier at 8 AM today.
SS Adriatic, Incoming, was repred by Marconi wireless 742 miles astof Handy Hook at noon yesterday. Due at her pier at 11 AM tomorrow
SS Slavonia, Incoming, was reported by Marconi wireless 263 miles east of Sandy Hook at noon yesterday. Due at her pier at 10 AM today
SS La Provenoe, outgoing, was reported by Marconi wireless 200 miles southwest of Brow Head at 2:55 PM yesterday. Due at Havre at 2 PM today.
SS Prinzess Irene, incoming was reported by Marconi wireless passing Nantucket South Shoals Lightship at 5:50 PM yesterday. Due at her pier at 10 AM today
SS Vaderland, incoming, was reported by Marconi wireless passing Nantucket South Shoals Lightship at 2:45 PM yesterday. Due at her pier at 8 AM today
SS Umbria, incoming, was reported by Marconi wireless 632 miles eat of Sandy Hook Lightship at 5 PM yesteday. Due at her pier at 8 AM tomorrow.

From Foreign Ports

Arrived
SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse at Bremen June 9
SS Mauretania, at Queenstown, June 9
SS Kazembo, at Suez, June 9
SS Thames, at Barbados, June 8
SS Minnehaha, at London, June 9
SS Kroonland, at Antwerp, June 9
SS United States, at Copenhagen, June 9
SS Koenigin Luise, at Gibraltar, June 9
SS Kahinga, at Singapore, June 9

Sailed
SS Basle, from Barbados, June 7
SS Patricia, from Boulogne, June 7
SS Maranahense, from Barbados, June 7
SS Erny, from Palermo, June 8
SS California, from Bordeaux, June 8
SS Exeter City, from Swansea, June 8

Passed
SS Vandella, from New York for Saigon, passed Gibraltar
SS Thespis, from New York for Manchester, passed Kinsale
SS Perugia, from New York for Naples, passed Tarifa
SS Graf Waldersee, from New York for Plymouthm pass the Lizard.
Contributed by Beverly Zanon
From The Concord [MA] Enterprise, 4 October 1900 -

Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Foley arrived in New York last Wednesday from their European trip on the steamer Oceanic.

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I am unable to find any mention in the Boston Globe of the sinking of a steamer "May" out of New London, on 19 October 1901 although there were several sinkings in a storm on that date. The message in the bottle mentioned in the following news item may well have been a hoax. If anyone has information that confirms the existence of said steamer and/or it's sinking in October 1901, please send me an email.

From The Concord Enterprise, 6 November 1901 -

A MESSAGE FROM THE SEA
Mr. and Mrs. Hart Make a Great Find at Newport

Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Hart, while on vacation, were on the second beach at Newport and while looking out over the water, saw something bobbing up and down on the waves. It finally reached the shore and proved to be a bottle with the cork wired in. On breaking it a piece of brown paper was found which bore this message:--

"The steamer May of New London went down off Cape 'Cood' [Cod] with all hands on board, except one officer, who escaped in a small boat. Please return this to a reporter.
Yours truly,
James Hess."

On the back were the words "Saturday, Oct. 19, she was wrecked in a storm."

Contributed by Dennis Ahern

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