Pawnee Log, April 22, 1861
From 4 to 6 p. m.: Standing up the Potomac River. At 9 anchored. A lightboat on fire up the river.
Pawnee Log, April 21, 1861
Commences and till 4 a. m.; making preparations for setting fire to the ship houses, ships, and storehouses, and destroying the dry dock. Landed all the turpentine, powder, and waste…
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At the Park
The Noble Dramatic company opened the first night of their week’s engagement at the Park opera house last night to a good house. Considering that there were several other entertainments…
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What Will Michigan Do?
Civil war is at our doors. Michigan is called upon for a regiment of Infantry or Rifles - will she comply? If so, she must contemplate certain obstacles, and made…
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April 17, 1861 – A Prediction Verified
It will be remembered that our distinguished Secretary of War, in his speech from the balcony of the Exchange Hotel on Friday night last, predicted that the flag of the…
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A Large Fish
A large fish, called Hapuu, attracted the attention of a crowd at the Fish Market this morning. It was caught by a native named Kaihe, off Diamond Head during the…
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Greatest Defeat of War Crushes German Zeppelin Airfleet
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23.—Germany probably lost one-half of her total effective fleet of super-Zeppelins as a result of the raid of October 20 over England, according to official cablegrams received here. All France is exultant over what the dispatches declare to be the greatest defeat administered to an air fleet since the beginning of the war. The gratification is more intense because it is now known that the German raid was an attempt to carry out a fearful threat of vengeance made four days before.
On that occasion the German government sent out a warning to both France and England of dire punishment to follow what the Germans declared to be unwarranted and inhuman attacks by British and French aviators upon peaceful German towns. Reprisals were threatened in an official German communication, which in part reads:
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Many Juvenile Cases
The police have been paying a great deal of attention to the juvenile cases according to the report which is being made up by Sheriff Iaukea for submission to the…
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April 16, 1861 – A Richmond Vessel Hoists the Confederate Flag
In East Baltimore, on Sunday, great excitement was occasioned in consequence of the hoisting on the mizzen-top mast of the bark Fannie Crenshaw, lying at Chase’s wharf, lower end of Thames and Caroline streets, of the Confederate States flag at an early hour of the morning. The American says :
The fact of the flag being raised was not particularly observed for several hours after, and, on its being perceived, the Star Spangled Banner of the Union was immediately thrown to the breeze by the Captains of the barks Agnes, Mondamin, Washington, Chase, and Seaman, lying in the vicinity, from the gaff of their respective vessels.
Cassin, in Fight, Fought Off Boat
Submarine Bettered in Battle With American Vessel
Washington, Oct. 23.—Coolness and quick maneuvering by Commander Walter H. Vernon saved the American destroyer Cassin from possible destruction in an encounter with a German submarine in the war zone on October 16, the Navy department was advised yesterday by Vice-Admiral Sims in his full report of the fight. Meagre details of the incident were received last week, but the destroyer’s name was withheld until yesterday.
Before she had an opportunity to fire a shot, the destroyer was hit on the stern by a torpedo, which killed Gunner’s Mate Osmond Kelly Ingram, slightly wounded five others of the crew, and put one engine out of commission.
The Cassin had been searching half an hour for a submarine first sighted five miles away when Commander Vernon suddenly saw a torpedo 400 yards distant and making for the ship at great speed. He ordered full speed ahead and the wheel hard over. The patrol boat was just clear of the torpedo’s path when the projectile broached on the surface, turned sharply, and hit its objective.