1876-07-10-Idaho
Journal of George Lionel Farrell
Farrell, George Lionel. Journal (Ms 5671), fd. 3, vol. 3, pp. 38-44.
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Sunday, July 9, 1876 (At sea) - The pilot came on board at 5 o'clock a.m. Fine morning. Held sacrament meeting at 7:30 and public meeting at 2 o'clock p.m. Brother H. C. Fowler and G. L. Farrel each occupied 35 minutes and Brother Maughn [p.43] ten minutes. We then went to and organized each company into messes of 15 persons with a commissary over each mess. We have made 287 miles today. Smooth sea, wind fair; making good time.
Monday, July 10th , 1876 8 o'clock a.m. (New York) We arrived in good health and had to land at pier number 46 in consequence of the Castle Garden taking fire at 5 o'clock last evening and burnt up. We only saw a few lone posts left standing and they were still smoking. We transferred our luggage at a barge and ferry boat and took them to pier number 1 and started the commissaries out to buy their provisions. We, Brother N. C. Flygare, W. H. Maughn, Henry Eyring, and G. S. L. Farrel, posted our letters, cashed our P.O. orders, and settled up our business with Brother [William] Staines. Then went to work and shipped the Saints over the river to New Jersey and put them on the cars at the Mantua Station on the Pennsylvania Railroad. Got the checks for our luggage and started for Utah at 10:12 o'clock p.m. in good order but feeling extremely tired.
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Journal of Thomas Griggs
Griggs, Thomas C. Journal (Ms 1593), reel 2, 1st group, book B, pp. 42-68.
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New York, Monday 10th 1876 - A very warm night. Arrived off Sandy Hook about 5 a.m. At 6 doctor came [p.56] aboard and soon passed the company. Officers handed blanks for saloon passengers to sign. At 8 was safe in dock. Now commenced the excitement which has continued the whole day. With Brother Hull, ran along to steam house, received letters from Jeanette, mother, Smith, & Reeves, and telegram from J. Beer. Returned to ship by elevated railroad, then back with Spicer to [William] Staines' office. Purchased through tickets. Telegraphed to Uncle Tom. Went to post office, then by street cars and back again. [-] work. Found the baggage all gone, having been passed by customs officers. Felt relieved. Went by barge with balance to Castle Garden which were partly burned yesterday. It was an immense hive all in a hum. Wrote postal home. After some [p.57] delay landed at pier # one. Found the balance of our folks, hot, hungry, and sweating. Ran up town several times making purchases. Also met Brothers Junius Wells & John Winder. The drought here is very severe. At 8 p.m. crossed to Jersey City on the tug and barge and amid "confusion worse confounded", were finally settled in a train of 16 cars of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company and off at 10:15 all hands soon settled down to sleep.
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