The Republican journal., 1905-12-28
CAPT. T. R. PILLSBURY DEAD.

nd Time successful skipper. In one
e,sse he Covered $4,000 Miles. Made
.5s 900 on 20 months Trip.
gii- Thomas K. Pillsbury, who died in
cs and, Dec. 2lst, aged Sc, was one of the
a >arvivors in this section of the old
loa Of shipmasters. Although he retired
g The sea nearly 40 years ago he had
rt recOiectiOnS OF a career which,
2 Unmarried by single shipwreck, still
.unled i'll romantic interest. He went to
at "A, and from cook with wages Of S5 d
4h rose rapidly to the position OF mas
mariner. In the latter capacity he com
pl-d large vessels of every rig and visit
every quarter of the globe. In one
maable voyage of IS months he covered
.v miles. His most eventful voyage
j. made in ls59-6o, when he travelled to
au- hdi to take command OF the ship
r.,i Eagle, which had been chartered by
. l.slish as transport ship, and he was
4sht into direct contact with the stirring
.drutS connected with the brief struggle
tween China and the allied forces Of
snce and England. The French and
~ ,h, numbering only 5000, took the
II, al Taku, and then marched to Pekin.
ld ug resistance proving hopeless, the
-,t negotiated a treaty of peace.
3rpr settling the government charter
s- pllisbury sailed from Shanghai for
4auA with 500 coolies. A Portuguese
b. a.led as interpreter overheard the
e~uais plotting to blow up the cabin and
.tsi- quarters in order to gain posses
u of the ship. He promptly informed
a. fillsbury, who had the ringleaders
n lr0ns inside of an hour and nipped
,nltny in the bud
/ -hip Forest Eagle in which this
-dtIi cruise was made was an image OF
il ..uuus clipper ship Dreadnaught, and
l. e ship Charles Holmes, Capt. Pills
- -tl,ed from Havana for London with
+ -est cargo OF sugar which had ever
r. arrie1 up to that time. 1t was i'll the
D. of 1854, one of the worst winters
..- 4, on had ever experienced Five ships
a smllar passage went to the bottom and
.p'tNs of three of them were never again
d tlom. Capt. PilIsbury was on deck
"a ana nights, getting snatch OF sleep
OCCASIONAL intervals. The ship sailed into
...u long overdue, and was welcomed as
I'D an ocean grave. 1t was sad at the
.- Lat the ship Was the deepest-iadtn
uich ever put into London.
'
breadth of the ocean on an almost
course with the confederate cruiser
,dUah. The latter captured and BURN
- American vessels on that voyage.
craft commanded by Capt. Pii!a-
but d few miles distant most of
.-, though totally unaware OF the
Of the dreaded foe.
- Years Capt Pillsbury was COM
A on a packet line between New
lud New Orleans, and it was in the
that he made the trip IN 10 day 5
/. 4ours, one of the quickest trips ever
lldeT canvas.
am Pillsbury sold the ship Charles
4-- in London in 1915, at the conclu-
the voyage above referred to, for
IN gold, This $4,000 in gold and
freight money of $4,000, Captain
~ brought home in a lump and turn
for division among the Rockland
.uel> In the Forest Eagle he once made
Ie that lasted from home to home one
I'd Is days, and he brought back and
u-er to A. II, kimball, the principal
3D. aud agent, S44,300, the ships net
F Pillsbury's most notable achieve
N earnings was in the ship Martha
Which he sailed out of Rockland on
Ntden voyage in 1868. In 20 months
hr time of sailing he remitted to the
>5S, 1000, sum sufficient to pay the
-utire cost of building.
instances conspired to so favorable
-4j Proceeding from Rockland to
.H Capt. Pilsbury took general cargo
4 Sou Francisco, chartering for S26,OoO
a.rging there he proceeded in ballast
ao and Lima, chartered to load
'o for Antwerp. Guano freights were
-ry high, commanding $40 a ton gold.
q eh4lging at Antwerp, he got his freight
lest rate of exchange premium Gold
Il ISL the time rapidly mounting, and the
If his remittance in gold doubled IN
lcy before it reached Rock land.
sailed three voyages in the bark
Ter from Boston and New York to
d Orleans and Mobile, and the three
s 41 trips did net him the value of a bar
Il @ -four. Owing to severe drouths
!r, laden with freight lay stranded on
4 sSissippi flats and the levees of Mo-
md New Orleans for long months were
of merchandise.
'it Pillsbury was married Jan. 8, 1910,
Nary Brown of Newport, who survives:
@Nt-r with one daughter, Mrs. Leonora
and one son, Edgar ]. Pillsbury of
uville.