The Portland daily press., 1871-07-06
THE 4th OF JULY IN PORTLAND.
Boat Races, Regatta, Military and Fire.
mems Parade, Incidents and Accidents.

mems E'aradeJ Amc1demts and Accidents.
more promising morning for the celebra-
ton of our National Holiday never dawned
than that Of Tuesday The fierce heat OF the
preceding day was tempered by the shower Oh
the evening, the sun rose in cloudiess shy'
and the cool breeze Of the northwest was never
more welcome. OF course Young America
vexed the early hours with MS ihcipien' anu
noisy patriotism, to the disgust OF his elders
who desired to court the drowsy god with
| their usual freedom
Salutes from Bramhall hill. the steamer Nc
Culoch and Fort Preble with the peal of the
city bells opened the celebration of the day.
Soon after o'clock excursion trains on nearly
all the railroads arrived, some of them we'll
filled, and these swelled the crowd of we'll
dressed citizens who filled the streets There
was plentiful supply Of bunting all around.
Everybody who owned flag flung it out, aud
many draped their balconies with colors The
Observatory followed its custom of half GEN.
fury and flung out its long lines of signals; and
number of the vessels in the harbor, public
and private, We're gaily dressed with flags.
THE ROWING REGATTA.
The rowing matches being the OPEN
ing act of the play, the public throng-
ed the wharyes and the eminences
commanding a view of the harbor,
to the number Of thousands The water was
smooth, and Its surface was covered with hun
dreds of little boats, from fancy barges, manned
by lady oarsmen in gay suits to heavy working
boats pulled by stalwart watermen. The reve-
Sfa9mar Ma(tu1lnoh had a larn
board, Commodore Churchill and Vice Com
modore Smith of the Yacht Club entertained
their friends on their respective vessels, while
Others OF the feet were filled with visitors
Several steamers were plying about the har-
Dor, well loaded with passengers. At o'clock
the boats for the first race-fer four cared
boats-were called into line by the signal gun.
-Four were entered, but only three started
Judges. The course was mile and return:
Prizes 500 and $780, The P. O'Donnel pulled
by the loneshoremen crew, came in in 1343,
followed by the Joseph Loveitt, pulled by the
West End in IA OF, and the G. NJ pulled by
abe Ariels, in 1923
The next race was for stevedore boats-dis-
lance two miles: prizes 1915 and SIS. Four
boats entered and started Right Bower. pull
SA ~ cocOph iIlbticDOuu, came ia ahea0 In
I'll, and the Agonist second, in % 80 The
Il. N. Eastman's time was 2414; while the
K. o., pulled by Thomas Hopkins was dis
tanced. Shea, who pulled the Agonist, would
have won the first prize but for an accident
When fairly upon the home stretch he broke
an oar, and laid to until passing boat sup
piled his want, and he pulled brave stroke
home
The third race was for single SOULS, with the
following entries.
No NORTH Star-M Davis
no 2-OConnor Don-P. G. Davis.
No. S-Howaid-James McDuff
no. my Huckleberry-W. HI. Walton.
no. w. A. Fiske-J. W. Randall
NO. 6-Orange Blossom-H. P. Ladd
McDuf. Randall and Laid did not start
The O'COnnor Don came in in IS. 49, and the
North Star in 1916. Walton came home in
1857, but did not round the stake. Prizes
$50 and 500.
For the fourth race-open to fishing dories:
prizes $25 and SIS, distance two miles. The
entries were:
No. 1-ShOo Fly-Harmon Lttlejohn.
No. Knocking Bird-WiIliam Shea
no. Edith Maya: 9: Littlejohn.
NO. Little Sadie-J. H. Alexander,
NO. o-hed Herring-Thomas Kennedy.
Shoe Fly won the first prize in 1852 1-2;
and Mocking Bird in "a 30. Little Sadie and
Red Herring were distanced. The former boat
did not round the stake.
THE FIREMEN's PARADE.
At IL o'clock the Firemen's parade took
place. This called out dense crowd of people
on Congress street, and as far as the eye could
reach 1T commanded holiday scene The
line was formed in front of City Hall, with the
right resting on Myrtle street. The order of
procession was as follows:
Platoon of Police
Portland Band, 20 pieces
Chief Engineer Moody and Assistants Ayers, Cloves
Merrill and Cummings.
Machigonne new Steam Fire Engine Co., r. S.
Portland Steamer Co. No 2, j. +. Chase Foreman.
Washington Cook and Ladder Co., B. L. Sawyer |
Yarmouth Cornet Bend, II pieces. William Ioring.
Cumberland Steamer Co. No. 3, G. H. Leighton.
Casco Steamer Co. No. 8, William Hennessy Fore
man.
Dirigo (hand) Engine Co. No. 8, William Dimmock. |
Foreman.
The engines and hose carriages followed in
regular order. All the machines were elegant
" decorated with pyramids, wreaths and gar |
lands of flowers and evergreens, and their |
bright machinery flashed in the sunlight
Each was drawn by four white horses, and the |
parade was highly creditable to the Depart
ment; The old Machigonne, which is to be |
kept as spare engine, brought up the rear of |
the procession. The route of march was quite
long, and embraced nearly all the principal
streets of the city. As the boys passed the
residences of Chief-Engineer Moody, ex-En- |
gineer Henry Fox, Aid. Winship and Simon |
ton and Councilman Tolman of the Commit |
tee on Fire Department, they gave them hearty |
cheers. Returning to City Hall at 1-2 o'clock
the parade was dismissed, aud Immediately a
trial OF the new steamer Machigonne was |
made at the corner of Portland and Green |
streets. The engine drafted her own water,
and played both horizontal and vertical streams |
using four pipes of different dimensions. The
Ia inch stream (horizontaI measured 235
eet. The other streams were not measured,
as the trial was more to test the drafting powe-
Of the engine, which was pronounced satisfac
tory.
SAILING REGATTA. I
The sailing regattas, and the military parade
were announced for the afternoon. The first
we confess, attracted very little attention.
The island boats took about all the people who
had any love for the water; they were crowd
ed on all their trips, and the congregation OF
people upon the wharves, to see the departure
and arrival of the yachts was very small.
The first race was for pleasure yachts not be-
longing to the Portland Yacht Club The dis
tance was from Union Wharf around the stake
boat off Basket Island and return-13 miles;
prizes $25, 800 and SIS. Messrs. George Ire
fethen, Alex Taylor and w. II. Chase acted as
judges The race was sailed according to reg
ulations. Eleven entries were made, and the
following boats started. We give their Names
the order and time of departure, tho arrival
and the time made:
NAME DEPARTURE. RETURN. TIME.
clarence. ...........13 406 40215 22S 90
Tne................1 "a o. 43345 25942
n ellie. .............1 ~ 90 1905 PAT
SUSIE. .......... ....1 ~ 45 501S0 318 45
Dena.. ,........."...1 80 40 1910 2 Sc 90
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