The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-03-28
All Hands but the First Nate
Drowned.
Portland Bound Schooner Spoken
with the Captain Lost
Safe Arrival of the Crew of a
Camden Vessel.
Loss of Abe Schooner e. Il. Stimpson-The
Grew saved.

Loss of Abe Schooner e. e. Stimpson-The
Grew saved.
Especial to Press.l
KENNEBUNKpoRT, March 27.-Schooner E.
E. Simpson, Capt. Andrew Rhode, of and for
Portland, from South Amboy with 22O tons of
pig iron, was driven ashore on Folly Island,
west side of Cape Porpoise harbor, about day
light Sunday morning, the Goth. The crew
barely escaped with their lives, losing all their
effects, and the captain lost $65 in money. The
vessel Immediately beat to pieces, and the sails
ard rigging are chafed. broken and scattered.
The iron lying at low water mark in an ex-
posed place will make its recovery slow and ex
pensive. 1t was consigned 100 tons to the Roll
ing Mills and 100 tons to the Maine Central
Railroad Company, and was insured. No in.
surance on the schooner.
Schooner Ashore ut North Haven.
RoCKLAND, March 27.-Schooner Fannie
Mitchell of Calais, Peck master, went ashore at
North Haven in the storm of Saturday night,
aud is badly damaged. A.
ITO the Associated Pressl
Schooner Ashore at Machias.
MAcHIAs, March 27.-Schooner Matanzas,
ashore at Starbird's Creek, is reported a total
loss. Schooner Lucy Lee, ashore at English
mans River, is but slightly damaged.
A NorthpOrt Schooner Wrecked.
PORTSMOUTH, March 29-Sunday morning
at o'clock the schooner Maria Ann of North
port, Me-, Capt. j. c. Rollings commander and
owner was wrecked off York Harbor, and is a
total loss. Crew saved.
A Machias Schooner Spoken with the Cap.
tain and n Seaman Lost.
New YORK, March 27.-The schooner j. G.
Blake, from Turks Island, reports March 21st,
latitude $40, longitude 1882, spoke~ shooner
Lucino of Machias, for Portland, who reported
that on March Goth, during the night in gale.
the captain and one man was washed overheard
and lost. AT the same time her decks were
swept of everything movable. They wanted
navigator to lay by them all night but could
not board on account of the heavy sea. In the
morning they were not in sight and we pro-
ceeded.
1.-THE despatch gives the name of the schoon-
er as ''Lucino," but it is probably the "Luga-
no" which was loaded with molasses con-
signed to E. Churchill & Co, and which is
missing. The captains name was Dow, and
AAo oSiVoEcu III HAoShdo
Safety of the Crew of the Schooner ID. Tai
bot.
The Dirigo (of Harrington) from Marsei lies,
reports that on March Oath, in lat IS, lon "A. 80
shelspoke the bark J. f. Smith, from Cienfugos
for Boston, having on board the crew of the
schooner D. Talbot of Camden, Maine, which
was dismasted and abandoned in sinking
condition on the Goth. All were saved, includ-
ing the captains wife aud child 1t was blow
ing so hard at the time that it was impossible
to save anything but the clothing they had on.
The j. f. Smith was short of -four, which we
supplied
A st. George Schooner Picked up in Dis
tress.
WASHINGTON, March 27.-The signal observ-
er at Norfolk reports that the schooner Whit
ney Long of ST. George, Maine, Capt E. w.
Beckmore, was picked up in distress yesterday
at Granny Island. She lost her mainsai, main
boom, jlbs, fore rigging and chain plates, and
started her. head gear. The vessel is light and
the cargo is all right. She was towed here
this morning for repairs.
A Nova scOtia Brig Wrecked near Ports
mouth and all Lost but the FIRST Mate
PORTSMOUTH, March 27.-The brig A, Porter
of Annapolis, N. S., Capt. johnson, for Boston
with salt, went ashore on White Island at s
o'clock yesterday morning, knocking overheard
five of the crew who were drowned. About
ten minutes later the vessel came off nd struck
on Lunging Island, half mile distant, when
the captain, second mate and seaman were
lost. The first mate was the only one saved.
The brig is total lGSS;s- s=zz! Y Uninsured.
Particulars of the Lost of the Ship Stratll-
more.
LONDON, March 27.-The following details
of the loss of the emagrant ship Strathmore,
from this port for New Iceland. have been re.
ceived here. The Strathmore, struck on the
rocks among the Crozet group of islands in the
South Pacific on the 1st of july, at half past
four in the morning, and was wrecked imme-
diately. Forty-four persons were drowned
The survivors saved nothing whatever, and
subsisted for six months upon sea-birds and
their eggs. They were much emaciated and
almost naked when rescued, and five had died
from exposure and want The Captain of the
American whaler Young Phoenix. of New
Bedford, who rescued them, supplied them
with clothing and treated them with great
kindness.
The ship Ontario, which went ashore below
Long Branch week or ten days ago, has gone
entirely to pieces.
The steamer Great Western which went
ashore Saturday evening, five miles east of
Fire Island Light, is badly stranded and will
probably 60 to pieces. All bands saved.
A passenger reports that the steamship Bal
tic, just arrived 10 New York, had an exceed
ingly narrow escape from collision with an i'm
mense iceberg in dense fog on the banks of
Newfoundland, last week.
The crew of derelict bark landed at Bar
rington, N. S., Saturday evening. One of the
men was badly frozen.
A vessel is reported off York Harbor Me-,
bottom up, and another, dismasted. A schooner
name unknown, is ashore at Duck Island.
Forty Fourth COngress-First Session.