The Republican journal., 1882-03-23

SINGULAR MIsHAP TO 4 MAINE SHIP.


SINGULAR MIsHAP To A MAINE SHIP.
The ship Tacoma, of Bath lying at Vallejo
wharf, says the san Francisco Call of the It'll
is undergoing considerable repairs, occaSioned
by singular accident at sea- Coming from
New York TO this port with general cargo. She
was struck in latitude II deg. n, longitude l20
deg. with whirlwind, which inStananeously
and completely carried away her foremost and
main and mizzen topgaant mastS. 1t was
O'Clock at night, and unusually calm for the lat-
tude. The captain was in his cabin. and all the
officers and men We're below. except those
whose immediate and regular duty obliged
them to be on deck on ordinary watch. The
weather gave no warning. the sky no Fremont
tiOns OF unusual danger: nothing, in short, i'll
Dictated war of atmospheric elements. When
as if struck with thunderbolt. the SparS.
masts. rigging. and sails Went crashing by the
side. Singularly to say, no one was hurt. The
spars Were not snapped in two as is usual in
sudden accidents of this nature, hut were twist
ed like willows into shreds. The ship is new
this being her first voyage, and makes one of
1913 constructed by her builders since 1866 Sin
gularly enough. another ship. the Edwin II.
klngman, by the same builders. was completely
destroyed at in 1874. by precisely such an
other phenomenal occurrence Sailing of the
Falkland Islands, the Edwin H. kingman was
struck with whirlWind, her masts and spars
were shattered to splinters, and her hull was so
completely wrcnched and torn asunder that the
crew had barely time to lower the boats and
fake 10 their oars when the disabled craft sank
in md-ocean The Tacoma, repairs will be
completed this week, When she VIII proceed to
Queenstown and Cork with a cargo of grain.
MAINE RAILROADS.
The adjourned annual meeting of the Knox &
Lincoln Railroad was held at R0cklanl the 18th
and "A board of nine directors elected of which
Bath and RocIand have sin. The matter of
leasing or selling the road occasioned a long de-
bate but nothing definite. WAS done Finally n
Il
ucipaliticS. cities and towns ON the line to an
point committee of fem from the cities and
five from the towns 70 ascertain fine best offer
of The Maine Central and snr..d il hnfnra fine
people prior TO the next town meeting The
Directors of the road We're rcuueStcd to net in
conjunction with this committee. The meeting
adjourned to April loth at Bath
The annual meeting of the >to, kholdcrs of the
Bangor \ P>elt3uuis R1ilrood WAS held in
Bangor 1jIh The rrnort of fine treasurer
shows that the GROSS earnings of the road for
the past wear were. s104 ,534. 50. and the, net
earnings forthc same time wcr, S43.-12l2 An
election of officers resulted i'm n thaico of thc
old board.
The annual meeting of SANDY River Railroad
WA, held at PhilinS. 18Th. and fnur directors
elected. \. II. BcaI. President. The gross
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Columbia Falls has voted to raise 5000 for
The shore Line railroad.
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