Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-09-03
MARINE NEWS:
last Weeks Gales-A Large Number
of Vessels Wrecked.

| HALIFAX, Sept.
A telegram from Liverpool, Queens county
saws the schooner Ella of that port, ran
ashore at Port Morton during Wednesdays
storm and is total wreck. The cargo was
saved
Brig Curlew il reported to have gone
ashore at Lingen. c. B.
Bark Alice loaded with plaster. for Mon
treal, was drove ashore Stanus. c. B., and
steam tug has left North Sydney TO assist
her.
| A schooners spars which have been sunk
about two wears ago of North Sydney harbor,
has been towed into port. There is no doubt
| but that the vessel OF y hich the spars were
part, went down where found with all on
| board. 1t NAV be that while she was an
chored in the middle OF the fishing grounds
| she was run into and sunk by a steamer and
never reported.
Steamer Edgar Stewart from Charlotte
town arrived last night with the schooner
Active in tow, the latter having suffered the
loss of her sails during the storm of Wednes-
day last.
Later reports from Cow Bay. C. B., state
that the American brig Atlas, ard the schoon
ers j. c. Upper, Volunteer, Blue Wave and
Ripple are total wrecks, and that the brig
G. b. Sherwood Is badly damaged.
NEW YORK. Sept2.
The steamer which arrived today from
Liverpool reports: Aug %, lat 45-44, long.
II 20, spoke steamer Leasing from NV York
Aug. % for Hamburg, with crank shaft brok
| en-: refused assistance.
Bark VIM. Philips of New Bedford which
arrived today from Santander. reports Aug
80, lat IL. long So TO 81 30. had cyclone
from the southeast: lost and split her sails.
Bark Emilia f., from Malaga. renorts ::
Aug. % lat 81. long. Is, had hurricane
| from the southeast by east and veering to
north northeast. lasting "a hours lost main
sail, foresail and fore topsail.
| PRovINCETowN, Mass. Sept ..
| The recent gale is the subject of general
comment among the people here, everv
one living here has friends or relatives who
pas. the summer months the Banks of
newfoundland. The arrivals from the banks
during the pat as hours are the schooners
John A. Matherson, John Summons, Ellen
Swift Maud Witherel, and Abhie A. Grout
! Capt. Battle of the schooner John A. Math-
erson. reports that he left the banks Friday
Aug. u, touching at St. Peters on the way
| left St. Peters last Sunday in company with
schooner Ellen Swift. "Wednesday last
when off Halifax, the wind, which was blow
| ing from the east, increased to a gale. and
later backed to the northeast, increasing in
violence. and between the hours of 3 and :
! Z. VI. was the most violent gale he ever eX-
perienced. The Matherson is new vessel
and strongly built, and she came through the
gale with but little damage, three badly dam
aged dores being the extent OF
the injury. Probably the most serious dam
age which has yet been reported as happen
ing to vessels is the case of the schooner
John Summons, which arrived last night
Capt. Bailey reports Left Grand Banks
| Aug 10th for home. Wednesday last when
off Cape Sable in long 60, lat. ~, while run
ring under two reeted toresails, the wind in
creased to gale and we was Obliged to Law
to under bare poles. The gale continued to
| be extremely violent for seven or eight
hours, blowing the hardest at about p NJ .
| The sea washed the bulxarks, stanchions
and three dories from the deck and stove
nearly all those remaining. The following
day he spoke the bark Marquis of Lorne, of
and tor st. John. n. B., in lat. 4i-5. long
Gj 49, He reported that he was in the hurr-
| cane but received no damage
/ OF the arrivals mentioned above all have
lost more or less OF their dories, but the yes
sells mostly escaped selious damage. Some
anxiety is felt concerning the schooners Lot
tie Bell and Ada X Damon. 1t is suppos ed
/ the Lottie Bell wovld leave the banks the
Monday previous to the gale, and as she is
quite an old vessel and nothing has vet been
heard from her, it is feared she NAV have re-
( ccived a rough passage. The Damon sailed
the morning Of the same day on which the
/ Maud Witherel left. but no news has vet been
received The Witherel took a course north
of Cape Sable, while the Damon probably
went south of it The latter vessel is said 10
be loaded very deeply All of the vessels
thus far arrived sailed frcm the banks prcvi
Gus to the SUNDAY on which the gale oc-
rod 10, e.,
following Wednesday, which shows conclu-
sisely that there were two gales, as gales
| usually follow a northeasterv course. The
gale which occurred on the banks week ago
today could not have been the same expert
enced by our vessels on their homeward voy-
age.
The reports of a large loss of life are gen.
orally discredited bv our captains. They
| say the vessels were all loaded deeply and
the heavy sea washed over their decks where
the d0ries were stored in nests as thew are
called, the dories being placed inside of each
other and eight or ten OF them dashed to
gether, would wash them overheard. As it
was on the Sabbath none of the Provincetown
dories would be out fishing and if there was
any loss Of life it would be from those tend
ing travis. Our fishermen are all using
hand lines. telegram was received vester-
| day of the safe arrival at st. Peters of the
schoOners William Matherson, Feresa ID
Baker and Isaac Kane. They report all
right and do not mention any gale. These
vessels must have been on the banks on Sun.
day last. The arrivals to date number about
80 with about 20 vessels vet to be heard
from. The catch on the banks has been un-
usually large this season. every vessel ar
irving thus far having a full fare. although
no loss of lite or vessels belonging to this
town have thus far been reported.