The Portland daily press., 1883-09-08
THOSE HEAVY GALES.

The Brig Joseph Cook Abandoned.
FORTRESS MONROE, Va, Sept. THE reve-
nue. cutter Ewing reports having spoken steam
or Deer Hound Capt. Atkinson. for Baltimore.
The steamer had on board Capt Holt and wife
and crew Of seven men OF the brig Joseph
Cook, Of Marlborough, Maine, from Rock
land for Pensacola, which was abandoned
Sept 4th, in lat 80 north, Ion. o6 west, dis
mantled and leaking from the effects of the
gale of Aug. 29th, off Bermuda.
NEW YORK, Sept. THE ship Paramita,
Portland, Me-, thirty days from Liverpool ar
rived and reports heavy gales. doing some dam
age to the ship and sails on fhe 31st ult. Carl
Peterson, a Swede, was lost overheard
The Wreck of the steamer Canima.
ST. JOHN, N. F., Sept. 1.-THE latest from
Trepassey by wire states that the Canima's
mails were all lost. Nothing was saved. The
passengers were dragged ashore at Gulf Island
by ropes. The ship struck at O'Clock In the
morning during dense fog, heavy rain fall
and high wind and sea. The steamers head
was east by south when she struck the sand.
In half an hour portion Of the steamers stern
was out Of the water. The forward part was
smashed and the carge was floating around.
The steamer Cabot with all the passengers and
the crew left Trepassey at noon and passed
Cape Race at 2.30 o'clock, and is due at St.
John at s o'clock this evening. Capt. Farqu-
har remains at the scene of the wreck.
GoDERIeH, Ont, Sept. THE schooner
yacht Exp}0rer, bound from Goderich 10 Cove
Island, was lost with all hands, on Greenough
Shoals during the gale of last Tuesday. The
namef of those lost we're Capt. Charles Woods,
John Mcdonald, M. Heale, and Walter Crane,
son of Albert Crane Of Chicago, who was on
pleasure trip.
ST. JOHN, N. b., Sept. THE mail steam
or Plover from Labrador reports melancholy
accident at Scranny on that coast. A small
gshing vessel laden with salt capsized In o
squsll August 20, and Captain Whelan and
hir craw were all drowned.
HALIFAX, Sept. 7.-Lat arrivals at western
shore ports all report being more or less dam
aged by the gale OF last week. The schooner
Julia A., on Thursday, picked up part of
fishing whaler with deep sea net on board
marked "W. c., Gloucester" Schooner Ne
vada, Capt. Atkinson, at La Have, reports the
loss of her anchor and damage to her boats on
the LaHave Banks Capt. Hopkins, Of the
schooner Mabel Howard, at Lunenburg from
Boston, reports that on the Sd inst, with Cape
Sable bearing NNW. 20 miles, she passed
schooner OF about 50 tons burden on her beam
ends, with mainmsst gone and foresail double
ree1ed attached 10 ner forema5t. her bottom
was copper painted, her bulwarks were black
end she had a white streak around her. No
signs OF life could be seen on borrd, and owing
to very heavy sea running, Capt. Hopkins
was unable to send boat to ascertain her
name. Capt. Hopkins experienced the
Wednesday storm fifteen miles east
of Cape Cod. The schooner Will o. the Wisp
spoke the American schooner Addison Centre,
who reported that she had been hove down on
her beam ends and everything movable in the
hold had shifted. She lost Ave dories and had
hard time generally. When spoken she was
bound home. The steamer Branford CITY
near Locke Port is complete wreck. All her
cargo, which was washed ashore, has been re-
covered and brought to this city.