The Portland daily press., 1884-07-16
FATALITY,
The International Line Meets With An
other Accident-The New Brunswick
and Schooner Run Into Each Other
No Serious Damage.

The international Line Meets With Am.
other Accident-The New Brunswick
and n Schooner Run Into Each Other
No Serious Damage.
The International Line is not meeting with
troubles singly. The accidents come in a
bunch. Within five months three splendid
steamers have been lost; and Monday night
the New Brunswick, Capt. Larcom, on her
trip to Eastport and st. John, ran into, or was
run into by, a schooner. Luckily no lives
were lost, or very serious damage inflicted.
The steamer towed the schooner from beyond
Segu1n to the outer harbor, which was react ed
at $3.50 a. m. yesterday, and tug was fortun-
ately met there, and the schooner towed to
Portland Pier, which was reached at a. m.
We append the statements of Capt. Larcom of
the New Brunswick, and Capt. Hopkins, mas
ter of the schooner, the Lottie e. Hopkins of
Vinalhaven:
CAPT. LARcoM's STATEMENT.
We left Portland az Z O'Clock D. m. for East
port. About 10 D. M, when about six miles
East OF Seguin, the bow Waterman reported
light on the port bow. 1 was on the forward
deck near him, and turned and saw white
light about two points on the port bow. Chief
Pilot billiard was on duty ia the pilot house.
The steamer was sheered to starboard to give
the schooner better berth, as she was sup
posed TO be at anchor, or laying to, as only
white light could be seen. In two minutes a
green light took the place of the white. The
schooner was then abeam of us and coming
straight at us, not 100 yards away. No red
light was seen. The bowsprit of the schooner
struck us about amid ships, with slight damage
to the bulwarks and guards. Ali the head
gear OF the schooner was carried away Fear
ing the schooner might be leaking and she
having load of fresh mackerel, we lowed her
into the hsrbor. There was something wrong
about the lights of the schooner. From ap-
pearances he (the schooner) was dressing fish
by the light of the white light, and that, being
near the green one, overpowered it until close
to 1t. After towing the schooner into the har-
Dor, and leaving her in charge of tug, the
steamer proceeded at $50 a. m.
CAPT. HOPKINS STATEMENT.
The Lottie Hopkins is a schooner of
about 40 tons, new measurement. She had
large fare Of mackerel and was from Monhe-
gan, westward, on SSW course, Seguin
bearing NV. We were about ten miles the
other side of Seguin when we sighted a
steamers lights. The steamers course was
Il by 8. The schooner held her course and
swung her torch-lights, and also had her side
lights burning. The steamer never changed
her course until she struck the schooner, car
rying away the schooner's bowsprit and all
head.gear. When the steamer struck she
knocked one of the schooner's crew over
board, named Carver. The cry was, she was
sinking, but on hauling up the seine-boat to
get into her the man was found clinging to the
pointer. Hailed the steamer and the captain
said he would tow the schooner to Portland
when we were ready, and did so. Arrived in
outer harbor between $50 and a. M. where
we took tug and reached the wharf at 5 a. M.
me international Company's agent called
this morning and said the company would nav
to have tho vessel pat in as good order as be-
fore the accident.
President Hersey said the schooner did not
leak any. One of the crew of the schooner
said the man knocked overheard was Nelson
Carver. When the cry was made that the
schooner was sinking, FIVE of them got into the
seine-boat, but when they found there was no
apparent danger they returned to duty He
corroborated the captains testimony as to the
lights. One other steamer was seen before
the New Brunswick, and she passed them all
right.