The Portland daily press., 1889-10-26
SHE WAS TOO OLD FOR INSURANCE.
But Was Sent to Sea FreIghted with
Thirty.seven Persons.
Fears that the September Gales
Wrecked the Forest Fairy.
The Storm to the South S;rews the
Coast with Vessels.

Boston, October 25.-On August 22d the
three masted schooner Forest Fairy. Capt.
Diazo, sailed from Boston for Flores, Fayal,
and Gracioso, in the Western Islands, with a
crew of 10 and 81 passengers. She has not
been heard Of since. She is nearly 30 years
old, and is owned by John Medina, hair
dealer of this city. The insurance Companies
would not insure her, owing to her age. She
was due at Fayal about the time Of the Sep
tember gales. and it is feared that she may
have gone down at that time. The vessel
was fined in August for bringing an excess
of passengers. Medina has no list of pas
sengers. Capt. Diaz left his wife and three
children at Melrose or Maiden.
NORFOLK, Va, October 25.-Schooner
VIM. Mason, Capt. Baker, Richmond, Me-,
to Baltimore with Ice, has arrived in dis
tress. Capt. Baker stated that he entered
the Capes during the storm Of Wednesday,
vessel dragged and lost both anchors in
succession, With about 95 fathoms Of cable.
One of the crew was washed overheard and
drowned. The vessel had her jib and a part
of her rigging carried away.
SLEEVES, Del, october 25:-The schooner
Frank L. Stinson, Norfolk for Portland, ar
rived yesterday, leaking slightly. She lost
or split all her lower sails, and bad her deck
swept in a gale, lasting from October 10 to
IL. She was blown back to Cape Hatteras.
Workmen are repairing her.
NORFOLK, Va, October 25-In Norfolk,
yesterday, the tides were so high that the
entire lower part of the city bordering on the
water front was under water, and business
of all sorts was at standstill. The street
cars stepped running and boats were used to
transfer merchants and their employees to
their places of business. A driving rain ac-
companied by high wind made the weather
in the harbor and outside very thick.
Reports of disasters from the storm are
coming in.
Between Cape Henry and Ocean View. IL
vessels are ashore; most of them are large
schooners which were endeavoring to get to
Hampton Roads for shelter. The three
masted schooner Frank Dame went ashore
at Little Island on the Virginia coast at 10
o'clock Wednesday night. The crew lashed
themselves to the masts, where they re-
mained until daylight, when they were res
cued by the life savers by means of the
breeches buoy. The men were wet to the
skin when rescued. and had barely strength
to make fast the life line which was shot to
them from the shore. The number Of
schooners which arrived yesterday in dis
ed schooner Marcus Edwards of Philadel-
phia. She is waterlogged. She anchored In
the bay but on account of heavy leak had
to slip both. chains. The schooner K. q.
Irwin from Georgetown, S: C.. was towed
carried away and davits smashed. She lost
over 100000 shingles. The tug Ward arrived
in portlast night with four OF the crew of
the schooner Rover bound from New York
to Baltimore, which sunk at anchor off
Ocean View on Wednesday. The men re-
mained lashed to the masts from the time
the schooner went down until 4 p. m. yes
terday. A seaman named Philmore died
from exhaustion and was left in the rigging