The Portland daily press., 1893-02-27
PERILs OF THE SEA.
The Tough Experience of the Warren
Adams.

The sWarren Adams, Capt. Murphy,
large three masted schooner with coal
for Sargent, Dennison & Co., arrived at
this port from New York yesterday
morning, after trying experience, and
now lies at the easterly end of Long
wharf.
A reporter for the PRESS called on
Captain Murphy and learned from him
the particulars of the trip. The Warren
Adams left New York on Wednesday,
the 10Th inst. Nothing of special inter
est transpired until last Monday evening
when the schooner took the storm off the
Capes. On Sunday night, as the vessel
approached the Cape it began to grow
thick and to blow, but not SO as to be of
serious moment. About noon Monday
it began to show signs of clearing, when
the schooner had nearly reached port,
and then it thickened up all Of sudden
and the wind blew with gale violence
So fierce were the blasts that their jib
and fore staysail were blown away, the
vessel was all iced up and the rigging SO
frozen that the ropes were almost I'M
manageable, and the schooner was blown
to within thirty miles of Cape Cod. It
was bitterly cold blow at sea for the
dampness penetrated to the bones.
On Wednesday, the schooner took the
northerly hurricane in which she lost
several of her sails. The weather was
SO trying the seamen couldn't work. The
vessel was continually boarded and
swept by tremendous seas which com
pletely washed out the forecastle. and
the crew were compelled from that time
forth to take shelter i'm the cabin. The
boat was smashed, doors Iwrenched from
the forecastle hatch, and everything
movable was washed overheard. Even
the sailors durnage was all swept away.
Thursday night the wind shifted and
Saturday morning the Camden hills were
sighted from off Monhegan, and from
that time the vessel got along well
enough until she came to her wharf in
Portland harbor at O'clock yesterday
morning.
The Adams has seen nothing of the
Grace Buchanan that was in company
with her the first of the voyage, nor of
the Carrie A. Norton.
The sailors on the Adams were more
or less frost bitten.
The Marathon's Experience.
The fishing schooner Marathon of
Gloucester, Mass, Captain Patterson, ar
rived at this port Saturday from the
Grand Banks, leaking badly, and sails
and bulwarks carried away, and had evil
IDENTIFY seen very heavy weather. Capt.
Patterson reports that he struck the gale
on the 2lst, and it was one of the worst
in his experience. The wind blew ter
rible gale from the northeast with
heavy, cross sea and at one time it
looked as if all on board would be lost.
During the day she shipped heavy sea
which carried away the vessels bow
spirit, stove in twenty-five feet OF her
rail, carried away twenty-four fathom of
chain and anchor.
The next day the gale still continued,
and while the men were in the forcastle
trying to get dry around the stove the
vessel shipped another heavy sea, taking
everything movable, stove and all, which
smashed into the berths. On the third
day the storm subsidized somewhat, and
it was found that the schooner was leak
ing badly. Sail was made at once for
this port arriving as above. The Mara
thon brought ii 900 pounds of fish.