The Portland daily press., 1895-04-11
ODD FIX OF THE NELLIE CRAIG.
A Schooner Tangled Up In Her Own Chains
Mark Twain's Selected New England
Weather Duplicated Yesterday-Drive
Ways on the Wharves Need Filling In.

Commercial street was quiet after the
storm. Of course there was the regular
amount of business. but along the water
front news was hard TO find.
he schooner Nellie Craig, was out side
when the thick storm. and still thicker fog
shut in Tuesday, and was forced to ride
the night out where she was. about IA mile
east of Half Way rock. Both anchors was
let go, and yesterday morning it was found
that she was almost tied by her chains.
The Cornelia and the Demorest. went to
her assistance and took her 10 the Grand
Trunk Coaling station at Fish Point. The
two tugs were five hours in taking her in.
The wind was blowing strongly off shore,
and numbered az she was with her chains
dragging on the bottom ii seemed almost a
hopeless job to try to take her in. As it
was the Plymouth had to help out The two
tugs, and the strangely crippled three mas
ter.
Years ago when Mark Twain was making
a collection of the weather of the United
States for an English exposition, it &C.
CURED to him that he could find the wealth
er of all sections of the country by simply
taking trip to New England, and yester-
day it could be fairly said that there was
select assortment of weather in this section
of New England, when the rain was simp-
ly pouring down here. and when there was
terrific thunder shower over Portland,
along the line of the Grand Trunk from
South Paris, Me-. to Gorham, N. H., there
was q heavy fall Of snow.
There was marked depression in the
fresh fish line yesterday. The fishing fleet
H. pk off ShO d1,7.i ~,
only a single schooner came IN the George
.. Wyman. with COCO pounds of cod and had
dock. The small boats did not go out, and
there was general dulness at the big fish
houses.
The fre12ht is again rapidly accumu!at-
ing in the Grand Trunk sheds. There is
large amount of west bound freight yet
to be taken, including a very tall old fash
Toned clock destined to reach an owner at
Ottawa. If Canada is sending organs to
England, pianos are forwarded from Eng
land to Canada. They bear the name of
Dole, Forty & Co. There ia a large amount
of crockery for various points in Canada.
and a still larger. consignment of tin plate
for various points.
Mr.. Woodman of the Grand Trunk went
up the line yesterday on tour OF inspec-
ton of this division. of the road. For time
during the storm washouts were watched
for. but the road escaped once more, the
rain ceasing at the best possible time. The
Grand Trunk luck has almost passed into
proyerb with railroad men.
1t would be difficult to say anything an
pIovingly or of q pleasant nature about the
wharyes along the water front. The mpd
is simply something awful. and apparently
NO attempt is made to bring about better
state of things. There is hardly wharf
among them all that does not need immedi-
ate attention in this respect. The driva
ways are simply masses of mud of VARYING
depth. There isn't a foot of all the driva
ways that would't be improved by fllino
In.
Captain Pickett. the sailor preacher is
hard at work during leisure hours on
sketch of the sail iloft meeting that bo