The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-11-19
HlRBOR NEWS.
A Woman Walks Deliberately Into
Deep Water,
But WAS SAVED FROM SUICIDE BY
A SOLDIER.
Extraordinary Act eff South. Portland
Woman-Other News Items Gathered
In a Journey Along Shore.

xyoman-Other News Items Gathered
In Journey Along Shore.
The most extraordinary item of news
on the usually quiet water front yester-
day. was the attempted suicide OF aSouth
Portland woman. At about three O'Clock
u. M, as one of the fort soldiers was
| walking along Front street, at a point
| little east of the breakwateri he heard
scream and and saw woman struggling
| in the water at q short distance from the
Shore He rushed to her assistance and
soon succeeded in getting her ashore She
was middle-aged woman, slight of
person, and evidently in poor health. She
proved to be Mrs. DR. Norris of Boston,
formerly Miss Lizzie May Doughty,
daughter of William, of South Portland.
She is 43 years Of age. She had been i'll
in her fathers house for the last four or
five months
Yesterday afternoon she left the house
alone, which she hasn't done for long
time, and went down to the shore and
deliberately walked out into the icy cold
water till it was about up to her neck
and then threw herself down, with the
intention of drowning herself. When she
went under the shock undoubtedly caused
her to struggle and give utterance to
the scream which was heard by the
soldier, and which thus saved her life
| Domestic troubles and q natural
tendency toward mental weakness are
said to be tho cause of her rash act Her
husband was in South Portland last sum-
mer, but hasn't been there since. Her
father has been mentally unbalanced
| for many years.
Various Stray Items.
The Numidian of the Allan line, the
first steamer for this port this season,
arrived at Halifax Sunday and sailed
| from there for Portland at z a. m. yester-
day. She will probably arrive here some
time this morning. DR.. Libby, son of
Mr. J. |. Libby, the wholesale fruit
dealer, is one of the fifteen passengers.
She brings l, 100 tons of cargo.
Officer Sylvester said yesterday that it
was remarkable fact, that since
weak ago Sunday he and Officer. Skillings
had made but one arrest on the water
'front.' They are the day officers, of
coures 1t has been so remarkably quiet
in. the drinking and getting drunk bust
ness, thatSylvester is at a less to account
! for it.
The Portland Company started the
great engines of the st. Crotx for the
first time yesterday land they ran perfect
ly and satisfactorily in every way. These
engines can develope 2, 900 horse power.
Sunday the flag was at half mast on
the bark Antioch because of the funeral
Of one of the vessels owners, Mr.. Andrew
G. Whidden Of Boston, who was the
surveyor of the Boston Marine and
Atlantic Insurance Company. Captain
Hemingway attended the funeral.
Alex. PardellioD, checker and Ralph
Murdoch, cooper. for the Allan line, have
arrived from Montreal.
The schooner s. G. Ropes brought 1900
tons of coal from Baltimore for the Grand
Trunk yesterday.
Fish Walden Barbour made a seizure of
short Holsters on Portland Pier yesterday.
The schooner Saran ana E1lon ana
Charles e. Balch brought 1000 and 1900
tons of coal from New York and Phila-
delphia respectively to Randall & Nc
Allister yesterday
The schooner Sarah and Ellen outsailed
a feet of over 100 vessels that started
eastward from anchorage at Vineyard
Haven Sunday with the strong south
west wind