The Portland daily press., 1895-09-24
HARBoR NEWS.

Narrow Escape for Grand Trunk Train
Mysterious Bull on Great Diamond-The
Surveying of Spring Point Ledge and
| Other Items
! Monday as the Grand Trunk freight
train No. 20, Conductor Nelas, was
Paris, it became apparent that something
was wrong somewhere and so they put
down brakes and stopped the train. 1t
was finally discovered that seven inch
| journal on the front Car had broken and
that the entire train of eleven cars, loaded
with iron and steel, was dependent upon
about one inch of steel on the back part
of the box ON this front car Conductor
Nelas said that it was very narrow
escape and simply marvellous that the
car didn t break down and cause fright
full wreck of the whole train.
Last Saturday Mr.. J. B. Irish, who
runs the farm at Great Diamond Island,
found strange bull among his herd Of
COWS in the pasture He knows of
course, his own cattle and he had certain
ly never seen this animal before. 1t is a
yearling bull, red in color and of the
Durham breed. 1t was very wild and
could not be caught or induced to accom-
pany the herd of cattle to the barn. How
it could have got on to the island is
mystery unless it swan across from the
mainland, which seems hardly probable,
since the distance is between two and
three miles. Th ere have been no cattle
pastured on Cow Island this season, or it
it might easily have SWAN across from
there.
The Myrtle is still lying off Spring
Point ledge and the work of making the
survey for the lighthouse is still going
ON. This survey consists OF making a
photographic map that is a map of the
bottom of the harbor at that point. Since
the wo-k of building the great steel
cassion, that is to be the foundation of
the lighthouse must be opened for bidders,
and since the latter must know just
what the Dimensions of the cassion must
be, it Is necessary that this photographic
y
care. This cassion will be set in about
twelve feet of water at mean low tide. 1t
will be about 38 feet in diameter. 1t is
probable that work on the lighthouse will
begin this fall.
The schooner Albert W. Black came in
Sunday with 5S swordfish. She came from
Boston, where she disposed of "a fish, but
because of disagreement as to the price
up there she came down here to dispose of
the rest of them. She caught the tota;
Of 80 fish in about two weeks and will
stock between $500 and 5000 for the catch.
The fish were smaller than usual and not
so fierce. They secured seventeen in one
day. However, one fish drove his sword
up through the bottom of dory and
split out such big hole that it was
necessary for one of the men to take off
his shirt and stuff it into the hole to stop
the leak. Coming down from Boston
Saturday, Capt. Black says that it was
very warm, more SO than he ever remem-
bers at this time Of year during his long
experience on the ocean.
Capt. Bragg of the Manhattan, which
arrived Sunday evening, says that the
passage was as smooth and warm as any
during the summer. A bout twenty miles
southeast of Boon Island a marine
creature of kind hitherto unknown to
Capt Bragg. or to Capt. Cove, MatePeter-
SON and Capt Fred S. Bibber, who were in
the pilot house Of the Manhattan Itsraised
it's head several feet above the water,
wagged it from side to side as if taking
it's bearings and sunk again Immediately.
1t was at q distance of something over a
mile from the vessel and powerful marine
glasses were directed towards the place,
but the creature did not reappear.
The British steamship Fort William
finished loading her cargo Of spool wood
at the Portland & Ogdensburg wharf
yesterday, and started on her voyage to
Greenock, Scotland.
Work is progressing rapidly on the
International line steamer ST. Croix at
the Portland Company's wharf Her
boilers and her machinery are in position
and all needed to be done is to make the
connections, which, however, will take
considerable time. The carpenter work
| is we'll advanced and from present ap-
pearances the vessel will be ready for sea,
as was intended, early in November.