The Portland daily press., 1895-01-08
HARBOR NOTES.
A Story of Savage Sharks.
Capt. Phil Deyen's Hard Luck in Trying to
Raise the Amy HansOn-Somethfng
About Mud Sharks-A Fisherman's
SMoIIan Mrists-Steamer Notes, Etc.

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THAT was the hardest pull / ever had
with fish," said a fisherman on one of the
wharves yesterday. Look at these wrists
he added, extending his arms. The wrists
were badly swollen. "StIained the cords
pullin' so hard,' said he.
He had just come in from fishing trip
and had found nurse fish, on one of.the
travis. Now a nurse fish may be two feet
long and it may be as long dory. 1t is
otherwise known as as ''lpum shark" and
''liver shark because it is a sluggish fish
found in the mud on the bottom and be-
cause it's liver is of very large size.
This fisherman pulled and pulled. but
there was dead. heavy weight on the line
that nearly defied all his efforts. But the
great fish came slowly up and finally he saw
that it was mud shark quite as long as his
dory. 1t was not worth securing, because
the liver now is of little value for oil. He
let the fish go disgustedly, but was even
more disgusted when. later. his wrists be-
gan to swell and pain him, because of the
great strain upon the cords.
But the mud sharks were once worth
catching. Another man said that during
the war he caught a very large fish. and
took from it's body twenty-one pailfulls of
liver. At that time it was worth So pail
ful and the fish netted him S42.
A CASE OF BAD LUCK.
CAPTAIN Phil Doyen, of the scow Ajax.
who has recently returned with that scow
and the Ripple from Bar Harbor, met with
good deal of hard luck in his efforts to
raise the fishing schooner Amy Hanson.
lying in about one hundred feet Of water
off Egg Rock.
For tie first two or three days they had
good weather, but the diver was unable to
work successfully at that great depth.
Then they lowered the chains in the form
of a great blight in the hope they might slip
it under the bow. There proved to be an
open space under the bow and the chain
swung into place securely. Then they tried
the same thing at the stern of the sunken
vessel, and what was their delight to find
that there was also an open space under the
stern, and the second chain was swung Tito
place securely. The vessel was actually
resting on ledge on the middle of the
keel, with both ends clear of the bottom.
1t seemed as if she was going to be raise
all right when the chain broke. They
secured another and heavier chain and
passed it under the vessel, and then left it
there over night, bouyed up by the largest
of the great spars that they had taken with
them from Portland. During the night a
storm came up and the chain was forced
from the wreck and the spar drifted with it
out to sea.
There it was picked up by some of the
natives, who saw an opportunity to make
some money. They demanded of Captain
Doyen that he pay them the outrageous
salvage of 500 for the spar and 500 for the
chain. AS 500 was considerably more than
the great spar was worth he told them to
keep it, but as the CHAIN belonged to some
body else, and had to be returned he was
forced to pay the 500 salvage.
The harbor was very dreary place yes
terday. 1t was SO thick that the islands
were invisible and the fog horn WAS blow
ing all day. There were very few arrivals
and departures. The Ella M. Doughty came
in with fish and two small Nova Scotia
schooners arrived.
Word was received that the Aaurentiap.
of the Allan line, left Halifax at 11.3O Jes-
terday, ard will be here by this afternoon.
she has one cabin and seven steerage pas
sengers and about 1850 tons of freight for
| this port.
| Inc LaDfaQOr Oh Luo DOluluiOu llu0 WILL
| clear from this port oy Thursday. On her
| last trip she carried 100 barrels of apples
| to Liverpool, one of the largest records from
this port. They we've landed in fine Con-
| dition, due largely to the fact that a huge
steam fan draws in fresh air at her upper
deck and distributes it through pipes every
where around the vessel below, keeping
| everything in the cargo cool and fresh
| during the voyage. She is the only vessel
| leaving this port that possesses this appara-
| tus.
| The Bay State is approaching completion
| and will be ready to go on the route early
| in March. The painters are now at work in
| her saloon.