The Portland daily press., 1896-02-21

ing their schooner of the great burden OF
ice that had accumulated during the pre-
vious days Of struggle and danger.
Capt. Thorpe said that when the glass
began to fall he was carrying
all the sail he could in the hope Of get
ting in shore before the approaching snow
storm should shut down on him. At the
| time the storm struck, and it came on
with great rapidity, he was carrying all
sail. even to the heavy mainsaiL 'tAnd
If we had been anything but Gloucester
fishermen that mainsail would never
have come down. said the captain. "It
WAS covered with sleet, and 1T was wet
and heavy with snow, only men who had
passed. through such weather as we had
encountered could have taken 1t in, and
even as it was we oouldn't have done it
if we hadn't had a large crew."
The schooner was kept headed In ex.
cept e. for one hour when the
storm was at Its worst The storm was
very bad. and had the weather been cold
the schooner must have gone down.
All that saved them during the long
struggle was the fact that their schooner
is a very strong craft. and that the best
Of seamanship was displayed. Their
quarters were dry, and great fires were
kept up all the time. During the five
days of fearful and constant struggling
with the ice they ran 700 miles. They
took IL. 600 pounds of fish during the
only four days of fishing weather they
had.
Marine Notes.
The steamer Numidian of the Allan
line sailed yesterday. She took out
cabin and 16 Storage passengers.
Among the cabin passengers was Mrs
Porteus, wife of John Porteus, ESQ.,, for
merry of the Grand Trunk. The Cana
dian portion of her cargo, valued at
S119, SIG, consisted of 824O bushels of peas
456 packages of ham and bacon, GIG
pieces of timber, $500 maple blocks, 1850
| cases of splints, 6e72 packages of azricul-
tural implements, 1890 boxes of cheese.
3 cases of machinery, 1916 sacks of oil
cake. 933 bales of hay, 5693 barrels ana
$50 boxes OF apples, 174 bales of leather,
81 packages of butter, 2O5 organs, 66 bales
of wool sacks, IA cases of leather, II
packages of sundries, 1866 horses, 1914 GASES
OF mattresses. The American portion
OF the cargo is valued at $54, 821, and
consists Of a. 566 bushels of corn, As boxes
of ham and bacon, 405 barrels OF apples.
631 cattle, 8 packages of sundries and
ii quantity of last blocks.
The steamer Laurentian of the Allan
is expe cited here Sunday. She will bring
1850 tons Of general cargo.
The ice in the lower harbor broke uu
about midnight during the storm of Wod-
nesday night aud much of it was taken
to the upper harbor.
1t was very hard storm down the
| coast. The wind reached the highest
point Of the season al Orr's Island and
Harpsweli. Yesterday the Harpswell
steamer was unable to make her landing
at Bailey's island and on the way up to
this city the lower deck was flooded
several times. The sea was higher than
at any time this season.
The schooner Fisherman has arrived.
She was IL days from New York, and
left Salem yesterday morning.
The schooner Jonathan bourne, Capt.
Rose, now in port with coal, had very
bad passage here, She struck into the
recent hurricane and twice sighted the
Cape Elizabeth lights and was twice
blown off. Capt. Rose nearly lost his
life while trying to save his pet dog,
Spot. The dog was taken by big wave.
On the leeward side of the vessel there
were stanchions about two and a half
feet apart, and with an intelligence
! almost human, Spot chung with teeth