The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-01-14

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1t was SO thiok," said Captain Morri
SON, that standing on the quarter deck
couldn't see to the end of the jiboom.
And this fearful weather continued until
was held up against the wind and sea
without the possibility Of seeing the
slightest degree ahead. The wind was
very strong, and there was tremend Gus
sea on"
"Long before we got out of the storm. -
told what the vessel was made of. I saved
all my canvass, but the Ice was some
thing fearful. The small running rigging
was as thick with ice as stove pipe, and
the sea was awfully rough.
Captain johnson, who is with Capital n
day graphic description of the scene at
Bass Harbor when the Forest Belle had
parted her cables, and when the fremont
schooner Vanguard, not previously re-
ported was driven on. the flats and
completely crippled.
ObPeesAA cOuAoo1, ndlo ho AOtCI hdCW
anything like it on the Maine coast be-
fore, and man and boy he has been at sea
for many years. When the schooner
parted her cables, Captain Beals said to
Captain johnson, who is his brother in
law: "We must save her if we can," and
the two men at the risk of their lives
rowed ashore with hawser.
At that time the wind was something
fearful, and there was something that
closely resembled tidal wave. The
water came in over the sides Of the
schooner more like solid wall than
spray, and Captain johnson had a very
narrow escape being lifted from his feet
but fortunately he caught at rope and
saved his life. Men were knocked down
on the wharf while trying to help the
schooner, and the force of the wind was
such as to nearly carry strong man
with 1T.
You can judge something of the force
of the tempest from one fact" said Capt.
johnson, "before we parted our chains
our jibboon dipped two feet under water
several times. We never saw anything
like it before.''
The case of the schooner Vineyard, al
ready referred to was even worse than
that OF the Forest Belle. Captain Torrey,
one of the best known Maine sailors was
badly injured while trying to clear away
the wreck. She was close by the bar and
suddenly was taken on the very crest of a
big wave and was carried over the bar,
when the chains parted, and she went
straight on the reef, only toe ONE off to
be hurled still further up the fats. Her
main boom broke, the captain was in
jured, and the wheel was demolished. At
the SAME time she lost her rudder, and
then completely unmanaReable, went up
the harbor and was carried high on the
fats.
Captain johnson said that the most
thrilling moment on board the Forest
Maid was when they went on the feer,
before they were driven on the flats, and
when there did't seem to be the slightest
hope of saving the schooner or for that
matter the crew. He spoke in the
highest terms of The GOODNESS and seaman
ship OF Captain Beals, who never for an
instant lost his presence of mind.
Captain johnson said that when the
Vanguard was taken from her anchorage
and carried with fearful speed over the
bar, she passed through the very centre
Of the feet at anchor. Had she struck
against any one Of them fearful scene
must have followed, and the loss would
have been appalling, but she was carried
free of them all. although it was the
closest kind of close call for some of
them.
The fishing schooners off this port Sun
day night encountered the thick snow
storm that proved so bad for the
Brunette, and some of the men out in
dories were in a bad situation. Two OF
the crew of the schooner Emma. were out
and suddenly the storm shut in like q
wall, and they hadn't the slightest idea
in what direction to row. The sea made
very rapidly and when they at last got
alongside one Of them. A. H Wallace.
had his dory split and ruined. and was
himself rescued by the men on board the
schooner. 1t was close call, much
closer than Mr.. Wallace ever expects TO
60 through again.
J. W. Trefethen reported yesterday the
arrival of the following fishermen: Oliver
Eldridge of Gloucester, with 80, QUO
pounds of cod and haddock, Emma, with
1000 pounds, Amy Wickson with 10, 600
pounds, Uncle Joe with 10000 pounds,
Ella M. Doughty with 5000 pounds,
Albert W. Black with 10000 pounds,
Moses B. Linscott with 5000 pounds.
1t was pretty sight when the bark
Ella went out yesterday. She had all her
canvass spread, and went out without
assistance.
Inspector Fogg detained three men,
steerage passengers on board the Lauren