The Portland daily press., 1896-01-15
ARRIVAL OF THE CAMPBELL.
One of the Worst Storms Captain Rob-
insOn Ever p assed Through.


The Thrilling Experience of Captain |
Joseph Brewer, of the Schooner Viola
M. Brewer, at Indian Harbor-A Bad |
Day for the Fishermen, and a Good |
Day for the Grand Trunk.
The four masted schooner G. A. Camp
bell Of New York, from Phil adelphia
with $500 tons of coal for the Maine Cen
tarl, arrived here yesterday morning, and |
as Captain Robinson stood on thu deck
of his schooner and talked of the event.
full trip he had just ended he said: stI'm
very well satisfied to be here as we'll sit
uated as l am. -
He said that last Thursday between
Cape Cod and Thatcher's island. he en-
oountered one of the worst storms in all
his experience. 1t continued for fourteen
hours, and there was no more possibility
of seeing ahead than there would have
been of seeing through wall. He never
saw thicker storm, or one that seemed
to hang over the ocean the way this did
The schooner split her mainsail and lost
her jib topsail, and was SO badly wrench
ed that it was found Necessary to keep
| both of the steam pumps going.
After the storm ceased Captain Robin
son made Race Point, and anchored off
Wood End, from which place he sailed
for Portland.
A telegram was received here yesterday
stating that the shooner Brunette will
prove total loss.
The schooner M. ]. Sewell, previously
reported as having had hard time near
Millbridge, reached here yesterday and
Captain Beals said it was about the
worst storm he ever saw and that he
never expected to see such waves again.
The British schooner Manzinallia,
drifted down on him forcing him to slip
his cables, and at the same time she
went ashore and lost a portion of her
deck load of lumber. "We went through
the rocks. - said Captain Beals, "and
then grounded on the flats.''
Particulars were received here yester-
day of the hard luck of the schooner
Viola NJ. Brewer off Indian Harhor, at
the time of the storm that did SO much
damage to shipping on other sections of
the Maine coast. Her chains parted, and
when Captain Jospeh Brewer saw that
they must part. he shouted to the two
men with him, his son Fred, and Fred
Webber, SECT into the rigging and
when the great wave that the coastwise
men all tell of struck them they were in
the rigging. When they were dashed
over the rocks, Captain Brewer was I'M
able to see the others and supposed they
had been swept into the sea. The schoon
or as che cleared the ledge went over SO
that her masts were under water. Her
sails were stripped off, and carried away,
and how the three men lived and held
on is mystery to thoke who watched
the schooner as she passed over the ledge.
The captain of a fishing schooner who
was here yesterday, said that no one
who watched the Brewer supposed that
she could live through it, aud they had
no idea that the men could escape What
made the scene the more impressive was
the fact that no one on any other vessel
could tell how long their own cables
would sustain the strain on them.
The Brewer was carried over the ledge,
and SO high up on the bank that no after
wave more than touched her timbers
The condition of the men was piteous.
Their clothes were almost cut from
them, and they were more dead than
alive. The cold was intense, and the
W alter was full of ice. Tn snow cut as it
was swept against them, and had assist
ance not been promptly given they could
pot have kept alive much longer. As it
was, Captain Brewer sustained injuries
that together with the shock will be felt
for a long time to come. The damage to
the schooner Is estimated at $500, and in
addition J. W. Trefethen, at the request
Of the owners has sent down full set Of
| sails
Only two fishermen came in yesterday,
the Robert and Carr with 5000, and the
Julietta with 5000 pounds OF cod and
paddock for J. W. Trefethen.
The Laurentian will take out 376 cat
tie and work on the pens is already in
progress
Yesterday was another great freight
| uty, duu many opCoihl uIdluS W6r6 S6UU
out over the Grand Trunk.
John Connors, veteran lighthouse
keeper was one of the crew of the Forest
Belle. 1t was his first trip for twenty five
years, and it came very noar being his
last, for in the storm through which the
schooner passed, she was taken
over the side, but managed to hold fast
to the rigging, and came back with it, .
as one of his shipmates said yesterday.
There are two coal schooners with
big cargoes outside, but the wind is in