The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-10-22
WATER FRONT NEWS.
Another Storms Day Sends Many Vessels
Into Port.

The wind blew great guns" yesterday
from the south and southeast, and for the
second time this month the harbor was
SO rough that the Elizabeth City, the
ferry boat between South Portland and
Portland, tossed and rolled about in the
choppy sea in way to surprise even the
Oldest fisherman. Every vessel which
came into the harbor, and there were lots
Of them, had double reefs in everything
and came flying In around the broak-
water with the speed of racing yachts.
The shippers of all of these vessels report
ed the sea outside to be very rough.
Along towards DARK the sky grew darker
and more threatening and the wind
swung round more towards the east.
while the flying clouds and occasional
showers bespoke n stormy night and "a
most uncomfortable one for those unor-
tunate enough to be at sea. The harbor
was filed with vessels of al. KINDS. which
came in here to escape the storm and
even the larger ones lying at anchor / q
the lower roads, pitched and rolled about
in the heavy sea which rolled in through
the ship channel in way strange to see.
The island steamers found tho trip to
Peaks island very rough one, and even
the steamer Salacla from Booth bay came
into Portland by the way of the inside
passage behind the islands to avoid the
heavy weather outside.
There were many fish arrivals yester-
day. The Maud s., with 1a.000, the
Robert and Carr with 10, 600, the Moses
B. Linscott, James Poo, Uncle Joe and
Thomas Knight with 10. 600 each and the
l.. NJ. Doughty " it'll 1000 were among
some of the other arrivals.
The William B. Palmer, one of the
largest coal vessels which comes into
Portland, was towed up to the Grand
Trunk wharves yesterday afternoon, and
it took three tow boats to put her into
the dock. The wind was SO str ong that
the large vessel could not be handled
very easily and it took over an hour to
do the work which 1t would have taken
ordinarily only few minutes to do.
The schoon ers Madeline Cooney and
Henry Lippitt, loaded with general
| cargoes for Demarara, hauled out into
| the stream yesterday ready to sail. These
| sohooners are loaded with ice. fruit, lager
| beer, fresh fish and other articles TOO
numerous" to mention. Although Port
land is the principle sea port Of PRO
hibition state great deal of beer is ex-
ported every year from this place in YES
sells bound for the West Indies and South
America.
| Nearly all of the vessels loaded with
coal for this port arrived yesterday.
schooners George P. Davenport. Augustus
Welt. Monhegan and several three
masters
The new boat of the Maine Steamship
company will be launched today at
| Chester, Pennsylvania.
The steamer Manhattan sailed for New
York at one o'clock yesterday morning.
| Fish Warden Benjamin Gribbeu seized
three barrels, containing 826 short
HOLSTERS, from small boat at the Grand
Trunk wharf Tuesday night. The owner
OF the HOLSTERS is not known, but
evidently the oontraband were to be
shipped to Boston by boat
One OF the freight handlers at the New
York boat fell under bale of cotton
yesterday morning and broke his leg.
| The schooner D. II. Rivers finished
loading for the River Platte yesterday,
and will haul out into the stream TODAY.
Repairs have been made on the schoon-
er Jennie Parker, British vessel, which
came into this port during the gale with
the loss of her jibbnon and her rigging
badly injured.
1t has been learned that the schooner
Maggie Ellen, from the Kennebec river
bound for New York was in collision.
She came into this port with her jib-
boom missing. Her captain says that the
vessel was i'll collision with an English
vessel. 1t has since been learned that
the English vessel was the Jennie Parker
which lost lnaiusail during the
collision.
! Captain Webster of the schooner Pearl
reports passing large section OF the
stern of vessel of about 200 tons to the
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