The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-11-26

ARRIVAL OF THE MoNeoLIAN.
First English Steamer of the Season Got In
Hero Last Evening.

The steamer Monaghan of the Allan
line arrived In Portland.last evening at
7. 80 O'Clock. 1t was four O'Clock when
the big steamship WAS sighted by the
Portland Observatory and at that time
she was slowly steaminR towards tina
harbor. Some miles off Half Way Rook
the Mongolian picked up pilot from the
pilot boat Maggie but darkness fell be-
fore the big vessel poked her nose into
the ship channel. At seven O'Clock the
big Grand Trunk wharf was crowdad
with people who had assembled to watch
the Monaghan come into the dock. Many
of these spectators were longshoremen
and .stevedores, but there were a few
ladies present who evidently expected
friends from across thu pond.
Slowly the Mongolian steamed up the
harbor, the lutte Fannie q. alongside as
tender. With the greatest of ease the
steamship was worked into the dock and
hauled up to the wharf. Many of the
immigrants and passengers on board the
Monaghan began to recognize friends on
the wharf and were very impatient to get
on shore, but the rigid health and immi-
grafton law prevented and the poor
people had to content themselves until
the health and immigration officers had
performed their duties. The first people
to board the Monaghan at the wharf
were DR.. Merrill, the health officer, and
Inspector of Immigration Fogg with his
Interpreters. These officials aoon finished
their duties and then the custom house
officers in charge of the vessel allowed
the passengers to land after being
searched. There were nineteen steerage
passengers and i've intermediate. These
latter wers English while the storage
passengers were of all nationalities.
The chief officer Of the Monaghan told
the newspaper men that the Monaghan g
trip here had been very rough and
tedious one. The vessel left Eng land two
weeks ago today, and on the way across
the pond met with a continuous series Of
heavy westerly gales and head winds.
Over one hundred passengers and con-
siderable freight was landed from the
vessel at Halifax. Ind she sailed from
that port on Tuesday for Portland. Then
came twenty-four hours more of bad
weather, as the sea outside of Halifax
was reported to be very rough.
The Monaghan brought Into this port
HOO tons OF freight, the most Of which is
destined for Canada and the west. The
American freight consisted Of 1T bundles
OF steel for Michigan and 1867 boxes OF
tin plate for Chicago. For Portland
there are i've cases of biscuits for &c orge
G. Shaw & Co., two casks Of patent
drugs for Burgess, Fobes & Co., one case
Of bicycle tn bling for the Lowell Cycle
company, fifty drums of soda crystals for
ID. Torrance & Co., one thousand casen
OF books each for j. a. PrindIe and NJ.
9. Cleree, two parcels Of phensants for
Fl. A. Allen.
As soon RS the vessel was moored
alongside the dock the stevedores COM
menced to unload the freight, and by
working all night it was thought that by
this morning the MonRolian would be
prepared to take In her return cargo. Ths
English steamer season has really opened
and lively times may now he anticipated
about the Grand Trunk,