The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-04-08
A BAD ACCIDENT :. T SEA.
Dangerous ssBars" In the st. John
River.

ately in Luck Again-Accident to Bark
entine-An Important Changes In a Train
Moving System.
The schooner Mary e. Palmer, Captain
| W. H. Haskell, arrived here yesterday
morning and Second Mate John Regain OF
| Boston was reported dangerously injured.
DIR. Warren was called and found that
Mr.. Regain had broken his thigh.
| The accident occurred Easter Sunday,
when the schooner was anchored in rath-
er dangerous position off Cape Cod.
There was heavy gale at the time blow
ing on shore. Mr.. Regain was directing
the work of getting the tackle over the
windlass when the chain slipped, and he
had narrow escape with his life, for had
it gone little further he would have
| been cut in two. AS it was his boot was
| cut off and his thigh broken.
Captain Haskell hoisted the signal for
immediate medical assistance, but the
gale was too violent to make it possible
| for help to be sent to him. and the only
| thing that could be done was to make
| the injured man as comfortable as posi-
| BILE under the circumstances.
| OF course SO complicated a surgical
operation was beyond the skill of the
captain, but the cook made a box in
which the injured leg was placed, and as
Mr.. Regain said Everything was done
for me, and I was very comfortable
while on board the schooner"
DR.. Warren decided that Mr.. Regan
must be taken to the Marine hospital,
which was done about noon, and the neo-
essary operation was at once performed.
He bore his removal well, and it is hoped
will make quick recovery.
| "His place will be held for him." said
Captain Haskell. "He has been with me
eight months, and is a first class officer. u
The schooner lost an anchor, thirty faith
oms of chain and broke her windlass.
The schooner Normandy, Captain Mer-
ry, arrived at noon yesterday from ack-
sonville, Florida, with 450, 900 feet OF
hard pine lumber for Deering, Winslow
& Co. The schooner made good passage
from the mouth of the ST. John river tt
this port, but after taking cargo was de
tanned at the mouth of the river for four
teen days. and Captain Merry began to
fear that the detention was to continue,
the river seeming to he closed to sohoon.
ers like the Normandy.
The tides we're low, but the real cause
was the shifting Of the long bar at tine
mouth of the river. The bar there is like
| some of the Portland bars subject to sud
den changes. Twentyfour hours will
sometimes make great difference with
that particular bar. Day after day Cap.
tain Merry sent out a boat to take sound
ings. The schooner draws 16 feet, and al
the best only twelve feet of water was re-
ported at any time. At last the wind sci
in right and the Normandy was released,
having been detained for an even four
teen days by that cratic bar, but Their
many Portland men have been detained
thirty, sixty or even ninety days because
OF having discovered local bars and sc
the Normandy got off well by COMPARE
| son.
Sunday the barkentine Gaberelle, wat
towed down from Boston, and when of
Cape Porpoise struck on Goose rock. and
split her keel. Yesterday she went OF
the Marine railway for repairs. At the
time of the accident she was in tow of the
Bath tug Niokerkbocker.
The schooner Addie Jordan, Captain
Emerson, was lowed here yesterday. Sh,
| will load for Glen Cove, N. Y.
Schooner Fanny Rice is disoharging {
cargo of molasses at Widgery's wharf
Mr.. William Dugan is doing the work
with his steam lighter, wonderful i'm
provement over the old method of hoist
ing out by horse power. The cargo il
consigned to e. Churchill & Co.
The schooner Charles 1. Willard Cap
| tain York, was expected yesterday. bu
did not arrive.
j. W. Irefethen reported the arriya
yesterday of the following fishermen
Robert and Carr, with 10, 00O pounds o
cod and paddock, Emma Jane. with 10,
900 pounds, Garcie, with 5000 pounds
Albert W. Black with 1900 pounds
Amy Wickson with 5000 pounds Martht
D. McClain with 5000 pounds, Davit
Osler with 1900 pounds; Letta May
with 5000 pounds. The small boat
brought in 80. 600 pounds.
The steamship Partisan, Commodor
Barrett, arrived yesterday morning witt
1900 tons of.oargo, and six cabin. fv
second cabin, five intermediate AIT
twenty-six storage passengers. She ha
a rough winter passage, with head wind
and an almost constant gale
It is a well known fact that when
man is Just back from fishing trip h
DOESN'T brag of the enormous trout h
caught. it is only after he has told th
stozy5many times that the big trout ar
mentioned, and the more times he tell
the story the greater the strain on th
eternal varieties, as Carlyle would hay
said.
] Now this increase in the magnitude c
the catch, is not to be set down to an
lack Of truthfulness on the part Of the TT