The Portland daily press., 1896-01-01
Marine Notes.

Marine Notes.
The sudden wind of yesterday morning
made the sea very rough. the Harpswel
boat missed her landings below Long is
land, and the boats of the Casco line
made Ponces with some difficulty.
The Lucy W. Dyer was on the edge OF
the storm, and lost jib. Captain Dough
ty sighted q schooner with mainsail gone
The Allan liner Grecian, Captain
Moore from London. dinect, touched here
last evening and landed AZ tons of cargo
for this port She will sail for New York
for cargo this morning. Captain Moore
reported good passage until he went in
to the wind of Monday night, and from
that time onward it was wild night anC
day until he made port. The pilot boat
had hard work to keep Outside, but the
pilot at last boarded her and took her in.
Her arrival helped to make things lively
on the whaIves, and will call for extra
trainmen.
N. J. Grace Of Boston, of the passenger
department Of the Grand Trunk, was
here yesterday in consultation with the
local agents. Mr.. Grace is much pleased
with the business outlook.
Grave fears are entertained for tho
safety of three coal barges and big
ocean tug, supposed to have been some
where in Massachusetts, bay during tho
storm Of yesterday morning. One barge
tx-ary fou dol e.
Wright & Co., and the third for New.
buryport, Mass. Randall s. McAllistel
said last evening that they were not es
pecially disturbed over the fact that the
barge had not got in. If they were the
old fashioned barges, worn out vessels,
we should expect to hear that they had
gone down, but they are modern iron
barges and we are confident that they are
all right and will be heard from tomor.
row. The tug must have been power.
are very much inclined to make some
port and out Of the way Of danger when
they can, was the way they looked al
it Mr.. Sargent, of Sargent & Dennison,
said that it seemed to him that unless
the barges were heard from today there
would be but little hope left. The
Schuylkill was the only barge known tc
be on tho way. the names Of the Other
two not having been wired. They were
from Philadelphia.
The St Croix left last evening on hel
first trip, having been held back by the
storm.
Captain Cole of the Addison schooner
Lucy Bell, said yesterday afternoon thai
with the arrival Of his schooner at Addi
son all direct communication with that
place will be over for the winter, as the
the coasters have laid up, and he will dc
the same with the Lucy Bell on arriving
home again. They are about fifty miles
from railroad, and depend upon the
coasters to bring them supplies. Captain
Cole took a cargo of 10O 900 feet of luln
Der from his home port 60 Boston, and
has return cargo from Portland of 11O(
bushels of corn in bulk, 700 BUSHES in
bags, IS barrels of flour, and full cargo
made up of molasses. beef, pork and gen
eral supplies. 81 never knew season
like this, he said.
j. II. Blake called attention yesterday
to the faut that only two schooners have
laid up thus far here.
AS seen from the barge office yesterday
the breakers were simply wonderful
Even the incoming Allan liner was al
most hidden from sight at times
Captain McDuffie of the tug Belknap,
took off two schooners yesterday after
noon that dragged their anchors, an6
went into the mud off Little DIAMOND
island.
The schooner Minnie, Captain Hughey,
went ashore on Great Diamond island
yesterday, but was reported all right in
the afternoon, and sure to Dome of
safely.
J. W. Trefethen reported yesterday
the arrival of the following fishermen
The Edith MoInnes of Gloucester with
10000 pounds of cod and haddock; the
Royer's Bride with 5000 pounds, and the
Fanny Hayden, with $4,000 pounds.
At the Grand Trunk wharves yesterday
everybody was simply rushing. Heavy
trains with freight for the steamers ar
rived, and other trains were sent out,
The Memphis was taking her 40, 900 bush
els OF loose grain at the elevator, the
Numidian was discharging and the Van
couver was taking cargo.