The Portland daily press., 1896-12-09
GRAND TRUNK AND STEAMERS.
Arrival of the Numidian and Other Items
Picked Up About the Steamers.


The Allan liner Numidian, Capt.
Angus Macnicol, arrived in port about 9
O'Clock yesterday morning. She left
Liverpool November &c, and for the first
three days had fair weather. After that
high winds and strong westerly gales &C.
companied by a rough sea were en-
countered and the vessel made slow pro-
gress She has a miscellaneous cargo of
about 1900 tons, the greater part of
which goes to Canadian points. The
only local consignments are a number
of cases of books and merchandise to J.
e. Prindle. She brought twenty-five
passengers of whom three wers interme-
diate and the rest in the steerage. The
nationalties of the latter were: Eight
English, five Germans, three Irish. two
Swedes and one Bulgarian. The latter is
Demeter bWielkoff, young man who has
come to this country to study to be
Baptist miss ionary SO that he may re-
turn and labor among his own people
more intelligently. Preceding him to
this country was very complimentary
letter from general in the British army,
in one of It's eastern divisions The letter
was received by prominent church man
from the Baptist mission in New York
The letter was handed to Inspector Fogg,
who looked after the swarthy young
foreigner.
4 In the, passenger list is an English
family named Deakin. There are Gig bit
in the family and they will make Port
land their home. The head of the family
is brick mason. The Oldest passenger
was 50 years OF age and the youngest ten
months.
!. The steamer Manitoba, Captain
Stewart, sailed last Friday for Por tland
and on Saturday the steamer Lake Win
nipeg sailed from Liverpool for this port
The Grand Trunk employees have little
leisure time nowadays for the freight is
coming over the line as rapidly as it can
well be handled. From 100 to 200 Car
loads of freight are received in this city
daily and the men have to hustle to keep
the yards from being blocked. A number
of extra train crews bave been put on the
road and are putting in extra time.
One of the features of the steamship
Iona which finds special favor with the
cattle shippers is the splendid system of
ventilation which furnishes an abundant
supply OF fresh air to all portions of the
steamer. The Iona also has telescope
masts which can easily be raised and
lowered and this arrangement allows her
/. of +bo obi
canal.
The steamship Merrimac will sail for
Bristol this morning with 5000 tons of
freight including "a cattle and 66.2S7
bushels of wheat. This is one Of the
heaviest cargos ever taken out of Port
land by any vessel. The steamship Iona
will sail on Friday and expects TO carry
100 horses, 466 cattle 269 sheep and q
large general cargo.
The Vancouver of the Dominion line
will be here on Monday. ami following
her next week will come the Manitoban
of the Allan, Glasgow line, tie Lydia of
the Elder Dempster line and the Free
mona of the Thomson line
SCHOONER DAMAGED BY ICE.
The schooner Marion Draper, Captain
Morse, bound from Gardner to New
York with a cargo of lumber was towed
into port, by the tug DeInarest yesterday
noon in leaking condition.
The vessel left Gardiner Sunday. AS
she was being towed down the Kennebec
river she struck some obstruction in the
water, supposed to be floating ice, and
was badly strained. The well was
sounded but as the vessel did not seem to
be making any water Captain Morse de-
cided to continue the trip.
On Sunday night, however, it was dis
covered that the water was pouring into
the schooner at rapid rate. The crew
went to the pumps and worked steadily
at them until neon. 1t was necessary to
pump about three hundred strokes an
hour to keep the water from gaining !
The crew was thoroughly exhausted
when the schooner reached port. The
Draper was bsached on the mud st Rich |
ardson's wharf and will be repaired at |
once 1t will probably not be necessary |
to remove her cargo. The schooner ives
built at Pitrston, Me-, in 1867 and is |
registered at 1873 tons. Her home port is
Bath.