The Portland daily press., 1896-02-25
PLENTY OF FISH.
Over $4,000 Worth Ye sterday and
Sunday.

Dangerous Chase-Ice Forced the EN-
ma Jane Ashore.
The fish arrivals of Saturday and Mon
day were very large owing to the pleasant
weather. The fishing schooners that
| came in we're as follows' Cora Smith
| with 5000; Uncle Joe with 5000, Emma
Jane with 900, Moses B. Linscott, II, 900,
Ellen N. Doughty with $4,000, Emma
with 700o Hattie Braud with 5000, Lottis
May with 1000, Fairy Queen with $4,000,
Mary E. Hagan with 14,000, Monticello
with 4000 Martha D. McLain with 5000,
Albert ". Black with 2,O00, L. B. Fer
nald with Is, 600. This is grand total of
10000 pounds of fish brought in by four
teen sohooners. AT an average price of
three cents pound the fishermen re-
ceived about $4,000, for the fish they
brought into Portland during these two
days. With an average of niEe men to a
schooner the catching Of these fish in
volyed the labor of 1875 men. In regard to
that singular experience of the Emma as
reported in yesterdays PRESS, when
her mainsall came down and the schooner
drifted away before the strong wind
leaving the men in their dories. Captain
Alvin MoVaine said that it was pretty
close call for him. Contrary to custom
for the Captain generally stays with the
schooner while the men are out in their
dories, Captain McVaine had taken a
dory himself that day, and left the cook
aboard to act as logger" that is the
men who sail the schooner around among
the dories and takes the men in as fast as
they pull their travis. They indicate
that they are ready by jogging signal
on an oar. When he sees this, the logger
heads the schooner in that direction AS
there are usually eight to ten dories,
about mile apart, the logger has to keep
his eyes upen when the men begin to
finish hauling their travis.
Captain McVaine of course, had his
eye on his schooner, being anxious of
course, because responsible for her
safety. He was the first to notice that
her mainsail had fallen and that she was
drifting away. He Immediately started
after her. The reason that his dory was
twice filled with water and he had to
throw away eight hundred pounds of
fish and was nearly swamped was because
he was rowing SO fast to leeward. Out
there in the ocean with the big rollers
running. dory has to be handled just
SO, or there is danger. In going to lee
ward, that is with the wind, the dory
has to be backed SO that she may be al
ways head up to the wind, and thus safe
ly ride the waves. Captain McVaine
knew THAI he had got to catch that run
ming schooner drifting rapidly before the
strong wind, so he took the risk of row.
ing straight for her, in the same direction
with the waves. He was nearly swamped
twice and had to sacrifice his fish, but
caught the schooner and assisted the cook
is geetting up the mainsail and then
picked up the rest Of the crew.
| When the Emma Jane came up through
| the straits between Little Chebeagne and
| Long island, yesterday, she found a mass
of ice had drifted down with the tide
She tried to get by by keeping close to
the spar bouy near the Little Chebeague
bar, but the ice caught her and forced her
out of her course aud she went aground.
She had to wait for the tide TO turn be-
| fore she could get off.
The old bark Elmiranda, Captain Dun
can. came in yesterday with cosl from
Perth Amboy. She would hardly be
recognized now because her rig has been
| exchanged to that of barkentine. She
| was wrecked about four years ago oil
West Chop Shoal in Vineyard Sound.
She was repaired and her rig was changed
at that time.
The Laurentian of the Allan line is
| due to arrive here sometime this after
noon or evening She brings 1850 tons
of freight, and seven intermediate and
| forty.iye steerage passengers.