The Portland daily press., 1896-12-12
HARBoR WAVES.
Items Washed Ashore From the Vessels
in the Stream.

Items Washed Ashore From the Vessels
in the Stream.
News was received here yesterday OF
the sinking of the schooner Sadie and
Lilly, Capt. Nutter, in Steuben river the
first of the week. The vessel ran aground
as she was sailing out of the river with
cargo of hoop pole and slaves bound
for Rockland. A few minutes after she
struck she healed over and lost her deck
load and little later filled with water
and sank. The vessel is of IS tons, built
in 1884, and is owned in Maohias. lShe
will probably be raised and t0wed to this
port for repairs.
The schooner Railroad brought in a
cargo Of 800 cases of canned CLAIMS for the
Burnham & Morrill, company yesterday.
These clams were canned by the Burn
ham & Morrill, company's new factory at
Friendship and are said to be of a better
quality than the clans obtained In this
vicinity.
The schooner Silas McLoon with a
cargo of cement was among the arrivals
yesterday.
The steamer Maverick of the Standard
Oil company's line came in yesterday
and went up to the oil works.
The schooner Wide Awake is at Gus
tom House wharf being refittsd.
The pilot boat Maggie went out about
Q O'Clock yesterday to pick up the pilot
who took the steamer Iona out of port.
The fish arrivals yesterday were all
small boats. There were few lobster
arrivals, however. The z. McNichol
brought in 5000, the Mary Jane 5000 and
the Eva M. Martin 1900.
The missionary yacht Alert, Capt. AL
len, arrived yesterday from long cruise
to the eastward.
The schooner Hattie S. Collins, Capt.
Greenlauqh, which arrived here recently
from Green's Landing with stone for the
new elevator is having new centerboard
put in her at Custom House wharf.
George A. Harford's men are doing the
work. The old centerboard was nearly
half gone and must have been smashed
ny uu6 b6eScl IaAu1A8 dklChAN Va SUI In
ing some sunken ledge bas until yester-
day the captain of the schooner did not
know that the centerboard was damaged
in thu least.
The four masted schooner Independent
is at the Boston & Maine wharf loading
lumber for the River Platte. The Inde.
pendent will carry one of the largest
cargoes Of lumber ever taken from this
port.
The schooner Francis NJ. is at the Gas
company's wharf. She is discharging q
cargo Of coal.
The schooner Brigadier is d1schargine
cement at the Portland & Ogdensburg.
The schooner Abenaki is at the Berlin
Mills company's wharf taking cargo OF
lum Der for New York.
The schooner Loring C. Ballard is al
Randall & McAllister's discharging {
cargo of coal.
The Merryconeag, which is running
on the Portland Roothbay route, came In
load of freight and many passengers.
The steamer St. Croix came in from
ST. John at O'Clock yesterday morning
She was loaded deep in the water witt
freight. She left for Boston at 7.3l
O'Clock.
The tug Sylvester L. Ward with the
coal barges Keys tone and Beechwood III
tow sailed for Boston yesterday.
Work on the Spring point ledge ligh
house is progressing rapidly. The foun
dation for the light has been completed
and work on the upper section is vel
under way.
The steamer Salacia Ia still on thu
marine railway. It will take several day.
to complete the repairs needed on the
vessel.
The fine new steamer John Englls
which will be put on the Maine Steam
ship company's line early in January te
run between this city and New York, Il
receiving the fin is hing touches from hel
builders The furnishings of the interior
are well under way and will be com
pleted soon. The Englis is expected herr
about January l.
On recent trip the officers of thu
steamer St. Croix of the Internationa
line, saw dark object floating of
Seguin. Upon drawing nearer 1t ap-
pesred like water logged vessel thai
had beca me a floating derelict. Ths
steamer bore down to it and it was fin
ally discovered that it was the deck Of {
schooner apparently of about one hundred
tons The windlass, matches and house
were in place and it was apparent that
they had not been in tine water very long,
1t is supposed to be the deck from some
lumber schooner, the hull Of which had
gone to pieces, the deck floating off.
Chestnut ST. Church.
In Chestnut street church tomorrow
morning Dr. Parsons will conclude the