The Portland daily press., 1896-10-17
HARBoR NOTES.
Particulars of the Loss of Young Amos
Mitchell.


Mrs. @. A. Colcord OF Searsport will
accompany her husband on his voyage
from this city to Buenos Ayres in the
schooner D. S. Rivers.
The schooner Violet N. arrived yester-
day from Westport, N. S., with 700 Quin-
tails of Goldfish and So of haddook.
The schooner Josephine Cooney began
to take on portion of lumber Yesterday
morning. A part of her cargo consists
Of ice loaded at Wisoasset.
The Willie Smith brought in large
fare of salt fish yesterday.
The Manhattan, Capt Bragg, arrived
from New York at 4. 10 p. m. yesterday.
She left there Wednesday night. OF
the shoals she en- countered heavy winds
and seas, and what was alarming the
Pollock Rip lightship had dragged away
and was Is miles from her proper loca-
ton. The tender was trying to get back
to her place. The Manhattan took re-
fuRe in Bass Har Dor and left there at
4 a. m. yesterday, arriving here as stated.
She encountered great deal Of thick
weather on the way from Bass Harbor.
She brought four saloon passengers.
The bark Ethel is lying in the roads
ready. to sail for the River Platte.
| The schooner George E. Prescott put
into port yesterday bound from Vinal-
haven to Philadelphia.
I. The sohooners Mystic Tie and Kill
born came in yesterday with fish.
| The lighthouse tender Myrtle ID on the
marine railway.
The schooner Edgar 8. Foster sailed
yesterday for Bangor loaded with corn.
| The lighthouse tender Geranium ia in
port today.
| The tug Demarest started for the Ken
nebec yesterday morning with the big
four-m asted schooner William Il. Tanner,
which W i'll load ice for New YORK.
| The end of Portland pier is being COW
cred wi tn new planking.
The schooner Winner. Capt. Robbins
Apple River, N. S., to New London with
pilings, reported in Yesterdays PRESS
as arriving Thursday evening and an
ohored down in the roads with her flag
at half mast, had sad experience. On
Tuesday last sine went into Harrington
and got a new job. While. thore Capt.
Robbins came in with his.vessel, the
Northern Light, and wanted to exchange
one of the sailors, young Amos Mitchell,
for one of the Grew Of the Winner. The
Winner then sailed from Harrington
and encountered off Petit Menan a ter
| rible wind and but nine fathoms of wat
or. The matesandstwo of the crew start
ed to draw in the foresail-the schooner
was running wing and wing-when a
violent gust struck it. The mate dropped
the shute, but the two men. OF whom
Mitchell was one, held to the rope and
went overheard and began to swim, but
the other fellow held on. The schooner
as quickly as possible came up into the
wind and boat was put out and sue
ceeded in getting the man who held to
the line, but poor Mitchell had sunk.
TO get the boat back line had to be
thrown to it, and she was pulled as near
| as safety allowed when the boat crew
| climbed on the schooner as best they
could, but the boat had to be towed.
Mitchell was q native of Harrington,
about "a years old and leaves father.
mother ana brother, the latter q member
| of the Winners crew also.
Two boys stole dory at Custom house
wharf for sail. They were detected
and lively chase on the part of the
| owner, in another boat, followed. But
the boys managed to double on the
owner, got to wharf, and scoot, leav-
ing the boat.