The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-12-03
WATER FRONT NEWS.
Capt Ridion's Narrow Escape and Re-
ported Loss of Man on Portland
Schooner.


| Schooner.
Old salts along the water front yester.
dayewith noses blue from cold and with
the collars Of their pea coats turned III
about their ears gathered about the ends
of the wharves and watched the coastfne
vessels come flying unto the harbor be.
fore the strong northwest wind. "We're
bound to have bad weather before morn
ing" said one. "ShouldlSt wonder II
gale was on by sun rise," reiterated an.
other. Coasting schooner after coastina
schooner few into the port and when the
sun set last evening the lower roads were
rapidly filling up with synall vessels of
all kinds. This according to the best in
formed Is good indication of an ap-
preaching storm, though the sign some
times fails.
Tie schooner Grace Bradley is rapidly
completing her cargo of cooperage and
lumbe which she will take to Guada-
loupe.
The fishing arrivals yesterday were the
AnJoeAo = lSt ouooS uuo Aoiy IInHhu, ~, UUU;
and the Minnette with 500.
The lobster arrivals yesterday were the
Mary E. Smith, 1000: the Addie and
Hattie 300, the Almeda Morse 5000, and
the Blanche and Ida with 7OOO
When off Harpswen yesterday forenoon
Captain Ridlnn of the sloop Sapola had
a narrow escape from being drowned.
The sloop was on her way to this city
with Holsters for J. W. Trefethon, and
Captain Ridlon wearing heavy coat,
boots and mittens was standing ON the
deck of the little vessel when she jibed
and he was knocked overheard by the
main boom. There was only one other
man on the Sopola besides Capt. Ridlon
and he after great difficulty succeeded in
launching, the dory and getting the
skipper safely on board his sloop again.
1t was narrow escape.
A report which ocoasioned some alarm
along shore yesterday afternoon was that
brought in by Captain Frazier of Peaks
island. He said that Willis hauling
lobster pots off the island on Tuesday
afternoon ha saw the fishing schooner
Forest Maid, some five or six miles out
side, behave in very peculiar manner.
The vessel was suddenly brought up into
the wind. three dories launched in great
haste and Captain Fraziot thought that
the schooner must have lost man over
board. The Forest Maid put into
Chebeague island Wednesday night, and
no report of the loss of the Forest Maid q
crew mad been made up to the time the
Harspwell boat left Chebeague island
yesterday morning.
The schooner Mary z. Palmer is dis
wharf.
The Austrian steamer Tergeste, Capt.
Suttora, sailed today for New Orleans,
where she will load cotton for Trieste.
The schooner Henry Wilmington ar
rived today from Boston. She will load
at the Portland Cooperage wharf for
Glen Cove, N. Y.
The largest tow boat in the world left
port early yesterday morning. The boat
is the property of the Central railroad
of New York Jersey. and is named
1amagua. She is built on the same plan
as the majority of ocean tugs and is
painted dark color, with red band
around the smokestack.
gBThs schooner Charles Fl. Wolston is
discharging coal at Randall & McAIlis-
ter's wharf.
The packet Olive Branch is at the
Grand Trunk elevator loading grain for
Belfast.
The schooner T. W. Cooper took cargo
of grain aboard at the elevator today.
She Is bound for Maohias.
Captain D. N. Messenger and the crew
of the wrecked Bristol schooner Ashton
went to Boston ON the boat Tues day eve
ming. They will take the steamer from
there to Yarmouth, N. S.
The boats of the revenue cutter Wood
buIy. were hard at work yesterday taking
on board provisions for quite long
cruise. The vessel is expected to sail
under her new commander, Captain
Hand to the eastward this morning.