The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-10-16
ALONG THE WHARVES.
The North Easter Was Still With Us
Yesterday.

Yesterday.
Longest Spell of Bad Weather Known for
Years-Boston and New York Boats
Arrive and Depart After Several Days
De1ay-A Portland Vessels Long Pas
sage to Observation-Disclosures with
Flag at Half Mast Arrives-Items About
Ships and shipping.
The no'easter still hangs on with the
tenacity of a bull dog. The weather
bureau predicted fair weather, southerly
winds and all kinds of changes, but
the nor easter persists in staying with
us. 1t Is bad thing for shipping Of all
kinds.
The harbor yesterday, and especially
the lower roads, was crowded wioh ves-
sells waiting for clearing weather. Some
of these vessels have been patiently
waiting for over q week for favorable
day and good weather and as many of
them are bound for South America or
the West Indies, this long delay is COST
ing the owners a large sum Of money.
The steamer Portland of the Portland
Steam Packet Company arrived here
from Boston Mt 8 o. ,look yesterday morn
ing, and the Bay State which arrived
Wednesday afternoon, was the first steam
er from Boston for several days. The
New York boat, the Cottage City, ar
rived on Wednesday afternoon. discharged
during the night. loaded the aooumu-
lated freight of several days and sailed
at z O'Clock yesterday morning for New
York again. This steamer was obliged to
spend several days in Provinoetown dur
ing the storm and many of hev passen-
gers completed their journey to this city
BY rail.
included in the Cottage City's freight
was the stable outfits of Frederick Geb-
hard, A. NJ. Kempt and others en- route
from Bar Harbor. There were Is fine
horses. pony, dogs, carriages and oaIts
A half dozen coachmen and hostlers
had charge of the outfit. The Cottage
City officers report that Pollock Rip
lightship is seven miles out Of position
They report the gale in Long Island
sound was the worst known for years.
The New York steamer Manhattan
sailed from New York for this port yes
terday morning, but was oblig ed to put
into Hyannis on the coast of Nnssachu-
setts to escape the severity of the storm.
She is expected to arrive here some time
today if the storm subsidies.
The steamer ST. Croix which has
been detained in Boston for several days
on account of the storm, arrived here
yesterday forenoon and cleared about
noon for Eastport and ST. John. She
carried large number Of passengers
and great amount of freight. The
| steamer State of Maine, which sailed
Wednesday, carried 200 passengers to Bos-
ton, al ususually large mum Der for this
season of the year.
The steamer Portland for Boston sailed
on time last night for the latter Port
with a large number of passengers and
great amount of freight. 1t was re-
ported as being very rough outside and
doubtless many Of the passengers of the
Portland will suffer from le NAL de
| AAGI0 U0lOI0 t00l EcdCA uuC Ii uU
OVER ONE VESSEL HEARD FROM.
The owners of the schooner Olive T.
Whittier Of this city which sailed from
Portland for st. Pierre, Martinique, load
ed with lumber and shocks from j. H.
Hamlin & Co., we've commencing to wor-
ry little about the safety of that YES
sci when Mr.. Charles F. Guptill of the
| firm of Lyman. Son & Co., received q
cablegram from Capt. Whittier yester-
day, announcing his safe arrival at ST.
Pierre alter a 40 days passage from
Portland. The Whittier evidently en-.
oountered the two severe hurricanes
which played so much havoc with vessels
in their path, but the cablegram from
the sohooner's captain would lead one to
suppose she had escaped being injured
in either of them.
The bark Henry B. Cleaves of Portland,
IS days out of Portland, for Martiniq ue,
is also supposed to have passed through
the hurricanes, but no anxiety is felt on
her account by her owners or by ]. H.
Hamlen & Son, the shippers of the
Cleaves's cargo, as the normal passage to
this island is 20 days.
STILL ROUGH OUTSIDE.
Yesterday forenoon the tug Seguin of
Bath came in here to take the three
nasted schooner City Of Augusta to Gar
diner to load with ice. About o'clock
the tug came back into the harbor, the
captain repeating it too rough off the
mouth Of the Kennebec to attempt to
enter the river.
SCHOONER ATWOOD HAD HARD
TIME.
Capt. Benjamin OF the schooner At
wood ia having repairs made on his YES
sci which had rough experience on
Mondays gale while off the Cape. The
seas ran mountains high, sweeping the
decks, STAYING the bulwarks and COM
pletely flooding the cabin and forecastlss.
All Of the clothing and bedding were
soaked SO he is naturally awaiting an
ut or Wait of Old Col,s nalcoy,,a rovs