The Portland daily press., 1897-01-16
THE COOK TELLS THE TALE.
How the Schooner John Somes Was
Wrecked.

Ran Ashore on the Southern End of Mon
hogan in a Fog-The Vessel an Entire
Loss. But Some of the Cargo Was
saved-Other News Along the Water
Front.
Cook W. l., Kidder of the schooner
John Somes was here yesterday and gave
the following account of the wreck OF
the John Somes on the southern emu Of
Monhegan island on the morning of jan
nary 4th He said this crew of the vessel
was composed Of the captain, COOK and
three men. Thesvessel at the time Of the
accident was running under fore sail and
lib and the captain judged himself to be
to tho leeward of Monaghan island. There
was dense fog at the time and after the
vessel struck we could not see the land.
We heard the whistle at the lighthouse
but could not locate it. The vessel struck
on point called Lobster Point about
4.15 o'clock in the morning. AS soon
as We struck we got our boat clear and
oil hands got into it and cut.the painter.
She barely swung clear of the. breakers
and as we did not know where we were,
we rowed eight miles around the island
to reach Monhegan harbor which was
only about mile from us on the other
hand. We took nothing with us in the
boat rs we expected the vessel to go to
pieces at once. 1t was about six O'CLOCK
when we landed and went up to some OF
tho houses and got breakfast.
J. %rrJO Of 1G
ers took dory and rowed back to the
wreck and saved the compass, spy
glass and few other things. When they
came back they landed the cook at the
Monhegan house, where he was made to
feel OF nome and every thing was done for
his comfort.
The schooner went to pieces in very
short time after she struck. The crew
with the help of the natives saved part of
the sails, lines, chains anchors, etc., and
the people on the island helped them
without charging them anything for
their trouble. The islanders saved be-
tween six and seven hundred barrels of
oil. The Standard Oil company sent an
agent and settled the savage and will
reship the oil.
The vessel was owned by A. II. Savage
of Calais, but was not insured. The
captain remains on the island and will
ship what he has saved to Boothbay to be
resnipped to Calais.
The schooner II. P. Mason arrived here
at once and load general cargo for
Trinidad.
The fishing arrivals yesterday were
larger than they have been before this
month. The Nellie Barnes and Albert
W. Black had 5000 each, the John M.
Plummer, Emma Jane and Hattie Maud
1000 each, the Iolanthe, and Uncle ice,
e00O the George ". Pierce 10, 900; the For
est Maid and Mary E. Hagan $4,000 and
the Moses B. Linscott 5000.
The G. J. Willard which has been
hauled up at Long wharf all the season
has been chartered and is repairing at the
Marine railway.
Fishermen have found large quantity
of scallops near Fort Preble and are reap
ing harvest.
Dealers along the water front say that
oysters are more plentiful now than they
have been for several seasons past, and
the demand for them is constantly in
oreasiug.
A large quantity of Chinese clay is OIL
the way here in the English steamers for
the Berlin, n. H., and the Lisbon Falls
paper mills. The clay is used in the man
ufaeture of paper.
The schooner John F. Randall, Crock
er. has cleared for Philadelphia and will
sail as soon as she gets faYora BILE
wind.
The Dominion liner Vancouver, Jones,
sailed from Liverpool for this port on
Thursday.
The steamer ST. Croix came in at 7.30
O'Clock yesterday morning from st. John.
She was loaded away down in the water
with freight. The steamship left for Bos-
ton at s.45 clock.
The schooner Gem has hauled from
Browns wharf to Deakes' wharf where