Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-10-15

| TROON-Oct IA, sid, sim Glenhead
Montreal.
HULL-Oct 10. sid, sim Lepanto.
| Boston.
BOULOGNE-Oct IA. sid, sim Veen-
dam from Retterdam) New York.
FASTNET- Oct IA, psd, sim laurie
New York for Liverpool
MONTEVIDEO-Oct II. sid. ship ]
D Everett. st John. N 3.
STETTIN-Oct TO- ar, sim Thngvala.
New York. via Copenhagen, etc.
lNERPOOL-Oct. IA. ar, sim Ger
manic, New York via Plymouth for
Hamburg.
LONDON-Oct IA. ar, sim Mobile,
New York.
ST JOHN. N B-Oct IA. ar. sim State
OF Maine. Thompson. Boston; sch Gen.
tennial Ward Boston.
Cid, sch lay. Spragg. Vineyard Haven:
sim State of Maine Thompson. Boston
TUSkET. n B-Oct o. sid, brgt st Mi
chael. Trinidad.
POINT DU CHENE-Oct "A. ar blk Co.
deffray. Iverick. Preston.
HALIFAX. n Scot A. ar bks Presi-
dent. Olsen. Havre. France; A w Single
ton. Taraldsen. Sharpness.
NENPORT-Oct. Is, sid sim Eastlands,
>-LoNDoN-oct II, sid sim Mohawk.
HCLL-Oct. IA. sprite, Halifax via
.NAPLEs-oct IL. sid sim Massilia.
sTETTiN-oct. A. sid sim Stella, New
LIVERPooI-oct. IS. ar sim Ulunda,
Halifax via St. Johns. N. F.
Disasters.
ST. Johns. N. F.. Oct. H.-The British
steamer Hestia. of the Donaldson Line,
Captain TAYLOR, from GLASGOW for Baiti-
for repairs. Her main steampipe burst
on Sunday. while in the midst of a ter
rife gale. 100 miles of this coast. 1t is
expected that repairs will be effected and
she will resume her voyage tomorrow, as
the damages are slight.
Marine Notes.
Rockland Star: Word was received In
this city. Wednesday. that one of the
crew of the schooner Commerce had COM
mitted suicide. Sunday, when the schooner
was going up Long Island Sound. The
man was ,Swede and the cause of this
action is unknown. He tied the windlass
brake to himself and jumped overheard
Immediately sinking. 1t was impossible
to get his remains. The Commerce sailed
from this port one week ago Tuesday and
was loaded with lime from Perry Bros
for New York.
Two Bath built clipper ships. Tacoma.
Capt. Caffrey and the Indiana. Capt. Col
ley. sailed out of the Delaware break
water one afternoon this week on n 1000
mile race. Both are from Philadelphia,
the former bound for Tacoma and Seattle
and the latter for San Francisco Ar
thur Sewall is the owner of the Indiana.
which has traded around Cape Horn for
more than q years. 1t is calculated that
she should reach Frisco IN 120 days. The
masters of these rival ships each agreed
TO deposit sum of money to go to the
winning ship after time and distance al
lowances shall have been made to the
one going to the more northern port.
The Tacoma was built here in 1881, Is
1872 tons register and owned by Charles
Davenport while the Indiana is Ass tons
register and was built in 1876.
When Pilot Charles Nelson boarded the
Cunard steamship Catalonia below Bos-
ton. Monday morning. xheswas informed
by Capt Stephens th4< xs74O o'clock,
sunday morning, whsNStAe Eteaper was
discerned on the surfade O3,rtke water
what appeared to be . Aoattg. Island OF
n shipwrecked vessel With persons cling
ing to it. In hopes Of being the means
of saving human life he gave the order
to head the ship in the direction of the
unknown object, and approaching 1t he
found a curious looking affair with rail-
ings upon it. 1t was q huge. hogshead.
The pilot informed him that it was a re-
volving barrel boat, which was invented,
by Capt. Beckman of Bucksport, Me-
who. in company with his young SON
We're propelling the boat by means or
crack turned from within the barrel, and
were making for Rockland when they
abandoned her off SchOodic Point. Me-.
on Sept. 2S, and were taken OFF and
landed at New York by steamer Penta-
gOet.