The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-11-13
a NORTHEASTERN.
Made Things Lively Along the Water
Front Yesterday.

1t was a tough old nor easter although
the wind blew from about every point of
the compass at various times during the
day. The storm broke on Thursday even
ing little after dark at sea and in an
hour or two 1t had kicked up heavy sea
which made sailing along the coast diff
cult and dangerous. Many Of the vessels
which had confidently put out from Port
land on Thursday afternoon were obliged
to turn around and run back for shelter.
At ten O'Clock Thursday night one of
the shippers of a coasting vessel told
PRESS reporter there were fifty sail off
Cape Elizabeth all of them bound into
Portland and yesterday morning the
roads were filed with vessels. During
the night many of these small coasters
broke away from their anchorage and
went dragging down the bay. Collisions
in many cases were narrowly avoided and
there were lively times on board many of
the smaller vessels before morning. The
little schooner Dreadnaught which was
anchored just outside the breakwater
won't adrift and went ashore on the sandy
beach between the breakwater and Fort
Preble. All of the forenoon the tow boats
one after another tried to pull her off the
beach but none of them succeeded until
high water when the Fannie G. pulled her
off with ease. The Dreadnaught is not
much damaged and the cost of her repairs
will be slight, but it was narrow escape
from much worse accident.
A towboat captain said that Glouces-
ter fisherman is lying at anchor in the
Peaks island roads that got in Thursday
night about II o'clock. Her captain re-
ports that the storm began by 9 O'Clock
in the evening and gradually increased in
intensity. He and a fourteen years old
boy were the only ones on board and the
captain had to stand at the wheel alone
for many hours while the youth did what
he could when it became necessary to
tack. The captain said that if he had not
reached the harbor just as he did they
would undoubtedly have been lost, as it
would have been impossible to handle the
boat alone in the gale that was blowing
an hour later.
Another boat, a small Hampton came
in half full of water and her captain also
decided that he got in out of the wet just
about in time.
The tug boats were pretty busy at times
towing vessels that had dragged on their
anchors until they had drawn too near
the shore for safety. One of the smaller
+,,crc xzrorI-oJ fo,. rx,or hOur rattiuo q
large fishing schooner to safe place. For
some time it was pretty hard to tell
whether the tug was towing the schooner
Or vice versa.
The steamer Phantom came up from
Falmouth Foreside at nine O'Clock and
and tossed on the heavy swell that was
running. The Harpsweil line steamer
Aucocisco arrived on time but reported a
very rough passage.
The coasting schooner George M. Lewis
which arrived at Widgery's wharf yester-
day reported very rough trip from Bos.
ton Thursday afternoon. She lost O fly
ing jib and her captain says it was about
as rough weather as he cared to be out in.
1t was SO bad outside yesterday that the
Boston boats did not sail and none of the
steamers bound along the coast left theil
docks. The Percy V. for Cundy's Har.
Dor missed her first trip yesterday owing
to the heavy gale outside.
The Serena S. Kendall dragged her
anchors Thursday night and nearly
coIiided with the three masted schooner
Charles A. Briggs. The schooner Annie
w. Barker is lying at anchor in the lower
harbor with her 1nizzen topmast gone.
The Bangor and Boston steamboat
Penobscot was obliged to put into Port
land Thursday night on account of the
storm, and was lying at Franklin wharf
yesterday waiting for the weather &c
clear.
The annual meeting of the Central
Wharf Towboat company was held yester.
day afternoon and the following directors
were elected: E. B. Winslow, b. N.
Sargent, E. H. Sargent, N. <. Sawyer,
William Leavitt, William H. Scott and
j. P. Tenney. j. P. Tenney was chosen
clerk and treasurer and e. B. Winslow
| was elected president.
The packet Emily Staples, grain
ladened, sailed from this port Monday for
the town of Penobscot. She discharged
part of her cargo there and Thursday
sailed for South Penobscot, but before
reaching her destination she ran aground
and sprang aleak. The balance OF her
cargo was considerably damaged. The
grain was owned by S. W. ThaAter and
others.