Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-29

Kew York FOR st John. n y. pui in ~
procure sails; Frank G Rich and Carrie
g Miles, RockIand.
cid. str1s Bohemia Ger. Hamburg VT,
baltimore; Armenian Br). Liverpool:
Penobseot. Winterport. Me; Portland
! Portland. Me: sch Ella Jennie Br), Grand
Harbor. Grand Maran. N b..
Sid stIBS Boston fBr). Yarmouth N &.
Elliott lBr). Sydney. G u: Sycamore 0.r,
Liverpool: bkt Krcmlin OBJ. (anchored I'm
Nantasket Roads: sch Annie NJ Preble.
| Addison, Me.
! CITY IsLAND-Dec IS. ar. sch Abbic
G. Cole. Vinalhaven. Me.
Foreign Ports.
GLASGOW-Dec %. ar. sim Concor.
dia, st Jonn. N T..
| KINSALE--Dec 2s, psd, ship Fred f.
scammell, Gridnstone Island for
Sharpness.
HALIFAX. n. S.-Dec 90, ar, sch
Hattie May. Vance. New York.
sid, stms Damaria. Paterson. St
John; Lake Superior. Carey, do; brlgt
Moss Glen, Hire. Ponce, PR.
| ST. JOHN, N. B.--Dec 28, ar, sim
Cheronea. Marsters. Liverpool; schs
Avalon. Wagner, New York: Great.
Clayton. New York.
| Cid, sch A Gibson. Rogers. Salem
Winnipeg. st John. N IL, via Halifax.
| Dec "a. sid. sim bowie, New York.
! SHARPNESS-Dec 26 ar blk Bonita
| Summerside. T. T. L.
EAsTHAM-Dec 2s, ar. blk President
| Ship Harbor. S.
PRAWLE POINT-Dec 2s. psd, sim
Halifax City. st John, n H.
BROW HEAD-Dec %. psd. sim Numi-
dian. Portland for Liverpool.
OPORTO-Dec . sid, sch Hone New
foundand.
MACEIO-Nov "a, Sid. sch Nelly. Cape
Breton.
ISLE OF wIGHT-Dec %. psd. sim st
John City. London for Halifax and st
John.
GLAsGO" Dec %. sid. sim scandina-
Wan. Boston.
vIENNA-Dec %, sid. sch NJ Lake,
BUENOS AYRES-Nov 20. ar. blk J II
Bowers. Boston.
vALENCIA-Dec %. ar. br Lillian. st
Johns. n f.
Disasters.
HYANNIS. MASS.-Dec %. ar, sch S
j Lindsey, ROckland for New York.
signals at half-mast on topmast The
captain reports the loss of one of the
crew overheard in Boston bay last
night. The sailor hailed from Nova
Scotia.
Astoria. Ore. Dec. ga gale set in,
Sunday night. and the velocity of the
wind all day has averaged 50 miles an
hour. Four ships are known to be out
side waiting to enter the harbor. The
gale. yesterday morning. blew the British
ship Province. lying in harbor ready for
sea. upon the north end IF Desdemona
Sands. where she is still lyra.s in an easy
position. 1t was impossible 10 pass a line
10 her to pull her Off
Halifax, n. s.. Dec. pa special dis
patch from Bermuda reports horrible
accident at sea on the ship Vanloo in
which six lives We're lost. The Vanloo
was on II voyage from Cardiff to ST. John
y. 3, and had to put in there with loss
OF sails. On the Goth inst. the Vanloo's
foreyards suddenly parted and fell to the
deck with crash. A number of men
We're at work in the rigging at the time
and others We're on deck Immediately be-
low.
OF nine who were carried down by the
falling yard or who We're struck when IL
descended, three Were killed instantly and
three Others who took the chances of es-
Gaping by jumping into the sea. were
drowned. None of the bodies were re-
covered. Only the day before this acct
dent. one of the crew met a terrible death
by falling from aloft to the deck The
ship Nanloo belongs to Yarmouth. n. s.
The man killed in the first accident by
falling from aloft was Patrick Watterson
of Barrow. Eng. The five victims of the
other accident were: John Brown of Lis
bon, Portugal. able seaman: Adolphe
kerger of Hamburg. Germany. ordinary
seaman. T. b. Gillies of St. John. n. b.,
able seaman: Robert Miller of Glasgow.
G. B.. able seaman: James Ellingson of
Norway, able seaman.
Brown and kerger were killed by falling
to the deck, and the other three were
drowned. The second accident happened
in lat. 1915 north I, west.
Halifax. n. s., Dec. 2S.-The schooner
Haiti, May. which arrived here. this
forensIn. from New York. brought the
crew OF the Plymouth. Mass. schooner
Fair Wind, which went to the bottom
on Georges banks. The Fair Wind was
on d voyage from New York to Bos-
ton and was blown out of her course
by heavy gales. She became unman-
ageable and was badly damaged. She
was On the point of sinking wneh the
Hattie May came along and took the
crew on board. The Fair Wind en-
countered violent squan at 10 O'Clock
at night on Dec % The vessel was
then off Chatham. Mass. She was
driven off shore and buffeted about by.
a fierce gale which carried away the
lanyards. Mountainous seas swept the
decks and the schooner became so
badly iced UP that it was almost inn
possible to move about the deck. She
began to leak and for some time the
crew were helpless. They suffered
from frost bites and exposure and the
ship became umanageable.
When off the Georges bank the cap
tain saw the schooner could not float
much longer and set signals for as
sstance early Christmas morning. In
the afternoon me schoonar Hattie May,
bound from New York for Halifax was
sighted She answered the signals of
distress. After great difficulty the cap
tain and Grey of the unfortunate
schooner were taken on board the Hat
tie May and the Fair Wind was
abandoned. She soon afterwards went
down.
The Fair Wind WAS blilt in Ellsworth.