The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-04

down into the steering pit. Had ne not
been securely dashed he would have been
carried overheard and lost, butsthe lash
ings held and he escaped with his life.
The boat at the stern probably saved the
vessel and our lives by breaking the force
of the waves, which would probably
have split us in two and sunk US.
cone sailor named Mckenzie, was
caught by wave just as he was coming
IN from below where he had been to call
the watch. He had not more than
reached the deck when he was struck by
q heavy sea and thrown with great force
into the lee scuppers, injuring him Sc
verely.
"Charles. Furlong, another ofsthe. crew,
was caught by a wave amidships and
carried with Irresistible force to the rail
and would surely have gone overheard,
but fortunately succeeded in catching
hold of a rope and saved his life. After
we hove to the schooner rode quite east
ly and we repaired damages as best we
conld. 1t was SO cold that we had to
stand short tricks and the men We're
greatly weakened from the exposure. We
had no boats now and Tuesday when the
barometer began falling again ana went
down to 30 we never expected to see home
again for we thought another northeastern
was coming. We only GOT the tail end
OF 1t, however, and thank God, here we
are
THE CHARLES P. HOFFMAN.
The four-masted schooner Charles P.
hoffman, Capt. Jewett, arrived yesterday
from Norfolk. She was out in the ter
rible blizzard and everyoneson board was
thankful when their ship dropped anchor
in Portland harbor.
Tho hoffman left Norfolk last Saturday
and early Tuesday morning was off Long
Island, where the northwest gale struck
her. The crew couldn't shorten sail and
after rough battle with the elements,
dropped anchor about 20 miles off the
east end of Long aisland in 25 fathoms of
water and paid out nearly $50 fathoms OF
chain. The schooner then rode quite
easily, but it was very cold and all on
board suffered good deal. Tuesday
morning they started for Portland, and
reached here safely Thursday noon. The
hoffman has 24oO. tons of coal for Randall
& McAllister.
THE KING PHILIP.
The schooner King Philip, Capt. Dun
can, arrived yesterday from Baltimore
with coal for Randall & McAllister. The
big schooner looks as though she had
seen some trying times and, judging
from thesstory the crew have to tell, no
one ON board cares to encounter any
more bIizzzards at present
Capt. Duncan told the reporter that he
left Baltimore January Is. and one week
ago Monday dropped anchor in Vineyard
Haven in the midst of IL four-masted
schooners and lot of small fry. They
got away from there last Monday and
laid their course for Portland. coming
across the shoals, where they ran into
heavy weather. They ran near Bass river
and dropped anchor. The seas rose high |
on board the schooner The force of the |
sea was terrific and the cutwater was
broken and the figure head washed away
while monster sea broke in the cabin. |
The wind shifted from east to southeat |
to the south and the weather was bitter
ly cold.
Tuesday afternoon they stood off again |
for Portland and their foresail was torn |
badly. The sea finally went down and |
the schooner arrived safely yesterday, |
although the damage to her was con
siderable.
HERMAN REESING ALL RIGHT.
n f. Trefethen's lobster steamer Her
mann Reesing arrived here last night at |
seven thirty o'clock. She weathered the |
storm in Tenants harbor. Consider I
able anxiety has been felt for her
safety and everyone was glad to see /
her steaming into her dock.
ITEMS ALONG SHORE. s |
The schooner James Adams arrived here |
yesterday with coal for the Maine Cen /
trail. She looked as If she had had hard /
time of it. Her figure head was gone }
and her foresail torn badly, while, she /
was covered with ice.
The schooner Edgar Randall, reported |
ashore in Salem, has been lying at Cen
trail wharf. since Sunday. She is all right |
and some other vessel must have been
mistaken for her in Salem.
The steamerIP Percy v. arrived yesterday
afternoon on schedule time. The stean-
er has not. lost a trip so far this season.
Capt. How said the storm was very severe
down Small Point and Cundy's Har-
Dor way, but no accidents were reported.
The Percy v. brought in 1000 pound
fresh cod, which are being caught In
large numbers in Small Point and Gun
dy's Harbor, most unusual thing for
this time of year. These fish were con-
signed to Mcdonald, the fish dealer
The sohooners Abbie Bowker and Fan
ME Reichie arrived here yesterday covered
with ice, but otherwise uninjured.
One by one the fleet due in Portland are
into port and every arrival lifts
a load of care from some ones shoulders.
The tug Atlas towed into port the Stan
dard Oil company's barge No. 81. loaded
with oil for the Portland Refinery.
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