Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-12-03
SATURDAY. DECEMBER 3.

something nas happened to her, She
left this polt Thursday last. bouad for
Bangor. Me-. and nothing has been
heard since concerning her.
Secretary Weiss. Of the company. said
yesterday that the boat was in charge
ct Captain .. X. Ingram, who was
thoroughly familiar with the New Eng
land coast. There was q possibility
that when the storm came up Saturday
evening he might have put out tO sea
to avoid all possibility Of going ashore.
There were no passengers on board. anC
the crew comprised ID o. Il men. The
steamship carried 100 tons Of miscella
neous goods, and was due in Bango,
Sunday morning.
Newport. r. l., Dee. l.-Reports from
Block island bling tales of loss OF life
and wreckage along the beaches, while
the fosce of the wind on Sunday was 11C
miles an hour 1t was the most severe
storm in the remembrance Of the island
ers. There is much fear eXprs ssed by
the inhabitants of Newport as 10 the
safety Of many Of the residents of the
island, who have been penned up Stree
last Saturday.
Swampscott. Mass. Dec. 1.-The three
masted schooner Edgar Hanson. coa1
laden. bound for Portsmouth, n. II.
went ashore on Dread ledge, off Nahant
yesterday. She lies IN a dangerous posi-
tion. and if the wind changes she is
rocks. The SwampscOtt life saving crew
went to her assistance. She carried q
crew of six men.
North Weymouth. Mass, Dec. 1.-The
two-masted schooner c. X. kennard is
ashore off Fort point. The schooner left
Portsmouth. n. H.. Friday with cargo
composed If $4,000 brick. consigned tG
Weymouth. She anchored off Fort
point. but the archor chain parted and
the vessel was driven on the rocks. Cap.
tain Freeman, Mate Brown and two sea
men reached shore after great difficulty
The vessels sails were carried away and
she has two holes stove in her bow Shs
went ashore within 200 feet of where she
was built.
Gloucester. Mass, Dec. 1.-Fears are
entertained here for the safety of the
fishing schooner +. r. Walker of this
port The coast guards at Race POin
report seeing considerable wreckage
marked +. r. Walker. She was com.
E,son hnl ~
crew of IA men.
Nelson. B. c., Dec. 1.-The Ainsworth
a small steamer plying between Nelson
and BOnner's Ferry, was wrecked Tues
day night during storm on kOotena
lake, six of her crew and three passen.
gers being drowned. When about 2E
miles from shore, during heavy gale
the AinswOrth was struck by a squal
and commenced taking in water The
captain headed her for shore, but she
reeled over on her side, filling immedi.
ately.
st. Johns, N. F., Dec. 1.-The British
steamer Scottish King, which sailed from
Antwerp on Nov q for Boston and Balti
more with a general cargo, went ashOr,
during a dense fog yesterday at Sea
Cove, a fishing hamlet on Trinity bay
'The crew was saved. The ship Is Iyins
in an upright position between the rocks
There Is bad hole in the bottom, anC
the fore compartment and the engin,
and boiler rooms are full Of water.
The extent of the damage done BY
the late blizzard along Salisbury Beach
Mass. is greater than at first reported
Wreckage OF all descriptions is strewl
along the sands, and the damage t.
beach property is considerable. Tn,
cottages have suffered great damag,
from the high seas.
The contract for floating the steamer
Fairfax. aground in Vineyard sound ha
been awarded to the Merritt G. Chap
man Wrecking company. The work Ol
removing her cargo has already com
menced.
The schooner Wilson and Willard
which went ashore on Ten Pound island
off Gloucester. was hauled off. She i!
badly damaged.
Schooner Senator Frye, which wa:
blown ashore at East Gloucester, was
hauled off with but slight damage.
Schooner Rienzi, which went ashore
al Niles Beach. was hauled off, appar.
emily but little damaged.
The Wilson liner Ohio which was
beached on Spectacle island. Bost on har.
Dor, in the storm Of Saturday, was pulled
nff yesterday by five tugs, and was
brought to her dock.
A dispatch from st. Johns says the
steamer Monticello, which left Por
Daniels for Halifax some days ago, has
been heard from and is safe.
Schooner Emma NJ. Dyer which was
abandoned, and whose crew was taken
off and carried to New York by the
steamer Herman Winter, was valued
at $4,000. She was insured for $3878.
Schooner Shenandoah, at Gloucestea
from the Grand Banks, had her deries
sma shed and oil butts washed over
hoard.
Schooner Edward A. Rich had some
dories smashed and bulwarks washed off
Schooner New England, Captain
Lewis. encountered the gale on the
western part OF Georges. She sustained
slight damage. After the storm she
sighted a burning coaster, possibly the
Narcissus, as she was set on fire when
abandoned.
Schooner b. r. WoOdside. from Nor
folk, which was reported lost, was an
chored in Vineyard sound during the
storm. and rode it out in safety.
Understa nding Has Been Reached.
Washington, Dec. 1.-The Anglo
American commission held joint session