The Portland daily press., 1898-11-29

small boat. She was also leaking SO bad
" yesterday that she had to tow int
Widgery's wharf for repairs
The dredging machine, not satisfied
with this, kept on and bumped into the
schooner Sarah Hill, starting her rail.
Shaving I'D one side and setting her to
leaking SO that she was in great danger
of sinking and had to be towed into
wharf.
The schooner A. K. Woodward, Capt.
Burlington, ran into one of the mud dig
gers and broke her head gear, besides
smashing her rail on the starboard side.
The fishing schooner j. S. Glover of
Portland got adrift and went down the
harbor like a race horse. She ran into
the side of a coaster whose name was not
learned, but who was not injured seri-
ously. The Glover, however, looks as
though she had been struck by lo-inch
she'll. Her starboard side was cut down
two or three feet and her main boom
broken right in two.
The G. j. Willard is ashore at West
Quoddy Head, damage slight.
The schooner Clytie was wrecked of
Long Island. She had just returned from
maokerel trip south, and Capt. Wallace
had all his stores on board. She will
probably be total loes. Her masts are
out, rails gone, sides stove in ami every
thing removable washed from her.
A lobster car belonging to j. W. Trs-
fethen was destroyed. The loss will be
$3.50.
The Cliff hotel. in process of building
was completely wrecked and will be q
total loss.
The sloop Goldsmith Maid was taken
to sea and will be a total loss.
The sloop Ethel was blown ashore on
Bailey's island point, and mar be saved,
but in very exposed position.
Barns were blown down all along the
the line of the islands.
The Harpswell line wharf at Long isl
and was badly wrecked, about 100 feet
being taken out.
The Casco Bay line wharf at Mariners
landing was wrecked.
The Phantom and the Aucocisco came
in as usual yesterday morning and the
crews of both report sad havoc down
the bay. The crew of the Phantom sight
ed four smelt boats ashore at the eastern
end of Chebeague island, and reports that
a steam holster at the government works
at Diamond island sank during the sorm.
The Aucocisco's crew gave startling
accounts of the sights along the steamers
route. The sloop G. Il. Edwards was
seen pounding violently against the east
ern end of Chebeaaue island. another
sloop and three schooners lay all piled up
near by in confused mass. The Chand
Ter r. is badly damaged A sluop belong
ing to Erastus Wallace, of High Head,
had heen undergoing repairs at Aliens
shjpyard. and was on her way home. She
encountered the gale. which carried her
swiftly up the bay; her anchor caught
on Cox's ledge, and the sioop rushed
ashore on Long Point, having received
but little damage.
Walter Pinkham's sloop broke away
from her moorings at Harpswell and has
not been seen since Sunday morning
Will Hamilton's sloop lies ashore at
Potts's Point. Capt David HIPS rock
schooner also went ashore.
Christianson's new hotel, which was in
the process of construction at Cliff ISL
and, was twisted about and toppled over
like pile Of loose boards. A lot of un-
slaked lime which was to have been used
in the construction, took fire upon com
ing in contact with the water and quite
a confagration ersued. The new hotel
is a wreck. All along the water 'front.'
junkshops and store houses were being
thoroughly rummagsd for old anchors
and other tackle to take the place of such
as were lost during the storm.
At Simontonss Cove, Willard. there was
quite a fleet of fishing boats anchored
A gentleman who came from there yes
terday morning, reports that there were
probably eight Hamptons at anchor
there. many of whom had fish. One man
told him he had over 200 weight on board.
AS the storm increased in severity the
boats iced up badly and before nightfall
they looked like miniature icebergs.
Yesterday morning only one was left, the
remainder having sunk. AS the bottom
is sandy they can probably all be RAISED
without much trouble.
Up to noon yesterday nothing had been
heard from the four-masted schoone
King Philip, and it is feared that she
\ emit down in the storm. 1t had up to
that time been impossible to get any In
formation from Capt. Trundy of the
United States life saving sattion.
The schooner Charles P. hoffman col
Iided with the schooner Luta Prince
Sunday night and carried away her fore.
mast, and mainmast The schooner Mary
E., lost her jib and foremost The sloop
Chandler r., is reported ashore at Great
Chebeague
The schooner Mary E. of Sackville, N.
B., was Juggling at both anchors. She
had a large deck load of lumber and on
that was piled the wreckage of the fore.
mast and bowsprit. She had become
mixed up with the British schooner Lu6a
Price of st. John, N. B., early Sunda