Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-12-01

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Portland, was quite well known in thi.
city: He married Miss Clara A. Hodptins
Of this city, in June. 1874 The ceremnm.
was performed by Rev. VIM Hart Mrs.
Fogg died six years ago.-Bath Times.
Percy L. Nickerson of Swanville, whose
name is on the passenger list of the ill
fated Portland, Is a son Of Hon. a. q
Nlckerson OF that town, prominent cfti.
zen ana representative-elect to the next
Der Of the class of 1860 at the UNIVERSITY y
Of Maine. 'i'y
Fred Mum Of Suffield. Conn. is now
known 70 nave been passenger on the
Portland He was coming to Westbrook
to attend funeral and a telegram was
received. Wednesday. from Sufffeld. saw.
ing that he started intending to take the
saturday boat he has not arrived and
1t Is supposed ne must have done so.
The schooner NJ. 3. Mahoney which
went ashore on Naugus Head, Salem
harbor, has her bottom badly broken
and will be a total loss. She was mart.
ly loaded with lumber and belongs to
Harry Lord of Bangor. Me-, and was
| fully insured.
George I. Thompson. formerly of the
Portland Cooperative Express and
lately a travelling salesman for the
1 Wheeler & Wilson CO., was expected
to take the Saturday evening boat
down. since which time no word has
| been heard from him.
| The British tramp steamer Strathesk
| arrived at New York, Wednesday. in =
badly battered condition and with a
heavy list to starboard She was Short
| one man and three other members of her
| crew lay in her forecastle severely hurt
as aiaaI a result suit OF i the recent storm. She
was bound for Queenstown.
| Among those who lost their lives on
the steamer Portland, were two former
| residents of Belfast, Capt. Horace H.
| Blanchard who formerly lived on the
east side and Quartermaster Frank A.
Patterson. who was formerly a cutter
| in Critchet, Sibley & Co.'S shoe factory
A dispatch to London from Genoa says
| that the Italian vessel Concortia Gtaiian
ship Concordia?) landed there Wednes-
DAY, the crew Of the British schooner
Grace Carter which was abandoned in
to St. Johns, NJ F. The Grace Carter
hailed from St. Johns, N. F., and was
| owned by James Baird. She was OF 1O2
! tons register.
The sloop Navajo. owned by the Rock
land Fish Co.. which was at the wharf in
Rockland, was badly damaged and nearly
hiled with water The two-masted fish
ing. on the north end of the Rockland
Fish Cos. wharf, was in a periious posi-
ton and the captain paid s4oO to the tug
Mary Finn for towing him around on the
south side of Iillsons wharf.
The steam tug James Hughes, Jr has
returned to New Bedford from the wreck
of the Merchants and Miners steamer
Fairfax, ashore on Sow and Pigs reef, re-
porting that the work of saving her: cargo
had to be suspended owing to the rough
weather: The Hughes left. Tuesday fore
nearly everything of value in the way of
equipment has been stripped from her
Word was received at Salem, Mass,
from Ipswich, Wednesday, that Mr..
and Mrs. Julian A. Fogg, who were re-
ported lost on the steamer Portland did
not take the steamer on Saturday.
They We're afraid of the storm when
they arrived in Boston, and decided to
postpone their trip.
At Tillsons wharf, Rockland, during
the storm, the steamer Hurricane. which
had been hauled up for winter quarters.
pounded orm erGey against the sples, and md
wharf, where she now is, the only parts
visible of her being the mast and smoke
stack: The Hurricane was built in Rock
land in 1Sal, where she is now owned. Her
gross tonnage is 1856; net tonnage, 1928;
length 757 feet; breadth, 17.5 feet;
depth, SO.
News was received at Bath, wednes-
day that the body of Capt. S. F. Weeks
of the schooner Hard Chance had been
washed ashore at Port Jefferson. Long
Island Capt: Weeks halls from Five e
years of age. He was single. Capt
Weeks was formerly in command of the
schooner Arcola. The Hard Chance was
The body will be brought to Five Islands
for burial.
George B. Remission, Jr., of Booth
bay. who was among the passengers
lost on the Inflated steamer Portland.
entered Bowdoin college, this year.
His father and mother are on their way
| to California. Mr.. Kenniston was a
| bright young man and his friends
| learned of the news of his death with
! deep sorrow.
The tow boats Seguin and Ice King
returned from Five Islands, Wednes-
| day afternoon. They could not render
the schooner Ben Hur any assistance,
not being able to get anything under
| her to pull her off, and the sea was
rather rough. Another attempt will be
made as soon as the weather permits
Bath Times.
Landlord SWEET of Swett's hotel,
Portland, received a dispatch from
| Mrs. Patrick J. Roddy at Boston.
| asking if her husband was at the hotel
| or had been there. He left Portland
on Wednesday and said that he should
be back Sunday morning. 1t is feared
that he is on the Inflated boat Port
land.
The schooner Rebecca M. Smith was
towed up to Bath from Popham, Tues
day. by the tug Seguin, Capt. Brown.
The vessel has been at anchor between
Sugar Loaf and Fort Popham, since
Saturday morning. and stood the storm
without any damage. She had two an
chors, one with IS fathoms and the
other with As fathoms of chain out.
! First Mate Deering. of the steamer
Portland, was nephew Of Captain
| Charles Deering, who died in East Bos-
ton, last week, and First Pilot Louis
Strout was a relative of the family. On
the arrival of the steamer they learned
\ of the death and asked to remain
/ ashore and attend the funeral. The
Epermission was given, and the steamer
ksailed without them.
q Fears are entertained for the King
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