The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-08
HARBOR NOTES.
Items of Interest Picked Up Along
Shore.


shore.
About O'Clock yesterday afternoon
word was received by Capt. Goud OF the
fire boat that the fonr-masted schooner
Mt. Hope was caught in the ice in Back
bay The fire boat, accompanied by the
tow boat Dickey, Immediately went
around into Back bay and broke the ice
away from around the schooner, allow
ing her to get out of her. dangerous poslt-
ion.
The schooner Puritan which was SO
badly damaged by running into the sub :
merged wreck of the scow in the harbor
on Sunday will proceed to Gloucester
this morning where she will be repaired.
Temporary repairs have been made upon
the vessel SO that she may make the voy-
age in safety.
Yesterday afternoon when the fishing
schooner NJ. S. Aver sailed out of the
harbor some of her crew were INDUCING
in a free fight on board. 1t was reported
that the captain of the schooner had been
obliged to deal with aidrunken crew ever
since &c has been in port, and he thought
the easiest way of SOLDERING them off was
to get out to sea where they couldn't
get any more liquor.
The fire department has ordered new
metallic life boat to take the place of the
wooden one that was smashed during
the blizzard.
The steamer Berks arrived with coal
and went into A. r. Wright's to dis
charge it.
The Lewis Fl. Coward is .discharging
coalFat, the western division of the Boston
& Maine.
Schooner Everett Webster is disoharg-
ing coal above the bridges at the 2. g..
20.
The King Philips discharging coal at
the Maine Central.
| Schooner Abbie Bowker Is blocking up
gun carriage at State street wharf pre-
vious to discharging it at Fort Preble.
| The Dominion liner steamship Van,
couver, Capt. K. O. Jones, arrived at
O'Clock yesterday morning from Liver
pool via Halifax. The chief officer of the
Vancouver gave the following account
of the passage across the ocean:
stWe left Liverpool Thursday, January
| 27ths.at 2. SO p. M, In a moderate south
west wind and with clear sky overhead.
On the goth there was fresh southerly
gale and the sky was overcast and it was
very hazy. The Both there was a fresh
southwest gale accompanied by heavy
high seas. On the 3lst the wind blew
south, southeast, until z P. M, when
suddenly gale of terrific force came up
and the ocean was lashed into high seas
that were very dangerous. This was
continued until about midnight, when
the wind hauled around to the north
west. The first day in the present month
saw the gale still ranging and the ship
running under reduced speed with her
head up to the sea. The gale moderated
later in the day and we were going at
full speed again. February 2 there was
moderate south, southeast gale and a
rough, choppy sea. February 8, a couther
~ gale set in accompanied by high seas
and thick haze. February the day
opened with a strong south, southeast
gale during the first part, and later on
it shifted to west, northwest fresh
breeze and the sky cleared up. Sunday
morning at 2.15 we werei lying off our
wharf at Halifax and, after landing our
provincial passengers, we sailed at 6. IS
the same morning, for Portland in a
rain storm and moderate southerly wind,
with fog later on in the day. We picked
up pilot off Half Way rock and came
in early this morning
The Vancouver brought two saloon,
eight intermediate and IA steerage passen.
gers, all of whom showed "a clean bill of
health and we've passed by Immigrant
Inspector Elliot. These passengers were
destined for Boston, Philadelphia, New
York, Chicago and other western cities
and their occupations were varied in
deed. There were English, Turks, Swedes,
Russians and French and they laid claim
to trades all the way from ''child' to
"gent" There was circular sawyer.
then came spinster. and an air of piety
was impaired by the presence OF three
Salvationists who were TO save souls in
Chicago. A corset maker expects to earn
her living in America.
The Dominion liner brought over car
go of 1866 tors of general merchandise
chiefly consigned to points in Canada.
The local wares were: 100 casks of Oh ina
clay to order, one case cottons for J. e.
Prindle, and nine packages of express for
the same gentleman.
The Vancouver and Hurona were the