Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-11-30
Perry Jackson, wife and child, of South

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| Portland.
| Isaiah Frye, OF Portland.
Miss Frye, OF Portland.
Mrs Horace NJ. Pratt, OF Portland
| Amy Pratt, of Portland.
Eva Totten, OF Portland.
Harry Sylvester, of Portland.
George Bonney, OF Portland
Mrs Frank Pierce and child, of Port
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Miss Morong, OF Portland.
jamie McMullen, OF Portland.
Mrs. Mckenney, OF South Portland.
Hon. f. Dudley Freeman, who is among
the lost is well-known Portland law
yer, and a member OF Gov. Powers coun-
Gil. Miss Sophie Holmes was teacher
in the North school, Portland. Miss
/ Helen Iangt horne was a teacher Of mus c
in the Deering schools. Miss Emma T.
Plympton WAS teacher in the Maine
school for the deaf. Oren Hooper was OF
the firm OF Hooper, Son < Leighton, furn-
iture dealers OF Portland.
The "Portland' WAS built at Bath in
1890. Her principal dimensions are as
follows: Length over all, POI feet; depth
| OF hold, fifteen feet. She was OF = ,2s3 tons
burden. Her model is the ordinary side
wheel form. The hui. WAS of the best
quality OF white oak, yellow pine and
hackmatack. The frame is strapped with
iron betting which is fastened before
planking and forms an iron network
around he vessel. There We're les rooms,
and 234 bert hs in he boat.
Powerful steam pumps were provided
in case OF accident, either by fire or leak
age, and she carried sixteen life boats
and RATS and 500 life preservers.
ELLSWORTH VESSELS.
All but two OF the Ellsworth fleet of
vessels have been accounted for, though
several OF these sustained severe damage,
and one may prove total loss.
The schooner "Georgietta", Capt. John
Peterson, bound from Boston for Sullivan
with freight, is ashore at Spruce Head
near Rocklaud. Crew saved. The vessel
may be saved.
The schooner Sarah A. Biaisdell',
Capt. X. c. Bonsey, from New Bedford
for Ellsworth light, drlfted into schooner
Gather Capt. W. V. Coggins, of
! Ellsworth, at iiyannis. The "Blaisdeli"
was totally dismasted The sCatherine"
lost jib boom and hosdgear
The schooner "A X Wood ward, Capt
Charles Fullerton, from Gardiner for
Boston with stone, dragged anchor in
Portland harbor, and fouled barge. The
''Woodward' carried away headgear.
The schooner "Myra Sears, Capt. AL
bert Fullerton broke from her moorings
at Bar Harbor, and was slightly damaged.
The schooner "Leonora," Capt. yelling
| ton Bellatty, from Maiden, n. Y, for
Boston, and the "Franconia," Capt. II. c.
Young, from Rondout for Portland, sailed
from Vineyard Haven Saturday. The
"Franconia" was reported this morning
in Hyannis. 1t is believed the ''Leonora"
is there also, though no direct report has
been received.
The three masted schooner "Henrietta
A. Whitney, Capt. w. p. Woodward,
bound from Rondout for Boston, came
through He'll Gate Wednesday, and has
not been reported since. 1t stormed in
it is not thought likely that the Whit
ney" came away from City Island before
Friday, in which case she may have put
into some port on the sound from which
reports or mails cannot be received. The
schooner may have got as far along as
Hyannis, and be there with the fleet OF
fifty vessels, the names OF which are not
reported.
The schooner "Wesley Abbott, about
which some anxiety WAS felt. safely rode
out the gale at Edgartown, Mass. All
OF her vessels are believed to be accounted
for.
MAINE MEN AND VESSELS LOST.
Many Maine vessels and Maine men
were lost in the storm.
The schooner ''Bertha \. Gross Gross OF
Deer Isle, from Stonington with stone,
went to pieces on the rocks near Fresh
Island, off Manchester, y. fl. Capt. Wal
lace Thurston, his fatEer, aged about
seventy and his son John persisted. The
two remaining members Of Il he crew, Neal
Mcdonald and Hezekiah Robbins, sue
ceeded in reaching House island, from
which they were rescued after being