The Portland daily press., 1898-02-23


short distance was witnessed by many
people along shore, and those who saw
the incident, say that it seemed for time
as if the tow boats would never be able
to fight their way back to the shore with
the big dredge dragging along behind
them.
None of the tow boats left their docks
Yesterday afternoon and all attempts to
move vessels which were held fast by the
immense field of Ice and snow were
abandoned. The fishing schooner Marri-
ner of Gloucester, lay at anchor in the
harbor and as night came on the cap
tain decided that he would be safer at
a dock than he would be in the stream.
So he hoisted flag in his rigging for
o tow boat, but no attention was paid to
it, Having waited an hour or two with
out any response from the tow boats the
Mariners captain ordered her anchor
raised and putting on all sail he headed
his vessel to the shore. The wind was
blowing strongly from the northeast and
the little vessel, which would ordinari-
ly have sped b efore it like race horse,
barely orawled through the impeding
field of ice and snow. Finally the schoon-
er was brought up alongside Custom
house wharf, but it took considerable
manouvering and hard work to get her
there. The other vessels in the harbor
were mostly lying at anchor below the
breakwater and did not suffer any from
the heavy gallo Monday night. Those of
their crews who were on shore Monday
staid ashore all day yesterday as it was
next to impossible to attempt to reach
their ships.
The steamer St. Croix of the Interna-
tional line left Boston early yesterday
morning bound to the eastward. She
reached Portland at II O'Clock after be-
ing buffeted about by the heavy seas out
side about all the forenoon. When the
So. Croix got into the harbor she found
it extremely difficult to force her way to
her pier. AS it was two tow boats had
to go to her assistance and after an hours
| work the St. Croix was tied up at her
berth. She made no attempt to continue
her trip to the east and last night at
dark, was.still atsher wharf.
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the day. None of the Boston or New
York boats and none Of the English
steamers sailed or arrived yesterday.
| The steamshipAnnanda1e wss expected to
get away yesterday morning, but the
blocking of tho traffic on the Grand
Trunk prevented her cattle from being
delivered to her SO that she will not
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noon sometime.
The little steamer Percy ", Capt. How,
which runs between Portland and Small
Point barbor, came up to her wharf yes
terday afternoon almost on time. Capt.
How reported the sea to be very rough
down the bay and said that there was
undoubtedly a very heavy sea running
outside. The Percy V. has not missed
| trip this winter, having kept to her
schedule in remarkable manner.
Up at the Grand Trunk docks work
was almost at a standstill and very little
was being done. The tracks running out
| on 10 the piers were nearly all covered
with water and If a cold snap should
come on the railroad would be caused a
large amount of expense to clear it's
tracks
THE STEAM RAILROADS.
With the exception of the Grand Trunk,
the steam railroads did not suffer very
much from the storm in this vicinity.
The trouble on the Grand Trunk was
mainly on the Quebec division between
Island Pond and Montreal, where it was
reported that the snow was three feet
deep and very heavy. The Montreal ex-
press, due here on the Grand Trunk at
s. 40 a. M, did not reach Portland until
$50 o. m, and the train from Island
Pond, due here at Ills, reached Port
road found the greatest trouble in the
mountains, but the Lewiston division
was all right. The freights on this road
were moved but slowly. The last big
storm did not bother the Grand Trunk
as much as it did the other roads run :
ming into Portland, but this storm caused
them considerable trouble. All of the
out by the Grand Trunk on schedule
time.
The Skowhegan and Pennington train
on the Maine Central, due here at IL. 80.
did not arrive until 205. The trains on
the Bangor and Portland main line were
only few minutes late as this line was
kept particularly clear of snow during
the night The morning train on the
Belfast and Brunswick branch of the
Maine Central, failed to connect with the
morning train from Bangor and this
branch was reported to be badly blocked.
The trains over the Mountain division
of the Maine Central were all on time
so that it would seem that the storm did
not cause much trouble on this line.
The Phillips & Rangeley narrow gauge
! was reported to be blockaded and no
trains were run on this road.
The morning train on the Piscataquis
division of the Bangor and Aroostook
was completely stalled and was reported
70 be held up between Blanchard and
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