The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-03-13

among Tue paSeengerS, AT least 10 blOke0e
were sold at the company's Office here.
About 20 cattlemen were shipped here,
but as far as could be learned last night
mons of them were from. Portland, The
most of the passengers came In here Sat
urday morning fromG Montreal. The cabin
list was made out at the compnny's
Office here ana was as follows;
The saloon passengers were:
Capt. L. G. Arbutbnot, Rev. Lord Arch
Douglas London. Eng; George A.
Baynes, MIR. Berisford, Frank Duckett,
Fred Fowler. Miss NJ j. Firth, Miss
Hattie Gardner, Samuel Hird and wife,
Col. j. 3. McMaclean, II. Phillips, Capt.
]. j. Riley, ]. ]. Riley, Jr.. William
Wylie Montreal; Arthur j. Forward, Nc
Leod Stewart and wife, Miss Nina Nc
Leod Stewart, Ottawa, Ont; Robert Ness,
Howick, Que. the Rev. j. W. Morrison
and wife, Ormstown, Que. William Hen
drie, Jr, Miss G. NJ. hendrie, Miss Maud
Hendrie, Hamilton, Ont
Besides these cabin passengers the Cas-
titan had sixteen intermediate and
twenty-five Storage passengers. Iheir
names are not known here Us list OF
them ia not made by the purser until
after the ship has been ut sea some time
The tickets were all sold in Montreal ana
there a correct list of the passengers is
kept.
1t was shortly after one O'Clock satnr
day afternoon when the Csstilian swung
out from her dock here, and started on
the unluoky voyage. She was brand new
ship and this was her second trip across
the Atlantic While here in port the Cas-
tilian was visited by hundreds of people
and by everyone she WAS pronounced a
most beautiful snip and magnihcently
equipped ana fitted mp. When she left
Portland she had on board the most
valuable cargo ever carried out of this
port by an Allan liner. The total value
of the cargo was over $3.50, 600. The Cas-
lillian herself was valued at about $780,
900, so that if the report of the entire loss
of the ship and cargo is veri fled the en-
tire loss will amount to nearly 81, 20G,O 600.
The cargo was made up as follows;
Shipments from Canada. 81 logs, 1894
packages; 1915 packages of hams and
bacon; 6596 barrels of apples; 7oO cases of
sacks; III packa ges OF machinery; 50
packages of furniture; 100 packages of
leather; ga29 pieces of maple blocks; 30
Organs; s1e cases of spirits; 1873 packages
of butter; ASH packages of cheese; 10
packages of sundries; $50 head of cattle
AL sheep and is horses.
Shipments from American ports %, 56s
Bushels of wheat; 6s, 353 bushels of corn ;
1864 packages of ham and bacon; 1910
packages lard; 2lS0 sacks of flour and 16
cattle.
This composed the most valuable cargo
which was ever taken sout of this port
and besides all of this immense amount
of property for which Captain Barrett
was responsible, there were as has been
said about 100 lives in his care
The Castilian was a new ship but her
compasses had been adjusted with the
preatest care and had been arranged
after the most approved manner. She
was commanded by the veteran commo-
dore of the Allan fleet, a man who knows
every inch of this most dangerous coast
and who Is acknowledged by all to be one
of the best seamen sailing on the allan
tic.
Captain Barrett has been thirty years
in the service of the Allans and for many
years was commander OF the Partisan,
one of the most popular of The old style
liners Of the Allan fleet, He was also very
near the top of the British Naval Re.
serves, having received his appointment
from the hands OF the Queen. No man
ever had better ship beneath his feet
than did Captain Barrett when he set
sail from portland ON Saturday, and no
ship could have had better oommander.
Nearly all of the officers of the Castilian
were formerly on the Partisan and many
of them are well known here in Portland.
They are: D. McCaffer. first officer; Mr..
Mclaughlin, second officer; e. Winders.
third officer Mr.. Scott, fourth officer,
. D. Golden. chief engineeri j. McNabb
second engineer; J. Fraser, third engi
neer; Mr. Nevlin, fourth engineer; Mr.. Z.
Navel, surgeon; J. Stewart, purser; E.
Hartwell, chief stewards j. Maxwell,
second steward.
AT an ordinary rate of speed it takes
about "a hours fora ship to make the run
from Portland to Halifax. Evidently
finding the weather thick ening up as
night came on, Captain Barrett reduced
mis- speed somewhat and followed his
compass course which should have taken
him clear OF Cape Sable, the southern ex'
tire nifty Of Nova Scotia, but within sight
of it. Taking his departure from this
light, which IS about 1875 miles south of
Halifax, Tho Castilian's course would
have taken her of shore and into the path
generally taken by the transatlantic
liners bound TO Liverpool
some arrangement OF The compasses
evidently led Captain Barrett astray, for
according TO the reports received here last
night the Castilian went ashore on Gan
net Rock fourteen miles fromYarmonth,
N s., at half past four o'clock Sunday
morning. The ship was about 70 miles oil