The Portland daily press., 1899-03-08
WAS DockeD WITH DIFFICULTY.
steamship Lake Huron Arrives with
Many Immigrants.

The steamship Lake Huron commanded
by Capt G. q. Evans arrived here yester-
day morning In the midst Of the storm.
The hartor was very rough and three tow
boats were called upon TO aid in docking
the big ship
The boats worked the big ship around
when off Calf block aud got her head up
into the wind. The Intention was to put
her into the dock between Gait wharf and
No. 8 freight shed. The tugs pulled and
pulled and after two hours work sue
ceeded in getting the Hrron's nose into
the dock. a line was then got out and
she was in position to help herself by
using her steam windlasses and warping
herself In. just as 1t looked as though
her troubles were nearly over the big
hawser parted and in almost no time she
was in the harbor drifting down Mt good
speed. She went almost TO Custom House
wharf before she got her own big propel-
Ter going and began to forge slowly ahead
again. The same performance had to be
gone through with again and as the hsr-
Dor was getting rougher every moment 1t
was even harder than at the first attempt,
The Demerest took n line from the stern
and started to pull the steamer around SO
that she could get into the deck, while
the Warren was on the other side push
ing Gait wharf was badly ohafed and
al one time it looked as though the ship
would have to lie there until the storm
abated. The tow boats did good work,
however, the. Demerost being pushed for
al she would stand. The big rollers sent
her nose down into the water every min
ute or two and tons of it broke over and
swept her deot q. She kept bravely at it
though. until finally the stern had been
hauled around far enough SO that the
Lake Huron, by using her own propeller,
slowly pushed into the dock and succeeded
after three hours of hard work in making
fast to it.
The Lake Huron's passengers were, two
saloon, l4I steerage. is csitlemeu. There
was also a stowawsy named Everett Wat
son. He was an American and was
released.
Most of the 141 steeraRespassenge
were russian Jews and will leave for the
larger cities today. About 1870 are going
to New York one family is bound for
Chicago and the remainder will stop In
Boston and Philadelphia. They are very
rugged as rule and enjoyed excellent
health on the passage. A boy and girl,
both leaf and dumb, were held for further
examination although passed by the ply
stefan as TO their health. 1t is customary
to detain such immigrants until they can
show to the satisfaction of the inspector
that they have money enough to care for
them or else have friends who are expect
ing them,
The immigrants evidently thought that
they had struck cold country by the
way they vera wrapped UP. Many of
them had big blankets wound around
their heads and shoulders and when the
doctor came to examine one little boy he
had to lay him down ON the floor and I'M
oil him as it were. One Jewish girl had
ostiherevaccination papers and strenuous
ly objected to letting anyone see her arm
where the vaccine point had done its
work before leaving the other side. and
freely expressed herself in Hebrew about
our methods When told that she could
either do that or be deported she speedily
barred her arm.
The Lake Huron also brought about 800
tons of cargo going through to Canada.