The Portland daily press., 1900-11-24
Vessel Was The Anita Of LOtkpOrt,
n. s.
1t Is Feared She Has
Been Lost.
The Schooner Was TOwed Awhile
BY the Numidian.

The Allan line steamship Numidian
reached here yesterday forenoon from
LIVERPOOL by the way OF Halifax where
she dropped many OF her passenger
When of Seal Island on Wednesday mern-
ing about eight O'Clock after leaving
Halifax she was In collision with the
schooner Anita found fIom Turks island
10 Halifax with salt. The schooner was
somewhat damaged and was towed by the
Numidian for time but the towing
hawser parting she was lost In the fog
Some fears are entertained for the
sch4ner's safety.
Tne passage OF the Numidian from
Liverpool was a very hard one. She en-
conntered strong gales, heavy seas and
thick weather during the entire passage
She reached Halifax Tuesday morning
about six clock the same night. Once
outside of the port she encountered a
very heavy sea and o gale OF wind.
wnen of Seal island the Numidian was
running at reduced speed through thick
fog. She was sounding her whistle at In
tervals but her officers heard no other sig
mails. Suddenly a schooner OF about 100
tons doomed up through the fog directly
ahead, The Nunidian's engines were
stopped and reversed but not In time to
avoid a collision though this might not
have occurred had not the captain OF this
schooner lost his head and instead OF
holding OF luffed ana swung directly
under the steamships bows. How badly
the schooner was injured In the collision
Is not exactly known. She lost her main .
sail and main riggingsonsthe port side and
her port rail WAS carried away. what
her Injuries were below the water Hllne
was not definitely known.
The vessels separated in the fog but af
ter cruising around a bit the Numidian
picked uD the schooner again. The mas
ter of the vessel came on board and said
that his vessel hailed from Lock port, N.
s., ana had been to Turks island for q
cargo OF salt for Halifax. She had a crew
of seven men and only Iive pounds OF
flour on board, having been out twelve
days. Capt. Mains OF the Numsiian put
and sent oas TO her hawser reinforced
with a smzlIer one. This was difficult
thing to 10 owing to the heavy sea which
was running. The schooner was towed
all day Wednesday and Wednesday night
Thursday morning the wind came up and
the schooner made very heavy weather OF
It. Soon one OF them parted and the en-
tire strain coming on the other tow ain Q
this also parted and the schooner went
adrift. Ths ship was stopped but owing
to ths heavy sea 1t was impossible for the |
Numidian to get anorher hawssr aboard
and though the schooner was in sight for |
four hours she was afterwards lost in the |
fog. After this the Numidian cruised |
about for hours trying TO lind the schoon- |
er, but old not locate her and at night |
the ship was sat on her course for Port |
land.
The Numidian officers were very reti- |
cent regarding the matter and would not |
talk for publication. The story was oh |
tained from Lars Pedersen, Swedish |
passenger, who was on deck when the |
schooner broke adrift. He said that with |
the heavy sea that was running he
doubted II the schooner could have lived
through the night. and must have gone |
down with the nine men on board OF her.
Seataring men say that they think the |
schooner Will turn up all right In a few |
days.
1t was evident that tho schooner must
have been making water some or the
Numidian people would not have been |
sent on board OF her to aid the crew, as
seven men Is very large crew for a
small schooner. The steamship people |
did all that they could for the schooner
and claim that ths collision was due to
the carelessness of the master of the
Anita.