The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-01-01
HARBoR NOTES.
item. ofIntsre-, Picked Up Along the
Water Front.

The steamer st. Crofx oil tne lnterna-
tlcnal line will be diydocked at Ea st
Bosom today To be ooppsrsd. The steam
or state Of Maine arrived In Boston Sat-
urday to take the place Of the st. Croix
while the work 10 bsing dcne.
The year ending June so, 1859 wss OF
great disaster TO the shipping Of New
EnsIand, ana the following IL sum-
mary OF total wrecks Of vesss's hailin g
from rcrss In Maine: Vessels lost, IS;
tonnage, 24,34s; vnlue of vessels and csr.
goes, SgIa, 625; o. IS on vessels and careoss.
ss1e.s6); number Of persons on board,
$50; number of lives lost, 20s.
The frisid tsmpsraturs Of vests rdsy
tended TO keep away from the Grand
Trunk wharves the usual large number
of Sunday visitors. and quiet prevailed.
Inc lie ylsnd liner American, sailed, TAX
ing large general cerso.
The large fisst OF vessels that came into
the hsrSer fer shelter, took advantage Of
favoring winds and sailed away.
The Horatio Hall arrived To good time
yesterday, doc king $ on after 8 p. IN.
Saturday was one of the busiest days
that has been known on the water front
of the city since the opening of the pres
emit winter season. The work OF the small
army Of longshoremen and officials Of
the various steamer lines was begun In
earnest early In the morning and contin-
ued with hardly break until late In the
evening. This bustliug condition OF
affairs was caused by the fart that during
the day two Of the big ocean STEAMERS were
to leave port and that two more were to
arrive. Ths steamers that left were the
Cam brennan of the Domirion line and the
proman got away as about five o'clock In
the aft ,rnoon, leaving her dock just ~
the snow flakes were beginning TO fall
and when the frat real sign Of winter at
this port was being noticed. The steamer
goes to London direct nnd takes o cargo
Of about ZOO tons, There were also car
ried ten cabin, ten intermediate and 25
steerage passengers. Eighty-se head
OF cattle were also taken.
The Bsllona left during the forenoon
and took a full cargo. There were no
passe gers aboard but $50 cattle and go
shssp were taken. Captain Nude is the
master of this ship and he will sail fireot
for London
The two steamers which arrived were
the Assvrlan and the Buenos Ayrean.
both of the Allan line. The latter
reached her dock at few minutes bsiore
high noon and the former came In about
three houis later. The Buenos Ayrcan
came direct from Liverpool, which port
she left sixteen dsys ago. She experienced
an average winter passage. On her Sec
ond day out fierce snow storm was en-
oountsred. Half cargo was brought
hut no passengers. The AssyriAn is from
Glasgow whence shs departed December
18th. Three or four days before arriving
at this port the officers report that they
passed several large icsbergs. A cargo of
l 800 tons of coal was brought and there
were also several returning cattlemen.
The next steamer that is EXPECTED IL
the Parislan of the Allan Inns which will |
probably arrive about Tuesday. She will |
rem ain over at Halifax to disohp rye 2, 600 |
tons Of GOAL for the steamer Laursntian |
which is soon to sail for the scene Of hos |
Utilities in South Africa.
There w6rs no fish arrivals during the |
day and the only lobster srrlval was the |
smack Hermann Resssing with about |
500
1t seemed a certainty that there must |
have been a fire in one OF the cottages at |
Peaks island during the afternoon. A |
very bright light could be- seen from the |
barge Office and there was even talk about |
preparing the fra boat fer trip Of In |
vestigation to the island. The light |
seemed like that of brisk fra but the |
fact that not particle of smoke could lie |
discerned, explained tbs puzzle. The rays |
Of the sun wers shining rightly upon
two or three window panes Of a cottage
and this reflection Is what caused the
light which disappeared at the same time
that Old Sol disappeared over the western
he rizon.
Fra was discovered early in the morn-
ing IN one of the Eastman heater cars on
Union wharf and the chemical engine
which responded succeeded in extinguish-
Ing tie flames. The flr,, with the work
,f somewhat demolishing the car made
necessary by the firsmsu using their axes
,n the top Of the car, caused q loss Of
about 500 which is covered by Insurance
The fra PROBABLY caught from q llgktsG
oil lamp which was under tue floor of the
,ar and which should have been turned
1ut two or three days ago after the cargo
Of potatoes In the car had been discharged
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