The Republican journal., 1900-09-27

The name of the four-masted sch. H. NJ
| Bean of Camden is building for Capt.
Mclean of the schooner Mt. Hope, will be
| Van AllensBloughton. The vessel will
| have a carrying capacity of about $500 IONS
of coal.
VIM. VI. Palmer of Boston has contracted
with George l.. Welt, the Waldoboro ship
builder, for the construction of another
| ve-masted schooner of 1000 tons capacity.
to be named the Baker Palmer. The keel
| for this vessel Will be laid as soon as the
| Fannie Palmer, now ON the stocks, is launch
ed next month, and will go overheard next
| May.
Bucksport, Me, Sept 2$. Mckay Il Dix
| will launch on or about the 18th OF October,
| four-maSted schooner OF about POO tons,
to be named the Edward SALISBURY and to
hail from New York for general trade. \
| sister four-maSter ON the same mOu,dS Will
| be launched in December The firm Wil
, build a l,4oC-ton four-maSter, in 1901, ami
| probably another and smaller craft
| The revenue cutter Seminole. capt. Fall
| ing, has been assigned to duty oil the New
| England coast. She is a vessel OF the FIRST
| class, constructed of Steel lSS feet over
all, 81 feet beam, and having draft of 1916
feet. She has permanent mounts Tor several
four-inch guns. The Seminole has a bat
| terry of two one FOUNDER rapid fire guns and
one six-pounder. Her officers and crew
number 30 men.
| BoothbaN Harbor, Me, Sept. II. The
schooner Susan Stetson, Captain Perkins,
bound from Jersey City for Bangor, with
cargo of cement, arrived here, to-day, dis
maSted. Captain Perkins reports that, last
night, when 30 miles southeast Of Seguin,
he encountered heavy southeast wind,
which carried away the foremost and rig
ging, jibs and maintopmast. The mainsall
was torn and decks swept clean. The cap
tain and crew abandoned the vessel and
were rescued by the schooner Florence of
GlOuopStpr Cantaju Shade of the Florence
sent crew aboard the StetsOn and towed
her here.
New London, Ct, Sept. u. The sch.
Isaac Orbeton of Bangor, Me-, Elisha
schooner Leora NJ. Thurlcw of Bath, Me-,
Alvin B. Hipson, master, between Plum
and Little Gull Islands late last night
! and sunk in about 10 minutes. The
crew of the Orbeton escaped in small
boats and remained on the Bartlett's Reef
| lghtship over night. The Thurlow had
her head gear carried away and was brought
to this harbor and beached. The Orbeton
had 521 tons of coal on board from Port
Reading, \. j., and was bound to Bangor.
The Thurlow was lumber laden and on her
way from kennebec river to Newark, n j.
The crew OF the Orbeton arrived here this
noon. The sunken schooner lies in p faith
omS of water.
Boston, Sept %. One of the vessels which
was out in the recent hurricane, and for
which some anxiety had been felt, was the
sch. Morris W. Child, Capt. Murphy, which
arrived here yesterday morning from Appa-
lachicola, Fla, with cargo of s36,ooo feet
of hard pine lumber. The vessel was struck
by the hurricane Sept. 9Th, when OFF Som
brero reef, and had to run before it until it
moderated. The wind attained a velocity
of 10 miles an hour and the schooner was
driven to the southwest nearly 100 miles
under trysail and double-reefed foresal.
The mainsail, while closely reefed, was
blown away, and a spare mainsall, which
was put on, was torn to ribbons. The lash
ings holding the deck load of lumber became
displaced by the constant swI eping of the
waves over the craft, and a portion of the
deckload was washed overheard and lost.
For eight hours the hurricane ragged with
unabated fury, and when it finally moder
ated the Child was many miles out OF her
course. She was put about and resumed
her passage, which was completed without
further incident.