The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-03-06

Bermuda, Feb. %. Bark c. P. Dixon,
Leighton, Turks Island Feb. for Balti-
more, has put in here in distress, having
been totally dismasted in gale. She was
towed in by the British strm Dominic N.
Y. for Para, etc.
SCH. LAURA ABANDONED. The Ameri-
can schooner Laura, Capt. j. r. Pendleton,
lumber laden. from Savannah, Ga, for New
York, was abandoned in :, sinking condi-
ton, Feb. 16, in long. 67.2o, at. 80 10. Inc
captain and crew of SIX men We're rescued
by the Norwegian bark Fortuna and landed
at Chester, N. S., and taken fro,n there to
Halifax, arriving there Tuesday. They
| were looked after by the American consul
and took passage on the steamer Bonavlsta
which sailed for Boston Monday night.
The Laura was 4S5 tons neI ana ooo TONS
gross. She was owned by Pendleton Bros.
of New York and had cargo of 100000
feet of lumber.
Mobile, Feb. 49, Sch. Abbie G. Stubs,
Whitney, Pascagoula Feb Is for Kingston,
which put in here yesterday, is IN distress.
Her mainmast is sprung, malnsall gone
and she lost a backstay during squall Feb
18th, and bore up for this port for survey
| and repairs.
Rockland Harbor, Me. Notice is hereby
given that the following buoys have been
| discontinued:
South end of South Ledge, spar, red, No.
North end of South Ledge, second class
can, black, No. 5.
Jameson Point Ledge, spar, red and black,
horizontally striped:
Sch. Joseph W. Hawthorn, from Darlen
for Belfast, Me-, put into Hampton Roads
| February 18th, where her captain reported
the loss at sea of First Mate VIM. Hole,
who was swept overheard during heavy
weather. Hole had been on the Hawthorn
for two years He was about As years of
age. and resided i'll Maple Place, Boston,
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Portland, Feb. Is An interesting case
was argued this week in the United States
court at Portland, before Judge Webb. 1t
is the libel of Carl Linderup against the
schooner Menawa. The libel IS brought to
| recover damages in the sum of $1,000 on &C
count of a collision between the schooners
| G. S. SturgiS and Menawa, off Small Point,
| on the 9th of Nov. 1899. The SturglS was
disabled and was towed into Portland har-
Dor by the fishing schooner Robert u Carr.
| Damages are claimed for injuries to the
schooner and personal injuries received at
| the time of the collision on account of a
| falling spar. Benjamin Thompson, for the
| libellant and for the defence George E.
Bird. Judge Webb has rendered a decree
for the lbellant. The case has now been
referred to Edwin Woodman, who will de-
eide the amount of damages.
Boston, Feb % Sch. Jennie Lock wood,
Hawthorn, was towed here the oath by the
steamer Orion, which brought her here
from Norfolk, where she put in partially
dismasted Capt. Hawthorn of the schoon-
er stated that he sailed from Brunswick
Feb. 4th, with lumber, for Boston, and on
the night of the Sth, when % miles n. f.
half E. from Cape Lookout, his vessel col
lided with the new schooner Henry B. FiSke,
| from Boston for Brunswick. The Lock
wood lost foremost, jibboom and bowsprit,
broke windlasS and received other damage
forward. She was obliged to anchor, where
she remained until picked up by steamer
Linwood (Nor) Feb. 10, which lowed her
into Norfolk. The Fiske subsequently ar
rived at Brunswick with two big holes stove
in her port bow, jibboom gone and with
other damage. The Lock wood will be re-
paired here after dscharging her cargo
| Rockland Mar. l. The two-masted
| schooner Addie Schlaefer, Capt. Atwood,
went ashore near Port Clyde last night in
dangerous position. The crew was taken
from New York for Rockland with coal
She was owned by Capt. Atwood and Farr
q Spear of this city.
Vineyard Haven, Mar. l. News of the
loss of the tive-maSted schooner John
B. Prescott of Fall River, bound from
Newport News for Boston, was brought
here to-day by the schooner Savannah
The Prescott foundered Feb 23rd, in 80
degrees, minutes north latitude and 70
degrees, 10 min west longitude. Captain
Harding and her crew of twelve were res
cued by the Savannah, which brought them
to this port. The Prescott was built at
Camden, Me-, in 1899 for John G.. Crowley
of Fall River and others. She was of 2,454
gross tons and 800 feet long. The Prescott
was loaded with coal. She sprang aleak in
the northeast gale of Feb % and settled I'M
til the seas broke over her. Her crew aban-
doned her and were picked up by the Savan-
nah