The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-03-20

is free from ice from the head of navigation
at Augusta to the sea. \ jam formed at
Swan Island, but broke today.
Nassau, Bahama Islands, March 16. The
schooner John X. SOuther, Captain A. +.
Poole, from New York, February is for
Galveston, Texas, found red of Great Stir
rup island of the Bahama group March II.
The crew of the Southcr has arrived here.
The John K. Souther is OH ton schooner
owned by Washburn Bros. of Thomaston,
Maine.
Vineyard Haven, Mass, March 10. Sch.
Jessie Lena, Devereaux, Addah, Africa, ito
days, for Boston, arrived here for medical
aid for the captain and short of provisions.
Reports Feb. 8 and :, lat SOP, lon $50, in
heavy southerly gale, shifting to northwest,
lost foresail, split mainsail and spanker
carried away part OF headgear, had deck
and cabin Hooded and provisions damaged
and deckload shifted. Sch. was towed to
Boston.
Baltimore, March 10. After voyage of
n days IN coming from Sargentville Me.
the sch: Ellen NJ. Colder, Capt Pierce,
arrived Tuesday with cargo of ice for the
Maine Lake Ice Co. The Colder left Sar-
gentville Feb. 10, and battled with adverse
winds al! the way down the coast She
made barber at Rockland, Salem and Prov
incetown. AS the trip usually occupies six
to eight days, Capt. Pierce is thoroughly
disguised with the weather.
DdlliiuoIe, MdIcD Is. ne IOuT-f1tlSIeu
sch Malcom Baxter, Jr. Captain Pierce, ar
rived at Curtis Bay Tuesday morning after
tempeStuouS voyage from Portland. The
Baxter sailed light y days ago and shortly
after leaving ran into heavy east wind,
which soon had heavy sea going. Capt.
Pierce thought it advisable to make harbor
in Portsmouth, y. II. Off Block Island a
heavy snowstorm was encountered. The
Baxter will take on 200 tons of coal at
Curtis Bay for Boston.
The three-masted sch. Bertha Dean, sup
posed to have been lost on the voyage from
Baltimore to Boston, was commanded by
Capt. j. II. Thomas, one of the best-known
captains in the coasting trade. He was a
native of lslesboro, but resided in Balti-
more, where he has wife. The other
members OF the crew were shipped in Bos-
ton. The Bertha Dean passed down Ches.
apeake bay Feb. Is, with 100 tons of coal,
and has not since been heard from. She
leaked so badly on the previous trip that
she was barely saved from sinking. and had
to be hauled out for caulking. She was
built at Bath in 1882, reg stored 653 tons net,
and was owned by William B. Church of
Taunton, Mass.
Boston, March 13. The new five-masted
schooner Prescott Palmer, which was 81
days reaching Baltimore from Bath, was
blown 700 miles southeast of Cape Henry.
The vessel encountered mountainous seas
and heavy gales frequently. 1t is said she
frequently rolled her deck rails under, not
withstanding the fact that they were Is feet
lat IS n, Ion. 60.20 west. She put into
Southport March 9, to land Capt. Sumner,
who had an arm broken by the mate falling
and knocking door against the captain.
The Prescott Palmer is the largest and
newest of the 20 5-masters atloat She will
carry $500 tons of coal. She is now on her
way here in command of Capt Carlisle, the
regular captain of the Maud Palmer.
Boston, March 13. The big seven-nlasted
steel sch. Thomas w. Lawson, now
building at the Fore River Ship and
angne Marks At 3 gu is a fast
some time in May. She is all in frame and
is about two-thirds plated. Two full steel
decks have been laid, besides full set of
beams in the lower hold The work has
been delayed somewhat on account of the
weather, but a gang of about POO men is
now employed on the craft and the work is
being pushed forward to completion. The
sch Will be 400 feet long, 80 feet beam and 50
feet depth of hold, and will have a carrying
capacity of between $500 and 5000 tons.
commanded by Capt. Arther Crowley, now
in the six-naster George w. Wells Capt
j. Z. Harding, who was in command of the
sch. John b. Prescott when that vessel
foundered recently off the Capes of Della
ware, will succeedCapt Crowley in theWells,
Brewer, March a. The builders commit
tee for the construction of the four masted
schooner in the Stetson yard has voted that
work shall commence Immediately. Capt
A. l.. Kent has been in New York getting
the parts of the schooner taken up, and has
disposed of all but two 64ths. The frame
will be of Nova Scotia spruce The vessel
will register 825 tons net, and will be 10
feet long, 38aa feet beam, and will draw II
feet of water aft The planking will be Of
hard pine. The schooner will be supplied
with a full steam plant, including engin IS
for handling the windlass and pumps. The
sails will be handled by steam, and the liv-
ing quarters will be heated by steam