The Republican journal., 1903-09-24

Mary E. Pal liner, Newport News for Ban.
gOr. experie need heavy sOutherly gale off
Barnegat 10th inst, and broke mizzenboom,
lost mainsIil, fOrestaysail, jlb and hylng
jib. Lost starb0ard anchor stock. Procur-
ed another here and proceeded this alter
noon.
ROckland, Sept. 10. Fishing schooner
Lizzie Maud, Capt Thomas of Vinalhaven,
that put in here yesterday, reports the loss
OF two members Of the crew while on SABLE
Island. Their names are Oliver Larkln ana
Leroy Slade and they have not been heard
from since going away ip the fog. One dory
was also lost Wednesday on the banks
about IS miles from the Nova Scotia coast.
Vineyard Haven, Mass, Sept. 10. Sch.
Metinic, Baltimore for Portland, with car
perienced hurricane from northeast, veer-
ing to southeast off Hog island, on the 18th
inst. with fearful sea running. She was
obliged to scud before the gale and lost fore
sail, mainsail, jib, fOretopsail and broke
main gaff. Her cabin was flooded and every
thing movable washed from the decks She
arrived here today.
Portland, Me-, sept. IS. The six-masted
schooner Addie NJ. Lawrence, Capt. VIM. Il.
Kreger. arrived in port today, having
broken the record between Portland ana
Baltimore and return. The Lawrence left
Portland 13 days ago for Baltimore, where
she loaded an immense cargo of coal. Com
ing up the coast she ran through the storm
which caused SO much destruction to snip
ping along the north Atlantic coast during
the past few days, escaping without DAM
age.
Bath, Sept. IT, The four-masted schooner
Brina p. Pendleton has arrived at Augusta
| with cargo of coal for local parties. Ihls
is one of the very few fOur-maSted SchOoi1-
ers that have arrived SO far up the river
this year as Augusta owing to there not
being sufficient water. She had rather
hard ny Ghp nick ell ND uuI
side Seguin by tug boat of Portland, nav
ing 1000 tons of coal on board The passage
up was made all right until near the upper
sands near South Gardiner. when owing TO
| not being thoroughly familiar with the
channel She was grounded. The tug was
unable to move her then and more tugs
were obtained. Although not leaking she
| is somewhat damaged on her bottom ana
will have to come to the dry dock in this
city before loading again.
Portland, Sept. 16. Captain Abner Kan
dali of this city, the managing owner or the
schooner General Banks, exchanged'vessels
: yesterday with Captain Mitchell. the owner
of the schooner n. Jones of Machias. Cap
tain Randall is one of the oldest and most
genial of the captains sailing out OF thls
port Captain Randall is 80 years of age.
The schooner General Banks, is vessel OF
1O7 gross tons and 81 net tons. She is 1913
feet in length; % foot beam and 7.S feet
deep and was built in 1868 at Townsend In
let, N. }. The schooner n. Jones is a yes
sci of II gross tons; 81 net tons and is Il
feet in length, 219 feet beam and rs feet
deep and was built at Gouldsboro in 1852.
Captain Randall last spring made a trip on
the schooner General Banks from Boston
to this port and every one of his crew was
seventy years or more of age. The mate
was II years, the man before the mast Is
years and the cook 70 years of age. The
schooner General Banks is now at the
wharf of the Berlin Mills Lumber Company
loading lumber for Boston.