The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-12-02
THE WORST SINCE 1898,
Last Weeks Storm Severe One. Wind
| Blows 20 Miles an Hour.

Blows 20 Miles an Hour.
The northeast storm of November 23rd
and oath was very severe one and sail
ing vessels were forced to hug sheltered
harbors the entire length Of the New
England coast.
Three accidents to sailing vessels were
noted. The schooner Nat Aver. New
York for Bangor, was driven ashore at
Vineyard Haven; at Plymouth the schoon-
er Alice Turner, Stonington, Me-, for
Sandwich, was forced onto flat, and the
Boston fishing schooner Buema dragged
ashore and filled at Provincetown.
The storm affected the coast chiefly. A
light snow fell in the interior, but the
wind did not reach the great velocity re-
corded at shore points.
PORTLAND Me-, November "a. The
steamer Manhattan sailed for New York
last night, but after going about an hours
run beyond the lightship was forced back.
There are many coastwise schooners in
the lower harbor and the offshore fishing
schooners are all tied up. The steamer
Bangor, from Bangor for Boston, put in
here late this afternoon. She went into
Rockland and then made second attempt
to go on, but was forced in here for shell
ter, the storm outside being too severe.
PLYMOUTH, November "a. With the
wind blowing 70 miles an hour the storm
Of today is the worst in this vicinity since
the hurricane of 1898, when the steamer
Portland was lost. Not in many years
have so many vessels come into this har-
Dor as today. There are about Is bay
fishermen and so little boats at anchor
and many of them have suffered damage
The Gurnet life-saving crew lost big
lifeboat in an effort to launch it this
morning to get away to the aid Of one
abandoned ship, but they have a new
power boat which was used all day in the
struggle against the sea and gale.
The Gilbert transportation company,
which is build ng the breakwater for the
Cape Cod canal, has 10 three masted
schooners and three barges loaded with
stone in the lower harbor. In the fleet
are the schooners Mystic, Capt. J. P
Cook; Harry Shepard, Capt. w. J. Ward;
Woodward Abram, Capt. A. J. Wilson;
Fortuna, Capt. C. H. Parkman; Ralph
M. Hayward, Capt. j. W. French; Rod
ney Parker, Capt. J. C. Brigham; Jennie
S. Hall, Capt. 0. M. Gray; S. M. Bird,
Capt C. H. Brown; Frederick Shepp,
Capt James futile; Alice Turner, Capt.
Thomas Oleson. The barges are the City
of Montreal. S. R. Meade and Henderson
Hickman.
At s o'clock this morning 0. A. Gilbert
received word from the Gurnet lifesav-
ing station by telephone that his feet was
in danger He at once ordered Captain
Brown and the tug B. S. Williams out to
aid them. The sea was running so high
that it dashed over the wharf and flood
ed some of the streets of the water
front. Captain Brown had great diff
Guilty in getting his tug away. He found
that the three-masted schooner Alice
Turner, Capt. Thomas Oleson, loaded
with stone, had gone adrift. She parted
both anchor chains and lost her anchors
and the captain and crew deserted her
They experienced the greatest difficulty
in launching their small boats and in get
ting away in them. One boat was cap
sized, but she was quickly righted, for
the mishap happened before she left the
side of the schooner.
Capt. Brown found the schooner just
as she was drifting upon the rocky shoals
of Browns island and he put after her.
Capt. Donovan and the Gurnet crew in
their power boat came along and aided
the towboat crew in passing hawsers
aboard the Turner. The schooner was
towed around the point of the beach and
run on the flats. Tonight she was foated
and brought into the head of the harbor,
where she is safe.
When the Turner broke away this morn
ing she fouled the barge S. r. Meade and
the schooner carried away her jibboom,
her maintopmast and spanker boom and
damaged her stern. The Meade was also
damaged.