The Republican journal., 1922-03-02

The wife and family of the master were
on board. The vessel was built here IN
1872 for Captain John Hassell
In March, 1880, a silver vase was pre-
scented bv the British Government to
Captain Rufus B. Condor. of the Ameri-
can schooner Fred A. Carrie, OF Belfast, IN
acknowedg cement of his humanity and
kindness to the sbipwreckec crew of the
bark Martha, of Shoreham, abandoned at
sea. on thesl7th of October, 1877. Capt
Condon's schooner, the Carrie, went ashore
on the Rhode Island coast five years later
and was totally lost, the mate and one
sailor being drowned.
On the ninth of September, 1881, the
shir Louis Walsh, 1880 Ions, built in Bel
fast by W bite & Conner in 1861. and COM
manded by Captain Augustus 5. White,
arrived from Liverpool, being the hrst
ship which had entered the hsrbor for
nine years. She remained until the fol-
lowing year, being then sold to New YORK
parties
On Sept. 20, 1881, the ship r. B. Fuller,
1860 tons. from Cardiff for Valparaiso,
with coal, was burned at sea. All hands
were saved. She was built in Belfast by
Garter & Co, in 1874.
On Sept. 18th of the same year, the ship
Alice Buck, l425 tons. built in Belfast IN
1870, went ashore near San Francisco, on
a voyage from New York to Oregon, and
became total loss. Eleven Of the crew,
including two mates, perisned.
On the l4th of March, 1886, Captain
George Dickey Mahoney, who is still liv-
inn here, and who then commanded the
schooner Fannie A. Gorham, rendered
valuable aid in rescuing passengers from
the Oregon, a CunaId steamer of 1000
tons. which was wrecked by collision
with vessel near New York. In Septem-
Der, Captsin Maboney received from the
British Government gold medal as
testimonial 1t is of solid gold, the size
of twenty dollar piece. On one side is
a yipnette of Queen Victoria. with the
following motto: "Victorla Deg: Britana-
rum r gina F:D:" On the reverse side
is a wreath and crown with the words:
presented by the British Government
for aving the Lives of British Subjects.
On the edge of the medal appears the cap
tain's name and the date of the rescue,
March IA, 1896.
Between 1870 and 1890, it was stated
that fifty Belfast vessels had been lost OF
sold; twenty schooners, one ship, one
barkent ne, and one brig being wrecked;
fifteen schooners, five ships, three barks,
one brig and one steamer, sold, and TWO
vessels were condemned.
In July, 1891, the new barkentine Stead
fast, of Baltimore, built by George WASH
ington Cottrell, and which lett In Janu-
airy, was totally lost on the island OF 81.
Croix, during her first homeward voyage
from Brazil.
In 1894, two old coasters were dismast-
ed, and laid to rest IN the upper harbor,
belfast: the schooner Moses Eddy, whose
age was sixty years, and the schooner
New Era, bull, in 1858
On Feb. /, 1898, severe snowstorm,
which swept the coast, proved more ois-
astrous to the lives Of Belfast citizens
than any calamity since 1860, when the
fishing schooner, Foaming Billow, with
her crew of fourteen men, nine OF whom
belonged in Belfast, was wrecked. The
above storm caused the loss OF the
schooners James Holmes and Marceiius,
in Gloucester Harbor, With all on board.
Both vessels sailed from Boston, anu iie
former had cargo of merchandise lor
Belfast parties. They dragged theiT an
chors, drifted together, became entan-
gled, and were driven ashore. All on
board persisted The Holmes was built
by Horace S. Perkins, at the mouth OF
Goo River, in 1874, and measured 1873
tons. For fourteen years she ran as a
packet to Boston, under the command OF
Capt. George F. Ryan, whose son was
temporarily in charge at the time OF her
loss. The bsrkentine r. A. c. Smith
was wrecked near Port:Elizabeth IN that
same storm. The Smith was built in
Belfast in 1889, by George Gilchrist, and
afterwards sold to parties abroad
In November. 1898, the steamer Port.
land, of the Portland line, was lost or
her passage from Boston, in gale, ane
all on board persisted. The steamer was
commanded by Captain Hollis H. Blan
chard. of Woodfords, formerly of Bel.
fast, and Frank A. Patterson, of Port
land, formerly of Belfast, was quarter.
master. The steamer Pentagoet of thu
New York and Bangor line is supposed t.
have foundered in the same gale and al
on board lost
February End, just past, marked thu
fifty-ninth anniversary of the scuttlini
of the little two-masted schooner Frolic
near the monument on Steele's Ledge, il
Belfast harbor. This schooner was com
manded by Capt Park Mccarthy, and i
took fire near the monument, so that i
was necessary to scuttle her and for tn
men to take to the boats. Afterward
the schooner was floated and repaired
People are living in Belfast today VIII
remember the incident we'll.
The Olive Pecker, one of the larges
three m asted schooners OF her time, wa
built in 1888 by George A. Gilchrist fo
Capt Jack Hall of Rockland. She wa,
in the general South American anC
/ West Indies trade, and somewhere in tn
COS the cook killed the captain and mate
off the coast of Brazil, set the schoonel
on fire, and the crew abandoned her. The
cook was brought back to this country
in the United States ship Yantic and was
tried and hung in Norfolk, Va.