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CHARLES H. KELLEY of Bucksport, from Cardenas, reports February 25th
, at 1.30 AM,
in Lat. 35.08; Long. 73.49, while hove to in a gale was in collision with schooner JOSEPH G. STOVER of Bucksport also hove to. The vessels were lying headed in opposite direc- tions, the STOVER striking head on and breaking her port cat head, and dropping the anchor with 30 fathoms of chain which re- mained adrift 24 hours. Before the vessels parted the bulwarks of the KELLEY were stove, the main chain plates and quarter rail broken. The damage to the STOVER is not known, as she was out of sight quickly, but Capt. Cray fears they were of the most serious character. One of her crew, Joseph P. Macklin, jumped on board the KELLEY and
remained.
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MCGILVERY. Our citizens were shocked to hear, on Thursday afternoon that Hon. Wil- liam McGilvery had been killed by a shot from a pistol in his own hands. The facts immedi- ately connected with the event are as follows: At 11:30 he was in his office, writing a tele- gram to charter a ship in Europe. A few minutes past 12 he went to his house, took dinner, and lay down on a lounge for a few minutes, as he usually did. He then got up, went to a closet, took a revolver, went up stairs to the grainery, in the ell, and closed the door. Some time afterwards, children that were playing in the room beneath saw blood dropping through from the floor above. They ran and told the colored girl in the kitchen, and she and Mrs. McGilvery ran up stairs to the room, where they found Capt. McGilvery lying dead in a pool of blood. A bullet had entered the right nostril, and come out at the top of the head. The pistol was lying by his side. As there was not marks of gun powder on the face, the pistol had evidently been inserted in the nostril, when discharged. He had been for some time in poor health, and complaining of his head – from which it is thought that sudden in- sanity resulted.
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The deceased leaves the record of an enterprising business man, with an active and sagacious mind and a judgment rarely at fault. He had been a successful shipmaster, an extensive builder of shipping at vari- ous points in Maine and as far south as South Carolina. His enterprise and capital were also largely invested in other enterprises, and at his death he was President of the projected Bay and River Railroad. His loss will be severely felt by those who have been
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associated with him in business, as well as by the people of his town and immediate neigh- borhood who knew him best, and by the state of which he was an honored citizen – but most by his immediate family, that he devotedly cherished, and to whom he was all that a husband and father could be.
Capt. McGilvery was born 62 years ago, in that part of Prospect which is now the town of Stockton, and moved to Searsport about 40 years ago, where he has ever since made his home. His wife was Miss Harriet Hichborn, sister of the Late Hon. N. G. Hichborn. Of five children born to them, four survive. The el- dest daughter married Mr. William Buck of Bucksville, SC, the second married Capt. Albert V. Nichols of Searsport, the third mar- ried Mr. John Stowers of Sandy Point – the youngest child being a young man of 20. He leaves an estate estimated at $300,000. In politics, Capt. McGilvery was a Re- publican, and had often been honored by his party with office. He was twice a member of the Legislature, in 1872 a Presidential elector, and has often been prominently mentioned for the Congressional candidacy from the Fifth District.
SHIP NEWS
Brig JAMES CROSBY, (of Brooksville, ME) Lord, from St. Marc for Philadelphia or New York, is reported by telegraph from Key West to have been wrecked on Castle Island; materials saved. The JAMES CROSBY, reg- istered 180 tons, and was built at Prospect, ME in 1847.
23 March Brig Sank and Life Lost On the 17th , off Barnegat, the brig
FRANK G. CLARK, of Damariscotta was run into and sunk by schooner ADELADE J. ALCOTT, of New York. The brig was from St. Thomas for New York with a mixed cargo and is a total loss. She went down in six fathoms of water, carrying to the bottom, Capt. Samuel Morton and wife who were below, also the
first mate, Simpson. All the others on board escaped. The story of the collision as told by Chas. C. Wehrum and Chas. W. Alcott, the owners of the schooner, is as follows: The ALCOTT was bound for Virginia, light, under two-reefed foresail and spanker, running being a heavy squall in a southwest direction along the beach. The sunken vessel, the survivors say, was running in about a north- easterly direction. The lookout on the ALCOTT saw the red light of the brig and suddenly the brig changed her course turn- ing directly toward the shore and showing her green light when only about 800 yards away. The captain of the ALCOTT was at the wheel and immediately steered off to clear the brig, but a snow squall of considerable vio- lence struck his vessel and he struck the brig a little aft of the fore-rigging. In 20 minutes the brig sunk bow foremost, her stern remaining above water all night. The brig was in charge of the second mate. The captain, his wife and the first mate were the only persons drowned. Two children were also below, but were res- cued with the crew. The schooner remained fast in the gap in the side of the brig all night, so the saved persons scrambled on board and no boats had to be lowered. The ALCOTT belonged in New York and is not materially damaged. The persons saved are as follows: James O’Neil, second mate; Wm. Regan, Steward; the two children who were adopted children of the captain, and the crew Chas. Johnson, John Hovy, Jas. Connolly, John Reid and James Oree.
SHIP NEWS
Barque SARAH, from Turk’s Island, ar- rived at Delaware Breakwater 17th
, in charge of
the first mate, Capt. Nichols having been washed overboard. The captain was a resi- dent of Searsport, and usually had his family with him when at sea.
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