Page 20. MAINE COASTAL NEWS October 2010 12 June
Some Interesting Articles from the Bangor Daily Commercial for 1900 Sunday.
BRIG TELOS LOST.
Well Known Bangor Vessel Is Destroyed. She Met Disaster in Southern Waters Last Week.
Capt. Heagan and the Crew Saved – News of the Steamboats.
The brig TELOS, the last vessel of her class to be built in this country and the only vessel of that rig hailing from the port of Bangor for a number of years has been wrecked off Bonaire, West Indies and was abandoned at sea; the news was received here by cablegram from Capt. Heagan dated at La Guayra, Col., and contained no particu- lars. On Tuesday a dispatch to the commer- cial from New York said that the crew was saved and landed at LaGuayra.
The TELOS sailed from New York for Guadalupe arriving there on May 22 and was on her way to Bonaire to load salt when disaster overtook her. It is thought by ship- ping man here that the wreck may have been caused by a tidal wave which followed an earthquake reported on the north of South America last week.
“The loss of the TELOS,” said a promi- nent man on Tuesday, “will be felt by all New England vessel owners in persons associ- ated with shipping as she was one of the best- known craft on the Atlantic coast. She was built in 1883 in Crosby’s yard, Bangor, for Capt. Lawrence Coney, who sailed in her up to within a year or two of his death which occurred on May 29, 1899. Like other of Capt. Coney’s vessels she was excellently built; indeed she was considered by some to be one of the best constructed vessels ever sent from a Maine yard.
“I remember well the day she was launched and the enthusiasm which was shown by the big crowd which saw her go into the water. She was named for Telos lake. When Capt. Coney was alive she was en- gaged almost exclusively in the foreign trade and few vessels have seen so much of the world as she.
“The news of the loss of the TELOS made us feel as if we had lost an old friend and it will seem strange now and not to find her name in the reports.” HER OWNERS.
The TELOS was a vessel of 371 tons net, built at Crosby’s yard in Bangor in 1883 and hailed from this port. She was owned by James D. Mulvaney her agent; John H. Crosby, heirs of George Crosby, heirs of B. S. Crosby, Barney, heirs of John Varney, heirs of David Bugbee, Mrs. Catharine Kelleher, John Cassidy, heirs of S. T. Pearson, L. B. Hanson and Mrs. Catherine Sweeney, all of Bangor, Miller & Houghton of New York and Capt. Heagan of Prospect her master. Capt. Heagan’s interest about 3/16 was insured.
27 June
VESSEL LAUNCHED AT BELFAST. The Three-Master THEOLINE Built By George A. Gilchrist, Went Into the Water Tuesday.
Belfast, June 27.
The three-masted schooner which G. A. Gilchrist has been building at the Belfast Marine Railway for McQuestion Brothers of Boston, was launched at 9:50 Tuesday fore- noon. She is named the THEOLINE for the mother of the owners. The vessels gross tonnage is 590 tons, net tonnage 473 tons. The deal is 158 feet long beam 32 ½ feet, depth 13 ½ feet. Only the lower masts have been placed in position the rest of the work of breaking the vessel and completing the car- penter work will be done at the Carter yard where she is now moored. The vessel has a wasting engine and boiler from the hide wind- lass company, and she will be fitted up in first- class shape. The rigging is being done by a crew of riggers from Thomaston under the direction of R. E. Dunn.
2 July THE WALKER LOST.
She Was a Famous Old Bangor Schooner. Filled and Sank Thirty Miles Off Seguin
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Crew Taken Off by Schooner ELVIRA J. FRENCH, Northbound.
The Bangor schooner KATE WALKER, one of the famous old two masted craft sailing out of this port, was lost at sea on Sunday; she was on her way from Port Reading to Bangor with coal for F. H. Noble & Co. The crew of the schooner was brought in at Vineyard Haven on Monday by the schoo- ner ELVIRA J. FRENCH, having escaped from the WALKER as she was sinking 30 miles south of Seguin Sunday noon. The rescued party included Capt. Jordan and four men.
Capt. Jordan reports that the WALKER sprung a leak about eight o’clock Saturday evening, 29 miles west, northwest of Cape Cod. The leak gradually increased and she filled and sank Sunday morning five minutes after she had been abandoned by her crew. Capt. Jordan and his men had been afloat after leaving their vessel only a short time when the familiar four master, the ELVIRA J. FRENCH, bound from Philadelphia for Bangor, picked them up. She brought them into Vineyard Haven and they will come to their homes in Maine at once. BUILT IN BREWER.
The schooner KATE WALKER was built at Brewer in 1860. She was owned by A. P. Veazie & Co. of 76 Exchange Street, Bangor. Her gross tonnage was 149. The cargo was insured, but the vessel was not. C. H. Jordan of Orland was the WALKER’s skipper. She was built in 1860 by Isaac Dunning in Brewer, and was formally owned by James Walker of Bangor, James Littlefield of Winterport and others; she was named for one of the children of Mr. Walker. For 20 years she has been owned by Capt. Veazie.
12 July
DERELICT SCHOONER FOUND. Revenue Cutter WOODBURY, early Wednesday morning, picked up schooner BENJAMIN T. BIGGS of Exeter, NH, aban- doning and on fire, five miles southeast of Matinicus rock. After extinguishing the fire the WOODBURY towed the schooner to Rockland. The vessel lay directly in the track of steamers and was a serious menace to navigation. The BIGGS was lumber laden and a large part of her deck load was burned, but the cargo in her hold is in good condition. The crew of the BIGGS was taken off by another vessel and landed at Vineyard Haven, a few days ago. This is supposed to be the schoo-
13 July
SCHOONER GEORGIETTA ASHORE. North Sullivan Vessel Runs on Burnt Porcupine Island and is Badly Damaged. Bar Harbor, July 13.
The two message schooner GEORG- IETTA of North Sullivan is ashore on Burnt Porcupine Island badly damaged. She went on in a heavy fog Thursday afternoon and all efforts to pull her off proved unavailing. The GEORGIETTA is a vessel of 168 tons owned by Crabtree and Havey of North Sullivan. She sailed from Boston last Wednesday. She is in a perilous position.
8 August SHIP WRECKING
It Has Grown to Be One of the Largest Industries. Sunken Vessels Are Now Not Necessarily Lost. Modern Engineering Performs Some Seemingly Impossible Feats.
In these days of modern improvements and mechanical appliances, a wrecked ship is not necessarily lost. In fact, a steamer or sailing vessel disabled by collision, fire or a storm is in the majority of cases merely tem- porarily out of commission. While the smoke was still hovering over the hulks of the unfor- tunate North German Lloyd ships a local wrecking company was actively planning for their ultimate salvage.
When the SAALE, the BREMEN and the MAIN were taken from the burning docks the two latter ships were towed to a spot on the North River where they could be worked upon with some degree of facility. The last week has seen the raising of the BREMEN and the MAIN from their resting places upon the bed of the river. The task of dragging back to buoyancy such enormous bodies of steel is one hardly understood or even appreciated by the ordinary spectator.
Commuters daily passing the stranded ships have seen queer shaped floats and ugly derricks hovering about the spot. Puffing tugs dart here and there in the vicinity, un- couth men, with the bronze of the sea upon their rugged faces, toil from early dawn to darkness in and about the ships and strange noises, such as the wheezing of overworked pumps, mingle with the multitudinous sounds of river traffic. All this means the reclaiming of valuable steamships from wreck and ruin.
There is art and craft and much patience in such work. It is a battle royal between the elements and the hand of man, and there is an interest and fascination in the task that should appeal to all who read. When a vessel sinks in shallow water – that is, no deeper than 100 feet – the first duty of the wreckers called to the scene is to make a preliminary survey through the aid of divers. If it is reported that the hall is intact, save one or two places, expert working to send and cover the holes with patches of wood or canvas. Then powerful derricks are used, or, if the vessel is very large, heavy pontoons are utilized. In the case of the North German Lloyd ships the latter plan has been fol- lowed.
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The first duty in the raising of a sunken vessel is to lighten her of everything movable. When this is accomplished the real labor begins. First, pontoons, which are great
ner that the British steamer TYNEDALE picked up last Sunday, and towed as far as Matinicus rock, where the tow lines parted and the tow was abandoned.
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