March 2011 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page 21. Maritime History
and the water rushed in with the incoming tide, there being about 6 feet in her hold when the tide left her in spite of the efforts of the crew who labored incessantly at the pumps. On Sunday the full extent of the damage sustained by the schooner was not known, but it was feared that her back had been broken. Caulkers were set at work repairing the damage as far as possible and the schoo- ner will be towed to the dry dock as soon as her cargo is discharged. The MOONLIGHT is commanded by Capt. Andrew Martie who was absent at his home at the ledge when the accident occurred, the vessel being in charge of the mate. She is practically a new vessel, having been extensively repaired two years ago and was one of the best schooners sail- ing out of the port. On Sunday, at low tide many curious persons visited the scene of the rack and watched the men engaged at work upon her. A wreck right in the city is something out of the ordinary and many snapshots were taken of the stranded vessel.
3 September
CHERRYFIELD VESSEL SANK IN BOSTON HARBOR
The PHINEAS H. GAY Probably Will Be a Total Loss – The Crew Was Saved Boston, September 3. – The crew of the schooner PHINEAS H. GAY of Cherryfield, Maine, which sank Monday night landed Tuesday on Long Island and were brought up to the city.
The schooner which was loaded with clay from Perth Amboy will probably be a total loss. The GAY Tuesday night in a thick southerly storm sprang a leak and sank be- tween the Graves light and the bell buoy. Her crew of four men including Capt. F. R. Perkins of Brooksville, Maine, rowed to Long Island. The GAY was owned by Capt. Perkins and his brother W. R. Perkins and was valued at $2500 with no insurance. The cargo was valued at $700.
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HISTORY FROM THE PAST - Belfast Republican Journal 1907 6 September
SCH. DECORAH A TOTAL LOSS Machias Vessel Wrecked off Moosebec Head in Thursday’s Gale.
Machiasport, September 6
The two masted schooner DECORAH of Machias, loaded with coal and bound from New York to Eastport, is wrecked off Moosebec head and Capt. Fred Berry of this place and crew of four men were brought here Friday by the tug ETHEL. She is supposed to be a total loss.
The schooner had been having bad weather for a week and nearly everything movable had been washed away. She sprang a leak Thursday afternoon and was quickly abandoned by the crew who have to two hours rowing through the fog reached one of the lighthouses and remained overnight. Captain Berry was of the opinion that the schooner sank within an hour. * * * * *
The DECORAH was 181 gross tonnage, 97.8 feet long, and was built at Machias in 1866.
9 September
STEAMER RUTH AGROUND. Excursion Boat Went Ashore on Bars Below Ayer’s Mill Damage Believed Slight
Left Bangor at 1 O’clock Monday Morn- ing and Grounded While at Anchor in the Fog
Starting downriver at one o’clock Mon- day morning in fog and darkness so thick that her group could not see from one end of the boat to the other the steamer RUTH of the Brooksville & Bangor Steamboat Company ran aground on the sandbars below the Orrington house of the American ice com- pany with the tide going out and remained there until pulled off by the tug STELLA about 10:30 Monday forenoon. The steamer was towed up to her wharf in Bangor and the extent of her damage will be ascertained on the marine railway at South Brewer. It is thought the steamer is not badly injured and will soon be able to resume her runs. The RUTH arrived in Bangor about
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Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Monkfish; Amendment 5 A Proposed Rule by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on 02/01/ 2011
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seven o’clock Sunday night after having taken an excursion down river. She filled her coal bunkers and the crew then turned in for some sleep to await the ebb tide before start- ing down river again. The steamer had to get back to Brooksville Monday morning so as to start out from there and take the TREMONT’s run, the TREMONT being disabled tempo- rarily by an accident to her propeller. The RUTH was in command of Capt. Ben Arey, principal owner. Capt. Arey waited until one o’clock so as to take advantage of the ebb tide, for had he started for Brooksville as soon as the steamer had been coaled he would have had to run against a head tide all the way. Capt. Arey is thoroughly familiar with the river and darkness and thought didn’t cause him any uneasiness so he started out.
It is an exceedingly torturous stretch of river between Bangor and Winterport, diffi- cult enough of navigation to keep pilots and captains on their mettle in clear weather and broad daylight. At the time the RUTH started out, however, the STYX would have been a “great white way” compared to the Penobscot. Below Ayer’s mill the fog came in thicker than before and Capt. Arey in the pilot house couldn’t see the flag staff on the bow of the steamer.
Then Capt. Arey decided to make a try to bring his steamer around and go back to Bangor. He lost his landmarks several times and found them again, then lost them alto- gether. Finally he cited the trees near the unionized company house and then let his steamer drift and let go his anchors. The steamer drifted in and touched the bottom. The tide was at this time about two hours on the ebb and going fast. The steamer was sent ahead and touched bottom forward. She was reversed and touched again. Then there
was nothing to do but wait. The steamer lay in a basin between two gravel bars and there was no getting her out with the tide leaving her.
When the tide went out of course the steamer listed and the low water found her almost on her beam ends. She was in a dan- gerous position and had she not been of unusually strong construction she probably would have broken into. When the tide came back the water was almost over the deck of the steamer. The tug STELLA went down and righted her and pump out what water was in her and towed her up to the city.
17 September
A THREE MASTER ASHORE Rockland, September 17
The three-masted schooner MARY CURTIS, formerly the ELLEN TOBIN, Capt. S. H. Rogers is ashore on Long ledge near the entrance to York Narrows. She was bound light from Rockland to Red Beach to load plaster for Norfolk and Baltimore. An attempt will be made to float her with the high tide. The crew was in no danger.
The schooner was built in 1874 at Kennebunk and hails from Richmond, VA, was she is owned by George Currie & Co. She is 435 gross tonnage and 136.7 feet long.
19 September WAS IN COLLISION
Sch. HORACE A. STONE of Bangor Run Into Wednesday
NEAR VINEYARD SOUND Maine Steamship Co. May Build New Turbine Boat – Arrivals and Clearances in the Port
The four masted schooner HORACE A. Continued on Page 22.
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