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Maritime History STONE hailing from Bangor, was run into
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Wednesday while at anchor near the mouth of Vineyard Sound, by the three-masted schooner SUSIE H. DAVIDSON. The STONE was bound from Philadelphia to Portland with coal and the DAVIDSON was bound from Portland to a coal port.
The STONE lost a portion of her head- gear and was towed to Vineyard Haven by the tug JOHN G. CHANDLER for temporary re- pairs after which she will proceed to its des- tination under her own sail. The DAVIDSON’s lower sails excepting the spanker were torn, fore and main rigging carried away and some of the timbers in her bow were broken. The DAVIDSON’s injuries were all above the water line. The weather was clear at the time of the accident and there is doubt as to how the accident occurred. The HORACE A. STONE was built at the shipyard in Brewer, formerly owned by E. & I. K. Stetson in 1903, and is commanded by Capt. Allie Kent of Brewer. The STONE his own principally by E. & I. K. Stetson and Horace A. Stone and is 208.5 feet long, 38.6 feet in breadth and 20.7 feet in depth. In gross tonnage is 1376 tons and net tonnage, 1237 tons.
8 October ASHORE IN STORM
Sloop COMFORT of Bangor Went On Beach at Hersey Retreat EARLY TUESDAY MORNING Victor Chaison and Three Other Bangor Men Who Were Aboard Escaped in Safety The sloop yacht COMFORT, owned by Victor Chaison of the Aroostook house of this city, when ashore near the Hersey Re- treat at Sandy Point, some time Tuesday
HISTORY FROM THE PAST - Belfast Republican Journal 1907
morning and at last accounts was pounding badly with its rigging all gone. The COM- FORT left Bangor Monday morning with Victor Chaison, Paul Aucoin, Fred Burns and Joe Cluett aboard. They were going for a fishing trip down the bay and intended to be gone a few days.
When the steamer STOCKTON, Capt. Bennett, arrived in the city Tuesday noon from down river, its crew reported on its arrival here that a small sloop yacht named COMFORT, was ashore at the Hersey Re- treat, near Sandy Point. When the STOCK- TON went by the yacht was pounding badly and all of its rigging appeared to be gone. No one was seen on the boat.
The storm in the lower Bay was unusu- ally severe and a big sea was kicked out by the southeasterly storm. Telephone lines were all out of order on that side of the river Tuesday afternoon, and the Commercial was unable to ascertain any facts as to whether the Bangor man got ashore alright or were missing. The COMFORT is a sloop of about 25 or 30 feet in length and has a tonnage of five or six tons. It is quite on old boat, but is seawor- thy. Mr. Chaison, together with Paul Aucoin, Fred Burns and Joe Cluett, left this city in Monday morning for a trip down the bay. The Bangor man intended doing a little fishing incidentally, and returned home in a few days. Considerable anxiety was felt at the Aroostook House Tuesday afternoon as to the safety of Mr. Chaison and his compan- ions, but no information had been received they are concerning the disaster. Reached Shore in Safety
Through the kindness of Bangor and all rustic officials, who called up their Sandy Point station Tuesday afternoon for the com- mercial, it was learned that the COMFORT went ashore about 730 o’clock Tuesday
morning and at the Bangor man had reached shore in safety.
9 October AT BAR HARBOR
Tuesday’s Storm, Was a Furious One On Mount Desert.
Two Schooners Went Was Ashore on Rocks Near Mount Desert Ferry and Will Be Total Losses
Bar Harbor, October 9
The storm which began Monday evening in rage throughout the night and all day Tuesday was the worst that has been known on Mount Desert Island for a good many years at this season of the year, and considerable damage is reported as the result of the furious gale.
Two schooners which were at anchor in Sullivan Harbor drag their anchors and went ashore on the rocks near the wharf at Mount Desert Ferry and they will be a total loss. One of the schooners was a fisherman and the other a coal vessel and both were loaded. The vessels rode out the gale through the night and went ashore, one soon after daylight Tuesday morning and the other about eight o’clock. The crews got ashore safely. A small fishing sloop owned by H. D. Wakefield of Bar Harbor was anchored close to the schoo- ners through the night and rode out the storm in safety. Tuesday during a slight lull in the storm the sloop beat her way into the harbor and the two men who composed the crew told of the harrowing night aboard the little boat. During the night Monday the BOBOLEENA, a 40 foot gasoline launch owned by D. C. Timayenis, Greek Consul at Boston, a summer resident of Sullivan got adrift and went ashore, turning over in the surf on the beach and becoming a complete wreck. A knockabout owned by the same
gentlemen fill at her moorings in the harbor and sank. Over of Connors Brothers’ boat houses and considerable damage was done to a launch, owned by Hon. Joseph Pulitzer of New York which had recently been stored in the boathouse. Another one of Mr. Pulitzer’s, which was in another boathouse, was unin- jured. Fearing Bar Harbor there was no great damage to property except through the trees about the streets and on private land, but this was quite serious as great lands were torn off and the beauty of many trees marred for many years to come. A big Willow a foot and a half through in front of the Milton Stratton’s house on Cottage Street was blown down by the force of the gale. The Maine Central Ferry boat was about an hour late in arriving on her morning trip and when she came into the harbor she was plunging into the waves and the spray was going all over her. The trip to Northeast, Southwest harbor, Seal Harbor and Manset was abandoned on account of the storm. The surf was magnifi- cent during Tuesday afternoon and many people braved the elements and went down in the sure path to watch the rollers along the beach and on the islands about the bay. At low water Tuesday afternoon there was a very heavy sea which did considerable dam- age to the wharves, carrying away piling and breaking up floating stages. Men who had boats moored out in the harbor put in one of the busiest days of their lives getting out extra anchors and making everything snug in the endeavor to save their property from going to destruction.
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A close up of the starboard side with primer coats on the main house.
A close up of the starboard side with primer coats on, but it now has its final coat on the main house and hull.
This stern view shows the deck, chipped, ground and given two final coats of Durabak. Still need to get final coats on deck under grates, bases of bitts and hatch covers. Does look a lot different!
This stern view shows the deck, chipped, ground and given two final coats of Durabak. Still need to get final coats on deck under grates, bases of bitts and hatch covers. Does look a lot different!
Fall is fast approaching and hours and hours of the chipping, grinding and painting has been accomplished. So far this year the starboard hull, above and below the waterline, main deck on both sides of the mainhouse and aft deck, stack, has been chipped and ground and is now waiting for paint. We are hoping for another three to four weeks of good painting weather and then attention will be turned to the engineering spaces and interior work. SATURN is a 117-foot railroad tug built as the BERN for the Reading Railroad in 1907. She is one of the last railroad tugs in existence and is being saved for future generations to enjoy. For further information : (207) 223-8846 or to join the Friends of SATURN, send a check for $25 or more to P.O. Box 710, Winterport, ME 04496.
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