October 2013 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page 21.
10 December 1902 Rescued by the WOODBURY Captains and Crews of the Schooners JOHN CADWALLADER of Bath, and the DELAWARE of Brooksville Portland, December 10. The revenue cutter WOODBURY brought in the two-masted schooner JOHN CALLWALLADER of Bath, Capt. D. A. Barter, and crew, also Capt. Elmer Black and crew of the deserted two-masted schooner DELAWARE. The latter crew abandoned their vessel when she struck on Haddock’s rock and sought shelter on Haskell’s island, where after passing a night with the
HISTORY FROM THE PAST - Bangor Daily Commercial - Early 1900s The Crew Were Rescued.
thermometer 32 below zero, they were found by a boat’s crew from the revenue cutter. Capt. Black and a sailor had their toes frozen. The DELAWARE was 84 gross tons, was from Brooksville and was bound from Boston to Brooksville with a cargo of hard coal. Her owner was H. L. Black. The CADWALLADER was taken in tow while showing distress signals, the crew being unable to handle their craft.
11 December 1902 Ellsworth Schooner Lost
The SAMUEL LEWIS Pounding to Pieces Off Barnstable, Massachusetts –
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is taking longer than thought and is delaying the project. The next phase will be the design and they hope to begin dredging in the fall of 2015.
NOAA marine charts, in beta version,
NOAA charts with Coastal Pilot, can be downloaded free from Google apps store unfortunately now it is just for androids. Chart 1 edition 12, April 2013 is avail- able and contains new symbols
An update was given by Lt. Madeline Adler on NOAA’s newest vessel FERDI- NAND R. HASSLER. Hassler was the fi rst Coastal Survey superintendent and was appointed in 1807 by Thomas Jefferson. She arrived at Newcastle NH and docked at UNH’s pier on 1 August. She is a 128 foot catamaran and sports hull mounted multi- beam sonar equipment and is excellent for hybrid missions, which include AUV and ROV. Surveying began with the use of the lead line, then single beam sonar and now multi-beam. This boat can also use a side-scan sonar. They can map down to 600 meters. She is used mostly for updating the nautical charts, habitat mapping and hurri- cane response. This year they worked on the approaches to Portsmouth NH, which should be on the chart in a year. This was last done using a lead line and they did not fi nd any major issues, but did change some of the aspects around York Ledge. In October she will head to New York.
Al Moore announced his retirement from the United States Coast Guard. He be- gan in 1969 and retired as a captain in 2003 since that time he stayed on as a civilian worker for them. He has been instrumental to the Forum in fi lling us in on all sorts of topics, such as the TWIC card and proposed LNG sites.
The Coast Guard took the podium and discussed the Waldo Hancock County Bridge. This spring the contractor complet- ed the removal of this bridge and the Coast Guard did their fi nal inspection on 15 July. There was found to be no impairment to the waterways. They also determined that there was a 143.4 feet minimum clearance above mean high water on the new bridge. Up the Kennebec River at Richmond/
Yarmouth, Massachusetts, December
11. – The schooner SAMUEL LEWIS which went ashore on Sandy Neck bar off Barnstable Tuesday morning was Thursday abandoned by the crew which has been attempting to get her off. The vessel has pounded badly since she grounded and is rapidly going to pieces. The crew of the LEWIS were rescued Tuesday morning by Keeper Jamison of the light and they are at present in his care.
The craft was of 90 tons gross and belonged in Ellsworth, Maine. Her owner was E. L. Wright.
12 December 1902 Saved from a Watery Grave
Dresden there is construction underway just up river on a bridge. They have set a 300 yard boundary around the center point of the bridge, but no closures are expected. It is not expected that this project will cause a disruption in icebreaking on the Kennebec this winter.
The Memorial Bridge in Portsmouth, NH still has work ongoing and there is a 300 yard closure around the center span. ORPC in Eastport recovered its unit back on 15 July. They discovered additional issues and she will need more engineering and the unit could be out a while. However the base unit is still in place and could be a hazard.
Anyone holding a marine event must
fi le with the Coast Guard every year. A new event must be fi led 135 days prior to the event, and a re-occurring event only needs to be fi led 60 days in advance. In January letters will go out to the prior events. There is some minor TWIC card chang- es and update and these are listed within the Marine Safety Bulletin. There is a new provider,
MorphoTrist.USA and for those needing an update or a new card they are available in Portsmouth, NH and Portland and Bangor. If you were to expire before 31 December 2014 that date has been extended. This means the card will be valid three years from the original expiration date at a cost of $60.
If your card is lost or damaged you are allowed seven days unescorted access however you must report and apply for re- placement and that cost is $60. Until the card is received maintain a copy of the receipt. TWIC readers are not mandated for all
MTSA regulated vessels only for those with increased risk for a TSI. The fi nal rule has not been completed however once it is you will have two years to comply. The three risk groups: A), CDC bulk – 1000 passen- gers – barges; B), combustible cargoes; and C), nonhazardous cargoes and less than 500 passengers. Those in the risk Group A must have a fi xed reader and those in B and C can do a visual check of the TWIC card. The next meeting of the Public Safety Forum is scheduled for Portland on 10 De- cember 2013.
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are no complaints about towing and gear placement. Hilton thanked Larry for coming and keeping in touch with us about this project. Terry Savage gave us an update on the Swans Island legislation bill.
Their bill
did pass, making their trap limit from 475 to 550. This was compared with the way that Monhegan manages their conservation zone.
Sheila announced new members
Timely Rescue of the Crew of the Schooner BELLE WOOSTER. The Lucky Trip of the PATRIOT
A Gloucester Fishing Schooner Saves Seven Lives and Assists a Rockland Vessel – The Captain’s Story. Gloucester, Massachusetts, December
12 – The fi shing schooner PATRIOT arrived Friday morning after a severe tussle with the gales of the past week during which her crew saved the lives of the entire crew, consisting of seven men, of the schooner BELLE WOOSTER which were drifting about in mid ocean in an open boat, as well as putting three of her own crew on board the Rockland schooner METHEBESEC in order to assist the frost bitten men of that vessel in making port.
The escape of the crew of the BELLE WOOSTER, who after seeing their own vessel sink before their eyes, drifted 24 hours in an open boat during a southwest gale, bordered on the miraculous. The little row boat with the exhausted men was 40
miles east of Cape Ann and was being blown far out to sea with no chance whatever of ever reaching land.
Suddenly out of the great waste of storm tossed ocean with the air thick with fl ying snow and spray, they sighted a light and all mustering their full strength joined in a shout for help. The Captain of the PATRIOT heard that shout and after a half hour of skillful work managed to get all the men on board in safety although they were more or less frost bitten. Had the night not been made somewhat less dark by a moon it is probable that those on board the PATRIOT would never have been able to locate the little boat. The WOOSTER was bound to New
York from Stonington, Maine, with 720 tons of dressed granite for the New East River bridge. After edging their way down the Maine coast they struck across the bay from Portland last Tuesday. When almost to Highland Light the schooner ran into a stiff southwest gale with a head sea which not only drove her off her course but strained her so that she sprang leak. The crew soon discovered that they could not keep the vessel clear and the only thing remaining was to abandon her.
There was no time to take any provisions or even extra clothing. In fact they had scarcely left the schooner when she made one long plunge and disappeared beneath the waves. This was about 2 o’clock on Thursday morning. From that time the little boat with the seven men drifted before the gale without sighting a sail. There seemed to be no hope whatever for them for they were well off the usual course of coastwise traffi c. Still they cheered each other and managed to keep themselves from becoming insensible,
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Save the Date! 5 December
Global Outreach Conference
to D.E.L.A. who are: Forest Dow of Sedgewick, Ethan Warren of Vinalhaven and Rock E. Green of Westbrook.
Rock
is the new representative for AFLAC Insurance and plans to speak with us. The plans for the Annual Meeting are for Thursday, September 12th Ellsworth.
at Jasper’s in
Meeting adjourned at 8:46 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Sheila H. Dassatt Executive Director
Conference will include Speakers on: Project Manager Round-table Discussion of Legal Matters Marketing Your Business &
an Engineering topic 20 booths on display from various marine businesses
Day starts at 8 and ends at 5 Hosted at
Maine Maritime Museum Bath
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