January 2016 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page 21. 15 June 1899


HISTORY FROM THE PAST - Bangor Daily Commercial - Early 1900s Went to Court.


Maritime Matters. The PERRY Won.


Led Off in the Big Schooner Race. Capt. Garfi eld Says He Outdid Two Other Smart Vessels.


Various Maritime Matters of Interest to the Local Shipping Men.


Capt. W. W. Garfi eld, of the four-masted


schooner KATHARINE D. PERRY which brought a cargo of coal to this port from Philadelphia and which is now loading ice at the Arctic houses, is interested in the accounts which are now going the rounds of the press of the race between the GEO. P. DAVENPORT and the EDWARD E. BRIRY, because he claims that his big vessel is way ahead of either of these as a fl yer. When the PERRY left Newport News, according to Capt. Garfi eld, the BRIRY had a 36 hours’ start and the DAVENPORT was 24 hours in the lead; both schooners towed to sea, and were under way with a fair wind while Capt. Garfi eld was still beating down. Before Vineyard Haven was reached, however, the PERRY had passed the BRIRY and DAVENPORT and before long they were a dozen miles in the rear. The DAVENPORT’s port was Boston, while Portsmouth was the BRIRY’s destination. The PERRY was bound for Bangor, 200 miles farther. Before either vessel had reached its port, the PERRY was anchored in Bangor, having made the trip in fi ve days. Capt. Garfi eld says that his vessel can sail all around either the DAVENPOR or BRIRY and that he would be willing to bet two to one that he can outsail the pair at any time or in any waters. The PERRY hails from New York and is one of the best known schooners on the coast.


The schooner ELECTA BAILEY was expected to sail on Thursday from Frankfort with granite for New York. The schooner EDWARD STEWART will receive repairs on the marine railway before going to Frankfort to load stone for New York.


The schooner NELLIE BURNS is


fi tting out at Portland wharf for a sword fi shing trip. The duelist of the deep has not yet appeared but is due about the 25th


and the


BURNS will sail to the south and try her luch in the neighborhood of Block Island at fi rst.


22 June 1899 Sad Tale of the JENNY LIND’s Troubles.


Ferry Skipper Turned Her Adrift on Tuesday.


Famous Lifesaver Then Appealed to the Court for Damages. Dan Golden, lifesaver, navigator, submarine diver, junkdealer, riverman and citizen, is in deep trouble, his famous craft, the JENNY LIND, is adrift on the tide of the Penobscot and he does not know her whereabouts.


Golden has for many years been a riverman. He belongs to a well known family and is probably recognized by more people than any other one resident of the Bangor waterfront. He has been a policeman in the local force, a diver and other things. Of late years he has lived in his boat, the JENNY LIND.


Golden came to the Commercial offi ce


on Thursday to tell his tale. He said that he had been mooring the JENNY LIND at the Bangor ferry-slip for some time. He is on the river in all weather and makes the boat his home. Recently persons wanting to cross the river when the steam ferry was not running


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der Hoop, Moore, and colleagues from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, and NOAA Fisheries, showed for the fi rst time how fi shing lines impacted an individual, entangled whale. Though disentanglement efforts by a rescue team eventually led to the removal of almost all of the gear after several attempts, Eg 3911 didn’t survive. Her injuries were too severe to overcome. An aerial survey in February 2011 observed Eg 3911 dead at sea. A necropsy showed that effects of the chronic entanglement were the cause of death.


“We know that entanglement does more than just kill whales, and we know North Atlantic right whales aren’t as healthy as right whales in the Southern Hemisphere,” said coauthor Peter Corkeron, of NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center. “This work is a step towards quantifying just how entanglement is contributing to North Atlan- tic right whales’ health problems.” This work was supported by grants from


the M.S. Worthington Foundation, the Her- rington-Fitch Family Foundation, and the Cooperative Institute for the North Atlantic Region. Van der Hoop was also supported by a Postgraduate Scholarship from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, and an MIT Martin Family for Sustainability Fellowship. The Woods Hole Oceanographic Insti- tution is a private, non-profi t organization on Cape Cod, MA, dedicated to marine re- search, engineering, and higher education. Established in 1930 on a recommendation from the National Academy of Sciences, its


primary mission is to understand the ocean and its interaction with the Earth as a whole, and to communicate a basic understanding of the ocean’s role in the changing global environment. For more information, please visit www.whoi.edu.


Infl atable Vessel to Help Maine Improve Whale Disentanglement Efforts With recent funding from the Maine Outdoor Heritage Fund, the Maine Depart- ment of Marine Resources has taken another step forward in its ability to lead whale disentanglement efforts.


The $20,000 grant will be used by the DMR to purchase a soft bottom infl atable boat that can maneuver more safely and ef- fectively when Maine Marine Patrol, along with key DMR staff, respond to entangled whales.


“Often, responders have to pull along- side an entangled whale which might surface underneath the boat,” said DMR Scientist Erin Summers, who is coordinating the purchase. “A soft bottom boat will move and form to the body of the whale, making injury to the whale less likely. A hard bottom boat is also more likely to tip when hit from below, which could endanger the responders.” “This boat will help Marine Patrol sig-


nifi cantly improve our ability to respond to entanglements,” stated Major Rene Clouti- er, Marine Patrol’s Field Commander. “Our fl eet of vessels is built to respond to law enforcement issues, but is not ideally suited for disentangling whales. We need a boat that is smaller, more stable, is more maneu- verable when we work on large species like humpbacks and right whales.”


“This work is conducted very close to the whale and a soft bottom boat will allow


have patronized him, he says, knowing him for a tight bit of a boatman and handy with an oar in all waters.


On Monday night he took one of these


parties over. They came down the slip and would have Danny Golden take them over or they would not cross. Indeed they would not! Golden or nothing for them, it was. Accordingly, Golden says, he got out


the JENNY LIND from her moorings, brought her around to the end of the slip and, loading the party in, ferried it across to the Brewer side without trouble. Then he returned to his berth and tied up for the night. Set Her Adrift.


All went well with the JENNY LIND that night, me boys. The wharf-rat crept over her bows and the muddy waters of the river lapped against her stern so musically that Danny Golden slumbered peacefully for sure, his pillow on the quarter-deck and his feet tucked neatly into the forecastle. But next morning when the skipper of the ferry steamer came to the Bangor slip he heared that the JENNY LIND had been making a bid for the passanger business on his route.


“Ho-ho,” says he, “what’s this I hear about you taking parties over my ferry,” says he.


“Go on,” says Danny Golden, “and


haven’t I the right,” says he. “You’ve not,” says the skipper of the


ferry, says he, and with that he slipped the moorings of the JENNY LIND, as fi ne a punt as ever nubbed a spile in this river, and, with his foot, gave her a big push. The JENNY LIND went down stream like the devil was in her and the skipper made talk to Danny Golden.


Danny was angry to be sure, and goes up to the police court to talk with the judge about his troubles.


us to maneuver into positon so the respond- ers can more easily move around in the boat and handle the specialty tools which are mounted on the end of a long pole and used to cut lines from the whales,” said Summers. The approximately 17 foot soft bottom boat, purchased in consultation with part- ners at National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), will provide a much needed re- source for fast and effective response by the Maine Marine Patrol. Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Maine are currently the only states on the East Coast with the authority and training from NMFS to re- spond to large whale entanglements. One DMR staff member and nine Marine Patrol offi cers are trained and authorized as fi rst responders for entanglements. The network of responders on the east coast, known as the Atlantic Large Whale Disentanglement Network, is coordinated by NMFS out of the Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Offi ce in Gloucester, Massachusetts.


“This boat will help Maine continue to improve our effi ciency and performance in disentanglement response,” said Summers.


CANADIAN NEWS


Minister Tootoo Outlines Approach to Fisheries at Assembly of First Nations Science And Climate Change Evidence To Help Inform Fish Decisions


OTTAWA, Ontario: The Minister of Fisher- ies, Oceans, and the Canadian Coast Guard, the Honourable Hunter Tootoo, today met with the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) at a Special Chiefs Assembly. He spoke with elders, National Chief Bellegarde and members of the AFN executive and


When Danny Golden called at the Commerical on a Thursday morning his story was on his lips, and he told it. “Moreover,” says he, “me lawyer, Mister White, will be here at 3 o’clock and I’m saying there’ll be a suit for damages out of this.”


At 3 o’clock no case had come up in the city court and there was nothing of the sort in sight. Meanwhile, the JENNY LIND is adrift and the harbormaster is looking for a 17-foot punt, a derelict in his jurisdiction.


26 June 1899


Launched with a Blessing. Bishop Healy Christens the Schooner ANNA MURRAY at Camden – Crowds See Ceremony.


Camden, June 26. – With the ceremony that conseerated the caravels of COLUMBUS, a four-masted schooner the ANNA MURRAY, was launched here Saturday.


Bishop Healy, of Portland, Maine, was the celebrant. His purple vestments, the golden crock, the white and gold of the stoles of priests, the white surplices of the altar boys, incense and plain chant made solemn and beautiful the commonplace shipyard. Visitors from towns miles and miles


away, made a somber background for the religious procession. It passed between two hedges of reverent men and women. The bishop marked the vessel with christening oils as if he were anointing the forehead of a child. He spoke the ritual of baptism, and acolytes made the responses. There were recited the Pater Noster, the Crede and the Ave Maria. The ocean was the baptismal font.


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Chiefs-in-Assembly to outline key aspects of the Government of Canada’s approach to fi sheries, and his priorities going forward. As the fi rst Inuk Minister in the fi sheries portfolio, Minister Tootoo knows fi rst-hand the central role fi sheries play in Indigenous life, the value of traditional knowledge, and the need to ensure that these fi sheries remain balanced and sustainable. He spoke about the intri nsic link be- tween the environment and fi sheries, and the negative effects of climate change in the Arctic. He reiterated his government’s com- mitment to climate change, and committed to working closely with Environment and Climate Change Minister McKenna and Sci- ence Minister Duncan to examine the impact of climate change on marine ecosystems. In his efforts to protect fi sh stocks and ocean health, the Minister pointed to his mandate to renew investments in science. He will be working to increase Canada’s marine protected areas to fi ve percent by 2017 and ten percent by 2020. A review of the Fisheries Act is also a key priority for Minister Tootoo, and he indicated he will consult widely in good faith in the review process. The Fisheries Act review will be comprehensive and inclusive, and Minister Tootoo will be working with Cabinet colleagues to make sure this review aligns well with the reviews of other envi- ronmental processes. He also emphasized the need to respect the Duty to Consult with Indigenous People. Minister Tootoo stated that better is pos- sible in Canada’s fi sheries. Fishery elements are fundamental to treaty and other recon- ciliation processes, and Minister Tootoo is committed to advancing them as he supports Minister Bennett in her negotiations.


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