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Lieutenant D. W. Veeder became superintendent of the Naval Observatory.
Lieutenant Bradley A. Fiske was navigator of the Petrel at Manila and is now (1912) a Rear Admiral, in charge of a division of the Atlantic fleet.
Lieutenant Albert G. Winterhalter was Division Commander of the Atlantic fleet. During the stay of the Squadron in Bel- fast, he was particularly kind in showing the younger visitors over the Yorktown, explaining to them in detail the working of the guns, and other modern naval machinery, then seen for the first time on our coast.
Chief Engineer Cipriano Andrade, whose kindness and cour- tesy during the visit of the White Squadron to Belfast is still fresh in the memory of several of their recipients, is dead.
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Lieutenant Seaton Schroeder was Executive Officer of the Massachusetts off Santiago in the Spanish War, and later became Commander-in-Chief of the Atlantic fleet.
Passed Assistant Paymaster Charles W. Littlefield, appointed to the service from Maine and a native of Waterville, attained high rank in his corps, and discharged acceptably the duties of many important positions of trust. He is now on the retired list.
Captain John Woodward Philip commanded the Texas during the Spanish War.
Lieutenant Cameron McR. Winslow, at the beginning of the Spanish War, was in charge of the cable-cutting at Cienfuegos, Cuba, one of the most notable examples of cool courage on the part of all concerned which has ever been recorded. He is now (1912) an admiral in charge of a division of the Atlantic fleet.
Lieutenant William L. Rodgers is at present (1912) President of the Naval War College, at Newport, Rhode Island, a position to which only scholarly men, well versed in naval tactics, and competent to direct the complicated movements of our modern fleets, are appointed.
Ensign Charles F. Hughes, a native of Bath, is at present Chief of Staff of the North Atlantic Fleet.
Lieutenant-Commander Charles S. Sperry has been President of the War College, and followed Admirals Evans and Thomas in command of the North Atlantic Fleet, that steamed around the world; - a very able man.
Ensign William Veazie Pratt, of Belfast, had left the White Squadron shortly before this visit, having been transferred from the Atlanta to the Petrel on the 18th of August, 1891. He was navigator of the battleship Kearsarge when she made her record run from Europe to Mount Desert in 1903; served efficiently in the Spanish War on the Mayflower off the coast of Cuba: and is at present (1912) attached to the staff of the Naval War Col- lege, at Newport, R. I. The run of the Kearsarge is officially described as follows: In July 1903, the battleship Kearsarge crossed the North Atlantic from the Nab lightship to Mount Desert Rock, off the coast of Maine, in nine days, four hours, fifteen minutes, she averaged 13.16 knots per hour, for the voyage, and the feat proved that vessels of her class can reach Europe from American ports, ready for action. She took a course longer than a great circle, in order to avoid ice.
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Lieutenant-Commander Leonard Chenery, U.S.N., retired, a half-brother of Horace Chenery, Esq., was born in Northampton, Massachusetts, March 11, 1846, and died in New York, March 10, 1901. He went to California in 1853 with his parents, and was appointed acting midshipman by the Honorable T. G. Phelps. He entered the Naval Academy, then at Newport, Rhode Island, December 12, 1861, and graduated with high honors in the class of September, 1865. He was promoted to Ensign in 1866, Master in 1868, Lieutenant in 1869, Lieutenant-Commander in 1879, having had an almost continuous sea duty since graduation, and was obliged to retire on account of broken health in 1881. He was a frequent summer visitor at Belfast, and was here at the time of the call of the White Squadron. His knowledge of naval affairs, and familiarity with methods of procedure, were of much aid to the Citizens' Committee. After retirement, he resided in New York City until his death in 1901. He was an entertaining, well-informed man of the world, always ready to contribute to the amusement and instruction of the young people of the house- holds on Primrose Hill, where he was a welcome daily caller during his annual sojourns in Belfast. He is pleasantly remem- bered by the members of this generation, who always looked forward every summer to his coming, and by one of whom, at least, his excellent precepts on the conduct of life are still borne in mind.
SHIPS AND OFFICERS OF THE SQUADRON
The following is a list of the eight ships and of their officers: -
Rear-Admiral John Grimes Walker, commanding. Lieutenant Ben H. Buckingham, Secretary. Lieutenant Sidney A. Stanton, Flag Lieutenant.
Chicago (1st rate); flagship, tonnage, 4500.
Captain Joseph N. Miller, commanding.
Lieutenant-Commander Charles S. Sperry.
Lieutenants Raymond P. Rodgers, John Hubbard, William H. Schuetze, and Austin M. Knight.
Ensigns Theodore G. Dewey, Philip Andrews, George R. Marvell, William D. MeDougall, and Louis A. Kaiser.
Naval Cadets Montgomery M. Taylor, Cyrus S. Radford, Harry E. Smith, Reginald R. Belknap, Richard H. Leigli, Andrews MeLe- more, and Cleland Davis.
Medical Inspector J. Rufus Tryon.
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Passed Assistant Surgeon James C. Byrnes.
Assistant Surgeon James M. Whitfield.
Paymaster Edward N. Whitehouse. Chief Engineer Louis J. Allen.
Passed Assistant Engineers Alfred B. Canaga and Frank H. Eldredge.
Assistant Engineer Josiah S. MeKean.
Naval Cadets (Engineers Division) John K. Robison and George W. Laws. Chaplain Adam A. McAlister.
Captain of Marines George C. Reid.
Aeting Gunner Charles Morgan. Carpenter Charles H. Bogan.
Concord (3d rate); tonnage, 1819.
Commander Oliver A. Batcheller, commanding.
Lieutenant-commander Edward P. Wood.
Lieutenants John B. Briggs and Vincendon L. Cottman.
Lieutenant (junior grade) Albert W. Grant.
Ensigns Joseph Strauss, Francis A. Haesler and Webster A. Edgar. Naval Cadets Frank B. Zahm, Thomas J. Senn, and Harry H. Cald- well.
Surgeon Remus C. Persons.
Paymaster James A. Ring. Chief Engineer Robert B. Hine.
Passed Assistant Engineer Edward R. Freeman.
Assistant Engineer Harold P. Norton.
Naval Cadet (Engineers Division) William H. McGrann.
Newark (2d rate); tonnage, 4098.
Captain Silas Casey, commanding.
Lieutenant-Commander Henry N. Manney.
Lieutenants John E. Pillsbury, Gustavus C. Hannus, William Win- der, and Benjamin Tappan.
Ensigns John B. Bernadou, Benton C. Decker, Ashley H. Robertson, Herbert G. Gates, and Charles A. Brand.
Naval Cadets Noah T. Coleman, Jehu V. Chase, Wendell C. Neville, Lucius A. Bostwick, Jay H. Sypher, and John G. F. Moale. Surgeon George A. Bright. Passed Assistant Surgeon Arthur G. Cabell.
Assistant Surgeon Carl De W. Brownell.
Paymaster Theodore S. Thompson.
Chief Engineer Augustus H. Able.
Passed Assistant Engineers Stacy Potts and Robert I. Reid.
Assistant Engineer Leo D. Miner.
Naval Cadets (Engineer Division) Doctor E. Dismukes and Milton E. Reed. First Lieutenant of Marines Thomas N. Wood.
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Gunner Charles H. Venable. Carpenter William H. Barrett.
Boston (2d rate); tonnage, 3000.
Captain Gilbert C. Wiltse, commanding.
Lieutenant-Commander William T. Swinburne.
Lieutenants Edwin K. Moore, Lucien Young, and Charles Laird.
Lieutenant (junior grade) Albert Gleaves and William R. Rush.
Ensigns Levi C. Bertolette, Samuel S. Robison, and Charles F.
Hughes, at present chief of staff Atlantic Fleet. Born in Bath, Maine.
Naval Cadets Henry C. Kuenzli, Waldo Evans, William D. Brother- ton, James F. Carter, and George Richards.
Surgeon Alexander F. Magruder.
Passed Assistant Surgeon Thomas C. Craig.
Paymaster I. Goodwin Hobbs.
Chief Engineer Frederick G. McKean.
Passed Assistant Engineer George S. Willits.
Yorktown (3d rate); tonnage, 1719.
Commander Robley D. Evans, commanding.
Lieutenants Duncan Kennedy, William P. Conway, Ten Eyck D. W. Veeder, and Bradley A. Fiske.
Lieutenant (junior grade) Albert G. Winterhalter.
Ensigns George R. Evans and Richard H. Jackson.
Surgeon John C. Boyd.
Passed Assistant Paymaster Charles W. Littlefield.
Chief Engineer Cipriano Andrade.
Assistant Engineers Charles E. Rommell and Charles H. Hayes.
Vesuvius (4th rate); tonnage, 929. Lieutenant Seaton Schroeder, commanding.
Lieutenant Karl Rohrer.
Lieutenant (junior grade) Harry M. Dombaugh. Ensign Walter J. Sears.
Passed Assistant Surgeon Thomas C. Craig.
Passed Assistant Engineer Herschel Main.
Atlanta (2d rate); tonnage, 3000.
Captain John W. Philip, commanding. Lieutenant Commander Albert R. Couden.
Lieutenants Nathan E. Niles, William M. Irwin, and J. Marshall Robinson.
Lieutenants (junior gradc) Harry S. Knapp and William L. Rodgers. Ensigns Carlo B. Brittain and Albert L. Norton.
Naval Cadets Lewis C. Lucas, Louis R. de Steigner, George W. Dan- forth, Warren J. Terhunc, and G. B. Bradshaw. Surgeon Michael C. Drennan.
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Passed Assistant Surgeon Andrew R. Wentworth. Paymaster Edwin Putnam.
Chief Engineer William H. Harris.
Cushing; tonnage, 106.
Lieutenant Cameron MeR. Winslow, commanding.1
The members of the Maine Press Association with invited guests, arrived in Belfast July 9, 1894, for their annual summer excursion. The party, numbering about forty, visited Northport, Castine, Camden, and the Bluff. During their stay a reception, with music, was given at the Crosby Inn.
During the summers of 1897 and 1898, the United States Ship Prairie, in training-school service, anchored in the bay off Belfast. Visitors were not allowed on board.
On the 11th of August, 1898, while on a cruise along the coast the steam yacht Oneida, having on board ex-president Cleve- land, Mr. and Mrs. John G. Carlisle, and ex-Postmaster- General Wilson, came into Belfast Harbor.
Two United States vessels visited Belfast, in August, 1899; the converted cruiser Prairie, on the 9th, and the battleship Texas, 2526 tons, from the 14th to the 18th. The Texas was in command of Captain Charles D. Sigsbee, who had charge of the Maine when she was blown up in the harbor of Havana. The usual courtesies passed between the city officials and the officers; and at Northport addresses were made at a public meeting by Captain Sigsbee, Senator William P. Frye, and others. The Texas was in Belfast the following summer, and her officers and crew participated in the celebration of Old Home Week.
1 Some idea of the advance that has been made in naval science during the last twenty-two years may be gathered from the following comparison: The com- bined tonnage of the eight ships of the entire White Squadron - 19,171 tons-is less than that of one first-class battleship of the dreadnought type of the present year, 1913. Were one of these dreadnoughts, such as the New York, of 27,000 tons burden, to meet the entire White Squadron in battle, she could destroy one ship at each broadside; and as she is designed to discharge two broadsides a minute, it would require just four minutes to wipe the squadron of eight ships out of existence. This would, moreover, have been accomplished with ease at a dis- tance of six miles, or before the ships of the White Squadron had come near enough even to have reached the New York with their guns. That another so great an advance will be made within the next quarter of a century is not prob- able. Naval experts predict that the point of attack will, in the not distant future, be the underwater body, or the submerged portion of ships, and will be made by means of torpedoes or mines, rather than through the guns of the present twelve- and fourteen-inch type.
CHAPTER XLIV
FATAL ACCIDENTS
Account of Accidents resulting fatally from 1875 to 1900.
A S in Volume I, only brief statements of the fatal accidents
occurring within the limits of Belfast are given in this chapter.
1876, March 1. Mrs. Sarah M. Sides, a widow, aged 67, living at the Board Landing, died from her clothes taking fire. She was alone at the time of the accident.
1876, July 4. A 15-months-old son of Fred S. Crosby, who lived above Primrose Hill, was drowned by falling into a tub of water in the yard.
1877, May 11. Jesse H., aged 4, son of Andrew Dean, fell from the dam of the upper paper mill, and was drowned.
1877, July 30. Freddy, aged about 5, son of Captain Pearl W. Bagley, was found drowned under the steamboat wharf.
1877, October 20. While returning from partridge shooting, Fred, aged 17, son of Alfred K. Simpson, was fatally injured by the premature explosion of his gun.
1878, September 16. Thomas Carson, a blacksmith, aged 70, was killed by the forenoon down train, while walking upon the track, near the bridge. The coroner's verdict was that his own carelessness was the cause. This was the second fatal accident on the railroad.
1878, September 26. Charles Gilbert was killed by falling from aloft on the ship Lucy A. Nichols, in the South Atlantic Ocean. He was son of Fitz W. Gilbert.
1878, November 16. A 22-year-old child of Roscoe G. Ellis died from falling into a pail of hot water.
1879, February 19. Charles Mace, a brakeman on the Maine Central Railroad, and son of John Atwell Mace, of Belfast, fell across the track at West Waterville, while uncoupling cars, re- ceiving injuries which resulted in death.
1879, June 12. Albert T. Stevens was killed at Northport by the fall of a house which he was repairing.
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1879, July 22. Henry E. Eaton, aged 51, was drowned by the capsizing of a sail-boat, while crossing the bay. A month later his body was found near Cape Rozier.
1879, August 14. Ulab Carter, aged 7, was drowned by falling into a reservoir in the old brickyard on the east side of the harbor.
1880, April 15. James M. Clary, who lived on the Poor's Mills road, died from the effects of falling across a bale of hay.
1880, May 20. While Captain Napoleon Bonaparte Warren was setting new masts in the schooner Henry, at Lane's Wharf, the masts, seventy feet long, gave way, dashing him from the foremast head to the deck, and causing instant death. He was forty years old, and left a family.
1882, June 13. Peter, 4 years old, son of Thomas Leary, of East Belfast, was drowned by falling into a cistern.
1882, November 23. Blanche E., the 4-year-old daughter of Captain George Pattershall, was drowned by falling from a wharf at the Upper Bridge.
1882, September 12. John Charles, aged 21 years, son of Calvin Hervey, was drowned by the upsetting of a canoe on Lake Quantabacook. His body was found a fortnight later. Memorial services were held September 16, in the Unitarian Church, the young man being one of the choir.
1882, December 30. Captain Charles Thomas Gilmore, mas- ter of the schooner Florida, was drowned on the passage from Boston. He fell from the stern, probably in an attack of heart failure, to which he had been subject. He was a son of James Gilmore, and was an excellent and genial citizen.
1883, April 10. Ford Gay, of the Head of the Tide, while running a circular saw in a stave-mill at Orland, was struck by a board and instantly killed. He was an energetic and well-known man. His age was 60 years.
1884, January 8. Charles Augustus Murch, while engaged in harvesting ice at the east side of the harbor, was struck on the head by a detached piece, causing concussion of the brain, which proved fatal the same evening. He was about 45 years of age, and a son of Lewis C. Murch. He had been Alderman from Ward 5, and was a prominent Odd Fellow.
1884, June 3. Eben I. Russell, of Belfast, railroad brakeman, was instantly killed by falling from the afternoon up train, above
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Thorndike. He was a native of Farmington, and had been employed on the Belfast Branch for five years. His age was 42.
1885, January 6. Samuel E. Stimpson, aged 55, and a native of Deer Isle, and Charles S. Kelley, formerly of Stockton Springs, aged 51, were drowned in the river just below Citypoint, by breaking through ice while catching smelts.
1885, April 10. During the temporary absence of his mother, Willie F., 3-year-old son of Simon Jellison, who lived on Belmont Avenue, set fire to his clothing with matches, causing fatal injuries.
1885, July 11. Elmer Wesley Twombly, aged 25, and John Casey, aged 24, perished in the fire which consumed the stables of the Belfast Livery Company. (See chapter xxxv, on Fires).
1886, March 11. Samuel Redman, who lived in the suburbs, died from the effects of a fall which broke his thigh. He was born in Brooksville, and in early life was a sea captain sailing to the West Indies. He came to Belfast in 1880, to live with his sons Alvah and Samuel. His age was 92 years.
1886, May 27. A. C. Merrithew, son of Ezekiel Merrithew, of Belfast, was accidentally killed while employed as foreman in engineering work at Omaha, Nebraska.
1886, July 25. Franklin Prince Eames, of East Belfast, died from injuries received by the breaking of a whiffle-tree while unloading hay from a patent fork. During the war he was lieu- tenant of Company I, Fourth Maine Regiment. He had repre- sented Ward 5 in the Common Council, and was Alderman in 1877-78. Dr. George Franklin Eames, of Boston, is his son. The age of Mr. Eames was 61 years.
1886, September 23. Absalom C. Sites, of Brooks, was killed by a train while crossing the track near Brooks Village.
1886, October. James P. W., aged 26, son of the late Patrick Casey, was drowned in New York Harbor. He was employed on a dredging machine.
1888, March 12. George W. West, mate of the schooner Henry S. Culver, is supposed to have been lost off Fire Island near New York during a blizzard.
1888, July 7. James T. Wargent, of Islesboro, aged about 37, was drowned off the Monument, by the capsizing of his boat. James Richards, who was with him, clung to the bottom of the
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boat and was rescued by William A. Lear and Frederick Ma- honey, who saw the accident. Wargent could not swim.
1888, October 16. William G. Gray, flagman at the East Bridge railroad crossing was killed by being hurled against the noon incoming train while endeavoring to stop a frightened horse of Stephen E. Fletcher, of Stockton Springs. He was 23 years old, son of Walter Gray, and a young man of good character. He sacrificed his own life while attempting to save that of another.
1888, December 12. Thomas Hall, aged 4 years, adopted son of Thomas Haugh, was burned to death. While alone in the house, cutting paper, his clothing took fire.
1889, February 18. Albert T. Conforth, railroad brakeman, was struck on the head by the rebounding of a hook attached to a small plow, and died the next day. He was a son of Otis Con- forth, of Unity, was about 26 years old, and unmarried.
1889, April 6. Captain George Bird, his wife and his children were lost on the barge Sunrise, which he commanded, in Dela- ware Bay. The barge, loaded with coal, had anchored for a har- bor, and at midnight foundered during a heavy gale.
1889, June 10. Frank W. Patterson, mail agent on the railroad from Portland to Lewiston, had both legs broken by the train running into a washout near Oakland. Seven men were injured, one fatally. Mr. Patterson was brought to Belfast on a special train. He never regained the use of his limbs, and died from the effects of the accident January 5, 1895.
1889, August 4. Walter, 3 years old, son of Walter E. Sylvester, was found drowned near Hall & Cooper's wharf.
1889, November 26. Benson Walker, aged about 65, a ship- carpenter, was killed by falling from a staging in Carter & Co.'s shipyard.
1890, April 10. Frank Haugh, aged 38, fell from Lewis's Wharf and was drowned.
1891, March 25. Albert L., aged 28, son of the late James M. Clark, was instantly killed at Worcester, Massachusetts, while engaged in coupling cars.
1891, April 18. Joseph B. Varnum, age 65, fell into the hold of a new schooner in McDonald and Brown's yard, and died the following Wednesday.
1891, June 24. John Wesley Hinckley was drowned from the ship Iroquois, on the passage from New York to California.
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1891, October 3. William J. Goyens, of Belfast, was acciden- tally killed in a mine at Hecla City, Montana.
1891, October 13. Romulus C. Philbrick, of Troy, aged 65, was struck by the outward afternoon freight train at the Roler- son Crossing, near Citypoint, and instantly killed.
1892, March 29. Mrs. Sarah N., aged 71, wife of Luther M. Smith, who resided on Belmont Avenue, died from falling into an open fire, probably during a paralytic shock, as she had been long an invalid. She was born in Vassalboro, her maiden name being Sarah N. Clark. Six children survived her.
1893, February 24. William L. Abbott received injuries from a fall, causing his death two days later.
1893, March 5. Charles Philbrick died from the effects of fall- ing in his barn.
1893, June 7. John W. Mitchell, aged 30, recently a school- teacher in Belfast, was drowned while bathing in the Kennebec River at Augusta.
1893, July 29. By the capsizing of a boat near Dark Harbor, Islesboro, Leonard R. Pendleton, aged 21, son of Emery O. Pendleton, of Belfast, was drowned.
1893, July 27. On Lake Erie, Captain Thomas Winslow War- ren, of Belfast, aged 51, lost his life. He fell from a vessel.
1893, August 6. Mrs. Catherine Conley and her two daugh- ters, Mamie aged 19, and Agnes aged 15, formerly of Belfast, were killed by the bursting of a reservoir in Portland.
1894, January 23. Caleb M. Nash, aged 59, and deaf, while walking on the railroad track near the Lower Bridge, was struck by a passing train and killed. A coroner's jury exonerated the company and its employees from blame. Mr. Nash came to Belfast from Rockland.
1894, May 10. Emery S. Young, aged 4 years, son of Charles Young, was drowned in the stream near Rankin's Mill, on the East Side of the river.
1895, April 9. Oscar Leroy Elmes, aged 14, son of James Henry Elmes, residing in the Pitcher District, while launching a plank into a swollen stream, was drawn violently under a bridge, and drowned.
1895, October 6. Josie Thomas, aged 14, while attempting to start a range fire with naphtha, received injuries which caused her death.
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1895, October 22. George Holt, aged 76, missed his way in the evening, and while wandering near the Sibley Wharf, fell in and was drowned. He had always resided in Belfast.
1896, October 26. Captain Augustus Holbrook, aged 42, met his death by falling from a dory near Swan's Island.
1896, October 28. John P. Tower, a former Belfast resident, fell from an elevator in Boston, and was killed.
1897. But a single fatal accident occurred during the year. Walter M. Gray fell from a wharf July 23, and died from his injuries a few hours after. (Son of Walter R. Gray below.)
1898, January 4. William T. Creasey, of Morrill, was run over by a team, receiving injuries from which he died on February 9.
1898, June 9. Walter R. Gray disappeared. He was last seen sitting on the edge of a wharf, and is supposed to have fallen into the harbor. His body was afterwards found.
1898, June 16. John Smith was drowned in the harbor.
1898, June 28. Walter H. West collided with a team on North- port Avenue, receiving injuries which caused his death, August 31.
1899, November 18. Isaac D. Mixer, aged 52, was instantly killed by falling from his wagon while unloading hay at the store- house of the Belfast Fuel and Hay Company, or died from heart failure. He was a native of Knox, and lived on the Ford Gay farm on the Head of the Tide road.
1900, January 6. Parker, son of Nathaniel Gordon Pettengill, aged 2, died from burns received while playing with matches.
1900, January 16. Prentiss Colson, aged 67, while walking on the railroad track near Citypoint, was struck by the morning train, and died soon after. A coroner's jury exonerated the railroad employees from blame.
1900, August 30. Ezra J. Roberts, aged 72, and a native of Brooks, was instantly killed by a freight train, below the Roler- son Crossing. He was deaf, and had been warned about going on the track.
1900, September 15. Leonard E. Hanson, a German sailor, fell from aloft on the schooner Carrie E. Look, while coming down the river, and was killed. He was buried in Belfast.
CHAPTER XLV
SHIPWRECKS AND DISASTERS AT SEA
Bark Suliote - Ship Paul Richard Hazeltine - Vase presented by the British Government to Captain Rufus B. Condon - Medal bestowed on Captain George Dickey Mahoney - Loss of Schooners James Holmes and Foaming Billow - Steamer Portland wrecked - Other Losses.
TN this chapter will be found brief statements of the wrecking or other destruction of vessels belonging in Belfast or built there, and also of vessels wrecked or destroyed off the coast near Belfast.
1875, March 10. The brig R. S. Hassell, Captain John A. Partridge, 245 tons, built and owned in Belfast, uninsured, home- ward bound, with molasses to Reuben Sibley; wrecked on Colo- rado Reef. The cargo was insured.
1875, June 21. The recollection of the Bark Suliote, which sailed from here to California in January, 1849, was revived by the arrival of a schooner having a portion of her sails and rigging. The Suliote changed from a bark to a schooner, was condemned, and left at Porto Rico in February, 1874.
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