Show OCEAN LINER ASHORE STEAMSHIP CALIFORNIAN IS WRECKED OFF MAINE COAST Passengers who arc Still on Board will Probably bo Taken off Today Vessel Valued at 53000000 I Portland Me Feb 25 Tho big Allan Una fcicumshlp Callfornlan which left her dock at midnight went ashoro on Ham Inland ledge just outside tIm harbor har-bor f few minutes after her pilot left her this morning All the passengers aro safe though still aboard Moat of tho I r local seafaring men are o tho opinion that tho rocks hno penetrated tho bottom bot-tom of tho vessel In several places and they doubt very much If she con he l saved I Tho VOMPO IH valued at WiKWlXO the cargo at 300000 Th ro art six I cabin hive Intermediate In-termediate and ton nice nice pafWcngorB bolides a crew of sevcntyllvo men Jho cubln passcncers ate Mr and Mr Pal ton Montreal Mr and In DJ Wllson Toronto I Miss Bulloy Ottawa and Mr Browell Kstiulmault 1 C Tho CalUornlim was In charge of Pilot Kdward L Parson nnd at the tlmr hu left her lie wind was blowing hard from the southeast and a heuxv rain was Jailing Pilot Pardon loft lie ship i I reaching the bellbuoy of Cusylngi Island Isl-and point after he gave tlu > olllors of tho lilp hit course Ten minutest lul < > r tho Callfornlan was hard and last aground on Rum Island ledge flits is a icef which IIIIIM out from Ham Island 1 and the ship had gone several points off hor course whcll she struck This afternoon the llfosavlng boat from the Capo Elizabeth lifesavers S PV < MI miles away launched a boat cuul put off for tho steamer Intending lo transfer tho patscngiTs fron the steamer to the tug Piedmont Somo of tho worn m piis cii KCTS desired lo be transferred but on sec I lag Iho mannor In which lie lIfeboat pitched and rolled they decided not to leave the ship Tho phlp Is lying under Iho lee of Ram Inland 1 on tho ledge nnd Although the waves ate breaking with great force the long ledge acts as a breakwater and pro tot hl i tin ship Tho wind js now blowing strongly from tho westward and Iho sea is subsiding Tho imtfBongcrs will probably bo laken off tomorrow morning without danger and If the sea Is smooth tho work of removing re-moving tin cargo wJll commence The local ofllcials feel confident tint tho ship can bo floated The conditions aro now 1 uvo rub I P 1 Tho Californian was bound to Glasgow Glas-gow by waY of Halifax Capt Barclay says that ito hold Is full of water tho fires ary extinguished there Is a heavy sen and the pa tfengera are perfectly safe Tho cargo of MOO tons consists mainly of meats lard apples cheese and grain The greater part of the cargo was probably prob-ably Insured by tho consignees Jt Is not known whether tho whip was Insured |