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The Republican Journal
Belfast, Waldo County, Maine
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Captain Beckman of Bucksport tests his barrel boat invention with his 10-year-old son, sailing from Southwest Harbor to Rockland on Sept. 28. They are rescued by the steamer Pentagoet amid rough seas off Baker Island; the boat is lost at sea. Beckman arrives in New York and heads to Brooklyn.
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BAR HARBOR, Sept. 28. Captain Beckman of Bucksport, the inventor of a barrel boat, which has been exhibited here this summer, started early Sunday morning from Southwest Harbor with his 10-year-old son for Rockland, in order to prove the practicability of the invention. Nothing definite has been heard from him since, although the lighthouse men at Baker island assert that Beckman and the boy were rescued five miles off the shore by the steamer Pentagoet bound from Eastport for New York. Fishermen returning from Mt. Desert rock, sixty miles out to sea, state that what was probably the barrel boat was sighted not far off, being driven southerly by tremendous seas at a rapid rate.
The Pentagoet arrived at New York with Beckman and his son on board. The steamer attempted to tow the barrel boat but the weather was too rough. Beckman went to Brooklyn where he said he had friends that he expected to interest in his invention.
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Bar Harbor, Southwest Harbor, Rockland, Baker Island, Mt. Desert Rock, New York, Brooklyn
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Sept. 28
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Captain Beckman and his son test the barrel boat invention from Southwest Harbor to Rockland. They are rescued by the steamer Pentagoet off Baker Island amid rough seas. The boat is sighted far out to sea but cannot be towed. Beckman proceeds to Brooklyn to interest friends in the invention.