The Disaster of the Mt. Desert Ferry Wharf Killed Twenty BAR HARBOR—In August 1899 one of the biggest disasters hit the Mount Desert Island community when twenty people died and according to the Portland Daily Press, “a score or more were badly hurt” when the Mt. Desert Ferry’s wharf collapsed as people were boarding it, heading to the island. Author and historian Mac Smith detailed aspects … Continue reading “I never witnessed, nor desire to see, such a terrible affair again.”