The Portland daily press., 1879-11-05
THE STORM.
Wreck of g. Schooner on Broad
Cove Rock.
FIVE MEN PER1sHED IN THE GALE
Another Schooner Supposed to Have
Gone to the Bottom.

The storm Of Monday afternoon and night
proved disastrous in this vicinity. There was
northeast gale and at the same time blind
ing snow storm which increased uring the
evening. The Forest City, City of Portland,
and Katahdin all sought refuge at Cape Ann.
Capt. Donovan of the Forest City says he ran
out of clear weather right into northeast gale
with high sea, and snow so thick you couldn't
see your hand before you. He reports that
yesterday morning half way between Taylor's
Rock and Two Lights, Cape Elizabeth, he
passed a quarter of schooner that had evil
IDENTIFY been wrecked, and off the Lights saw a
vessel on the rocks surrounded by fishermen.
Mr.. Hanna, keeper Of Cape Elizabeth Light,
reports that about o'clock Monday afternoon,
a loaded schooner struck on Broad Cove Rock,
and Immediately filed and capsized. The
wreck drifted past the Cape and about o.
clock came ashore one-eghth of a mile west OF
the fog signal. The crew, consisting of five
men, so far as is known, persisted; every effort
to save them proving futile.
Yesterday afternoon a reporter of the PRESS
visited the wreck at Cape Lights and got all
the particulars available. 1t began to snow in
that vicinity at 8 P. m. Monday, and increased
in severity between 10 and u p m. The
schooner was noticed about p. m, Il miles
northeast Of the Cape, apparently on Broad
Cove Rock where the Bohemian was wrecked.
She was headed for sea. The only signs of
distress was the mainsail hanging by the
throat None of the crew were seen at that
time. The snow was falling fast and nearly
shut the vessel from view. Soon all sail was
lowered except the iib. and the vessel was
then seen to be on her beanl-ends and drifting
towards the shore. The lighthouse keepers,
and the neighbors assembled on the beach and
used every effort to aid the vessel, but it was
impossible to put out boat from the south
side to its relief.
An effort was made by the crew to reach the
shore, one of them jumping overheard with
line attached, but was obliged to be pulled
back when half way to land. Five men were
at last noticed upon the wreck, but they could
not be reached, and between and s the
schooner broke up. Before she broke up she
had drifted SO near the shore that the keepers
and people assembled held conversation with
the crew, who asked if life-boat could be OBJ
tanned in that vicinity, but they were answered
it could not. Then the question was asked if
boat could not be put out, at that spot, to
them, and the answer was it was impossible,
for they had just tried it, and no boat could
live in such sea. When the brake-up came
three of the crew were washed out to sea On
the vessels house, while two of the crew had
previously been washed from the rigging by
the terrible waves.
The schooner was the Leesburg, Capt Par
ker, of Brooklyn, Me-, 124.25 tons, from BAN
gor, and was apparently loaded with sawdust.
A boat was sent from the Ocean House yes
terday morning TO Richmond Island to see il
any the crew had reached the beach there, but
no one was found. No bodies have yet drifted
ashore, and no traces have been found of
any up to the time of going to press.
About this same time another schooner, the
Addie Ryerson of Lubec, loaded with railroad
iron from St. John for New York, drifted to-
ward shore and fouled with Corwin Rock buoy
and the vessel became unmanageable 1t was
at one time feared she would also become a
wreck, but both anchors were let go, and they
finally caught and brought her to, in Staples
cove. The crew reached the shore in safety,
in their boat about II p. M, and were provld-
ed with shelter by the keeper of the light.
Another schooner was noticed about the
time the first first struck, running before the
wind 1t was thought she was coming to the
rescue, but on coming nearer it was seen her
main boom was gone and she was otherwise
apparently disabled. She was not noticed
from the shore yesterday morning, and it is
thought she must have been wrecked on the
Old Orchard shore.
The Addie Ryerson was manned by nine
men. When she fouled with the buoy she
took it from its place and towed it toward the
beach and did not become disentangled till she
came to an anchorage. The vessel laid one
eighth of mile northeast of the station and
within few yards of the shore. The
crew went ashore in their boat and yesterday
morning the vessel was towed to this harbor,
leaking about four hundred strokes a minute.
The schooner Don Pedro also had her main
sail split.
The Cyrena Ann, so tons, carried away her
mainmast and put into Boothbay harbor
The steamer New Brunswick stayed in Mt
Desert Monday night, and arrived at this port
at 430 p. N. yesterday, and proceeded to Bos-
ton. She encountered very heavy sea and
thick snow storm.