The Portland daily press., 1888-03-24
PERILs OF THE SEA.
Some Maine Mariners Hard LUCK
In the Recent Storms.
A Struggle for Life by the Crew OF
the Schooner Ella.
Fears Entertained in Rockiand for
the LueIia Snow.

CHATHAM, Mass, March 23.-Schooner
Ella, Captain Hart, from Rockland for New
York with lime, went ashore on Chatham
bar during the thick snow and gale last night.
She was boarded by life saving crew with
difficulty. The vessel was foand to be dis
abled and the cargo on fire. She lies head to
to the sea with her jib up and foresail and
mainsail hanging. 1t is feared the crew were
lost in attempting to get ashore in boat, as
nothing has been seen or heard from them.
Wreckers will take charge Of the vessel to-
prove total loss.
Captain Gould of the Chatham life saving
station saws: I'VE discovered the sch0oner's
topmasts through the snow at daylight and
with great difficulty got our boat through the
breakers and finally arrived alongside. We
found her to be the Ella, loaded with lime
The vessel was on fire and abandoned, the
sails hanging just as they were let go on the
run, probably when she struck. The fate OF
the crew is unknown, as they are not to be
found anywhere, and the schooner's boat has
disappeared"
into the boat which capsized in the rough
sea and drifted out of sight. 1t is possible
they may have got on board some vessel,
though it being so thick and rough this is
doubtful.
Rescued by the Life Savers.
CHATHAM, Mass, March 23.-This after
noon Capt. Gould and the crew of the Chat
ham life saving station boarded the three
masted schooner Anna L. J. Morse. anchor
ed four miles off shore. On board they
found Capt. Hart and the crew Of the
wrecked schooner Ella, and brought them to
the station, having hard pull to windward
and reaching shore almost exhausted. Capt.
Hart says the Ella left Rockland Sunday,
and made the harbor Of Salem, Tuesday. She
left here yesterday morning and sighted
Cape Cod light, bearing West by North at
midnight. Soon after she was caught In the
blizzard, with the gale from the northwest,
and binding snow stow storm so tnlck
that it was impossible to see anything She
kept on scudding before the gale hoping
to make the lee under Chatham ana ancnOr.
When preparing to look for an anchorage,
steering Southwest by South, the vessel
struck ON Chatham bars, sprung leak and
her cargo took fire, forcing the crew to take
to their boat, which looked like certain death.
After hards truggle and repeated attempts,
all got into the boat and got away from the
schooner without swamptng. The boat was
nearly full OF water and kept them bailing
continually. The boat drifting fast leeward.
they hoped to get in range OF Pollock Kip
lightship, and possibly boarded her. The
snow cleared, however, and showed schooner
Morse anchored in the path. They got
alongside and boarded her. Their escape
from death was miraculous as they could not
have lived in the sea to have got near the
Pollock Rip lightship. They saved nothing
but their lives and the clothes they stood in.
The northwest gale continues very cold:
The schooner, at p. M, was a mass Oh
flames and there is not likely TO be any
chance to save anything. The Ella halls
from Thomaston, Maine, and is Of 152 tons.
She had captain and four men, all from 81.
George, Maine.
Again Overdue.
RocKLAND, March 23.-The schooner Lu-
ella Snow, Captain Enoch l.. Rowe, is again
overdue. She sailed from New York Janu-
ary IL, coal laden, for Rockland. From that
time nothing was heard of her until February
10, when she arrived at Bermuda with loss
of sails, having been blown from her course.
She repaired there, and letter received by
the agent in Rockland from Captain Rowe,
dated Bermuda, February 81, stated that the
vessel was all ready and would sail at once.
Since then no tidings have been received.
Another One in Trouble.
PROVIDENCE, r. l., March 23.-Schooner
Henry May. of Hallowell, Me-, from Proyi-
dence for New York, dragged her anchors
during the gale last night, and is ashore on
the west side of Conanicut Island. She lies
on n rockv bOttOm and will not probably get