Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1890-02-06

VI Edf.r T. read the report ~ the
7 loss of the Brit III schooner Jane lngra-
4 ham ID The papers one would suppose the
/ schooner sailed from Portland and had a
common passage until she was lost in lhi>
4 harhor The fact. III the -hpwrrck ia
substance A. told me ny the captain and
mat. are a. follows The schooner Jane
Iugrsham Capt. Balamrr, sailed from
Portland Tuesday -,h midnight Wind
west. When twenty miles from Portland.
7 or near Half way rock they took snow
squalls from the W. Before they hat
their sails reef,-,I !, hal increased ID a gale
y snd then-to y n +. thick IF rapor
They could see nothing. The cold was %
intense that twenty minutes was all a man
could Stand at the wheel The fore stay
sail with just the peak Of the main>ail Wa
all the sail the schooner could stand up I'M
der THURSDAY their boat wa- washed
from the davit, and lost One can judge
something Of the roughne>s Of the sea
from the fact that the boat was washed
from the stern Of light vessel of lGj
tons The boat must have been twelve Or
fourteen feet from the water, as the sch'r
had crane davit> and Very high ONES. Tn
til Saturday the llth, the schooner headed
to the east, covered with ice. when the
weather moderated. Sail vas made and
5 l. At dark Saturday, llth, they were
off the light and made IL, but il shut down
thick with snow and the schooner hauled
of shore. The wind went round from
f. TO S f, and near morning died out, and
they had TO anchor to keep from drifting
on a shore al Petit Menan light.
At sunrise the wind breezed up \ E. and
they got under way, and running up this
bay, anchored one mile south Of the light
station and \ y. W. of the Old Man ledge
At midnight the wind hauled to E. and
they commenced 10 get their anchor. The
wind fair to come up the harbor, but
the night was dark and no one of the crew
had ever been in here before; the captain
misjudged the distance, the snow on the
ground making the land look farther of
than it really was and when the wheel was
thrown down she failed to come to in time
To clear the ledge off the light house point.
The tide was up and in a short time the
captain and crew were all at the light
house, where they remained until the 10th,
when they left for home in St. John.
The Jane Ingraham was los tons, and
owned by Matthew Bslamer her captain.
She was bound from Portland to St John.
to load for the West Indies. and was insur-
ed for four thousand dollars in the Boston
Marine and Bangor Offices. The wreck
was sold for 1925. A part Of her spars
was saved, and the sails and rigging in a
damaged condition.
One thing l wish to say for Prospect
Harbor Capt Ballamer left his vest hang
ing up In the entry of the light house with
a gold watch and large amount Of money
in the pocket. 1t remained there, was for
gotten by the captain ard l never thought
of it until night, when everything was
found just as the captain left it. Over one
hundred people had been in that room
watching the wreck and must have seen
the watch. They were all ages, from ten
years of age up to sxty-fve years. 1t
speaks well for the people Of Prospect
Harbor.
A. Fl. WAsGATr,
Keeper Prospect Harbor Lighthouse.
r. o.xL 1000