Morning journal and courier., 1890-03-07

was found unnecessary.
 "A large number of townspeople walked three miles through binding storm to see the rescue. The life crew will revisit the island in the morning and bring the ship wrecked mariners to the mainland. The their clothing and whatever other articles they might secure. The Boston Towboat company will send assistance, but the vessel will probably be total loss, as the sea is breaking clean over her at high tide."
 The Abbott w. Lewis is 596 tons, built in 1889. Captain Arch Baker, the pilot, was in command at the time of the wreck, Captain Peak, her regular master, not being on board.
 BELGIAN STEAMER ASHORE.
 ScrruATE, Mass, March 6.-The Belgian steamer De Rupter, Captain Arfsten from Antwerp for Boston came ashore at Light House point at 2 o'clock tonight in thick snow storm. The crew of twenty-seven men came ashore safely. The vessel has @ general cargo consigned to Gill and Loot1 of Boston, Mass.
 De Ruyter left Antwerp February 20 with a cargo of plate and window glass, iron, rags and general merchandise. Tho captain states that he had bad weather and strong southeast gales to the Grand Banks which were reached last Saturday night. Then struck better weather, but foggy. Early Sunday morning in latitude 42.30, longitude 46 40 he entered immense fields of ice and steamed very slowly through them from 1:30 a. m. Sunday till 8. m. Monday. Then found tho open sea and had good weather until this morning at about 9 o'clock, when 1t commenced to rain and continued raining till noon, when very thick snow storm set in, accompanied by heavy gale; passed Thatoher's island light about 3 p. m.; heard xI> S. AIa lirhk p1 hn was about four miles from shore. He then shaped his course for Boston light, went well and was steaming very slowly, picking his way through the binding snow at about three knots per hour, when the vessel with out moments warning struck and almos, instantly was hard and fast on the sandy bottom.
 He immediately gave signs of distress. He blew the whistle and then sounded and found no rocks. Then sounded the pumps and found water was making in the engine room at the rate of about three feet per hour. Thil | put the fires out in . very short time. Al soon as possible one of the vessels boats was l lowered and seventeen men ont of c crew oi ! twenty-seven entered and put off for shore The sea was running very nigh at the time and the trip was accomplished with great found to be on Cunning Point, about guar | ter of mile north of Scituate light. Int vessel struck at 6:45 o'clock and shortly after | that time citizens of Scituats harbor village | about one and qua1ter miles distant, saw l the vessels signals and heard the blowing o her whistle.
 ! A crew of nine men was immediately col
 lscted. consisting of Captain Leonard Ray
 mond, J. P. Smith, Arthur Ward, jr:, vii
 liam Mitchell, John Duffy, Daniel Ward Jerry Dwyer, Edward Mitchell and Georg.
 Murphy. This crew quickly made their wa.
 to Lighthouse Point, whore the Massachu
 setts Humane society's house is located, ant securing a pair of horses hauled the lifeboa to Sand Hill cove, whore it was manned b. the volunteers above named, launched ant | put of to the vessel just as her boat and me,
 before mentioned were coming ashore.
 The lifeboat reached the vessel and tool of tho captain, chief engineer, assistant en
 gineer and steward. Just a the vessel cam
 ashore Patrolman Joseph P. Murphy of Cap
 tain Browns station at North Soituate wa
 nearing the scene on his beat down the beach
 He saw the signals of distress, quickly ascer
 taiued the cause of them and started on tn
 run over the rough beach and rocks to hi
 station, about three miles distant. Ths
 he made his trip in remarkably quick tim is shown by the fact that the crew secure
 horses, going quite distance for them an
 hauled the apparatus, consisting of lifs
 boat and gun and breeches-buoy Apparatui
 the entire distance down the coast and al
 rived tt the vessel just as the volunteer ore,
 landed with the four mon they had rescued
 Captain Brown and his crew immediatel
 launched their new self -bailing boat an pulled to tho stranded vessel and took off th
 remaining eight men of the crew. All ( , the crew except the captain and enginee } were then taken to the government static 2 and cared for, while the two latter went ] Soituate Harbor and were cared for by Joh . H. Smith.
 i. The vessel lays head on to the beach abo, : one thousand yards from shore, stern und, } water, and is rolling badly. It Is thougl improbable that she can be got of, as the } she is already filled and deep in the san, The vessel is barkentine riggsd steame 1,774 tons burden. built in Glasgow in 16' by Stephenson, and owned by F. Q. Engal
 q Go. of Antwerp. She is valued at $250
 900 and is insured.
 The cargo of the vessel is valued at $22 , GOO and is Insured. Tho sea is running hif
 at present, but gradually abating. LiRhte ! have been sent for and if tho weather pc mits they will try to take out her cargo