Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-06-13


alarming. Srvfman Wilson wss sent OF in
.he beeches bouy to tell them to leave.
As soon a. be got on board he found ont
the trouble with the lines, and in ten min
utes had them in working order.
II was well for he schooner people that
he came. for she was then beginning to
hump on the bottom, and - the tide rose
she WAS swept fore and aft, and at day light
her decks were submerged and the spray
~ss flying 20 feet high in ser rigging.
One Of the sailors vas first sent to land in
the bouy. Mrs, Harding soon followed
aud was sheltered behind the csrt-the best
that could be done for then-and finally all
were landed. Parchment Rex resumed his
beat to the north and the rest Of the
crew we're left to get the gear
back to the station, while s'le keeper, a.
the storm was raging more violently, fear
ing that the rescued might perish, ~ they
were all soaked through and very cold,
started at once for the g. iion, Q mile dis
I mt, where they remained storm bound for
several days. Capt. Harding and his wife,
through the local papers, acknowledged
their indebtedness to the skill. energy, cour-
sge and endurance Of the life saving crew,
About an hour after mi might the schoon-
ef E. G. Bahcock Of Soners' Point, New
Jersey. laden with cord wood and bound
from Virginia to New York, came driving
near the shore and was seen by Patrolman
Van B'unt Of Station No. 4, who, by look
ing across the wind, direct vision being
impossible, caught sight Of her port light,
and ses ing the danger fred his Coston sig
tSl. II came too late fer the schooner and
che struck ten minutes after 100 yards from
shore. Her dull red lig't determined her
position ard the p,trolmsl ran before the
gale to the station one fourth of q mile
away. The keeper was qiite fick at thu
time, but all turned cut with the loaded
although snew and slush y sde il most difh-
cult.
With the light Of the verse, to guide bis
aim, the keeper tempted the feat Of firing
shot lire across the deck, beneath her
rigging, in order that the sailors might
quickly find it. The attempt failed by the
bresking Of the line Which had become
frozen stiff with snow and spray. A second
sh,t succeeded, carving the line between
the forestry and jib hslyaYds ard WAS
secured by the inea on board A few
minutes Of disciplined labor in the darkness,
which the frost muffls ID lanterns could not
illumine, aufficed to bend on tie hauling
lines snd hawser, which were soon dragged
to the vessel and also set up on shore. A
colored man was first to come ashore, in
forming the cre~ that the captains wife
and two children were on board
Thu breaches bouy went swiftly back to
the vessel and to shore again with the cap
taip's wife in it. Mex. was the captain,
with his six year old daughte. in hi, arms;
then the msfe with the other one, and
faally the crew, one by one.
Within one hcu- and fifty minutes after
the veste! struck, in spite of the difficulties
attending, aad by ten the mex. morning the
vessel had gone to pieces.
The life saving crew arrived at their
station at five o'clock, A. NJ, dragging their
heavier apparatus through worse slush ard
snow, and after breakfast, fell to work.
{ kept two men who vent OF pstrol to
cleaning it up. AT ten o'clock while still
busy, one of the pa.rolmen startled them
with the news that brig was coming deal
for shore. Amid excitement, the keeper
kept his men ut their work, simply COM
shore. and the brig running straight for il,
sea and wind behind her. II was the Span
ish brig Augustine. from Havana to New
York, with hides aud cedar wood, and hav-
ing crew Of eight men. Several Of the
crew were seen budding up against the
house and the man ut the wheel steering
with apparent composure. As the vessel
came Oh, = msss Of water suddenly rose
over the stern and completely buried him.
When il rose hs was still there. but IS it
left he gave the srokes one rapid twirl and
az ain stood still A moment after the yes.
sei struck, head on, with . uemend Gus
shock, and then swung around hroadside
to the sea and heeled down, the
sea flying al all over her. The crew were
now upon the ground. the Lyle gun was
hastily prepared and the shot line fred, but
the lire. which was somewhat old, broke.
Another Ahot hsd 'he same result. The
orig in the meantime. had been driven fur
Their in toward shore, and SurfmAn G. II
White, by folio sinR receding seA, - far
A. possible, and pu ipg forth all his strength. !
succeeded in casting the hes-irg stick and
line on board The sailors seized the cord
and b. it the whip liue was drawn aboard.
An ugly mishap now occurred The sAil
ore. getting the tail block on the end Of the
whip, pulled it about. but did not appssr to
know what 60 do with it, and paid no attsn-
oou 70 the talley board instructions (ia two
lanausges)
The E. c. Bsbcock, meanwhile, had
gone to pieces quarter Of mile up the
beach and while the sailors were dsliyiug
with the whip line, it became entangled
with the drift stuff and cord wood of that
vessel which was intsffupta by the hull Of
the Augustine and kept sreat mass Of
vrecksgs between the beach and vessel,
and which was swept in and out BY the
undeftow and breakers. The whip line,
thus fouled, wss carsAed by the eddies
towards the bow Of ire brig where Il was
caught and held By the port anchor, and
the brig's crew, osly knowing she Spanish
lang asgs, could not comprehend what was
wanted and undertook coming ashore BY the
line, hand over hard. This would have
been certain obstruction had it not been for
he efforts OF the lifs savine crew It the
risk Of their own safety. OAe Of the
'aiIors, half naked. Was pulling himself
llong through the ses. and when half way
lahore the su:f h1ng him over the line
He held on, but - he came down he two
pafts Of the line crossed, caught hin fast
y the neck and held him, almost stRsng-
ing him. Instantly Seminar White
'ushed waist deep Into The breakers, hold
ne to the line, and disentapgled hin. AL
hat moment q rush Of drift-vood threw
18th men Of thsif feet md thsy were
Ivept from the line, but 6usfman white, |
y Desperate effort, iegsinsd fosthold
y the undeftow and still with his grip on
he nan, succseded in sstsins to land.
1so more sailofs we've elingine to the line, |
md 6urfman Van Brant plunged for the |
but ere he got 10 him the diff |
rood knocked him Of his feet and be vas
'uf in imminent peril, from which he vas |
|svsd BY number 81 Ashwnen On The
reach vho threw Themselves into fIe and,
nth locked hands, enabling ths end man
. haal him on. Meantime the sailor VS. |
Ragged ous b. Ssrfnan Whifs and an out |
tdoS.
Ths thifd sAilos ~ tpsn frea ~ line |
nd thrown inso " din. Susfunn Potter l