Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1892-01-07
WRECK OF A CUTTER.


The United States Revenue Steamer
Gallatin Pounded to Pieces Off the
Massachuset Coast Ono Man
Killed and Washed Overheard.
MANCHESTER, Mass, Jan. 6.-The United
States revenue steamer Gallatin was
wrecked off Manchester at Ills this
morning. The Gallatin started from Kit
terry, Me-, this morning bound across the
bay to Provincetown, with two officers
short. At $3.50 she passed the Salvages in
course south. The patent log
was set at 9:55 and the weather
became thick and soon it began to snow
The course of the vessel was then changed,
intending to make Gloucester for har-
Dor. At this time they took in part of the
sail and stationed a lookout. At 10:45
took in all sail and put an extra man on
the lookout. At this time the quarter
master made land and the engine was
slowed and soundings were taken. At II
o'clock they made land again which looked
like Rock Island ahead, sounded
and twelve fsthoms of water being shown.
the engine was stopped and backed
Here the mistake was made. The pilot
took the land to be Kettle Bottom island,
but instead it was Great Egg Rock. With
this idea the boat started ahead, due east,
heading for Eastern point. At Ills the
vessel struck on a suhken ledge. The en-
CINE was stopped and backed, but the ship
was fast. She began pounding heavily
and the captain called the men to
man the boats. In the meantime the
ship was rolling heavily and filling rapid
ly, as a heavy sea had carried
away the skylights. The smokestack
going by the board to starboard and in
stantly killed J. Jacobson, the carpenter,
in the bow of the cutter at the davits and
carried the body overheard. The vessel
was sinking fast, and all hands took to
three boats and sighted land on the port
side. They pulled in, and after attempt
ing to land on the beach reached q
rocky cove on Eagle Head. The boats
were left on the beach except one,
which was carried around to the west
and beached on the sand. This boat was
saved but the others drifted off with the
tide. The officers and crew were wet to
the skin and went Immediately to the
house of J. F. Babcock, where shelter was
provided. The officers were taken to the
Manchester house and the crew sent to
Boston. The crew saw small schooner
capsize off Magnolia with four men cling
ing to her, but lost sight of her in the
binding snow storm.
At 4:30 the storm had abated sufficiently
to sight the vessel, which had broken in
two, the foremost being all that was stand
ing. The hull was entirely submerged.
The vessel is a total loss. The officers and
crew lost everything, as it was less than
ten minutes from the time she struck till
she filed with water. The fault seems to
be with the pilot, who lost his reckoning
The vessel was lat feet long, % feet
breadth of beam, 10 feet draft, 12 feet
hold. The officers were Captain Eric
Gabrielson, of Edgartown, Mass; Second
Lieutenant F. H. Dimock, Third Lieuten-
ant Alexander R. Hasson, Chief Engineer
A L. Churchill, First Assistant Engineer
F. E. Owen, Second Assistant Engineer 81.
w. Shear, Pilot 81. E. Woorster, Boatswain
Thomas Lasson, Carpenter ]. Jacobson,
Master alarms Anthony Sears. There
was a crew of twenty-eigh seamen.
Captain Gabrielson has had command of
the vessel for the past fifteen months.
The vessel was eighteen years old.