The Portland daily press., 1893-02-27
FISHERS OF MEN.
Rescue Of Crews by Captain Sam and
Captain Ike.
FIVE MEN LOST THEIR LIVES IN
TRYING TO SAVE THE SUGNA.

Fortunes of the Cricket and the O'Hara-
Heroic Death of a Light Keeper and
Volunteer Rescue Party.
PRovINcETowN, Mass, February 90
Last nights southwest snow storm sud-
denly shifted around to northeast, devel-
oping into regular blizzard, catching,
between Minots and Nauset lights, 75
steam and sailing vessels. About mid
| night Patrolmen Kelley and Burch dis
covered two schooners ashore near Race
Point station and Immediately called all
hands. Capt. SAM Fisher says; "We
| went to the nearest vessel. 1t proved to
be the w. Parnell O'Hara, for Boston,
from a fishing trip off Highland Light.
We managed to get aboard, though the
sea was rapidly rising, and showing hard.
We assisted the crew to get the anchor
out astern, to hold the vessel until we
could get the crew out of the other YES
sci, which proved to be the English
schooner Cricket, New York for St.
John, N. B. On our way to the Cricket
we met Capt. Ernst and crew in the yawl
boat We took them in tow, landed them
safely, taking them to the station house
where we telephoned to Peaked Hill Bar
for help.
Captain Ike Fisher quickly answered
the call and rowed to the Cricket, while
he boarded the schooner o. Hara. In the
meantime the gale had increased, kick
ing up sea, but the anchors held. The
rising tide had floated the O'Hara suffi-
cient to swing her around in the right
direction, when we assisted the crew in
getting sail on. We managed to work
her clear of the bars. The crew got her
into Provincetown all right. The snow
| was accompanied with thunder and it
was one of the worst nights I have seen
in Is years life saving service. The
Peaked Fill Bars crew made an examina-
tion of the Cricket and found itiimpossi-
BILE to do anything for her.
The Cricket lays high up on the beach.
badly hogged and full Of water. Some
sails torn. She is owned by G. K. Jewett
of ST. John. N. B. No insurance on ves-
sci. The cargo was consigned to McFar-
land st. John.
A telegram reports the schooner John
F. Nickerson, at Liverpool, L. N. S., all
right.
Cahoon's Hollow life saving station
was burned during the storm last night.
The crew escaped with only the clothes
they had on, some in their stocking feet.
They saved the only life boat, life gun
and gear.
New BEDFORD, February 25.-Late
this afternoon news was received of a
terrible disaster off Cuttyhunk, one os
the Elizabeth Islands, separating Buz-
zard' S Bay from Vineyard Sound. Steam
er Volunteer, which arrived from the ISL
and, had on board Captain Bosworth, Of
the government life saving station, who
said that about s o'clock last e ening,
Willie Elsinor, son of the light keeper at
the west end of the island, came run
ming into the house and told his father
he saw the lights of vessel off Sow
and Pigs reef. This report was soon
verified, and it was ascertained in short
time that the vessel had struck.
A bot belonging to the Massachusetts
Humane Society got out and volunteer
crew of six men put off in her. In spite
of the heavy swell and warning of the
captain of the life saving station, the men
were determined to rescue the crew of
the vessel if it was possible to do so.
They had a long, hard and perilous
ened to engulf them, but at last succeed
ed in getting under the lee of the vessel.
A rope was thrown to the boat, but just
as a landing was about to be effected
great wave capsized the boat and in an
instant the men were struggling in the
cold wat T. One man of the boats crew,
Josiah Tilton, caught the rope thrown
and was drawn on board the vessel, but
the others were all drowned. They were
Capt. Timothy Aiken, Jr., Isaiah ..H. Til
ton, Hiram jackson, William Brightman
and Frederick Aiken.
A rope was thrown to Capt. Aiken
which he caught and tied around himself
three times, but it slipped off and he was
lost.
All the men but Brightman lived on
the island.
Captain Aiken leaves wife and seven
children, jackson q wife and three chill
dren, and Tilton wife and two children
Communication was subsequently es-
tablished with the land, and when it was
ascertained the crew were all lost but
one heartrending scene ensued. Wives
and children searched the shore agoniz-
ingly for the bodies of the dead, and
they were joined by nearly all the popu-
lace of the village. none Of whom slept
all night.
1t is the worst disaster known in the
history of the island. The wrecked yes
sci was ascertained to be the brig Sugna,
laden with sugar, Cuba for Boston, and
is thought to be lost, as the wind was to
the southwark and a heavy swell was on.
The captain and crew of the brig we
saved and landed on Cuttyhunk, where
their temporary wants were supplied
BALTIMORE, February Craftsmanship
Queensmore, arrived today, brings to
port Capt Atley and crew of the schoon-
er South Shore, of and for Boston, from
Bellevue, Ca, with q cargo of lumber.
The schooner was abandoned the eve
ming of the Gath.
CHATHAM, Mass, February 26.-The
schooner Amelia G. ireland blown out to
sea by the northwest blizzard last Mon
day, was this morning sighted by Capt.
Gould and crew of Chatham Life Saving
Station. She was rapidly coming in
from sea with fresh northerly winds.
The life savers started out to meet the
schooner as they noticed she had lost