The Portland daily press., 1893-03-06
The Pitiful Story Of the Annie
Isabel.
OTHER DISASTERS ON THE DEEP
AND CYCLONES BY LAND.
The Nnmidian at Halifax Schooner Henry
Phillips Heavily Damaged-Perils of
the Glenmarvin and the Gaze1le-Terri-
fic Cyclones in Georgia, Mississippi and
Alabama-A Town swept Out of Exis-
tence.
Especial to the Press.1

tence.
Especial to the Press.1
HALIFAX, N. S., March 5.-Steamer
Numidian arrived this morning at six
O'Clock. She had $50 immigrants and a
large freight list. She encountered some
bad weather, but came throughtit safe
| ly. The Numidian leaves at early morn
ing for Portland. Captain Paul Witten-
berg arrived here today from Santa Cruz.
To the PRESS correspondent he reoounted
| the circumstances of the loss of the
schooner Annie Isabel, already referred
in the PRESS. The Annie Isabel left
here in tow of the schooner Ocean Travel
Ter, on January 18th, both bound for
Santa Cruz: "At eleven o'clock on the
| 18th the wind was northeast and blowing
| fresh, both starboard quarter bits of the
Ocean Traveller were broken by the tow
line, and the port quarter chalk torn out.
At three o'clock that same day the Annie
Isabel was thrown up by the sea and in
| settling down second sea struck her
full under the bitges and capsized her in
| an instant. There were four men aboard
| of her."
We saw two of them climb upon the
1 wreck, said the captain, II lowered the
boat, made fast to a line, and allowed it
| to drift down towards the overturned
vessel. When so fathoms distant, the
boat was lost. A life buoy was fastened
| to the line and thrown over. Il f1oated
within ten fathoms of the men on the
| wreck when it fouled the bow hawser. I
| asked my men to man a boat and attempt
a rescue. They refused. About ten
minutes after this the tow hawser, which
had kept the Annie Isabel near us, broke
and she was quickly lost sight of. The
| cold weather that prevailed and the tre-
mendous seas quickly settled the fate of
| the unfortunate men. The disaster oc-
cured 100 miles from Halifax.
| An American fisherman was seen in dis
tress but owing to terrible waves running
the Ocean Traveller could not bear down
| on her or ascertain her name. Her
| mainsail was in tatterS and waves wash
| ing over her.
! Word from ST. Johns, N. F.. says tn
! American fishing schooner Henry {
/ Phillips put in there badly damaged.
hurricane was encountered of fourte
hours duration. An immense sea stru
/ the schooner and washed the deck
| badly strained the hull and caused bi
leakage. washed off the deck every
thing except the dories three
l'of which were however broken
almost to small pieces. The rudder head
was smashed. Seaman Peter Jacobson
went ever with the sea and wreckage. He
| was fortunate, catching the log line and
holding to it. He had to hold fifteen
minuIes, being at times dragged through
| mountainous seas. When taken aboard
he had death grip. He was uncon-
| scious; life was nearly extinct from i'm
mersion and exhaustion and it took six
hours to resuscitate him.
The steamer Glenmarven, from New
port, England, for Philadelphia, also put
into St. Johns in a disabled condition.
| She had terrible experience, enc unter-
ing series of hurricanes. A huge
wave carried away all means of
steering the ship and swept everything
from the decks. It was thought the
steamer would founder. Copious floods
of oil were thrown seaward. A furious
sea was shipped which literally crushed
down everything before it and carried
away a seaman, whose remains were
found frightfully mutilated under heap
| of wreckage. Four boats were smashed
into matchwood, wheel and chart house
Quilted, iron bunker matches started, and
rudder smashed in two pieces. By most
cautious manoeuvering the steamer was
got to st. Johns, where she must remain
until new rudder is procured from
England.
Schooner Gazelle has arrived at ST.
Johns. She had terrific passage Gale
after gale bore down on her, ,mosrly from
the west and southwest. The vessel had
to be run three days under bare poles.
High seas swept over the vessel, and the
cabin was twice flooded with water. In
lat 1910 N, long. 57.40 W, about west
southwest from ST. Peters Bank, an un-
usually big sea broke over the vessels
bow, rolled away aft, and lifted the
stern boat and davits. The mate went
to secure these, when another such sea
came sweeping over the vessel, washed
him overheard, together with the boat
and davits, and they all quickly passed
from view. Another sea broke the fore
| boom, parted the timber lashings. and
the forecastle was shattered. The YES
sci was for time blocked with ice up to
the level of the rail.
That Kennebunk Railroad Accident.
BDDEFoRD, March 4.-The Maine
railroad commissioners are to give a
hearing next week to investigate the
cause Of the recent Boston & Ma ne acci