Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-11-29
SUNK IN BOSTON BAY.
Unknown Schooner and
Her Crew Lost.
lice SAVING CREW0N HAND
But the Vessel Disappeared in Three
Minutes After She Was Disabled.

SwAMPsCoTT, Mass. Nov. 20 Yesterday
masted Schooner, probably "a coaster,
foundered halt mile of Dread ledge, and
every person on board was DIR ,wnrd She
was a large vessel, apparently Of about
200 tons measurement An eye witness
standing on GIlloupe's point saw her
founder. Sue was running in toward the
shore. A heavy gale was rag ng, and each
succeeding wave broke all over the deck
For whie she staggered and wallowed
along, as though waterl gged and heavily
loaded. She was heading alb ut south
west, on the siarbnard tack, aud the old
salts of Swami scott declared on first sight
that the vess was either in trouble or had
mistaken her course.
Many times before the fishermen of
Swampscott have been called upon To 20
To the rescue of vessels in distress, and in
less than Is minutes IA, humane lfe-sav-
ing boat had been manned by dauntless
crew. 1t took the better part OF 30 min
utes TO reach the srnken schooner. The
crew were in hopes that some Of the crew
were still alive and were hanging to some
of the wreckage, but not soul could be
found.
Close to the sunken schooner were two
boats, one about II feet long so badly
damaged that she WAS unseaworthy. and
the other was - lO-foot punt upturnei A
gray spotted coat a1d dip hat were picked
up and undoubtedly were the wearing
apparel of one of the sailors
The crew OF the lifeb at stayed by the
wreck an hour "A d overbauled every piece
of wreckage there was to be founi IN that
vicinity but all they got was "A paper
water bucket. No name was attached To
any OF these articles and 80 nc clue was
obtained u where the boat came from or
the name OF IL.
After the ifs-sHv ny crew returne they
looked into the pDcksts Of the CO.. found
and discove ell a handkerchief with the
portra t. of Cirvel md and Stevenson. In
another pocket were several cigaret pic
lures and on one of them was the name &c.
Haines, Bangor, Me"
Went Down In an Instant.
The first Two persons to discover the
schooner wee George stephens and Rus
sell Pedrick while Ley were standing on
Kings beach. Their story is that the YES
sci was going h. ( re southwest breeze
and to them il looked as thou IN the boat
WAS having hard time. They finally lost
sight of her, aud they knew in an iustaut t
that she hal gone down. They attempted
To get out IA lifeboa. but were unsuccess-
fu. They went - he urther beach a d
notified Captin Jones, who got the crew
together.
The fishermen on Kings beach say that
the vessel bld varied from her Original
course aud had fouled Dread ledge, a
half sunken rock near Egg rock, over
which the waves dashed, throwing up the
spray for 20 feet She slid away and made
for Egg rock. When she had gone halt
the d stance the vessel went down.
-Four m,n were seen eaNing the boat in
the small punt, but thev goJ caught in the
whirlpool of the sinking schooner and
were drawn drawn TO watery grave
The other bOaG hal evidently been
smash d against the side If the -chooner
before y Others of the crew had IA chance
TO leave the lost schooner.
The last impo'tinJ wr, OK in this vicinity
took place about IA ye rs ago,u ar Ma b G.
head. At that time AL on board prrIsh d,
and 1t was :our months later that tine lat
bo'v came ashore.
There was "A report in this city that the
schooner WAS bound for this port with
cargo of stones for b ethen 81 Curry, but
the firm say tuat they are not expecting a
vessel lust at present