Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-10-13
PERILS BY SEA.
Tales of Shipwrecked Crews
That Are Narrowing,
Captain of Schooner Rose Killed by
a Wave.
One Crew lashed 10 Sinking Vessel Tor
Fifteen Hours.

BosroN, Oct. l2.-The three-mssted
schooner Jeanie Llppitt (of Boston, ar
rived today from Philadelphia with part of
the crew of the three masted schooner
Laura Y. Rose, having rescied them at 10
yesterday moruiug from their water-logged
vessel. Capt. Leeds and Steward Briggs
were lost. Capt. Leeds had been master of
the Rose many years. He belonged at
Atlantic City, whore he leaves widow and
daughter. Briggs lived AZ some place in
Pennsylvania. Mate Dasey makes this
statement; We sailed from the kennebec
Sunday for Philadelphia with SGl tons of ice
consigned to the Hancock Ice Company,
Philadelphia. Everything went well until
Monday night when the weather commenced
to get bad and we put into Salem for har-
bor and shelter and sailed, Tuesday. The
following morning we encountered a heavy
southeasterly gale which blew with great vio-
lence accompanied by thick and rainy
weather. AT we judged ourselves in the
vicinity of Grays Point, Nantucket, where
we anchored. At S A. NJ. the starboard
ch aiu parted losing an anchor and so faith
oms. We h0isted the jb and ran before
the gale. About an hour afterwards we
went ashore on what we supposed was the
Tuckernuck shoals and in short time the
vessel hoated of leaking badly. The
pumps were sounded and the vessel found
TO have five feet of water in her hold. All
hands set TO work pumping but
the leak continued to gain on the
pumps. After being tossed about some
little time we anchored about eight miles
west fromCross Rip light ship. At l..
Nj. that day we commenced TO drag, and
Capt. Leeds, fearing the vessel would go
ashore, ordered the sp,rs TO be cut away,
the mizzenmast going first, closely followed
by the foremast. This did but little good,
as the vessels decks at that time were
nearly level with the water and the seas
were breaking clean over her. The crew
who were pumping were in danger of being
washed overheard any minute. As all
efforts in pumping proved frultless, the
pumps were abandoned and the vessel kept
atloat by the nature of her cargo. 1t being
extremely dangerous to go about the
decks, 1t was decided by the crew to lash
themselves together to save themselves
from being swept overheard. 1t was blow
ing a complete hurricane with "A terrific sea
and only short time afterwards Captain
Leeds was struck by sea which came
tumbling over the vessels quarter, dashing
him against the vessels side, badly iDjuring
iiAlilf as Ilt W AZ dIpiANhNil hAN'N'''
The mate and seaman grabbed him and
saved him from being washed into the sea.
He never regained consciousness and died
ia about half an hour. Finding the
captain dead the crew let 60 their
hold and the body fell into the
sea. The crew had been lashed
to the hits on the quarter deck
nearly - hours and displayed
signal of distress which was answered at
10 the next morning by the schooner Jeauie
Lippitt who sent n boat 10 the rescue with
considerable difficulty. At that time the
m II could have held out but a little longer.
The schooner Laura V. Rose was built
at Brlgetnn, n. j.. in 1875 and registered
4GG tons. She was valued at $1,000, John
Meyer Of Philadelphia, being managing
owner. The shipwrecked seamen are be-
i4g cared for By c. =. fArwell, % CONNER
cia street, who is making arrangements for
their passage home in the ste mer Spartan.