The Portland daily press., 1894-10-13
THE HALF NOT TOLD.
Thrilling Stories Of Rescue from
Angry Waves.
EXHAUSTED SEAMEN dashed TO
GETHER WAITING DEATH.

Others Found Safety ON Raft When
Their Vessel Sank-Wrecks Reported
all along the New England Coast-Few
Deaths Reported Considering the Num-
Der of Wrecks.
II Boston, October 12.-The three masted
schooner Jeanne Lippitt, of Boston, arrived
today from Philadelphia with part of the
crew of the three masted schooner Laura
V. Rose, having rescued them at ten yester-
day morning from their waterlogged vessel
Captain Leeds and Steward Briggs, We're
lost. Captain Leeds had been master of the
Rose many years. He belonged at Atlantic
City, where he leaves a widow and
daughter.ss Briggs lived at some place in
Pennsylvania. Mate Dasey makes this
statement: I'VE sailed from the Kennebec
Sunday for Philadelphia, with 1874 tons of
ice, consigned to the Hancock Ice company,
Philadelphia. Everything went well until
Monday night when the weather COM
menced to get bad. We put into Salem for
a harRor and shelter and sailed on Tues
day. The following morning we encoun-
tered heavy soUtheaster1y gale which
blew with great violence, accompanied with
thick and lainy weather. At eight, We
judged ourselves in the vicinity of Gray's
Point. Nantucket, where we anchored. At
a. M, the starboard chain parted losing
an anchor and thirty.fathoms We hoisted
jib and ran before the gale. About an
hour afterwards we went ashore on what
We supposed to be Tuckerneck shoals, and
In a short time the vessel foated off leaking
badly. The pumpsswere 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 anchoed about eight miles
west from Cross.Rip lightship. AT D. IN.
that day we commenced to drag, and
Captain Leeds, fearing the vessel would 60
ashore ordered the mainmast cut away, the
mizzenmast going by the board followed by
the foremost. This did but little good. las
the vessels decks at the time were nearly
level with the sea, the water breaking clean
over her. The crew who were pumping
were in danger of being washed overheard
at any minute. As all efforts in pumping
proved fruitless the pumps were abandoned
and thesvessel kept afioat by the nature of
her cargo. 1t being extremely dangerous to
go about the decks it was decided by the
crew to lash themselves together to save
themselves from being swept overheard. 1t
was blowing complete hurricane with a
terrific sea, and only short time after
wards Captain Leeds was struck by Il sea
which came tumbing over the vessels
quarter dashing him against the vessels
side, badly injuring him. so he was appar-
emily lifeless. The mate and seaman
grabbed him and saved him from being
washed into the sea. He never regained
consciousness, and died in about half an
hour. Finding the captain dead, the crew
let go their hold and the body fell into tho
sea. The crew had been dashed to the bits
on the quarter deck nearly fifteen hours.
and displayed signal of distress which
was answered at ten the next morning by
schooner Jeanne Lippett, who sent a BOAT
to the rescue with considerable difficulty.
At that time the men could hold out but
little longer
The schooner Laura " Rose was built at
Bridgeton. N. j., in 1875. and registered
1855 tons. She was valued at $4,000. John
Meyer of Philadelphia being the managing
owner. The shipwrecked seamen are being
cared for by G. F. Farwell, 81 Commercial
street, who is making arrangements for
their passage home in steamer Spartan,