Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-04-10
IN THE BLIZZARD.
Terrific Gale all Along the
Shores of Cape Cod,
Bark Belmont Wrecked at Peaked
Hill Life Saving Station.
Three Of The Crew vfshtd Ashore-story Of
the v reck.

PRovINcETowN, Mass, April O. An
other blizzard struck this place this mo, n
ing. Yesterday the wind was east-sou;h-
east gradually hauling to the northeast. At
A. Nj. the storm burst in all its fury, snd
at that time the crew of the Peaked Hill
life saving institution saw bark come
ashore il the breakers about 500 wards
westward of the station. Capt. Fisher and
crew immediately launched the surf boat
and went to the relief, but before reaching
the craft 81 e was all in pieces. The sea
sas running very high and the breakers on
he bars were terrific.
Three of the crew came ashore on some
debris of the wreck and taken to the life
saving station, one with an arm broken
Word was instan ly telephoned into towr
for medical assistance. Two doctors wen,
70 the station and found two men had re-
covered, but the one with the broken arm
was shll insensible. They soon had tht
arm set and the man as comfortable as
could be expected. From one of the crew
Peter Turner, who was at the wheel when
the vessel struck, the following was
learned:
The vessel is the American bark Bel
mont of Boston, with sugar. We left Port,
Spsin March 10 and had fine weather until
she passed Cape St. Antoine. Then we had
heavy norther but sustained no damage
April 4th we took the wind to the eastw ard
with rain squalls, moderate. On the 7tt
we entered South channel, making wav for
port with fair wind. We never saw land
but by sounding knew we were in the bay
The bark was hove to under short sail
''This morning at day light the mate spied
land and all hands were called to get sail
on the ship and crowd her by the cape. We
set the lower topSails, all the stavsals
reefed fore and main sails and spanker.
went to the wheel and in a few minutes the
vessel struck heavily and was bounding
along the bars. A heavy sea was running
and she beat along the shore 500 or coo
Yards, when heavy sea struck the star
board bow throsing the bark's head toward
the shore, when she stuck hard and fast.
All our spars went over the side and the
vessel began to break up.
"We were washed overheard " it'll the
rreckage and when came to the top of
The water found myself and Oleson Oh top
,f the cabin drifting toward the beach
None of the others were in sight Hearing
noise under US Oleson and myself cleared
away the wreckage and found
'he steward insensible, with bis
arm broken in two places
We lashed him as well as we could Oh
top of the house aud soon saw the lifeboa,
coming to the relief, which took us off and
brought us TO the station, when we were
.bout 200 yards from the shore"
Capt. Isaac Fisher and crew of the
Peaked Hill station launched their boat
Trough the heavy surf and were making
their way to the wreck, hoping to save more
pf the crew. Their boat was the first oft,
IS the beach was on their station. Capt
Samuel Fisher of the Race Point station,
had a boat launched, and it fell to his lot to
rescue the men picked up. Both captains
md crews deserve great credit for their
work, AS the seas were very heavy and
strong current setting in westward along
he shore.
Tie steward was unconscious and the
rescued did not know his name Captsin
Hsgsn lived in Boston. The mate. Charles
Olsen of East Boston, leaves a wife. The
econd mate was named Curtis of Portland,
We. The crew were Ben Olsen, Peter
William Reed, Peter Nelson, John Martin,
Peter Turner and steward, nine all told. of
whom the only suryivors are Turner, Ben
Olsen and the steward. Tie bark was o,
533 tons register, built at Millbrdge, Me-,
and owned by ID. S. Emery, Boston.
Early this mornir a schooner wss seen
at anchor 10 Herring cove with her colors
set union down in the forerigging. Steamer
LoDgfellow went to her relief and it proved
to be the schooner + Twin A. Gtuz er OF
Chatham. The vessel hal lost her sails
but otherwise was all ght. Her anchors
we're slipped and The vessel brought in here
all right