The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-10
LIVES LOST IN THE STORM.
WRECEs LINE TIE GAZE SWEPT
MAsSACHUsETTs COAsE

The Bark HeIusout strik 80 .Nssr uteNtsua
Light and Goes 10 Pieces IN Hair ~.
Hour-stx OF Her Crew Drownsd-Ons
Mas Lost tror, the Schooner Chase
Fears for tbe Steamer Ne Ruytsr.
HIGHLAND Ltour. Mass. April o.-Ths bark
Belmont Of Boston. with sugar from Trinidad
went ashore on Peaked Hill Bars at o'clock
this morning. and out Of a crew Of nine men
only three were saved. The vessel was total
wreck in half an hour after striking. Capt.
Isaac Fisher OF the Peaked Hill Bars life-sav
ing station telephoned to Capt. Sam Fisher Of
Race Point and Charles Kelly OF High Head at
once for assistance. linn edlately. boat room
doors were swung open. life lines and mortar
carriages were run out. and the work of get
ting the apparatus to the scene Of disaster was
pushed forward with all despatch. When this
three crews Of liie-savers reached the beach
opposite the wreck the waves were doing fear
full work. end II was apparent that II the ships
crew were to be saved 1t must be done quickly.
just then great cOmber caught the bark
under her counter and swung her broadside
TO the sea. Hor crew we're seen to rush into
the miZzen rigging. They had barely gained
a foothold when with a crash all three Of her
masts went by the board. and IN half an hour
she was a mass OF splintered wreckage.
In the mean tim the life savershad launc hed
their boat and were battling against the terri
bic surf in their efforts to reach some Of the
sailors. who were clinginR to bits OF wreckage.
Some Of the crew had been struck by falling
spars and never rose again. Others were
manned and bruised. Three out OF the ships
comrany were picked UP by the life-savers
as tho breakers we're whirlng them ashore.
The three rescued men are Teter Turner. Ben
Olsen, and John Stewart. the steward, whose
arm Is broken. and who has Leon unconscious
since he was rescued
The bark was owned by John 8. Emery 4
Co. OF Boston. and was valued at 10000 one
half OF her value insured. She underwent ex-
tensive repairs at Bath last December. and
was released at that time.
Ths gale shows signs Of m oderatlnG to- night
with clearing weather. A large three masted
schooner is at anchor five miles north OF Race
Point station. sho is rolling heavy. Another
three master. heavily laden lies at anchor of
Truro. In the bay. A fishing schooner lies ut
anchor of here and may have lost sails. The
foremost OF the ship Jason. which has with
stood all tho storms OF the winter went down
before the gale last night.
PORTLAND. Ne. April 0.-The crew OF the
Boston bark belmont wrecked on Peaked Hill
Bars. shipped here in December for the West
Indies. They were: Capt. W. X. HaGan OF
Prospect Ferry. Me. master: Charles Carlson
Of Enst Boston. As. first ofcor; T. +. Curtis OF
Portland, "a. second oiIlcer; John Stewart Of
Boston. 81. cook, and the following seamen:
Of Norway, 26; John Martin Of Finland. 3:
Peter Tqrneets OF New York. "a Peter smarhean
Capt. HaGnn. at the age Of ~. had sailed the
SEQ since early boyhood and. in full half CEN
tury OF command. had never lost ship. Cur
v GISn ncp rrH Mass. April e.-The sehooner
r: p. Chase. Of and for Bath from Marthas
evening 10 Wells Bay. and, being under short
sail. was unable to haul of. she let both an
GS.s S shans WAS
made to wear around clear OF the sr ss
Hart. one OF the crew, got into II. Tut the heavy
sea broke over the vessel. cnpsizing the boat
and drowning Hart. After some difficulty. ac-
was run before the wind and sea for Care Ann.
where Eastern Point was made and distress
Emma S. Bradford, which went to the rescue
ana towed the schooner into this port Her
mast broken. house stove In. and she was
otherwise damaged. Hart was single. 81 years
The schooner Nellie was wrecked last night
at Granite Cove on the IPSWICH Bay coast OF
Cape Ann she be, belonged Gs, IN IhomastHn Ne
with load OF coal The mem bers Of the crew
ALI saved themselves. Tho vessel Is a total
The Nellie passed Cape Cod at O'Clock on
Sunday morning. and Yesterday morni ng ran
and the Ave men on board saw that they were
ia for a struggle. The wind steadily Increased,
gale Capt. Aye.ili spent the entire day dashed
TO the wheel. and he says no was under
water about hall the time. u.,
made out. They were taken for those on
Thatcher's leland. Accordingly the schooner's
had run on the new course hut few moments
before those on board realized their mistake.
The Captain saw that he was making for q
lee shore and let the vessel go upon 1t head on.
intothe white fringe OF breakers the anehor was
washed on IL caught and swung her around.
head OF: The waves swept the vessel con-
The stern seemed to be hitched u p higher than
the rest OF the vessel; so they all crawled out
there. and watching their chances. dropped OF.
All went through this ordeal unharmed except
Capt. AyerIIL He received some painful bruises
about the head. The wrecked sailors saw
lights shining from house which proved TO
oe that OF Asa o. Woodbury. where they were
com pletely broken up this morning. and her
cargo Of coal scattered over the rocks. The
Nss hs schemhsr r Henry ar b Nay Of Milford Del
is wreck at lanrsyille. She was lying at the
wharf of the Lanesville Grant 3 Company, from
on the rocks. Not much uneasiness was felt
for ner at rst. but now Ii is said that she will
to the wharf to load paving stones for PhiIa:
delphia. She was l65 ~ tons. and was owned
a. HULL RSf nA Iassp April 1.-THE three masted
schooner Mary A Hood. Capt. + ". Corson.
from phlladslphis for bath Me-: With a cargo
ashore OF strawberry Hill. Nantasket Beach. |
about shutdown last night, The vessel was
sighted 10y patrol from Point Allerton life |
saving station. Capt. Joshua James and crew |
of eight from the station manned "a boat OF the |
Massachusetts Humane Society, and, assisted
by iye volunteers. worked more than an hour !
getting through the fierce surf. They res |
cusd the schooners crew OF six. who are now |
Quartered at the station.
Capt. Corson left Vineyard Haven on Satur-
day afternoon aud struck the storm OF High |
land Light. He worked his way up the bay. |
but was driven inside OF Harding's Ledge. |
where he dropped three anchors. which |
dragged until the vessel struck the beach, |
The storm was sothick that he could not see |
land at any time. lie could not get By Hard |
ing's. and was Obliged to run inside.
Capt James said his crew had one Of the |
hardest struggles In its existence battling |
with the breakers. The sea was tremendous. |
and broke clean over the stranded vessel. The |
schooner went to pieces during the night and |
is . total loss.
Nav LONDON. Conn.,. April O,-Ths little |
schooner Crystal. Capt Ward, had a teIribls |
struggle In the snow and wind storm on SAT- |
urday night, She Was of Brenton's Reef when |
the storm was at its height. running to tho |
westward. The squall struck her and her /