The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-09-10

The Heavy Seas Shivered the Fore Mast
Head Doing Great Damage-The Vessel
lowed Into Port.
Boston, September 9-The three -masted
schooner reported off Highland light
at 8 O'Clock Saturday afternoon, with her
foremost gone, was the Newburgh, Capt.
Masters, from Windsor, N. S., for New
York.
She is now anchored in the stream in
this port off the New England docks,
with her foremost and topnast gone, and
her captain tells sad story of the disas-
ter which befell his vessel and of the
death of the second mate, James Card,
who was in the rigging when the acct
dent to the topinast occurred.
Boston pilot GOAT No. picked up the
schooner out in the bay, and had her in
tow when the tow boat Joshua Lovett
hove in sight, and she brought the New
burgh to Boston. There is undoubtedly
question Of salvage which will have to
be decided later, but it is understood that
the tow boat got $500 for her part.
Capt. George Masters says that his YES
sell left Windsor, N S., August 81, with
about 1000 tons of plaster for New York,
consigned to Jed Frye, and the vessel
consigned to j. +. Whitney.
Everything went along smoothly on
board the vessel until September z: At
bearing southwest by west and only about
! five miles from the shore. a heavy, roll
ing and confused sea. broke the foremost
head, although at the time the wind
| was light from the northeast.
When the foremost head broke it car
ried away the maintopmast and split
some small sails, completely destroying
the fore and mainsails.
The forenast head broke just below the
| trestle trees. and the foretopmast back
stays parting, carried away the foretop-
mast, and the entire mass Of small spars,
| rigging, ETC., tumbled to the deck.
| A short time previous to the accident
one of the seamen named Arthur San
ford, was sent aloft to furl the foretop-
James Card, went aloft to help him in
b Is work
= When the mass Of wreckage came tumb-
ling down it carried away with it Mate
Card, who was thrown heavily on the
deck, receiving injuries to his head and
back and internal injuries. which caused
his death about four hours afterward.
what broken by the rigging the mate
would have been instantly Killed.
This crew picked him up from beneath
the wreckage. He was insensible when
picked up, and he thought when he re-
vived that he had fallen overheard until
otherwise informed by the captain.
The deceased was a married man, 46
years of age, and leaves wife and nine
children at Summerville, N. S.. His re-
mains will lie aboard the vessel at the
present time, and the owner has been
telegraphed about the sad accident and
instructed to notify the family Of the de-
ceased. Seaman Sanford was more fortu-
nate and escaped with.only slight inju-
ries. He managed to grasp the rigging
in his descent and held on until he was
assisted to the deck by the first mate.
Capt. Masters is awaiting a reply from
tho owners of the Newburgh as to what
he shall do in regard to the repairs On his
vessel, and what disposition he will
make OF the dead body of Mate Card.
The vessel Is owned by Shubal, Dimock
& Sons of Windsor, N. s., where she Is
insured for 5000.
The..Newburgh drifted about the. bay all
Saturday afternoon and Sunday, when
the pilot came to her assistance off Race
point. 1t was almost a dead calm at the
time, and the pilot boat transferred her
charge at Is D. m. Sunday to the tug boat
Joshua Lovett. 1t is estimated that the
total damage and expense of finding
and towing the disabled vessel to this
port will amount in all to at least $4,000.