The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1896-09-17
A Fearful Storm.
Many Vessels Wrecked on New England Coast
Driven on the Rocks by the Terrific Gale which
was Raging.

was Raging.
PROVIDENCE, r. l., Sept. 10. Five
vessels were wrecked at Point Judith dur
ing the storm yesterday and last night,
but it is believed all hands were saved.
The names of the boats could not be
learned. One was double end fishing
boat hailing from Portsmouth, n. H..
two were cat-boats, one was a yawl-ng
ged sharpe and the other was smaller
boat. All the boats were wrecked mile
from the shore. The crew of the fisher
men were rescued by another craft and
four or five men were picked up by the
old bark John Harvey, which is used in
connection with the construction of the
Point Judith breakwater.
The wind at one time reached velocity
of eighty miles an hour at Point Judith.
The captain of the life saving station says
the storm was one of the worst on record
for this season of the year. Steamer
Rhode Island from New York got up to
the dock at II this morning. Her pas
sengers report that they received terrific
shaking up going around Point Judith
VESSELS ASHORE AND DAMAGED.
VINEYARD HAVEN, MASS, Sept. 10.
About 30 fishing schooners and a small
number of coasters were anchored at Tar
paulin Cove last night during the violent
easterly gale. Schooner Red Jacket, OF
and from Rockland for New Bedford and
Providence with 1880 barrels of lime,
parted both chains aud dragged afoul of
the fishing schooner Edith L. Conley, car
rying away the port rail and chain plates.
She afterward drove ashore on the west
side of the harbor, where she is pounding
heavily. but remains tight. The Conley
lost her bowsprit and all headgear.
The fishing schooner Emma of Portland
parted both chains and fouled schooner
Merits II. Perry of Gloucester and had
main and foreboom broken. Her stand
ing rigging was carried away, port bull
warks stove and she afterNard went
ashore on the rocks near the light house
and bilged. She lost both seine boats.
The Merits H. Perry lost her foremost
and bowsprit with all headgear, broke
mainboom and foregaff and sustained
other damages. During the collision Ned
Sheen of Provncetown, one of the Perry S
crew, Jumped overheard and was dro wn-
ed.
The fishing schooners Helen and Maud
Gertrude, of Newport, both parted their
chains and went ashore on the west side
of Tarpaulin Cove.
SCHOONER UNION DISABLED.
PORTSMOUTH, n. H., Sept. 10. Schoon-
ner Union, kingsbury, Bath for Boston,
is lying at anchor in the lower harbor in
a disabled condition. When off Boon Is
land yesterday the schooner was struck by
l,a1 no honrl
gait and sails blown away. The Jerry S
Point life saving crew worked the vessel
into harbor
BARGE SUNK IN STORM.
New YORK, Sept 10. The large ocean
going tug Underwater came into the
lower bay early this morning and anchor
ed barge Mercedita, which she had in
tow, off Liberty Island. The Underwater
left Philadelphia Monday having in tow
the coal barges Mercedita, for Boston,
and Jersey Belle, for Providence. Yes
terday morning the crafts encountered a
very heavy sea which tore off the tarpau-
lin and hatchway of the jersey Belle and
she sank in few moments. The Jersey
Belle had a cargo of :, 800 tons of coal On
the barge besides Capt. Wolfe and crew
We're the captain wife and son and Miss
Ella b. Couillard New England school
teacher who lives somewhere along the Pc
nobscot river in Maine, who has been spend
lug her vacation on the ocean. She sailed
from New England on another barge.
Just before the sinking OF the barge
the boiler which ran the pumps blew up
with terrific force, scattering coal and
splinters in every direction. The barge
sank i'll about twelve fathoms of water and
her masts are sticking out Of the water.
Through the good work of Capt. Wiley of
the Underwater, the passengers and crew
were saved.
The jersey Belle was a new barge,
built about eight months ago at Bath,
Me. She was about 215 feet long, Is feet
beam, Is feet hold, and carried foul
masts, but no sails. The Mercedita had
about three feet of water in her hold