The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-12-25
NOT A MAN OF CREW WAS
SAVED.
Boat Sailed Light From Portland
Last Tuesday.
THE LOST SAILORS WERE SHIPPED
AT THIS PORT.

Discharged Coal for Randall s. McAllister
and Sailed for Norfolk. Va. for An
other Cargo-Thrilling Story of Wreck
Not "a Spark of Life Was Aboard
When Life Saving Crew Reached Her
Parted and Sank in the Moonlight.
Chatha nj, Mass, December "a Last
nights storm was the most severe of the
season here, the gale being accompanied
by snow and sleet. During the storm
the schooner Calvin b. Oroutt of Perth
Abmoy was wrecked here and the entire
crew lost. The gale rapidly increased
during the afternoon and the falling
snow added to it's feFceness. Towards
night some fishermen on the North Chat
ham shore nuticed a large four masted
schooner very close into the Chatham
bars.
The schooner was wallowing and pitch
ing heavily and t hs sea was sweeping g
over her deck every minate. She was
too close in to fetch out by Pollock rips
with mighty force. Her sails were in
ribbons and snow encased the canvas us
if In vice. The sails were blown from
the bolt ropes and the ropes were big as
a mans arm. The vessel hove to as if to
make her soundilgs. Finally anchors
NJ 1ir,rr
as in the schooner's position she would
ride bottom at low tide making her
destruction sure. 1t was high tide and
10 the gale and binding SHOW storm, it
is thought the captain nisjudged his
position.
The schooner was first discovered COM
ing under sail. After she anchored she
was seen to be hedging down Oh the bar
with signals Of distress flying from the
main riggi ng. Nothing could be done by
the fishermen SO they tIamped three
miles to notify Capt. Doane at Chatham
station. The place where the ship
stranded was just across the wide cut in
the beach on the south point of North
beach.
Owing to the heavy breakers the Chat
ham crew could not launch it's boats.
The Orleans crew was the only one that
could possibly aid the schooner, and ow-
ing to government telephone cable being
broken, that station could not ne notified.
Private subscription could not secure
a messenger to 60 to the snperintendent's
h<,r1 mi 70 fho Ctorrp
1t was before the Orleans Drew was
aware of the disaster. 1t was long
distance to the wreck and 1t was 1.30 be-
fore the Grew reached the scene. line
VISA shot from the gun but the force OF
the gale caused the first one to SO wide
Ths second shot threw the line directly
over the masts and it caught on the
spring stays. The snow had ceased fall
ing and the moon was shining. Men
were seen lashed to the rigging and the
line hung over them but no man moved,
showing that the last spark of life was
gone.
This was 2 O'Clock, and Is minutes
later the masts fell, the schooner split
open and the sea claimed as tine vessel
as ever sailed. 1T daylight this morning
only the keel Of the vessel remained.
The masts and broken pieces OF the hull
were scattered about in the greatest con-
fusion. 1t is thought the bodies are yet
in the rigging but the sea is rough and
they will be torn to pieces before 1t
would be safe for boat to get out to
them. A badly stove boat cn1ns ashore,
long before the vessel broke up. 1t IS
thought the vessel rode the bottom after
dragging down to good holding ground.
The beaches are strewn with wreckage
but no bodies has been recovered.
The schooner Calvin b. Orcutt re-
ported wrecked off the coast of Chatham,
Mass, and all the crew lost, sailed light
from Portland last Tuesday morning at
O'Clock bound for Norfolk, Va.
The Orcutt just discharged cargo OF
coal for Randall & McAllister from Nor
folk, Va. and was returning light, to
reload for this port.
The schooner Oroutr was vessel OF 300
tons and was built in 1888 at Bath,
Maine, and Is owned by parties In
Nanisquam and Perth Annoy, n. d.
Deputy shipping commissioner GALA
CHER shipped the crew which consisted OF
seven persons, who hailed from the fol-
lowing places: Capt. Edgar Fearce,
Nanisquam, N. j.. mate, "A. Rublerose,
Dane; engineer, A. Dubidark, Germany.
TIE aeamen were Bernard O'Brlen OF