Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-07-22
"ARBOREER" LOST.
WRECK SIGHTED NEAR MON
HEGAN-CREW MISSING.
WHICH LEAD TO BE-
LIEF THAT CREW WAS TAKEN OFF
WAS IT GALE OR COLLISION

boreer", bound from Boston to Ellswort h
light was sighted wrecked and water
logged near Monhegan last Thursday.
There was no sign OF the crew, and up
to noon Wednesday no news had been
heard from them. The crew consisted of
Capt. Osmond Clark, John Goodwin
mate; Shirley Lord, cook.
Capt. Clark is tifty-three years OF age,
and has wife and adopted child in Els
worth. His home is on the Surry road.
Mate Goodwin is fifty seven years old and
married. He has no children. The cook,
Shirley Lord, is only fourteen years old.
He is the son OF Night Officer Hiram Lord.
He went one trip on the Arboreer last
summer, but this was his first trip this
year.
The news of the wreck was received
here from Portland. The fishing
schooner Fannie Hayden, Capt Turner,
arrived in Portland Friday. The captain
| reported that Thursday afternoon about
O'Clock he sighted the wreck OF
| schooner about eight miles southwest
OF Monhegsn island.
Although the sea was running quite
high at the time, the Hayden" bore
down ON the wreck and soon made her
out to be that OF the two masted schoon-
er "Arboreer" OF Ellsworth. Only her
stern and a portion OF her afterdeck were
| above water.
The crew of the Hayden" boarded her
and found that she was waterlogged. Her
small boat was gone and she had been
stripped OF all the available stuff that
could well be carried in small boat. The
crew probably made good their escape to
the island or mainland. 1t was difficult
to determine whether she had anything
in her hold or not, as she was almost en-
tirely under water. Capt. Turner was of
the opinion that she was light, and was
probably weig hted down forward by her
chains.
The schooner's sails We're torn in shreds,
and the wreck looked as if it had been in
that condition for several days. The crew
OF the "liayden" removed the main boom
and gaff from the vessel.
The fishing schooner edith Prior" of
Gloucester, which put in to B9othbay
Friday morning, also reported sighting
the wreck. AS near as the captain could
judge the wreck Was then about five miles
south of Monhegsn.
There are some circumstances connect
ed with the wreck which strengthe the
belief OF several sea faring men here that
the crew will yet be heard from. Waiter
j. Clark, brother of Capt. Clark. of the
wrecked schooner, believes that the
schooner was not wrecked in the gale of
last Wednesday, but was in collision and
abandoned earlier i'll The week. He bases
this theory on the supposition that the
"Arboreer" left Boston Sunday night.
The Ellsworth schooner "D. S. Law
renee" left Boston Sunday night. The
two vessels were anchored near together
waiting for favorable wind. The crew OF
the Lawrence" was on board the Gar
boreer" Sunday afternoon. Toward
evening the wind, which had been east,
drew around to the southwark, and the
'Lawrence' got under way. When she
came out, the "Arboreer" had her main
sail up, and was apparently getting ready
to sail. The Lawrence" arrived at Els
worth Tuesday. Mr.. Clark reasons that
had the Gar boreer" sailed Sunday night,
or even Monday morning, unless she met
with some mishap she would have been
further along than Monhegan before the
blow of Wednesday.
Another circumstance which seems to
strengthen this theory is the report OF
the captain who boarded the wreck that
wearing apparel and everything movable
had been taken from the cabin. This, if
true, would seem to indicate that the
crew had good chance to leave the YES
sci, else they would not have overloaded
small boat which, according to reports,
was barely seaworthy, with quantity of
goods hardly worth saving.
This theory may be born of hope, but
it is held by many besides the brother of
Capt. Clark. There are others, and per-
haps more, " he believe hat he" Arboreern
was detained in Boston, and was disabled
early in the blow which began Tuesday
night. That the crew, with too great
haste, perhaps, left the vessel in the
small boat and was lost.
Inc stripping OF the capln might De ac-
counted for in more than one way. The
crew may have taken wearing apparel and
other goods in the small boat with them,
or the wreck might have been boarded by
some other fisherman, outward bound,
who stripped the cabin, possibly taking
off the crew.
These are theories; the facts remain
the "Arboreer" is drifting waterIogged
wreck somewhere near Monhegan, and
the crew, two Ellsworth men and a boy,
is missing.
The "Arboreer' was the oldest vessel
sailing out of Ellsworth. She was built