The Portland daily press., 1897-12-17
MORE ABOUT THE WRECK.
The Owner Of the Ill Fated Schooner
Was Here Yesterday.

Something About the Drowned Men-The
Five Bodies Are Still Unclaimed and
the Sixth Body is Still Missing.
Yesterday the piles of wreokage from
the Inflated schooner Susan P. Thurlow
grew higher and higher as broken plank
and timbsrs doated into Simonton's cove
or were picked up in the Ship channel by
the fleet of schooners and dories intent
on saving everything Of value that could
be saved. On the rocks of Gushing &
point, on Cushing's island. a few black
ened timbers marked the spot where the
last voyage of the schooner bad ended.
Searching parties were out all day
looking for the body of Seaman Anderson
which is still missing but no trace of it
could be found. 1t is believed by many
that the body is entangled in the kell
and sesweed near the scene of the wreck
and will be found in few days. The
other bodies are still at Undertaken
Rlch's rooms and will be kept a few
days longer until the friends of the de-
ceased are heard from and later they will
be placed in tomb and il not called fol
by friends in the course of few weeks
they will be buried at the expense of the
city.
Dressed in new suit of dark clothes
new hat, new shoes and stockings Sea
man Charles Keimann, the only survivor
Of the lost schooner Susan P. Thurlow
sat in the Messengers Office, at the City
building. yesterday morning and talked
calmly about his fearful experience Of
Tuesday night on Cushing's island.
Asked if he felt any i'll effects from his
long exposure, he said he is somewhat
sore in places, but is now practically al
well as ever.
Reimann had tedious time in finding
an occupied house on the island, and
finally succeeded in curious way. He
knocked at four different houses but go1
no reply He realized that they were
probably summer cottages and unin
habited and began to think that he would
be unable to ge help. Finally he saw 6
tame rabbit, which hoped away when il
saw him. He followed the little ANNA
for quite distance and it at last guided
him to the farm house where MIR. Smith
and Mr.. Began live. When the rabbit
crept into hole under the house Reimanr
concluded that some one must live there
SO he raped with renewed courage and
shortly awoke the occupants.
Reimann said that 1t was not the tillel
%Loxx o.~H
Cushing's Point the wheel came off It'll
bearings by the breaking of piece O.
wood that held it in place. This rendered
it impossible DO steer the schooner, ani
she quickly drifted on the rocks.
In the list of the crew as published ap
peared the name Of Lagarde, French
man. Reimann says this man was moi
on the schooner, having left the vessel il
Boston. In his place they shipped mar
about % years old. whose name he doei
not know, but thinks his home was il
Philadelphia. This was the man who wa,
drowned and the Frenchman Lagarde i,
still alive.
Yesterday noon Captain James Fl
Weldon of New York the owner of tn.
wrecked schooner arrived here and a
been acquainted with him for many year
| and who notified Captain Weldon by tele
graph early Wednesday morning of tn,
wreck of his vessel. AS soon as Captain
Weldon got the telegram he started To-
Portland, and although he was on sici
bed at the time and was not we'll whel
he arrived in this.city yesterday he passed
the entire afternoon in helping those whit
| have the bodies in charge communicata
with the men s friends or relatives. Capt
Weldon is the sole owner of the Susan P
| Thurlow, and has always been he
captain. He left the vessel in Phila
delphia on November Is, when she sailed
from that port for Boston. He was take1
sick and thought it best not to make thi
voyage. Had he made 1t the disaster
nigh. have counted him among its vic
tins or 1t might not have occurred.
| Captain Weldon said yesterday that hi
placed his mate Helgersen in charge o.
| the schooner because he had implicit con
fidence in him, and knew him to be 8
capable seaman and an honest man
| Capt. Helgersen was devoted to Capt
Weldon and the latter said yesterday that
he thought almost as much of him as he
did his own sons. When Captain Weldon
was taking leave of Capt. Helgerser
whom he was never to see again he talked
with him great while about the voyage
he was to make and found that he did not
appear to know very much about Boston
or the Bay of Fundy, where the vessel
was going after leaving the latter port.
When Captain Weldon came to explain
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