The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-11-29
Schooner and Barge 60
Down OR Watch Hill.
TWO MEN ARE DROWNED.
Barge Was In Tow OF Tug and
Was Struck by Schooner.
LATTER'S CREW BROUGHT HERE.

The schooner Lottlo, under command
OF Captain BrowD lime laden. bound from
Thomastou, Me-. to New York, collided
with the barge j. r.. Stillman. Captain
A. d. Pendleton, coal laden, bound from
New York To this port, at 10 o'clock
Saturday night. when about seven miles
of Watch Hill. The barge sank imme-
diately, carrying down tho captain anu
deck hand, Nicholas ursylick, of New
Haven. They were drowned The
schooner followed the barge to the bottom
in about five minutes and the crew barely
escaped with their lives. The crew con-
sisting of Captain Brown, George johnson
Of Rockland, Me-, l.. ID. Fitch Of Port
land, Me-, John Williams OF Baltimore,
George Smith of Northampton, Mass,
ana Louis LanReland OF Norway, escaIei
from tho sinking schooner III small
boat and rowed to the barge Busy which
was a comuanion TO the Stillman. They
went aboard the Busy ana from there
they were taken on board the tugboat
Gertrude. which had tho barges in tow.
The tugboat ana the Busy, with tho
rescued sailors, arrived at this port yes
terday morning. Capt Brown, while in
a restaurant near the corner OF south
Main and Crawford streets, told the fol-
| lowing story OF the collision:
1--WE were running out of Vineyard
| Haven right after dinner We Kept our
course and at 10 o'clock or thereabouts on
Saturday niGht We saw vessel showing
green light AS the vessel kept show
ing her green light / supposed she was
| going TO windward OF us until she was
| almost down upon us. We supposed we
| were going clear of her when all of n SUD
| den she changed her course and went
4 hon hat hpatt hn
schooner 10 leeward of the barges ana TO
avoid acciGent we threw the holm hard
| down to let the vessel go in the wind.
| When we were partly in tho wind tho
| barge collided with us and both vessels
| sank Immediately, the barge going down
| first. As the two vessels came together
| the schooner filed to the northward,
which showed that we had thrown the
| helm hard down.
"The schooner did not remain afloat
| more than four or five minutes after the
| collision. Immediately after strik ing
sprang forward.t locate the damage. and
4 saw at once that the vessel was sinking.
| ordered the men To take to the boat as
| quickly as possible Thinking the cook
! was in the cabin | went below To bring
him up. lie was not in his bunk ana the
| cabin was filed with smoke. As soon as
| the water reached the cargo the vessel
| took fire and grabbing n coat i rushed on
| deck and jumped into the boat. We had
| only lust got clear of tho hull when the
vessel went down. The whole thing oc-
Cured very quickly. The schooner was
| on the free tack headed west 10y south
| when the collision occurred.
Capt. Brown said after his vessel had
| gone down tho crew pulled around in n
| circle i'm an effort to find the men who
| vera on board the barge. On account Of
| the darkness they could not go very far
aud as soon rs they got on board tho
barge the captain of the towooat put
aboard n hawser and ut once started for
this city
The vessels struck head on and they
went below the waves head first The
Iotties' cargo was consigned To d. H.
Brown OF New York. There was no in
cident worthy of mention from Uhe time
the schooner left Thcmaston until the
collision took place. As soon Us the lime
reached the water there was fire ana II
she remained above water there was no
possibility of saving her as she would
have gone down.in blaze.
The attsmpt To get clear or the barge
failed and the schooner crashed into the
bow tearing big hole in the barg5 ana
also making n gaping cavity in Its own
prow Subsequent happenings W ere so
rand that the crew hardly realized their
peril out they made for the small boat
and luckily got clear of the sinking vessel
i'm time. There was no excitement but
there WlS SD1lt NtTN WoIh lHt
barQe went out of sight before the sailors
comprehended what had really happened,
and the two doomed mcn were seen to go
dawn with It, They were seen standing
IN the doorway of the pilot house and
they appeared TO bs dazed. Immediately
following tho crash they were seen To go
into the pilot house and that was the last
seen of them.
They could have been saved IL they bad
iumred aboard the schooner. Tho men
in the small boat tried to nnd the barge :
men but after circling about the spot
gave NO the search satisfied that the two
mon were lost. Captain PendIeton be
longsd in Msins aud was about 40 years
of ore. The Lottie was built about 40
years ago in Boston and Twas owned by j.
A. Creighton OF Ihoinaston, from which
port she hailed. Tho barge Busy, which
arrived carried load of coal for the
Mesus. Saylos Of PawtuokeL The crew
of the Lottie will remain In this city until
the arrival of the owner who will MAKE
arrangements for their transportation