The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1898-02-17
The Wreck OF the Holmes.
Further Particulars from the Cape Ann A
VertiSer,

Further Particulars from the Cape Ann Ad-
vertiser.
The wrecked schooner James Holmes was
raised Monday afternoon, Feb. 7th, by the
lighter Bull of the Boston Wreckage Co.
assisted by diver She was towed into the
harbor late in the afternoon by tugs Joe
Call Startle and Emma s. Bradford, and
stuck in the mud and had to be left there
| until about II o'clock in the evening, when
she was hauled off and beached alongside
of the East Gloucester ferry landing.
The diver reports the bottom of the vessel
to be in very good condition. Her sides do
not appear to be very badly injured and her
deck is apparently uninjured. Her taffrail
is badly broken and her bow is probably
stove in, as the diver reports that large
amount OF wreckage is caught under her
bows, thus preventing his ascertaining the
damage in that direction
1t is thought that this wreckage is por-
tion of the Marcellus, which is now known
TO have gone down near the Holmes.
The cargo of the Holmes was a mixed
one, chiefly composed of groceries. She
also carried $3.50 worth of hardware and had
about 20 tons of blacksmiths iron in the
hold, which accounts for her not changing
her position after going down. She carried
deck load of junk.
The goods recovered We're 20 barrels of
kerosene oil, one of raw oil. one barrel of
Hour, two barrels of pork, TWO tierces of
lard, three boxes containing pals of lard
number Of different sized pals, four bags
OF ground oyster shells, two kegs of assort-
ed nails, cable, blocks duck and "a compass.
Mr.. Harry S Mcguire picked up letter
among the wrecked stuff at Delivers Neck
on Sunday. 1t WAS written by Mr.. Thomas
Farmer of Belfast, Me, but there was no
address upon it. 1t given to a Times
representative and will be forwarded to the
writer for Information as to the party to
whom it was sent, and what vessel he was
in.
Mr.. Walter Henderson, while examining
the wreckage at Delivers Neck on Sunday,
found a letter relating to personal and fam
lily matters, signed by Evie knight and ad-
dressed to her brother. The letter is dated
at Boothbay, Me, June TO- 1897, and may
indicate that some one from that place may
have been drowned in the wrecks caused by
the storm of last week.
In Mr. Riders sermon Sunday, Feb 9th,
he made reference to the loss of the seamen
at Delivers Neck. He very emphatically
remarked that it was not poor seamanship
nor neglect on the part of the unfortunate
crews that caused such loss of life, but a
most gross neglect on the part of the govern
ment IN not providing life saving station
whose patrol could have rescued most if not
all OF the men, some of whom must have
| reached the shore bruised and wounded
only to freeze and die, when strong arm
could have saved, friendly light could
have guided, shelter could have resusci-
tated.
If the tragic wrecks of Tuesday were the
only ones, still it would be the govern
ments duty to guard that wreck but when
we recall the many wrecks and the great
loss OF life on that same neck and in that
neghhorhood, together with the fact that
| hundreds of coasters pass that dangerous
shore every week, the urgency of an lmme-
dlate station is simply terrible. We should
at once petition the government for station
and patrol
GLOUCESTER, Mass Feb -. The wreck
Of sch James Holmes, off East Gloucester
Ferry landing, has the broadside of anoth er
vesse attached to her, through the inter-
| linking OF cables and lines and other wreck
age from the two vessels. The broadside is
supposed to be that of the Marcelus, and
that on the night OF the great storm the
Holmes drifted upon her and demolished
her,