The record-union., 1898-11-29


splintered by the force of the waves,
house with such force that there was
little hope of reaching there.
Beyond Deer Island lies the big Will
son liner Ohio and the steamer c. A.
White of Tauton, ashore on Spectacle
Island. 1t is a matter of surprise to
harbor pilots how the Ohio reached her
present berth. She stands up boldly
without the semblance of a list, on a
hard gravel bottom, in water which at
flood tide this morning hardly came to
the level of the propeller shaft. That
she should be in such shallow water
is due to the fact that the tide in
which she went ashore was fourteen
feet above the usual flood tide. With
her powerful screw churning the mud,
and several powerful tugs straining at
hawsers over her stern at flood tide to-
day, there was no tremor of the vessel
toward the open water. According to
some of the wrecking masters, the only
way to save the liner is by dredging
a channel from the Ohio to deep water.
but even this must be done quickly. as
another gale would go great damage
while she could be pulled into deep
water her cargo would scarcely keep
her af1oat
Leaving Spectacle Island, a sorry
sight is presented by the three -masted
schooner Calvin F. Baker, on Shag
Rock, midway between Boston Light
and the Brewsters, where the deep sea
surges roll in and half bury the craft,
which is fast going to pieces. The
main mast has been whipped out and
hangs dangling over the side, supported
by the top hamper of the other masts.
From this wreck two mates were taken
off by Captain James and his crew from
across the bay at Hull. 1t was day.
break when the Baker was seen and the
lifeboat was sent out on its mission.
The pull was long one, and finally,
when the wreck was reached, three
bodies were seen lashed aloft. Two of
them were secured and life was found
in them, but the other had been frozen
stiff to his lashings The survivors
and the body We're taken to Hull.
: 1t was on the little stretch of beach
at Hull, just behind the Hotel Penn
berton, that the tragedies occurred.
The old salts of Hull say that in fierce
ness the storm equalled that of 1852,
except that while the sea did not go
SO high, the wind was stronger
In the fury of the storm yesterday
two newly built barges of the Consoli-
dated Coal Company, Nos. 1 and 4.
We're dashed to bits in an instant. Two
men, including Captain Abee, were
saved, and two drowned. On the shores
stood scores Of men who were ready
to risk their lives to save those who
We're on many Of the vessel in the offing,
driving to destruction.
Captain James of the life saving crew
was there with his men He said the
wind blew so fiercely that not men
enough could find room in the boat to
row against the wind.
Out of the driven snow came the dim
outlines of a barge with the forms of
five men discernable on the deckhouse.
With mighty crash as it came down
on a receding wave barge No. 1 struck
the shore, only to crumb1e and then
melt into fragments which the waves
in another<minute cast upon the shore
In that instant five men escaped the
impending death, for as the barge
split in twain the deckhouse slid off
toward the shore into the surf, and at
the same time men on shore with lines
about them rushed into the water and
pulled out the sailors A moment later
barge No. 4 came ashore and was
ground up by the waves
Soon after this other wreckage came
ashore, and this morning it was seen
that both the Abel C. Babcock and the
Samuel J. Tilden had been wrecked.
No sign of the crew of either vessel was
found.
Another terrible scene was that at
Island, where the city's
reform school is situated. Against the
wharf were driven four down-east yes
sells, each of which, at the time the
storm broke, was anchored away, and
each a long way from the others. An
idea of the force of the wind is shown
in this instance, for after drifting
across the bay, one another brought up
against the pier, one being driven en-
tirely out of the water. The craft are
the Virginia, of which barely vestige
is left; the Watchman, the Seraphine
and the Fred Emerson. The last three
are in one great heap of timber and
rigging, mixed with debris from the
Virginia. Two lives were lost from the
latter craft. William B. Stanley, the
Captains son, was washed ashore and
OF the other wreckage the most sim
gular is that of the tug Tamaqua, on
Island. She has gone
on against a promontory of
rocks, and there seems little chance of
her getting off. Her consort, a Read
ing barge, waa easily f1oated this after
noon.
Other evidences of the storm are to
be found on every headland, and in
nearly every cove numberless and
nameless wrecks, all snow and sleet
covered, are piled up there. 1t will be
some time before all the vessels which
Jared i'll on Sunday can be accounted
for, and some perhaps never will be,
SO thoroughly have the wind and the
waves seen their work.
At Hull Beach, where two barges and
two schooners went ashore more than
a Dozen bodies were visible in the surf,
but it was impossible to get at them.
At Shag Rocks, where the schooner
Calvin F. Baker was ashore, two sail
0rs were taken from the rigging by the
life savers nearly exhausted, and the
dead body of another was recovered.
Three others from this vessel were
drowned, but their bodies could not be
found.
The list Of dead as far as reported is
as follows:
From the schooner Calvin r. Baker,
ashore near Boston Lights, three sail
Ors drowned, names unknown. Also
steward of this vessel, frozen in the
rigging. First and second mate saved
schooner Abel O.