The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-29

Stantly driven ashore, many of them
TO be dashed to pieces. A large fleet
Of coastng schooners from st. John
and other ports in the province and
Maine We're battered to fragments. Most
of the vessels driven ashore were
obliged to part their cables, owing to
the great danger from collision with
other vessels Which had broken adrift.
The driving snow storm prevented
the life savers from keeping a good
lookout for distress signals. OF the
fleet of probably two score vessels that
came TO anchor before the storm, hard
ly one escaped damage.
1t is believed that Capt. Nelson of the
schooner Island City of Rockland, Me-,
and his entire crew have persisted. The
Island City was bound from Port Lib
ei'ty, N. j., for Cohasset, with a cargo
Of coal. She put in here Saturday morn
ing and later started for her destina-
ton, but in the afternoon she put back
for Vineyard Haven. She was dis
covered Sunday morning off Cottage
City, ashore, the seas making a clean
breach over her. Capt, Nelson and his
crew Of two men We're in the rigging.
The vessel was sighted by residents of
the island, but they were powerlesss to
render aid. No surf boat or life-sav-
ing apparatus was available, and the
nearest life-saving station was at Gay
Head, 20 miles away.
All wires We're down and it was inn
possible to communicate with the sta
ton. All the forenoon the men chung
to the rigging During the afternoon
one man was seen to drop overheard
evidently having become utterly ex-
hausted. The lifeless body Of the sailor
was soon afterward washed upon the
shore by the mountainous seas. Soon
after, the helpless watchers on the
beach saw q second man relax his hold
in the rigging and fall to the deck. He
was quickly washed overheard The
third man remained in the rigging, ap-
parently limp and unconscious, if not
dead. He was dashed in the crosstrees,
and undoubtedly persisted. The schoon-
ct is a total loss.
The schooner Leora M. Thurlow, of
Bath, Me, Capt. Roberts, bound from
Hallowell, Me, with cargo of paving
stone, was sunk near the east side Of
the harbor here, yesterday afternoon
crew climbed into the rigging and set
distress signals. At sunset volun-
teer crew of skilled boatmen proceeded
to the rescue in boat, which was
towed by the tug Robert Lockhart
They succeeded with difficulty in saw
ing the mate and two seamen, but
Capt. Roberts had persisted from ex-
nlen rescued We're almost exhausted
and would have persisted in a short
time.
The life savers work was attended
with the greatest difficulty, and many
times they were in danger of being
swept overheard and lost The body
of Capt. Roberts was left in the rig
ring, it being impossible for the men
to lower il into their boat, in the Vio-
Thurlow registed 213 tons gross and
was built at Bath, Me, in 1891, and
hailed from that port.
The schooner Annie A. Booth, Capt.
French, from st. John, n. B., for New
York, with a cargo of lumber, is at an
Choir in the harbor, in a crippled condi-
| ton, all three masts having gone over
board Her bowsDrit and all headgear
are carried away and the schooner is
full of water Capt. French and his
| crew experienced a trying time, but
were finally taken off by the same vol
unteer crew that rescued the men on
tho Thurlow.
The schooner E. J. Hamilton, Capt,
Soule of Bridgeton, n. J., bound from
Perth Amboy for Portland. with coal,
was fouled by the schooner NJ. b. Hi
| dredge The Hamilton's bowsprit, with
all her gear, was carried away. Both
vessels were badly damaged. The
Hamilton was driven ashore on nat
| near the head of the harbor, where she
now lies with decks submerged. Capt
| Soule and his crew. We're rescued after
much difficulty by a volunteer crew
from the shore.
The schooner M. e. Eldredge of Den
! mis-. Capt. Kelly, bound from Albany
/ for Boston with cargo of clay, which
| collided with the Hamilton, afterward
went ashore near the steamboat at the
west side of the harbor, and is com
| pletely dismasted. Her hull was bad
| ly damaged. The Eldredge was built
| at Portsmouth N. H., in SIS, ard
registered 252 tons.
The barkentine Nellie NJ. Slade Of
! Boston, Capt. Montgomery from
| Charleston S. c., for Portland, Me,
with a cargo of clay, parted both
! chains and fouled the British schooner
| Delta The Slade had all her headgeal
| and royal masts carried away. Her
! crew We're unable to hold her, and she
was driven ashore on the west side
Of the harbor. 1t is thought she will
| be foated,
The Thomaston, Me. schooner
| James A. Brown, Capt. Simms, New
| York, for Belfast, Me. with cargo
| of feed, is ashore at the head of the
| harbor with her stern gone and bow
| spirit and headgear carried away,
The schooner Newburgh. Capt. Smith
! bound from New Brighton, 5. l., for
Windsor, N. s., her home port. in bal