The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-02
WRECKED BY THE STORM
Two 6chooners Went to Pieces
on Dog11sh Bar.
NEARLY ALL WERE LOST
Heroic Work Of tho IaSo 0avors-lt Was
Found Impossabls 20 Get . Line
to the Wreck-Ooast otrswn
with Wrsckags.

Vineyard Haven. Mass, Dec. 1.-The
schooners Amelia @. Ireland Of New
York and the Clara Leavitt Of Port
land. Me-. were wrecked Saturday
night near the Gay Head life saving
station. The captain. mate and four
seamen from the Leavitt and one sea-
man from the ireland were drowned.
It was about $50 o'clock. In the
.nercest Of the storm that the Gay Head
life saving patrol saw the nash Of q
torch in the direction Of Dogfish Bar.
AS quickly as possible Captain Hay
man mustered his crew. and in q few
minutes q life boat and all the appa-
ratus necessary drawn by . yoke Of
oxen was on its way to the nearest
point to the bar, which was two and q
half miles from the station.
1t was II o'clock before the men
reached the position they sought
When they came to the beach. wreck
age from the vessel was coming ashore.
givinp evidence that she had gone to
pieces. A fragment showed the vessel
to have been the Clara Leavirt. Later.
clinging to a broken plank, one man
waves. He was carried to the sta
tion.
While the life savers were peering
into the storm in an effort to discover
another possible survivor. another sig
nal torch was seen from q vessel
which was at that moment almost upon
the bar. The next instant she struck,
but went on In q position a little less
exposed to the fury of the waves. and
she did not go to pieces. An attempt
was made to launch the life boat, but
1t was swept back like a chip. It was
then decided to try shooting a line to
the wreck. but this could not be done
until daylight. With the first appear
ance Of dawn the ~un carriage was
drawn up for service. Seven men could
be seen clinging to the rigging of the
vessel A line was shot toward the
schooner. but II fell short. The attempt
was II timea repeatedr without success.
Meanwhile the wind shifted more to the
northerly. and was colder and the snow
turned to hail.
Spurred by the sight Of the men and
the increasing severity of the storm.
another trial OF the surf boat was
made. The craft wss tossed back on
the beach. Seven times the boat was
launched and the most persistent ef-
forts Of the crew to breast the waves
was of no avail. On the eighth trial.
however. success came. and under the
tremendous strokes Of the men the boat
was driven from wave to wave. till she
reached the vessel. One seaman had
perished. but the captain, mate and
four sailors. who were barely alive.
were rescued and taken to the station
The vessel was the Amelia G. ireland.
When the passenger who brought the
story of the wreck and rescue left Gay
Head, the shipwrecked men were all
in a serious condition from exposure.
Several other members OF the life
saving crew were more or less injured
while engaged In their attempt at res
cue. The Clara Leavitt was a three
master of 1896 tons, 12s feet long, and
was built at Cape Elizabeth, Me-, In
1877. The Amelia G. Ireland was also
q three-master. She was owned by the
Tide Water Oil company Of New York
and was bround from Bayonne. N. j.,
to Boston. with a cargo of oil in
tanks.
She was of 27031 net tons. 124 feet
long. and was built in Somerset county.
Maryland, in 1866. She will be total
loss