Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1898-12-02
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sunk or have been washed upon the
rocks. So far as is known no lives
were lost. Probably the worst effects
/ Of the gale were noticed i'm Rocky Mech
I Cove, where many vessels We're hauled
/ up for the winter. Each boat had been
| thrown up at the inner end Of the cove
many of them wrecked completely, but
/ all badly damaged.
At the entrance to the cove the schOOn-
crs Carrie +. Roberts and James
! Drinan sank. The brig Ernestine lays
/ with her stern about 20 feet from the
shore. The schooner Senator Frye is
high and dry. In HarbOr Cove several
vessels are ashore on the flats. On the
north side Of Ton Pound island are
; five vessels. The other four wrecks at
I this point are: Schooner f.. r. Merriam
of Boothbay Me. schooner Wilson and
Willard. schooner u. T. Patchm and
schooner Frank. over on Niles Beach
lies the schooner Renzi She is high
| and dry. Schooner Anna II. Mason is
ashore short distance to the north
ward Of Eastern point lighthouse. The
chances are that she will be total loss.
. . I 1
chartered StartIe and Evclvth and went
to work To save all the small craft pos
shle. The tugs did grand work, the
captains continually taking desperate
chances in order to rescue life and prop
crty. the high seas and terrible wind
making every move dangerous. \
small sloop. name unknown sank near
the copper point factory. y valuable
new naptha launch also broke from her
anchorage and went to sea. At Bay
View the schooner ldIla Small arrived
Saturday To load The force of the
wind drove her ashore and smashed
her into pieces. She is Il total loss.
The shipping disasters "a; Hockport are
numerous, About eight small fishing
craft anchored in the outer harbor are a
total loss. some Of them dragged ashore
and the balance sank at their moorinSS
The loss Of these vessels means much to
the owners, as they all are poor men, and
their craft Is all the property they own.
None ut them carried any insurance.
Probably the most heroic effort of the
storm there was the resruing of the crew
. of he thI"s- -masted schooner Charles f.
schmidt This vessel broke away and
driIled over on Hale KuoWltons point,
g.iuG high up Oh the rocks. She lay
WedEcd in. head to sea. The crew of the
vessel were rescued by the HfesaNing
crew IN tn" very height OF the gale
Many other minor disasters occurred,
the more important being the demolition
of the Massachusetts, Humane sociaty's
huhdIhE NhIrh was smashed ny the force
oi the waves. The boat was IN use at the
tlIhe, 50 IL lhlS ease escaped destruction,
Vineyard Haven. Mass, Nov. 29.--The
fierce storm swept out of existence a
large fleet Of sailing vessels, which an
, chured off Vineyard Haven to escape
its fury. 1t is known that a least four
men have persisted and it is very prob
able that as many more have lost their
lives TWenty-one schooners, nearly
all heavily laden, and one barkentin"
are ashore; four schuoners, now
lying at anchor. are totally dismasted,
$ two others We're sunk, and one bark is
resting on III" bottom. entirely sub
merged. Many other vessels We're bat
tered ANA partially stripped of their
f rigging.
Of the fleet of probably two score YES
sells that came to anchor before the
: storm, hardly one escaped damage
Many that were able to maintain a safe
} | anchorage had their headgear carried
I away by being fouled by other vessels
.
1t Is believed that Captain Nelson OF
I the Rockland tMe) schooner Island
City, and his entire crew have perished
+, The Island City was bound from Port
Liberty, y. :. for Cohasset with n
l cargo If coal She was discovered
Sunday morning off Cottage CITY ashore
4 1 the seas making a clean breach Oyer. n or
Captain Nelson and his crew of tive
, men we're in the rigging, The vessel
was sighted by residents of the island
I, but they were powerless to render aid
No surf boat or llte-saVing apparatus
we're available, All the forenoon the
men clung to the rigging. During the
"Nelooatu' eN'hen'iy having become eX'
utterly ha"S'e"' 0ooh altef the help
'TSS ""''"etS ; ''i Iite oeaCl sd" d SECOND
= man relaN "'s n"'o III '"e rigging ano
i1d to I'e "e'N. ne was quickly
! washed oNerooatu' Inc thlrd man re-
NAMED IN the Flsslhg' apparently linn
ana UNCONSCIOUS IL not dead. He was
iaShed IN the cross trees and undoubt-
e"!S P'rIShed' Inc schooner is a tota
loss
Il
~ "''''e' iVo'" W. lhuIlo" OF Bath
l. NE WAS sufA hFre' she lies in severa
idtloiiS VI ""'eF' me crew cllmbet
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