The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-11-30
RESCUE OF SUMMERS CREW.
Taken Off Wrecked Schooner BY Foat
From Steamer Mackinaw.

Philadelphia, Pa j, November 29.-Iht
members Of one of the many crews OF the
vessels which were wrecked off the New
England coast DUNG Saturday ane
Sundays storm, are safe and tonight
dom ioiled in the Quaker city. These
men are Captain Dobbin Of the schooner
May nard Sumner and his full crew of i've
men. The captain and his men were
rescued from their dis1nasted and water
logged vessel yesterday afternoon by tht
steamer Mackinaw which left London No
yember II and arrived here tonight The
rescue was accomplished by Captain Fin
lev of the Mackiraw sending a boat crew
to the wrecked schooner which the look
out of the Mackinaw sighted at three
O'Clock yesterday afternoon IS miles south
southeast of Montauk Point. In one trip
of the Mackiuaws large boat were landed
on the steamer without injury. although
the boat itself was crushed and broken in
dashing against the steamer. The rescued
crew are Captain T. j. Dobbin of Rock
land, Me-, and five seainen, W. p. Stewart
of Rocklarid and William Carter, q. +.
Vanise, p. L. Quinn and W. w. Mooney
The latter four are foreigners. The May
nard Sumner cleared from Salem Mass,
November Is, for Somes Sound, Me-,
where she loaded IS, 600 paving blocks and
sailed November ! 5 for New York, the
blocks being to S. Pearce of that city.
first ran into the big storm when Oh
Martha's Vineyard. The wind was blow
ing fierce gale east northeast, and Capt.
Dobbin concluded to run for Block
Island. A binding snow storm was
raging and the captain mistook o steam
er's light for that of the Block Island
light, and he was thrown off his bearings.
The gale increased and soon carried the
forecastle and main rigging away and the
mountainous seas broke the steering gear
leaving the vessel floating helplessly at
the will of the waves. For SO hours the
dtsmantled vessel lay in the trough OF the
sea. Two steamers were sighted during
Sunday and distress signals We're waved
The crew declare that they must have
been seen by those on board the steamers,
hut that no attention was paid to them.
The vessel was filing rapidly and the I'M
fortunate men began to lose hope. On
Monday at 8 p. M. when they felt that
the schooner could not remain af1oat an
other hour, succor came with the sighting
IF the big steamer Mackinaw. A boat
was ouickly lowered from the steamer
and manned by the first mate volunteer
crew soon pulled alongside the rolling
gah00naT
ARRIVING here the men were in excellent
condition and apparently none the worse
for their perilous experience. Captain
Dobhin remained aboard the Mackinaw
tonipht and the sailors went ashore. The
captain will probably leave for New York
tomorrow morning. The Maynard sum-
ner was of 265 tons. She was owned by
the Bodwsll Granite company ana was
valued at about Se000 Her cargo OF
stone was worth about $4,000. There was
no insurance on either vessel or cargo.
Captain Dobbin says he saw other vessels
in distress during the STORM
The tug A. McCaulley reported to the
Delaware Breakwater station today that
while she WAS towing the schooner City
OF Augusta in the Delaware Bay Sunday
afternoon the iiawser parted and the
schooner was blown to sea. : She has not
been reported since. The City OF Augusta
hailed from Boston.
The steamer, which left Boston last
Friday and for whose safety some feal
was felt, arrived here today