The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-12-15
MAINE SAILORS RESCUED.
Crew Of Harrington Schooner Acara
Picked Up At Sea.

Vessel Was Leaking and Was Aband-
oned--NIen Only Saved BY bravery
Boston, Decembe- 14.-The three-mast-
ed topsail schooner Morales, of Lunen-
burg, N. S., arrived here from Turk' s
Island, y. W. l., today, having on board
the crew of five men of the schooner
Acara, Of Harrington, Me-. Bangor for
New York. with lumber, which was
abandoned at sea in sinking condition.
The wreck of the Acara was abandoned
about "a miles from South Shoal light
ship. The names of the men. rescued are
Capt. Eugene Nutter Of Gouldsboro,
First Mate Herbert Yeaton of Harring-
ton, Me-; Cook Herbert Hinckley of Har-
rlngton, and Seamen Vim. Ingersoli ana
Charles Wing of Hampden, Me. lnger-
sall belong in Addison, Me.
From the story of the captain OF 5ne
AcaTa, 1t would seem that IL was only
due to the bravery of the captain and
crew OF the Morales that he and MS men
were saved.
Capt. Eugene Nutter Of the lost vessel
states that the schooner left Bangor, NO
vember s5. Capt. Nutter rode out the
great gale of November ~ at Belfast
On Novem Der 80 the schooner proceeded
Soon after she encountered nercs n0rtn-
east gale. The heavy seas deluged her
decks, parting the lashings OF the deck
load and sweeping away ~, 900 feet OF
lumber. The heavy strainlng she UNDER
went caused her to spring leak OF over
| 900 strokes an hour, necessitating con-
| slant pumping from that time until the
abandonment of the vessel 10 days later
| The vessels headxear was damaged so
that it was impossible to hoist sails to
| lay to the wind. Daylight the following
day found the craft in crippled condl-
| in an effort to keep the leak from gain
| ing. That afternoon the wind changed
| to west-northwest. hut after an interval
| of comparatively moderate weather the
wind increased to gale from tnaG dl-
reotion. This continued until Friday,
December 2 The schooner ran to the
south and south southeast, under reefed
foresaiI. and part Of the time she lay to
as the best means of weathering the gale.
Friday the wind again came from the
northeast and Capt. Nutter attempted to
get his vessel through South Channel
and succeeded until he believed be was
about abreast of South Shoal liRhtsh1p.
The vessel was at the mercy OF the aie-
luents for hours Heavy combers tore of
more OF the deck load and lifted the
beat at the stern davits from its fasten-
| ing and swept 1t away. Thus the men
were left without any means OF escaping
from their fast sinking vessel.
The Acara was hove TO until Wednesday
when the wind became westward and
she hauled in and made the lightship.
| That night the foresail was blOwna away
| and the mast hoops broke on the main
| sail and the sail was useless. The vessel
was headed southwest until FridaS, on
which day the Morales effected the res
cues ni the crew. The British schooner,
v hen she sighted the Acara, came up as
near as she could and lay by several
hours As there seemed to be no lndi-
cation OF the weather moderating, Capt.
| Hobb concluded to attempt the rescue.
| His boat was lowered away in charge OF
| Chief Officer Robert Heisler, who had
! with him the steward, Gabriel Lohnes.
and one of the crew named Enos Schupe,
| who volunteered to rescue the crew OF the
| ilI-fsted vessel. After an hour of the most
| difficult work, during which the seas
| threatened to capsize them the three
men succeeded in reaching tina lee side OF
! the wreck and embarking the i've mem
bers OF her crew During the return
| trip the boat was almost swamped. BY
constant bailing it was Kept af1oat until
the men reached the side of the rescuing
lschooner just as they were transferred
! to the deck a vicious oomber carried the
| boat with terrific force against the side
of the vessel, completely demolishing the
small craft
| The Acara was built at Harrington,
! Me-, III 1873, and registered l2l tons net.
She was owned by Capt. Alvin b. Nash
| of Harrington, and valued at $500. There
| was little insurance on the vessel