The record-union., 1898-11-29

UP on top of wrecked cottage, broad
side on, dismasted and a total wreck
on the beach here. It Is feared that
all on board were lost. One body, that
Of man apparently 80 years odd, was
found in the hold, but a diMgent search
failed to show any others.
1t is thought that the craft was
beached about noon, though none of the
beach residents saw her strike She
was in charge of Boatkeeper Hender-
the mast and a steward and had taken
the outer station early last week with
several pilots on board.
Mrs. Wilbur of Rainham VS. drown
ed here on Sunday while trying to es-
cape from her summer cottage. Her
body was washed ashore and picked up
in the street
The life saving crew reports the
wreck Of large barge at Ahumacock
Beach. 1t is thought to be the dere-
lict L. Tenney of Boston. No trace
of the crew has. been found.
Sixty cottages at Sand Hill We're to-
tally destroyed.
A vessel with one mast standing was
sighted ashore at the Brant Dock.
THREE PERSONS DROWNED.
SALEM (Mass.), Nov. 2S.-Two mem
bers of the crew Of the schooner Ber-
that A. Gross from Deer Isle, Me-, were
rescued from House Island off Man
chester. to-day, nearly dead, having
been without shelter or food for thirty
hours From them ii was learned that
the schooner was lost on the rocks ear
Fresh Island Saturday at midnight and
Captain Wallace Thurston, aged about
70 years, and his son John perished.
The schooner carried 26O tons of
stone. She encountered TIE gale off
Cape Ann Saturday evening, and finally
struck on the rocks near Fresh Island,
which is some distance off Manchester.
She was soon total wreck. The Cap
tain and his son and aged father were
swept overheard and drowned. The
other two members of the crew, Neil
Mcdonald and Hezekiah Robbins man
aged to reach shore on House Island.
This is a, barren place, with no shell
ter and the shipwrecked men were
forced TO remain there until help
reached them this morning. Persons on
shore saw the sailors and put off in
boats. Both Mcdonald and Robbins
were nearly dead from exposure and
hunger McDonald's feet were frozen,
and he is in a critical condition.
A STEAMER HIGH ON THE SHORE.
QUINCY C1ass.). Nov. 2S.-The thrse-
masted steamer which went ashore near
the National Sailors Home here yester-
day is the steamer John j. Hill, bound
for Hillsboro, N. B., from New York.
She was anchored in the Nantucket
Roads when the storm struck her. She
dragged her anchors, and was gradually
driven before the terrific gale until she
struck the shore. The steamer is now
high on the shore, and is apparently no.
damaged.
The John j. Hill was engaged in the
plaster trade. She registered 041
tons, and was built in 1892 at Marine
City, Mich. She halls from Port HUI
ron, Mich. The crew are safe.
NINE VESSELS LOST.
GLOUCESTER (Mass.), Nov. 2S.-
Nine vessels were lost in the blizzard
near this port, but nothing could be
learned this morning as to the loss of
lives. 1t is believed that the crews of
nearly all the craft escaped. Nearly
all of the vessels lost were fishermen.
WATER STREWN WITH WRECK
AGE
VINEYARD HAVEN (Mass), Nov.
2S-Sunday was the most eventful date
that Vineyard Haven has known for
forty years. From early morning un-
til late at night the water was strewn
with wreckage and vessels were con-