The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-07-11
THREE LIVESLOST
Schooner Fred Gpwst. Runs
Down and Sinks Fishing
Schooner Mary Storey.

masted schooner Fred Cover. hailing
from Boston. and bound from Paspe-
biac. Que. with coal. for New York,
ran down on Browns Bank. and sank
the Gloucester fishing schooner Mary
Storey.
Three OF the Storey's crew went down
with their vessel; the remaining IL
were landed here by the Cover yester-
day.
DISASTER IN THE FOG.
Disaster took place about $3.50 .. m.
i'm the midst OF fog so dense that OBJ
jects could be discerned only few
yards distant. The craft was struck
abreast the afterhouse, and sank In
three minutes. Twelve OF the crew
clambered aboard the Cover, but three
went to watery graves.
The names and residences Of tho
three who perished we're:
Charles Sears of Lower Woods Har-
bor. N. s., 30. survived by wife and five
children.
Angus Sears. his nephew. 20. recently
married.
John II. Wagner of West Berlin. N.
S., As, married.
Charles Sears was steward OF the
craft, and the others were hands. The
names and residences of the rescued
fishermen are: Capt. Nathan Burrows
of Southport, Me-; Coleman Cornell of
Bear Point ~. s.: John Crowell Of Liv-
erpooI y. s.; James Rafuse OF Liver
pool, ~. s.; Nathaniel Dexter OF Mel
rose, Mass. James N.Hemeon OF West
Berlin, N. s.; Charley Olson OF Conway;
John and Ernest Geering OF Sag Har-
Dor: Thomas Lloyd of Lower Woods
Harbor, n. S.: John Sears, brother of
the steward and father of Angus
Sears; Addison Sears, another brother
Of the steward.
CAPT. BURROWS STORY.
Capt. Burrows says:
About half an hour after the fog
shut mi I'VE heard signal Of two blasts
and responded with our horn signal till
the craft came in sight. In less than two
minutes she was upon US, coming
amidship for our vessel.
Il saw she couldn't 60 clear, for ap-
parently she didn't pay of till very
near. She looked TO be coming very
fast, and when she struck abreast Of
the afterhouse / fully expected ito see
the craft cut sQuarely in two. In
stead, she cut about half way through
in the house. and from the moment OF
the contact she began sinking.
THE RUSH FOR LIFE.
"Some of the men jumped clear. but
the three who were lost appeared to
be directly between the two vessels.
and were probably crushed TO death be-
fore the ocean claimed them. The
three-master loomed so high above us
that / didn't think one of US would
ever reach the deck. but the crew OF
the Cover, prompt TO realize our terri
BILE situation, threw ropes TO the strug-
Cling fishermen In the water.
The men who were within reach
promptly grappled them and were
drawn or climbed TO safety, but even
then half dozen lives must have been
sacrificed had not the Cover lowered
a ladder. The Covers mate. with a
rope around his waist. ran down the
ladder and plunged to the rescue OF
the remaining fishermen"
CAPT. SARGENT TALKS.
Capt. Sargent of schooner Fred Cow
er saws that two men were on the
lookout Sunday afternoon, one blowing
a horn and the other keeping a sharp
lookout. They reported a vessel right
ahead on the starboard tack, and at
the same time gave the command for
hard-a-port. The order was repeated
by the mate, but the schooner was
right on top of the fisherman, and al
though she answered her helm readily,
IL was impossible TO avert a collision.
The accident was rendered even more
imminent from the fact that the fisher
man was drifting toward the schooner.
The Cover had her Jbboom carried
away. her ports partially stove, sails
torn and suffered other minor dam
ages.
Capt. Burrows and crew speak In
highest terms OF their treatment by
Capt. Sargent while aboard the Cover.
nothing being left undone that couldi
contribute TO their comfort.