Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-10-18
SHIPWRECK TALES.
Unknown Number of Vessels
Lost in Tuesdays Gale.
Many Maine Vessels Are Among the
Wrecked and Missing.
Story OF Loss and Terrible Suffering OF Sail
ors Yet to Be Told.

Highland Light. Mass. oct. II
Nearly every life saving station along
Cape COD had some tale, today, Of
wrecks of vessels in distress az the re-
suit OF the gale OF yesterday.
Capt Cole Of the Cahoon Hollow sta
ton reports that. at 8 O'Clock last
| night. n large steamer carrying TWO
masthead lights, north bound, stopped
. suddenly of his station and began to
use the search light. sweeping the sea
for some distance around for half an
| hour. During the time what appeared
| 70 be boat in which a ships lantern.
/ put off from the steamer. ana r f6ok-
| "a as If something had been picked up.
! capt. Coic. today stated that n be-
/ lcvld that come wreck or collision had
occurred.
Later in thc day. Capt Rich Of the
! Pamet River station. four miles north
Of that at Cahoon Hollow, reported the
! finding Of the ouarterb1ard with the
name Robert w Lyle" upon IT. The
I life saving men 50 seem u think THAI
4 thee .s some connection with the stop
| ping II the steamer and thc finding OF
/ thr quarter board.
! The gale. last night. caught a great
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! complete story q: the damage done and
the terrible experiences Of the sailors
| is yet T. ~ told. Some of the vessels
\ have no doubt been driven Wen ofr
shore, perhaps AZ far As the gulf
I stream. while others managed to reach
! & ~" port or q lee ana are holding on
I like grim dcath Alth both anchors
I DOWN.
I 4 large thrcc-mastcd schooner ~ rid
in2 heavily Just clear Of the shoals off
Wcliret. Should sh" drass 30 yard
/ nearer shore h-r keel vii touch and
she may become u wreck Anot her
{ three master The Lena \. Cotton, has
set signals ~ distress off Wood End
/ Lar al Provincetown and the crew *
that station have gone 70 her assist
anc" Her sails are all blown away.
4 she ~ bound for Boston
The tug J. y. King with $50 heavily
/ laden bargcs struggled for hours. last
| night. in attempting to round the end
4 Nj ihe cape ANA reach n harbor I'm
/ P!9vincetoWn. Finally thr hawscT con
I Noting the rear barge parted ANA as II
+ va impossible Tor the tue - 20 - her
7 rescue. sh- was lrft t1 her fate. whil-
! thr Jug just managed N reach the har-
Y bp- Nothing could Ne seen NJ tn" .ec-
uui IarS q. today. and as there il a tr--
inrnLuus -.a running there seems ~
/ be- llttlr hope for her safety. At II
! p'cIo~k. TIA BARK willard Midget,
( which pass d in b. the end of the
7 Cap-. yesterday. bound FOR Boston,
could br seen drifting rapidly tO the lee
! ward before tha gale She had just
/ pax # canvas ST. On her mainyard.
! The Highland life saving station II
I considerably crippled through the loss
I W scar. the greater portion w the
/ breeches buoy tackle going doWn with
the vessel. capt. Anderson III the
Sheridan. was almost tn sole owner
| ~ the vessel, which was not insured.
I The rescue 81 the men N board the
I General Sheridan Was attended with
I mucn difficulty. When she was dscov-
/ cred. capt. Worthen and the crew Of
! the Highland light life saving station
/ and the men Of the Pamlett river sta
4 ton. headed by Capt. Rich. fastened
/ To- the scene with their apparatus. i
/ was decided to shoot a life line over
( the bows Of the Sheridan, but the first
1 shot was not taken advantage N By
those On board The life line Ten-
7 fairly over the vessel. but the crew
| were either ignorant II its use ar sp
! confused that they did not know how
( 70 utilize the line. They made both the
I hawser ana the whip line fast to The
( foremost. thus completely blocking tho
I work ~ the life savers.
The team which had brought down
! the mortar and the lines during the
/ night were sent 10 the Highland station
/ for the life boat, but before IL arrived
the life savers had carried the sho-c
( end of the hawser 'yeli I'D on the beach
bringing IL above the surf and over
! this swinging rope from the end ~ tine
bowsprit the crew of the schooner slow
" aad with much difficulty madelheir
way hand over hand To the shore
where the life saving men caught and
dragged them from the surf. Lenluel
Staples. a member OF the schooner #
crew. aged u years. was ~ exhausted
by his severe experience that II was
necessary ~ carry him along the beach
10 the nearest life saving station.
Capt Wortnen and Capt Rich say
, that II the crew ~ the schooner mad
handled the line se1t ~ them from the
gun properly. the rescUe would have
been promptly and easily made. All
hands feel pretty well used Up from
the nights experience
The General Sheridan. which had
cargo ~ drain pipe. was badly dam
aged before daylight, ana at : o'c,ock
this morning he began ~ 70 ~ pieces
aad in the afternoon she broke Up and
4 he- cargo ~ drain pipe is buried in
The sand. The vessel was built q "a
sa1. Conn. IN lsf5. and halls from New
York city She registered l55 tons
gross
Z Capt. r VI Greentaw u the EchCon-
- r. r Baird with cargo ~ spFuc@
lumbar ran into the gale. AZ 3 o-cleck
last night when - miles north North
east ~ Highland Light WIN ayins
lib. tn captain worked ne vessel -
Pollock Rip ARD anchored near the
Eip. a. q " The heavy anchor Mas
l-zt AMI -he vessel free. every effort
-sae made - cl@a- Tgclc-rnuck Shgsl.
sg,,- rhe craft missed and ran ashore
W. tne gssaaL Tn vessel r=Ena tnesI In
r1-51 con1iriyn and in agFnter "
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