Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-12-08

Raging-Its Disastrous conss.
quences May Be Summed Up: Five
Gloucester Fishermen Drowned; Six
coastins sehooners Complete
Wrecks; Nine Vessels Sunk; Eight
Schooners Ashore. and II Others
More or Less Injured Through Coli.
sion and Loss Of Gear-Much Dam.
age Ashore Also Reported.
Boston, Dec. 6.--The gale Of Tuesday
afternoon and Tuesday night was the
heaviest of the season, and many wrecks
ana otner uaIudbe .srs-.~a II 10
now thrashing the waters of Nova
Scotia and Newfoundland, preparatory.
to making stirring descent upo.. 49,
Euopean steamer track, so that its de-
structive history is not yet fully COM
plete.
Just what it accomplished in this line
in New England, and particularly along
the coast north of Boston, can be
summed up as follows: Five Glouccs-
ter fisermen drowned; six coasting
schooners complete wrecks; nine ves'
sells sunk; eight schooners ashore, and
II others more or less injured through
collision and loss of gear.
The usual amount of damage oc-
CURED on land, buildings blown down,
telegraph wires Frustrated, and some
delays on railroads in the northern por-
ton through heavy SHOWS.
While the storm was very severe along
the entire New England coast, ship
ping north of this point seemed to have
c,,ff ha that off tho cnDtl
shore of Cape Cod. in fact no wrecks
occurred on the latter's dreaded sands.
Salem harbor proved a bad trap for
many sailing craft, while on the rugged
Maine shore were dashed half dozen
other coasters. 1t Is singular that amid
all these scenes of wreck and disaster
only five lives were lost. and those from
one fishing vessel while the crews Of
all others managed to reach shore.
The fatality of the Mary A. Brown
occurred on Hampton beach, not far
from the place where the wreck Of the
st. John schooner Advance came ashore
without her crew, but not man eached
shore to tell Of the vain battle against
the ruthless elements.
1t is generally believed that incoming
NcSSelS VIII sblIlttElHC HloI Y W. tiS
storm of Dee 4, 1900. A summary OF
the disasters follows:
At Portsmouth. the two-masted fish
ing schooner Mary A. Brown Of Glou-
cester went ashore at Hampton
Beach, and the five men m board were
drowned. The vessel is a total wreck
At Beverly, schooner f. s. g. W. Hines
Is ashore, full of water. Schooner Vic
tory Is also full of water. Schooner
Charles Il. Sears is ashore. but will be
floated The William II. Ee"ne is
resting easily on the fats. and schooner
Belmont took ground nearby. The
steam yacht Nina pounded against
sea wall and may go to pieces in tha
l,ru,. .,u,r.
At Salem. schooner Fuller Is on Win
ter island; she will b. saved. The
Eastern Queen IL a total loss on Juniper
point Schooner Oriole is on the rocks
Schooner Sarah Potter is full of water
off Salem Willows.
At Newburyport, tug Bronx and three
coal barges went down in the Merrimac
river, and number Of small fishing
craft were sunk or broken up on the
bea aches.
AT Biddeford, Me-. the schooner r. P.
Chase is a total loss. She was 1o2 tons
register. The Thomas y. Feed Is
ashore, but may be saved. Schooner
Sea Bird is aground at Biddeford pool,
but will be foated.
At Portland. Me-. steamer Fanny and
Edith, light. Boston to Bangor, went to
pieces on Prout's neck.
At Boothbay Harbor. Me, the small
coasting steamer Della Collins is full Of
water and aground.
At Rockland. Me. the fishing schooner
Mystic has sunk.
At Luboc, Nc. schooner Maud Mul-
lock aud schooner Margaret Jones are
both ashore, but their condition is not
known.
At Newport. r. l.. slonp Mary Emma
will be total loss, being wrecked IN
East river.
The Norwegian steamer Eos Ia at
Portland, Me-, in q leaky condition from
hard bufeting.
At Provincetown. the fisherman
Zephyr was aground, but was hoated,
leaking badly.
In I,oston harbor, schooner ID. Clifford
Captain J. J. Donovan. sunk off Deer
island, with S2S tons Of coal. The crew
left the vessel just as she went down
The two-masted schooner S. S. Smith
Captain Morris, sunk at the new Com
| monwealth pier. South Boston. Her
owners will abandon her. The fishing
schooner Addison collided with the Ed
ward Trevoy, and both were damaged
Schooner Estelle Nunan parted her
moorings. and was driven against the
steamer State Of Maine, punching a
| hole in the latter's .upperwOrks. and
| losing her own bows sprit. Schooner
Grace Darling had her standing gear
wrecked by drifting into the steamer
| Prince George, which suffered no dam
age.
Among the other fishing craft here
| which went adrift and sustained damage
| Whalen and Orpheus. The three
master Ella NJ. Storer ran down the
| schooner Louisa Francis. but n single
anchor held both craft until assistanc,
came. Schooner Lillian lost spars
boats and davits by fouIng the Goa
| barge Lone Star The four-mastel
Frank A. Palmer dragged across the
number OF harbor lighters. coal laden
were swamped at their docks. Schooner
| Alfred w. Fiske dragged and fouled
another vessel. carrying away her jib-
boom and heads ear.
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| Nomination Held Up.