The Portland daily press., 1900-10-18


to pieces and viii be a total loss. The
underwriters boat took on the captain
and crew OF i've men at seven O'Clock.
Captain Z. n. GreenaW Of the schooner
(. r, Baird, with a cargo Of spruce lum-
Der, ran into the gale last night at nine
o clock when twenty miles north north
east OF Highland Light. With flying lib,
the captain worked the vessel to Pollock
Rip and anchored near the Rip at a. N.
The heavy anchor was lost and the vessel
free. Effort was made to clear Tucker
muck Shoal, but thescraft missed and ran
ashore on the shoals. The vessel remained
In good condition and in a number Of
hours has made very little water. The
captain and mate with their wives, roWed
TO Nantucket, TO communicate with the
owners, leaving three men aboard the
vessel.
Schooner David S. Siner, before re-
ported sunk off Pollock Rip, has been
heard from IN the arrival tonight of
Captain Fernald OF the Siner, and crew.
The captain reports a very narrow escape.
He was hfte9n miles north by east Of
Cape Cod, with a load CT soft coal.
Everything was working smoothly when
heavy flaw struck him and his main
mast went by the board. He lost the jib
on the first tack and could not make
PrOVin 58tOWn. TIE captain then had
Pollock Rim. Here both anchors were
lost and in five minutes she sank. In the
rush OF the captain and crew for the yaWl
boat, the mate broke his hand while
clearing the boat. The FIVE men, all In
one boat, pulled for Nantucket and after
twenty-five miles Of dangerous rowing
they reached Nantucket, completely ex-
hausted. Captain Fernald halls from
Winterport, Ne.
Singularly in the five wrecks which
now line the shores in the Vicinity Of
Nantucket. not man was lost.
SCHOONER NORCROSS FOUNDERS.
Gloucester, October 18.-The schooner
William q, NOrcrOss Of ROckport, Ne,
went ashore this morning at Rockport
and Will be a total loss unless the wind
and sea subside, which is impossible as
the gale is still severe.
The Nofcress was first sighted about
seven o'clock coming around Halibut
Point under bare poles Lighter William
II. Moody, who went to her asst stance
and after passing her a line attempted 20
tow her into the haI Dor, When near there
the tow line parted and the schooner
struck on a ledge.
The high sea made q clean sweep over
the vessel and it was with great difficulty
that the crew Of three we're saved. The
schooner turned over shortly after she
struck.
The NOroross was bound from Portland
TO Boston with q cargo OF cement She
was built at RockpOrt, Me-, in 1886 and
hailed from that port. Her gross ton =
mage was y.
SCHOONER CAPSIZES.
Machias, October 17.-The schooner
Josie, which had been ashore at
Brownie island, near Jonespor5, was
brought here today IN tow of the tug S.
b Jones. When the vessel was toWed OF
the rocks where she had lain for some
time, she capsized and was toWed to
JonespOrt on her beam ends. There she
was beached and temporary repairs made
previous to bringing her to this place.
The vessel is badly strained and some Of
her bottom planks are broken.
Schooner Vanguard, owned BY Law
renee Bros, of Bar HerbOr, arrived at
this port today in tow of the steamer
Sawyer, after having been ashore at
Pond Cove near Milbridge. She is badly
damaged and was t1Oated only after her
hold had been filled with empty barrels.
The Vanguard is a fishing schooner OF
45 tons, and at the time Of the disaster
she had on board 10, 800 quintaIs of fish.
The cargo was saved.
FROM VINYARD HAVEN.
Vineyard Haven, October 17.-The
nOrtherly gale which came with such
suddeness last night, caught many vessels
IN bad positions on Nantucket Shoals.
This morning three schoOners were
sighted flying coIOrs union down for as
sistance and three others were ashore on
Nantucket Island. Tug Mercury went to
their assistance and returned here tonight
towing the Water-logged schooner Mark
Pendleton from Bangor bound for Pro7i-
4r,-al0 = -E H.
Collins Of the PehdletOn reports that
when off Handkerchief lightship the
main boom broke and he was compelled
to anchor. The gale on StantIy increased,
great seas broke over tle vessel and soon
after daylight she was filled with water
When the helplesrs vessel WAS sighted BY
the Mercury, thu captain and crew, seven
men all told, had quit their vessel and
were riding out the gale seated in yawl
boat made fast astern, The Mercury
spoke the schooner Kennedy Of ana from
Calais, for New Bedford, with a cargo Of
lumber, anchored about three miles west
Of handkerchief ngbtship with WindIass
broken. Schooner Francis r. Baird Of
Providence with a cargo of lumber for
New York parted her chain and dragged
ashore on Iuckernuck Shoai where she
now remains. The captain LETT the vessel
and landed on Nantucket Island, al
though some of the crew were on board.
She had about two feet of water In her
hold. She viii probably be fioated
Schooner j. Arthur Lord, ashore on
Nantucket Island was formerly the
British schooner Christina Moore, which
was sunk IN Vineyard Haven harbor in
n ovember, 1928 She was thoroughly re-
paired here at which port she Is now
owned. Her cargo Of granite was from
SOmes Sound for New York
British schooner Leonard B., River
Herbert, n. S., Tor New York, washed
flying jib to ribbons while anchored
southwest Of Handkerchief lightship but
sustained no other damage.
DISASTERS ON MAINE COAST.
Lubec, October 17.-The violent wind
storm which swept over the eastern Sec
tlOn Of Maine late yesterday afternoon
and last evening, came down so suddenly
that numerous vessels and small boats in
this vicinity were caught unaWares, and
as result two sGhOODers are known to
have been lost and many narrow escapes
are reported. When the storm came up a
number Of weir boats were some distance
from the shore and despite the most fran
tic endeayors Of their occupants they were
being driven steadily seaWard. The wind
storm was accompanied by marked drop
in the temperature, and the crews Of