The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-05
MANY
WRECKS
IN GALE
Schoonsrs and Yachts Driven
Ashore at Beverly and
Salem, Mass,


of last night not only wrought consid-
erable damage TO shipping here, but to
sea walls and lawns along the water
front as well. Several yachts, besides
the four schooners reported last night,
went ashore
The schooner r. and q. w. Hines OF
Calais. Me, lumber laden, from Bangor
10 Boston. ~ I'm the worst condition OF
any vessel which passed through the
storm here Her keel IS gone and her
rigging is in very bad shape Her cargo
will have 20 be moved before any attemE.
is made to get her of She Is fun of
water.
The schooner Charles Il. Sears Of Lubec'
Me. Bangor for New York. lumber laden
had her bowsprit carried away by foul
ing with the Hines before she took ground
herself
Two tugs worked on ner for hours try
ing to get her off. bu, up TO 10 O'Clock
they had been unsuccessful. The schooner
Victory was also reported ashore last
night. commanded by Capt d. w. Bel
lstt. She was boun&t from Bangor 10
New York with a cargo of 10000 feet OF
spruce at s9i00 She has had her bow
stove i'm so that the ribs are all laid
bare and she tx fun OF water The Vic
tory is owned I'm Ellsworth, Nc, and Is
OF about 100 tons.
The Gloucester fisherman VIM. B.
Keene IL still lying on the fats. Her
position is not dangerous.
The sloop yacht Jennie r.. broke from
her mooring during the gale and Is now
high and dry on the rocks near the
Beverly bridge.
The schooner Belmont OF weymouth.
n. s.. broke from the gas house wharf
on the Salem side of the harbor and
drifted over toward Beverly and wens
aground on the fats.
DR. John Nj. Masury's steam yacht
Nina went ashore and was pounding up
against one OF the sea walls on the water
front today. She probably Vill go TO
pieces.
Up TO noon no loss or life had been re-
ported.
WARNED OF DANGER.
Lynn. Mass Dec. 5-The Nahant Life
Saving station patrol warned an unknown
schooner off the Shagg Rocks. East Point.
Nahant. during last nights gale. The
schooner was Boston bound off her
course, and already I'm the surf when the
patrol saw her and warned her with the
Coston lights just In time. Wreckage
from an unknown craft has come ashore
today topmast and portions of the
rigging, indicating a wreck somewhere
along the bay coast.
BODY WASHED ASHORE.
Portsmouth. n. IT,, Dec. 5.-The Jerry's
Point Life Saving crew this forenoon re-
ported that a schooner with sails and
rigging gone had been sighted off York
Beach drifting toward the shore.
She displayed no signals. The station
reported that crew was ready TO go
10 her assistance If signaled and on re-
ceipt of the message tugs were made
ready TO respond TO cali from the life
savers.
The Jerry's Point crew reported a YES
sci which looked like barkentine ap-
parently ashore off Wells Beach, Me.
The first intimation that the life saw
ers had OF possible wreck was about
a. m. when parts or vessel began
TO come ashore. With the usual signals
they notified the life savers at Wallis
Sands and a patrol or the shore by the
entire force was begun
Shortly afterward the body OF a sailor
was picked up and almost Immediately
afterwards large quantities OF wreckage
were washed up. From the quantity OF
debris that came ashore IL was believed
that the vessel had completely gone to
pieces.
Nothing is known here about the yes
SCI or crew but IL Is usual for a fishing
craft OF her size to carry six men
THREE VESSELS ASHORE.
Biddeford, Me-, Dec. 5.-Three vessels
went ashore at Biddeford Pool last night
Inc schooner X. j., Chase owned by NJ
q. shaw OF Bath, struck Stage Island bar
where the rudder was lost The vessel
came OFT later, but again ran ashore back
or the Pool postofiice. The crew was
rescued by the life saving crew. IL is an
old schooner. built I'm 1877.
The other schooner ashore was the
Thos. B. Reed light. owned by the South
Gardiner Lumber Co. She went ashore
on stage Island Point about midnight
IL Us doubtful II She can be gotten on.
The Seabird, owned by the parties. Is
also hard on shoal ground at the Pool.
MAY GO ON ROCKS.
Wells, Me, Dec. 5.-Thc heavy gale
which came up last night caused an un-
usually high tide here today. and this
forenoon heavy sea was running. A
narkentine. name unknown. Ia anchored
about five hundred yards Of the rocks.
riding heavily. but UP 60 noon she
had not shown a sign OF distress At this
time, .howevcre the storm showed no
sign OF abating. and ~ the sea Increases
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