The Portland daily press., 1900-12-06
Nine More Vessels Were
Sunk.
Eight SchOOners Ashore and
Eleven Injured.

Boston, December 5.-Another southern
storm has swept over New England and
gone the way OF all such disturbances
straight off to the northeast, and like
death and destruction in Its wake. just
what 1t accomplished in this Inns in New
England and particularly along the coast
can be summed up as follows.
Five Gloucester fishermen drowned; six
ooasting schooners, complete wrecks; nine
vessels sunk; eight scnooners ashore, and
eleven others more or less injured
through collision and loss of gear.
The usual amount OF damage occurred
on land buildings blown down. telegraph
wires pFostrated and some delays on rail-
roads in this northern portion through
heavy SHOWS.
Salem harbor proved q bad trap for
seven or eight sailing craft, while on the
rugged Maine shore were dashed half a
dozen other coasters. 1t is singular that
amid all these scsnas of wreekage and
disaster. only i've livss were lost and
those from one fishing vessel.
Captain j. j. Donovan Of the schooner
| d. Clifford, which sunk this morning off
Deer Island In the harbor, reports that he
| left Perth Amboy on November sSth with
a cargo of 3ss tons OF coal for st. John,
N. B. At four o'clock yesterday after
noon when the vessel was about twenty
five miles southeast Of Bakers Island the
wind freshensd and the weather became
very rough. The vessel strained heavily
and soon sprang aIeak. The wind was
steadily increasing and Captain Donovan
put about and headed for Salem. The
gale gathered in energy and finding that
he could not fetch Salem harbor, he
hoped 60 reach Boston. The men were
constantly at the pumps and with the
sc as sweeping over the decks and drench-
| ing tine men to the skin, the vssssl was
driven In towards Boston. When OH
Deer Island shs foundered stern first,
giving the men just time to jump into
the boat. The captain was obliged to
Jump overheard, but managed to reach
the boat and was helped into it. Besides
| the captain there was mate Davis,
COOK, William Grant and three sailors,
They were cared for by the officials OF
the Institution on Dear Island ana were
brought to the city on the steamer j..
Putnam Bradlea. The men lost all their
personal.eff sets and saved absolutely moth
ing but the clothes they stood In, The ID.
Clifford lies in about three and one-hall
rathoms or water and 1t Is thought size
can be tioated. She Is owned by a woman
residing in Reading, and other parties In
this vicinity and the captain is awaiting
Instructions from them before making ar
rangsments for raising the carft.
The two masted schooner S. s. Smith,
Captain Edwin ). Norris, which hes
sunk az the new Commonwealth pier,
south Boston, arrived Tuesday from
Vinal Haven with a cargo of fish scraI
| for the International Glue company
While the gale was at Its height ths
schooner dragged into the new pier stav.
ing in her quarter through which ths
water filed the vessels hold. The sailors
and captain climbed upon the wharf.
The Smith was built ut Sag Harbor.
N. Y, in 1867 and hailed from Rockland
On AOc0unb OF nSf o4tfefu5 uSe ~
doubtful II any atbsmpt Is made by hel
owners TO raise her. There is no iDsur
ance on the vessel but the cargo is fully
covered.
| Schooner Estelle Nunan parted hel
moorings and WAS driven against ths
steamer State OF Maine, punching n hols
in the latter upper works and losing
her own bowsprit. Schooner Grace Oar
ling had her standing gear wrecked BY
drifting Into steamer Prince George
which suffered no damage. Among this
other fishing craft here which went adrifl
and sustained damage were the Olivei
E. kellam, Francis Whalen, and Orpheus
The three master Ella NJ. Storer RAJ
down the Roekland schooner Louis
Francis, but single anchor held boil
craft until assistance came. Schoons
LlIlians OF Castins lost spars, boats ant
davits by fouling the coal barge Lon
Star. Ths four master Frank A. Paime
dragged across the harbor but he
anchors finally held, A number Of har