Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-11-13
SLOWLY FREEZING.
Schooner Douglass Haynes
Wrecked Off Cape Cod.
Grew Saved After Day Of Terrible
Suffering il the Rigging.
Vessel Was Built in Bath Owned by Hcn. J.
Manchester Haynes. Augusta.

Vineyard HaNcn. Mass. Soy. T.
Ihc schooner Douglass Haynes Of Bath
Me. capt. i|laiSdrll. from Port john
son for HuiloWeii, Me, with "A cargo of
21S tons of coal is sunk between Shovel
ful and Pollock Hip shoals with her
three masts pre- ojcctinS out Of the water
'apt. Bl,s'!cll ord his crew Of four
mcn Wrr. rescued hy 5, luoncr Luther
r. jiarrcttson ana landed here. this ;if-
tcrnoon. after having suffered terribly
from exposure. In" disaster was seen.
yesterday morning. from the shore at
Chatham. bat owing to the thick
weather and heavy scaS no help could
hc given, ana until today. nothing Was
isnoWr regarding The fate IT tn" crcn.
capt ElaiSd"ll ot the Douglass
Haynes. states that " hen on Nantac,,e [
shoals on the morning of the 10Th inst.
encountered Il Ei"lrnt gale from the
nurthN est and anchored between
,1hoNclful ana Pollock Kip shoals about
u. NJ. III" vessel rode out TIL" ltl"
An right uutiI lat" IN the afternoon
when thr heavy SEA caused her tu leak
badly. All hands were kclt constantly
ut the pump in an effort to keep the
vessel free. but tn" water gradually
-an,d and at } O'Clock yesterday morn
ing. il became evident that the vessel
must sink ~ the ~, ks We're then near
II iwaSh. Capt. Blnis,lell ami thc cr"n
climbed into the rigging. this being the
only chance oi saving themselves. as
the sea WAS running too high tn allow
them to use their YaWl boats.
Thirty minutes after all hands hId
secured thcmSolV" in tn" rigging III,
vessel Went to the bottom. As Shr
struck she carc"ncd over on hct side.
dipping her maSts in the water and lhc
FIVE men were obliged to hang on for
.heir lives u keep from being washed
from the rigging by the force Of the
waves.
Fortunately thr vessel soon riGhtcd
herself aud lav on the bottom with her
masts out Of water ami the men Were
able to stay III the rigging until y
o'c lock y. sterday morning, when they
,v.r" sighted hv capt. Saunders and
crew II the schooner Luther T. Garrett
,on. from Iioston for Brunswick Ga.
The gale had at this time moderated
somewhat and the Garretson's yaWl
boats were launched and rescued the
here at o'clock this afternoon. and
}e,hel They saved nothing from the
vessel
I'll" Douglas Haynes was a three
| mastrd schooner built in Bath. Me.
in 1872. ana was owned by J. Manches-
| ter Haynes of Augusta.
I'll" tNu-maSted schooner reported
| from Chatham as hay ing been seen 70
20 to The bottom. this forenoon. was
The schooner Mark Pcniletnn. capt.
| tuIdy. Islesboro. Me. from Providence
| for Rangor. light. She did not go to
the bottom as first believed. but
,i.r"enpd and filed and has since been
drifting about Oft Pollock Rim Her
.rew We're landed at the lightship and
later taken to Boston by the United
States revenue cutter Seminole.
The Pendleton. which was bound
| from Province for Bangor. light. was
in collision about $50 O'Clock last
night. FIVE miles southwest Of Highland
Light. With schooner Lizzie ID. Small
capt. Kicker. of New York, st. John
Tor Bridgeport. conn. Both vessels.
" hich we're considerably damaged
We're. taken in tow by the steamer Her
Inan Winter Boston for New York.
but early this morning. when off Pol
lcck Rip the Pendieton's hawser part
e,. ana she went adrift. The Herman
Winter proceeded to this port with the
Lizzie u. Small. arriving here about
noon.
Schooner Falmouth. BIZ. capt. Pet
tls Windsor y. s. for New York.
broke tn barrel Of her windlass and
pnrt hawS. pipe while anchored off
Ctpc Pogue during the northwest gale
IF til" 10th inst. She made temporary
repairs and arrived here, today.
Schooner Utility. Rr.. StonehaVcn. y.
t.. fut New Haven. lost her Starboard
anchor ana H. feet Of chain while an
cnolrd oT Chatham during the north
west gale on the 10th inst she pro
cured another here and proceeded.