New-York tribune., 1901-12-19
VESSELS AND CREWS LOST
TWO sCHooNERs AND THIRTEEN MEN
GIVEN UP.
ONE CAPTAIN REFUSED TO AVAIL HIMSELF
OF AID, THOUGH HIS SON WAS ON
LEAKING CRAFT.

II is believed that the schooners Maud ana
Ella Brown, which sailed from this port for
Beverly Mass, and Camden, Me-, respectively
on November 3. viii never be seen again The
Maud has not been reported since November l3
and the Ella Brown since November 1U. the DAY
OF the heavy gale off Cape Cod. in which several
scbooners foundered. Both vessels were in the
neighborhood Of Cape Cod on November 10 The
crews Of the two vessels numbered all told thir-
teen persons Mr Blackburn, Of Arthur w
Blackburn g. Co, No. 45 South-st, the agents
of both vessels. said yesterday afternoon that
the insurance companies which carried the IN
surance on the vessels had decided that the YES
sells were lost and preparing TO pay the
claims.
The loss of the crew of the Maud, apparently
was due to the captains desire to cling 10 MS
vessel as long possible. His vessel came
through the gale Of November 10. but was so
l.a6l,, damaged that the owners of the Maud,
the Pickett Coal Company, Of Beverly, Mass,
think he should have abandoned the vessel and
put his crew aboard the fishing schooner which
stayed alongside to give assistance Tor more
than twenty-four hours. The captain OF the
Maud was Frederick A. Robinson, Of Machias,
Ne Besides crew Of six, he had aboard as
passenger his only son. boy nineteen years oio'
The Maud put in at Vineyard Haven after
leaving Hoboken, and sailed from that port on
D
Charley Bucki and Osprey, bound for Salem
Mass and Rockland Me, respectively, slghted
the Maud and Ella Brown astern as they neared
the extreme end of Cape Cod The Bucki and the
Osprey, warned by 1he ominous falling OF theF
rarorneters rounded the tip Of the cape ana put
in at ProvincetoUn in time TO escase being blown
TO sea. The Maud and the Ella Brown were not So
fortunate The Ella Brown is supposed 10 nave
foundered that night with her crew Of five. as
1aro ornICS
On November L. a fishing schooner reports
FALLING in with the Maud sixty-five miles south
east of Highland Light Cape Cod. The captain
of the fishing boat reported that the schooner
was in bad shape and he sent dory with TWO
men TO board the Maud. They found that the
11iZzenmast had snapped off under the cross
trees and that the topmast and the masthead IN
falling had torn an ugly hole seven feet long IN
.be dacl The hole had been patched up with
canvas and boards. The cargo had shlIteo SO
badIv that she was nearly on her beam ends
and the vessel was leaking so fast that the ere"
could not leave the pumps to trim the cargo
The capraiu of the fishing boat reported that Ne
begged Captain Robinson TO abandon MS yes
sci but he could not persuade hlnl 10 oo 50: ne
thought he could make some port without as
ris+ance He did not even ask to have MS only
son a boy Of nineteen years. put ashore Inc
fishing boat stood by that night ana untI Ihe
night of the next Gay, ready TO give asSls,oiIoe i
ebould It be needed. On the night or NoNelnpeI
13 a second gale Of terrific force sprang Lp' anu
41,e cautain of the fishing vessel sad that ne
could stay by no longer. The Maud has not been
Teported since. The Maud was built at Machlas-
,orf Me in 1872. Her tonnage was 90
The Ella Brown left Perth Amboy on NoTenl-
her < in command of Captain Thomas w. fea-
body of Jonesport, Me. With MN as mat We, We
],is lero+her Besides them was a crew OF three
men Captain Peabody was young man, ana
married Two weeks after the gale IN Whlcn II
ts snnnose6 his vessel foundered his first child
ives horn The Ella Brown was two masted
schooner Of l64 tons gross. She was bullt at
FaS+ Machias Ne. in 1869.