The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-26
TWO FINE VESSELS WRECKED
THE ARTHUR SEITZ AND FRANK
 4. PALMER.
Miss tho Entrance of Vineyard Sound and Fetch Up Hard and Fast on Wasque Sin oal-- Both ships Likely to Go to Pteces-Laden With Coal Weather Very Thick.

Weather Very Thick.
 Vineyard Haven, Mass, May 25.-Twc
 of the finest vessels of the coastwise fleet, the five master Arthur Seitz of
 Portland, Me, and the four master
 Frank A. Palmer, also of Portland
 while bound up the coast with heavy
 cargoes of coal, missed the entrance of | Vineyard Sound during thick weather
 last night and brought up hard and
 fast this morning on Wasque Shoal,
 about five miles southwest of Muske-
 gat channel.
 The crew of the Seitz, including Cap
 tain Nickerson, came ashore to-day,
 but Captain Rawling of the Palmer
 and all but three of the crew of that
 vessel remained on board. The three men left the ship shortly before the crew of the Seitz came ashore, but nothing has been heard from them. They may, however have landed on NI NIuShSBdl ISldIlu. Captain Nickerson, who came here for assistance, reported that both ves- sells are likely to go to pieces, as a heavy sea is making in from the south west and they are in a very exposed position.
 The Seitz had on board $500 tons of coal She was bound from Baltimore for Portsmouth, N. H. The Palmer had nearly the same amount of coal and was on her way from Newport News for some eastern port
 Captain Nickerson states that both vessels passed out by the Capes of Chesapeake on Wednesday and made Seitz was in the lead most of the way and was making for Gayhead light at the southwestern entrance of Vineyard Sound. Last night, however, the weather became thick and Gayhead was missed altogether. Thinking him. self we'll inside of the Sount, Captain Nickerson kept right on and Captain Rawding on the Palmer followed on in perfect confidence.
 Both vessels must have passed some distance south of Gayhead for neither sighted No Mans Land, but kept on for fifteen miles along the south side of Martha's Vineyard, when they should have been on the north side.
 Their career. however, was checked about o'clock this morning when, without warning the Setz struck on Wasque shoal The Palmer was fol- Ja, o1o olo of Gait that her crew had no time to wear ship and she too went hard onto theshoal and she too went hard onto the shoal not half mile away.
 Captain Nickerson soon found that his vessel was rapidly filling and as he was making preparations to aban- don her a large piece of the keel floated up. Captain Rawding of the Palmer also signalled that his vessel was fill ing and soon three men put off from her in boat. Captain Nickerson then his crew into the boat and all pulled ashore.
 When Captain Nickerson arrived | here this afternoon he found that there | were no wrecking tugs available
 The Boston Towboat company, how | ever, WdS nOllleu IL iS cApGCtCu 1 that several tugs will be here to-mor- row.
 The weather tonight is fair with a gentle south wind blowing but the sea on the south side of the island con- tinues very heavy.
 The life saving crew will remain in readiness to take off the remainder of the Palmers crew should that vessel show sgnse of going to pieces.
 The Arthur Seitz was built in Cam len, Me, and launched about a year ago. She Is 273 feet long, A feet wide md 22 feet deep. She has a registered of 2,000. Recently she was sold ,y Captaitn John Crowley, who built Ter. to J. S. Winslow of Portland, Me.
 The Frank A. Palmer is 274 feet long, B feet wide and 21 feet deep with egistered tonnage of 2,0l4
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