Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-12-23
SGHOONERS COLLIDE,
ELEVEN MEN PERISH
Terrible Suffering of Ship
wrecked Crew.
AT MERCY OF WIND AND WAVE.
Drifted in Open Boat Suffering Untold
Hardships-SeVeraI Went Mad and
Jumped Observation-Disclosures at Last
by Steamer Manhassett.

Jumped observation-disclosures at Last
by Steamer Manhassett.
Boston. Dec. 22.--A foreign steam
er arrived at 2;S0 o'clock this morn
ing with ten of the survivors of the
crews of the schooners Frank A. Pal
mer and Louise B. Crary, which were
in collision in Massachusetts bay on
Wednesday.
Eleven men of both vessels were
drowned in the collision, the balance,
10, took to one boat Three subse-
quently went insane and jumped over
board, two died from exposure and
two went insane after getting ashore.
Both captains were saved.
The Louise b. Crary was a 5-mast-
er and the Frank A. Palmer, A.
masted schooner They were both
coal laden, bound for Boston
Sighted Boat In Distress.
At a. M yesterday when the Man
hassett was as miles off Highland light,
the lookout sighted small boat with
men who were making signals OF dis
tress. The Manhassett changed her
course and bore down ON the little
craft, which proved to be the boat
which had been launched from the
Crary. Only 10 men aboard of the
boat were alive and they were al.
most helpless ON account of their ex-
posure to the weather. Saturday
night one man became crazed by his
sufferings, and shouting at the top of
his voice that the police were after
him, jumped overheard and disappear
ed. Two other members of the lit
tie boats company died from exhaus.
tion ana the exposure.
Survivors Frost Bitten.
All the survivors came into the har.
Dor frost bitten, and some of them
will have to have their feet and
hands amputated.
The Manhassett came into the har-
bor early this morning, where ambu-
lances were ready to transfer the sail
ors to the hospital Only six of the
men could be removed, however. The
other four were In such critical con-
dition that it was deemed impossible
that they can survive being taken
from the vessel.
Two Of the men on the Manhassett
are Captain w. II. Potter, Of the Lou
ise B. Crary, and r. s. Rawling, Of
the Frank A. Palmer The other two
men are sailors, both of whom are
raving lnaniacs
How Collision Occurred.
Little by little the crew of the Man.
hassett had learned something Of the
hardships of the shipwrecked men. 1t
appears that the collision occurred at
1880 o'clock last Wednesday night off
Cape Ann. The night was clear, but
a stiff gale was blowing and the sea
was running high. The members of
the Palmer's crew claimed that the
Crary was on the wrong tack. The
Palmer's bow hit her on the bow, cut.
ting her nose squarely off and en-.
tangling both vessels In the wreck.
The anchor and bowsprit of the Pal.
mer sank away from the wreck. while
the anchor of the CRary was entangled
in the fore-rigging of the Palmer and
broke off the foremast. The vessels
began to fill and sank in few min.
utes.
Battle With Death.
The Palmer's men managed to low.
er a boat. There was no time to
procure physicians or additional cloth.
ing. AS the men cleared the wreck
Of their vessel they saw the Crary's
men in the same plight as they had
been and made room for as many as
could reaAh the boat. Fifteen souls
were in the small craft when it finally
pulled away, both captains being
among those who thus escaped. A
short time after the boat left. both
schooners went down. Six men per.
ished when the vessels sank. For the
survivors battle which lasted three
days and four nights had begun. One
third Of the number succumbed in the
fight, and Of those who finally reached
shore, none was able to realize what
they had escaped
The Louise B. Crary was compar.
atively new vessel built by the New
England Shipbuilding company at
Bath, Me, in 1900, and was one of the
finest 5-masters on the coast. Her
cargo consisted of 3,7O2 tons Of BIZ
luminous coal consigned to this port.
The Frank A. Palmer was the largest
4masted schooner ever constructed.
She was built at Bath, Me, in 1897,
and was sold to J. S. Minelow & Co.,
of Portland Me. She sailed from
Newport News on Dec 4 with 400
tons Of coal for Boston.