The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-11-17

safety to those working on the docks
and other having business there, de-
mands repairs
Schooner r. F. Pettigrevv Lost.
The four-masted schooner r. F. Pet
tigrew, Captain Hodgkins, from Saw
annah, November for Portland, was
seen abandoned at sea and full of
water off Cape Hatteras and east of
the Gulf Stream by Captain Crowley,
of the schooner Henry w. Cramp,
which arrived at Baltimore on Friday
from Bangor.
During the forenoon of November IL
Captain Crowley saw a four-master in
The distance, and at o'clock in the
afternoon made out a distress signal,
the national ensign upside down, in
the schooner's spanker rigging, says
the Baltimore American. She was five
miles away. The weather was calm.
The Cramps yawl was lowered and
the second mate and two men rowed
across the sea to the distress signal.
They found that the r. F. Pettigrew
had evidently been in a hurricane. All
the deck load of ties, except about 100,
had been swept overheard. The main
hatch had been swept away, and the
ships hold was full of water.
There was not a soul aboard, but as
the ships large yawl was gone, and
the cabin had been cleaned of papers,
clothing and valuables, it is thought
that all hands were picked up by a
passing vessel The only canvas stand
ing was reefed mizzen foresail,
which swung across the decks. A jib
hung in the water. All other sails were
made fast The small boat was still on
top of the cabin. All the rigging was
standing. When last seen the Pettigrew
was in latitude 1903 and longitude
1928. danger to navigation.
The second mates boat returned to
the Cramp at 5 p. M, when, owing to
the darkness coming on, and a fresh
ening of the breeze, the boat was not
sent back to take down the distress
signal
The Cramp was in company with a
three-master that had lost all sails ex-
cept spanker and two head sails.
The fury of the hurricane that water
logged the Pettigrew may be judged
from the Cramps experience. She was
off the Maine coast last Thursday,
when the storm struck her, and by
Sunday she was off Cape Hatteras. She
came down the coast running before
the hurricane, making IL knots under
only forestaysail. She rolled her sails
under in the mountainous seas. The
only way to snatch any sleep was to
lie on the cabin floor. The second mate
was pitched out his stateroom on the
port side of the cabin, across the din
Ing saloon, and into a stateroom on
the starboard side. 1t was impossible
to keep any dishes on the table, the
steward bringing in the food in a
basket. which was placed on the floor
While the men sat around it in a circle
and ate as best they could.
The Pettigrew is IL years old, and
was rated first-class for years. She
was built in Bath in 1890, by VIM.
Rogers for L. S. Winslow & Co. She
hailed from Portland. The vessel
registered S34 tons net
Referring to the lost schooner S. B.
Marts, whose crew is in this city, the
Baltimore Sun says:
S. 3. Marts & Co., shipbrokers of
this port, Captain Holloway and others
owned interests in the vessel. Some of
them were not insured.
The S. B. Marts was built at Dennis
vile, N. J., in 1891, by L. Edwards,
and she hailed from Baltimore. with
s B. Marts managing owner. She was
three-masted vessel of $50 tons gross
register, lat feet 3 inches long, 35 feet
Beam and IA feet inches depth of
hold. She was built to fit any of the
hsht-draft Southern ports and she
proved handy vessel in the phosphate
rock and lumber business.
AT last accounts the schooner Isles
ooro. before reported ashore on Hol-
land Point bar. in the Chesapeake, re-
NAMED fast. The tug Hurcules, which
lett Baltimore on Wednesday to pull
her off. broke her propeller and became
useless. The tug Buccaneer left to assist
Inc Islesboro off and tow the Hercules
pack. The tug NJ. Mitchell Davis was
chartered by the captain of the New
schooner Brina Pendleton to go to the
4siesooro to assist the Buccaneer if
necessary. The Islesboro is bound from
Bath for Baltimore.
savannah Almanac, 10th Meridian
Time.
sun rises at $50 a. m. and sets at
5:24 p. m.
nigh water at Tybee to-day at S:39
a. m and 9:o4 p. m. High water at
savannah one hour later.